Chapter 801: The Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell

Accepting the golden dragon card represents the team, feeling that he is involved in a palace whirlpool, even if Zhang Yunfan wants to retreat bravely, he can't do it, and now the control of the game is not him, and he can only be at the mercy of a chess piece.

Even if things can't be reversed, Zhang Yunfan has no choice but to accept everything that may happen in the future.

Although Zhang Yunfan is a hundred unhappy in his heart and wants to choose the safest way to complete his mission, there are two sides to everything, which Zhang Yunfan knows well.

Any risk is accompanied by opportunities, the greater the risk, the greater the gain, in the face of the current situation, he can only speed up the pace to achieve the goal.

After learning the information of the Five Poison Gates, the two of them embarked on a journey to Absolute Sword City!

Originally, Zhang Yunfan proposed to let the Ice Emperor take the first step, but the Ice Emperor had no intention of leaving at all, so he thought that he was eyeing him, but he would not give up, this feeling made Zhang Yunfan quite unhappy, but he was helpless.

Absolute Sword City stood in the morning light, looking no different from the past, the same prosperity, the same hustle and bustle.

It was almost the same as when Zhang Yunfan first came, when the two arrived at the city gate, it was already early in the morning, the morning sun hung in the sky, rising, and the cars at the city gate were coming and going, so it was not prosperous.

"Is this the Absolute Sword City?" The Ice Emperor has been separated for a long time, and he has no idea about the outside world, and the meaning contained in his words seems to be asking himself or asking.

"Your Majesty, this is the Absolute Sword City, and there is a giant sword in the city, from which the name comes from." Zhang Yunfan replied.

Zhang Yunfan didn't know the history of the Absolute Sword City, and he didn't know if there was this city when the Ancestor Ice Emperor was there, so he didn't introduce it at first.

The Ice Emperor nodded, and the two immediately urged the horse forward, heading towards the city, and only then did they reach the gate of the city, and a fierce horse suddenly galloped out of the gate, and the person riding the horse was dressed in guard clothing, and at a glance he knew that it was a person from the City Lord's Mansion.

At first, Zhang Yunfan thought that this person was a messenger, and was about to remind the Ice Emperor to give way, but unexpectedly, the other party stopped in front of the city gate.

"The city lord has an order, an assassin sneaked into the city lord's mansion last night to commit murder, in order to arrest this moment, now you only need to enter the city and not leave the city......"

The guards on horseback were urging their horses to gallop and shouting, and when they heard that there was a murder at this moment, the guards at the gate of the city immediately became vigilant, and stepped forward with their swords, and drove all the people who were about to leave the city back.

There were quite a few people who planned to enter the city, but when they looked at this posture, many people stopped and stood outside the city gate and discussed.

Some people simply turned their horses' heads and went back the way they came, in order to avoid trouble......

The gate of the city exploded suddenly, and seeing this scene, Zhang Yunfan looked at the Ice Emperor, "Your Majesty, it seems that the remnants of the Five Poisons Gate are immortal!" ”

The Ice Emperor frowned and said: "Since I am here, none of these thieves can escape, now you will follow me into the city, I want to see how bold the thieves of the Five Poison Gate are, and they actually rushed to commit murder in the City Lord's Mansion!" ”

The two entered the city together, compared with the city gate, the city was even more noisy, there were patrols everywhere, one team of people just left, and the other team immediately came over, and the scene was not noisy.

Under the leadership of Zhang Yunfan, the two of them came to the City Lord's Mansion, which was heavily guarded at the gate, which was much more lively than the last time the Danwang Tournament was held.

"Who are you?" When the guards saw Zhang Yunfan jumping off the horse, they immediately stopped him, and the guards next to him also became vigilant.

Zhang Yunfan didn't say a word, he directly took out the dragon card and handed it over, "I am Zhang Xuan, the deputy commander of the Dragon Guard, and I have something important to discuss with you Sun City Lord, so report it quickly!" ”

The name of the deputy capital of Longwei is indeed quite bluffing, which startled the guards, and hurriedly welcomed the two in, and someone else went to report the news.

Came to the hall of the City Lord's Mansion and sat down, and after a while, Sun Da walked out like a fly, and when he saw Zhang Yunfan in the ranks, he was immediately surprised and delighted, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, "It turned out to be Master Zhang, oh, no, I should call you Deputy Dutong Zhang." ”

Although Sun Da is the city lord, in terms of title, Zhang Yunfan, the deputy capital commander, has a much higher gold content than him, because it is Long Wei who is the imperial city guard and the henchman of the Ice Emperor, and this alone is not comparable to Sun Da, the city lord.

It is precisely because of this reason that Sun Da was so respectful when he saw Zhang Yunfan, and he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest.

There is just one point, Zhang Yunfan appeared as a casual cultivator before, and at that time, Prince Mingxi had already come to Juejian City, and he had never recognized Zhang Yunfan, which showed that Zhang Yunfan was secretly protecting Prince Mingxi, and Sun Da didn't know all this, and now he can't help but be afraid for a while when he thinks about it.

Zhang Yunfan waved his hand and said: "City Lord Sun doesn't need to be polite, it is a fluke to be able to come back this time, and I brought back an important person this time, and you will come with your ears." ”

Sun Da didn't know why, he leaned his head over, and with Zhang Yunfan's narration, his face suddenly changed, becoming very exciting, and his eyes looked towards the Ice Emperor from time to time, and he was shocked in his heart!

"It's top secret, you just need to know it, don't make a big deal about it." Zhang Yunfan was just passing the word, but in fact, the Ice Emperor was unwilling to reveal his identity, so he greeted him in advance on the way before coming.

Sun Da nodded hurriedly, but because the identity of the Ice Emperor was too special, he was a little distracted, constantly looking at the Ice Emperor, and he didn't dare to look at it clearly, and wanted to come forward and bow down, but he was frightened away by Zhang Yunfan's advice.

For a while, Sun Da was a little at a loss, and he didn't know what to do!

"City Lord Sun, when we entered the city just now, we heard that there was a murder at this moment last night, what is going on?" Zhang Yunfan asked suspiciously.

Sun Da glanced left and right, then waved his hand to let all the people in the house go out, and then explained the cause and effect in a low voice, "That's the case, now the enemy is dark and I am clear, and the prince of Mingxi is in a hurry to return to the imperial city to report the news, so we didn't wait for you that day, so we left early."

Later, when he returned to the City Lord's Mansion, in order to divert the attention of the remnants of the Five Poison Gates, he created an assassin incident last night, and took advantage of the chaos to send the prince of Mingxi away, and now the prince is estimated to be about to arrive in the Great Wilderness City. ”

After listening to Sun Da's explanation, Zhang Yunfan realized that it was a false alarm, but their strategy of the golden cicada to get out of its shell was indeed feasible, which could not only send the prince of Mingxi out quietly, but also catch the remnants of the Five Poisons Gate in the city in the name of assassination.

The worst thing is that it can also scare the remnants of the Five Poison Sect into not daring to come out, and they will not be able to find out that Prince Mingxi has left for a while, and when they react, Prince Mingxi is already thousands of miles away, even if they want to chase it, it is too late.

"That's a good plan." Zhang Yunfan nodded in admiration, and then asked, "What about the rest?" ”

According to Sun Da, at that time, the prince of Mingxi was in a hurry to leave, but he was afraid that you would come out without support, so he left Dan Qiusheng and Duanmu Xuanyue behind and let them continue to squat in place.

As for what happened next, Sun Da didn't know, at that time he had already escorted Prince Mingxi back to Absolute Sword City.

"But when we came out, we didn't see them?" Zhang Yunfan said in surprise.

Sun Da didn't care too much, smiled and said: "You don't have to worry, the two of them will help each other, it will be fine, maybe they have already gone home and say that it is not necessarily, I will ask the guards to go to Duanmu's house to inquire later." ”

With Sun Da's words, Zhang Yunfan was a lot relieved, and then asked Sun Da to arrange the banquet and room, and then went to the side of the Ice Emperor, explained the situation, and then asked for advice, "Your Majesty, what do you think will be arranged next?" ”

The Ice Emperor's answer was neat, "Since the Prince of Mingxi is fine, you can rest here for one night with me, and leave for the Imperial City early tomorrow morning." ”

Under Sun Da's intentional arrangement, the kitchen of the City Lord's Mansion was in full swing and prepared a large table of delicacies, all of which involved good ingredients that were rarely seen in ordinary times, which were urgently collected by Sun Da.

While cooking, the Ice Emperor went to the room to bathe and change clothes, replaced her bright phoenix crown and xia veil, and put on a plain clothes.

When the Ice Emperor came out of the room, Zhang Yunfan was almost stunned, and the Ice Emperor who was dressed in plain clothes was like a small jasper, which was completely different from the previous temperament of looking down on the world.

In Zhang Yunfan's opinion, as far as the Ice Emperor looks like now, no one will doubt that she is the little princess on the spot, but who would have thought that in fact she is an old woman who has lived for thousands of years?

After eating a hearty breakfast, Zhang Yunfan touched his round belly, returned to the holiday to rest, and slept groggily until the evening, and when he woke up, it was already evening.

This night, Zhang Yunfan slept very sweetly, and it was the most solid sleep he had since he came out of strength.

Stretching his waist and walking out of the room, looking at the sunset on the horizon, Zhang Yunfan felt a lot of emotion in his heart, looking at the weeds in the yard that could lie, Zhang Yunfan thought of Jincao Boxing, and couldn't help but think of the image of the old man of Baicao, so he left the City Lord's Mansion alone and walked towards Baicaotang.

In the Baicaotang, it was still as busy as before, there was an endless stream of people who came to grab the medicine, and the medicine boy in the store was busy serving tea and water, and when he saw Zhang Yunfan coming in, the medicine boy recognized him at a glance and shouted in surprise, "Master Zhang is back!" ”

Zhang Yunfan smiled and waved his hand at him, "You guys are busy, I'll go find Master." ”

The medicine boy listened to the enthusiasm, put down the work at hand, took the initiative to greet Zhang Yunfan and walked towards the backyard, and began to shout from a distance, "Master, Master, Master Zhang is back!" ”

The old man Baicao was turning his back to the door to clean up the dried herbs, and when he heard the shouting, he didn't laugh and scold, "There ......are no rules at all for shouting" While speaking, the old man Baicao turned around, and saw Zhang Yunfan at a glance, the scolding stopped abruptly, and a touch of surprise appeared on the old man's face.

"Master, I'm back." Zhang Yunfan shouted, and then woke up the old man Baicao.

"It's good to come back, it's good to come back, come and sit down in the house." The old man of Baicao still loves Zhang Yunfan very much, and he shows kindness as if he is a relative.

Not long after entering the house, the medicine boy made a pot of tea and sent it in, smiled at Zhang Yunfan and withdrew, and the old man Baicao immediately said: "They know that you have won the first prize in the Danwang Competition, and they all throw themselves to the ground for the five bodies that you admire, and they are chattering in front of me all day long." ”

Zhang Yunfan laughed and said, "It's nothing, my alchemy still needs to be improved." ”

An old man and a young man chatted with each other for a while, and then the old man Baicao talked about the strange man, "Not long after you left, then your brother woke up, and if you have to leave, I can't keep it, so I let him go." ”

The departure of the strange man made Zhang Yunfan feel a little lost, but the self-blame of the old man Baicao immediately woke him up, "You don't need to be like this, I am not here during this time, if it wasn't for your dedicated care, he wouldn't have recovered so quickly, thank you very much." ”

The old man felt a little better, and then asked Zhang Yunfan about the encounter of his trip to the Ice Lake. Zhang Yunfan roughly said the whole story, and the matter of the Ice Emperor was not disclosed because it needed to be kept secret.

Even the abridged version of the storyline made the old man Baicao excited, and his expression changed many times during the period, obviously worried about what happened to Zhang Yunfan, but the final result was good, and nothing major happened.

It was already dusk when Zhang Yunfan came, after chatting for so long, the sky was getting darker and darker, the old man Baicao kept him for dinner, Zhang Yunfan thought that he was going to leave tomorrow, and he didn't know when he would come back next time, so it was better to stay and accompany the old man Baicao for a while.

Nominally speaking, the old man of Baicao taught Zhang Yunfan Jincao Boxing, which can be regarded as his master, and he should still be filial to be an apprentice.

It was already night when he returned to the City Lord's Mansion, Zhang Yunfan didn't alarm anyone, and directly destroyed the room, who expected that the people who had just arrived at the door were stunned, and the lights were actually on in the house.

Zhang Yunfan clearly remembered that he didn't light the lamp when he left, but now the light was on, which made him a little confused, "Could it be the lamp that the maid came in and lit?" This service is really thoughtful enough, are you afraid that I won't be able to find the door when I come back at night? ”

Thinking so in his heart, he pushed open the door and entered the house, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw a person sitting at the table, it was the Ice Emperor.

The Ice Emperor was still dressed in plain clothes during the day, sitting quietly in his position, staring at Zhang Yunfan, and the appearance of the little jasper couldn't help but make people think about it.

Zhang Yunfan was slightly surprised, he didn't know what the Ice Emperor was doing in his room without sleeping in the middle of the night, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart.

"Your Majesty, why are you here?" Zhang Yunfan clasped his fists and saluted.

"Close the door!" The Ice Emperor's tone was flat, and it wasn't until Zhang Yunfan closed the door and turned back that she asked, "Where have you been?" ”

Zhang Yunfan didn't expect the Ice Emperor to even care about this, and he couldn't figure out what she was thinking for a while, so he replied, "I'm going to leave tomorrow, so the last general will go to visit an elder and say goodbye to him." ”

After listening to the explanation, the Ice Emperor's expression softened a little, and then he asked, "It's okay to go and say goodbye to the elders, but why don't you talk to me in advance, don't you know that this is the sin of leaving your post without permission?" ”

Being caught with pigtails made Zhang Yunfan quite depressed, if he were someone else, he would probably have gone crazy a long time ago, but now he is facing the Ice Emperor who has a high level of cultivation, whether in terms of age or cultivation, the Ice Emperor is a lot taller than him, so that Zhang Yunfan has lost his temper.

"It's the sin of the last general." Accustomed to the emperor's willful actions in the TV series, Zhang Yunfan wisely chose to admit his mistake, and then added, "I drove all night last night, and the last general was worried about disturbing His Majesty's rest, so I didn't disturb it, and asked Your Majesty to punish him." ”

The good and bad things were said by Zhang Yunfan alone, and the Ice Emperor's anger disappeared a lot.

Secretly glanced at the change in the Ice Emperor's expression, and while breathing a sigh of relief, Zhang Yunfan also had a doubt, not understanding why the Ice Emperor came to him because of this trivial matter.

"Is it because the desire for power is too strong, that's why you run to command people like this?" Zhang Yunfan secretly classified the Ice Emperor into the category of people who had too much desire for power, and there was a trace of contempt in his heart.

The Ice Emperor ignored his thoughts, and then said something, "Originally, I planned to leave in the evening, but because you didn't say goodbye, now the plan has to be delayed. ”

Zhang Yunfan was shocked when he heard this, and finally understood why the Ice Emperor came to Xingshi to ask for guilt, and there was a trace of apology in his heart.

"Your Majesty, it is the last general who is derelict in his duties, so what are you going to do now?" Zhang Yunfan asked about the next arrangement.

The Ice Emperor groaned, "Leave in the middle of the night, you should be prepared, don't alarm anyone at that time, and when the time comes, go to the door of my room and pretend to be on patrol, and I will call you with you when I leave." ”

Zhang Yunfan was a little dazed, and always felt that the Ice Emperor's decision to leave in the middle of the night was a bit like a run, but the Ice Emperor didn't leave him a chance to ask, so he left his words and left.

Zhang Yunfan was the only one left in the room, looking at the pea-yellow lights on the table, he fell into deep thought......

The feeling that the Ice Emperor left Zhang Yunfan just now was mysterious, as if he was hiding something, but Zhang Yunfan didn't know the details here, and his unwarranted thoughts were aimless, so he stayed up until midnight.

The lights in the City Lord's Mansion were bright, Zhang Yunfan opened the door and walked out, went straight to the door of the Ice Emperor's Mansion, glanced left and right, stood at the door, and waited quietly.

After a while, the door opened, and the voice of the Ice Emperor came from inside the room, "Come in!" ”

Zhang Yunfan took the order to enter, closed the door with his backhand, turned around, and saw the Ice Emperor sitting cross-legged on the bed.

After waiting for about half an hour, Zhang Yunfan's legs were almost numb, and the Ice Emperor reacted, opening his eyes and looking at Zhang Yunfan, "Come with me!" ”

The Ice Emperor got up and came to the side of the window, opened the window, and jumped out, looking at this scene, Zhang Yunfan was a little confused, and couldn't understand why the Ice Emperor didn't leave the door with a good door, but wanted to climb the window......

Although he couldn't figure it out in his heart, Zhang Yunfan still followed, and the two jumped on the roof of the City Lord's Mansion one after the other, and floated to the backyard of the City Lord's Mansion like ghosts.

A lot of precious trees and flowers are planted in the backyard, and the evening breeze carries the fragrance of flowers into Zhang Yunfan's nostrils, which is refreshing.

The Ice Emperor stopped on the roof of the backyard, pointed to a room in front of him and said to Zhang Yunfan, "There is a person imprisoned there, you go and see if it is the person you are looking for." ”

Hearing the words of the Ice Emperor, Zhang Yunfan was stunned for a moment, and after reacting, he immediately nodded, floated into the garden, groped forward along the path, and came to a tree in front of the house to squat.

At the door of the hut stood a man who looked like a gardener, a little older, sitting on a large rock, with a cigarette stick in his hand, smoking it, the smoke was hidden by the night, but it could not hide the strong smell of tobacco.

Zhang Yunfan restrained his breath and stared at the old man, but the old man seemed to notice something, glanced at him, and muttered in his mouth, but unfortunately he didn't see anything.

Just when Zhang Yunfan thought that the gardener would withdraw his gaze, he saw him stand up and walk over to this side.

The old gardener came to the tree, looked left and right but still didn't find anything, then turned around and walked back, and the moment he turned around, the back of his head suddenly hurt, he was hit from behind, fell directly to the ground, and completely fainted.

Zhang Yunfan appeared, glanced at the old gardener lying on the ground, leaned over and took off the key from the old man's waist, and walked towards the hut.

Opening the iron door of the hut, Zhang Yunfan walked in, it was dark inside, he urged the Divine Dragon Alchemy Technique, and a ball of flame erupted from his palm, which instantly illuminated the gloomy hut, and he saw a person curled up in the corner of the wall.

When he saw that Zhang Yunfan recognized this person, he was taken aback, walked over quickly, helped the person up, and shook and called, "Master Duanmu, wake up Master Duanmu quickly......"

screamed a few times in a row, Duanmu Xuanyue showed no signs of waking up, Zhang Yunfan reached out and touched her forehead, it was cold, and then he tried his pulse and found that he was dead.

Zhang Yunfan's mind buzzed, and the whole person was stunned on the spot, Duanmu Xuanyue was actually dead!

"How so?" Zhang Yunfan was a little difficult to accept the fact that Duanmu Xuanyue was dead, his mood was extremely dull, and he kept asking himself, but no one could answer.

Duanmu Xuanyue's death touched Zhang Yunfan's heart, he didn't expect that the goodbye before the ice lake would become a farewell!

It took a while for Zhang Yunfan to come to his senses, put down Duanmu Xuanyue's body, and then contemplated.

During the day, Zhang Yunfan asked Sun Da, but he had seen Duanmu Xuanyue and his party, and Sun Da's reply at that time was reasonable, saying that Duanmu Xuanyue and Dan Qiusheng both stayed outside the ice lake to wait for Zhang Yunfan, and then he accompanied Mingxi Gongzi to leave, and then he never knew what happened again.

But now Duanmu Xuanyue's body is in the City Lord's Mansion, which shows that Sun Da was lying before, but why did he lie?

Zhang Yunfan was full of doubts in his heart, and he couldn't figure it out, and finally thought of the Ice Emperor.

"The Ice Emperor must know something!" Zhang Yunfan took a deep breath, glanced at the dead woman on the ground, leaned over and closed her wide eyes, and then turned around and walked outside.

Jumping on the roof, Zhang Yunfan explained the situation below, and then asked, "Your Majesty, do you know anything?" ”

The Ice Emperor's answer was very direct, "I was killed by Sun Da, and at this moment the Absolute Sword City is no longer safe, you leave with me overnight." ”

The Ice Emperor's tone could not be refused, and after speaking, he turned around and walked away, walking into the distance.

Zhang Yunfan struggled, turned his head to look at the hut below, and then followed, his mind was confused, thinking about the cause and effect of the whole thing......

Under the leadership of the Ice Emperor, he crossed the city wall and came to the outside of the city, and when he turned his head to look at the city gate, Zhang Yunfan was very confused.

Until now, he couldn't understand why things had turned so quickly that he still didn't think it was true.

On the contrary, the Ice Emperor had a calm expression on his face, as if he was used to all this, and did not have much emotional fluctuations.

"Okay, don't think about it, people in the world are unpredictable, many things are not as you see on the surface, I, I have experienced too many things in my life, and it is not the first time that I have been betrayed, Sun Da is just a small city lord, so you don't have to take it to heart."

The Ice Emperor's words were too shocking for Zhang Yunfan, and he had some premonitions, feeling that he might be unknowingly involved in a huge conspiracy whirlpool, but he didn't realize it.

If it weren't for the Ice Emperor discovering the dead Duanmu Xuanyue, I'm afraid that Zhang Yunfan would still be trapped in this conspiracy and couldn't extricate himself.

"Are you saying that Sun Da has already colluded with the Five Poison Sect?" Zhang Yunfan asked this question with difficulty.