Chapter 67: The Underground Overlord
After Li Rong left Luo Luo's house, he did not go back to Li's mansion directly, but went to Beishi to meet Li Yuanfang.
From the housekeeper Ge Weisheng, Li Rong learned that Li Yuanfang turned out to be a tyrant in the underground world of Luoyang City, and the Tsing Yi Society he led was a weaving of the hawkers in Luoyang City, the ** of the Qinglou, the beggars on the street, and even the subordinates of the high-ranking magnates, the number was huge and well-informed.
In fact, the establishment and even growth of the Tsing Yi Society is inseparable from the strong support of Li Hui, the former general of Jinwuwei, when Li Hui was in charge of Luoyang's guard, he intended to support Li Yuanfang and monitor all forces in Luoyang through him. Li Yuanfang lived up to his trust and established a network of forces all over Luoyang in just a few years.
Wheelchair Place is not far from Beishi, and Li Rong walks slowly along the street.
There are a lot of pedestrians going to Beishi, and the road is bustling with people and cars, and it is noisy.
The butcher shop run by Li Yuanfang is still open for business, and the business in the shop is not bad, and there is an endless stream of people who come to buy meat, but Li Yuanfang is not in the shop.
Li Rong walked into the shop, looking left and right at the people in the shop.
Song Yuliang, who was in charge of business in the shop, saw it and hurriedly greeted him.
Li Rong's clothes are not eye-catching, but the quality of the clothes is excellent, ordinary people can't tell the difference, Song Yuliang has been with Li Yuanfang for so many years, and his eyesight is still there, of course, he saw Li Rong when he followed Li Yuanfang to round up Asli.
"Hello Li Gongzi!" Song Yuliang stepped forward and said to Li Rong.
"Xiao Song, what about Senior Brother Yuan Fang? Why not in the shop? Li Rong knew Song Yuliang's identity.
"Brother Yuanfang is in retreat and has been staying in the backyard, so I'll lead you over." Song Yuliang said.
After killing Asli and ending the homicide case in Nanshi, Li Yuanfang began to practice yoga in retreat, absorbing the experience of fighting with the seven-rank grandmaster Yili Greedy Khan, preparing to break through the innate realm in one fell swoop.
Li Rong followed Song Yuliang to the backyard to meet Li Yuanfang.
As soon as he pushed open the courtyard door, he saw the sword light shining all over the courtyard, and when he heard the knife roaring, Li Yuanfang's figure was hidden in the knife light, and he only saw a transparent ball of light swimming around.
Sensing that someone was coming in, Li Yuanfang snapped his sword, stopped his figure, and appeared in front of the two.
"It is like thunder to collect anger, and it is like a river and sea condensing clear light, and the sword technique of the senior brother has entered the divine realm." Li Rong exclaimed.
Li Yuanfang's knife skills have improved by leaps and bounds in just a few days, rising to another level, at least Li Rong is sighing to himself.
"Yuan Ming is here." Li Yuanfang said with a smile.
Li Yuanfang's body seems to be faintly covered with a transparent air film, and the air film keeps inhaling and exhaling, like smoke and fog, which is very surprising.
"Vaporization is congenital, heaven and man are sympathetic," Li Rong sighed, "Congratulations to Senior Brother for his promotion to the innate realm, martial arts can be expected." ”
If Li Yuanfang is one step away from the innate realm, Li Yuanfang here has already stepped into the threshold of the innate realm, and promotion is just around the corner.
"It's just a fluke, without Yuanming's secret technique, I still have to linger outside the door for an unknown amount of time," Li Yuanfang said with a smile, "Come into the house and sit down." ”
Song Yuliang hurriedly told Li Yuanfang and went back to the front shop to say hello. Li Rong followed Li Yuanfang into the house.
"What did Yuan Ming come to me for?" Li Yuanfang asked, personally serving a cup of brewed tea.
Li Rong gave his fried tea to Di Renjie, who also loved it, and Li Yuanfang, both of whom accepted it happily.
"I want to ask my brother to help me find someone." Li Rong took a sip of tea.
"Who made Yuan Ming angry?" Li Yuanfang sat back on the couch and said.
"Involved in a case, this person is over fifty years old, about five feet six inches tall, black hair and short beard, martial arts, and is estimated to be a six-grade master." Li Rong said, "On April 30, he appeared in Ziyun Pavilion, and on the eighth day of this month, he appeared in Yichun Courtyard, but the old man did not call a prostitute, but met people. ”
"Six-grade master, Yuan Ming rest assured, I will send someone to deliver the news to the house within three days, no matter what the result is, I will always let people keep an eye on it." Li Yuanfang didn't ask Li Rong why he was looking for this person, and replied casually.
Any movement in Luoyang City can't hide from Li Yuanfang, including those hidden masters, but Li Yuanfang doesn't want to attract attention and has always kept a low profile.
Li Rong put his mind at ease and talked about martial arts with Li Yuanfang, especially the secret art of yoga, Li Rong just told Li Yuanfang what he had learned in his previous life, and there was still a long way to go to truly integrate into the martial arts of the present world.
It wasn't until dusk that Li Rong left here to go home.
Li Yuanfang immediately found Song Yuliang to arrange the task of finding people, and then returned to the courtyard to continue cultivating.
"A team of Jinwu guards were all killed?" Qiu Shenji stood in the hall and listened to his subordinates' report with an indifferent expression.
When Li Ruoxue left, she easily killed all the Jin Wuwei who surrounded her, which caused the nearby Jin Wuwei lieutenant to be terrified, and quickly reported the news to Qiu Shenji.
"Who did that?" Qiu Shenji asked expressionlessly.
Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, few masters dared to cause trouble in the capital, otherwise they would be hunted down by the imperial court, not to mention that someone openly killed so many Jinwu guards.
"It is said that two women were fighting in a house in Jishanfang, and Jin Wuwei came to inspect it, and one of the women killed her brothers with a flash of sword when she fled." Zhu Qing said.
After Wu Xicai's death, Zhu Qing took his place and followed Qiu Shenji's side single-mindedly.
"Two women fighting?" Qiu Shenji frowned when he heard this, "Who witnessed this, take it and ask carefully." By the way, where is the place of the fight? ”
Fortunately, Zhu Qing had already prepared, did his homework in advance, and went to the scene to take a look, and hurriedly told Qiu Shenji the location of the snake spirit's lair.
"Snake Spirit Li Ruoxue!" Qiu Shenji listened to the words in his heart.
There are not many women who have good swordsmanship and dare to kill people, at least the snake spirit Li Ruoxue is one of them, and that place is the nest of the snake spirit. Qiu Shenji found the lair of the snake spirit through the power of the Qiu family, but he never made a noise.
After Qiu Shenji became the general of Zuojin Wuwei, he was busy squeezing out Li Hui's cronies and forces, and he didn't care about cleaning up the snake spirit organization. In addition, the current situation in Luoyang is chaotic, Qiu Shenji also wants to calm down and observe the situation, and does not want to follow Wu Zetian to death, he is not Suo Yuanli, he is not a person from the Heavenly Demon Sect such as Junchen, relying on the huge power of the Luoyang Qiu family behind him, he wants to obtain greater benefits.
"Closely monitor the North City, and dispatch the elite of Jin Wuwei at any time." Qiu Shenji commanded.
Zhu Qing was ordered to leave, leaving Qiu Shenji alone in the hall.
"Who is the woman who can compete with Li Ruoxue?" Qiu Shenji said to himself, "It's better to stand on the side of the Queen Mother, the power of the snake spirit and the Li Tang royal family is weaker." ”
Wu Zetian promoted Qiu Shenji to the position of General Zuojin Wuwei, although he valued the power of the Qiu family in Luoyang, but it was also a reward for Qiu Shenji to follow him closely.
Three years ago, when Qiu Shenji was the general of Jin Wuwei, Wu Zetian sent him to Bazhou to force Li Xian, the prince of Zhang Huai, to hang himself, and afterwards demoted him to the post of Diezhou Assassin, and soon reinstated the official, until this year he finally took over the post of General Zuo Jin Wuwei, took charge of the guard work in Luoyang, the capital of the gods, and stepped into the center of power.
General Jin Wuwei is in charge of the day and night patrol in the palace and Kyoto, and those who can hold this post are the emperor's confidants, and of course now they have to be the empress dowager's confidants.
Lu Ziluan left Jishanfang and did not return to Zheng's mansion, but came to Di Renjie's mansion.
"Di Lao," Lu Ziluan jumped into the courtyard and shouted softly in front of Di Renjie's study.
"Ziluan," Di Renjie heard the voice, put down the book in his hand and said, "Come in!" ”
Di Renjie hurriedly opened the door and let Lu Ziluan in.
Di Renjie, as the hidden appearance of Jinglun Heavenly Palace, is the spokesperson of Jinglun Heavenly Palace in the officialdom, both ability and insight are first-class, and he is deeply respected by the people in the Heavenly Palace.
"You're hurt?" Di Renjie said in surprise.
Lu Ziluan is a seventh-grade grandmaster, a rare master, who can hurt her?
"I found Li Ruoxue, but I couldn't help her." Lu Ziluan smiled bitterly.
"I've heard about Lianshan, could it be that the snake spirit did it?" Di Renjie said.
"** Not far from ten, I asked Li Ruoxue, and she didn't deny it, so we fought." Lu Ziluan said.
"Li Ruoxue has advanced to the eighth-grade micro-realm, ranking on the heavenly list, you are one grade worse than her, and it is normal to be defeated," Di Renjie shook his head and said, "It's just that I took the liberty of finding her, and I was a little reckless." ”
"I must avenge Lianshan's revenge, and I won't let Li Ruoxue and them go." Lu Ziluan said.
The snake spirit is the name of the organization, and it is also the code name of the leader of the organization, Li Ruoxue is the head of the snake spirit, and others also call it the snake spirit.
"The snake spirit organization is huge, and it has a deep relationship with the kings of my Tang clan, if they really forced Lianshan to hang themselves, there must be some secret plan." Di Renjie said.
"Di Lao guessed that Wu Zetian sent Li Rong to investigate this matter, and it turned out that Lianshan might be forced to leak military secrets, so I looked for Li Ruoxue in a fit of anger." Lu Ziluan sighed.
"The snake spirit steals the secrets of the imperial court's military intelligence?" Di Renjie said urgently.
"Possibly." Lu Ziluan said.
Di Renjie stroked his beard for a long time and didn't speak, "Ziluan, you go back first, I know about this matter." Don't act rashly in the future, the snake spirit and some people are not small, I am afraid that the situation will change greatly soon, you don't look for Li Ruoxue for the time being. ”
"I have found an opportunity to break through the eighth grade, and after I go back, I will retreat and cultivate, and then I will settle accounts with Li Ruoxue." Lu Ziluan said.