But the confusion was short-lived.

It didn't take long for him to think of a possibility.

"That thing that happened in the palace, could it be that the monks outside the mountain did it?!"

Li Mengzhou felt a little incredulous.

During the demon era, a very small number of monks outside the mountain were surrounded and suppressed by the righteous monks of the world, and they were still divided into two places to seal them at an extremely heavy price.

And to prevent them from gathering together to make trouble again, they were deliberately separated and sealed in two deserted places far apart.

For decades, it has been safe and sound, and many of the new cultivators can only know about the existence of monks outside the mountain in the collection, and they have never seen it with their own eyes, how could it be that at this time, another monk outside the mountain suddenly appeared in this world?

In the Demon Swing Period, being able to compete with tens of thousands of monks on the righteous path can be seen, the strength of the monks outside the mountain can be seen, if there are monks outside the mountains to come to this world again, what a terrifying thing it should be?!

Li Mengzhou's mind had been completely detached from Yue Shiting's body, even if he had not personally experienced the chaotic era of the Demon Swinging Period, and his understanding of the monks outside the mountain was very one-sided, but he knew very well how powerful the monks outside the mountains were, and that was the most cognition that was instilled in him when he was a child.

Yue Shiting's gaze was placed in the direction of the palace outside the teahouse, and he said softly: "This matter has not been confirmed yet, but it is basically this kind of speculation, because the incident that happened in the palace does have traces of monks outside the mountain, with the medicine king's medical skills, even if it is eight or nine or ten, this matter itself is no longer worth doubting." ”

If there is really a monk outside the mountain hidden in the palace, then it must be a monk who has crossed the Five Realms, and even if he finds out, it is bound to require a stronger Five Realms powerhouse to catch him foolproofly, which is why His Majesty the Emperor needs to ask Xue Wangwu to come out of the mountain.

It's not that there are no powerhouses of the Five Realms in the palace, Xue Wangwei's existence is just a guarantee, and the sword and physique of sword cultivation can compete with the monks outside the mountain to a certain extent.

The reason why Yue Shiting told Li Mengzhou these things was that he thought that the Leaving Palace Sword Academy had already known about these things, and of course those disciples of the outer courtyard were not qualified to contact them, but among the disciples of the inner courtyard, it was definitely not completely unclear, and the Imperial Sword Courtyard was standing outside the south city gate, and it was also necessary to have disciples from the inner courtyard of the palace to strictly guard it, so as not to escape from the city.

The incident in the palace mobilized almost all the forces in the capital.

In addition to His Majesty the Emperor's concern for the Empress's safety, the matter involving the monks outside the mountain was enough to put the entire capital on alert.

......

Li Mengzhou returned to Chaosi Lane with a heavy heart.

Originally, he was looking for an opportunity to contact Yue Shiting, but he didn't expect to get an unexpected result.

There must have been some secrets between Yue Shiting and the mysterious middle-aged man in the carriage, but this matter was far less shocking than the shock that a monk from outside the mountain in the palace might bring to Li Mengzhou.

Monks outside the mountains are called outsiders who do not belong to this piece of heaven and earth.

It is also known as the side door of the magic road.

But their strength is unquestionable.

The reappearance of monks outside the mountain in the world is a big thing in itself, not to mention lurking in the capital of Jiang Guo, and even by the side of His Majesty the Emperor, this is a very scary thing.

Li Mengzhou could probably predict that in the next few days, the capital would be in turmoil, and some people might even fall.

Gu Shiyan was infected by Li Mengzhou's heavy expression, frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"

"I don't know if there is a problem with Yue Shiting, but there may be a big problem in the capital. ”

Gu Shiyan's action of wiping the sword paused, looked up at him, and said, "Is it because of that incident in the palace?"

Before the faint rumor of the queen's illness in the palace, Gu Shiyan had already returned to the capital, although she was not clear about this matter, she had also heard about it, and she could easily think of this aspect.

Li Mengzhou nodded and said, "Have you ever heard of monks outside the mountain?"

Gu Shiyan frowned slightly, and said: "I once listened to the teaching Xi in the Dragon Scroll Academy in the Western Jin Dynasty, it was a group of betrayers who violated the will of the Dao Heaven, they were almost the nemesis of the monks of the three sects, and they were very powerful. ”

"Betrayer......"

Li Mengzhou said: "There may be monks outside the mountain in the capital, and all the cultivation mountain gates have taken action, maybe in a place we don't know, there is already a battle starting. ”

He suddenly seemed to remember something, looked at Gu Shiyan, and said with some surprise: "Are you from the Dragon Scroll Academy of the Western Jin Dynasty?"

Confucian disciples are almost all over the world, and only the five most powerful dynasties have established orthodox academies, each with a different name, but in fact they are all one.

Jiang Guo has Pear Flower Academy, the Western Jin Dynasty has Longjuan Academy, Wei and Yan and Nanyu naturally also have an academy.

And Nanyu's academy is relatively weak, because Nanyu is a Buddhist country, it is difficult for the academy to gain a firm foothold there, even the power of the Daomen in Nanyu is very weak, and the sword cultivation in Nanyu is completely non-existent, and some are only a few scattered sword cultivators.

Although the Western Jin Dynasty is the holy land of the Sword Gate, it has almost not been infiltrated by the Daomen, but the existence of the academy is also second only to the Sword Pavilion, if Gu Shiyan is a student of the Dragon Roll Academy, that status is very unusual.

No wonder she is a powerhouse in the four realms at a young age.

Gu Shiyan also noticed that she had revealed her mouth for a while, but this matter itself was not something that had to be hidden, so she nodded and admitted: "I am not an official disciple of the Dragon Roll Academy, just like Jiang Guo Academy also has disciples from other mountain sects or wild cultivators who have received some opportunities, with the permission of the academy, I practice with the students, in fact, I have been practicing in the Dragon Roll Academy for a short time. ”

The academy is a relatively tolerant place, even if it is a cultivator from the outer gate, if he wants to worship and practice in the academy, as long as there is no problem with his character, he will be allowed to do so, but he can't get access to the real supernatural powers of the academy.

However, there are countless scrolls in the academy, including the cultivation methods of many sects, so for the monks of the outer sect, it is also a rare opportunity to enter the academy to practice, which leads to many cultivators flocking to it.

This may also be the reason why although Confucian disciples are all over the world, they are still slightly inferior to Taoism, because the academy has also cultivated many Taoist powerhouses.

Confucianism sticks to the family rules and is unwilling to make too many changes, although they are extremely influential in the world, they are not the most powerful, but it is precisely because most of the outer monks cultivated by the academy are of outstanding character and will not do those ungrateful things, even if the academy is not as good as the Daomen, but the Daomen are not willing to go hostile.

Li Mengzhou didn't think about digging deeper into this matter, and said: "You continue to stare at the movements of Xuan Zhengsi, although the capital is in a turbulent situation, but about the list, if you don't get the truth, you will always feel uneasy." Maybe I can take this opportunity to do something. ”

He thought of the carriage that had appeared outside the door of Yue Shiting's mansion, maybe this could also be a breakthrough.

He left Chaosi Lane and deliberately went to the Ligong Sword Courtyard in the middle of the night.

Ning Haoran led a lot of disciples from the inner courtyard, and even the disciples of the four realms followed, crossed the outer courtyard, and was about to go down the mountain.

Xue Wangwu has already gone to the palace, and the disciples of the Sword Academy will cooperate with the guards guarding the southern city gate to strictly prevent people entering and leaving, even if there are four realms and Ning Haoran personally leading the team, if the monks outside the mountain hidden in the palace really cross the five realms, it will be difficult for them to resist.

But these sword cultivators had no fear, but were faintly excited.

Moreover, Xue Wangwei is not the only one in the Sword Courtyard of the Imperial Palace, Zhuo Bingchun will also observe in the dark, as long as he is there, the South City Gate will definitely be impregnable, and even a fly will not want to escape.

The East City Gate is also guarded by disciples who do not set the mountain, and the West City Gate and the North City Gate are also guarded by the disciples of the Star Picking Mansion and the disciples of the Academy respectively, because of a suspicious monk outside the mountain, the capital can be said to be on guard throughout the city.

But in the eyes of ordinary people, it is only that when they go out of the city, they have become stricter than before, and they don't seem to have changed much, and they are still busy.

The disciples sent by each mountain gate are all disciples of the Four Realms of cultivation, or deacons to teach and practice, because there are some Four Realms sects near the capital, or there are no superfluous Five Realm powerhouses of the Five Realms Sects, and the military department has also sent a large number of elites to help.

That kind of hidden oppressive atmosphere made the cultivators in the capital nervous, and the Leaving Palace Sword Academy was probably a special case, without a sense of tension, and one by one, the edge was revealed.

Li Mengzhou met the senior brothers who came down the mountain at the place where the outer courtyard led to the mountain road.

Ning Haoran beckoned slightly, and said: "The capital will not be very peaceful in the next few days, in addition to defending the four city gates, all mountain gates and court divisions have secretly arranged manpower to avoid ordinary people from being harmed. But if the monks outside the mountain can be locked in the palace, and there are many powerhouses of the Five Realms in charge, this matter should be settled quickly. ”

Whether there are really monks outside the mountains hidden in the palace is just a guess at present, Ning Haoran doesn't believe it, all the monks outside the mountains are sealed in two barren ridges, even if there are monks in the mountains and rivers who come into contact with the magical powers outside the mountains, it is impossible to become very powerful in the short term.

But the so-called rather believe that it is not credible or not, and the medicine king Chenru personally certifies that there is indeed a power from outside the mountain in the noble person in the palace, and this matter cannot be careless.

Ning Haoran just followed the teacher's orders and carefully guarded the south city gate.

Li Mengzhou waved towards Ning Haoran and said, "Fourth Senior Brother, pay more attention to safety, this incident happened too suddenly, no one knows what happened in the palace, it's good to be cautious." ”

Compared to Ning Haoran, who didn't believe that there were monks outside the mountain in the capital and just followed orders, Li Mengzhou was half a family, in case there were really monks outside the mountain who had been hidden for many years in the palace, even if he was as strong as the fourth senior brother, once he encountered it head-on, he would face great danger.

Ning Haoran smiled and said, "I will pay more attention, although the junior brother is making rapid progress, his cultivation is still relatively weak, if there is nothing to do, he will stay in the Sword Academy for the time being." ”

Li Mengzhou nodded silently, and then Ning Haoran and his party went down the mountain towards the south city gate.

......

As the night fell, the lights in the sword courtyard of the palace were bright, the mountains flashed with a light similar to a spark, the night breeze blew the green, and the fragrance of flowers came with the wind.

Jiang Zihua also left the mountain gate and hid in the dark of the capital to prevent the big fish from escaping and endangering the safety of the people in a panic.

Only the disciples of Pujiayuan who lived in the outer courtyard of the palace did not move.

Except for Lu Jiuge, the rest of the female monks of Pujiayuan led by Nan Sheng are all cultivators of the Three Realms, and in this undercurrent situation, they will not play a role, all they can do is to stay obediently in the Sword Academy.

Originally, at the end of the Panlong Banquet, they planned to return to Pujiayuan, but then there were problems in the palace, and their return could only be put on hold temporarily.

"Is there really a monk outside the mountain in the world?"

In the era of the Demon Swing Period, Mo said Nansheng, I'm afraid that even her parents were not born yet, even if she knew about the faction of monks outside the mountain in the mountain gate or classics, she had always only read it as a story, and never took it to heart.

Now that a monk from outside the mountain suddenly appeared in the capital, Nan Sheng felt that it was very unreal.

Lu Jiu Ge's time in Pujia Yuan was also very short, but after all, she was a personal disciple of the mountain master, and the monks outside the mountain who had been enemies of the righteous monks in the world naturally knew more than Nan Sheng, but it was also limited.

"Since the monks outside the mountains are called outsiders in this world, mountains and rivers, then they are evil people who have been abandoned by the will of the Dao Heavens, as a member of the righteous monks, as long as they encounter monks outside the mountains, they should do their best to kill them. ”

"It's just that the monk who appeared outside the mountain in the capital now seems to be very strong, and what a junior monk like us can do is not to make trouble. ”

Nan Sheng nodded silently, and said with some expectation: "I hope that monk outside the mountain can be solved soon, I miss the mountain master a little." ”

Lu Jiuge hesitated for a moment and said: "The noble man in the palace was targeted by the monks outside the mountain, and this matter has not spread outside the capital, with the relationship between the mountain lord and that nobleman, if we learn about this matter, maybe they will want us to go back as soon as possible." ”

Nan Sheng said with some doubts: "Isn't the relationship between the mountain lord and the one in the palace not good, when I stayed in Pujia Garden before, the mountain lord said evil words to the palace more than once, and seemed to be extremely disgusted with her. ”

This matter is not a secret in Pujiayuan, but there are very few people who really know about the situation.

Lu Jiuge knew a little better, but she also understood that this matter could not be talked nonsense, so she didn't answer Nan Sheng's question, just raised her eyes and looked at the night, and said, "It's time for us to rest." ”

......

Li Mengzhou stood in front of the stone tablet outside the gate of the palace mountain, looked at the oncoming slender figure, and said with some confusion: "Third Senior Sister, how did you come out?"

The third senior sister was dressed in a moon-white gown, which was not very loose and could not cover her beautiful figure, and her cold face seemed to exude an extremely dazzling brilliance in the night.

In Li Mengzhou's eyes, the third senior sister is a lady who doesn't like to talk very much, and is very gentle, just like a daughter from a rich family, and she is the kind of lady who is very talented, not the kind of rich lady who is rude and willful.

I like piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, I like writing the most, and I also like to drink, but the amount of alcohol is not very good, and the third senior sister who is slightly drunk should be the most beautiful in the world.

If you have to find some faults, it is that the third senior sister seems to dislike dealing with people very much, and she doesn't have any good friends, she stays in the sword academy all the year round to write and practice, and many new disciples don't even know that there is a third senior sister.

Li Mengzhou thought about it, could it be that because of the matter of the monk outside the mountain, even the third senior sister had to walk out of the Sword Academy?

The third senior sister stood still, looked at Li Mengzhou and said calmly: "I noticed your breath in the bamboo house, and I came to look for you on purpose." ”

Li Mengzhou scratched his head and asked, "What is the third senior sister looking for me?"

The third senior sister silently took out a piece of crumpled rice paper from her sleeve, handed it to Li Mengzhou, and said, "I accidentally stained the calligraphy you wrote, you can write another one for me." ”

Li Mengzhou took the piece of rice paper, vaguely smelled a smell of wine, in order to be sure, he leaned in front of his nose and sniffed carefully, and said with a strange expression: "The third senior sister accidentally spilled on it when she was drinking?"

This piece of rice paper, which has the three big characters 'boring' written on it, not only has become crumpled and smells of wine, but the handwriting has also become blurred, obviously showing traces of being wiped in a panic.

The third senior sister's expression was still very indifferent at this time, but a touch of crimson appeared imperceptibly on her cheeks, but because the night was very dark, Li Mengzhou didn't notice it, and she said in a cold voice: "I didn't drink, but the rice paper did spill wine, and then I accidentally wiped it, and the words couldn't be read clearly." ”

Li Mengzhou felt that the third senior sister was lying with her eyes open, and there were many loopholes in her words.

But in the face of such a stubborn and cute third senior sister, of course Li Mengzhou couldn't expose it, so he could only cough lightly and said, "Then I'll help the third senior sister write another one." ”

The third senior sister nodded with satisfaction, then handed him a brush and new rice paper, and pointed to the Lechuan Pavilion next to the mountain road.

Li Mengzhou walked over a little helplessly, spread the rice paper on the stone table, and muttered as if puzzled: "How can the third senior sister like my words, I haven't even read a few books, even if I am talented and born to write well, but I can't compare to the third senior sister." ”

The third senior sister said beside her: "I like one thing, I don't need a reason. For calligraphers, your characters are indeed unbearable, but it is a new font that has not yet appeared in the world, which is also what many calligraphers crave. ”

Li Mengzhou smacked his tongue a little, thinking that he was so powerful.

Because of the casual painting, it was respected by the famous square painters in the capital, and it was also because of the three words written casually, it was regarded as a treasure by the third senior sister, which really has no reason at all, and can only be described by the word genius.

Thinking of this, Li Mengzhou felt a little happy in his heart.

I even began to think about whether to write a few more words, or draw a few paintings and sell them, so that I would not have to worry about spending money.