The city lord's wife put away the colorful red ling, and the maids had already draped the colorful colorful phoenix robe on her body.

Madame put away her anger, instructed the maid to bring a few high-backed soft stools, and motioned for Mu Eighteen and everyone to sit down, and after everyone sat down, she said: "I have been observing the little brother for a long time, and I deliberately tested him, Mrs. Ben thinks that the little brother has nothing to do with this matter, what do the four Dharma protectors think?"

The four elder protectors echoed the lady and said, "What the city lord's wife said, we also think so. ”

The city lord's wife asked Mu Eighteen: I see that the sword technique you use is the Kunlun Mountain sword technique, and I don't know whose disciple you are. ”

Mu 18 replied sincerely: "My nominal master is Wang Yao, and my surname is Mu Ming 18, but it is indeed my senior sister Xiao Ye who taught me. ”

The city lord's wife said: "It's the same as I guessed, but the little brother has good swordsmanship, and he is not a disciple of Kunlun Mountain." It is said that Mrs. Ben is a disciple of the Tianshan faction, and the world's immortal cultivators are a family, so it is a bit of a relationship with Shushan. I am originally a disciple of Tianshan, my surname is Li, and you should call me senior sister according to your generation. ”

Mu Eighteen's mind turned, and his heart was obviously showing goodwill, and he hurriedly saluted: "Mu Eighteen has seen Senior Sister Li, but for the sake of respect, it is better for me to call you Mrs. Li here." ”

Mrs. Li was very satisfied with Mu Eighteen's reaction and praised him: "Little junior brother is really good, the city lord has been robbed, I don't know what Senior Brother Mu thinks?"

After all, Mu Eighteen was young and vigorous and did not hesitate to say his opinion: "Eighteen thinks this matter is very strange, I guess this painting should have been hung here a few days ago, why did it have to wait for me to come here before the robbery happened, and I think the city lord should be fine, because he just robbed him, and did not hurt him on the spot, and how he disappeared in place has not been figured out." ”

Mrs. Li agreed: "What the little brother said and what I thought, the disappearance of the city lord is probably related to this painting, if it is how you save the city lord." ”

"If it's me, if the other party comes for money, it's the best, just give the money, Gao Linguo is not short of money, as long as what you want is not too outrageous, there is also a possibility that the other party is not asking for money but has another purpose, then I have to find someone to investigate, will there be another purpose, to find out the whereabouts of the city lord and rescue it." Mu Eighteen said his opinion in one breath.

After listening to Mu Eighteen's words, Mrs. Li secretly thought in her heart, "The city lord was kidnapped, this matter is definitely not so simple as it seems on the surface, and if it spreads, it will make the city chaotic, it is better to let this kid investigate secretly, this kid is smart and clever, and several strategists in Gao Linguo are not necessarily like him, and an outsider will start more." ”

Thinking of this, the city lord's wife made up her mind and said, "Little Brother Mu, I see that your words are different from ordinary people. , And this matter has something to do with you, if I let you go, there are still a few unborn old people in this Gaolin City who know about this matter, most of them will have something to say, I think Brother Mu can be good at making decisions, why don't you have this brother and the four Dharma Protectors secretly investigate this matter, and the four Dharma Protectors can agree?"

The four Dharma protectors felt guilty for not protecting the city lord well, how could the city lord's wife not agree to this, so the four old men stood up and said, "It should be so, and I also ask Little Brother Mu for help." Mu Eighteen was not in a deep position, and the words of the city lord's wife forced him into this circle step by step, Mu Eighteen could only nod and say: "Okay, I'll check and try, but I need help from people." ”

Mrs. Li got up and said, "Of course, although there is no army in Gaolin City, there are still people who take care of the home, and if there is anything, you can arrange the spring, summer, autumn and winter protectors to assist you, they will protect you in secret, and give you a token to facilitate your actions." After speaking, Mrs. Li bowed deeply to everyone and said, "The life of the city lord depends on you." ”

Mu Eighteen hurriedly got up and saluted in return, and said, "A soldier is more expensive than speed, I'll immediately ask the person who sent the painting." ”

On the main street of Gaolin Country, the crowd flowed, and in the tavern where he had been drinking with Chunyu just now, Mu Eighteen walked in alone. The four Dharma protectors also concealed their identities to protect him around, and the shopkeeper quickly surrounded him and said, "This guest officer is here for the second time, I don't know what to drink and eat today?"

Mu 18 smiled at the guy, hugged his shoulder with his left hand and said, "The guy doesn't drink today, he just wants to see the boss, and he has a few things to ask him." ”

The guy was stunned when he heard this, and then took a closer look at the clothes Mu Eighteen was wearing: "Little Taoist, do you want to help the boss tell fortunes, my boss doesn't believe this, you better save some snacks." ”

Mu 18 took out the token from his arms and handed it to the guy to take a look, and the guy immediately knelt down and said, "It turned out to be the envoy, and the villain has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai." ”

Mu Shibai pulled the guy up and muttered in his ear: "I'm investigating this secretly, don't be too loud, you can take me to meet your shopkeeper." ”

The man arched himself and said, "The shopkeeper is busy on the second floor, I'll take you there." ”

The guy took Mu 18 to the stairs on the second floor, the stairs on the second floor are in the middle of the first floor, the guardrail made of pear blossom wood, and the stairs made of peach trees are very elegant and bright.

Mu 18 arrived at the side of the stairs, and just went up two flights of stairs with the shopkeeper when he saw a person rolling down the stairs, there was an exclamation upstairs, and several drinkers stood on the second staircase and watched and looked down.

The person who rolled down continued to roll downstairs, and the guy who walked in front and led the way couldn't dodge for a while, and was blocked by the body that rolled down, and the two of them rolled together. Mu Eighteen quickly stepped onto the armrest, dodging the falling bodies of the two people.

The guy and the body rolled downstairs before stopping, and the guy pushed away the body that was with him and said, "What's the matter with you... This is the shopkeeper's, how can there be blood. The man screamed as he looked at the red blood on his hand that had been pushed away, his face turned white, and he fled behind in a panic. The tables behind him were squeezed open by his backward body.

Mu Eighteen first ran upstairs and took out the token and asked everyone: "I am the envoy of Gao Linguo, have you seen anyone's hand, and has anyone jumped downstairs?"

Seeing the token, the drinkers on the second floor knelt down together, and one of the middle-aged men said: "Report to the lord, we are drinking here, the shopkeeper doesn't know why he came up and didn't say anything, so he walked down, but just after the aisle of the building arched down, the villains were busy drinking and didn't see anyone do anything, and no one jumped off the building." ”

A thin man next to him said: "You sat far away and didn't hear clearly, but I heard the shopkeeper muttering in a small voice, no one went down." ”

Mu 18 asked the thin man, "Where did you do it then?" "I'm sitting here. The man pointed to a seat near the staircase.

"Where I'm sitting. The middle-aged man who spoke at first pointed to the seat facing the stairs.

Mu 18 glanced at the seat he had made, facing the stairs, and it seemed that neither of them was lying. He looked around at the few drinkers around him, dressed in ordinary clothes, not like liars in disguise.

The voice of the old man Chun sounded in his ears and said: "Mu Eighteen, I have arranged for someone to surround the first floor, if the people in the store move their hands and feet, they will definitely not be able to escape." ”

Mu Eighteen whispered, "Thank you, but don't need to." ”

Mu 18 jumped off the handguard railing, turned over the person who was crawling on the ground, and saw that this was a man in his fifties, the hat on his head had been skewed because of the fall, his face was dark, and the blood on his neck was flowing out of his neck, and at a glance, he knew that there was a fatal wound on his neck, Mu 18 wiped off the wound with one finger along the blood flow, and under the subtle feeling, this was a slender and long wound, not like a sword and a hidden weapon, but was cut by some thin silk thread.

A sense of danger rose from behind Mu Eighteen, Mu Eighteen intuitively turned his head slightly to the left, a green light flashed on his right face, and a black shadow flew over the wall behind him, and the shadow flowed on the wall and crawled out of the window, as fast as a frightened bird.

When the black shadow left, the Spring Protector also appeared out of thin air, chasing after him like a streamer.

Mu Eighteen, who had escaped a difficulty, took a few breaths, his face was a little pale, he put his hand close to his nose and smelled it, but there was a faint fragrance in the blood, which made Mu Eighteen feel very familiar, he thought about it, this smell was very similar to that of the monk.

He noticed that one of the shopkeeper's hands was quietly clenched into a fist, he approached the fist, opened the fist tightly, and found that the fist was holding a black stone, and Mu Eighteen beckoned to the three Dharma protectors left behind: "Do you have a temple here?"

"No, there is only one Taoist temple in the south of Gaolin City, and the incense is still relatively strong. Elder Winter told him.

"Let's go and see where we go. "Wood Eighteen Dao.

To the south of the castle is a hill, halfway up the mountain

E's gatehouse ** solemn. The three big white characters of "Sansha View" on the door are eye-catching. In the north side of the building, many walls and steles still retain the poems of famous people of the past dynasties. In the middle of the door of each Taoist hall hangs a gold plaque, and the door is carved with exquisite fairy and floral patterns, which is magnificent.

Entering the view, I saw that there were many tourists, a quiet and solemn atmosphere, the ancient trees were towering to the sky, the pines and cypresses were forested, the beautiful bamboos were lush, and the grass was green.

Mu 18 saw a little Taoist priest at the door to greet him, and approached the little Taoist priest and said, "This Taoist brother, is the stone Taoist chief there?"

The little Taoist priest replied: "We don't have a stone dao master, only a stone treasure Taoist who is in retreat and cultivation in the backyard, I don't know what is the matter with this dao master?"

Mu Eighteen pressed the joy in his heart and said: "I'm sorry, I made a mistake for a while, in fact, I was sent by the Gaolin City Lord to invite Daoist Shibao to be a guest, you see, this is the City Lord's token." Mu Eighteen made up a lie.

The little Taoist priest took it and looked at it, and exchanged it with Mu Eighteen without suspicion: "Dao Chief, please come with me." ”