After listening to Ah Chen's words, Yun Yao and Gu Qingming glanced at each other, and saw the same kind of information from each other's eyes - this side by side king does not seem to be simple.

Yun Yao thought for a moment before saying, "No matter what, our goal now is to save Sisi. From the clues we have already had, it is speculated that Sisi must have been taken away by those people from the rivers and lakes who came like a cloud, and she was sent there in order to please Meng Yijie. Although Sisi is a palace maid, she looks good, in the past because she didn't dress up well, but in fact, she can be regarded as a beauty, no wonder it makes those people think crookedly. ”

"Now that Achen has determined that Sisi is in the palace side by side, we still have to find a chance to take a look. It sounds so terrifying to be in the palace side by side, but we have no other way, because only by getting close to Meng Yijie can we see Sisi and rescue her. Lu Yingquan said.

"The subordinates have already pretended to be Jianghu people and infiltrated the courtyard where Meng Yijie entertained those Jianghu people, but there is still a long way to go from the side by side palace, and they can't get close to the water tower. "But one of the advantages of living in another house is that you can get some news from those people's conversations from time to time." Today, my subordinates heard that the grand martial arts competition to be held by the king will be held on September 18, and the venue will be in the palace of the king. ”

"September 18, that's two days away. Gu Qingming frowned slightly and said, "Maybe this day is a good opportunity for us to blend in with the side palace." During the martial arts competition, whether it was Meng Yijie or other Jianghu people, everyone's attention would definitely be on the competition, and no one would pay too much attention to other things in the house. ”

"Yes, plus on September 18, Meng Yijie wants to entertain so many people in the mansion, so he must prepare wine and good food, right? If there are a lot of outsiders on that day, the more conducive it will be for us to hide our identities and blend in. Yun Yao said, and then instructed Achen, "You will live in another courtyard for the past two days, and carefully inquire about Meng Yijie's arrangements on September 18, and see if we can have a chance to get in." ”

"Don't worry, Miss A-Yao, your subordinates will definitely investigate carefully. After Ah Chen finished speaking, he arched his hand towards Gu Qingming and Yun Yao, turned around and left, and returned to the other courtyard arranged by Meng Yijie.

It was already completely dark, Yun Yao went downstairs and ordered some food, asked Xiao Er to send it to the room, and after the three of them had dinner, they rested separately.

At this time, in the courtyard of the side by side of Achen's palace, those proud Jianghu people were still pushing their glasses and changing lamps, and the entire lobby was resplendent in gold, and Meng Yijie entertained them with sumptuous wine and food, making them feel at home.

The personalities of the people in the rivers and lakes are very heroic, as long as the face is passable, they naturally have wine to drink together, and they also talk about the anecdotes of various sects and factions during the banquet, and they praise each other heroically and chivalrous.

All the people in the hall seem to be able to call out the calendar, only Achen is alone, even if he sits in the noisy and noisy banquet, but the whole person exudes a cold atmosphere, a posture that no one is allowed to enter, and it seems that he has no intention of talking to other people at all.

For the people of the rivers and lakes, everyone can call them brothers and sisters when they go out, and they can see each other in the future, so a few young people saw Achen pouring himself a drink, and they thought about climbing the friendship in the past.

"I don't know this brother's noble surname? I don't seem to have seen Brother Tai walk around on the rivers and lakes, and Brother Tai also heard the news of the Side by Side King martial arts competition?" A man in a blue robe came over with a wine glass and accosted Ah Chen.

Ah Chen didn't want to deal with it, turned his head to look at the person who came, and just wanted to speak, but he recognized that the person who was talking to him was one of those people who came in that day.

Thinking of this, Achen's mind turned slightly, picked up the wine glass in front of him, and admitted: "Brother Tai is polite, the younger brother is new to the rivers and lakes, and he is not as experienced as the brothers. ”

As soon as the man heard Achen's answer, he immediately became interested, patted Achen's shoulder, and said: "Brother can be regarded as the right place, side by side with the palace's martial arts competition every three years, attracting a lot of martial arts people who come here. By the way, under Zhu Wenlong, you haven't asked your brother Taizun's surname yet?"

"Under Gu Chen, Brother Zhu is polite. Gu Chen arched his hand in the same way as Zhu Wenlong, and said, "Listening to Brother Zhu's meaning, it seems that he knows a lot about this martial arts competition, I don't know if I can solve my doubts for my younger brother? ”

"Brother Gu is polite. Zhu Wenlong said, "Originally, it was not my turn to tell you about these things, after all, there were more seniors who participated in the side-by-side palace martial arts competition, but since you asked, if I didn't say it, it would seem that I was stingy......"

In this way, in the noise of the lobby, Gu Chen talked to Zhu Wenlong like this, and the two of them talked word by word, and soon, Gu Chen took the words from Zhu Wenlong's mouth cleanly.

That Zhu Wenlong didn't look like a smart person, he didn't have the vigilance and caution of the Jianghu people when he went out, but showed the carelessness of people who practice martial arts, so in the face of Gu Chen's heartfelt questioning, he almost didn't hide anything.

Gu Chen knew from Zhu Wenlong that King Side by side and King Jing Shen Xun were about the same age, but in fact, they were not much older than Gu Qingming and Shen Che, and the two met when Shen Xun had just left the capital to succeed King Jing more than ten years ago.

At that time, King Jing was just a young man with a weak crown, leaving the capital with his mother and concubine, arriving at the fiefdom, and from then on he had to learn to cultivate obscurity and live under the control of the Empress Dowager Qin. Unexpectedly, on the way to Jingguo, he ran into an assassin.

Those assassins who fell from the sky, I don't know where they came from, they all shot ruthlessly and made fatal moves, and King Jing's mother was also killed on the spot before she had time to escape in that assassination.

Even after more than ten years, King Jing failed to find out the origin of that group of people, but his life was saved by Meng Yijie, who was just out of the rivers and lakes at that time.

Meng Yijie was eighteen years old at the time, and he and Shen Xun, who was two years older than him, hit it off at first sight, and the relationship established in death was always deeper than usual, and it was because of this that the two had been confidants of each other for so many years.

And in order to repay Meng Yijie for saving his life, Shen Xun issued a decree to crown Meng Yijie as the king side by side, and even let Meng Yijie have the qualifications to enter and leave the palace freely, and his status is equivalent to Shen Xun, no matter what Meng Yijie does, Shen Xun will all condone and even support.

When Gu Chen heard this, the words that Yun Yao said came to his mind, saying that Meng Yijie likes men. Now that I think about it, there seems to be a bit of a cat between King Jing and Meng Yijie, but under the guise of saving lives, there is no suspicion.

"Brother Zhu, I think that this side-by-side king holding a martial arts competition can attract so many heroes from the rivers and lakes to participate, there must be something special about it, right?" Gu Chen continued to inquire.

"Don't say it, you're right. Zhu Wenlong said, "If you can get the appreciation of the king side by side at this martial arts competition, you can get the opportunity to enter the court as an official, not only to shine on the lintel, but also to rise step by step." You also know that we are reckless, we usually know how to fight, kill and kill, and live a life of licking blood on the knife edge, if we can make a name for themselves, we can only do nothing for a lifetime. If you can take a shortcut here with the king side by side, won't you have to fight for many fewer years!"

Gu Chen listened to Zhu Wenlong's words, nodded on the surface, but sneered in his heart.

No wonder before in the guest cloud inn, those people in the rivers and lakes actually did the thing of kidnapping the silk girl, it turns out that these people can't be regarded as real people in the rivers and lakes at all, their utilitarianism is too heavy, they have the idea of entering the court as an official, and even do whatever it takes to achieve the goal.

And people who are really in the rivers and lakes, they are indifferent to fame and fortune, and they pursue self and leisure in their lives, and they don't care about these false names at all. Therefore, these Jianghu people who are drinking in the hall today, they can do anything for certain purposes.

"Listening to Brother Zhu's words, I was really taught. Gu Chen said politely, and his humble attitude made Zhu Wenlong find a trace of vanity, he felt that saying these things in front of Gu Chen could get Gu Chen's admiration for him, so he gushed even more.

"For your sake, I'll tell you one more thing. Zhu Wenlong lowered his voice and said to Gu Chen, "If you have any treasure in your hand, whether it is gold, silver, jewelry, or beautiful people and wine, you can present it to the king in advance, so that you can show your face in front of the king of the side, and when the martial arts competition is held in two days, he can also know you." ”

"Offering treasures to the side-by-side king?" Gu Chen knew it, but pretended to be surprised, "Can it still be like this?"

"You don't understand this, right?" Zhu Wenlong once again took out his brother's tone and said, "In the past, the side-by-side king didn't accept these things, but I don't know why, this time he accepted a beauty for the first time." ”

While speaking, Zhu Wenlong also stretched out his finger and pointed to the man in the gray robe at the next table and said: "See, that person is called Cao Donglai, he didn't spend a penny, he kidnapped a young and beautiful girl from the inn and brought it to the side by side palace to pay tribute, originally thought that the side by side king would not accept it, but he didn't expect him to not only accept it, but he loved this girl in every way, and took it with him wherever he went." ”

Gu Chen knew in his heart that he was talking about silk, so he deliberately asked, "Is that the girl we saw this afternoon?" the dumb girl who followed the king side by side, but couldn't speak?"

"What a dumb girl! The girl is obviously able to speak, but it was Cao Donglai who used the unique acupoint method of the sect to seal the girl's acupoint, so that the girl could not speak. In this way, no one knew that the girl had been robbed by him. Zhu Wenlong said.

"Since Brother Zhu knows this matter so clearly, why don't you expose Cao Donglai's evil deeds with everyone?" Gu Chen asked puzzled.

"How else to say that you don't understand the things on the rivers and lakes, then behind Cao Donglai is a whole Cao Gang, if I expose him, it will be equivalent to being an enemy of the entire Cao Gang, how can this deal be cost-effective?" Zhu Wenlong said as a matter of course, "These things, when you have been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, you will naturally know." ”