Chapter 316: The Hidden Family
"Nephew, thank you third uncle!"
Jiang Tiantong, who woke up from his artistic conception, only reacted under Liu Yun's reminder, and bowed his head down, no longer having the same embarrassment as before.
Jiang Tiantong is deeply rooted in Liu Yun's true biography, and his love for swordsmanship is not under Liu Yun at all, and he has won the reputation of 'Little Sword Maniac' among the younger generation. For this set of swordsmanship practiced by Gu Yan, although he only comprehended a trace of the surface, he also knew that this set of swordsmanship was unfathomable and profound. Ordinary people will never pass it on to others easily, Gu Yan can do it without reservation to demonstrate it in person, how can this kindness be offset by a few words.
"You have to understand the mystery well, if there is anything you don't understand, you need to humbly ask the third uncle for advice, such an opportunity can be described as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I hope you will grasp it!"
Liu Yun loves swords, has his own uniqueness for swordsmanship, and has dabbled in research for the swordsmanship directors of various families, but he has never seen such a subtle swordsmanship.
"The second brother is not as good as this, Tiantong is talented and intelligent, if he can lay a solid foundation, his achievements are not below you and me. ”
For Jiang Tiantong, Gu Yan never hesitated to praise his words, but he also vaguely pointed out the shortcomings of his foundation and encouraged him to strengthen his foundation.
Jiang Tiantong continued to comprehend Gu Yan's swordsmanship, Yao Xiyu led the three girls to pick up some swordsmanship, and Gu Yan and Liu Yun came to the living room to talk.
"Third brother, I guess this time is because of the incident I mentioned last time!"
After taking a seat, Yao Xiyu made tea for the two of them, and as soon as they left, Liu Yun asked straight to the point.
"Yes, this matter has been going on for more than 20 years, and it has always been haunting in my heart, and I felt that there was something strange in it back then, but then the situation changed abruptly, and I didn't have time to investigate it deeply. No, I heard you mention it by chance a few days ago, and it dragged down when I caught up with Wudingguo, so I came here today to learn more about it. ”
Gu Yan briefly described the real purpose of coming here, the two are righteous brothers, Gu Yan knows Liu Yun's temper well, but he is not afraid of Liu Yun's displeasure.
"Yes, I also found that thing by accident later, when you asked me to imprison him, but you didn't let me kill him, I thought you were thinking about brotherhood, but now it seems that this is not the case, presumably you were suspicious at that time. ”
Liu Yun is obsessed with swords, but he is not as rough and big as ordinary martial artists, but his thinking is very sharp, and he is extremely accurate in handling things, and he understands the reason after a little analysis.
"You haven't been seen since you imprisoned him here, and there are two possibilities for that. First, all kinds of signs at that time showed that his real background was Qiu Baolong of the City Lord's Mansion, and you didn't have the slightest exact information at that time to overturn the conjecture in your heart, these more than 20 years of wandering outside, your vision has become more broad, and the forces involved have gradually increased, or you have accidentally obtained a trace of information, so that you sensitively associate it with the person more than 20 years ago; ”
"Second brother, your analysis is basically not bad, this time I went out, I did encounter some shocking forces, intricate, and it was difficult to sort out all kinds of words, I suddenly heard you mention it a few days ago, after thinking about it, this may be a breakthrough, because, I believe in my own judgment. ”
Gu Yan held a glass of water in his hand, but he didn't care about taking a sip, he thought of Zhao Tianyou, Zhao Lingling, and the nine envoys of the Zuo family, as well as the mysterious person who saved himself, and the mysterious person who was covered in fog all over his body, as well as some information that was only a word, making it difficult for Gu Yan to connect them for a while, and he couldn't figure out a clue at all.
"Wait a minute!"
After greeting Gu Yan, Liu Yun left, and didn't come back until a few minutes later, reaching out and handing over something, "This is what your little brother Jiang Xiaoshuai left back then!"
Gu Yan was surprised to take the thing handed over by Liu Yun, like a token, the size of a fist, but it was extremely heavy, neither gold nor silver, nor jade, and he couldn't see what kind of material it was made of.
The token is in a simple color, with a traditional character 'Jiang' carved on one side, and Liu Yun believes that this is left by Jiang Xiaoshuai, presumably based on this; on the other side, a sword is carved, and there are three small characters next to it, which are carefully identified as the three characters of 'Hidden World Order'. The whole token is carved in Yang, and the workmanship is exquisite, and it is by no means from the hands of ordinary people.
"The Order of Seclusion ......"
Gu Yan took the token, repeated these three words in his mouth, and kept searching for relevant information in his mind, suddenly, Gu Yan stood up, his expression was extremely solemn, "Could it be ...... Does this token have anything to do with that legend?"
"Did the third brother think of something?"
Liu Yun was also aware of Gu Yan's sudden abnormal reaction, and in his memory, Gu Yan rarely lost his temper like this, so he asked.
"Yes, more than ten years ago, I happened to hear a legend about a group of extremely mysterious forces, called the 'Hidden Family', it must be ......"
"Hidden Family!"
Hearing Gu Yan's words, Liu Yun was suddenly stunned, as if he remembered something, so much so that he blurted out.
"What's the matter, has the second brother heard of this force?" Regarding Liu Yun's abnormal reaction, Gu Yan was also shocked and didn't know.
Liu Yun didn't answer Gu Yan's question immediately, but paced back and forth in the hall until after a hundred breaths, then he stopped, looked at Gu Yan with a serious face, and said, "Perhaps, we need to go to the City Lord's Mansion!"
"City Lord's Mansion?"
Gu Yan was really completely puzzled this time, if his expectations were correct, Liu Yun should be referring to the City Lord's Mansion of Falling Moon City, "Could it be that Qiu Baolong knows something?"
"Yes, if you hadn't mentioned it earlier, I would have almost forgotten!" Liu Yun said with a look of memory.
"How?"
Gu Yan had a premonition, the doubts that had been haunting his heart for a long time, maybe he could reveal a clue today, and he couldn't help but be excited, but he was forcibly suppressed by him.
"Things have to start from twenty years ago, back then, when you were dealing with the City Lord's Mansion and the Xiao family, Jiang Xiaoshuai and the young man named Fang Jun were trapped here by me, and later, overnight, the two of them suddenly evaporated from the world, and even Fang Jun's sister Fang Xiaodie disappeared together, as if she had never appeared. I felt that something was wrong, and I thought that Qiu Baolong had sent someone to rob the two, but then after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that some links could not justify themselves, and I wanted to rob the two without a trace of induction, Qiu Baolong obviously couldn't do it......"
"Do you suspect that there is an even more mysterious master in the shadows who has robbed the two of them?" Gu Yan interjected.
"Yes, I had such suspicions at that time, so, after careful consideration, I went to the City Lord's Mansion, at that time the tension between the two sides had eased, Qiu Baolong did not avoid it, during the conversation, I accidentally mentioned this token, at that time, Qiu Baolong reacted abnormally, driven by curiosity, and repeatedly pleaded, Qiu Baolong told a secret, it was about the hidden family you just mentioned, but, I didn't care too much at that time. ”
"What, you're saying that Qiu Baolong knows the secrets of the Hidden Family?"
This time I had to surprise Gu Yan, the Hidden Family, even within the dynasty, very few people knew this legend, Gu Yan also heard only a few words from the conversation between Zhao Jue and Zhao Tianyou, but this Falling Moon City, including Jiuyang Country, is located in a remote area, and its status is extremely low, and it is not impossible to come into contact with such a secret.
"Yes, from the analysis of his words, I must know something, but at that time, he seemed to be deliberately avoiding this topic, and talking about him left and right, so I didn't ask in detail. ”
Liu Yun recounted the scene in detail so that Gu Yan could make a correct judgment, and he had a feeling that this matter must be very important to Gu Yan, otherwise, Gu Yan's expression would not be so abnormal.
"It seems that if we want to uncover this mystery, we have to go to the City Lord's Mansion!" Liu Yun looked at Gu Yan who was thinking on the side, and reminded him.
"Without further ado, let's go at once!"
Gu Yan was anxious to understand the truth of the matter, and he couldn't wait for a moment, so he immediately greeted Wen Xiaotang's three daughters, and wanted to return to Moon City immediately, of course, Liu Yun was bound to go along.
On the morning of the second day, Gu Yan had already returned to the Weiguo Mansion, greeted everyone, and went towards the City Lord's Mansion with Liu Yun, the City Lord's Mansion was in the east of the city, not too far from the Weiguo Mansion in the south of the city.
"Tell the city lord, Lord Wei Guo asks to see you!"
Qiu Baolong, the old city lord of the city lord's mansion, has abdicated, and now Qiu Tian has taken over as the city lord.
"You mean, Lord Wei Guo came to my mansion in person?"
Qiu Tian didn't seem to react, it stands to reason that only Qiu Tian paid a visit to Gu Yan, where would there be a reason for a prince to visit his small city lord's mansion.
"It's Lord Wei Guogong, who is already waiting outside the door!" his subordinates reported truthfully.
"Don't hurry up, please, you missed my big thing!"
Where can Qiu Tian take care of the government affairs at hand, he hurriedly got up and ran out, and before he left the hall, he stopped, "In the future, Lord Wei Guogong will come here, no need to report, please enter the mansion directly!"
Since the release of the previous suspicion with Gu Yan, the entire City Lord's Mansion has also received much attention from Jiuyang Kingdom, and now he is in power, which can be described as infinitely beautiful, thinking of the various past events that he treated Gu Yan back then, Qiu Tian is trembling, fortunately, Gu Yan did not hold a grudge, otherwise, their Qiu family would have disappeared in the world long ago, let alone the City Lord's Mansion.
"Xiaguan meets the city lord!"
Qiu Tian can be said to be crawling with a roll, for fear of neglecting Gu Yan, as soon as Fang met, he bowed his head and bowed, looking sincerely afraid.
"Brother Qiu doesn't have to be like this, it's a pain in the face!"
Gu Yan has never had a bit of Wei Guogong's shelf, even in the face of his former mortal enemy, Gu Yan has no previous suspicions, brushes his sleeves to hold up Qiu Tian, and does not let him kneel.
"Your Excellency, please!"
Although Gu Yan called himself like this, Qiu Tian didn't dare to make too many mistakes, for the gap between the two, whether it was identity or cultivation realm, Qiu Tian sighed to himself, and he was self-aware.
"Lord Guogong is coming to our mansion, the old man has lost his welcome, and he hopes to atone for his sins!"
Before Gu Yan entered the guest hall, Qiu Baolong had already heard the news and rushed over, so he clasped his fists and saluted from afar, calling the Lord Guogong in his mouth.
"Ha, ha, ha, the old city lord's realm has advanced by leaps and bounds, and he is getting younger and younger, the kid is here to congratulate the old city lord!"
The main owner that Gu Yan was looking for appeared, and he couldn't help but be polite, after all, in addition to the official title on his head, the other party was an old man from his grandfather's generation, how could he be rude.
"Well, the two of you are here today, presumably it must be related to the old man, please come with me!"
Qiu Baolong is such a shrewd person, for Gu Yan suddenly arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, and there was only Liu Yun by his side, he had already guessed that eight or nine were not far from ten.