After Old Luo Le Dian'er left, Zhou Ziping asked everyone to set up camp at Xianren Kanzi to rest temporarily.
After everyone said "yes", they began to get busy.
Soon, the tent was set up, and the strong man exploring the road and Chu Xinxin even brought a pheasant and two rabbits, and lit a fire to roast them.
More than a dozen people here were busy with their own affairs. On the other side, Zhou Ziping was sitting alone on a stone under the tree in a daze, holding a letter in his hand.
Zhou Ziping frowned tightly, as if he was thinking about an extremely complicated matter.
Chen Yuanyuan slowly walked to Zhou Ziping's side, sat down and asked, "Grandpa Zhou, what's wrong?"
Chen Yuanyuan's words pulled Zhou Ziping out of his thoughts. Zhou Ziping turned to look at Chen Yuanyuan, and then said slowly: "So it's you! Why didn't you go over and help them?"
Chen Yuanyuan smiled and said: "I'm done with my work over there. I saw you worrying here, so I came over to see if I can help!"
Zhou Ziping glanced at Chen Yuanyuan and said slowly: "Yuanyuan, do you know why I brought all the top-notch experts from the Thousand Sects into the mountain this time?"
Chen Yuanyuan said calmly: "Didn't you tell us... that there is a treasure in this Songtao Mountain? The old guy Hu Dezhi of the thieves led the other six sects into the mountain to dig for treasure, but he did not bring us the one among the thousands of sects. person?"
Zhou Ziping sighed: "Then do you know... what kind of treasure is hidden in Songtao Mountain?"
Chen Yuanyuan shook her head and said, "I don't know about that. Grandpa Zhou, you didn't say... so..."
Zhou Ziping looked at Chen Yuanyuan and asked, "Aren't you curious? They..."
When Zhou Ziping said this, he pointed to the people from Qianmen who were still busy in front of him, "Aren't they curious too?"
Chen Yuanyuan looked at Zhou Ziping with a somewhat complicated expression. She thought for a while and then said: "Actually, everyone is very curious about this question. Fighting for gold is a matter of stealing, and we Qianmen have this. I have never had anything to do with this aspect in my life. Firstly, I am afraid that my friends in the world will gossip behind my back. Secondly... of course it is also because we in Qianmen do not have the means to inherit this aspect. So this time, you call everyone together. Shan, many people are actually talking about this matter behind their backs. Plus..."
Seeing that Chen Yuanyuan didn't finish her words, Zhou Ziping asked, "What else should I add?"
Chen Yuanyuan pursed her lips and thought for a while, then continued: "In addition, there were rumors in the world... that Hu Dezhi, the head of the Thief Sect, brought masters from six of the eight sects to Songtao Mountain to hunt for treasures. I saw a man coming out of this mountain...so..."
"That's why you came here to trick me?" Zhou Ziping looked at Chen Yuanyuan and said, "Is that right?"
Hearing Zhou Ziping's question, Chen Yuanyuan was immediately shocked and said quickly: "Grandpa Zhou, Yuanyuan, I don't mean that!"
Zhou Ziping did not pick up on Chen Yuanyuan, but slowly raised his head and looked at the sky. After a while, he slowly continued: "Yuanyuan... have you ever thought about a question?"
Chen Yuanyuan didn't speak. She just looked at Zhou Ziping, waiting for Zhou Ziping to finish his words.
Sure enough, after asking this question, Zhou Ziping sighed lightly and said: "Have you ever thought about why that old guy Hu Dezhi called out to the other six sects, but only one of our thousands of sects? people?"
Chen Yuanyuan was stunned by Zhou Ziping's words. Then she looked at Zhou Ziping and said, "This...I really haven't thought about this! Is there something else going on here?"
Zhou Ziping sighed and said nothing, but handed the letter in his hand to Chen Yuanyuan.
Chen Yuanyuan took the letter from Zhou Ziping's hand, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but gasped.
I saw two lines written in calligraphy on the letter: "The Fountain of Youth exists in Songtao Mountain, Guizhou. People from thousands of families leaked the secret to the national army. A total of 16 people as far as Hu De entered and never returned. Their lives and deaths are unknown."
This letter has no beginning and no signature. Although it is only a simple two lines, it contains a huge amount of information.
Chen Yuanyuan looked at it four or five times before slowly asking: "Fountain of Youth...! Fountain of Youth...! Is it the legendary spring that can make people immortal and cure all diseases?"
Zhou Ziping nodded slightly and said, "That's right! It's the Fountain of Youth!"
Chen Yuanyuan said: "Since my grandma Zhou became ill, you have been looking for this fountain of youth for most of your life... No wonder you took us into the mountains this time..."
Zhou Ziping touched Chen Yuanyuan's head, and then said lightly: "There are reasons for this, but it's not all..."
Chen Yuanyuan looked at Zhou Ziping and asked, "Are you still planning to find the person who betrayed the information in the letter?"
Zhou Ziping nodded slightly and said, "You are right! I really want to take this opportunity to find the person who betrayed the Eight Gates."
Chen Yuanyuan thought for a while and then said: "According to the meaning of this letter...the reason why Hu De didn't bring the people from our front door was because he knew early on that someone among our thousands of people would leak the secret?"
Zhou Ziping didn't speak, he just nodded slightly.
Chen Yuanyuan then asked: "But how do you know that person is among our group? Do you already have suspicions about certain people?"
When Zhou Ziping heard what Chen Yuanyuan said, he turned to look at her and said with a smile: "Yuanyuan, they say that you are the smartest among the three generations of disciples in Qianmen. This is really true. My old man's thoughts , I let you guess it all.”
Zhou Ziping paused for a moment when he said this. He took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, took a long puff, and then said slowly: "It's just that I don't have a clue yet, so I'm in a daze here... …”
Chen Yuanyuan looked at Zhou Ziping, and after a while she slowly asked: "Grandpa Zhou, can you trust me?"
Zhou Ziping smiled and said: "Of course! Otherwise I wouldn't show you this letter, right?"
Chen Yuanyuan nodded and said, "Then maybe I can help you find some clues. When did you receive this letter?"
Zhou Zi said calmly: "In the first three nights of our departure..."
Chen Yuanyuan asked: "Who sent it...do you know?"
Zhou Ziping shook his head and said: "I don't know! I asked Lao Zhou, the gatekeeper, and Lao Zhou said that he was a young man, wearing a big robe and a hat on his head. It was too dark for him to see... The only thing Lao Zhou remembers is that this man has some bad legs and feet, but other than that, he has no other characteristics."
Chen Yuanyuan asked quickly: "Then you didn't chase me?"
Zhou Zi said calmly: "Of course I gave chase! But when Lao Zhou chased him out, the lame man had already disappeared. Then, I asked Lao Zhou to check who was not in the capital at that time overnight. It turned out that except you, Except for Chu Xinxin, Xiaofeng, and Yu Cui, the rest are not in the capital..."
Chen Yuanyuan said: "So, except for the four of us, the rest of the people may pass on the news... By the way, Grandpa Zhou, I have another question..."
Zhou Ziping said: "You ask..."
Chen Yuanyuan thought for a while and then said: "I know that you and Hu Dezhi, the leader of the thieves, have always had a life-long friendship, and you have been begging him to help you find the fountain of youth to cure Grandma Zhou's illness. But why did he even Did he know that there are spies among our thousands of families, yet he didn’t even say a word to you?”
Zhou Ziping sighed: "Of course that old guy has reasons that he can't explain."
Chen Yuanyuan asked: "Do you really trust him?"
Zhou Ziping nodded and said, "Of course!"
