Chapter 51: Identity in doubt
Early in the morning, Bai Mei took Li Xiaoyao to eat steamed porridge at the breakfast shop in the town.
The ghost tree was broken open by the white eyebrows, and the layer of gloomy and cold terror that had always shrouded Wang Yuanwai's house gradually faded, although everyone still didn't dare to get close to it, but they could already clearly feel that the previous oozing aura was already very thin.
After eating breakfast quietly, Bai Mei took Li Xiaoyao on the road again.
The battle in Luoshui Town made Li Xiaoyao deeply understand his shortcomings, and his cultivation along the way became more and more hard, which made Bai Mei quite behaved in his eyes.
Although Li Xiaoyao has extraordinary talent and has a carefree sword bone, after all, he is young, and the transformation of talent into strength still requires years of hard cultivation to complete.
The master and apprentice walked through mountains and rivers for more than half a month, and finally came to the nearest city to Black Sky City, the capital of Youzhou, Ansan City!
Ansan City is built on the mountain, from a distance it looks like a five-colored gem inlaid on the mountain, because it is very close to the capital of Youzhou, so Ansan City is also one of the most prosperous cities in Youzhou.
Bai Mei took Li Xiaoyao to Ansan City this time, the main purpose was to inquire about the news about the Living Soul Gate, Bai Mei broke their ghost tree, Liang Zi has taken over, and he will inevitably become an enemy in the future.
Since he was destined to become an enemy, Bai Mei was ready to take the first step to understand what kind of details this mysterious sect that could ignore the Red Ghost Sect of Youzhou.
The master and apprentice walked all the way up the mountain road into the city, and finally saw a towering city gate, the armor on the city wall was sharp, the cold front was dazzling, and the grandeur of the big city was coming.
After looking at the walls of Ansan City for a week, Bai Mei said in his heart, such a majestic city, if there are no monks to participate in the war, I am afraid that a million army will only be defeated.
After a slight sigh, Bai Mei took Li Xiaoyao into the city.
As soon as the master and apprentice entered the city, a group of men squatting at the corner of the city gate got up together, and one of them, a man who was as thin as a monkey, but his eyes were shiny and shrewd, quickly greeted him: "The first time the two masters came to Ansan City?"
"Hmm. Bai Mei nodded slightly.
Hehe smiled, the thin monkey man rubbed his hands and said: "Do you need a guide for the two masters, five coins and silver a day, I grew up in Ansan City, wherever you want to go, I can find the most suitable place for you." ”
When Bai Mei heard this, he thought about Anshan City is not small, if he wants to find a place to inquire about the news by himself, he doesn't know how much trouble it will take, it is better to hire such a guide, and it won't cost a few dollars anyway.
Ding flicked a silver ingot of five taels to the thin monkey, and said with white eyebrows: "The road is well led, and there is a reward." What's your name?"
Ecstatic to take the silver ingot, the thin monkey hurriedly put it in his mouth and took a bite: "Thank you, thank you." Just call me Ma Liu. ”
After receiving the money, Ma Liu also understood things very well, and followed behind Bai Mei without saying a word, waiting for Bai Mei to ask. After all, a person who can make such a generous shot must have a remarkable identity, and people with this status will not like someone to talk non-stop in their ears.
"Ma Liu, do you know where there is a place in Ansan City where you can buy news?" Bai Mei asked casually.
"Buy news?" His eyes rolled around, and Ma Liu said, "Yes." If you want to buy ordinary news, the Ten Thousand Drum Towers in the west of the city will ensure that you are satisfied. What if you buy it...... message. Then you have to go to Tianxuan Pavilion in the south of the city, but there seems to be some threshold to enter there, but I haven't been in the small one, so it's not clear. ”
"Okay, then go to Tianxuan Pavilion in the south of the city, and you lead the way. Bai Mei said.
Ansan Castle is very large, so there are many labor carts in the city, similar in appearance to ox carts, but using a creature similar to a mule.
After chartering a labor car, the three of them went to Tianxuan Pavilion in the south of the city.
"Master, this is it. Getting off the labor car, Bai Mei looked at the square octagonal building with nine floors in front of him, and in front of the main gate, there were three big characters written on a plaque with gold characters on a black background: Tianxuan Pavilion.
Looking at the door curtain with a layer of red cloth, Bai Mei smiled slightly, walked forward with Li Xiaoyao, walked to the red cloth, Bai Mei stretched out his hand and gently stroked it, and walked in without hindrance.
Immediately afterwards, Li Xiaoyao also walked in as he looked, and in the end, there was only one Ma Liu, staring at the empty door that was unguarded with two big eyes.
With a flexible turn of his eyes, Ma Liu also came up and reached out to lift the curtain, but as soon as his hand touched the red cloth, there was a painful and numb feeling, so frightened that Ma Liu hurriedly withdrew his hand, covered his hand and didn't dare to step forward again.
Entering the Tianxuan Pavilion, the red lanterns hanging high all over the house made the room smell inexplicable.
"Guest, please put on your mask. Just as Bai Mei glanced around, a woman with her whole body covered in a robe walked over and handed Bai Mei and Li Xiaoyao a mask.
"Guest, it is forbidden to probe the identity and information of other guests in the Tianxuan Pavilion, if you violate it, you will never be able to enter the Tianxuan Pavilion, I hope you understand. After explaining to Bai Mei, after some prohibitions in Tianxuan Pavilion, the robed woman retreated.
Putting the mask sent by the woman on his face, Bai Mei instructed Li Xiaoyao: "Follow behind the master, don't run around." ”
"Got it, Master. Li Xiaoyao nodded obediently.
Pushing open the door of the red lantern room, a spacious hall appeared in front of Bai Mei, and the hall was densely packed with small private rooms, and from time to time people went in, and no one came out of it.
Walking to a small private room where no one was around, Bai Mei led Li Xiaoyao to prepare to go in, but a woman sitting inside said first: "Only one guest can come in at a time." ”
"Then you are waiting for me outside, don't run around, you know? After explaining Li Xiaoyao, Bai Mei immediately entered the small room.
"Does the guest buy the news, or sell the news?" asked the woman in the room softly with a polite smile on her face.
"Buy the message. I want to know the news of Zhou Fohai, he is a foreigner in Nanqi Pass, and he cultivates during the Qi cultivation period. Zhou Fohai asked Bai Mei to go to Qingzhou to help him deliver the letter, but Bai Mei didn't know anything about this mysterious man.
"Wait a minute. Holding a piece of turquoise toad, the woman closed her eyes, and after a while, the woman opened her eyes: "There is no such person as you say." ”
"What?" frowned, and the white eyebrows were a little surprised. In the end, Zhou Fohai told him that he was a pseudonym, or Tianxuan Pavilion did not include his news.
"However, I found a personal information with the same name as the person you said. This news, five lower-grade spirit stones, do you buy them?" the woman said.
"Same name, buy!" Bai Mei, who already had a lot of wealth, naturally didn't care about this cost, and stretched out his hand to throw out five crystal spirit stones.
The woman accepted the spirit stone and pressed the green toad, and a roll of paper suddenly spit out from the toad's mouth.
Taking the roll of paper, Bai Mei opened it and looked at it.
Zhou Fohai, the sixth son of the head of the Zhou family of the Qingzhou alchemist clan, has an extremely high talent for refining medicine, but he was executed by the head of the Zhou family for poisoning his brother!
Thinking of Zhou Fohai's previous death of Song Yuanlong with a lock to disperse yin, Bai Mei was almost sure that this alchemy genius Zhou Fuhai, who had been executed by the head of the Zhou family, was the one he met in the south.
But why did a dead man appear in the south again, and what did he mean by the phrase he told me to bring?
"Please check for me Zhou Shoushu's information again. Bai Mei said.
The woman nodded, closed her eyes again, and after a while, opened her eyes and said, "Thirty lower-grade spirit stones." ”
Bai Mei gave it casually, took the information, and Bai Mei opened it to read it carefully
Zhou Shoushu, the fifth son of the head of the Zhou family of the Qingzhou alchemist clan, is now the young head of the Zhou family, and has outstanding talent in alchemy, comparable to the genius Zhou Fohai of the year, but some people speculate that the current Zhou Shoushu's identity is doubtful, and this person never shows his true face in public, and he wears a white gauze cage face, except for the Zhou family, no one has seen his true face.
Pinching the two pieces of information in his hand, Bai Mei's heart was churning with suspicion, and the two pieces of information and what Zhou Fohai said almost became opposites.
The dead lived, and the living died. Now it seems that Zhou Fohai's kindness is really difficult......