Chapter 499: Tan Ji suffers
"Master, our Lingchong County and Red Army County are rivals in the Battle of the Three Spirits, we enter their capital, if our identities are discovered, will they catch us?"
Before entering the city, Wu Song expressed his worries.
In the Dragon Eclipse Ruins, Tan Ji and Sea Halberd had also seen them, and it was estimated that they had already guessed that some of them would participate in the Battle of the Three Spirits. Because the opportunity to visit the Eclipse Dragon Ruins is very valuable, the people who can go there must be disciples who are valued.
Then, Wu Song and the others may be captured by the people of the Red Army County to prevent the Lingchong County from participating in the Battle of the Three Spirits.
"No, the battle of the Three Spirits is presided over by the True Martial Palace. It is expressly forbidden to fight in private, otherwise they will be pursued by the True Martial Palace. The Red Army County will not offend the True Martial Palace because of our few people. ”
Zhang Yilu said disapprerovingly, pointing out that Wu Song's worries were unnecessary.
Everyone entered the capital and came to Gwangmuin to ask to meet Tan Ji.
After waiting for a while, a person came out of Guangwu Courtyard and informed everyone that Tan Ji had something to go out and was not in the Red Army County. It is estimated that half a month later, Tan Ji will return.
Zhang Yilu thought about it for a while, and then proposed to see the halberd.
He actually had something to say to Tan Ji, but in the Red Army County, he didn't know anyone except Tan Ji, and he didn't want others to talk.
Hai Ji is Tan Ji's disciple and should be able to be trusted. After seeing the halberd, he would ask the halberd to bring a message to Tan Ji.
This time, the person still shook his head, saying that the sea halberd was not in Guangwu Academy because of his cultivation, and it was estimated that he would not come back in the near future.
The people who wanted to see were not there, and everyone had to return to the inn.
The group decided to stay in the capital for a day, travel through the scenery of the Red Army, and then leave.
After returning to the inn, everyone rested for a while, and then went around the capital.
Zhang Yilu went to a tavern to drink, while Wu Songgangfeng and Yang Shuang walked together.
It didn't take long for Wu Song and the others to notice that someone was following them.
Looking at the stalker, it should be a monk.
Wu Song said secretly, the master was still careless. The stalker should be from the Red Army County, and he has already discovered their identity, so he sent someone to follow them. I just don't know what their intentions are and whether they will do anything to them.
Originally, they wanted to have a good time, but now the three of them are still interested, so they hurriedly returned to the tavern and went to find Zhang Yilu.
Zhang Yilu sat in a corner of the tavern, surprisingly not drunk, but staring at the dishes and chopsticks on the table in contemplation.
"Master, the people of the Red Army are following us. ”
Wu Song and the three of them sat at the table, and Wu Song said to Zhang Yilu.
"I see, I have it here, you see there. ”
Zhang Yilu raised his chin slightly, motioning for Wu Song and them to look in one direction.
Following Zhang Yilu's instructions, next to the tavern counter, there was a table of guests, a total of three people. On the surface, they seem to be traveling merchants, but the three of them are full of seals, and they are obviously monks.
The three of them pretended to be drinking and chatting, but they would glance at the place from time to time.
"Master, will I be right, the Red Army has discovered our identity, and in order to gain an advantage in the Battle of the Three Spirits, it sent people to deal with us. ”
Wu Song analyzed.
"I don't know, I don't think so. Can you see anything when you look at this?"
Zhang Yilu frowned tightly and looked at the dishes and chopsticks on the table.
Wu Song and the others also looked over, and at first they didn't see anything, thinking that this was just ordinary dishes and chopsticks.
But then, Wu Song discovered the mystery.
The porcelain bowl is not placed upright, but a chopstick is placed at the bottom of the bowl so that the mouth of the bowl is tilted to one side. The other chopstick was placed on the table and was broken in the middle.
But the man didn't seem to want people to see that the chopsticks had been broken, so he covered them with a coarse cloth.
"Master, is this some kind of code?"
Wu Song guessed.
"Yes, this is a common code phrase used by the monks of the Red Army, which means to ask us to meet at a place seven miles northwest of the city. The direction of the bowl is the direction, and if you look closely at the broken chopsticks, you will find that it has been divided into seven equal sections, and the broken place is in the seventh section.
It's the distance. ”
Zhang Yilu said, with a faint trace of worry on his face. This kind of look, Wu Song saw it on his face for the first time.
"Master, does this code say something other than hinting at the location?"
Wu Song said tentatively, if someone just asked Zhang Yilu to meet, his expression would not be so solemn.
"Before you came, there was still a part of this code, which was a word written on the table with wine, and it was Tan Ji's Tan character. ”
Zhang Yilu said slowly.
"Master, do you mean that this matter has something to do with Tan Ji?"
Wu Song said.
"I'm afraid that's the case, when we went to Guangwu Academy today, the person who told us that Tan Ji was out, I faintly felt that his expression was different.
Then I went to the tavern, and before I could sit down, the shopkeeper informed me that someone had ordered a table of wine and food for me, and this was the table, with this code on it.
I suspect that the reason why the person who put up the code is so secretive may be because we have been watched by the people of the Red Army and the county, so it is inconvenient for us to appear.
Those who watched on us were not because of the Battle of the Three Spirits, but because of Tan Ji. The other party knows that I have a good relationship with Tan Ji, and is worried that I will meddle in this matter. ”
Zhang Yilu touched his chin and said thoughtfully.
"However, Tan Ji is the vice president of the Guangwu Academy, her cultivation is profound, and she has such a high status in the cultivation realm of the Red Army Monarch Country, who can be unfavorable to her?"
Wu Song was puzzled, in a place like Guangwu Academy, a person at the level of a vice president can be said to be a person who has to give three points to the royal family of the Red Army County. Not to mention the people in the cultivation realm, except for the dean of the Guangwu Academy and the cultivators who have cultivated superbly, no one dares to touch Tan Ji's moldy head.
So who can be bad for Tan Ji?
"The people who can be unfavorable to Tan Ji are either in power or have a superb. It is precisely because of this that this is probably a very dangerous matter, and the enemy we are facing must be very strong. No matter who the other party is, if he dares to touch Tan Ji, he will not be able to get along with me.
I'm going to fight with my life to get them out!"
Zhang Yilu looked angry, exuding a strong man's momentum.
Wu Song and the others saw Zhang Yilu show such momentum for the first time, and they couldn't help but be impressed. That's what their master should be.
The people left the tavern and hurried out of the city.
The three people who followed Zhang Yilu in the tavern, as well as the three people who followed Wu Song, converged in one place and continued to follow.
When they came to a forest, Wu Song and the others walked a few steps and entered the forest.
The person who followed behind followed, and as soon as he entered the forest, he was confronted by Zhang Yilu's flames.
The stalkers dodged and were about to escape, but Wu Song and the others had already surrounded them.
The two sides didn't say a word, and immediately started.
The stalker's cultivation is relatively shallow, where is the opponent of Wu Song and the others, and after a while, the dead are dead, the wounded are injured, and the stalkers are all defeated.
Wu Song grabbed one person and escorted him to Zhang Yilu.
"Who sent you?"
Zhang Yilu said sharply.
"Humph!"
The stalker sneered and didn't answer.
"Oh no! He's going to take poison!"
When Wu Song saw the slight movement of the stalker's throat, he knew that he was hiding poison in his mouth, and wanted to take poison and kill himself so as not to leak secrets.
Wu Song's eyes were quick, and he grabbed the stalker's jaw with one hand. But it was too late, and the stalker soon foamed at the mouth, turned blue, and died on the spot.
This poison is too strong, and the onset time is too fast, Wu Song wants to use the Thousand Directions Sutra to detoxify, but it is too late.
"These are dead soldiers, and when they saw that the situation was not right, they took the poison without hesitation. It seems that our opponents are more difficult to deal with than we think. ”
Zhang Yilu said with a solemn face. Those who can support the dead must be people with considerable power.
Sure there were no stalkers, the group headed for the actual junction.
It was a hillside, surrounded by dense forests, and it was indeed very secretive, suitable for meeting in secret.
Everyone waited on the hillside for a while, but no one came, and Zhang Yilu couldn't help but be a little anxious.
The code only said the location, not the time, so wait, if the other party never comes, then what should they do?
About half an hour later, I saw a man approaching from a distance at the foot of the mountain.
Wu Song's eyesight was excellent, and he saw that it was a young woman.
When they got closer, everyone saw that it was a man dressed as a maid.
Although she is a maid, she is dressed expensively and wears expensive jewelry on her head, so she is by no means an ordinary maid. Judging from Wu Song's experience, the owner of the maid is either a wealthy family or a prince and nobleman.
The maid walked to the hillside, stood far away, looked at Zhang Yilu, and asked, "Master Zhang, I only let you come alone, who are the others?"
"It's all my apprentices, my own people, it's okay. May I ask the girl's name?"
Zhang Yilu said.
The maid looked at Wu Songgang and Yang Shuang again, and finally let down her guard and said, "You can call me Xiaohong, I am the palace maid among the three emperors of the Red Army and the county." ”
"I don't know what happened when the little red girl left a secret message and led Zhang here?"
Zhang Yilu was secretly frightened, he had long expected that this matter would involve powerful figures, but he didn't expect that the prince of the Red Army County would be involved.
"I came to Master Zhang, to ask you to save Dean Tan. ”
Little Red pleaded.
"Please let Miss Xiaohong say clearly, what's wrong with Tan Ji?"
Zhang Yilu said eagerly.
"Dean Tan is now locked up in a prison in Guangwu Academy, and no one is allowed to see him. She was given a poison, and her whole body cultivation was sealed. The third prince and the dean of the Guangwu Academy have already said that if Dean Tan does not agree to their request, she will be imprisoned for the rest of her life. ”
Little Red Road.
"What did you ask for, and how did Tan Ji get poisoned?"
Zhang Yilu was shocked, he had already prepared for Tan Ji to be arrested, but when he heard it with his own ears, he couldn't help but be shocked.
Things have to start with the return of the Eclipse Dragon Ruins, after Tan Ji and the sea halberd returned, the three princes of the Red Army County expressed their love to Tan Ji and wanted to win Tan Ji as the imperial concubine.
The third prince, Hai Kongji, is twenty-five years old this year and is the favorite son of the king of the Red Army County. The Red Army has never set up a prince, and everyone thinks that if a prince is established one day, it must be the sea and the sky.
As a prince, the sea and air are naturally countless women, and there is never a shortage of beauties around him.