Crown Sword

Turning around the wet and shaded place, you will be faced with a mountain wall made up of scattered stones. In front of the wall, there are large areas of bushes with sparse green leaves and snow-white five-petal flowers. When the breeze blows, there is a stench.

This plant often grows in Lingnan and is called Liuyuexue.

On the cliff, there are thick wisterias hanging down, like weaving an airtight tent, covering the cracks between the stones, making it tempting to look inside.

Chao Chen stepped across the bushes and stood in front of the vines.

The swaying branches brought up the breeze. He raised his wide sleeves and saw the sleeves blowing towards his heart—the wind came from the mountain wall, but the mountain wall should be airtight. The only possibility is that the back of this vine is like the dark river. Hole-like passages.

Chao Chen picked up a branch and carefully pushed Tengman away.

He was stunned for a moment, the gap was not concealed, looking at the traces on both sides, it seemed that it was dug by man, he couldn't help thinking, is there still human habitation in this mountain?

After that, Chao Chen took off his turban and tied it on a conspicuous place, blew on the torch, and entered the cave.After about half a stick of incense, the exit is in sight——

Unlike the sea of ​​flowers and green trees behind him, there are only endless ashes of white grass, patches of dead wood, and two solitary graves surrounded by dead wood.

It stands to reason that it is common for autumn to winter to have bleak grass and trees, but this place is really weird. Chao Chen stepped on a weed leaf, and the leaf quickly fell into powder. It was pitch black.

Is it fire?

Was there ever a fire here?But if it was a wildfire, why didn't it burn to the other side?Why did spring come without new branches?Thunder, lightning, and mountain fires occur frequently in dry weather, but I have never heard of that mountain being bald.

Is it...

Chao Chen continued to walk forward, and suddenly stepped on the sinkhole. He pulled out the foot of the shoe and found that the dust was one foot thick, which meant that the place had been burned repeatedly.

It's artificial!

Someone once burned this place every year, or every other time.Why?Why do such seemingly unreasonable things?

Looking around again, I only feel full of sadness.

Chao Chen headed towards the two tombs, and his intuition told him that he might be able to get the answer from them.

The tombs are actually far away, the reason is like looking at the mountain and running to a dead horse, because the trees in the mountain have been burned bare, so at a glance, as long as you have good eyesight, you can clearly pinpoint its location.

Before arriving, Chao Chen suddenly shuddered——

Here is the same as the outside, just like a light and dark mirror.The water waterfall is facing the flower waterfall, the green tree is facing the dead wood, and the hut is facing the lonely grave.It is the two sides of life and death, and the twins of life and death.

too weird!

"Chao Chen!"

Gong Yangyue followed the footprints in the ashes, and on his left wrist was tied the scarf Chao Chen left on the wisteria.

Chao Chen turned around from the tomb with a dignified expression, without saying a word.

Gong Yangyue clasped his shoulders and became nervous at the same time: "What?"

Chao Chen took a small step and found two side-by-side stone tablets behind him. He pointed to the names on them and said excitedly, "Look!" The person buried on the left is named "Xiao Jiuyuan", and the one buried on the right It is called "Wen Bai".

"Xiao Jiuyuan?"

"Yes, Xiao Jiuyuan!" Chao Chen explained, "In the notebook I left behind, there are not only records about the Gongyang family, but also a note." The notebook is inconvenient to carry around, but the note , but he twisted it into a thin tube, stuffed it into a small bamboo tube, and pinned it to his purse.

The note was shaken open, and it was the eight characters that were unsolvable at the beginning——

"Jiuyuan is dead, gentlemen be careful!"

The letter comes from "Fang Zunyou" Hua Yi, which is circulated within the "Missing Chang'an" organization. That is to say, this person named Xiao Jiuyuan is very likely to be a colleague of Gu Zaiwo.

Gong Yangyue pondered for a moment: "Could it be that these two are the second of the 'Three Masters of Civil and Military Affairs'?"

At this time, there was a sudden sound of wind behind him, followed by the crisp sound of two arms clashing. The two turned their heads in panic, only to see Chai Xiao running towards them, very embarrassed, and a black shadow was chasing after him They didn't let go, but Shuang Li and Cui Tanfeng were protecting Yan Niang, they barely poked their heads through the secret path in the mountain and landed in the distance.

When chasing to the Tenghua Waterfall earlier, Gong Yangyue was cautious and went in to explore the way first, leaving Chai Xiao and the others outside.The extra bamboo poles made them vigilant, but they were not as if they were facing an enemy. After all, there was a house in the mountain, which meant that someone had settled down and lived there. Maybe it was just the owner of the house returned. Really see them go under the hood.

But right now, that speculation is unrealistic.

This person doesn't hold women and children, but specifically targets Chai Xiao, who has the highest martial arts skills and is the most difficult to deal with, which means that he is aimed at him.With such a clear goal, there will be no second wave of forces other than those in Qianqiu Palace.

The black shadow landed on the ground and quickly caught up with him. The long knife was wrapped around his head, and Chai Xiao was almost crushed and beaten. After ten moves in the fight, the kitchen knife was cut in two.

Seeing that he had lost his weapon and had nothing to rely on, the black shadow took advantage of the victory to pursue him, clawing at his heart with fingers, and took out the secret scroll he was carrying with him.Chai Xiao's red eyes turned fierce, desperate to break his bones, he grabbed with his left hand, twisted back with his right hand, stuck the man's hand in front of his chest, held on tightly, secretly fighting for his internal strength.

Hearing a "puchi", Chai Xiao's rolled-up cuffs were blown into pieces, the skin on both arms was red and purple, and the man didn't please him, although his hands were fine, but he was restrained for fear of damage to the objects, so he could only dodge temporarily. Seeing the bundled files fly several feet away.

This time, the long knife was swung again, but it was to kill Chai Xiaoxiao.

Gong Yangyue arrived in time, took the move with his sword, and met his palms again, the two of them retreated half a step, Gong Yangyue exerted seven points of strength, the opponent didn't know the details, but seeing the steady hand that withdrew, it seemed that there was still room for strength .

Only then did Chao Chen see the figure and appearance of the visitor clearly.

This person has a stern face, slender eyes, and a scar across his brow bone, but he is neither fierce nor evil; he is of medium build, his arms and lower body are particularly strong, and he holds an ancient ingot knife with a cutting blade. The handle of this knife is short and the blade is long. The tip of the blade is upturned, and its power in melee combat is unparalleled. It once fought Dong Zhuo with Sun Jian of the Eastern Wu Dynasty before Hulaoguan.

With this kind of bearing, either the head of the other eleven halls or the head of the hall came in person.

The swordsman reacted very quickly. As soon as Gongyangyue came out, he immediately gave up killing and moved to grab the secret scroll without any delay.Is this worth it?If you ask him to take it, there will be no more business to discuss, and you will die anyway, so you must not struggle to the death, trying to save your wife and brother.Chai Xiao couldn't hold his breath any longer, and squeezed up with his bare hands.

The visitor grimaced, guessing that Chai Xiao would fight to the death, he suddenly turned around and aimed the blade at his chest.

Seeing that Gongyangyue was too late to save the scene, he was about to pierce through, and the accident happened again. A big bamboo umbrella fell from the sky to cover the two of them. When they were separated, there was another person in front of Chai Xiao, holding a sword in his left hand With the knife in his backhand, he scooped up the umbrella with his right hand, scooped up the file, and threw it to Gongyangyue behind him.

"Li Zhouyang?"

Looking at that graceful swordsman with an umbrella and sword in his back, dressed in a long robe of dark colors, Gong Yangyue would never have imagined that he would meet here his famous master who had been searching for a needle in a haystack in Dai Kingdom for a few months.

Li Zhouyang didn't speak, but raised his eyebrows at the ancient ingot swordsman: "I really didn't expect that Shan Beifeng, the once famous assassin among Fu Qin's 'six-star generals', would be destroyed in Qin State, and Fu Jian died in Xinping Afterwards, he became the master of Qianqiu Hall."

The name of a Qianqiu palace master is enough to attract people's attention, let alone the identity of the assassin!

Thirty years ago, in order to compete in the world, Fu Jian borrowed the general flag presented by "Dark General" Yu Mingzhen and the classics collected by Yu's family to form six generals "Dark, Yu, Man, Sha, Quan, and Zhi". The "Mustard Dust Network" headed by Lu is responsible for collecting intelligence and monitoring the whole country. Huben, but "Killer" does not know his name, and is the most secretive. It is said that he only does some shady work for Fu Jian.

"Everyone, each other." Shan Beifeng didn't talk much, but his words were full of blood, "Master Zhonglang returned to Shuzhong safely, but I don't know if the descendants of Cheng Han will return to the country and take revenge after all these years. Bloody?"

Li Zhouyang withdrew his sword and stood proudly with his fists folded: "Then don't worry about it, Your Excellency."

General Qin Guozhong?A descendant of the Han Dynasty?

Chao Chen was dumbfounded, and Chai Xiao was even more trembling. To know the contents of stealing secret volumes is enough to cut your tongue, and now you know these secrets. If you want to check and balance, you can't do it, so isn't nine lives not enough to escape?

Gong Yangyue didn't care about the conversation between the two of them back and forth, but was worried about being ignored, so she casually threw the file in hand to Chao Chen, and went forward to reason: "Li Zhouyang, aren't you..." Even if you want to break your head, you can't figure it out. It's nothing more than the Lord of Qianqiu chasing after him. He is not in Daiguo, so how did he find him? Could it be that the four of them were exposed on the road?If that's the case, wouldn't he be stared at by others after leaving Daiguo?

Li Zhouyang understood what he meant, and explained concisely: "I am in Qianqiu Palace."

Anyone could hear the provocation in this tone, but the hall master didn't respond, he didn't even blink his eyes, he seemed to be surprised: "After all, there were more exaggerated people who sneaked in back then."

There are three bundles of files, all of which are marked with vermilion lacquer, two of them are intact, but the top one, which is the one that Chai Xiao tried so hard to steal, has been torn apart during the fight. There was never any seriousness, and when Chao Chen held it, it was completely spread out.

He freed one hand to wrap the scroll, and by coincidence, his eyes swept over, and he happened to see the words "Xiao Jiuyuan" on it.

Was it Xiao Jiuyuan who was assassinated in this mission?

Chao Chen suddenly looked at the tomb, could it be that this person died like this?He then followed the name to look at the date, only to find that the task was accepted as early as four or fifty years ago, but the note "Jiuyuan is dead" in his hand was compared with the pages of the Gongyang family handbook. , but the curly hair has not turned yellow, and the handwriting is still new, and it will not be more than ten years old.

The time is wrong!

What is going wrong?

"Gongyangyue, look quickly, the assassinated person is Xiao Jiuyuan, and the assassinated person—" Chao Chen scrolled down, but there was only a red handprint left on the signature, and the name was stained with black ink, It's like being erased on purpose.

At this time, Shan Beifeng put the ancient ingot knife back into its sheath, and then said: "The assassin is Shan Yu, who is also the former master of Qianqiu Palace."

"Shan Yu, Shan..." Chai Xiao stared at Shan Beifeng in shock, his mouth opened wide enough to swallow a whole goose egg.

Shan Beifeng glanced almost contemptuously, not understanding how this funny-looking rough man climbed to the second-in-command position in the Phoenix Terrace of the Twelfth Hall: "That's right, Shan Yu is my mother."

Following his mother's surname instead of his father's surname, Chai Xiao, who survived the catastrophe, really wanted to ask "Who is your father?"

Shan Beifeng saw his small thoughts, found a piece of land, fanned the ashes, and sat down by himself: "Our killer business pays attention to money and goods, and I can tell you the truth if you want to know. In exchange, you You also need to answer your questions, and sit down if you want to."

None of them moved, only Shuangli, who was running hard, didn't stop and sat down on his buttocks.

"Hey, what are you doing standing... why don't you talk?" Shuang Li looked around, very embarrassed, Yanniang wanted to help, but gave Chai Xiao a look to stop her from going back, Cui Tanfeng stared at the handle The ancient ingot knife stopped the pregnant woman back, and beware of any changes.Gong Yangyue stepped forward quickly, trying to pull back the girl who couldn't figure out the situation, but her hands were faster than him——

Shan Beifeng stretched out his hand, Shuang Li retreated subconsciously, he simply leaned forward, and directly pulled him up.

Nothing happened.

Shuang Li breathed a sigh of relief, and vigorously slapped the dead ash off her body. Those trees had been burnt and burned, and they had already been charred. She dusted like this, and the more she slapped, the more she smeared them, so she stomped her feet fiercely, pouted, annoyed that she stained her clothes , until he noticed that his eyes were always on his body...

It was the one who pulled her.

"Look... what are you looking at me for?" Shuangli didn't care about her clothes, she backed up to Gongyangyue's side, only to realize later that the swordsman didn't seem to be looking at her, but at her waist. The pregnant butterfly orb.

Strange things!

She wanted to open her mouth to ask, but several big men were already talking, so there was no room for her to intervene.

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