The streets and alleys are in order, and after the light rain, the sky is as green as emerald.
Prince Meng looked down from the seventh floor of the high-rise building with octagonal eaves, leaning on the railing, and saw a crowd of people like ants, noisily hawking, coming and going.
Qushuang Tower is the most prestigious restaurant in the city, especially famous for its "Xingxian Liquor". It is said that each jar of wine takes more than ten years to brew. The wine is as thick as syrup and has a vague floral aroma. , only sells 150 jars in March every year. One cup can keep you from getting cold for three days.
Even in Luoyang, the eastern capital city nearly a hundred miles away, people come here early every March just to taste this prestigious wine.
Being able to book the seventh floor of the Shushuang Tower, where you can enjoy wine and view the scenery, is indeed a scene that even some princes and descendants in Luoyang City would admire and admire.
Prince Meng's outer robe is edged with gold thread, and the branches and vine patterns embroidered with gold threads are all over the place. The clothes are clearly light and thin, but they have a dull and heavy feeling that is different from ordinary clothes. There is also a jade belt to tie the waist, a purple gold crown to tie the hair, and a dark-colored Beautiful temples.
Even though the green birthmark on the left side of his thick, knife-like eyebrow occupies a small part of his forehead, it does not detract from his noble and deep demeanor. .
It's just that this man with the title of prince and the air of a prince has no status in the imperial court. Instead, he has a great reputation in the world - he is the southern envoy of the Fire and Luo Dao.
"It's cold in spring. Since Brother Meng spent a lot of money to buy this place, why don't you enjoy the warm wine here instead of the railing, where you can feel the humidity and cold wind after the light rain?"
Between the elegant and luxurious building halls, a person dressed as a fortune teller appeared silently.
This man wore a square scarf on his head, clothed with mango shoes, and hung a green cloth sash on his right shoulder. It looked like a rectangular strip of cloth with a pocket at each end. One side was hung in front of him and the other behind him.
He took a seat behind a low table, sat down on the soft cushions, and took off his bag. The pockets were filled with abacus, tortoise shells, copper coins, and pens and inkstones.
Prince Meng turned to look at him: "Master Divination, I have a heavy responsibility. I should have taken action in the past two days. You asked me to send an urgent secret report and persuaded me to postpone it and make an appointment. What is the purpose of it?"
Bu Suanzi let out a breath of white air, rubbed his hands, picked up the wine pot that was warming on the small stove next to him, poured himself a glass, and said: "Han Wen Gong made great achievements ten years ago. He is known as the number one general of the poor family. He is old and cunning. , should not be underestimated.”
"Humph, he's just a bad old man who has been in office for several years."
Prince Meng said, "A famous general, a famous general, must have generals and soldiers before he can be used. Now, he is at best an old and frail, first-class martial artist who still has some courage."
"Even so, I never underestimated him. I brought three guardians, and sent forces within the church to make various arrangements to lure out several threatening figures from the Luoyang branch of the Tieyi Hall, or kill them on the way. Or lie far away."
"Isolate him here and I'll be safe if I take action again."
Among the righteous paths in the world today, the most famous ones are Laojun Mountain and Shaolin Temple, but the one with the most powerful power and the largest number of disciples is definitely Tieyitang.
In its earliest days, the Tieyitang was just a loose sect formed by a group of veterans during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty. The corvee of the Tang Dynasty was to join the army at the age of twenty-one and retire at the age of sixty-one. Some veterans were practicing martial arts in the army. After being discharged from the army, he was still energetic and ambitious, so he set up such a banner and started doing business similar to an escort agency.
These people may not have deep family backgrounds, but they definitely have a lot of official connections. Later, they gradually grew stronger, and even the imperial court was willing to support them. They became known as the "leaders of the world's bodyguard agencies", and even some General officers who have never served can directly serve in the Iron Clothes Hall.
In the Southwest War ten years ago, one of the five grandmaster-level figures in the field of righteousness was Zhuang Guogong, Su Xing, the chief master of the Tieyi Hall at the time.
Although there are no grandmaster-level experts in the Tieyi Hall today, its power cannot be underestimated.
After Han Wengong resigned and returned to seclusion, his power was naturally less than before, but the relationship between fame and reputation was still there. His two sons also served in Chang'an. The Luoyang branch of the Tieyi Hall valued him very much and had some masters. Take turns to be on duty in this city to take care of the Han family.
Prince Meng first planned to resolve these obstacles before preparing to take action, which was not imprudent.
"It's a pity that things are constantly changing and God's will is unpredictable, but something unexpected happened again."
Bu Suanzi said calmly, took a sip of wine, not only was he happy, but also twirled his beard and praised, "It really is a good wine."
Prince Meng didn't like his fortune-telling deception, and he always liked to show off his faults, so he just said: "What happened, let's finish talking before drinking."
"Alas, I have traveled all day and night to help you. I only had one glass of wine, and I still have to endure your cold words."
Having said that, Bu Suanzi stopped his cup and said, "This matter starts with Qiu Ruzui. A while ago, with the help of her jade mirror, she realized that the Lushan sect had found a treasure that threatened her, so she Yang Jichang, Fan Mianmei, and Kangfu were sent to resolve this matter."
"I didn't expect that in the Taoist temple that Chen Shouzheng of the Lushan Sect found, there were actually three young first-class masters. Unexpectedly, they killed Yang and Kang and captured Fan Weili."
"After the accompanying disciples who were in charge of disguising themselves and collecting intelligence reported the news, the sect was originally preparing to rescue them. Since Qiu Ruzui was not around, I was in charge. However, just as I was mobilizing my manpower, another piece of news came out. Come here."
Having said this, Bu Suanzi's face seemed to show a little regret, "The principle of the accompanying disciples is not to show up and not to have contact, so they took turns checking around with different identities and ordinary people, but because the next day There was no movement in the Taoist temple all day, so they tried to get some children to test it."
"The Taoist temple has been deserted."
These words sounded ordinary, but Prince Meng understood what he meant almost instantly.
The people from the Taoist temple disappeared suddenly under surveillance. They must have deliberately used the skills of a first-class master to take people away. And if they do this, it means that they already know the existence of the disciples of Huo Luo Dao.
Probably because they couldn't find out the identities of these accompanying disciples for a while, and they didn't want to waste time, they adopted this method to get rid of supervision.
However, the existence of Huo Luo Dao's accompanying disciples is itself a secret.
People in the Taoist temple will know about this matter, and it must be Fan Weili who confided it. In other words, Fan Weili will also reveal all the things he knows about Huo Luo Tao.
The look of regret on Bu Suanzi's face was precisely because of Fan's pity.
Prince Meng chuckled and said, "How could Fan Miao confess so quickly? The person from the Taoist temple you mentioned is probably not related to the imperial court."
"It's very possible." Bu Suanzi nodded, "It has been many years since he became a master, and he has achieved great martial arts. Even three of them have surpassed their master, but they are not famous in the world. It really seems that they have been honed in the government."
Prince Meng said: "So you think they already know that I want to attack Mr. Han Wen."
"Among the information that Fan Mianmei knows, your case is the most important recently."
Bu Suanzi gently twisted the ends of the goat's beard and said, "If they have already arrived at the Han Mansion, then it is not safe enough for you and the three guardians you brought to complete this matter."
Chen Shouzheng, three first-rates, plus Han Wengong himself.
Although Prince Meng was confident, he would never dare to say that he was 100% sure of defeating the opponent just based on the words of him and his three subordinates.
"But even if you are included, we are only equal in numbers to them. Let alone winning, if they want to run away, we probably won't be able to stop them."
Fortune teller admitted frankly: "That's right. So before I set off, I had already asked for permission from the superiors. I was the first to arrive. Within three days, there should be four more Dharma protectors who will come over."
Prince Meng pondered: "Wait three more days?"
Seeing that he was deep in thought, Bu Suanzi reached out and poured another glass of apricot wine, slowly tasting the warm and thick wine.
"It doesn't hurt to wait another three days to attack Mr. Han Wen."
Prince Meng finally spoke, his eyes flickering slightly, and an astonishing cold light seemed to flow between his pupils, "However, if according to what you said, Chen Shouzheng went to the Han Mansion, then we have other things to do in the past three days. Things to do.”
Bu Suanzi asked: "What?"
Prince Meng said: "In addition to Chen Shouzheng, the Lushan School also has a first-class master, his uncle Tao Ran Jinyu and Zhao Wangui..."
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When the envoys from the north and south of Huo Luo Dao, Prince Meng and the fortune teller met, it was just as they guessed.
——Guan Luoyang and others have arrived at Han Wengong's residence.
And it has been here all night and half a day.
They brought the witness of Huo Luo Dao's protector and warned Han Wen Gong, and then they were naturally invited by Han Wen Gong to stay at his house.
The Han family was originally a poor family, and Han Wengong was known as the number one general of the poor family in the dynasty.
But a poor family does not refer to common people, but to a family whose family status is declining. Han Wengong's father and brother were both officials in the court, but his father died when he was three years old, and he was raised by his elder brother, who was demoted.
When Han Wengong became famous in both the government and the public, the declining family status was naturally revived.
This old house of the Han family was also renovated and expanded, and became the residence where Han Wengong spent his remaining years after he became an official.
The courtyard designated for Guan Luoyang and the others to live in alone has a garden pavilion, a pond corridor, blue bricks and black tiles, carved doors and white walls.
Several people have lotus floor drains in their houses. When calculating the time, there is a clump of sword bamboo or an old plum outside the window.
There was a wicker chair under the plum tree, covered with soft fox fur, and Amphibian lay on it, listening to the song while exercising his activation contract.
The superpowers brought by rainbow stones can be regarded as a system with great potential. In the world of "Star Travels", the origin of rainbow stones, there are even seven-star strong men.
It's just that the process of developing these abilities is by no means easy. The strength of many people in that world will always remain where they were when they first obtained the Rainbow Stone. Even if they suffer a huge psychological shock and cannot hold on, it will lead to rainbows. The stone turns gray and loses its power.
At this time, the advantages of reincarnation are reflected.
After obtaining the Rainbow Stone, Amphibian also practiced a system called "Imagination Energy" in another mission world. Through some exercises that simplify the complex, he can improve the intensity of his thoughts.
After forming a temporary team, he obtained the mind-body method shared by Guan Luoyang. Compared with the "mind-energy" system created by aliens, it appeared to be more personalized and detailed.
His activation contract has gone from controlling gases and liquids to now being able to activate solids and even try to activate light.
The sunshine that fills the courtyard gradually condenses into golden butterflies as Amphibian seems to be leisurely but is actually practicing hard.
One after another, butterflies gathered and flew from his left hand side. Forms made purely of light, dancing gracefully, like a dream.
After a swarm of hundreds of flying butterflies gathered and circled in the yard, suddenly, several of the butterflies flew past the window shaded by bamboo trees and disappeared into the room.
Anfeiyu's eyes moved and he noticed something strange.
These butterflies activated by his ability were originally completely controlled by him, but the few just now seemed to be interfered with and attracted by another force.
Ga! !
The wicker chair made a soft sound and shook slightly. Amphibian stood up and looked towards the window over there.
The window was open, and Guan Luoyang was sitting on the bed practicing.
The golden butterfly touched his body, collapsed suddenly, and was swallowed by his body.
Anfeiyu noticed that the sunlight shined into the room through the window. The lighting was good, but Guan Luoyang's room seemed a little dim for no reason, especially close to where his body was, the thin and distorted light could be faintly seen.
Recalling that when they were sparring together, Guan Luoyang would go to the top of the snow mountain to look directly at the sun at noon every day in order to practice the Lihuo Golden Eye Sword. It seemed a bit similar to this scene.
Anmphibian had an idea and directed all the golden butterflies to fly across the window in groups and fly to Guan Luoyang.
Beautiful light filled the room, and the fluttering butterflies caused beautiful changes in the light and shadow of everything in the room. The gold-hook gauze curtain on the bed, the wardrobe by the wall, the tall candlesticks, and the wooden shelves The brass basin, the teapot on the table and the upside-down porcelain cup...
Only Guan Luoyang's body seemed to have turned into a bottomless abyss, swallowing up these golden flying lights without hesitation, causing all the golden butterflies to plunge into it as if they were returning to their nests.
The skylight that fills the courtyard is borrowed in an endless stream, and flies into the room under the control of the amphibians.
The sun in the sky tilted inch by inch from east to west, the emerald-colored sky became increasingly dusky, and the earth was shrouded in a gentle dusk. Even the skinny plum branches looked gentle.
Amphibian shook his head and took two steps back, sitting back on the wicker chair with a tired look on his face and rubbing his temples.
After the last butterfly was swallowed, Guan Luoyang pushed the door open and handed him a porcelain cup.
"You can still practice, but I can't hold on anymore."
Anfeiyu took the porcelain cup and said, "I didn't expect that my ability can actually assist you in your practice."
Guan Luoyang turned around and looked at the sunset, stretched his muscles, and said in a good mood: "I didn't expect it either."
In the past few days, he has successfully consolidated his Dantian according to the route of Huan Ri Zhen Gong. The "qi" drawn from the outside by this skill can indeed coexist with and even merge with the blue bird's vitality.
It's just that it's still a little short of being so proficient that it can automatically cycle without thinking or unintentional.
With success in sight, Guan Luoyang practices more diligently.
The joint operation of his brain and Dantian Qihai has made him aware of his recent progress, which has skyrocketed visibly to the naked eye.
And for most of the day just now, there were amphibians that concentrated sunlight into butterflies for him to absorb, and the efficiency of the Dantian Qi Sea increased a lot.
"It's just right. Anyway, I condensed the butterflies for exercise. Even if you swallow those things, it won't affect my exercise effect. Rather, it will stimulate my potential. Unfortunately, I only recently reached the level where I can activate sunlight."
Amphibian took a sip of tea. After drinking the tea, a strong and warm vitality spread in an instant, all of a sudden relieving the fatigue of his continuous use of ability.
"Hey! What is this water?"
He looked at the remaining half cup of tea and took another sip. The previous feeling came back to him, and it was indeed not an illusion.
"It's this bead."
Guan Luoyang turned around and held the Emerald Rebirth Bead between his fingers. "The four-star tonic contains very strong vitality, but it can only be drunk by soaking it in water. It was useful to me before, but now I drink water to digest it." I spend more time practicing Qigong, and the speed of progress is not inferior to it."
Amphibian heard something: "Hey, don't..."
jingle!
The bead was thrown into the porcelain cup in his hand.
Guan Luoyang said: "I'll give you the beads, but there is only one thermos cup that I have used. You can find another cup yourself."
Amphibian stopped, stared at the bead for a while, and said with a smile: "This is not a resource like knowledge that can be copied and exchanged casually. Four-star medicine, even if it is a gift between temporary teammates. , a little heavy."
"Then you take it as payment, my advance payment."
Guan Luoyang looked at his hand, flexing his knuckles, and the power from his brain and Dantian surged into his palm at the same time.
The moment he grasped it with all five fingers, he felt that his palm was as bright as the sun and as solid as a battleship.
Even if it is just an exaggerated metaphor, this feeling of being completely under your own control and becoming stronger after understanding it is better than the previous experiences of ancient painting initiation, swallowing snake gall, injecting medicine, and pulling wires from machinery to stimulate the brain.
It's more similar to the transformation from an ordinary teenager to a powerful person when he first met Tian Gongyu.
Although for reincarnation people, no matter what method is used, they will become stronger, and they should not be discriminating.
But Guan Luoyang just likes this feeling more.
He looked at his fist with joy and said, "With this thing, your exercise will be more efficient, and your practice for me will be more efficient."
Now that he said that, Amphibian no longer hesitated.
The servants of Han Mansion came to invite them to dinner.
Guan Luoyang and An Feiyu left the courtyard and met Chen Shouzheng halfway.
Anfeiyu glanced around and asked, "Where's Brother Che?"
Chen Shouzheng smiled and said: "I originally discussed with Duke Wen that we wanted to invite a few more reinforcements, but unfortunately they are all far away, and it takes a lot of time to send letters. I am afraid that several generals and bodyguards from the nearby Tieyi Hall will also be recruited. Deliberately mobilized, other government soldiers will not help."
"Unexpectedly, Tian Bu Jue Ren heard the news in the afternoon. It turned out that my uncle Zhao was a guest at Zhujian Villa on the outskirts of Luoyang City, so I asked Jin Feng to deliver the message."
Seeing the thoughtful look on Anfeiyu's face, Chen Shouzheng added, "Jin Feng is the most suitable candidate. This time I changed his disguise and asked a boy who usually delivers horse grass to Han Mansion to change his identity. Even though If someone is keeping an eye on Han Mansion, they should be able to get by without any mistakes."
Although this was still a bit risky, it was as comprehensive as possible, and the risk was worth taking. Amphibian thought about it for a moment and didn't think much more about it.
Guan Luoyang suddenly said: "Is Zhujian Villa very famous?"
Chen Shouzheng's expression changed slightly. He looked at the two of them with hesitant eyes and said, "The old master Wu Pingqiang of Zhujian Villa is a first-class master, and he was also a disciple of the Glacier Sect..."
The Glacier Sect has a short history. It was just established seventy years ago. The founder of the sect, Old Glacier, is extremely good at forging magical weapons. He has seven true disciples under his sect, and Xue Longzi is the youngest.
Old Man Glacier was also a master of the generation. Unfortunately, he tried hard to break the void but failed. He became possessed and died suddenly. Then some masters of the Demon Cult sought out the Glacier Sect with the intention of seizing the various magical weapons in their inventory. They killed all the disciples of the Glacier Sect and dispersed them.
The eldest disciple Wu Pingqiang fled to the Central Plains and took refuge in Laojun Mountain. Later he went to the suburbs of Luoyang and established his own business, which is the Zhujian Villa.
Guan Luoyang shook his head: "Now is not the time to ask about the origin of this. I want to say that many people know about your uncle's stay at Zhujian Villa, or is it a very secretive behavior?"
"Every three years at the Sword-making Villa, a famous sword is born on the fifth day of May, and everyone is invited to review the sword. I heard that this year's sword is even more extraordinary. Master Zhao has an old friend with Mr. Wu, so he decided to I was invited more than two months in advance.”
When Chen Shouzheng said this, his face became stern and he said, "Brother Guan means that Huo Luo Dao may also know the whereabouts of my uncle, and will guard the main roads around the villa in advance to intercept and kill the people we sent to deliver the message?"
If it was the Huo Luo Dao in his previous decent impression, Chen Shouzheng probably wouldn't have imagined this level.
After all, Zhujian Villa is dozens of miles away from here. Generally, no evil sect would take into account other forces dozens of miles away when attacking a certain target.
But after reading Fan Weiwei's confession, he already had a deeper understanding of the strictness and meticulousness of Huo Luo Dao. Once he was reminded of it, he would not hesitate to overestimate it.
"It's not necessarily possible to assign manpower in advance to guard the entire villa dozens of miles away. But if they know the whereabouts of your uncle, they also deduce that we have arrived at Han Mansion..."
Guan Luoyang opened his palms and said, "There is a 50-50 chance of launching a strong attack on Han Mansion immediately."
An Feiyu said: "Since they deliberately transferred the people from Tieyitang, the originally prepared manpower will probably only be able to occupy Dinghan Mansion. With us, the certainty is not great."
"That's two, I'm going to intercept and kill, but not to kill your junior brother..."
Guan Luoyang said, "I want to kill your uncle."
