[This is the southern frontier of the Great West, and it is also the hometown of Rus. 】

Rose hurried through the crowd, and the sky was split into black and white by the crow's wings.

His eyes raced around him, the decaying and filthy village was full of flies, the huge buzzing gave goosebumps to the villagers, the ugly environment had become a part of life, and they embraced pickles, merging body and mind with dirt.

Ross hasn't been here in years, to be precise, hasn't been back since he left here more than a decade ago.

This is the southern frontier of Onishi, and it is also the hometown of Rus'.

When Guo Mu brought back the remains of Wudang from the Ancient Mirror Gate, Rose found something familiar. He immediately realized who killed hundreds of people in the Ancient Mirror Gate that night, and these people lived in their hometown.

The unrecognizable hometown surprised Ross a little. As a child, he felt as if time had frozen here, solemnly stationed on the frontier day after day, year after year. Unexpectedly, with the decline of the Onishi Dynasty, the prosperity and solemnity of the frontier also disappeared.

The bone-warming hot breeze swept across his face, and the long hair that hung down his cheeks fluttered slowly.

"Stop!" the guards guarding the gates saw Rose in the dust.

Ross pulls out the Honorable Knight's sign.

"It's Lord Honorable Knight—" the guard respectfully handed back the card, "Open the gates!"

The gate slowly opened, and the vast, lush woods seemed to squeeze in through the gate, and suddenly gathered into Rose's sight.

"Please be careful!" said the guard.

Rose nodded, and without hesitation, he walked towards the unmanned cloud forest.

The topography of the forest could no longer match his memory, and he was disoriented, but he could distinguish between east and south, and he knew that if he went inside, the tall trees would block out the sun, and in the bright day, he would escape into the darkness.

After judging his direction one last time, he headed straight into the forest.

After a long time, he finally reached his destination, and he patted his body to get rid of the bugs that had climbed up his clothes along the way.

This area is quite abrupt in the dense forest, it is hundreds of meters lower than the rest of the terrain, it is a rather large pothole, its soil is a piercing crimson red, and after a long time it is impossible to distinguish between red and green, and even the sky is dyed a changing crimson. The rows of houses are so strong that it's hard to believe that there is such an orderly collective life in the cloud forest.

A series of vigilant gazes fell on Rose.

He smiled, ignoring it.

"Long time no see, Rose. The woman who was basking in the sun on a rocking chair got up and beckoned to him. "I've been waiting for you for a long time. ”

*

Wudang Mountain, Chen Jian's residence.

Chen Jian and Zhi Xi sat facing each other.

"Let's just say it, what did you find?" asked Chen Jian.

Childish tears laughed: "You are really in a hurry." ”

"Definitely. Chen Jian didn't have the heart to deal with him.

"I think it's better for us to share information so that we don't get things wrong. ”

"Intelligence sharing?" Chen Jian raised his eyebrows, "Are you considering hiding information?"

"Of course not," said Childish Cry with a righteous face, "Of course I will tell you everything I know, but ...... If you are the only one who knows the whole story, if you get it wrong, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

"Then you tell me what you know first, and then I'll judge. ”

"No problem. Zhizhi readily agreed to Chen Jian's request.

He straightened his chair and began to explain the results of the investigation during this time.

"I once heard that during the period when Emperor Dayan was seriously ill, there were serious disagreements within Wudang, so I re-investigated that past incident in the past few days, and things were much more complicated than I imagined. ”

As he spoke, he pulled a few twigs out of his pocket and placed them neatly on the table.

"Three years ago, Emperor Dayan may die at any time, all over the country, counties, counties, including Wulin, are paying close attention to the movements of the next emperor, due to the sudden onset of Emperor Dayan's illness, except for the little prince Zheng Yexun, he has not been able to leave a direct heir, and it has become difficult to choose an heir.

At that time, there were serious differences of opinion within Wudang, some people wanted to elect the little prince Zheng Yexun - he was only ten years old at that time, which meant that the power of the court would be ceded to the three provinces, especially Xu Siyou, the Zhongshu Ling, some people supported the younger brother of the first emperor, Zheng Haoguang, the king of Guangxian, and there was a faction that promoted the cousin of the first emperor, Xu Zhongheng. ”

Chen Jian soon discovered that the emperor's bloodline was surnamed "Zheng", and Xu Zhongheng was obviously unlikely to win in this struggle.

But what made him pay more attention was another thing: why should the throne be inherited by the son, whether he was young or not, since the emperor had a son, and there was only one son, why in this world, people would argue about such a thing?

Is it because the system of this world is different from the ancient times in his cognition, or is the little prince himself not properly related?

Childish Cry didn't explain it, as if it was a matter of course.

He continued: "The faction that supported Xu Zhongheng was quickly branded as a 'subversive' and became the target of the imperial court's arrest, and as far as I know, Ye Liancheng was one of them. ”

Ye Liancheng, the former head of Wudang...... Chen Jian had never met him, and he couldn't imagine what kind of person he was.

"Ye Liancheng was arrested and returned to the capital because his identity as a subversive was exposed," Zhiwei paused for a moment and said uneasily, "Purgatory will be executed." ”

"Purgatory Punishment ......"

"Don't talk about that. Childish shook his head, "As for Bian Li, according to my investigation, he does not belong to any faction. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Although Wudang is divided into many small factions due to the emperor's problem, their goals are actually the same, and they all hope that Wulin can be recognized by the next emperor, which is the so-called 'WTO entry faction'; The idea that the hermit faction was reluctant to participate in court disputes and believed that the rivers and lakes should not be involved in the intrigue of officialdom was opposed by most people, so the hermit faction was the most unpopular at the time. Not only the hermit sect of Wudang, but also other gangs, including my Middle-earth. ”

He patted the branches on the table, and Chen Jian realized that he was using these branches to represent different factions.

He sighed: "Now it seems that joining the WTO is a far-sighted choice, if Wulin leaves the imperial court, the end will not be hidden in the world, but completely eliminated." ”

"Why do you say that?"

"Don't you understand?" said Childish, "the whole system of chivalry is completely outside of the Great Western Law, and it should not exist. ”

Chen Jian suddenly realized. The so-called martial arts originally corresponded to the underworld in the previous life, but the martial arts here only control the connections and power, and do not do anything wrong.

However, who can guarantee that the martial arts will be at peace forever?

"Far from it. Childish weeping pulled back to the topic, "Bian Li was attacked by the Accession Sect because of his identity as a hermit faction, and later before the new emperor ascended the throne, he was murdered and died in the capital. ”

"Hmm...... I know about Bian Li's killing. Chen Jian saw that Zhi Wei had no intention of concealing the information, so he let down his guard and discussed with him, "Could it be someone from Wudang who did it? Also, what did he go to the capital for?"

"I don't know. Zhiwei said, "He is a person from Zonghengtang, and there is nothing strange about going to the capital, not to mention that the new emperor is about to ascend the throne, and there is no problem with the timing of his visit." As for the reasons for the killing, you probably know more than I do. ”

"Can I really trust you?" Chen Jian looked at the childish cry with cold eyes.

"It is beneficial for me to find out the handle of Wudang. ”

"And it's not good for me. ”

"That's right. ”

"Okay," Chen Jian nodded, "The reason why Bian Li was killed, I only have to guess at the moment. ”

"Speak. ”

"The thousand-handed poisonous girl was killed by Zhang Shenghan three years ago, this incident is fake, and Bian Li is likely to know the truth of the matter. ”

“...... Thousand-handed poisonous woman?"

Childish weeping frowned, he didn't expect things to suddenly be so far involved.

"That's right," Chen Jian blinked quickly, "this matter is complicated...... It's quite complicated, involving the Hundred Bitter Sect, the tendency of Bian Li's hermit sect, and Zhang Shenghan, the head of Wudang. ”

Chen Jian saw a huge web, and the slender six-legged spiders crawled in it, and the snow-white spider silk they spit out was still weaving.

He could feel that he had touched the link of truth, the necessary fragments in his hands, and all that remained was to piece together seemingly unrelated information and reproduce the truth of three years ago.