"Why don't I get you a carriage? You go to the capital by yourself. The black rhino looked at the old man Zhang, who had thrown away the small basket after hearing that there was to be glory and wealth to enjoy, and said.

The old man's face was full of astonishment, didn't this person plan to take him away? Knowing that he couldn't find the capital for a rural old man like him, he let himself go, he should have wanted to let himself consciously go back to Yangcheng, although he was a little lost, but after all, he picked up a life, and those who participated in the encirclement and suppression of him in the mountains were all dead, and when he came all the way, he saw a small red stream, and the hunchbacked old man Zhang nodded and said, "Okay." ”

The black rhino looked at the old man Zhang who was entangled and nodded, and suddenly had some suspicions that this old man wanted to run away in a carriage, and he was worried that he would be suspicious before pretending to be entangled, he knew the old man's acting skills, and chatted with a group of Jianghu people under the big tree.

"Forget it, you better come with me."

The black rhino looked at the old man, he was still not sure if this old man was really just a strange person who had mastered a little skill, after all, the old man's ability to conceal his breath was too powerful, and he didn't look like an ordinary person, he must bring this old man back, the skills mastered by the old man were too mysterious, and if such a technique was learned by the killer of Snow Rain Villa, his strength would inevitably increase.

The black rhino bought a new cloak in a shop, and took the old man to eat at a roadside restaurant, and when he had eaten and drunk, he was ready to rent a carriage.

"How far can you go north?" The figure under the black robe faced the carriageway by the side of the road.

The coachman, who was frowning like a wrinkled ghost who lived in sorrow every day, saw a guest come to the door, squeezed out a little smile and said, "To the north, a hundred miles to the next city at most." No further than that. ”

Seeing that the black rhino seemed to want to ask elsewhere, the coachman said: "Guest officer, whether you ask or not, it's this distance, the big guys rely on this to eat, if it's too far, don't talk about the carriage and horses, and the risk of being unfamiliar with life is also great." ”

After pondering for a while, the black rhino felt that what the coachman said might be right, and he didn't want to change back and forth, so he went directly to buy a carriage, and then took Old Man Zhang all the way north, and there was no other delay on the road, only eating, drinking, and sleeping, so the speed of the journey was very fast.

The black rhino drove, the old man stayed in the carriage all the way, and the black rhino was vigilant all the way, even if the old man's main joints were still tied with wooden needles, he was not at ease, because he didn't know much, so he couldn't tell the identity of the old man, whether it was an ordinary person who knew a little bit of Qimen techniques, or whether it was purely a different plan.

Stopping the carriage by a small stream, the black rhino hunted, and looked at the old man from time to time when he was around the bonfire, the things that the old man showed were too contrary to common sense, and the gaze of the man's blood-red eyes under the black robe frightened the old man's hands to shake when he was eating.

Lord Xu, the city lord in the city, called everywhere not to look for the black-robed people who chased and killed the Snow and Rain Villa, but to no avail, people kept going out of the city, and then he had to use his power to ask several forces to recruit his people back.

The problem arises, I don't know who first noticed that many people in the city are going out, but no one comes back, and there are people who come back from time to time to say how the mountains are doing, but suddenly the news is interrupted.

The forest was like a man-eating tiger, and some people went in but did not come back, and the first person to come back was an old woodcutter, who saw blood in the river when he washed his hands, so he fled back to the city in a panic, and told the inhabitants of the city that there were several streams in the mountains that were stained red with blood.

Some forces in Yangcheng hurriedly organized people to go into the mountains to check, and after a while, people came back one after another, and the news that came back made the whole small city quiet, except for those woodcutters and medicine collectors in the mountains, the people in the rivers and lakes who entered the mountains did not have any way to live.

Then there was no news, some of the anxious people waited at home, some of the bolder ones went out to explore together, and when it was getting dark, the bodies began to be transported back, and the town was sleepless all night, and even the surrounding cities also knew the news.

The next day, when he checked the corpses, he found that all the corpses had died after their necks had been broken, and the strange thing was that there were no signs of struggle and fighting on everyone's bodies.

As the turmoil of the matter became bigger and bigger, people from several small cities around it also came, and one of his subordinates did not participate in the encirclement and suppression of the black rhino, so the little head who had preserved his strength very well spread the news to the outside world: "Mahayana, many people don't know what Mahayana is, Mahayana is God, Mahayana is immortal, Mahayana is great immortal." ”

"The breath of the immortals is not something that mortals like us can bear, I have been fortunate to see a Mahayana master, who can shake the mountains and rivers with one breath, so I know that such a person is seriously injured and cannot be provoked by those of us under the grandmaster."

The words of this little master made his reputation suddenly reach its peak, and many of the forces that lost the master this time were very dissatisfied when they saw him say cool words, but the limelight of the common people was one-sided, praising the little master for being a man with great insight, and these dead Jianghu people were stunned young people who had never seen the world and did not know the power of Mahayana.

Duan Xiaolou was very sad when he heard the news, and there were many innocent lives, but he didn't blame himself too much, after all, he tried his best to dissuade him.

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In front of the south gate of Fengge City, Gu Lingyuan, who was very disappointed, came back, he went to suggest that Junzilou win over Yun Qianyu and not conflict with Xueyu Villa, but after the second elder was fooled, no one listened to his words anymore, and when he came back, Junzilou was already preparing manpower, and it seemed that he would definitely ask for an explanation for the death of the second elder.

After he dissuaded, he was scolded by several uncles, the content was nothing more than that someone in the sect had an accident, and he didn't want to take revenge, but he was afraid of it, how could it be done by sword cultivators?

In the mansion of Gu Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, a small servant in front of the door ran into the backyard and said to Gu Shilang, who was sitting in the pavilion admiring the flowers: "Master, master, the young master is back." ”

The handsome middle-aged man is the well-known squire of the Ministry of Rites, Gu Qingyu is not too old among the high-ranking officials of the six departments of the capital, or he is very young, and he also caused many girls to miss back then, and later married the daughter of a late prince.

"Daddy."

Gu Qingyu looked back at the young man who was as tall as herself, and smiled slightly: "Yuan'er is back?" How? ”

The young man sat down at the table in frustration, poured a cup of tea and held it in his hand, and shook his head, "No one believes me, I think Xueyu Villa is deliberately stirring up trouble just to stimulate our Junzilou, but they don't believe it, they have to make enemies." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Reaching out and picking a flower and smelling it, Gu Shilang's standard middle-aged handsome scholar walked into the court, looking like a powerful literati.

Gu Lingyuan and Gu Shilang are three points similar, but because his mother is only a middle-aged person, he is not as good-looking as his father, Gu Shilang is over forty years old, and he can still let many girls in their twenties and eighties secretly look at it on the street.

The young man tilted his head and thought for a while, and said to his father: "That's the case, I remembered what you said at the time that the royal family and Yun Tombsheng might marry, and even you know about it, father, which means that many people above probably know about this matter, and it is the choice of most people." ”

"Well, go on, it doesn't matter if it's wrong." Gu Shilang looked at his son, his face full of encouragement.

Gu Lingyuan didn't have time to communicate with his father much last time, and this time he was blamed by many elders in the sect, which made him wonder if he was thinking something wrong, looking at the expressions of those elders, if he was not the only son of the servant of the household department, it is estimated that he would not be able to run away with a cane.

So on the way back, he was thinking about whether to discuss it with his father, and at this time he thought about it for a while and said: "At that time, the old lady entered the palace to face the saint after receiving Yun Tomb, and Bai Shangshu also entered the palace and stayed until dark before going to the southeast, I still know the status of Bai Shangshu and Zhao Taifu." ”

The young man continued: "I suddenly thought of something about Bai Shangshu at that time, my master, as the master of the Junzi Mansion of the Holy Land of the Sword Dao in the world, has no doubt about his strength, but the master said that now he and the champion Hou who was only twenty-three years old more than thirty years ago are also unpredictable, so Bai Shangshu's status is far higher than I understand. ”

"Yes, Bai Shangshu's status is indeed higher than most people in this world understand, that is, there are also fools in the court who think that Bai Shangshu's position in the military department is because the emperor has been letting him sit because of his old feelings." Gu Shilang nodded, his name is very delicate, so he doesn't like others to mention it, and he doesn't like to mention it himself.

Gu Shilang looked at his son who knew how to think about the problem and continued to guide: "Then according to your observations, how high do you think Bai Shangshu's location is?" ”

"Back then, I heard my master say that Bai Shangshu was not sick, but had a fatal injury, in essence, Bai Shangshu had no disease on his body, only injuries that could not be cured in this life." The young man thought for a moment and spoke.

The handsome middle-aged man nodded and continued, "What are you doing with this?" Or did you learn something from it? What does this matter have to do with Bai Shangshu's status? ”

"Well, I think according to the rumors, when Bai Shangshu was injured, that is, when many people were seriously ill, the people of the capital did not hear the movement of the war, Bai Shangshu's strength could not be easily beaten and seriously injured, and the battle movement should not be small, but I have not heard that Bai Shangshu went out of the city, I suspect that the venue of the war is the palace."

Looking at his father who nodded in approval, Gu Lingyuan continued: "I have checked the relevant information, there are many things that have happened in the thirty-seventh year of Jianye, except for the sudden serious illness of the champion Hou, the Cao family of the Cao family in the capital has been beheaded, Empress Cao was deposed, the crown prince stepped down, and the rebellion in South Vietnam, I think there is some news behind this."

I suspect that the Cao family and Nanyue are the ones who attacked Bai Shangshu, but in reality, when the Cao family was beheaded by the whole family, basically everyone was alive, if it was really their hands, with Bai Shangshu's strength, it was impossible for their Cao family to be unscathed, and it was impossible to wait for the emperor to kill them. ”

Gu Shilang nodded, and looked at his son approvingly, "Yes, it has something to do with the Cao family, but it won't have much to do with it." ”

With his father's approval, Gu Lingyuan continued: "I also noticed that the Tiance Divine Army, which was called by the emperor as no less than the founding army of the empire, and was pinned on high hopes to sweep away the world and reproduce the glory of the empire, also disappeared that year, even when the champion Hou was cut off the throne, I also wondered if the Cao family commanded the Tiance Divine Army to attack Bai Shangshu, so it would cause the Cao family and the Tiance Divine Army to disappear from this world at the same time." ”

"But when I inquired about the relevant information of the Tiance Divine Army, I found that Bai Shangshu was the majority of the Tiance Divine Army, and it would be too unrealistic to say that the Cao family could instruct the Tiance Divine Army to attack Bai Shangshu, the majority of the capital, so the Tiance Divine Army should be standing with Bai Shangshu, perhaps when facing the enemy, it was hit hard at the same time."