different paths

The people in Tsing Yi looked at each other in blank dismay, and couldn't make up their minds for a while.

Jia Wuzhen gave a "tsk" and said: "If you delay any longer, the wooden stake under my feet will not be able to support it." Although he didn't say clearly, what will happen if he can't support it, the people in Tsing Yi can already tell Guess.

Finally, a man in Tsing Yi boldly said: "The way we came can no longer be followed. Even if we want to retreat, how should we retreat?"

"The road to retreat, horizontally, every three advances and one, and vertically, every four retreats, one can be safe." Jia Wu deceived, seeing that the crowd still looked like they didn't intend to move, he sighed and said, "God has Good life, if you are determined to live up to it, I will not force you." After saying that, he made a gesture to leave.

With only a slight movement of his figure, the people in blue hurriedly backed away, as if there was a raging beast behind them.Seeing this, Jia Wujue spit out lightly, and said to the tall and straight figure not far away: "Why is Master Suolu here?"

"It is rumored that the new casino in the Yongle Casino is related to the selection meeting of the Ministry of War. The situation is urgent and has to be announced." Suo Luzheng's voice was as cold as iron, and it was resounding.

"Master Ke Solu's injury—"

"It doesn't matter." Suo Luzheng said decisively, "Eat the king's salary, and share the worries for the king. If our Eagle Department can't even guarantee the safety of the saint, what face will we have in the world!"

Although Jia Wujue couldn't empathize with the word "loyalty", he couldn't help secretly admiring his utter loyalty and seeing death as home.It’s just that the previous doubts have been lingering in his heart, and he couldn’t vomit, so he still said: "Lord Suolu is loyal and courageous, Jia admires it! It’s just that I have seen the master’s skill, and Jia has some doubts. I wonder if I can ask Lord Solu to explain it? "

"Your Excellency has saved Yu Suo's life, so you don't have to be polite." Suo Luzheng said immediately.

"It's just now that I have seen the body style of adults, it seems to be different from the past..." Jia Wujue asked tentatively.

Suo Luzheng immediately understood what he wanted to ask, and said without any concealment: "Just now, in a hurry, Suo didn't know why, so he did that trick. After he settled down, he couldn't figure it out. Your Excellency knows this Where did it come from?"

Jia Wuchai nodded: "To tell you the truth, Mr. Suolu, the stance just now is exactly the same as our lightness kung fu. Although our lower body technique is not very exquisite, it is quite unique. There is no similar movement technique in Jianghu. So when Jia saw it just now, he was quite surprised."

Hearing this, Suo Luzheng frowned, as if lost in thought.After a long while, he opened his mouth and said, "May I ask what sect and sect your Excellency is from?" Seeing Jia Wuju's expression of embarrassment, he immediately said, "If it is not convenient for you to tell me, then that's fine. I just don't know if it is possible that it is your sect. The one in the middle, grant this technique to others?"

Jia Wuju shook his head.Zhaixing Valley has strict rules and regulations, and will never allow Yanzhong's techniques to be passed on to the outside world.Besides, the Valley of the Stars will open once every five years, which means that the identity of the Star Picker will be replaced every five years.When he was young, he didn't understand why the identity of the star picker needed to be changed. Later, he vaguely heard people in the valley mention that one was to ensure the safety of the valley, and the other was to save the star picker from traveling all year round when the time came. Then you can be freed from your identity as a star picker and live a stable life.It's just that the word "liberation" now thinks of it, and I feel more and more profound.

Valley of Stars...

Solu Zheng...

Jia Wuhai tried his best to recall, trying to find clues about Suo Luzheng and Zhaxinggu from his past experience.But apart from myself having met him several times, there seems to be no one else...

etc!He remembered—

"Could it be that senior brother has dealt with that so Luzheng?"

"That's right. But even if a person and a dog have met face to face, what kind of friendship can there be? Junior brother, don't you think so?"

A sarcastically raised eyebrow appeared in his mind, that was the brother he loved and trusted the most, and the person who almost put him to death, Gu Yiming.

When the two first met Suo Luzheng, Gu Yiming's attitude was very strange, and he made no secret of his dislike for each other.It's just that Suo Luzheng is walking in front of the imperial court, and he shouldn't have much intersection with Gu Yiming. Where does Gu Yiming's loathing and hatred come from?

Thinking of this, Jia Wujue said again: "Master Suolu, do you know a man named Gu Yiming?"

Suo Luzheng shook his head slightly.

"Among the people Master Suolu knows, is there anyone who likes to use Longlou incense?" Jia Wukai asked unwillingly.

Suo Luzheng's eyes sharpened: "Long Lou Xiang? Where did you meet someone who used to use Long Lou Xiang?"

"Is there anything wrong with this Longlou incense?" Jia Wu bullied.

"Dragon House Incense is an imperial spice. If the person who is used to this incense is a member of the royal family, there is nothing to say. If not, then..."

Suo Luzheng's words exploded in Jia Wukai's mind like a thunderbolt.Gu Yiming stayed with him in the valley for several years, until the other party's qualifications expired and he needed to go out of the valley for experience, the two separated, but during these five years, although Gu Yiming was outside the valley, he never broke contact with him.If Gu Yiming was a member of the royal family, when did he realize his identity, or did he know his identity from the beginning, but was raised in the Valley of Picking Stars for various reasons?Master Tianxuan, who manipulated everything behind the scenes, could it be that he took him as a pawn and brought him into the valley for training because of his special status?

but……

There are all kinds of unreasonable things in this, but the most unreasonable one is often the correct answer.

Jia Wukai looked at Suo Luzheng again, took a deep breath, and said slowly: "Master, can I let you look at the root of the ear?"

Seeing his solemn expression, Suo Luzheng did not seem to be joking, and his thick eyebrows were also stained with seriousness: "What do you want to verify, Your Excellency?"

Jia Wuhuo paused, and said: "If Master Suolu is trustworthy, I will explain to you after I confirm it."

"it is good."

After Suo Luzheng agreed, Jia Wujue jumped to his side, Suoluzheng only felt the breeze in his ears, but after a while, Jia Wujue fell back to the stake next to him.In a blink of an eye, it was enough for Jia Wujue to see it clearly, but there was a mark on the root of Suolu's ear, because of the long time, the pattern was not clear, only a faint gray.But Jia Wujue knew what the light gray ball represented——

Yuan Henry Zhen, the first hexagram of "Yi", Qian.

Whenever a star picker goes out of the valley, a Qian hexagram will be printed here, one is to use this hexagram to protect the person who left the valley, and the other is as a unique mark of the star picker, so that they can recognize each other.The appearance of such a vaguely shaped Qian Gua on Suo Luzheng's body already explained many problems.While thinking about it, Jia Wujue felt that he had understood what the so-called "liberation" that changes every five years was.

"I don't know where did Master Suolu get a job before he served in the imperial court?" In order to confirm his answer, Jia Wujue asked the question again.

Suo Luzheng said very frankly: "Before participating in the selection of the Imperial Secretary, I recuperated at home in Lingzhou for a period of time."

"Oh? Why?"

"During that time, I was in a trance, and I couldn't remember all the things in the past. According to my family, I suffered a severe head injury due to an accident, which may have caused amnesia. Not only was my memory fuzzy, but my spirit was also very weak. I had to rest for a long time. It took a long time to return to normal. It’s just that although the body is healthy, the lost memories can no longer be retrieved.”

"Amnesia... Jia Wuju murmured, "Is there such a coincidence? "

If Suo Luzheng had never met Gu Yiming outside, then the two could only be in Gu Zhong when they met and became enemies.But if Suo Luzheng came from Zhaixing Valley, why would he not know about his past?In other words, although he used to be a star picker, he has been away for five years, so he has been "liberated", and all his past and old dreams have been forgotten.Could the so-called "relief" be a way for Zhaxinggu to erase its memory to avoid leaking secrets?

Jia Wuyu did not mention the matter of going to Zhaxing Valley, but only said that he had conjectured about Suo Luzheng before he lost his memory. When Suo Luzheng heard this, a deep gully appeared between his eyebrows, and he slightly lowered his voice and said, "What happened here?" After that, I will definitely find out.”

Jia Wuchai nodded, but there was a hint of worry in his eyes. The two chiefs, Yuqiansi who was closest to the emperor, were inseparable from Tianxuan—this chess game that was destined to cause bloody storms, many years ago, he It has already begun to place orders.

There were not many people who successfully reached the opposite side of the abyss, most of them were in a state of distress, and there was no neat spot on their bodies. Yue Chentan stood unscathed among the group of people, he really stood out from the crowd, and Jia Wubao found him immediately.

Yue Chentan obviously also saw him and Suo Luzheng, and was not surprised by Suo Luzheng's appearance, just nodded at him, and then walked straight towards Jia Wukai: "Are you injured?"

"Small tricks don't bother me." Jia Wujue rubbed his nose with his hand, "However, meeting Suo Luzheng was beyond my expectation." After that, he analyzed Suo Luzheng's conjectures one by one. Yue Chentan listened.

Seeing his uneasiness, Yue Chentan said lightly: "Don't worry, even if he has already made arrangements, it just shows that he is eager to win. The more persistent you are about things in the world, the more often things backfire."

His tone was neither low nor high, very calm, but he fell into Jia Wuju's ears, but he felt very at ease, and the worries that had lingered in his heart also dissipated.Jia Wukai's eyes sparkled and said: "That's right, he tried to kill me so many times, but he didn't succeed, there is always a secret!"

Hearing this, Yue Chentan smiled and patted his head.

After the casino of wealth is over, only the last one remains.Although the victory is in sight, but thinking of the dangerous experience in the previous few casinos, many people want to stop here and just win the lottery of this game.But just when they were about to win the lottery, a golden invitation was handed to them.

"Congratulations to all of you who have won the first three games." The man in charge said while gesturing to his entourage to distribute the invitations, "The heroes came from all directions, presumably not for the sake of my Yongle Casino, but because they wanted to win a prize in the imperial court. Show your skills at the selection meeting."

Following his words, many people took the invitation and opened it—it turned out to be an invitation letter for the selection meeting.

"This is--"

The steward smiled and explained: "Everyone is right. Passing our first three casinos successfully, besides getting the corresponding cheats, there is also such a big prize." Seeing doubts on everyone's faces, he continued, "Everyone I also know that heroes from all over the world gather in the capital for a place in the recruiting department. However, there are many people in the martial arts world, and kung fu skills are also good and bad. Therefore, before the selection meeting begins, a threshold has been secretly set. Those who can pass this threshold We are qualified to participate in the meeting. And our wine, sex and fortune casino is a part of this test."

Before he finished speaking, the person who originally wanted to give up at this point withdrew his hand that wanted to throw away the invitation, and waited intently for his next words.

"Everyone who has received the invitation, as long as they can successfully reach the last casino, they will be officially selected." The steward said.

"What do you mean? Could it be that this last 'Qi' casino is where the selection conference was selected?" someone asked.

"It can be said so." A gleam flashed in the steward's eyes, "but I want to remind you that the test in our casino is just one of many screening methods. Therefore, in the selection meeting, you will meet many people who have never played in gambling. The heroes we have seen in the gambling shop, but how to compare in the last game, how to calculate the winning or losing, our gambling shop has no idea at all."

Although he said verbally that he didn't know, the deep smile on his face said that he was fully aware of the details.But no matter how hard the people present, they couldn't get half a word out of his mouth.Finally, under the leadership of the steward, a group of people with disgruntled faces marched towards the last "casino", which was the location of the selection meeting.

As if to prevent the crowd from guessing the exact location of the meeting, they were blindfolded, stuffed into the carriage, and bumped for several hours, until the sun slanted to the west, and the rickety carriage barely stopped.Although the journey is long, the location should not be far from the gambling house, because even though Jia Wuzhen is blindfolded, he can still use his other four senses to judge the direction.He could feel that although the carriage kept going, it was actually circling somewhere.

When everyone got out of the car, they saw the mountains and the river in front of them, the river was rushing westward, and the white waves were surging, like a whale salamander coming out of the water, or a dragon exhaling.The mountain is strange, there are ten piles of exposed rocks on it, the strange rocks are steep, the branches are like swords, and the sand stands on the ground, overlapping like mountains.The sun was sinking to the west, and the mountains were hidden in the semi-darkness, as if there was a murderous aura dormant among them.

What is even more strange is that, as the venue of the selection meeting, there is no guard, and it is so quiet that there is no trace of life.The steward who led the way didn't explain much, he just said that he crossed the river and entered the mountains, which is the meeting place, no matter how anyone asked him, he was like a gourd with a sawed mouth, but he smiled and said nothing.Everyone had no choice but to walk towards the river.

"I'm afraid this is the cold river in front of the Hanjiang Inn." Jia Wujue said beside Yue Chentan, "I asked the waiter in the inn before. Before the meeting, the imperial court specially surrounded the area around the Hanjiang River to build fortifications, and then the river became more and more turbulent.

To make the imperial court do a lot of construction work, what you do will definitely not be a trivial matter...

Yue Chentan frowned slightly: "I'm afraid there is a problem in this river."

Jia Wujue followed his line of sight, and on the rushing river, countless red lanterns fluctuated up and down with the waves, but no matter how fast the water was, those lanterns seemed to have taken root at the bottom of the water, and did not follow the current.As dusk fell, the mist rose again, and the lanterns floating on the river, like red eyes, stared coldly at the people coming.

"Whoa-"

The turbulent waves hit the shore, rolling up thousands of piles of snow, the night wind was strong, and the sound of the waves was like thunder.

This cold river is really difficult.For a while, those who wanted to cross the river tried various methods.Some tried their best to cross the river, and some wanted to take advantage of the strange rocks in the river to practice leaps and bounds, but they all ended in failure.Seeing the time passing by every minute and every second, no one is sure about the time limit for participating in the selection conference, so no one wants to stay here any longer.

The dazzling red lanterns have become the means of crossing the river that everyone has to choose.

Unexpectedly, this seemingly ordinary lantern actually hides a mystery.Whenever someone stepped on it, the mechanism that fixed it seemed to be loosened in an instant, and the lantern was immediately sucked into the whirlpool by the river, and the people on it often fell into the river because of the unstable chassis.And the undercurrent and turbulent river water is like a huge gaping mouth. Once a person falls into it, he never shows his head again——

Just now the manager of the casino said it well, the selection of the selection meeting is really not limited to the casino.

Isn't the vastness in front of him just another insurmountable difficulty?

While hesitating, Jia Wujue suddenly felt his shoulders sink, someone patted him on the shoulder, and said in a familiar tone with a bit of frivolity: "Little slippery boy, long time no see."

Jia Wukai looked sideways, and saw that the visitor was wearing a bamboo hat, showing a faintly good appearance, noticed his gaze, and winked at him affectionately, who else could it be but Yan Qixiang.

"Brother Yan, why are you here..." Jia Wuchai asked in a low voice beside him.

Yan Qixiang looked at Yue Chentan who was looking at him from the other side, chuckled lightly, and said, "Although Brother Yue once told me to live well, life is really boring without friends. If there is nothing left and right, Yan will come to meet me." meeting friends."

He spoke lightly, but Jia Wujue was well aware of the friendship involved, and sighed: "It's just that the fate of this friend is not a good one, otherwise why would you and I get involved in trouble every time we meet? "

"If you are afraid of trouble, you will not be able to win the heart of a beauty." Yan Qixiang opened the gold and jade bone fan in her hand with a "swipe", "I have never been a person who is afraid of trouble."

What he said, he said it with one meaning, but when it fell into the ears of others, it had another meaning.Just as Jia Wuhai wanted to stop him, Yue Chentan said coldly: "Your Excellency is not afraid of trouble, but it doesn't mean that others are not afraid."

Yan Qixiang noticed Yue Chentan's icy expression, rolled his eyes, and then a smile of interest appeared on his face: "Brother Yue misunderstood me? I have heard what Yanyan said about the two of you. But there is no extravagance!"

Yanyan is the woman who picked up Jia Wuju's "Wonderful Love in the Jianghu" that day in a branch of spring. In that book, Jia Wuju also read it later. It is full of shocking unofficial history, and the protagonist is always It's two men with a complicated relationship.It is conceivable what Yanyan said to Yan Qixiang.Although she was right...

Jia Wuhai inexplicably felt a little red in the face.