Chapter 87 Lord Qingyun
Yi Xifeng held a long azure sword and stared at the giant beast in front of him, which was more than five feet long. He did not choose to attack rashly, but kept testing it. At this time, their six-person team had to deal with four Behemoths. Among them, Wu Hao dealt with one alone, Xu Liuyi and Gong Kuiyuan dealt with one together, and the remaining three were Yi Xifeng, Lin Fenghuo, and Geng Shu. , but there are two to deal with.
Geng Shu's own strength is also at the half-step knight level. Although his actual combat power is comparable to the knight's level, it is still a bit difficult to deal with a Behemoth alone.
As a result, only one of Lin Fenghuo and Yi Xifeng could be chosen to take on this important task. Lin Fenghuo, who had already entered the knight realm, wanted to take over this job, but Yi Xifeng, who had grown in strength, wanted to try it even more. Test how far your own strength has come.
This king of alien beasts is obviously very intelligent. The dozens of Bemos that were sent out just now were completely destroyed by the opponent. It could clearly see from the side that it was this young man in Taoist robes who was leading the attack, and the one next to him. A guy with evil spirits all over his body.
Due to the instinct of the beast, he always felt that the strength of the person in front of him was not as weak as he showed. If the golden sword light used by Yi Xifeng before could only cause some minor injuries to those Behemoths, when facing Behemoths now, I'm afraid it wouldn't even be considered a minor injury. Looking at the overwhelming sword attack, it really fell on this alien beast king, which could only cause it to roar in pain and anger, and only white streaks were left on its already pitch-black skin. Sword marks.
As if it couldn't bear to be harassed by Yi Xifeng, the two sides tried each other over a cup of tea. The king of alien beasts was extremely angry and ignored the long river of sword light sweeping towards him again. It spotted Yi Xifeng's position. , a well-head-thick beam of light protruded directly from the mouth!
"No! It's the Beast King roaring!" Lin Fenghuo, who was not far away, quickly reminded him.
It's a pity that the King of Alien Beasts is at the peak of the Dengtang realm after all, and his movements are so fast and fierce. Almost as soon as Lin Fenghuo reminded him, the orange-yellow beam of light had already shot in front of Yi Xifeng!
"careful!"
This time it was Geng Shu who warned, and he dodged directly to Lin Fenghuo and blocked the blow for him. It turned out that at the moment when he reminded Yi Xifeng of his distraction, the Behemoth that had been in a stalemate with the two of them also seized the opportunity and punched directly. If it weren't for the two of them to deal with it, Lin Fenghuo would probably have fallen for this beast.
The aftermath of the battle caused the surrounding lakes to roll. After all, there were ten warriors with the strength of the chivalrous realm gathered here. That is, in the secret realm at this time, if placed in the rivers and lakes, placed in any town, this would be enough to overwhelm a person. The city's force.
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Ou Yezi walked slowly across the waves from Luojian Lake, and his strong internal energy ensured that he moved forward steadily on the lake, as if he were walking on flat ground. Although he still wore the shabby leather jacket and was still the thin old man, as he gradually approached Qingyun City, his momentum gradually increased.
At the same time, in a huge and deep mansion in Qingyun City, a middle-aged man woke up from his practice!
This person is wearing a long gown made of ink gold silk, embroidered with jade bamboo and orchid shadows, and a black jade belt tied around his waist. Hanging from his waist is a dagger of a simple and elegant style, with the blade retracted and the sword There is no sharp edge visible in the scabbard, but based on the gorgeous yet connotative carvings on the scabbard, this short sword is probably a rare masterpiece.
"What's going on? Why do I suddenly feel palpitation in my heart?" the middle-aged man murmured to himself.
At this time, a maidservant walked in in small steps. Seeing that her master had woken up from practicing, she immediately brought tea and asked softly: "Master, the night is cold, should you go back to your room to rest?"
The middle-aged man glanced at the little maid with a graceful figure and a gentle voice, and a glimmer of light flashed through his eyes.
"Well, I'm going to sleep in the study tonight, so there's no need to tell the back room."
When the little maid heard this, a hint of shyness suddenly appeared on her oval face. To be more detailed, it was also a chance a few days ago this month. The master was practicing alone in the study at night, and it happened to be her turn to serve. It must have been something that didn't go his way or something else. Not long after practicing, the middle-aged man's face turned red and he stopped practicing internal energy.
As a maid, she naturally poured some cold water to help him wipe it off, and the result was one can imagine...
In fact, it is very common for masters to steal maids in any adult's house. She also knows in her heart that the master is just greedy for her youthful beauty. But what could be done? As a maid who was bought into a house, there were too few options for her to choose.
Therefore, she can only try her best to please her master, hoping that he will remember her kindness. If she is destined to enjoy this glory and be taken into the house by her master, that will be the time for her to fly on the branch and become a phoenix. .
Not long after, there was a rustling sound of clothing and yarn rubbing together in the study, and after a while, the sound of two people having sex came out happily. The maid tried her best to suppress herself, making her voice as quiet as possible, and even whispered to her master for mercy.
She knew that the more she behaved like this, the happier the master would be!
Just as the middle-aged man was having sex with his maid, a voice suddenly sounded in their ears.
"Ji Ruming, hurry up!"
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This huge and deep mansion in Qingyun City has its door closed all year round. Even the envoys sent by the imperial court stayed at the official inn instead of coming here. Because they know the rules of Qingyun City, the door of this mansion is never opened easily.
And tonight, in the dead of night, the door of this mansion suddenly opened, and a group of people knelt down from inside. It was the owner of this mansion.
They are welcoming someone, yes! Late at night, open the front door!
I saw an old man standing under the plaque outside the mansion, touching his mustache and looking up at the big plaque hanging above, which clearly read: City Lord's Palace.
The person who came was none other than Ou Yezi who came from Luojian Lake, and this huge and extremely majestic mansion was the city lord's mansion of Qingyun City! The middle-aged man who just had an affair with his maid was none other than the lord of Qingyun City—Ji Ruming.
The middle-aged man and his family knelt there and looked up at Ou Yezi, who was standing under the big plaque and looked up at the plaque as well.
Ji Ruming leaned down lower and said in a deep voice: "Ji Ruming, please pay homage to the great elder!"
Ou Yezi lowered his head and glanced at the people kneeling at the foot of the steps. There were one or two hundred people in the darkness.
"I won't talk nonsense to you. I have something urgent to do here tonight. How about..." At this point, he paused for a moment and continued to say expressionlessly: "Well, otherwise I won't interrupt you! "
Ji Ruming raised his eyebrows and cursed secretly in his heart: "I'm showing you a show in vain, and you still dislike it so much!"
However, he only dared to think about it in his heart, and he still agreed: "Please give the order to the great elder!"
"I'm looking for someone! I don't know his appearance, nor his age, nor when he entered the city. He did leave here last night and entered Luojian Lake. Of course, he may also be wandering around the lake in the past few days!" Ou Yezi ordered lightly. .
Hearing this, Ji Ruming's face became extremely gloomy. He was silent for a few breaths and asked in a trembling voice: "Great Elder, when do you need a reply?"
He didn't say that he couldn't do it, because he knew that as long as the great elder Ou Yezi made a request, he would do it no matter what. He might as well take this opportunity to ask more useful questions.
Ou Yezi thought for a while and said calmly: "Now! I'll wait here tonight!" After saying that, he sat on the steps.
When Ji Ruming heard this, his face became more serious, and he thought to himself at the same time: It's going to be tonight, so this person's whereabouts should have appeared in the past three days, so let's start searching from Luojian Lake first!
Soon, all the people dispersed, and Qingyun City, which had been almost silent, fell into chaos again because of Lao Yezi's words.
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"Has anyone been near Luojian Lake in the past three days?"
"Yes, this is a lot!"
"Okay, bring someone to wake everyone up and interrogate them in groups. Not even a single suspicious person can be included!"
"My lord, what are you doing this late at night? Hey, hey, why did you force your way in? Oh! Why did you hit someone? Is there any royal law?"
"I'm telling you, the city lord gave the death order at this time. I will be Wang Fa tonight. Take it away with me!"
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Although the government of Qingyun City is nominally under the control of the imperial court of Luo Yun State, the current situation in Qingchuan County is that the influence of Jianghu sects is far greater than that of the imperial court. At least in Qingyun City, the Qingyun Sect is Wang Fa!
In less than two hours, all restaurants in the city and all inns that registered travelers were inspected by the government.
This kind of investigation is not a simple inquiry, but locks the waiters and shopkeepers in inns and restaurants in different rooms, and lets different police officers interrogate them, asking them to recall the people they met in the past three days.
For example, if the clerk recalls seventeen people and the shopkeeper recalls twenty people, then neither of them can leave, which proves that they still have omissions. With this kind of intensive questioning, there are only two possible outcomes. With a small chance, the shopkeeper and the waiter will remember all the suspicious strangers. There is a high probability that there is still a difference in the number of people they remember, but there is indeed nothing missing. After all, everyone comes into contact with different people, so the chance of being the same is still very small.
Although the process is unfair to the person being interrogated, this method is indeed the most effective in terms of the outcome of the interrogation.
After a whole night, when the sky gradually turned white, the three clerks returned to the city lord's mansion with a touch of exhaustion.
"Stop talking nonsense, what do you think?" Ji Ruming shouted and asked the three petty officials before they could speak.
The three of them looked at each other, and one of them said: "Reporting to the city lord, we have recently checked all the inns, taverns and tea shops in the city. There are a total of 7,235 people who have visited Qingyun City in the past three days. Among them, they meet the requirements. The total number of suspected persons is one thousand two hundred and twenty-one.”
"More than a thousand people!" Ji Ruming asked in a low voice.
Another clerk cupped his hands and said: "Sir, there are indeed so many! After all, your request does not restrict men and women. The only clear clue is Luojian Lake..."
Ji Ruming also knew in his heart that with the conditions given by Ou Yezi, the number of suspicious people would definitely be found, but he did not expect there to be so many.
"Narrow the scope even further, male! I only went to Luojian Lake the day before, and also moved around in relatively high places, where I could see the Qingyun Sect."
The speaker was Ou Yezi. Even though he was sitting here that night, he was not doing nothing. He was trying hard to deduce the identity of the other party. He knew that the clues he proposed at the beginning were too vague, but time waits for no one! He recalled all the clues about Li Xintian's disappearance and the other party's stay in the mountain protection formation.
That's right, that seal that suppresses the early warning is an extremely powerful formation. It can even be said to be an extremely powerful weapon. It can seal the early warning of the mountain guarding formation in a short time. This thing is not something that ordinary weapon refiners can do. He found it difficult to reach even his junior brother Feng Huzi.
This arrogant way is almost humiliating the other sect. The person who took action should be a male, but his age is not sure. He must have cultivated to that level and can change his appearance. Just like his senior brother Chen Chuantuo, he is obviously an old guy who has lived for more than two hundred years, but from the outside, he looks like a scholar in his twenties.
About half an hour later, a gleam of light appeared on the horizon, and the morning light shone into the solemn City Lord's Mansion. When the three clerks appeared again, they were holding a thick stack of silk cloth with many words densely written on it.
"Sir, we have selected from these one thousand, two hundred and twenty-one people, a total of twenty-four people."
As he spoke, he handed over the stack of silk cloth. Ji Ruming did not dare to delay at all, and ran to Ou Yezi without even looking, bowed and said, "Great Elder, these twenty-four people are the most suspicious!"
The old man nodded, took the silk cloth, and began to look at it one by one. He didn't read very quickly, and it took him more than ten breaths to finish reading one page. Naturally, everyone around him focused their attention on him, and they didn't even dare to take a breath.
The faces of the three minor officials responsible for the investigation gradually turned pale. They guessed the identity of the thin old man through their adults' attitudes. The three of them could only pray that their hard work this night was not in vain.
Ou Yezi looked at the silk cloths in his hand, and his eyes stopped on one of them. What was written on it was what happened in Jiuhua Tower that night.
"A weird middle-aged man?"
He turned the page and saw this person's comments about the drinks, and Ou Yezi's eyes suddenly lit up! Ou Yezi looked at the silk cloths in his hand, and his eyes stopped on one of them. What was written on it was what happened in Jiuhua Tower that night.
"A weird middle-aged man?"
He turned the page and saw this person's comments about the drinks, and Ou Yezi's eyes suddenly lit up!
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