This sound of "something happened" shocked all the private rooms on the third floor to be quiet. Gongzijia didn't need to go out of the door to know that there were ears listening carefully in the doors of each private room.

He opened the door, let the messenger in, and said in a low voice, "Be quiet." ”

The spy was sweating profusely, obviously running, trying to suppress his excitement, and said in a very small voice: "Childe, Qiu Di'an is dead!" ”

Childe Jia's face was full of surprise. Even Lin Yu's face was full of surprise.

Feng Luotang and a few people quickly followed Gongzijia out of the "Shushan Meeting". Gongzijia then jumped on a fast horse led by his men, galloped towards Handan City. The rest of the people rushed directly to the Qiu family's compound at the speed of light and shadow.

The figures in the Qiu family's compound are longing. It's already the time to hold the lights, but only the backyard is brightly lit.

The front and back yards of Zhao Guo's sergeant courtyard were full, and they had already guarded the Qiu family's compound.

Gongzijia walked towards Qiu Di'an's study. A lieutenant in charge of monitoring the courtyard reported that Qiu Di'an's body was found in the study this afternoon.

In the morning, Zhao Guo's spies had been following Qiu Di'an, and nothing unusual had been seen. Until the afternoon, when he returned home from the sale, he did not see any difference from the past.

Qiu Dian entered the study as usual, but did not come out to have dinner with his old father as usual. The spy who followed him sneaked into the study and found that Qiu Di'an was dead and couldn't get any colder.

Gongzijia personally held the candle flame and leaned over to look at Qiu Di'an, who had been breathing for a long time on the ground.

I saw that Qiu Di'an's face was blue, the cyan under his eyes was particularly prominent, and his lips were black and purple. The post-mortem report that he died of poisoning should be correct.

Gongzijia turned Qiu Di'an over. Lin Yu and the four of them also came up to take a look.

I saw that Qiu Di'an had a large dark purple-red corpse spot behind him. The corpse's stiffness was not noticeable between the churning and bending.

"It's still a lot like cholinergism in succinate chloride." Long Xuanchen said in a low voice.

Qiu Di'an's death is indeed no different from the death of the dancing girl who wanted to poison Gongzi Jia at the night banquet of Li Mufeng Wu Anjun.

"It seems that he also died of 'beauty stiffness'." After Gongzijia finished speaking, he was silent, stood up, and left all his soldiers out of the study, leaving himself alone in this quiet study to have a discussion with Feng Luotang and the others.

"Lin Yu, in your opinion, will this situation be the extinction of Yangdu Pavilion?"

Lin Yu shook his head slightly: "Although Qiu Di'an is not a top person in the Yangdu Pavilion of Handan City, he has always been cautious and reliable, and there is no mistake. Yang Du Pavilion had no reason to kill him. ”

"Could that be someone from the Nine Palaces?" Long Xuanchen asked.

"I think it's very likely. Ever since Yangdu Pavilion broke away from the Nine Palaces under the command of Fan Yuqi and dived urgently, Yangdu Pavilion's spies have been silent. Including this Qiu Di'an, except for sending Ah Mei into the palace, there was no other action. Lin Yu analyzed.

His fair face was a little pale in the flickering candlelight, and the silhouette of long eyelashes obscured his pensive eyes. Everyone understands that this Fan Yuzhi has become a dead knot in Lin Yu's heart.

"The dancing girl who assassinated Gongzi Jia last time, Gao Tangmen thought it was King Zhao's idea. At that time, the Gao Tang Sect only used the dancing girl as a cover, and the poison, according to Elder Yuanqing, was sent to him by Yingqian. How credible is this? Lin Yu analyzed.

"If it is really Yingqian who wants to kill the son, he doesn't have to go to such great lengths, and he has to turn a corner and pass through the Gaotang Gate. So I suspect that this was originally Jiugong's plan, in the name of winning and moving, to assassinate Gongzi through Gaotangmen. Lin Yu continued.

"And this time, it is impossible to accurately kill a small leader of Yangdu Pavilion from King Zhao's palace. Therefore, it is very possible for Jiugong to send people to kill Yangdu Pavilion, who has already dived urgently. After Lin Yu finished speaking, he raised his head and glanced at everyone, his gaze had calmed down.

"In this way, we must monitor and protect the Yangdu Pavilion spy network in our hands as soon as possible, and don't let Jiugong kill them one by one." Lin Yu finally said.

"As it should be." Childe Jia echoed.

At this time, another spy knocked on the door to report, from another leader of Yangdu Pavilion who has been monitored for a long time, the latest information intercepted is that at midnight tonight, in the Shushan Heroes Association of Handan Courtyard, there will be some mysterious characters in the private challenge competition.

"Oh, such a late-night competition, what kind of unsightly forces in the rivers and lakes want to compete with themselves?" Gongzijia looked up at everyone in confusion.

"It's better to send someone to see it. It is also possible that Jiugong asked the master of Yangdu Pavilion out in the name of the rivers and lakes and took the opportunity to kill him. Lin Yu said.

"Childe," Feng Luotang said, "Just let me and the young master go and have a look." You continue to investigate the case here. ”

Gongzijia looked up at Lin Yu and Long Xuanchen, and both of them nodded. Gongzijia said: "Then you two must be careful. ”

Feng Luotang smiled and said, "Don't worry." You still can't believe my young master's kung fu? ”

Several people showed knowing smiles, and watched Feng Luotang rush out of the room like a gust of wind, followed by Shao Yi, who was tied to the sword at his waist, and jumped into the night together.

"Someone," Gongzi Jia thought for a while, and ordered: "Inform Shao Yizhi to quickly rush to the big ring of Hanshan Courtyard to investigate." ”

Shao Yizhi rode lightly on a fast horse, urging the BMW "Polar" to go straight to the Hanshan Lake ring.

In the past few days, he has been guarding Gongzijia's Jingming Palace and handling daily affairs. After nightfall today, I received an order from Gongzi Jia, and I didn't dare to set off slack.

When I arrived at Hanshan Lake, it was already the middle of the day. Shao Yizhi tied his thousand-mile horse "Polar" in front of the Shushan meeting, and walked unhurriedly to the shore of Hanshan Lake.

He noticed that groups of people were constantly gathering in the night.

Shao Yizhi raised his vigilance, held the long sword in his waist, adjusted his breath, and continued to walk forward.

Walking to the rostrum, under the moonlight, he could clearly see the situation in the big ring.

In his more than ten years of ranger career, Shao Yizhi went to Luoyi, the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, three times to learn from the Wangqi Grandmaster Tan Weizi.

His Kung Fu is now perfect, so when he looks into the big ring, he sees those two people who may not be visible to others.

A teenager, dressed in a black night suit, with a thin waist and a tall figure. A handsome face, in the night, only saw shining eyes, and that appearance was seven or eight points similar to Shao Yizhi's own.

The girls around the teenager are only in their prime, and they are fair-skinned and bright, beautiful and moving. She is also dressed in a black power suit.

Both held swords at their waists. And the long sword clearly groaned from itself, and the corresponding chorus was obviously not a mundane thing in the world.

Shao Yi looked at it and was surprised. He didn't stop, and slowly walked up from the trestle to the big ring, and walked towards the two young men.

Shao Yi was greatly surprised when he looked at Shao Yizhi, who was dressed in moon-white soft armor in the night, walking towards him and Feng Luotang. The look in Shao Yizhi's eyes clearly saw himself.

He gently held Feng Luotang's hand, dragged her behind him slightly, and then said to Shao Yizhi: "Brother Yizhi, stop moving for the time being. Did you really see us? ”

Shao Yizhi stopped, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and nodded yes.

Feng Luotang showed a small face from Shao Yi's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Brother Yizhi, how can you see us?" ”

Shao Yizhi said: "I learned the art of Wangqi from Master Tan Weizi, the Great Zhou Dynasty's Wangqi Sect Master. As soon as I looked at you, I saw the two of you, exactly the same as many times I had met in my previous dreams. Shao Yizhi was polite. “

Shao Yi and Feng Luotang hurriedly returned the salute and said: "Brother Yizhi, I didn't greet and give up empathy before, I really have to give up, I hope to forgive me." ”

Shao Yizhi chuckled and said, "You fairy-like characters, what you do is as I saw in my dream, breathtaking. Every time I think about it, I get excited. Now to be able to meet face-to-face, it is really a blessing for three lives. ”

Feng Luotang saw that Brother Shao Yizhi said politely, his face was slightly red, and he replied, "Brother Yizhi has won the award." It's just a new way to learn. Tonight must have been sent by Gongzi Jia, why don't we take a look at the midnight competition in the rivers and lakes, what kind of excitement will it be? ”

Shao Yizhi walked over, side by side with Shao Yi, and looked at the crowd gathering more and more on the shore.

There are all kinds of rumors in the rivers and lakes, and Shao Yizhi is familiar with them.

He introduced the two of them in detail: "The four major schools of rivers and lakes, the mountains and seas of the East; Southwest Shangxiaguan; The Northwest Yunji Sect and the Southern Huozheng Palace. It is said that these four major sects are all involved in the Nine Palaces. ”

"And those who came here tonight, I have observed that most of them are non-righteous sects. The three people over there, from Qingshan Lake, are said to have started as Xiangma robbers, and have a bad record of robbing homes and houses. ”

"Look at the five or six strong men in front of you, they are people from the Ziyue Sect. The Ziyue Sect has only emerged in the past few decades. They opened gambling houses in the private sector, and some of them had no income on the table, so they grew rapidly. ”

"A group of people over there, led by the old man, came from the mountains above. Shangshan is the largest underground sect in the Yan Kingdom, specializing in stealing, assassination, stealing intelligence, transporting weapons from various countries, and so on. ”

"A dozen or so people who rode horses from the west, from Qiwu Zuting, a large sect in the south, were in charge of water trafficking. In my opinion, these sects that I came to tonight are not open-minded and big-family sects, but all sects that cannot be operated by outsiders. ”

Shao Yi nodded and said, "Brother Yi Zhi is so familiar with the rivers and lakes, having you here tonight will help us a lot." Do you think how many of these small sects that came tonight will be the forces of Yangdu Pavilion? ”

"It's hard to say." Shao Yizhi said: "Yangdu Pavilion has once densely deployed spies and spies in various countries, and they have also been dispatched and installed in major sects. As for what kind of level their people have attained and what kind of position they hold in the sect, it is indeed difficult to find out. ”

"But I think these sects that came tonight, except for the Yunji Sect that didn't arrive, Shanhai City, Shangxiaguan and Huozheng Palace should all be driven by the Nine Palaces. Whether the other sects are controlled by Yangdu Pavilion or not, it is difficult to say at present. ”

As soon as Shao Yizhi said this, he saw that everyone on the shore was talking about it and then got out of the way

, Wu Keyu, the Great Chu of Huozheng Palace, who was dressed in a big red shirt, walked over with his waist swinged, and saluted Shao Yizhi and said, "May I ask who you are?" ”

Shao Yizhi replied: "I am Shao Yizhi, the son of Zhao Guo, and I learned that there is a grand event here tonight, and the prince sent me to take a look. ”

Da Chu Wu smiled and said, "Since this is the case, I hope that Mr. will not make a move." Just watch us win or lose. ”

After saying that, she waved the sleeves of her robe and swung a few times towards the shore. The voices of the people on the shore were lowered.

Ke Yu said: "Tonight's competition is informal, so there is no need to draw lots in order. Whichever sect or sect wants to come up and challenge, you can do it at any time, or you can name any sect. In case of casualties, you will need to take care of your own food, which must be done before sunrise. ”

Everywhere there was a sound of promise. The people who came tonight saw that the competition was finally about to begin, and their emotions gradually rose.

Shao Yizhi retreated to the bottom of a watchtower in the corner of the big ring, turned his head and whispered to Feng Luotang and Shao Yi: "It has long been rumored that Wu Kui in the rivers and lakes is divided into yin and yang. Could it be that tonight's competition is to compete for this Yin Wu Kui? ”

When Feng Luotang and Shao Yi heard this, they became even more interested. Feng Luotang's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "It's so enjoyable, there is a night in this competition." ”

Shao Yi also took a few steps forward with interest, and suddenly as if he remembered something, he took out the skull Teacher Wang from his arms and sent it into the air.

Then Teacher Wang hovered in the air with the help of the mana he had cultivated in the "Feather Cockroach" formation drill a few days ago.

The skull teacher Wang's bright blue eyes looked at the ring with interest.

At this time, I saw an old man jump into the ring. That was the old man on the mountain above the Yan Kingdom who was surrounded by everyone in the middle just now.

He reported his name and said that it was Jiao Yuanji, the great protector of the mountain above Yan Kingdom, who wanted to directly challenge the Great Chu Wu of Huozheng Palace.

So immediately, without warning or prelude, the big ring had already begun.

Ke Yu took out the three-zhang long whip from her waist again and threw a loud whip in the air. And the old man Jiao Yuanji turned out to be a pair of silver axes.

The axe was the size of a child's face, but it looked unusually sharp, chilling in the moonlight.

Jiao Yuanji rotated the two axes in his hand, maneuvered flexibly, and then flew towards Ke Yu with a close approach.

Ke Yu's "Zhu Zhu" long whip swung faster and faster, blocking the old man's attack in front of him. After a few moves, Ke Yu used her hypnotic technique again.

In the night, the softness of the moonlight and the dimness of the starlight made this hypnotic technique work twice as effective.

Jiao Yuanji's wielding axe gradually lost its accuracy. The moves also began to fall apart.

Ke Yu saw the opportunity, and whipped towards Jiao Yuanji's face, and his subordinates showed no mercy, and they did their best.

This whip must be fatal to Jiao Yuanji, who was already in a trance, and its abundant force was enough to make Jiao Yuanji's head burst and die on the spot.

Shao Yi saw that this was clearly a move to take his life, not like he was just trying to win by drawing the other party into the ring during the day. So he shouted loudly: "Brother Yizhi! ”

Just before he shouted, Shao Yizhi had already moved. The long sword in his hand shook, and directly blocked the sword in front of Jiao Yuanji, provoking Ke Yu's fierce whip.

Ke Yu put away the long whip and said to Shao Yizhi: "I have already said just now, please don't interfere with Mr. ”

Shao Yizhi tilted his head to look at Jiao Yuanji, who was still numb and seemed to have lost his soul, turned his head and said to Ke Yu: "Since it is a competition, it will be up to the point." In the big ring of my Zhao Kingdom, how can you be murderous? ”

Ke Yu curled her lips and smiled. This smile looked so foxy in the dark night, even a little evil: "We have our own rules. Tonight's joust is a gamble. Coming to this ring is a life-and-death ending. If you can protect one, can you protect them all? ”

After speaking, Ke Yu's long whip shook in the air again, and a loud whip flower "snapped" to break the stalemate in the night.

There were no less than two hundred people watching, and all of them were holding their breath and making no sound. But the sound of the whip made many spectators gasp. There was a commotion in the crowd.

Shao Yizhi did not retreat, and continued to take a step forward and said: "Yi Zhi is not talented. But I am also willing to learn about your world-famous 'Zhu'. ”

After speaking, Shao Yizhi pulled a sword flower, strode arrows, and met Ke Yu's long whip.

"Hey, young master, hurry up and tell Brother Yi Zhi, why are you still doing this?" Feng Luotang was a little anxious and said: "There are so many people waiting to fight on the shore, Brother Yi Zhi is not the two of us, don't be outnumbered!" ”

Shao Yi stared at Shao Yizhi's sword. He knew that Shao Yizhi's swordsmanship was good. But with so many people in the rivers and lakes, there is really no certainty of victory.

He turned his head to stare at Teacher Wang in the air, and said, "Teacher Wang, haven't you been cultivating the Soul Devouring Dafa that you originally realized in the skull lamp recently?" Why don't you fight against this hypnotic Dafa and see if there is any new progress? ”