The group set off to leave Jingzhou, but they all knew that the matter of Xian Yi Dao was far from over, and the mastermind behind it was not caught for a day, and the cancer of Xian Yi Dao had always existed in Daliang.

But the struggle against the Immortal Dao has only just begun, and they must be prepared for a long struggle.

The group finally passed the halfway point of the trip, and seeing that they were getting closer and closer to Dujing, they even became easier to hurry.

They passed through two states and counties in a row, but fortunately, nothing major happened, and the trip was greatly shortened, which made the group travel faster.

Soon, they arrived in Chuzhou.

The states and counties next to Chuzhou are not ordinary, this is the place of balance between the imperial court and another force, that is, the place where the imperial court and the people in the rivers and lakes live in harmony.

If Dujing is the capital of the imperial court, then Chuzhou is the capital of the rivers and lakes, it is in the center of several major sects, here, from the street to the end of the alley, you can see three or four sects of people, the personnel here are complex, and sectarian disputes and brawls often occur, sometimes the two sides can negotiate to settle, and sometimes the local prefect may also need to mediate.

You can imagine how stressful it is to be the prefect here.

When the group entered the city, they found that these people were basically carrying sabers or swords, and they looked in a hurry, and the street vendors passing by did not react.

Lu Li was curious about how this martial arts practitioner was so distracted, and when he passed by the place where the notice was posted in the city, he realized what was going on.

It turned out that two days later, there would be a sword competition between the Huashan faction and the Hengshan faction, and the two factions would compete with the sword on the heroes.

It's a pity that tomorrow they will have to rest and set off, and I'm afraid they won't see such a wonderful sword competition.

"My lord, why does this Huashan faction want to hold a sword competition with the Hengshan faction?" Lu Li, as a good boy who asked questions if he didn't understand, boldly raised his doubts, and there are so many martial arts sects on the rivers and lakes, why is there only the Huashan faction and the Hengshan faction to compete?

"This is actually a private agreement between the Huashan faction and the Hengshan faction, and the sword competition was decided by the two old masters, and the original intention was to let the two factions learn from each other and make progress with each other, so it has been retained." Shangguan Yinling patiently explained, "Originally, other sects did not participate, but they also like to watch the excitement like you, especially they also want to improve their martial arts, so every two years at this time, people from all factions of the martial arts will also appear in this sword competition." ”

To put it bluntly, I came to learn some martial arts, and by the way, I saw if other people's homes were more powerful than my own.

After settling down at the post station, Shangguan Yinling also ordered everyone not to leave the post station at will, especially not to go to the ring to see the excitement, they will not stay in Chuzhou for too long, on the one hand, they need to return to Dujing as soon as possible, on the other hand, they can't set themselves on fire, if they participate in the affairs of the rivers and lakes, they really can't help themselves.

However, several people tried to dodge, but they still couldn't fight fate.

At dinner time, the market was noisy, and even the sound of someone fighting was heard in the distance, Lu Li was so lively, he poked his head out and looked, it turned out that several disciples of the Huashan faction fought with several disciples of the Hengshan faction, and the crowd of onlookers stood a lot, and they couldn't see what was the reason for the fight, and after watching for a while, Lu Li felt bored and returned to the table.

"This sword competition hasn't started yet, why are the two factions fighting?"

"It is rumored that the Huashan faction and the Hengshan faction have not had a good relationship in the past two years, it seems to be true," Duan Lang couldn't help but say, "But what kind of grievance should this be, it didn't wait for the sword to fight." ”

Originally, this matter had nothing to do with them, and they had no intention of paying more attention to it, but after dinner, many officers and soldiers walked by in groups on the street.

It seems that this time the contradiction is too big, and even the officers and soldiers have been brought in.

Several people suppressed their curiosity and did not go out to see the excitement.

Not long after, the prefect of Chuzhou took the initiative to visit, and when he saw Shangguan Yinling, he hurriedly bowed his hand and bowed.

"Lord Shangguan, there was a murder this evening, the four disciples of the Huashan faction died in the inn, the lower officials are really unpredictable, and I don't know how to resolve the misunderstanding of the Huashan faction against the Hengshan faction, knowing that the adults are here, they take the liberty to disturb the adults, can you give you some advice?"

The prefect of Chuzhou is sincere, and it is the four disciples of the Huashan faction who died, if the truth is not found out in time, I am afraid that the harmonious situation that the Huashan faction and the Hengshan faction have painstakingly maintained for many years will be broken.

At the moment, they don't want to wade into this troubled water.

The group didn't eat any more, and set off to go to the inn where the crime occurred.

At this time, the inn was surrounded by officers and soldiers, and several other disciples of the Huashan faction were beside them, and several people wanted to go to the Hengshan faction to seek revenge, but they were stopped by the eldest disciple.

"Don't you think you haven't gotten into enough trouble?!"

As soon as the senior brother spoke, several people fell silent.

Shangguan Yinling frowned slightly, and several people put on gloves, walked up to the corpse, and lifted the white cloth on the corpse.

Old man Zhou looked carefully on the side, and saw that the deceased's lips were bruised, so he guessed that he was poisoned and died.

He took out a slender silver needle and inserted it into the deceased's mouth and abdomen.

"He died of poisoning." The old man approached the mouth of the deceased, opened his mouth, fanned himself slightly, and after smelling the unique fragrance of flowers, he was sure what poison it was, "This poison is called Borna, the poisoned person will have an attack after drinking it for a moment, and he will die immediately, there is no antidote to this poison, and it will not be painful and unbearable when it occurs, and it is normal if it is not discovered." ”

"Borneo, but the Borneo poison of the Six Water Palace?" Duan Lang couldn't help asking.

"Exactly." The old man nodded slightly.

"Our Huashan faction has never had a grudge against the Liushui Palace, why did they kill my junior brother?" The senior disciple of the Huashan Sect couldn't help frowning, and his expression was very puzzled.

"It's the poison of the Six Water Palace, but it's not necessarily the poison of the people of the Six Water Palace." Shangguan Yinling revealed the truth in one word, "I heard that the palace master of Liushui Palace is a strange drug maker in the world, as long as the poison of her hand is made by others, she can know the approximate source as soon as she smells it." ”

"Exactly." Old Man Zhou nodded, "The palace master of the Six Waters Palace does have such skills, but she can only get a rough idea, if she is asked to judge who the poisoner is, it is unrealistic." ”

"In that case, are we going to go to the Six Waters Palace?"

Lu Centrifugal estimated that the Liushui Palace was more than 100 miles away from here, and half a day was enough.

"Gu Shaoxia, a few of us can go to the Liushui Palace, but I still hope that Gu Shaoxia will not have any more conflicts with the disciples of the Hengshan Sect, and it will not be too late to discuss it after the truth is clarified."

Shangguan drank Ling's face, how could Gu Feng not give it, he hugged his fists and saluted, and said, "This time, there is Lord Shangguan." ”