"Isn't this a coincidence?" Sheng Xuanyuan withdrew his applauding hand with a calm expression, took out a silver coin from his pocket and gave the storyteller a reward, and said, "This is a wonderful article, please tell me more about it in the future."
The storyteller cupped his hands and smiled and said, "Thank you so much, sir! Come and listen to books often when you have time!"
Qiong Yi's eyes darkened, she suppressed her anger and followed him out of the teahouse. She slapped the person in front of her with a gentle slap: "Sheng Jing, you are really... getting more and more sarcastic!"
Sheng Xuanyuan just twitched the corner of his mouth, and couldn't help but think of the ridiculous incident of accidentally taking the Jiujiu Pill a few days ago. After asking Qiong Yi, he realized that she didn't remember what she had done at all, and asked him when he drank so much wine. Why did you become so drunk and stupid? Sheng Xuanyuan couldn't get angry with the drunk person, so he could only break him off at this moment, thinking in his heart: I would be sorry for myself if I didn't tease you.
Bypassing the topic, he said: "The information you learned here is not true. Next, you and I will go to the Ushi Shoitai in the city. The information there is more reliable."
Seeing his serious expression, Qiong Yi nodded and walked forward in the crowd, "My intuition tells me that the rumors about Cang Yu in Wu Yuecheng are a trap, but why would anyone set this trap?" Qiong Yi said very quietly, Almost whispering to himself: "Could it be..."
Thinking of this, her heart sank: "Could it be that the person who set up the situation wants to attract those who are looking for the sword and eliminate them all? This will not only reduce the competition, but also relieve the worries."
"It's somewhat possible." Sheng Xuanyuan thought: "If he doesn't have enough strength, doing this will just set him on fire."
"Yes." Qiong Yi frowned with unfounded worry: "The news had been spreading for a long time before we came. Almost all the monks who could get there have gone to Wu Yue City in the past few days. I don't know what the scene is like there now. …”
As they talked, the two walked towards the Sheng family's guard station in Danxiang. Qiong Yi, led by Sheng Xuanyuan, turned from a crowded place into an unknown shop. There was an old man with gray hair trembling in front of the counter. He was holding on to his reading glasses while reading. Sheng Xuanyuan stepped forward and said something to him. The man pointed to the backyard of the store and continued reading without raising his head. Qiong Yi glanced at the old man, quickened his pace and followed Sheng Xuanyuan around from the backyard of the shop to the inner door. Unexpectedly, there was a courtyard within a courtyard and a building within a building. After walking around a few times, he passed through the secret door. Finally, they were together Stopping in front of an inconspicuous building, Sheng Xuanyuan said, "We're here."
The Sheng Clan's garrison was too hidden. Not only was there no plaque, but even a secret code was needed to find out where it came from. Qiong was also a little bit sad about this. Thinking about the unrest in Danxiang City, it made sense to keep the news secret. of.
There were loud "clang" and "clang" sounds from the hall, and four or five people were seen standing side by side, with bowstrings in their hands, arrows pointed directly at them from high above: "Who is coming!"
Sheng Xuanyuan pulled off his mask and held the Chengying Sword horizontally in front of him. Those people recognized his identity and bowed their heads one after another: "Young Master."
"There is no need to salute." Seeing their confused expressions, Sheng Xuanyuan seemed to want to ask about his origins, and said bluntly: "Don't ask me why I am here, and there is no need to report my whereabouts to the clan. I am here only for one thing. Is the rumor in Danxiang City that Cang Yu fell in Wuyue City true? And when did it arise?"
The man who seemed to be the leader clasped his hands and replied: "Young master, the informant has not returned from the city today. You may as well go to the guard tower to rest, and I will report to you when the informant returns."
Sheng Xuanyuan nodded: "Disciple of the same sect, there is no need to be polite. Just take me in."
"Don't you dare, please." The disciple in black walked down the stairs and raised his hand to ask the two of them to go into the room and rest.
Many of the governors and governors under the Sheng family were often served by non-disciples of the family, but by fellow disciples and capable people who had entered the sect to study skills or take exams. Most of them had awe for their relatives.
Qiong Yi and Sheng Xuanyuan took a short rest in the hall and waited for about two hours for the informant to return to the clan guard station. When they heard that Young Master Sheng was here, they immediately met to report the matter. Sheng Xuanyuan originally thought that the hard work of posing as an informant and lurking in the dark was usually done by men, but he didn't expect that Dan Xiang's informant was a woman.
"I'm not here as a guest, so there's no need to be formal. Have you heard any information about Cang Yu Sword recently?"
"Yes." The informant replied: "The rumors among the monks that Cang Yu was taken to Wuyue City are probably true. Why did the young master come to inquire about this matter? Could it be that he also covets that sword? "
"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask." Sheng Xuanyuan replied coldly: "Did you find out this information yourself? Is there an informant from our sect in Wu Yue?"
The informant realized that he had made a mistake and shook his head: "I am talking too much. Back to my young master, Wuyue City is an isolated city. It is located at the northern end of Dingkou Ridge, on the border of Changtai. The terrain is remote and complex, and our sect has no informants."
It seems that he really knows that there are tigers in the mountains and prefers to go to the Tiger Mountains. He has to go there. Qiong Yi listened silently and said to himself.
"Young Master, forgive me for talking too much, did you go directly to Danxiang after attending the Spring Banquet?"
Sheng Xuanyuan did not answer her, but asked: "As an informant in this position, do you have a wide range of information? Do you know what the five clan leaders discussed in the two days after the 'Jin Fang Fei' banquet? Tell the truth if you know it." I."
The informant thought for a while and said: "The news we received at the station is that the soldiers in the Western Border have been rioting repeatedly. In response, all ethnic groups have dispatched manpower to help the Xie family protect the border. The border is now extremely unstable, and there is a possibility of war at any time. . The second is that the Lu and Su clans each set up additional guards five hundred miles south. The third is the Cangyu sword. The five clans have reached an agreement. If the sword recognizes its owner, they will not interfere. If someone in the rivers and lakes takes it away, If the sword kills innocent people indiscriminately, then the Beishan lineage will take action to recover the sword. Even if the sword has recognized its owner, they will try to lock the sword and seal it."
Sheng Xuanyuan waved his hand, "Thank you very much. Go down."
The informant responded and exited the room.
"It seems that it is just a fight between sects, and the five clans will not care about it." Qiong Yi muttered, "The isolated city of Wuyue is sparsely populated, which seems to have been specially chosen. Could it be that after the Spring Banquet, Someone got the news and deliberately set up a trap and chose a location, so that hundreds of people would seize the sword in this isolated city, right?"
"Are you worried that this is a trap set up?"
She shook her head, her eyes full of worry: "...No. I'm worried about the people in this city."
Qiong Yi grabbed his hands and spoke in a low voice, but her words were tight and urgent: "The roads in the isolated city are impassable. Even if only a dozen monks enter the city to seize the sword, if there is a fight, they will not even have a chance to escape." She did not dare to imagine that ordinary people Scenes of encountering this disaster for no reason, or fleeing and getting lost in the mountains: "Sheng Jing, the news that is 80% true will become 100% true in a few days. We have to evacuate the ordinary people before the sword battle begins."
"This is..." She lowered her head: "This is what we should do. Compared with Cang Yu, this is what we, as members of the Protector clan, should do."
Sheng Xuanyuan held her hand tightly: "I'm going to contact the Yue family garrison closest to here. I will protect people first. Don't worry." After that, he got up and called the consul of Taichung and told him to call the garrison closest to Wu Yuecheng. Tai Fei Ge sent a letter explaining the disaster that Cang Yu would bring to the world now, and asked them to send troops to immediately go to the isolated city of Wu Yue to evacuate the people. If you see anyone who looks or behaves like a monk, avoid it if you can. Don't draw fire to your body.
There was only one high-ranking monk in the Sheng Clan's garrison of our institute. Under the assignment of Sheng Xuanyuan, a group of people headed straight to Wu Yue with him as the leader, while another group of people was arranged outside the city as a support. .
Qiong also looked at the screen board in the hall with a map of the city. Dingkou Ridge, which spans the north and south, seemed so far away. As she spoke, she clenched her fists unconsciously: "It takes about two hours to get there on horseback. Now, It’s getting late today, I’m afraid not many people can be evacuated.”
Sheng Xuanyuan knew what she was worried about: "We will go too."
He said: "This matter has become known all over the city. Someone must be fanning the flames. We went to Wu Yue to meet that person." He sorted it out carefully in his mind. He had said all the things that needed to be said and made sure that there was nothing left. Omissions. "I don't know what news Brother Yan and the others have learned. Let's go back to the inn."
"good."
*
It was already sundown when we returned to the small inn where we first arrived. Smoke was rising from the city, all the vendors had closed their stalls, and there were very few pedestrians. Su Ye and Yan Tingshen waited for a long time before seeing them come back. They opened the door and asked, "Back? Come here to collect the news."
Yan Tingshen said: "Let's talk about the news we got first. There is not much information. There are four points in total. First, the Demon Sect has definitely been born. There are many signs of their activities in the Jiangbei area. It is very possible for us to encounter them in Danxiang. Yeah, I just don’t know whether the ‘Demon Sect’ is a general term similar to the ‘Right Way’, or it refers to a certain sect with heretical cultivation methods.”
"I know this." Qiong Yi replied, "Before being expelled from the Middle-earth by the five tribes and ten sects, there were three major factions in the Demon Cult, namely Qi Yin, Fuhun and Ji E, which were the top among the ten sects. Guangyao, Qinggui, and Chanyin, who are almost superior to the other seven sects, are collectively known as the 'three complete yin and yang'. However, a hundred years ago, their vitality was severely damaged and they retreated to the north. Maybe there are divisions and alliances within them."
Su Ye sighed: "It's actually like this."
"Well, shall I continue?" After listening to Qiong Yi's addition, Yan Tingshen added: "In addition to the emergence of the Demon Sect, Guangyao and Chanyin Sect have sent manpower, and there are countless casual cultivators from the world. . Then we heard that the Cangyu Sword is now in the hands of a man named Zhang Yan in Wuyue City. After discussing with Su Ye, we all speculated that it was false. The last news is that at least four teams have gone to Wuyue City to seize the sword. , according to observation, they are almost all small groups of ten people, including mortals with no foundation in martial arts, as well as high-level monks, but the number is small, and they are not difficult opponents."
Sheng Xuanyuan nodded in response.
Su Ye said silently: "After all, high-level monks are not just picking up a lot of cabbage on the roadside. Which sect cannot be called a genius before it reaches the age of twenty? Don't look at me, you three, you are too outrageous! "
