Chapter 770
Li Yong didn't understand. Pingxihou's Mansion should be the most dangerous place now, so why would he deliberately go to Pingxihou's Mansion?
However, he believed in Xiao Zhan's decision and without any hesitation, he followed Xiao Zhan and quickly rushed out in the direction of Pingxi Hou Mansion.
I don't know how long it took, but after crossing a mountain ridge, a flat land with a radius of dozens of miles appeared in front of me.
Within a few hundred miles around the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion, you can still see refugee settlements, but here, apart from the government soldiers who can be seen everywhere, not a single refugee can be seen.
As soon as Xiao Zhan and Li Yong showed up, they were discovered by the soldiers of Pingxi Hou Mansion.
Hundreds of soldiers directly surrounded Xiao Zhan and Li Yong.
At this time, the two of them had already taken off their armor and put on rags, typical refugee attire.
Seeing that these soldiers wanted to take action directly, Xiao Zhan said in a deep voice:
"I am from the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion. I want to see Pingxi Marquis. I have something important to report in person!"
Hearing this, an older soldier frowned and asked:
"Why do people from the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion appear in our Pingxi Marquis territory?"
"You can tell me if you have anything."
Xiao Zhan shook his head, "I saw someone snatching the Nether Pill escorted by someone sent by the palace."
Hearing this, the older soldier quickly waved his hand, and the other soldiers stepped back.
"Come with me."
The soldier frowned and looked at Xiao Zhan and Li Yong, "You'd better be honest."
Xiao Zhan didn't say anything, and led Li Yong to follow the soldier and walked towards the Pingxi Hou Mansion.
Two hours later, the tall Pingxi Houfu appeared in sight.
The soldier entered the Hou Mansion to report, and not long after, he saw a young man wearing black brocade robes walking to the door of the Hou Mansion.
This young man had a handsome appearance, but his eyes were cold and stern. When he looked at Xiao Zhan and Li Yong, there was a hint of natural arrogance in his eyes.
He asked coldly:
"Are you from the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion? Did you really see the person who took away the Nether Pill?"
Xiao Zhan nodded, "I saw it."
The young man's eyes flashed, "What does the person who stole the Nether Pill look like?"
Xiao Zhan slowly said, "It's a young man carrying a big box. There's a royal palace mark on the box. I can see it clearly."
The young man narrowed his eyes, murderous intent flashing in his eyes, "Then did you see where the person who stole the Nether Pill fled?"
Xiao Zhan shook his head, "The other party can steal the Nether Pill from the Wangfu Army. I don't dare to follow them, so I can only report the news as soon as possible."
The young man asked again:
"Are you sure you are a young man? Not an old man?"
Xiao Zhan nodded, but he was thinking in his heart that the young man in front of him seemed to know something.
The young man thought for a moment and said:
"Come in with me."
After saying that, the young man took Xiao Zhan and Li Yong into the Hou Mansion, and soon came to a secluded courtyard.
In the courtyard, a middle-aged man wearing a dark red brocade robe was sitting on a chair drinking tea.
In the middle of the yard, a beast that was taller than a man and more than five meters long was pouncing towards a man covered in blood, biting the man in one bite, and blood spurted out instantly.
Next to the middle-aged man, there was another young man standing, also wearing a black brocade robe and having a luxurious appearance.
The young man who had brought Xiao Zhan and Li Yong here walked up to the middle-aged man, cupped his hands and said:
"Father, these two people said they saw the thief who stole the Netherworld Pill."
The middle-aged man put down the teacup in his hand and raised his eyes to look at Xiao Zhan.
He is Pingxi Hou. Although he is middle-aged, his appearance is still handsome, and his eyes are deep and sharp, as if he can see through people's hearts.
With just one glance, Xiao Zhan knew that this Pingxi Marquis was definitely no weaker than Zhenyuan Marquis.
"I saw you during the army competition in Prince Yin's city."
"The prince even praised you as a general at that time."
"Why are you in such rags now?"
Xiao Zhan cupped his fists and said:
"Xiao Zhan has met Mr. Hou."
Marquis Pingxi nodded, "So your name is Xiao Zhan."
He smiled and asked, "How is Marquis Zhenyuan doing recently? Marquis Weiwu lost his title. Did he cause any trouble for Marquis Zhenyuan?"
Xiao Zhan said truthfully:
"On the way back to Zhenyuanhou Mansion from King Yin City, Marquis Weiwu tried to kill me, but Zhenyuanhou killed me on the spot."
Marquis Pingxi was slightly surprised, but then he laughed again:
"Duan Hong has this kind of character, so it's normal to kill Wei Wuhou."
"I just didn't expect Duan Hong to lie to me and say that he was in the middle stage of the Nether Sea Realm. I'm afraid he has already entered the late stage of the Nether Sea Realm."
Xiao Zhan nodded, "That's true."
Marquis Pingxi asked again:
"Did Marquis Zhenyuan ask you to come to me?"
After a few brief conversations, Xiao Zhan could already tell that the relationship between Pingxi Marquis and Zhenyuan Marquis seemed to be pretty good.
Thinking of this, Xiao Zhan sighed:
"The Marquis is unaware that our Marquis of Zhenyuan has disappeared."
Marquis Pingxi frowned, "He's gone, what do you mean?"
"It just disappeared, I don't know where it went," Xiao Zhan said truthfully, "The Marquis left a letter and let us decide whether to stay or not."
"I also remembered that the Marquis said before that he has a good relationship with Marquis Pingxi, so I came to the Marquis Pingxi Mansion to see if our Marquis Zhenyuan is here."
Marquis Pingxi did not speak, but frowned, and after a long time he said:
"That guy Duan Hong is still so unpredictable."
"You don't have to look for him. With his strength, nothing will happen to him. Since he wants to leave, you can't find him."
Marquis Pingxi glanced at Xiao Zhan's rags and said, "It's a shame that you still want to find him. I think you suffered a lot on the way here."
Xiao Zhan shook his head and said:
"On the way here, I saw a young man running away carrying a wooden box."
"I think that is the person who snatched the Nether Pill from the palace soldiers, but I am not strong enough to follow him."
Marquis Pingxi shook his head, "The soldiers from the palace have arrived at my residence. They said that a hundred people pretending to be soldiers from my palace took over the box of Nether Pills, and the leader was an old man."
Xiao Zhan frowned, "I don't know about this. I only saw a young man carrying a box containing Nether Pill and running away quickly among the mountains."
Marquis Pingxi frowned, glanced at the young man who brought Xiao Zhan and Li Yong in, and said:
"Zhuang Qiang, go ahead and do your work."
Zhuang Qiang nodded, "Yes, foster father."
Zhuang Qiang quickly walked out of the Hou Mansion.
Not long after, the old man who was attacked by Xiao Zhan appeared in front of Zhuang Qiang in a stone room.
Zhuang Qiang's eyes were cold, "According to what you said, after the box of Nether Pills was obtained, a young man attacked you and lured you away. When you went back, the box of Nether Pills was gone. Is it right?"
The old man nodded, "That's right."
Zhuang Qiang said "Yeah", "It seems that Xiao Zhan from Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion didn't lie."
"Just pretend this never happened."
"But you must be careful. If the person who stole the Netherworld Pill is caught, you must find a way to kill him. You must not let him tell you what happened to you, otherwise you and I will both die!"
The old man nodded, "Don't worry, Young Marquis, I will definitely pay attention!"
"It's just... Young Master, those twenty palace soldiers have seen me. If I meet them, I will be recognized immediately."
Zhuang Qiang's eyes turned cold, "I will find a way to kill them."
In the Hou Mansion.
Pingxi Hou Zhuangyan looked at Xiao Zhan and said:
"The Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion is too far away from here.
Marquis Zhengyuan has also left. Why don't you stay in my Pingxi Marquis Mansion. "
"Since you know that I have a good relationship with Marquis Zhenyuan, I won't treat you badly if you stay here."
"You are a talented person. When your strength becomes stronger, I can arrange for you to serve as deputy commander in the government army. It will not be a problem for you to become the official commander in the future."
Xiao Zhan cupped his fists and said:
"Thank you, Lord Marquis."
Pingxi Hou Zhuangyan looked at the young man standing next to him and said:
"Yunfei, go and call Butler Wu over."
Zhuang Yunfei nodded, "Father, wait a moment, I'll go find Butler Wu."
Not long after, Zhuang Yunfei led an old man into the courtyard.
This old man was none other than the old man who had just had a secret conversation with Zhuang Qiang.
He is the steward of Pingxihou Mansion, named Wu Yong. Although his strength is only in the early stage of Youhu Realm, he can act steadily. When Pingxihou was not the Marquis, he was already with Pingxihou, and he was very popular with Pingxihou. Xihou’s trust.
But the moment Wu Yong saw Xiao Zhan, a flash of anger and panic flashed in his eyes, but he concealed it well.
He came to Pingxi Hou Zhuangyan, bowed and said:
"Master Marquis, what are your orders?"
Zhuang Yan pointed at Xiao Zhan, "This is Xiao Zhan, the commander of the soldiers of Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion. For some reasons, he will stay in Pingxi Marquis Mansion from now on."
"First arrange for Xiao Zhan and the others to stay in the Hou Mansion. Find a house and some clean clothes. After a while, I will arrange for him to join the government army."
At this time, Xiao Zhan seemed to be seeing Wu Yong for the first time, smiling and clasping his fists at Wu Yong:
"Butler Wu, I'm busy."
Wu Yong smiled and waved his hand, "Young Master Xiao is young and promising, please come with me."
