Chapter 9: The Masked Man
"Master Rongzhai?" Jin Yi looked at Ling Jiuchuan and looked at the bartender, not quite convinced.
"I have long heard that the owner of Rongzhai who stayed in Jinzhai is young and promising, and he faces Pan'an, and he really deserves his reputation." Ling Jiuchuan said polite words.
"Jiuchuan Majesty has won the prize." The bartender smiled embarrassedly, walked out from behind the bar, bowed to Jin Yi and said, "Elder Jin, hello, I am Rong Shu, the owner of the village who stayed in Jinzhai." Liu Fei went out to do business a few days ago, and he was not in the village, and I also tried to contact him, but there was no response. Tell me what you want. ”
"Master Rongzhai, can we talk in private?" Ling Jiuchuan saw that there were many people here, and it was really not a good place to talk.
Rong Shu nodded, took them to the office on the second floor, gave up his seat, and closed the door: "Your Majesty, what did Liu Fei promise to give you?" ”
Ling Jiuchuan and Jin Yi glanced at each other, and it was Jin Yi who spoke: "Intelligence, about the whereabouts of the Prayer Heaven Sword." ”
Rong Shu was a little surprised when he heard this: "Oh? It's a big deal, and he should be back on time. ”
"Yes." Jin Yi snorted, "We paid the deposit, it won't be that he couldn't hand over the information and absconded with the money, right?" ”
"Your Majesty Jiuchuan, Elder Jin, I'm really sorry." When Rong Shu heard this, he didn't think he was angry, but stood up and said respectfully, "No matter what situation Liu Fei encounters, it is ironclad to be untrustworthy, I will return the deposit to you, if you are still willing to trust Liujinzhai, I will be responsible for finding the information he promised you - free of charge." ”
Although these words were sincere, Jin Yi didn't buy it, and was about to speak, but was stopped by Ling Jiuchuan.
"Lord Rongzhai, the whereabouts of the Heavenly Sword are a matter of importance, I hope you can find Liu Fei as much as possible and give me a satisfactory answer." With that, he got up and walked outside.
Jin Yi was a little unwilling to see that the matter had been solved so simply, but seeing Ling Jiuchuan's hurried expression, and thinking of the way he had just received the letter, he knew that something must have happened in the palace, so he had to follow and never say a word.
The two of them left Liujin Village and went straight to Yecheng.
Ling Jiuchuan frowned, hurried away, and didn't care about Jin Yi behind him, just urged the horse under his crotch to gallop forward, it originally took three hours to travel, but it took less than two hours to finish.
"What's going on?" When he walked into Shu Kui's room quickly, he was already slightly panting.
Yuxiao said the general course of the matter, and finally said: "I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I fell asleep somehow, and there is really no way to use the lock spirit tape." ”
Ling Jiuchuan didn't make a sound, looked at the wound on the soul's ankle carefully, and said, "It's okay, it's just that the yin qi that seeped into the wound is too heavy, and the soul cleansing ointment can solve it." ”
This ointment is usually used to pull out the Gu worms in the body, it is not uncommon, and it is always available in Yuxiao's room, so I took it immediately.
"Your Majesty, I'll come." She opened the lid of the medicine jar and prepared to do it.
"I'll come." Ling Jiuchuan couldn't help but say that he snatched the medicine jar, "You guard." ”
After finishing speaking, he used the enchantment to cover himself and Shu Kui together, then took the ointment, put it in the palm of his hand and slowly melted it with body temperature, applied it to the wound, instilled mana, let the ointment slowly seep in, wrapped in yin qi, and then drew it out with mana, and so on.
Yuxiao sat cross-legged on the side, holding her breath and concentrating, always paying attention to the movements around her.
After a long time like this, there is not much yin qi in Shu Kui's soul, but it is hidden in a vital and vulnerable place, Ling Jiuchuan can only be more careful and careful than just now, for fear that the slightest carelessness will scatter the soul, and at that time, there will be no return.
At this juncture, Yuxiao suddenly heard someone quietly approaching outside the door.
She stood up, put her ear to the door, and noticed that the man was walking very slowly, and each step took a long time, as if trying to slow down and not be noticed.
After waiting for a while, the man came to the door of the room, and Yuxiao waited for the opportunity, slammed the door open, and at the same time stepped out with a big stride, his five fingers in the shape of claws, and grabbed the throat of the person who came with lightning speed.
It was Jin Luoluo who was subdued, she was shocked, opened her mouth, wanted to scream, but couldn't make a sound, her face was miserable and white, without a trace of blood.
"What are you doing here?" Yuxiao let go of her hand and asked in a low voice.
Jin Luoluo took a few deep breaths, stroked his neck, and looked into the room: "Your Majesty is back?" ”
"Your Majesty is very busy, you better go back." Tamashi was not polite at all.
"How's Shu Kui?" Jin Luoluo still didn't want to leave as much as he did just now.
"She'll be fine." Yuxiao didn't want to say much, so she turned around and was about to go back to her room.
"I didn't expect this, I really just wanted to help." Jin Luoluo was anxious to express his apology.
Tamashi turned her head and wanted to say something, but was abruptly interrupted by a strong abnormal aura coming from the room.
She hurriedly opened the door to the maximum, only to see a masked man dressed in black, holding a short sword in his hand, stabbing several swords towards Ling Jiuchuan's enchantment.
Ling Jiuchuan firmly pressed one hand on the wound of Shu Kui's soul, and supported the enchantment with the other, and the green tendons on his forehead burst out, obviously trying his best to resist.
Yuxiao didn't have time to think about it, so he took off the lock spirit from his waist and trembled, wrapping around the masked man's short sword so that he couldn't attack again.
At this point, Jin Luoluo recovered from the initial fright, and a long scream involuntarily escaped from his mouth.
Yuxiao frowned, not understanding why she had to come here to join in the fun.
And it was at this moment of distraction that the masked man's short sword quickly turned around a few times, making the lock spirit silk shorter and shorter, and then the tip of the sword pointed upwards and pulled hard.
Yuxiao felt a strong attack, and for a moment she was unsteady on her feet, and she was pulled straight to the tip of the sword, but fortunately she reacted quickly, and threw out a fireball with her other hand, flying towards the masked man's face.
In order not to be hit, the masked man had to give up the lock and dodge to the side.
Then, the fireball burst through the window and hit the ground outside.
When the masked man couldn't strike, he stopped moving, just holding a short sword and staring at Yushino.
Yuxiao didn't dare to make a mistake, and put on an offensive and defensive posture, constantly looking at the masked man, hoping to recognize the characteristics of the other party.
But the masked man obviously came prepared, and his entire head and face were tightly wrapped, and even his eyes were covered with tulle, so that he could only vaguely see that it was a man by his figure, and nothing else was known.
The two confronted each other for a moment, and a faint sweet fragrance gradually spread in the air, and when Yuxiao felt that it was too late, all the scenery in front of her began to rotate at high speed, and within a few seconds, she collapsed to the ground softly.
And Jin Luoluo, who had been standing at the door, had already fallen down, and he didn't know what to do.
Seeing this scene, Ling Jiuchuan secretly complained in his heart - as long as it took another half an hour or so, the yin qi in Shu Kui's soul could be completely cleared, if he was forced to let go at this time, not to mention the failure, he would also be defeated and injured because he had consumed a lot of mana.
Of course, the masked man would not be unaware of these, he walked to the edge of the barrier step by step, snorted proudly and sneered twice, raised the short sword in his hand, and slashed down again and again.
"Is Jiuchuan His Majesty here?" After a dozen slashes, a voice came from outside the window.
The masked man didn't expect or notice that someone was coming, he was slightly stunned, and then, regardless of the direction of the voice, it was a sword.
"Sir, we have no grievances, we can't fight and kill as soon as we come up." It was Rong Shu who appeared on the windowsill, holding a small black cloth bag in his hand, dodging the attack, "Your Majesty, you left in a hurry, forgot to take the deposit, I brought it to you." ”
"Okay, thank you." When Ling Jiuchuan saw him, his heart was relieved, "Master Rongzhai, you don't have to pay back the deposit, help me catch this person, if you can stay alive, the balance is twice the deposit." ”
Rong Shu became interested when he heard this, put the small cloth bag in his pocket, and looked at the masked man: "Sir, I am Rong Shu from Liujin Village, and I took the business of His Majesty Jiuchuan." ”
As you speak, you have to do it.
"Wait." The masked man put away his short sword and said angrily, "Since it is for Jinzhai, then I will also give you a business to do - help me kill Ling Jiuchuan, the gold and silver treasures in the palace are up to you." ”
"Wow, that's generous." Rong Shu laughed.
"Will you take it?" The masked man asked, but his tone was firm, thinking that as long as he had money, he could enter and exit the ghost gate at will, not to mention the businessmen who stayed in Jinzhai.
"It's a really tempting offer." Rong Shu glanced at Ling Jiuchuan, "However, I pay attention to the first come, first come, first come, Jiuchuan Majesty opens the mouth first, I take his order first, and you can only give up this business." ”
"That's a shame." As soon as the last word came out, the masked man raised his short sword again, stepped forward, and slashed at Rong Shu's feet.
Rong Shu had already taken precautions, and did a somersault, landing firmly behind the masked man.
The masked man is not a vegetarian, and he expected that his opponent would not be weak, so with the force of the sweep, he turned around, and in the blink of an eye, he made four or five moves one after another, and the moves were ruthless and pointed to the key point.
Rong Shu was empty-handed, dissolving all the tricks one by one, feeling that the opponent was strong, he didn't dare to hold it up, and grabbed it into the void, and a Yanling knife less than a meter long appeared in his hand.
The masked man looked closely, and saw that this knife was crystal clear, as if it was cast in crystal, and knew that it was Rong Shu's usual weapon, the Chengjing Knife, his heart sank, his nerves tensed, and he stared at Rong Shu's every move with full attention.
At this time, there were more and more people downstairs, thinking that the guards heard the sound of Yuxiao's fireball hitting the ground, discovered the abnormality here, and gathered over.
"Your Majesty, are you alright?" Jin Yi also came.
"It's fine." Ling Jiuchuan breathed a sigh of relief and said loudly, "Hold all the passages, don't let the assassins escape, you have to live." ”
Jin Yi responded with a "yes" and began to arrange his troops.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the masked man raised his hand and spilled a small bamboo dart, forcing Rong Shu to dodge, and he jumped out of the window by taking advantage of the gap.
There was an immediate sound of cheering outside, and after a while, it faded away.