Chapter 30: The Sound of the Sword
The sunset was red, covering the entire sky. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info the sunset is slowly falling, sinking the whole body into the embrace of the mountains, but the glow still illuminates the entire giant city.
The main city of Shanhai was immersed in a dim yellow halo, adding a hint of dreamlike feeling.
On the streets and alleys, some stalls were closed, some vendors returned home, and the people who were trying to make a living sorted out their things to end the day's work. And those that are specially opened at night have begun to prepare hecticly.
Brothels, restaurants, and flower boats are lit with lanterns hanging outside. Girls, fellows began to greet passers-by. Needless to say, among these guests, there will be a wealthy son who spends a lot of money, and there will also be a useless scholar who is destitute. The son is rich, the scholar is amorous, and those who are slightly famous, they can't say that they can still stage a good story of a young lady scholar who only has a novel because of this.
As for the outcome, it is unknown.
It was a normal night, at least that's what the average person thinks.
At this time, in a small alley that had been silent in the dark, two figures suddenly appeared. If someone from the academy is here, they will definitely be able to recognize that this is the alley where the restaurant is located at noon.
And these two people are naturally Chen Guyu and Yue Xi.
The two of them hid the Xun horse outside the city before entering the city, otherwise riding these two big guys into the city, it is difficult to guarantee that someone will pay attention to or even think of the large group of people and horses at noon. If it alarms King Liang, it will not be good.
"Hmm, it smells of blood!"
As soon as he arrived, Yue Xi covered his nose and shouted.
Chen Guyu lowered his head, and by the light of the bright moon that had already poked his head out, he could faintly see the two congealed blood stains on the ground, which had been winding forward.
"You see, these two blood stains should be left by the two old men rubbing on the ground at noon. ”
When Yue Xi heard this, he immediately looked down. After all, he is a future soldier who came out of the academy, and he has to get used to blood.
"So, what are we going to do? We might be able to follow the blood, and if nothing else, we should be able to find out where they are. ”
Chen Guyu nodded, now it seems that there is only this way to find those people, but suddenly another question comes to mind.
"You say, since we know that they are from Liang Wangfu, then if we follow along, will the place we follow is Liang Wangfu?"
After speaking, he looked at Yue Xi.
"Do you know where Liang Wangfu is, isn't it in this direction?"
The two looked at each other, both shaking their heads.
After all, it was the first time to come to the Mountain and Sea Realm, how could he know where the Liang Wangfu was, and he wouldn't deliberately inquire. If you inquire, maybe you will be targeted by King Liang's men in the next moment!
Chen Guyu had a headache and patted his head: "If it is really Liang Wangfu in the end, then even if we can't do anything at all!"
Yue Xi was also a little discouraged, although she was bent on killing those people, she also knew what she could do. King Liang's first evil is not something they can deal with now, and if something goes wrong, I am afraid that both of them will be buried in this giant city.
"If it's really in King Liang's mansion, let's retreat. At least we did our best and didn't get too upset. ”
Yue Xi gritted his teeth and said helplessly. Chen Guyu looked at this stubborn and helpless girl and nodded.
After saying that, the two of them walked forward following the bloodstain. The blood trailed and twisted, coming and going, and both of them followed carefully with wide eyes.
I don't know how many alleys I crossed, and how many brightly lit streets I passed. The blood stains there were already very faint under the cleaning of the restaurants on both sides, and Chen Guyu could only vaguely smell the smell of blood still floating in the air, and groped his way forward. Fortunately, I finally saw blood stains in the next alley.
After walking for more than half an hour, through a small alley, the two of them only felt that there was an open space in front of them, and the lights were bright, so they hurriedly looked up.
What appeared in front of the two of them was a huge mansion.
The walls of jet-black red stone stretch out on both sides, and you can't even see the edge at a glance. In the middle was a huge gate, as tall as six or seven people, for dozens of people to walk side by side. The entire gate is made of fine 1,000-year-old water wood and painted with red wood lacquer.
Mizuki is usually as heavy as a mountain, but once it is soaked in water, it is as light as a feather, and it can be said to be one of the rare strange trees on the mainland. Chen Guyu had only heard Yang Li say it once, but he didn't want to see such a big piece here.
The blood-red lacquer covered it, adding a hint of horror, as if telling the coldness of this mansion. Outside the gate of the mansion, there are two crystal jasper lions, male and female on the side, looking solemnly ahead, as if they can make the ghosts and gods retreat.
The crystal stone, that is naturally one of the strange stones, the spar. A small one is worth a thousand gold.
In fact, when the two of them saw these things, there was no need to guess, apart from King Liang's Mansion, who else could have such a mansion so arrogant and luxurious?
Not to mention, when you look up, you can see that directly above the huge mansion door, the three golden characters are showing the dignity of the owner of the mansion.
The gold inscription has always been available only to the royal family.
The two secretly screamed badly, and looked at each other helplessly, they really guessed it.
"I didn't expect it to be the Liang Wangfu, so I had to give up?" Yue Xi looked at Chen Guyu.
Chen Guyu smiled bitterly and nodded.
Such a huge mansion can even be called a palace. With King Liang's cruel and cold-blooded personality, it is not difficult to imagine how many secret channels and guards there will be in it.
It's hard enough to get in and get out safely, let alone kill a few people.
"Then let's go. Yue Xi whispered, obviously not in high spirits.
Chen Guyu nodded, but he thought of something.
"Xi'er, did you think it was strange when we came here with the blood trail just now?"
"Hmm, what do you mean?"
Yue Xi was a little puzzled.
"The place where we eat is in the west, and the Liang Wangfu can be said to be in the east. But that group of people, obviously they could have come directly to King Liang's Mansion by straight road, why did they go around in our alley, and they went around so many times in a row. ”
Yue Xi thought about it silently, they followed the bloodstain just now, and they did take a lot of repetitive and useless roads. Obviously, you can walk over directly, but you have to go around the west side for a long time.
"Maybe it's for the public?"
Yue Xi said uncertainly.
Chen Guyu shook his head: "If it is a public display, there is no need to be there at all, but you should go to Central Street, where the people gather." In our alley, there were basically no people, only some passing people, and it was precisely because of this that the marshal chose to eat there in a low-key manner. ”
Hearing this, Yue Xi said a little dryly: "You mean, they did it on purpose, wanting some people to see it?"
Chen Guyu nodded solemnly.
"And who could it be? Since there are no one, who do they want to show it?"
After speaking, Yue Xi suddenly thought of something and looked at Chen Guyu in surprise.
"Could it be our team?"
"I'm afraid so. ”
Chen Guyu looked at the huge mansion in front of him, with deep meaning in his eyes.
"But why do you want to show it to us? Although we were very angry at their behavior later, we had nothing to do with the Liang Wangfu at that time, and the marshals deliberately kept a low profile, just because they didn't want to attract the attention of the Liang King......
Yue Xi was even more puzzled, her eyebrows furrowed, and she couldn't figure out why.
Chen Guyu was silent for a long time, sighed, and said, "I guess, maybe it's because of me." ”
Yue Xi looked at him carefully, and at first he couldn't react to what he meant, but then he suddenly thought of something and exclaimed in surprise.
"I understand, no wonder, you are Chen Xiang's son. And King Liang and Chen Xiang are mortal enemies, and the entire academy goes to the front line with the army, so you are naturally among them. So King Liang's move should be for you to see. ”
"Hmm. ”
In the academy before, the two had no intersection. So Yue Xi didn't care about Chen Guyu's identity, even if he was Chen Xiang's son, he didn't take it to heart.
And now because of their common ideas and styles, their relationship is like friends and confidants, so they don't care about Chen Guyu's prominent identity, so they didn't think of this layer for a while.
After Chen Guyu said this, he suddenly thought. The young man in front of him is not just an ordinary student, he is also a dignified son of the Tang Dynasty, a prominent noble child.
But there is still a problem with Yuexi.
"Then why did they do this, to embarrass you? to warn you? Or to express something to Chen Xiang? King Liang shouldn't be so boring!"
Chen Guyu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Naturally not." ”
Although King Liang is arrogant and lascivious, he can be described as a thief of the country, but he is definitely not stupid.
Whether it is confronting Chen Ce for so many years, or smearing Chen Guyu, it is extremely useful to make Chen Ce lose the hearts of the people and the emperor. If you say that just because Chen Guyu passed by here, you will disgust him, it will be like a child's trick.
"I couldn't figure out why before, but when I came here with this bloodstain, I suddenly figured it out. ”
Chen Guyu looked back at the two bloodstains that extended to the door of the mansion, and recalled: "I remembered an incident that my father inadvertently mentioned before, it should be said that it was just a very boring little thing. That is, King Liang has a very serious cleanliness habit. ”
A person with a serious cleanliness habit would never allow such a disgusting and heavy blood stain to exist around his mansion, and he didn't clean it for half a day.
Hearing Chen Guyu's words, Yue Xi opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but a worried look suddenly appeared on his face.
Chen Guyu smiled and straightened up.
The sword in his hand "buzzed", which was particularly harsh in this silent night.
It has been said since ancient times that the sword is spiritual.
The Chengtian Sword is naturally a sword, it suddenly made a sound at this moment, and Chen Guyu, as the master, of course understood why.
Fear of life, mortal threat!
A strong murderous aura instantly surrounded the two of them at this moment.
Chen Guyu looked at Yue Xi beside him, smiled comfortingly, walked out of the darkness, looked at the mansion in front of him, and said loudly.
"Chen Guyu, meet His Royal Highness King Liang. ”