One night in early June of 732 AD, Ke Tuyu came to Dunhuang City under the escort of Bai Muyun and three Turkic swordsmen.

As soon as they entered the city, Ke Tu Yu and the others came straight to a place in the north of the city, called the "Ukiyo Inn", and then rested here for the time being.

This is the only inn in this Dunhuang city, and this place is in a relatively open area, so the flow of people is very dense, it can really be called overcrowded, all kinds of people gather, just like a small river and lake.

Seeing this situation, Bai Muyun's heart was deeply uneasy. After all, due to his special identity, this trip is coming with a secret mission, so he shouldn't stop here.

However, Ke Suyu confidently assured Bai Muyun that it was absolutely foolproof to live here, because he and Ye Yilin, the shopkeeper here, were old acquaintances. For him, only living here is the safest.

At this moment, Ye Yilin, the shopkeeper of the Ukiyo Inn, walked over to everyone with a smile on her face.

The woman was about forty years old, with a thin body and a slightly old face, and a weather-beaten appearance.

It is worth mentioning that although Ye Yilin looks like a woman from the Central Plains, she wears a glittering hufu suit, presumably to adapt to the customs of the outside of the country.

After all, most of the people who stayed here were foreign merchants from the Western Regions and all walks of life.

Ye Yilin is a female streamer, and she runs such a big inn alone, and she will inevitably be bullied in the long run. Wearing it like this, she has her own reasons.

Bai Muyun carefully observed for a long time, but he never saw Ye Yilin's husband come out to entertain guests, and only a few shop guys walked back and forth here.

At this moment, Ye Yilin suddenly said to Bai Muyun: "Yo, where did this little woman come from?" Born so handsome! ”

As she spoke, Ye Yilin subconsciously touched Bai Muyun's delicate and smooth face.

Seeing this situation, Bai Muyun slapped Ye Yilin's hand hard, and then pulled out his sword and wanted to use force with her.

As soon as this state came out, Ye Yilin retracted her hand very quickly, and then hurriedly put it to her mouth and blew it, it seemed that it was really hurting.

When she was young, Ye Yilin said a meaningful word to Bai Muyun: "I said this girl, don't look at it." I'm the only one in charge here, and my family has been dead for 800 years! ”

As soon as she heard this, her face suddenly changed in an instant, and then she hurriedly told Ye Yilin, asking her to prepare food and drinks for everyone quickly, and not to chatter here.

On the other hand, in the depths of the desert outside Dunhuang City, a camel suddenly appeared.

On the back of this camel, there is also a sick man, he is Liu Ruotian. And the one who was leading the camel for him on the side was Yue Jichao.

One of the purposes of these two people here was to wait for an opportunity to seize the Ling Snake Sword, so as to stop Jiang Xinghe's ambition to dominate the martial arts.

I only heard Yue Jichao say to Liu Ruotian as he walked: "You, you're a complete!" I've told you long ago that I'm enough to deal with those fools, but you won't listen! It's good this time, I'll have to free up my hands to take care of you burden! ”

As soon as he heard this, Liu Ruotian immediately got up and retorted: "If I hadn't persuaded you all night, would you have been able to get Sui Yuexuan's love so smoothly?" So far, it's okay not to say thank you, but you're still complaining here, what is the reason! ”

"Yes, I can't talk about you. Don't shout for help when the time comes, I can't take care of you. Yue Jichao was too lazy to take care of him.

Hearing this, Liu Ruotian scoffed. I thought to myself, maybe who will save whom, what is the spirit......

After about half an hour, the two finally turned out of the depths of the desert and came to Dunhuang City.

By the time they arrived, it was late at night. Because they were not familiar with the situation, they entered the city through the west gate without checking. Then he was told that there was only one inn in the north of the city to live in, and that was Ye Yilin's ukiyo-e inn.

Seeing this situation, Liu Ruotian and Yue Jichao, who were already exhausted, could only set off again and rushed to the Ukiyo Inn.

Unexpectedly, the two had just arrived here, but they were turned away by the shopkeepers. It is only said that it is getting late, and no outsiders are allowed to stay.

Hearing this, Yue Jichao was furious. The guy in this shop is clearly itchy, and he wants him to relieve himself.

I saw Yue Jichao rush forward with an arrow step, and then grabbed the collar of the person inside the door, and then pulled the invincible shopkeeper out of the door and threw him heavily on the ground.

Then, Yue Jichao shouted at the shopkeeper with angry eyes: "What a person who can't keep outsiders!" Yes? Tell me which one of the inns is not an outsider! ”

As he spoke, Yue Jichao walked over to the shopkeeper angrily, thinking that he had not yet relieved his anger.

Seeing this, even though he was so frightened that he couldn't move, he just kept begging Yue Jichao to spare his life.

Seeing this situation, Liu Ruotian was about to step forward to stop it. Unexpectedly, at this moment, Ye Yilin quickly ran out of the inn when she heard the sound.

"Ouch, this guest officer, why do you have such a big fire—what do you see, why don't you go back to the house quickly!"

Seeing this, Ye Yilin slapped the store guy in the face, and then reprimanded him angrily.

At this moment, Liu Ruotian saw this familiar innkeeper. The reason why Ye Yilin is familiar is because her appearance is extremely similar to a person, and this person is Ye Wuru, the owner of the Mountain and River Martial Arts Pavilion.

Seeing this situation, Liu Ruotian suddenly felt that something was wrong. But in order to prevent the grass from startling the snake, he did not make too much noise about it, but pretended to live in the inn with Yue Jichao as if nothing happened.

The two of them didn't know that their every move had already been clearly seen by Bai Muyun, who was hiding in the shadows.

Seeing this, Bai Muyun secretly reported the matter to Ke Tuyu. However, what is very puzzling is that Ke Tu Yu did not seem to be very surprised after learning about this, but strictly ordered Bai Muyun not to act rashly and wait for the opportunity.

The words were divided into two ends, and at the same time that Liu Ruotian and others secretly entered Dunhuang to stop their conspiracy, Qin Menglan also secretly followed the convoy of Paradise Valley to the outside of the valley.

At this time, although Paradise Valley has become an independent individual, and the valley has also been replaced by Li Yuqi, the new owner. However, until this time, what has been done here is still those shady deeds.

After several days of investigation, Mei Chengye was surprised to find that the recent activities of the people in Paradise Valley are very strange, and they often collude with various forces inside and outside, so that they have done many evil things that hurt nature and reason.

Mei Chengye secretly ordered Qin Menglan to come here this time in order to find out the truth of the whole matter as soon as possible, in order to smash the enemy's conspiracy as soon as possible.

Because Qin Menglan had worked under Zhang Tianyi before, and Zhang Tianyi was the old master here, he inevitably had to take Qin Menglan to familiarize himself with the environment in the valley.

Originally, sending Qin Menglan here should have been twice the result with half the effort. After all, except for Zhang Tianyi, she is the only one who knows everything here best.

However, what Qin Menglan didn't expect was that since Li Yuqi became the so-called valley master, he had replaced the secret posts that were originally placed here with his henchmen.

Not only that, but the cunning and suspicious Li Yuqi also made varying degrees of changes to the secret passages of various mechanisms in Paradise Valley.

So far, don't say that you are waiting for an opportunity to enter the valley to steal secrets, but it is difficult to get into it while it is unprepared.

At nightfall, the moon was covered by thick clouds, hot and windless. Standing here, you can hear very clearly the sound of insects and birds from the mountains and forests.

Qin Menglan, who was highly nervous, hid behind a stone wall, carefully observing the movement at the mouth of the valley.

Paradise Valley is surrounded by cliffs, and it is impossible to enter the valley from anywhere else.

There is no doubt that if you want to enter the valley smoothly, this is the only way for Qin Menglan to pass.

However, what made Qin Menglan feel a little tricky was that at this moment, not only was there a heavy guard in front of the gate of the valley, but also everyone who entered and exited this place had to say a secret to it.

If someone doesn't have the right password, they will be immediately arrested or even killed on the spot.

If that's all there is to it, it's not the most terrifying. The worst thing is that the code in and out of Paradise Valley turns out to be changed every day.

In this way, Qin Menglan was really anxious. But the more this happened, the more convinced she became that there must be some secret hidden in Paradise Valley. If not, why is Li Yuqi so cautious?

The plan now is to find the hole in the defense here as soon as possible, so that we can sneak into the valley without knowing it.

Just when Qin Menglan was at a loss, someone suddenly took the initiative to appear, and then lured away some of the guards at the mouth of the valley for her.

However, the mysterious man's movements were so fast that even the sharp-eyed Qin Menglan didn't see the person's appearance clearly, and he left in a hurry.

At this moment, there were only two guards left at the mouth of the valley. Just as Qin Menglan was thinking hard about what to do, the two of them actually fell asleep one after another inexplicably.

I think they are tired after standing on the post for a day in a row, so it is normal for them to behave like this.

Seeing this, Qin Menglan took the opportunity to sneak into the valley without thinking about it, and then quickly found the convoy she had been tracking before.

Seeing this situation, Qin Menglan found a relatively secret place to hide, and then watched the team's every move intently.

I saw these people carefully carry down several large boxes loaded on the carriage one by one, and put them safely on the platform beside them.

From the struggling expressions of those people, it is not difficult to guess that what is contained must be very heavy.

If not, why would four big men lift a box together, but they would still be tired and sweaty and panting?

When he was young, a man who looked like a leader walked towards the crowd.

I saw that the man spoke a few words to the steward of the convoy in a commanding manner, and the steward motioned to his men, and then moved all the large boxes that had been placed here into a room on the side. Then the steward locked the door of the room and sent someone to guard it.

Seeing this situation, Qin Menglan wanted to go forward and find out. However, this place is heavily guarded, and there is no way to start for a while. In desperation, Qin Menglan could only leave here first and make another plan.

Then, Qin Menglan came to Li Yuqi's room, wanting to wait for an opportunity to listen to some valuable clues.

During this process, Qin Menglan heard with her own ears that Li Yuqi was discussing with a mysterious man in the house, saying that he was plotting to frame Mei Chengye.

Hearing this, Qin Menglan's expression became serious. Just when she wanted to further inquire about the specific details, she unexpectedly one of Li Yuqi's minions suddenly came to report, saying that there was a fire in the warehouse and asked him to go to check the situation immediately.

Seeing this, Li Yuqi left the place in a hurry with the mysterious man.

Then, Qin Menglan returned to the house where she had stayed before, where secret items were hidden.

After this, Qin Menglan was extremely surprised. The people who had been guarding here before had disappeared without a trace at this moment, and even the lock on the door of this house had been opened strangely.

Seeing this situation, Qin Menglan was puzzled, could it be that the mysterious person who helped just now?

Qin Menglan heard a noisy sound outside the warehouse in the distance, and there was no one here, how could she let go of such a God-given opportunity?

So Qin Menglan, who was eager to find the truth of the matter, didn't even think about it, so she couldn't wait to open the door and enter the house lightly.

After this, Qin Menglan saw that the big boxes she had tracked before were still neatly placed here.

Seeing this, Qin Menglan rushed over very urgently, and then opened a box in front of her without thinking.

However, the moment she opened the lid of the wooden box, the smile that had been hanging on Qin Menglan's face before also disappeared with the gradual opening of the box.

Seeing this, Qin Menglan was shocked. It was an empty box with no items inside.

How is this possible? I saw them — not good...... I've been tricked, let's go!

Thinking of this, Qin Menglan wanted to escape from here. However, as soon as she turned around, Li Yuqi had already led people to surround this place.