Crown Sword

Having said that, any discussion is superfluous, Chao Chen can only nod his head in agreement, and promise that the first condition is also on his mind, so he needs to be well prepared.All the secrets in his heart were revealed, and Ding Gui let them out in one breath. He looked ten years old in an instant, no matter what the person in front of him said, he didn't comment, only thought that he wanted to be alone for a while, so he drove them down the mountain.

Chao Chen hesitated before leaving, fearing that his whereabouts would be lost and he would be involved, and wanted to take him to live in Wei's house temporarily, but Ding Gui was stubborn and refused to say anything, and even scolded him for worrying, saying that he was once a Under the command of a famous general, he is brave and good at fighting, and has survived several times of desperation, so he doesn't need a scribe to protect him.

To protect him is to look down on him.

Chao Chen didn't argue with him verbally, but put the matter aside in his heart, thinking that after going down the mountain, he would go back and discuss it with a few people. Based on the relationship between Wei Zhanmei and Gong Yangyue, it should be no problem to ask him to find some people to look after him.

After parting, all the way down to the top of the mountain, Chao Chen couldn't be bothered. He couldn't be called sad, nor happy. He picked up Qiao Min, and when he turned around to call for someone, the young man in black was sitting on the ponytail, holding his sword in his arms, and was meticulous.

As for the room behind me, I don’t know when, it has been swept clean, the bedding is neatly folded, the pots and stoves have been rinsed and washed, the low tables and food tables are neatly piled up at the foot, the oil lamps are filled with oil, and water is added. The tank was filled with water, and bundles of firewood at the door were stuck to the stone wall for a whole week.

Chao Chen walked into Chai Fei and backed out, looking at it several times.

Knowing that he was confused, Qiao Min explained casually: "It's boring to wait, just mess with it."

"This... is this called random?"

It was almost time to renovate the whole stone house, Chao Chen helped his forehead, and then carefully recalled Qiao Min's actions since he went on the same road. No wonder at the beginning, before Gong Yangyue even opened his mouth, he already knew that he would respond The next step is not enthusiasm, nor is it superior insight, but the habit left by this person who is used to being a guard at all - can't sit still.

Chao Chen was considerate and didn't talk about his private habits, so he quickly solemnly bowed to him, thanking him for his willingness to escort him out today.

"Don't thank me."

However, Qiao Min waved his hand and refused, holding back for a long time, before saying: "Gongyangyue must be very worried about you."

"He's worried about me? He's never been unreasonable, and he still cares..." Chao Chen suddenly recalled the day when he returned home at night with the lantern in his hand, and swallowed his words again, only muttering, "When will you be his lobbyist too?" ?”

After all, Qiao Min has always been neutral and rarely speaks well for anyone.

"It was he who told me that if you insist on acting alone, tell me to follow you." Qiao Min took a steady look and explained as he walked.

On the way to Dunhuang, Gong Yangyue really didn't treat Chao Chen very well. After all, she was someone who hadn't met a few times, and who made harsh words and threatened to kill herself. An ordinary person would not be so tolerant.This delicate balance was not broken until Chao Chen asked Yan Chuihong for medicine overnight. At that time, Gong Yangyue asked for help, saying that if she didn't protect herself enough, she hoped that Qiao Min could help take care of Shuang Li and Chao Chen.

The second time he spoke was when the two met in Chengdu after leaving Zhuhai. Unlike the previous time, he only mentioned Chao Chen. The boss obeys his words, but Chao Chen is not a person who obeys everything, he has great ideas and has his own persistence.

As a bystander, Qiao Min could see more clearly. He felt that Gong Yangyue had always been far-sighted, so he must have expected something, or he was worried that obstacles in the road ahead would interfere with his inner judgment, so he planned ahead and planned ahead. Make countermeasures.

After hearing this, Chao Chen drew his hands and let out a heavy breath. The more he thought about it, the more unpleasant it became, and he muttered: "This is so weird, why don't you say it yourself."

Back in Wei's courtyard, before Gongyangyue came back, Chao Chen first invited Cui Tanfeng, Shuang Li and Wei Zhanmei to tell him everything about Ding Gui.

Shuang Li was ecstatic, jumped three feet, clapped her hands and applauded: "If you can rectify your name, it will be the fulfillment of Lao Yue's big wish. I think he will be very happy!"

And the remaining two big men put on airs, so they wouldn't dance around like a child, but they still showed joy, like a spring breeze, and echoed.Cui Tanfeng bluntly said that if he encountered this dilemma, he might not have the determination and courage to make the same choice as Gong Yangchi.Wei Zhanmei said that he could deploy manpower to secretly protect Ding Gui, and promised not to reveal the secrets of the Shan'aodi people.

It's just that they believe it, but it doesn't mean that Mianzhu people or even the people of the world believe it. How to make it public is still a problem.

Shuang Li proposed to go to Xindi Shige, and use his reputation as a martial arts Beidou to send a white letter to the entire Jianghu to disclose the facts.The method is a good method, but the time limit is too long, not to mention how to send it to the three mountains and four lakes in Yunmeng, who wrote it in hand, and in whose name it is entrusted, it is a problem——

Apparently, the few of them spoke lightly and were not yet in a position to instruct the pavilion master.

"What if Gongyangyue writes the pen in person?" Chao Chen suggested.

Cui Tanfeng shook his head and denied: "That's not right, ordinary people who are involved may try it, but Gongyangyue's reputation is there, I'm afraid it won't convince the public, and it will make people suspect that it is using means to coerce and lure, colluding with witnesses. In my opinion, it is best for Jian Gu to come forward, after all, Senior Gongyang was once the seventh elder, so if the remaining six elders can join hands, it will be justified."

"What kind of spring and autumn dream are you guys doing? Not to mention the six elders, it's hard for a Pei Sai to talk!" Wei Zhanmei picked his nostrils with his little finger, showing an expression of swallowing mosquitoes and flies, like It's listening to the Arabian Nights.

The problem lies in that after Fu Qin's demise, Ding Gui is now just a little-known little man.

Shuang Li was annoyed at his behavior of demolishing the stage without making any contribution, and slapped the table angrily, "Then what do you think? Isn't Mianzhu your territory?"

Wei Zhan frowned, waved his hands again and again, and hurriedly explained: "Don't talk nonsense, I'm just a commoner, and Mianzhu is the territory of the imperial court." With a sideways glance, his eyes rolled over the crowd one by one, he stretched out two fingers, and said with a sinister smile, "It's not that I'm really helpless, the key lies in two points. Ding Gui's words."

As he spoke, he stretched out his index finger to dip in the tea, drew a circle on both sides of the food table, and connected a line between the two circles.

Chao Chen knelt on the ball cushion, deep in thought.

Shuangli Nahan: "I know the circle, but what does this line mean? If you want the six elders to pay attention, you must first let the people in Mianzhu believe in Ding Gui's story?"

"It's pretty smart." Wei Zhanmei patted her on the head.

"I'm already very smart!" Shuang Li shook off his hand and said angrily, "Who can't talk on paper, if you have the ability to come up with some practical solutions."

Wei Zhanmei smiled slightly: "Of course there is a way..."

"Ghost sword."

It was Chao Chen who interrupted. He dipped in the tea and quickly filled in two words on that line. He looked at Wei Zhanmei and nodded, his eyes lit up, and he asked back: "Do you still remember when 'Ghost Sword' started? What are the rumors?"

Cui Tanfeng responded: "Gong Yangchi's ghost is causing trouble."

"That's right. Those who set up the situation don't know whether the enemy is good or bad, but we can't use our tactics. As long as Gong Yangyue can find out the ghost sword, solve the murder case, prove that it was made by someone with a heart, and then bring the murderer to justice, we can use this to gain momentum. After many months of rumors, the theory of grievances has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and if we look for an opportunity to confront Ding Gui, even if we can't convince everyone, it will be enough to attract Jiangu's attention. What they need is just a step." Chao Chen explained.

"Oh, I understand, I understand! It's those elders who can't hold back their old faces and admit their mistakes back then!" Shuang Li suddenly realized.

Under normal circumstances, no one would go to the old accounts. Even though it has been more than a month since the ghosts have been rumored, Yunshentai still has no action. Telling the truth, Jiangu will feel the tension of being slapped in the face.

Now that there are clues, several people will do a preliminary division of labor first. The only thing to do now is to wait for the return of the Ram Moon, and then combine all the clues at hand to set up a roundup, just waiting for the truth to come out.

Wei Zhanmei is the same as Shuangli, he will come, roll up his sleeves, he is excited, he pats his chest and promises: "Man, you don't have to worry, my old Wei has no other skills, I can still earn face in Mianzhu , when the murderer is arrested, and when the confrontation is clarified, whether it is the Mianzhu government office or ordinary people, I guarantee that there will be a lot of them!"

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Gong Yangyue tracked to the outside of the west city, according to the direction Fang Jing came that night, Chao Chen's statement, and the location of the col, and finally locked down a few places for detailed investigation. Sure enough, traces of a fight were found in the woods behind the river beach.

The mottled scratches drawn by the sword are old and new, and the upper and lower layers are printed on the ash wood. This kind of wood is a good material for making long sticks. It is dense and resistant to decay, and it is especially strong. It will be greatly reduced, however, judging from the degree of the gap and the bark falling, it is much heavier than imagined.

If a person uses [-]% strength in normal martial arts, under the current situation, to leave a [-]% sword edge, it takes [-]% strength. This shows that the person Ji Ci and Zhou Bihai collided with is more skilled than him , so they had to fight with all their strength, but there were not many trees at the sword mouth, and the fight was not long, and it was almost crushing.

As for the overlapping of the two layers, it can only mean that after Fang Jing left Xiahouzhen's tomb, she went back to look for the two of them, fell into an ambush, and fought fiercely here.

Gong Yangyue crushed the bark in her hand, blew it lightly, raised her head to look at the canopy of the tree, then raised her foot and pointed the tip away.In the past few ghost sword killings, the corpses were nailed to a high place by the ice sword, but along the tree trunk all the way up, there is no trace. From this point of view, it is not that Ji and Zhou were unlucky to smash the ghost sword to kill, but It's people who go after them at all.

Since there are no bodies, maybe the three are still alive.

"It's just to kill the mouth, so what's the use of saving your life?" Gong Yangyue fell to the ground, he really couldn't figure it out, it was the ghost sword that killed people out of necessity, and after being smashed by the disciples of the valley, his conscience was not lost, so he refused to hurt the killer?Or is there a back move, to make a big fuss with three people?Or that Fang Jing doubted herself, so she deliberately set up a trap to create the illusion that the three were captured?

Thinking of this, he unconsciously pressed his right hand on the hilt of the sword, mobilized his five senses, looked at all directions, and listened to all directions, but the breeze was blowing on his face, and there was no killing intent.

why?

why?

Hearing the long sword crowing out of its sheath, Gong Yangyue clenched her right hand and danced in the forest with her eyes closed. In the darkness, she focused her attention and concentrated her mind, and the traces of fighting on the ash tree appeared in her mind one after another.Ji Ci and Zhou Bihai are only registered disciples, and they learned the most basic and common kung fu, so it is really easy to imitate, so he first re-engraved the order of the two people's moves when they confronted the enemy, and then reversed the opponent's kung fu. .

His nominal master Li Zhouyang once said——

A person can pretend, but a sword cannot. It is the soul of a person and the eyes of a swordsman.

The sword can be reproduced, the moves can be imitated, and even the moves can be disguised, but as long as it is a person, there will always be traces to follow.For swordsmen, the so-called "No. [-] in the world", "the heavy sword cuts mountains, the light sword is like a star", "the quick sword catches the wind and catches shadows", "the soft sword wraps the head and waist", all these titles are nothing but false names, only the sword with the heart and spirit It is a sign of recognition.

"Huh? Percy?"

Pei Sai was passed down in the "Changjia" lineage among the three lines, and he was equipped with a three-foot-three thick epee. The harsh temperament is compatible with the sword intent, which is the most fierce and mighty——

"Could it be him?"

Gongyangyue lowered his head and stared at the sawdust scattered in the weeds. At this moment, a sound of breaking through the air came, his eyes froze, he backed his sword, blocked the arrows that were flying rapidly, turned around, and slashed It is broken into two pieces.The archer who shot arrows in the dark did not want to assassinate, the letter was delivered, and he quickly withdrew and left.

There was a roll of thin paper tied to the arrow tail stuck in the mud. Ram Yue didn't chase after it, so he walked over and took it off, and opened it to read carefully. There was something scrawled on it——

"Tonight at three o'clock in Haishi, in front of Xiahouzhen's tomb outside the west city, people are exchanged with things."

Bartering things?He knew the people, most of them were Fang Jing and the three of them, but what did the objects refer to?Could it be the letter that Taoist Xuan Zhi took away?

Gong Yangyue reversed the paper, and wrote some threatening words on the back, saying that if he missed the appointment, he would torture and kill the three people in front of Xiahouzhen's tomb, so that Xiahouzhen would be watched by the spirit of the sky, and there would be no peace after death.After reading it, Gong Yangyue bent his fingers and crushed the note into powder, but even so, he couldn't vent his anger.

He licked his lips and said with a sneer, "Pei Sai? Huh, Pei Sai!"

——Ji Ci once mentioned that Taoist Xuanzhi and Pei Sai had a good relationship. If he sneaked away from Sword Valley, lured people to Lutou Mountain, and then secretly attacked, it would explain why there were no traces of fighting in the cave before. And Xuan's move killed him.It's just that after thousands of calculations, Fang Jing and the others would meet with them in Shu County, and Xuan Zhi didn't carry the letter close to his body. Instead, he handed it over to a few young disciples to take him to Jiangu. When he knew, Zhou Qingcen had returned To Yunshentai.

Among the seven elders, he is not the only one in charge, if he finds out that others are not there, the things are likely to be handed over to other elders, and it will be even more difficult to intercept or retrieve them, so he hurried back.Unexpectedly, he missed again, the letter was stolen by Wei Zhanmei, in spite of his resentment, he accidentally found himself showing his feet in Lutou Mountain, fearing that Fang Jing and the others would find out and leak the secret, so he simply arrested the three of them.

Gong Yangyue thought as she walked: Pei Sai knew very well that Fang Jing had a bad relationship with him in the past, and after Xia Houzhen's death, the suspicion was even more serious. If he threatened him with this, he would not necessarily compromise, that's why Xia Houzhen was involved.

If Pei Seruo really got the letter, he might change hands and kill Fang Jing and the other three to silence them, and then put the blame on himself. With his prestige, no one would believe him at that time, and he would be able to get away with it and clear the blame.If he doesn't keep the appointment, he can also kill people to silence him, plant blame, and at most he will lose that letter.

It's a good conspiracy.

You will be splashed with dirty water no matter what, so why not try your best?

The letter doesn't matter, the important thing is the content, so before giving it out, no one said he can't read it first, then this is not a loss.As for Fang Jing and the others, although he doesn't care about life and death, but if Xia Houzhen's die-hard attitude of sacrificing one's life for benevolence and sacrificing one's life for righteousness is still alive, he probably doesn't want to see his fellow disciples die tragically. If he accepts the threat, he won't be called Gongyangyue!

Gongyangyue puts away his sword and goes back to the city to ask Wei Zhanmei for a letter. He has made up his mind, and the nine cows can't turn back.It's just that he has been thinking over and over along the way. Although the previous inferences are consistent, there is one thing that he really can't figure out——

Why did Pei Sai make a ghost sword?

Use it to blame yourself?Apparently the time was wrong, the ghost sword rumor broke out before he arrived in Mianzhu, how could he be sure that he would not make a detour?After killing Xuan, use it to get rid of the golden cicada's shell?It's possible, but Xuanzhi died on the mountain, not in the city. If no one finds out, everyone will die in ten days and half a month. Who can tell who is who?It's hard to put it bluntly, if you have time to get an ice sword to nail people to a high place, disfigurement shouldn't be a problem.

Or did he collude with Ye Zidao?But one must ask for something, so what is Pei Sai asking for?It's not like he really wants to complain about Gongyangchi, you know, after the Mianzhu battle, among those who didn't believe in Gongyangchi, Pei Sai was the loudest!

No matter what kind of conspiracy it is, Gongyangyue has never been afraid of anyone, he has always been a soldier to cover up water and earth, thinking of this, he has no guilty conscience, and only suppresses his doubts temporarily.