Volume 1 Useless Scholars Chapter 28 The Long River and the Sunset
An ordinary carriage, mixed in the brigade of the merchant, should have been inconspicuous, but everyone, consciously or unconsciously, always looked up to see if the boy in white would come out.
At this time, half a month has passed since the bloody battle in the camp.
It was a battle, and most of the caravan elite was lost, and after the siege was lifted, many people wailed and cried. Yang Shuangba brought the leaders of the caravan to visit and thank him for saving his life. Later, Li Wuwu followed the caravan to continue north, while One-Eye and others escorted Jia Xiao to take Li Wuwu's handwritten letter to Zhao Da and Chen Zihao. The Fengshui River is reopened, and it is the time to have someone over there, and Zhao Da and Zhang Junshou are also short of people, so it depends on which of them can catch it.
The scenery on the wasteland is bleak, Li Wuwu is either reading a book or pretending to sleep every day, Zhao San is spirited, learning martial arts everywhere, and the image of him wantonly rushing and killing with the banner of the black tiger in his arms that day is also admired by the caravan guards, so he is happy to learn from him. Yang Shuangba also taught a few formulas intentionally or unintentionally. It is said to be extraordinary.
Fauber has been a little dull lately, probably because he received a stimulus from Li Wuwu that day.
Yang Shuangba took his daughter to visit Li Wuwu several times, and his daughter Yang Yue was very interested in Li Wuwu, but she couldn't bear Li Wuwu's lazy temperament, and she didn't care what kind of "iron fist" or "eldest lady" you were anyway.
The journey was so dull, but there was no danger, which was actually the state that most caravans couldn't want.
Fengshui River, the old land of Zhenxian Lake, now the land of the beach at the bottom of the lake is gradually drying up, and a large number of people rushed over, ready to reclaim the fields, this is a good field, and after the lake is flooded, it is already considered a borderless land. The original nine great families were all busy with business affairs, and the hometown of Immortal Lake was a little chaotic. Those who rushed to reclaim the land and those who came to recruit people with silver to reclaim it were a mess.
The head of the Secret Spy Department has been here for several days. After being criticized by the national teacher that day, he personally took the elite and lurked all the way. I have to say that now that the armed forces of the Yue country are lax, the spy leaders of other countries have come to the hinterland of the Yue country in a grand manner.
They disguised themselves and hid among the people who were cultivating the fields, and the leader called himself Master Wei, a large landowner hundreds of miles away, and brought his family to hire people to buy land and open up the wasteland. At this time, Master Wei was taking the housekeeper to watch a large group of tenant employees cultivating the fields there, and the happy appearance was no different from the landlords in the countryside.
"Your Excellency!" shouted his men softly.
"It's called sir. The leader said lightly. He was wearing a rich and noble shirt with black dark stripes, a goatee, white and chubby, and his small eyes were squinting, and he couldn't tell that he was the leader of the secret spy department who controlled the life and death of tens of millions of people.
"Master, my subordinates have asked carefully, and everyone in the Descending Immortal Lake was dismissed at that time, and the specific arrangements were for the nine major families and gang forces nearby. The subordinates bowed their heads and reported.
"Did you ask clearly?" the leader asked leisurely, looking at the busy people.
The subordinates arrested a few people from the original gang and tortured them carefully. Their answers were pretty much the same. ”
"In this way, someone is really going to fight the national teacher in the ring. The leader groaned. The name of "Tiangongzi" is not unremarkable, but what happened that night is too bizarre, if he reports such an answer to the national teacher, then it is estimated that what he is waiting for is to find someone to collect the body.
But the spies he sent here have all disappeared mysteriously, and nine times out of ten they have been poisoned. And in this Immortal Lake, you can do that.
"Nine great families. The leader muttered. If it weren't for the last resort, the leader didn't want to use force in Da Viet, he was a secret spy, not a killer, besides, he was not the only one who came this time, but many spy elites he had carefully cultivated, who were ready to take root in Da Viet. This time, he was exposed, and if he lost manpower, it would be more than worth the loss.
"It seems that we are going to explore these nine great families. "Everyone else is a small minion, it is said that there are a total of 100 forces that received the invitation of "Tiangongzi" that day, but only the nine families really participated. Although the boasts fell one by one later, it seemed that no one could leave the lake this time, in fact, it was all gold on their faces, and there was really nothing to do with them.
The first leader went to the Cao family, one of the nine great families, but there was no chance, because everyone was waiting for it solemnly at the moment. Because it turned out that Cao Chengdao, the ancestor of the Cao family, was about to break through the Grandmaster Realm in the near future. Thanks to the outbreak of aura on the day of the Descending Immortal Lake, the surrounding martial artists were more or less improved, and the ancestor of the Cao family returned to his home to retreat after that day.
Several other families, because most of the people in charge were transferred to open up trade routes downstream, and the leader turned around and found that every family left two or three kittens, and he couldn't find the answer he wanted. He was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood.
After thinking about it again and again, he had to grit his teeth and go to the secret place of the Cao family to find the ancestor of the Cao family.
And the Cao family is now heavily guarded, but fortunately, the leader is an old grandmaster, and all the characters below the grandmaster are not enough to see.
In the middle of the night, a figure fell like green smoke in the Cao family's compound, flashed, ran into the grass and disappeared, and the light and dark sentries scattered everywhere were unaware.
In the secret room, the ancestor of the Cao family suddenly opened his eyes, only to see a figure standing in front of him, he looked horrified, and stretched out his hand is palm. The wind howled and rolled up the smoke and dust in the secret room, but when it came to the visitor, it suddenly hit a wall and scattered in all directions.
Master!
At this moment, Cao Chengdao remembered the words of the ancestor of the Liu family. If you don't become a grandmaster, you'll be an ant after all!
"Why do you want to ask, just say it bluntly!" Cao Chengdao was crisp and neat, without dragging his feet.
"Okay, worthy of the dignified master of the Cao family, he really has a bit of courage. The visitor was impressed.
Cao Chengdao was also not favored, and said coldly: "I want to ask about the opening of the lake that day, I don't know much about this matter, I only know that it was arranged by Tiangongzi, and the people who operate it are all grandmasters, and I am not qualified to participate under grandmasters like me." ”
"Then how many grandmasters were involved at that time?" The leader of this question is also very curious, he is also a grandmaster, but although the grandmaster is different from mortals, he is still flesh and blood after all, and he can't move mountains and reclaim the sea, and the Immortal Lake is flat overnight, which can't be done by the grandmaster.
"It is said that there are more than forty grandmasters, but it's a pity that I couldn't see them with my own eyes. Speaking of this, Cao Chengdao looked at the person who came and said: "I advise you, this place of Immortal Lake seems to be calm now, but there are not one or two people looking for news from Cao, just do it, if you know what you want to know, it's good to have an explanation, don't fall into this quagmire!"
"Hehe, don't bother with this, the breakthrough of the head of the Cao family is imminent, the old man congratulated him in advance tonight, and said goodbye!" The leader knew that he couldn't ask anything, and this place was indeed the eyes of many forces now, so it was better to keep a low profile.
Watching the person in front of him slowly withdraw from the secret room, Cao Chengdao clenched his teeth, and an infinite sense of humiliation surged into his heart, and for a moment he only felt that the world was spinning, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and his whole body was full of aura, and he stabilized his mind and looked up to the sky and roared.
On this day, another grandmaster was added to the Ninth Family.