Rivers and Lakes Records

After a night without dreams, Lu Mingtong still got up early the next day, wrapped up in a cloak and went to Jianbingtai.

The entire Yang family arrived much earlier than him. When Lu Mingtong yawned and passed by, he happened to see Yang Tong and Pei Lian standing in the corner with their backs to the crowd. They were discussing something, and Yang Tong looked indifferently. He reached out and pinched Pei Lian.

Lu Mingtong stopped far away.

If he hadn't been dazzled just now, Yang Tong seemed to be pinching Pei Lian's chest, right?

Not necessarily, maybe he hasn't woken up yet, maybe he pinched his shoulder, and he misread it...

Then he saw Yang Tong stretch out his hand again, grasping Pei Lian's chest muscles with five fingers, and turning left and right.

Lu Mingtong: "..."

He and Yang Tong had an unpleasant incident just yesterday, and now they ran into such an embarrassing scene, no matter how they opened their mouths, it was wrong, why don't they make a detour?

Before Lu Mingtong could move his footsteps, a sharp-eyed man stood in the crowd and called out to him: "Master Fengyun!"

Everyone's eyes were focused here, Lu Mingtong choked, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and stepped forward, "Second Young Master Yang... Good morning."

Yang Tong put his hand down silently, Lu Mingtong glanced left and right, but he didn't dare to look at him.Fortunately, Yang Feng always felt a little belatedly, he seemed to have forgotten yesterday's unhappiness, and enthusiastically invited Lu Mingtong to join their discussion: "We are guessing which heroes will enter the final selection of this Famous Sword Conference, With the weapons presented by the Yang family, does Fengyun envoy have any opinion?"

Lu Ming said childlikely, you can discuss this kind of thing secretly, why did you bring me in as an outsider.

But Yang Feng's enthusiasm is irresistible, Lu Mingtong thought for a while, and said vaguely: "I saw many familiar faces in the back yesterday. The rules of the soldiers are different from those of the martial arts conference, so it is difficult for me to speculate for a while."

After his words, it was as if he hadn't said anything. Yang Feng continued his words and said: "That's right, the martial arts conference uses lottery to determine opponents, and separates those who use the same weapon. The famous sword conference uses the same weapon Those who compete to determine the winner, maybe some people who are not allowed to use it in the martial arts conference, can get a place here. What weapon is Feng Yunshi most interested in?"

Lu Mingtong said: "I'm most interested in... the sword, the most people in the world use swords as weapons, and the most people are fighting for it."

Yang Feng smiled and said: "Coincidentally, the swords of this year's Famous Sword Conference are not ordinary!" Halfway through his speech, he was glared at by Yang Tong on the side, then he closed his mouth, blushed and said, "I don't want to reveal too much. , In short, in short, you will know when the time comes."

What Lu Mingtong thought in his heart was that if the Famous Swords Conference determined the whereabouts of the weapons in this way, presumably among the batch of magical weapons made by the Yang family, there would not be anything that could be used in boxing.Isn't Big Brother Shi a hero useless?

After chatting briefly under the stage, Master Yang hurried over and urged: "Tong'er, Feng'er, you go to Uncle Zhao's place, you will start to appraise soldiers soon, there must be no mistakes."

Yang Feng smiled at Lu Mingtong, and followed his elder brother.

Lu Mingtong didn't know the rest of the people, and he stood there with his hands clasped, rather cautious.

Not only him, as soon as Yang Tong left, the expression on Pei Lian's face also faded, and he stood there quietly holding the sword, and did not join the other disciples, as if he was not very familiar with them.

But when Lu Mingtong talked with Yang Feng before, Pei Lian was obviously admired by these disciples, so why did he feel out of place here?

There were few people who could talk, so Lu Mingtong walked away silently. Although compared with those people who had nothing to do with each other, he had a good impression of Pei Lian, but after Yang Tong's actions towards him just now, he didn't know What should I say to Pei Lian.

Lu Mingtong found a quiet place to sit, boredly watching the surrounding maids coming in and out.Shi Jingtian came early today, and several chivalrous men wanted to get acquainted with him, and they were pulling him to talk eagerly, and it was inconvenient for Lu Mingtong to go there.

Feng Ji didn't know where he went, and he didn't show up for a long time, until Master Yang returned to Jianbingtai, he finally took his seat as if belatedly.

The most important thing today is to inspect the soldiers on the spot. The Yang family has put in a lot of effort for this. Lu Mingtong took a cursory look just now, and there are guards all over the platform, and there are many more patrolling ranks compared to the first day.

There are many masters around here, as long as you are not a fool, you should not think about attacking the magic soldiers in full view.

It's just that there is still no news about the whereabouts of the Yang family's heirloom sword. I don't know what Master Yang is planning now?

"Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to attend the Wulin Conference. Thanks to everyone's love, I have taken over the Famous Sword Conference for 40 years. Today, everyone gathered here to see the magical weapons made by the Yang family. Since this is the case, the old man will not say more, please follow the old man to Jiange to have a look."

Finally getting to the point, Lu Mingtong breathed a sigh of relief, and following Master Yang's signal, he followed the disciples he guided to the Jiange.

The Jiange is actually a storehouse for storing the Yang family's newly refined weapons. The Yang family occupies a large area, and the Jiange is also built in a spacious and grand manner. Lu Mingtong walked slowly while thinking secretly.

This is where the Yang family's heirloom sword disappeared?But seeing the heavily guarded surroundings, it is not easy to come in and steal the sword.

Walking into the inner room, Lu Mingtong was even more amazed. The sword pavilion was surrounded by three levels of stairs. Tens of thousands of inner compartments were intricately carved on the walls. Inside the inner compartments were placed locked lockers of different sizes. Mahogany box.

Master Yang led the crowd through these mahogany boxes, walked to a raised disc in front, and pressed lightly on the lamp post beside him with both hands. With a bang, the secret door at the back of the Jiange slowly opened, revealing the world inside. .

Yang Tong and the others had changed into the clothes of Yang family disciples at some point, and stood in the inner room holding a few boxes that looked the same as those just now, and nodded slightly towards Master Yang.

Master Yang turned around and said with a smile, "Everyone, please."

The mahogany box held in Yang Tong's hands is the first magical weapon that the Yang family will show today - the moon-chasing bow.

Master Yang unlocked it himself, held up the Moon Chasing Bow with brocade covering his hands, and showed it to everyone.Lu Mingtong didn't know much about weapons, so he could tell that the bow was smooth and the strings were thin, tough and tight.

He poked his head quietly to look at the back, Yang Feng and others were holding the remaining wooden boxes and standing quietly at the back.

Including the moon-chasing bow that is being displayed, there are five mahogany boxes here, that is to say, the Yang family will show five magical weapons to everyone every day.

Lu Mingtong looked away, guessing that it was only the first day, and Master Yang would definitely not take out the sword.He glanced at Feng Ji who was sitting in front of him on the left, and thought to himself, brother Feng's weapon is also a sword, so he wondered if he was interested in this famous sword competition.

The magical weapons launched today are bows, crossbows, sticks, whips, and forks.Everything makes people around sigh.But Lu Mingtong didn't care about that, he dragged Feng Ji back to the room as soon as the inspection was over.

He drank the medicine today cleanly, without even using sugar, Feng Ji smiled and said, "What's the matter today, why are you so anxious?"

"It's about the sword." Lu Mingtong said, "I have some new discoveries."

Feng Ji said: "Coincidentally, I also got some news today, presumably Ming Tong will be interested."

No wonder he came so late this morning, Lu Ming was overjoyed childlike: "That's great!"

"No matter how urgent you are, I have to settle your matter first." Seeing Lu Mingtong's confused look, Feng Ji pulled him to sit down and said, "Live your pulse."

Lu Mingtong responded, sat down obediently and let him transmit internal energy for himself: "Tell me while you pass it on, it's okay!"

Feng Ji laughed and said, "Why don't Mingtong tell me first, what Mingtong discovered."

Lu Mingtong said: "When I was in the Jiange today, I found that it is very spacious, if the heirloom sword is placed in the mahogany box like other weapons, there are tens of thousands of wooden boxes, how can a person tell which one is the heirloom sword? If the sword is not in the box, he must be someone who is very familiar with the structure of the Jiange if he can steal it."

"Those who are familiar with the structure of the Jiange, apart from Master Yang, the only ones left are the disciples of the Yang family, the two elders of the Jiange, and the guards who have been stationed in the Jiange all the year round!" After Lu Mingtong finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at Feng Ji eagerly, meaning, He had finished what he wanted to say, it was Feng Ji's turn.

Feng Ji said: "Ming Tong is right. There are secret passages in the Jiange, and the wooden boxes placed outside today are just the weapons that the Yang family usually sells. Since it is a family heirloom of the Yang family, it must be placed in a better place. secret."

"According to my spies' report, after the sword was stolen, the mechanisms built into the Jiange were immediately activated. Within a short time, all the exits of the Yang family were surrounded. Even if the thief has the ability to reach the sky, it is difficult to catch him. Run away with the sword."

Lu Mingtong was enlightened: "You mean, the sword is probably still in the Yang family?"

Feng Ji nodded and said: "You said that Master Yang once told everyone to persuade the instigator to hand over the sword, which means that he really has a plan in his heart, and the thief has not had time to take the sword out of the Yang family."

Lu Mingtong said: "Since this is the case, Master Yang should have searched the Yang family up and down, but still found nothing, so where is the sword hidden?"

Feng Ji smiled and said: "It's not like finding a mound and burying it like a puppy. The Yang family is so big, and now there are so many guests living in it. Even if Master Yang wants to search, he has to worry about everyone. The thief probably I also know this, so I will act at this time without any scruples, and I will not be in a hurry even if I am traced."

The qi in his body was active, Lu Mingtong stretched out his arms, and said sadly: "But the Famous Sword Conference will last for many more days, if Master Yang doesn't find the sword soon, his plan to pass the position in front of everyone will come to nothing."

"That's why I explained that Tong doesn't need to be in a hurry." Feng Ji smiled and said, "Yang Tong, the person involved, is not in a hurry. If you are so attentive, what good will Master Yang do for you?"

"With my personality, I can't sit still when I hear such a secret." Lu Mingtong squinted his eyes and smiled: "But when it comes to this, I also find it strange that Yang Tong didn't respond at all when the sword was lost. Could it be that he Don't worry about yourself?"

Feng Ji said: "There are only two possibilities. One, he doesn't care about the position of the Patriarch of the Yang family. Two, he knows the whereabouts of the sword."

"There is another possibility!" Lu Mingtong added: "It is he who guards himself and steals, and then blames others to eliminate the opponents who want to prevent him from inheriting the patriarch."

"No matter which one it is, you should go to bed now." Feng Ji made a gesture to stop the topic and stood up. Feeling that something was wrong, Lu Mingtong quickly reached out and grabbed his sleeve: "Where are you going?"

Feng Ji didn't intend to hide it either: "I'm going to go spy and see if there is anything that shouldn't be hidden in someone's room."

Lu Mingtong immediately became interested, and begged bitterly: "Take me with you!" Seeing Feng Ji resting his chin on a fan and making a distressed appearance, he was afraid that he would think he was burdensome, so he quickly promised: "I'm very good, you take me with you!" I will go wherever I go, whether I am hiding in a tree or squatting in the grass, I will never make any abnormal noise!"