Cloud of the Qing Dynasty

Mu Liuyun finished listening with a gloomy expression, and asked coldly, "Where is he?"

"I don't know, the Beggar Gang has lost track of him. I only know that a large group of people who pursued him seem to have arrived in the Wuling area."

Mu Liuyun went back to the house without saying a word, took the Zhishui sword and was about to go down the mountain. The disciple on duty asked him where he was going, but Mu Liuyun ignored him.

He went straight to the main hall of Shangqing Palace at the foot of the mountain.

The head of the Shangqing Palace, Tian Xingdao, was in the hall. Mu Liuyun didn't even salute, and asked directly: "Has the Shangqing Palace already got the news about Zhang Chi's arrest?"

Daoist Tian Xing was silent for a moment, then sighed, "You still know..."

Mu Liuyun's tone became colder: "Are you hiding it from me on purpose?"

"I know that with your temperament, if you hear this news, you will definitely not sit idly by, but he is a wanted criminal by the imperial court. According to the current situation, we must not openly confront the imperial court. The stakes are high. Think it over."

"He was framed."

Tian Xingdao shook his head and sighed: "Since he has been involved in such a major case, unless we have conclusive evidence in hand to overturn the case, even if we think he is innocent, we can't openly cover up the important criminal of the court. It not only represents myself, but also affects the lives of thousands of people in the Shangqing Palace, so you must not act recklessly."

In fact, Taoist Master Tian Xing was not sure how much this wayward junior brother could listen to. Seeing Mu Liuyun bowed his head in thought and hesitated to say a word, he called out with some hesitation: "Junior brother..."

Mu Liuyun raised his head, and said resolutely, "Brother, please order me to be expelled from Shangqing Palace."

Zong Tianxing Daoist is always calm, he was taken aback when he heard this: "You are..."

"Senior brother, as the head of the sect, needs to take care of the overall situation, I understand." Mu Liuyun said lightly, "But I will take care of this matter."

Daoist Tian Xing pondered for a moment, then sighed: "You know that if you openly aid the important criminals of the imperial court, even with your excellent martial arts, it is very likely that going here will be fatal."

"I know."

"Then do you know that if the Shangqing Palace loses the seat of a master like you, those disciples will not be able to suppress the situation at all, and the fate of the entire Shangqing Palace in the future will be changed because of your decision."

Mu Liuyun lowered his head. Over the years, several senior brothers have treated him fairly well, so he still felt a little guilty: "...I know, but I have to go."

Tian Xingdao let out a long sigh: "I understand, you can go."

Mu Liuyun gave a deep bow to the senior brother in charge, turned around and left the main hall. Daoist Tianheng who had just heard the news, only had time to see his back resolutely leaving, and was so shocked that he couldn't even utter a complete sentence Come: "Brother, this, this..."

"I know what you want to say." Daoist Tian Xing sighed, "But if he has made up his mind, how can we stop him? The future of Shangqing Palace... can only be left to those younger generations to ask for their own blessings. "

***

Mu Liuyun is no longer the unworldly expert who didn't even know how to spend his money when he went down the mountain last time. He brought the Zhishui sword, a few sets of clothes, some bank notes and broken silver, and even I also brought flint and water bags, packed a crooked package, and went down the mountain on my shoulder.

But the rivers and lakes are vast, and he has no idea where to go to find Zhang Chi, especially since Zhang Chi is now a wanted criminal with a lot of money by the court, so many court eagles and dogs are searching for his whereabouts, if he has not been caught, he must have taken himself Well hidden.

Mu Liuyun recalled an inside information that Zhang Chi disclosed to him last time. The Jinxiu Tower in Chang’an was a secret base that Bao asked about. something.

So Mu Liuyun's first step was to go to Chang'an, and began to look around the streets to find out where Jinxiu Tower was.

He was not very good at remembering directions, and he only knew a rough location at first, but now he can't find it at all after such a long time. When he inquired about Jinxiu Tower, he either looked at him like a monster and walked away quickly, or shook his head telling him not to ask any more questions and then walked away quickly.

After asking around, he still found nothing. Mu Liuyun, who was full of doubts, could only order food in an unremarkable but clean restaurant, and planned to inquire elsewhere in the afternoon.

It was at this time that trouble came to the door.

A strong man dressed in a very elegant black attire came to him aggressively: "You are the one who has been inquiring about Jinxiu Tower? What is your relationship with Jinxiu Tower? Be honest!"

If Mu Liuyun pays more attention to the affairs at the foot of the mountain, it is not difficult to recognize that this is the unique attire of the imperial court's intelligence organization Eagle League Guard, but Mu Liuyun is too lazy to care about the other party's background, why he is so arrogant, he only knows This guy's attitude was arrogant and disrespectful, so he simply ignored it, and continued to eat the noodles in his bowl, as if the other party didn't exist.

The Yingmeng guard was furious. He saw that Mu Liuyun was carrying a long sword, and he should also be a person who knew martial arts. He expected that he wouldn't be able to ask anything if he didn't give him some flair, so he drew out his long sword and slashed at him. Put it on the table, penetrating more than three or four minutes: "I'm talking to you!"

All the customers in the store ran away immediately, even the shopkeeper and the assistants fled, for fear of having anything to do with the matter of the Eagle League Guard.

Mu Liuyun finally put down his chopsticks, took out a handkerchief to wipe the corners of his mouth, and stood up.

After a while, the Eagle League Guard was trampled on the ground with a bruised nose and a swollen face, and he threatened with a shattered liver and gallbladder: "I, I am the Eagle League Guard, a member of the imperial court, and you dare to beat me. This is an open defiance of the imperial court. After a while, officers and soldiers will surround this place, and you won't be able to escape!"

Mu Liuyun said lightly: "Even if there are thousands of troops, it's too late to save you."

Seeing that the Eagle League guard couldn't scare Mu Liuyun at all, he resolutely persuaded: "Hero, please do me a favor! Don't kill me! I have an eighty-year-old mother and a three-year-old child..."

Mu Liuyun interrupted impatiently: "What happened to Jinxiu Tower?"

"I only know that Jinxiu Building was set on fire by Hua Jinxiu, the owner of Jinxiu Building, and several of our brothers were compensated. The building owner seems to have some ulterior relationship with the imperial court who committed Zhang Chi. Everyone wants to follow the clues of Jinxiu Building. I found Zhang Chi's whereabouts, so I questioned the people who inquired about Jinxiu Tower one by one, I didn't mean to offend you, old man, just let me go!"

"Where is Zhang Chi now?"

"I don't know! If I knew, I would have gone to arrest people a long time ago, and I wouldn't be looking for a needle in a haystack here, so as to run into your old man!"

Mu Liuyun drew his sword out of its sheath, caressing the sharp blade with his fingers casually: "Think about it carefully, and give me a reason to spare you."

"I, I, I, I know! I have a few colleagues who are the brightest minds among our Eagle Alliance Guards. A few days ago, they left the good life in the capital and went to southern Xinjiang together. They must have heard something. The little one knows so much, the hero, please forgive the little one!"

"...Southern Border?" Mu Liuyun lifted his foot and let go of the eagle alliance guard, "you can go."

"Thank you hero, thank you hero!" The Eagle League guard hurriedly got up to leave, but Mu Liuyun suddenly said, "Wait a minute."

The eagle guard stopped and looked at him tremblingly: "Da, hero, you said you would let me go..."

"Take all your money out."

"Yes, yes, yes..." The eagle guard could only fumble out a few taels of silver and a handful of copper plates on his body and put them on the table, fearing that he would offend the master if he didn't hand over a penny , Mu Liuyun said: "Go away."

Yingmengwei hurriedly fled, fearing that he would change his mind again, Mu Liuyun left the broken silver on the counter, and walked out of the restaurant with his sword in hand.

With a general direction in his mind, he left Chang'an without any delay. At first, there were people watching Mu Liuyun from a distance, but when those people recognized who this daring master who openly robbed the Eagle Alliance Guards was, Thinking about the horror legends about this young master and the "Blood Demon", and thinking about the importance of errands and life, they consciously "lost".

***

With Zhang Chi's safety in mind, Mu Liuyun didn't dare to delay for a moment, relying on his superb lightness skills and powerful internal strength to cross mountains and ridges every day, looking for a general direction, almost starry night, traveling faster than ordinary people Much sooner.

In just two or three days, he arrived in southern Xinjiang, but there are so many mountains in southern Xinjiang, he had no idea where to find Zhang Chi, so he followed the path that Zhang Chi had taught him and walked straight ahead. Going down, I found a small market at an intersection.

He walked into the only inn here, intending to have a rest, eat something, and inquire about news by the way, but felt that the surrounding environment seemed indescribably familiar. When he came to his senses, this was the first time he met Zhang Chi. The inn?

The shopkeeper of the inn actually recognized him. After all, even if a master like Mu Liuyun only met once and said a few words, it was enough for people in this small place to brag about for several years. Good tea was brought up: "Master Dao, you can come again, the shop is really flourishing, why are you here alone this time?"

Mu Liuyun didn't say much, just asked: "The young man I caught as a murderer last time, have you seen him recently?"

"I've never seen it before." The shopkeeper shook his head and lowered his voice, "But I heard that the young man named Zhang Chi has become a prisoner of the imperial court, and it just so happened that those people over there also came to look for him. "

He secretly pointed to a few strong men at the table by the door. Those people were dressed in common Jianghu people, and there was nothing unusual in Mu Liuyun's eyes, but he had already made up his mind, so he took out a Ke Sui Yin said: "Prepare some dry food for me on the road."

When those strong men were full and set off, Mu Liuyun got up and followed.