Crown Sword

No one expected that Chao Chen was a gentleman in front of him, but there was such a big contrast behind him. Because he was too close, Gong Yangyue took a punch. Shuang Li, who witnessed the whole process, laughed from childhood to the point Mao.

Another person who felt puzzled was Chao Chen.

He vaguely remembered that he was dozing off under the lamp last night, but when he woke up he was lying on the couch of Ram Moon strangely, but luckily he was sleeping with his clothes on.When he was fully dressed and went out, he saw a figure wearing Bai Muli flashing out of his room, at first he thought it was Cui Tanfeng, but when he got closer, it turned out to be Gongyangyue.

When the two met in the corridor, Chao Chen was about to ask about what happened last night, but Gong Yangyue preempted him: "Chao Chen, do you have anything on your mind that you want to tell me?"

Chao Chen was startled, lowered his head and walked past him.

Just in time, Shuang Li opened the door and came out, yawned halfway, and jumped up and laughed: "Brother Chao, you were so brave last night, you said things that we dare not say!"

Gongyang Yuefei glanced over, and Shuangli scratched his head.

Chao Chen asked, "What did I say?"

"you say……"

Gongyangyue leaned against the door with her sword in her arms, coughing lightly.

In fact, it's not a big deal, it's just that it's a bit embarrassing to get that punch, but it can make Gong Yangyue deflated. They don't think it's a big deal when they watch a show, so they are very happy. Scolding, even blushing with others is rare, if he knows, he will be sad.

Shuang Li's face darkened: "Brother Chao, if I say so, I'm afraid I'll ruin your reputation for the rest of your life."

First name?

The wording is so heavy that Chao Chen panicked: "What did I say that shook the world? Or...to him?" He reached out his hand to Gong Yangyue, combined with what Gong Yangyue asked just now, his heart was even more serious. It's uneasy--

Could it be that he had some unreasonable thoughts about Gongyangyue, so he made a slip of the tongue?

Seeing that the blood on his face was gone, Shuang Li thought that the man had already realized the essence, but he didn't say anything, so he patted his arm, looking like a little adult, and said in a low voice, "It's fine if you know it, it's tacit! Don't take it to your heart, In fact, it’s not a big deal, we all understand it, it’s human nature!”

Before Gongyangyue got angry, Shuangli realized that if he succeeded, he should retreat, so he gave a thumbs up and turned his head to slip away.

"Human nature?"

Chao Chen thought something was wrong, walked up to Gongyangyue, and said with difficulty: "What you said last night, you...don't take it seriously, I...in fact, I..."

Gongyang Yue was suspicious: "What are you?"

After Chao Chen fell asleep last night, Gong Yangyue and Shuang Li went to Chao Chen's house to talk about the ghost sword at night. It involved Gong Yangchi, so of course he couldn't ignore it, but the theft of the sacred relic had to be investigated, and Xuanzhi's trust was also a problem. To check, Gong Yangyue was annoyed by people who have no three heads and six arms. Seeing that the person in front of him didn't know what to say and was thinking about something, he became very impatient.

Just now, he was just speaking out of his mouth, and he stayed only to keep an eye on Shuang Li in case she would talk nonsense. Now that girl is gone, there is no reason to stay.

Seeing that he was about to leave, Chao Chen stretched out his hand to hold him back.

What can I say?

"I understand your thoughts, so you don't need to say more." Gong Yangyue threw him away.

"You don't understand!" Chao Chen said loudly, and everyone in the courtyard looked back with strange expressions.He could only hurriedly say "When the time is right, I will explain it well", then bowed his head and left in a hurry.

Qiao Min and Cui Tanfeng came from a distance, and the latter couldn't help but teased Gong Yangyue: "You snatched me from the screen early in the morning just to perform this show, what is this? There are trees in the mountains and trees in the trees." , I am happy with you, don't you know? Or did you hear that you have two opinions, so you come to break up? (Note)"

"No, it's the wrong medicine." Gong Yangyue kicked the door in.

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Taoist Xuanzhi went to Dunhuang in the northwest, but he didn't know whether he was going to Dashu County via Jinniu Road and crossing Jianmen, or whether he was heading to West Shu and crossing the mountains, passing through the west of Longnan to Xipingting.Together, they decided to use the so-called "Wen Daweng's news channel" to send a letter to Fanxi, lobbying her to help intercept her in Dunhuang.

The idea is good, but I don't know if it will be successful, so Shuang Li found a temple, and put all the things and notes on the desk as usual to ask for news.Only this time, Gongyangyue had an impromptu explanation, so she went up the mountain to look for it. When Shuangli heard his call, she went to answer it with a guilty conscience, and sent him down when she went back to the temple to make up for it. A dark shadow.

After hitting the house, the black shadow turned over and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

- that's a person!

Shuang Li hurried into the temple and found that all the things on the table had been taken away.She felt more and more uneasy. If they were real people, how did these people find her, and how could they not be discovered by Gong Yangyue?Collecting information is definitely not something that can be done by just a few people, but if there is such a complicated organization, why is there no news in the world?

Thinking of Ye Zidao relying on the hands and feet on the jade plate to track them to Dunhuang, she couldn't help thinking carefully and terrified.

Is it by the pregnant butterfly orb?

Shuang Li rubbed her hands together, pacing back and forth.

However, there have been no mistakes or troubles in the past five years. If something happened, it should have been involved long ago. Maybe these people just did it because they pitied her and Gongyangyue that they couldn't afford to eat in Que'er Mountain. In order to help, he happened to see that he was good at making money, so he took the opportunity to use her to solicit business in the open. As long as Wen Daweng's name is there, he will not worry about running out of money.

But no one has ever seen the real Wen Daweng, who can be replaced, why must it be her?

Could it be related to his life experience?

Shuang Li's fear deepened. Before nothing happened, but now strange things happen frequently, and there are enemies watching from the side. I'm afraid I have to find a chance to try the bottom of those "invisible people".

Try to find out where they come from and why they are willing to do things for themselves.

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No matter whether they climbed the mountain or entered the sword gate, they had to go through Mianzhu to go north from Chengdu. Hongyan had passed the letter properly, and what the five of them could do now was to continue chasing and check the ghost sword by the way.The journey was only one day, as the so-called Yuanjia road is narrow, it was a coincidence that they met Fang Jing and the other three on the road.

Fang Jing lost her sword and didn't drink any alcohol. Although she looked like she wanted to jump up and kill someone when she saw Gong Yangyue, she was still happy.

The road is facing the sky, and each side walks on one side, but all is well.

I don't know if Gongyangyue is intentionally disgusting. The five of them have good legs and should catch up with the villagers who travel fifty or sixty miles a day on the second day, but he is consistent with Fang Jing and the others.

On the third day, they joined the road and arrived at the foot of Mianzhu City together.

Mianzhu County has been established for a long time. It is hidden in the deep mountains and near the Mian River. Trampling, after the Yongjia Rebellion, Shuzhong changed hands several times, and after decades of peace, it had to be overthrown and rebuilt.

Today's is not a new city, Zhang Yu returned to Jin, the Qin army chased him, and fled to Mianzhu without any reinforcements to rescue him, the troops were completely wiped out, but in that mutiny that opened the city, the city and the people miraculously survived.

The weathered stone walls still have the marks of soldiers from the past, but the loess outside the city has been overturned several times, the weeds regenerate, and the spring breeze sprouts, and it is no longer what it used to be.

Gong Yangyue looked at the city tower but did not intend to enter, but collected clues and news in the farmhouses, post pavilions, and teahouses beside several forks.The killer has been completely wiped out in the bamboo sea. If there is no successor, Xuanzhi will be safe now. In this way, as long as he does not plan to plunge into the mountains and become a savage, there will probably be clues where there are mortals.

Xuanzhi has a strong physique, he is eight feet three feet tall, and he is wearing a conspicuous cassock. When asked, he really looks familiar to the woodcutter carrying firewood, saying that he has seen a similar person on Mount Lutou.

The five immediately chased after them.

On the other hand, it is reasonable to say that when people arrive in Mianzhu, the task will be implemented, but those travelers are not familiar with the way, and they insist on waiting for their family members to pick them up.Thinking of the secret of the ghost sword, Fang Jing sat on the ground and waited as it was getting late.However, until sunset and dusk, no one came to look for it.

Ji Ci doubted: "Could it be that I misremembered the city gate?"

When those people heard the words, they hurriedly took out the crumpled letters from their pockets and put them on the ground.Zhou Bihai leaned over to check them one by one, and found that he had really mistaken the location of the meeting.

Fang Jing glanced over, didn't complain, and urged people to walk.

Bypassing the official road and going down to the bottom of the stream, you only need to cross a dense forest to take a shortcut to another city gate.At this time, the sun completely sank behind the mountain, the sky was as black as splashed ink, and you couldn't see your fingers.The two men spontaneously took out the fire pockets and ignited them, leading the way and speeding up the journey.

"and many more."

Fang Jing, who was behind, shouted to stop, passed through the crowd, snatched Ji Ci's sword, unsheathed it and swiped it at the head.The blade of the sword was cut on a blunt object, but the branches did not break and the leaves fell off. Instead, there was a weird creaking sound from the top, like a rope stuck between the branches and swaying.

Huozhezi's light is too weak, and the range of illumination is limited, Fang Jing scolded: "Hold it higher!"

It happened that someone in the team picked up some dry branches and dead grass along the road and wrapped them together. Zhou Bihai took them and lit them, and lifted them up.With just one glance, his face was livid, his eyes were wide open, his cheeks twitched, especially his soul was ashamed, and he couldn't speak: "Fang... Senior Sister Fang."

Hearing this, Ji Ci raised his head, covered his mouth and screamed: "Senior Sister, your face—"

It was sticky on the forehead, Fang Jing wiped it with five fingers, and looked at it, it was not rain, but a handful of bright red blood.She raised her head suddenly, and saw that several corpses were nailed to the tree, and the chests were all flashed with crystal light, looking like fragments of broken swords.Judging by the attire, the mud on the soles of the shoes, and the scattered farm tools, it was the group of relatives who responded.

Someone in the team peed their pants in fright, and shouted tremblingly: "My mother, the ghost sword killed people!"

"Bi Hai, take them into the city!"

At this time, a corpse fell down, Fang Jing took advantage of the situation to level it out, glanced at her mouth, stretched out her hand to touch her neck, and took a look at her clothes, saying: "A person is not dead, there is still warmth, it should not exceed half a stick of incense, I went to have a look nearby, but I don't believe that there is a ghost sword killing people!"

This wonderful method can scare the ignorant people, but it can't fool the sword experts.

"Don't go," it was the younger brother who was pulling her, trembling, "Look at it just now, no, it's not a complete sword, it's... a broken sword. I heard that before Gong Yangchi killed himself on the battlements, he carried two swords with him Swords are broken on horseshoes."

Fang Jing's heart skipped a beat——

According to the ancestors' rules of Jiangu, a dead person can be buried anywhere, but the sword must belong to Wanjian Tomb.She vaguely remembered that when Jian Zhong realized the sword, she didn't see Gong Yangchi's sword.

Is it really sneaky?

"Zhou Bihai, what are you doing in a daze, take them away!" Fang Jing gritted her teeth, and slapped them on the back of her heart to push them away. She herself held the sword and looked around, and finally locked her eyes on the mountain. , "Within a hundred miles of the Sword Valley, nine sects have always raised their swords and fought against the soldiers. Gongyangchi? Is it a human or a ghost? If you find it out, you will know it. If you are really greedy for the mortal world, I will send him to reincarnation!"

Hatred can not only produce courage, but also build courage. The hatred and resentment towards Gongyangyue gathered in her heart, and she held her breath in her chest, and then angered the entire Gongyang family with that dissatisfaction.

Ji Ci was in a dilemma, as a man, he couldn't teach her to take risks alone.Seeing that people insisted on going their own way, he hurriedly cupped his hands and said to Zhou Bihai, "Senior Brother Zhou, please!" Then, he chased Fang Jing away.

The two went up the mountain one after the other, and they turned over half of the mountain. There was blood on the ground, and there was a long sword mark winding forward in the blood. , an adult woman holds it a little bit less, let alone dragging it so hard.

The most puzzling thing is that the sword mark is more than ten feet long and stretches into the grass, but there is no half footprint in the surrounding soft soil, as if——

It was the sword that flew by itself.

Ji Ciyu cried: "Senior sister, why don't we go back first and then call some people?"

Fang Jing kept walking, and turned to yell at him: "Are you a man? I'm also afraid of Gongyangyue, sword marks, ghost stories, this and that, are you a three-year-old child? You won't be ashamed to say it out." ? Use your pig brain to think about it, what if you fly backwards with light work? What if you hit a tree with a sword tied to a long pole? What if you walk on stilts? "

"It seems that there is some truth," Ji Ci sniffed and muttered, "If it's really man-made, why didn't the Seventh Elder get someone to investigate and deal with it?"

Fang Jing is solemn.

The reason couldn't be more obvious, obviously because the Rams are late.However, what Gongyang Chi did back then was to get involved in the political situation of the two countries as a Jianghu, breaking the ancestral system of the Nine Schools not to intervene in the troubled times, but to seek to be independent. At first, under the threat of Qiang Qin, Jian Gu did not make a statement, and now the Qin State has perished , Jin is still there, but they must not take the risk of intervening. The best way is for a third party to intervene.

But the matter has been put on hold for several days, if the Lord of Mianzhu Mansion really has a way, it will not be so troublesome.

What if this "ghost sword" kills again?Fang Jing had a passionate heart, and couldn't bear to see another person being slaughtered, so she grabbed Ji Ci and continued to follow the blood trail.Since it is inconvenient for all parties to intervene, and they don't take human life as life, so what in her own name, even at the risk of being punished, she still wants to investigate!

Ji Ci landed on one knee: "Senior Sister Fang, the blood is gone here."

"Look around!"

The two spread out, occupying one end each, and searched in a semicircle.

Fang Jing searched and stopped at the edge of a steep cliff, but found nothing. She turned around and walked back, but on the way, she heard the sound of rushing and a few messy footsteps, obviously there was more than one person.

She hurriedly raised her sword to outflank.

At this time, not far away, Ji Ci exclaimed: "Senior sister, come quickly!"

As soon as he made a sound, his position was revealed, and everyone in the mountain went to him.Fang Jing cursed inwardly, used her lightness kung fu to the extreme, and ran away at high speed.

Seen from a distance, Ji Ci stood motionless in front of the cave like a stake, and the moonlight fell, showing his pale and colorless face.Seeing Fang Jing, he raised his arm with difficulty to wave, then shook his shoulders and pointed back.However, the vision was obstructed in the night, and he happened to block most of it. Fang Jing couldn't see clearly, and suddenly jumped up.

There was a buzzing of swords in the slanted ground, obviously another group of people came to kill them.

Fang Jing let out a muffled snort, and just as soon as she got into the grass, she unloaded her strength and rolled, drawing her sword violently.The silver light suddenly fell, and the two swords clashed, revealing a pair of eyes of surprise and hatred.

"Ram Moon, it's you again!"

Seeing how disgusted she was, Gong Yangyue deliberately moved his face forward, and when Fang Jing subconsciously evaded, he backhanded his long sword, took the opportunity to step on her shoulder, and jumped forward

Ji Ci helped him up: "Senior Sister!"

"Old Moon!"

Shuangli rushed out from behind, without stopping, hit Ji Ci's waist with his head like a drill, "Ouch", rubbed his nose and asked, "It stinks, who farted?"

Ji Ci was in a daze, and really moved his nose, but when he turned his head, Fang Jing's face turned green with anger, and the little girl beside her was condescending, talking and laughing at Yan Yan, her eyes never falling away from the beginning to the end, only then did she realize that she was deliberately derogatory .Shuang Li had heard Ji Ci's voice early on, and as soon as Fang Jing opened her mouth, she prepared her words: "Some people breathe like blue, and some people spit shit out of their mouths. I never thought they could open their mouths. I made a mistake. , Disrespect and disrespect."

"Smelly girl!" Fang Jing scolded, disliking her upbringing, so she didn't bother with her, got up to stop Gong Yangyue, but her hands and feet froze in front of the cave.

Ram Yue moved slowly.

A row of people stood apart, and saw a bloody corpse impaled in front of the cave as big as an animal's mouth. He was wearing a cassock, carrying a dust whisk in his hand, a sword pierced through his chest, his clothes were torn, and his hands and feet were covered with sword marks.

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Note: The former sentence is quoted from "Yue Ren Song", and the latter sentence is quoted from "Baitou Yin".