Although Qi Xiaoran has disappeared for a few months, he has still heard of the name Xiao Zhinan, as the personal disciple of the sword master of Beiyan Langhuan, and the only true inheritance, before entering the WTO, he may not have a good reputation, but a big figure like Qi Xiaoran, who was the head of the Water Mirror Division, naturally has a deeper understanding of the demons in the world.

This is also why, when Xiao Zhinan had just left Beiyan and set foot in the realm of Jiang Kingdom, the capital immediately sent a young generation of strong men to test it.

Because the big people in the court, including those who practiced the mountain gate, knew very well what it meant for the personal disciples of the Lang Huan Sword Master to enter the world.

Xiao Zhinan's status among the younger generation of monks in Beiyan is also equivalent to Shen Qiubai, Bei Zangfeng, and Ouyang Shengxue, which is one of the demons who really stand in the highest position of the younger generation in the world.

During the period of 'death', Qi Xiaoran also heard about Xiao Zhinan's coming to Jiang Kingdom, and also knew that she had defeated the fourth gentleman of the Sword Academy, and at the same time fought with Bei Zangfeng and Shen Qiubai.

During the Panlong Banquet, although Shen Qiubai and Xiao Zhinan were only fighting with their minds and did not have any spectators, it was difficult to hide this kind of thing from those big people in the capital.

Qi Xiaoran gradually came to his senses.

The purpose of his coming here was just to intercept and kill Yue Shiting, because he happened to be bumped into by Li Mengzhou and Gu Shiyan, so he wanted to kill people, and now Xiao Zhinan's appearance let him know that he couldn't do anything.

If it was just Xiao Zhinan, he might still be able to muster up the courage to fight, but in fact, he knew very well that compared to Shen Qiubai and Bei Zangfeng, he was at a disadvantage, and Xiao Zhinan, who could fight with Shen Bei and the others, was not something he could easily afford to provoke.

Once he was entangled by Xiao Zhinan, it was difficult for him to get out of the way.

He didn't want to die again.

I don't dare to bet on exposing something in front of someone, and I can be safe and sound after being known by that person.

Qi Xiaoran, who was originally very strong in front of Li Mengzhou and Gu Shiyan, turned around and fled very decisively, without even saying a cruel word.

He's not an idiot, and in this case, what's the difference between speaking cruel and looking for death?

Besides, Xiao Zhinan is a sword cultivator.

If a word annoys her, she will hunt him down until he is killed.

Jian Xiu himself is a very stubborn person.

There is simply no reason to talk about it.

The truth of sword cultivation has always been only the sword in their hands.

Qi Xiaoran fled quickly, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Let Li Mengzhou want to ask Xiao Zhinan for help, but the idea of leaving Qi Xiaoran can only give up.

Although according to Xiao Zhinan's cultivation realm, he is fully capable of driving the natal sword to directly kill people at a distance of hundreds of miles, but Qi Xiaoran is also a great monk at the peak of the Four Realms after all, and it is unlikely that he will be killed directly at a distance from a distance.

Li Mengzhou let out a long breath and looked at Yue Shiting's body lying on the ground not far away, his emotions became a little complicated.

It was hard for him to imagine that Yue Shiting was dead like this.

Although Li Mengzhou was probably able to guess some of the mysteries surrounding him, they were not confirmed, and there was no way to find out more details from his mouth, which was always a headache.

If the three black-clothed men who assassinated Yue Shiting were just using the incident in the palace to disguise the monks outside the mountain and cause Yue Shiting's accidental death, then it was Qin Chengyi who was most likely to do this.

Combined with Yue Shiting's connection with Qin Chengyi in the list that he put in Swallow Town, the truth of the matter may be that Yue Shiting discovered something that Qin Chengyi had done secretly, but if he wants to expose a prince's crimes, he needs more and more comprehensive evidence.

Qin Chengyi learned that Yue Shiting was secretly investigating his affairs, it should be in the near future, otherwise he had no reason to let Yue Shiting live until now to die, Song Yidao appeared in front of Yue Shiting's mansion in a carriage, maybe it was a precursor to make a move, maybe it was for temptation, maybe it was to turn Yue Shiting into his own person.

But Yue Shiting should have refused.

That's why Qin Chengyi made up his mind to kill him.

It's just that he happened to encounter the incident of a monk lurking in the capital outside the mountain, which allowed him to completely stay out of the matter and get rid of Yue Shiting without knowing it.

This is all Li Mengzhou's conjecture in his heart, he doesn't know how much it is different from the facts, but combined with what happened tonight, it may not be far from ten.

In the final analysis, it is still on the body of Qin Chengyi, Prince Lu.

Thinking of the picture of being suppressed by Qi Xiaoran and almost dying, Li Mengzhou's desire to cross that threshold became even stronger.

......

The glow of the morning sun gradually dispelled the night, and a new day was coming.

Li Mengzhou looked at Xiao Zhinan and did not speak.

Gu Shiyan's expression under the rabbit face mask was a little complicated.

is also a woman, Xiao Zhinan's status in the cultivation world is extremely high, and Gu Shiyan is not jealous or envious because of this, but she always has some thoughts in her heart.

Xiao Zhinan was also looking at Li Mengzhou carefully.

The expression is very flat, but the eyes are very intense.

Li Mengzhou felt a little uneasy.

Subconsciously helped the cat face mask he was wearing on his face.

Regardless of the fights and killings between Qi Xiaoran and Yue Shiting, if Xiao Zhinan knew his identity and appeared here wearing a mask, the problem here would not be clear.

But Xiao Zhinan spent half a month with him in the Peach Blossom Land after all, and he just wore a mask, which was not difficult to recognize.

Li Mengzhou stretched out his hand to say hello with some trepidation, which was a subconscious act when he was nervous, "Miss Xiao, hello." ”

Xiao Zhinan nodded thoughtfully and said, "Senior Brother Li, you're okay." ”

Li Mengzhou: "......"

It is not a strange thing for Xiao Zhinan to call him a junior brother, whether it is the Ligong Sword Academy or the Langhuan Sword House, they both belong to the Sword Sect, and they are real senior brothers, and they are by no means as polite and polite as other Shanmen disciples.

But what Li Mengzhou really cares about is not this title, but only this question, because although Xiao Zhinan did not name him, he had already given his surname, which meant that Xiao Zhinan recognized him.

Li Mengzhou simply took off the cat's face mask and said with a wry smile: "How did you recognize me?"

He remembered that he had never shown the appearance of the Drunken Dream Sword in front of Xiao Zhinan, so the most likely mistake should be that he spoke.

Although he deliberately changed his voice, in fact, for familiar people, the change in voice is not large, and he can still roughly hear it.

It is not difficult for a practitioner to change his or her voice.

You only need to use the aura of heaven and earth.

Even ordinary martial artists can do it.

But in fact, there are still tricks here, although it is very simple, Li Mengzhou never thought that he would meet Xiao Zhinan here, or even meet anyone who is familiar with him.

He didn't completely change his voice.

Xiao Zhinan can recognize Li Mengzhou, in addition to the familiarity of the voice, the most important thing is the identity of the sword cultivator, if the sword cultivator wants to hide, or before the sword is drawn, it is generally difficult for the cultivator to guess their identity, but Xiao Zhinan, who is also a sword cultivator, can clearly perceive the sharpness of the sword on Li Mengzhou's body, coupled with the familiar voice when he spoke, it is very easy to recognize him.

"It's easy to recognize you, but it doesn't matter, I sensed a strong sword intent outside the city in the capital, and I came here, I thought there would be a battle, but I didn't expect you to be here. ”

Although Xiao Zhinan did not directly say that he was a waste of firewood, the meaning was also very clear.

Very disappointed.

The moment he recognized Li Mengzhou, Xiao Zhinan's mood was very complicated.

The strength of the sword intent that she sensed from a distance was by no means under Shen Qiubai and Beizangfeng, and it was even faintly victorious, but she was not surprised why Li Mengzhou had such a powerful sword intent.

Because for sword cultivation, the sword inherited from the predecessors will have a strong sword intent that does not belong to him, and only when his own cultivation reaches a certain height can he turn this sword intent into his own.

Li Mengzhou has such a powerful sword intent, but in fact he is still a waste wood.

But in other words, the sword intent is so powerful, when he grows to a certain point and completely fuses this sword intent, then the height he stands on will definitely not be very bad, and the strength of this sword intent is almost equivalent to his future, if his qualifications are high enough, he can even become stronger.

At least Li Mengzhou in the future will not be a waste of firewood.

Thinking like this, Xiao Zhinan's disappointment gradually dissipated.

She glanced at Gu Shiyan, and suddenly said, "You are already on the verge of breaking into the peak of the Four Realms, and I hope that after you break through the realm, you can fight with me." ”

As Li Mengzhou took off the cat face mask, Gu Shiyan also took off the rabbit face mask, to be honest, she didn't like this kind of mask, it looked silly.

Because of her injury, her face was a little pale, and when she heard Xiao Zhinan's words, she had a trace of astonishment in her expression, thinking that the rumored sword wizard in Beiyan Sword Lu who was rare in a hundred years turned out to be a battle maniac.

She had no reason to fight Xiao Zhinan, her already ugly face was even more ugly, and she refused: "I'm not interested." ”

Xiao Zhinan's beautiful face is as calm as a distant mountain, although she is not very old, she seems to have an indifference that sees all the states in the world, she did not have any emotional changes because of Gu Shiyan's tone, she just said: "Who I want to fight with, I don't care if you agree or not, and besides, you are not qualified to fight with me, it is only because you are about to break through the realm that I have some intentions, and you don't have to think too much." ”

Li Mengzhou felt that although Xiao Zhinan was still very calm, his words were obviously targeted, and he was really not as atmospheric as he appeared, and he was just a little girl after all.

Although strictly speaking, Xiao Zhinan is one year older than him, he is not qualified to say that he is a little girl.

Gu Shiyan's character is even clearer, at least in Li Mengzhou's cognition, don't look at her on the surface like a fairy who doesn't eat fireworks in the world, but in fact, she is very vulgar in her heart.

likes to beat people at every turn, and it is extremely natural to ridicule others, and the so-called thing of giving money to someone's family after killing someone is enough to make Li Mengzhou criticize.

Gu Shiyan looked at Xiao Zhinan, who was standing there calmly, and said, "I have heard that Miss Xiao's sword is very fast, and she is also beautiful, and she is known as the first person in the female sword cultivator, but I have a different opinion. Your teacher Lang Huan Sword Master is also a woman, the third gentleman in the Sword Courtyard of the Palace is a woman, and the little girl in the Sword Pavilion of the Western Jin Dynasty who was born with a clear sword heart, I won't talk about other people who are not disciples of the Sword Sect, but Miss Xiao is obviously not qualified to rank first. ”

Xiao Zhinan said lightly: "I naturally can't compare to the teacher, and I never care about what the world thinks of me, as for the third gentleman in the Sword Courtyard of the Palace and the little girl in the Western Jin Dynasty, I have time to go to the meeting to get the lesson." Besides, the so-called first person in the female sword cultivator is just in the eyes of the world, and I have never admitted it, although this is a fact sooner or later. ”

Xiao Zhinan's pride does not need to have any doubts.

She has a heart to get stronger, and she acts for it.

According to Xiao Zhinan's kendo qualifications, Mo said that he was the first person in the female sword cultivator, as long as she wanted to, when she achieved the position of sword immortal, she didn't dare to guarantee that she would be stronger than the current Western Jin Dynasty sword immortal.

However, the girl in the Sword Pavilion of the Western Jin Dynasty who was born with a clear heart is already recognized as the sword cultivator with the highest qualifications, her future is limitless, it is the treasure of the Sword Gate, whether Xiao Zhinan is stronger than her or not, there is no conclusive conclusion, but at least the current girl of the Sword Pavilion of the Western Jin Dynasty is not comparable to Xiao Zhinan.

Gu Shiyan felt that Xiao Zhinan's words of praising herself in disguise with a very calm appearance were really annoying.

Li Mengzhou noticed that the atmosphere had become a little wrong, although it was inexplicable, he still hurriedly interrupted: "Now that Yue Shiting is dead here, when the matter of the monks outside the mountain is resolved, there will definitely be a big mess in the capital, and it is not appropriate for us to continue to stay here, why don't we talk in another place?"

Gu Shiyan made a cold face, frowned slightly, and said, "Yue Shiting left the house in a hurry and was intercepted and killed on the way, aren't you curious where he is going?"

Li Mengzhou groped his chin and said: "There seems to be no one else in Yue's mansion except for those killed domestic servants, maybe Yue Shiting has long been aware that he can't avoid this catastrophe, and he has made some preparations in advance, and sent all his family members out of the mansion, and even from the capital." ”

"Leaving the house in a hurry, he must be looking for his wife and children, originally when he was just assassinated, he should have stayed in the mansion obediently, or made some moves in response to the assassination, and left the capital in a hurry, but he would be followed by people who wanted to kill him, and then endanger the safety of his wife and children, but he still did not hesitate to do so, the only possibility is that this assassination was what he expected, but he did not expect it to happen tonight. ”

Then he was worried about the safety of his wife and children who left the city, and he couldn't care about his own safety. After all, he is a father and a husband, and his wife and children always come first. ”

With the truth almost revealed, this is something that is easy to think of.

All of Yue Shiting's performances in the capital were real, and they were by no means disguised, but Li Mengzhou had misunderstood this matter, and there were also coincidences that made him further sure that Yue Shiting and Qin Chengyi were related.

If this assassination was arranged by Qin Chengyi, then all his suspicions about Yue Shiting should be reversed, and it is logical to speculate on the significance of Yue Shiting's actions.

Now that Yue Shiting has also been killed, there is no possibility of the slightest suspicion.

The appearance of Song Yidao, the three assassins disguised as monks outside the mountain, including Qi Xiaoran, who directly killed Yue Shiting, all of this was Qin Chengyi's conspiracy.

Maybe it's not a conspiracy anymore.

Instead, he was clearly plotting to kill the court officials.

Of course, if Qin Chengyi is not exposed, no one knows that he did it, even if he guesses, if there is not enough evidence, who can tell Qin Chengyi, the dignified prince?

As the younger brother of His Majesty the Emperor, Qin Chengyi has done more than one wrong thing, but he is still His Royal Highness the Prince, and it is extremely difficult to easily bring him down.

Li Mengzhou hesitated and said: "Yue Shiting's wife and children don't know where they are now, it's okay if they are safe, but if it is like Yue Shiting being assassinated, there are also assassins ambushing them, it will inevitably be a tragedy." An official like Yue Shiting should not have ended up in such a tragic end. ”

For Yue Shiting, Li Mengzhou was a little guilty, even if it was just insignificant, Yue Shiting's death had nothing to do with him, but if he had never doubted it, at that time in Yue's Mansion, he would have been able to save Yue Shiting.

The strength of the black-clothed man who was at the peak of the Four Realms who was assassinated in Yue's Mansion was not as strong as Yue Shiting, if Li Mengzhou and Gu Shiyan made a move, the strength of the three of them would be enough to turn the tables in adversity, not to mention that there was also Beizangfeng.

Yue Shiting is dead, and his wife and children shouldn't have ended up in such a field.

But Li Mengzhou didn't know where Yue Shiting's wife and children were, and even if he wanted to save them, he had no clue.

Maybe they've escaped.

He thought about it seriously, then looked at Xiao Zhinan and Gu Shiyan, and said, "Let's go and find Yue Shiting's wife and children as much as possible, if we can find it, we will try to help as much as possible, and forget it if we can't find it." ”

That's all he can do.

Gu Shiyan didn't say anything.

Xiao Zhinan didn't know anything about it at all, but she didn't refuse, and she didn't have anything to do anyway.

Just thinking of what has happened in the capital recently, especially the unusual tonight, there is a powerful aura outside the four city gates, Xiao Zhinan doesn't want to be just a spectator, but she still has time to delay for a while.

The three of them searched in the direction where Yue Shiting was originally going, and after looking for a long time, they didn't find any clues, and then they didn't talk about returning to the capital for the time being.

The disciples of the Imperial Palace Sword Academy, who were waiting at the south gate, also waited for some monks outside the mountain who fled outside the city to escape outside the city, and finally waited for the big fish hidden in the palace to surface.

Ning Haoran held Qu Quan tightly in his hand, and his sword intent was mighty.

Sharp.

He had put the small wooden sword containing the true intent of the Sword Immortal close to his body, and comprehended a trace of the mystery of the true intent of the Sword Immortal, and the aura on Ning Haoran's body had undergone some changes.

When he drew his sword, the Tianluo sword intent belonging to the Sword Pavilion of the Western Jin Dynasty came out of his body, and the sword body crossed a poignant arc, leaving only the only monk outside the Four Realms Mountain who was still standing, and he screamed miserably, his chest was completely opened, and his strong body could not be defended, so he fell to his knees with a thud, and lay on the ground without a sound.