Mu Qing's anger at this moment was half true and half false.
It’s true that Hidden Valley is not a place to stay. If you don’t ask for people’s help, they might be sold at some point. They also say that you are worthless. The lie is that Mu Qing was just testing the mud-legged person this time. Xiang's plan, where is Quanfu's position?
Mu Qing felt that what Chen Zhuo said was a bit unpleasant, but it should be true, so he said patiently: "It seems that you had some expectation that something would happen to me."
Chen Zhuo smiled slightly and said, "Tell me, have you killed that Zhang Anping?"
Mu Qing pretended to be regretful and said: "I followed him all the way, and then he entered Mudleg Alley."
He glanced at Chen Zhuo and said, "I followed in and found out that the houses inside were either already collapsed or about to collapse. The people living there couldn't find their way out, and the poor and homeless people inside were naturally hostile to outsiders. Be alert."
Mu Qing meant this with sincerity and sighed: "I hadn't gone very far when I was yelled at by a man who was huddled in the corner. After he was discovered, he directly faced a first-grade sword cultivator."
"Fortunately, I ran fast, otherwise I would have fallen in there." Mu Qing showed the wound on his arm unintentionally.
Li Fu was standing behind Mu Qing. He was an expert in identifying wounds. When he saw the wound on Mu Qing's arm, his expression became more serious and he nodded unconsciously.
Mu Qing is now a first-grade spiritual consciousness, so he naturally saw the exchange of glances between Li Fu and Chen Zhuo. He laughed in his heart and said in a cold tone: "This task is a serious mistake by the bookstore. There is a first-grade sword cultivator behind Zhang Anping." .”
"This information is indeed very important. The employer did not provide it, and we did not collect effective information in advance." Chen Zhuo nodded and admitted, "What are you going to do next?"
Mu Qing remained silent.
Chen Zhuo said: "You can terminate this task. There is no need to go to Jiang Shangxiu. The bookstore can shoulder the responsibility for you."
Mu Qing gave Chen Zhuo a strange look, and Chen Zhuo said with a smile: "Don't look at me like this, everyone is valuable. If you were a first-grade sword cultivator, maybe something would prevent you from developing like this."
Mu Qing asked the last question of the day, "Does what you say work? In other words, does what you say represent Quan Mansion or this bookstore?"
Chen Zhuo said with great interest: "Everyone has value, and I am Chen Zhuo."
"Okay. I'll believe you for now. Next time, if you still join forces with outsiders, or if you see it but don't know what to do..."
"That's it?" Chen Zhuo always looked like a calm Maitreya Buddha.
Mu Qing took a deep breath and said, "Don't wait for me to become a first-class person."
Mu Qing stood up unsteadily and left without saying hello after threatening. Chen Zhuo looked at his back and said, "You should stay at Linxi Inn during this period and don't run around."
Mu Qing paused and left without looking back.
"Do you think he is acting?" Chen Zhuo looked at Li Fu.
Li Fu walked out from the corner, "There is still a sword intent on his wound that is destroying the flesh and blood. This sword should have no moisture and is a bit dangerous."
"As for the words he said, they don't sound like angry words, but more like temptations."
Chen Zhuo was quite satisfied with Li Fu's answer, nodded and said: "This boy can come back alive under the sword of a first-level swordsman. He should have the strength of a third-level swordsman and a second-level swordsman. Moreover, this young man is also smart. He knows how to figure out each other now." His attitude is more important. Now I understand why Jiang Shangxiu is optimistic about this young man."
"The bamboo basket at the City Lord's Mansion has failed, so he probably won't give up." Li Fu asked, "Maybe he won't let Mu Qing go."
Chen Zhuo narrowed his eyes and said: "Bai Hao is not good at anything else. He is good at muddying the waters and taking advantage of chaos. If he asks, you said Mu Qing was injured and almost died. As for whether there will be a next time, it depends on what price he offers. .”
"After all, I am willing to take a higher look at the young people Jiang Shangxiu likes."
There are many aspects to measure a person's value, including background, status, wealth and strength. Life is the price, this is what Quanfu Bookstore is good at.
When Mu Qing walked out of the door, he didn't know that there was a possibility that he might be tricked by the bookstore. He didn't look around and went straight back to the inn room.
After he asked the waiter to put in a pot of hot tea, he poured two teacups by himself. Not long after, Wang Yeqing walked into the room.
"You still haven't treated the wound?" Wang Yeqing asked after sitting down.
Mu Qing pursed his lips and said, "My wound is just for them to see. After the sword power wears off, the bleeding stops quickly."
Seeing Mu Qing frowning and thinking, Wang Yeqing said thoughtfully: "You can come out smoothly. It seems that Quan Mansion's position is still ambiguous."
"Chen Zhuo can only represent Liuye Bookstore in Suzaku City at best. I wonder what kind of person his eldest brother, the third elder of Hidden Valley, Chen Qing, is?"
"The Master of the Hidden Valley has been in seclusion for so many years, and power has been divided. The two brothers Chen Qing and Chen Zhuo control the Quan Mansion. Their position is unclear, but Chen Zhuo can be said to follow the money. Chen Qing often delegates power to various places. The bookstore has never stated its position. Such people should be more difficult to deal with."
"Hey, they are all difficult to deal with." Mu Qing felt that if those people had ill intentions towards him, it would be far easier and more comfortable for him to fight these people with a sword.
The sword intent in the wound was finally dissipated by the true energy, and Mu Qing exhaled a breath of turbid air. He had followed Wang Yeqing's suggestion before, and in order to make it look like he had experienced a narrow escape, he separated out a strand of Zhang Zhiyuan's sword intent and landed on it. The wound actually didn't feel good, but now that the sword intent has been dispersed, I feel a little better after experiencing it personally.
Since this sword intention can communicate with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, it is naturally extremely special. For the time being, Mu Qing only understands that there is another kind of spirit in the sword intention that serves as a bridge.
Mu Qing deliberately did not treat the wound in the bookstore, but he still lost half of his complexion, and his face was a little tired. After teasing a little, he hurriedly bandaged the wound and said to Wang Yeqing: "Mrs. Wang, let's go, maybe the red Miss Ling is impatient to wait."
Wang Yeqing looked a little helpless. She took the initiative to come to Mu Qing today. In fact, she came out to guess that the movement in Mudleg Alley might be related to the person in front of her. In the beginning, she actually learned an extremely useful piece of information from Hongling.
"No need, Hongling was fine in the morning and has already been to Tingmei Xiaozhu."
"Then what did she say?" Mu Qing looked eager.
Wang Yeqing no longer concealed anything and said: "It's true that the more you are afraid of something, the more likely it will happen. Something did happen in Wanhua Valley. I didn't tell you immediately just now because I was afraid that you would be too confused."
Mu Qing's face looked as pale as if he had been struck by a dozen swords. He sat back in his seat without saying a word and raised his hand to signal Wang Yeqing to continue.
Wang Yeqing said: "In the past two days, Hong Ling served Bai Liqun, a dandy. He was drunk and leaked the truth. The city lord's palace sent a group of good men to cooperate with Tian Shou, which promoted the internal division of Wanhua Valley. The master uncle who had just returned recently succeeded in seizing power. "
During that time in the dense forest on the back cliff of Tiegugu Village, he had seen Shaoyao's two fellow disciples, Xu Zuo and Bai Jiahe, but he had not seen the female master uncle.
In the past, he rarely asked Shaoyao for information about their senior generation, but he didn't expect that this time he would be shocked.
"Uncle Grand Master betrayed Ten Thousand Flowers Valley and cooperated with official forces such as Tianshou City Lord's Mansion, inside and outside?"
"I expected the situation to be similar."
"Do you have any news about the Valley Master and the others?" Mu Qing looked at Wang Yeqing with fear on his face.
Wang Yeqing sighed, but Mu Qing was so frightened that her face turned pale. She had to say quickly: "That dude can only know a rough idea of these things. There is no news about your sister and her master for the time being."
The lack of news meant many possibilities, such as escaping or being caught. Mu Qing did not dare to think about the most terrifying possibility. He stood up with a "chun", and Wang Yeqing knew what he wanted to do, and said helplessly: "You have to make some preparations before you go."
"I can't care about that much anymore. There are so many things in the world that are difficult to deal with. How can I have time to wait for me to be prepared." After being anxious for just a moment, Mu Qing regained his composure and frowned slightly: "Sister Yueshan can only trouble Mrs. Wang more." Don’t worry, I’ll rush to the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers immediately.”
He wanted to see people alive, and wanted to see corpses when he was dead. Mu Qing's heart was bleeding, and he felt that he had wasted too much time before.
"I know you can't judge your boy's strength based on your realm. Don't show off your strength." Wang Yeqing has been tactful enough. The current Ten Thousand Flowers Valley must be a dragon's pond and a tiger's den. To underestimate the enemy is to waste your own life.
Mu Qing forced a smile and said: "It just so happens that Hidden Valley is out of sight. During this period, Mrs. Wang can put everyone in place."
"I'll worry about this myself. You go ahead. If...if the situation cannot be changed, don't die."
This afternoon, Mu Qing rode out of the city alone.
Although in the eyes of people like Chen Zhuo, he was still just a nobody, but because they had set their sights on him before, it didn't take long for everyone who could know the news to know.
In the study room of the city lord's mansion, a corner of the expensive inkstone was missing and was lying upside down on the carpet. Someone was kneeling beside him with his head bowed.
Bai Hao's face was ashen and he said: "You haven't found his hiding place for such a long time. I can understand that the houses in that place are messy and dense, but so many secret sentries were killed by the other party at once and escaped unscathed. You tell me What other reasons do I have."
Hou Yiyong buried his head lower, not caring about the blood flowing from his forehead. "Before Fen Xi, I didn't dare to alert the enemy, but there were always a few people who suspected the other party. Now we can confirm that the sword cultivator is still in Mudleg Alley and has not escaped far."
Bai Hao hummed: "Has your identity been confirmed?"
Hou Yiyong quickly replied: "This person is most likely Zhang Zhiyuan, the commander of the personal guard at that time. My subordinates miscalculated. I didn't expect that he could become a first-class swordsman after being a coward for so many years."
"Still searching?"
"Yes! There are seven or eight groups of people, forming an encirclement and narrowing the encirclement."
When Bai Hao heard this, he sneered twice and said, "The other party didn't run away. He probably had the confidence to ask those people to withdraw and guard the exit."
"The geographical advantage has been taken over by the opponent, and Renhe and I can't beat him, so we have to admit it and wait for the Wanhua Valley to wrap up. Then we will join forces with Tianshou's people to have a battle between masters."
"The city lord is wise." Hou Yiyong's eyes were a little gloomy. He knew that his weight in his heart was far less than that of Xing Zuo who had gone to Wanhua Valley. His mind quickly changed and he said: "The people below have captured a few soft bones and asked them. We know that Zhang Zhiyuan has a private school inside. Although we can’t find him now, we can follow the clues and arrest those who have attended the private school..."
Bai Hao's eyes were cold, "It's up to you to handle this kind of thing."
