Chapter Twenty-Three: The Tumultuous Snow Mountain
Calculate the time, it has been nearly three days since he escaped from the killer's pursuit, and the killer's return in vain in these three days will definitely make Xiao Han send more people to Daxue Mountain to search for him!
Dugu Aotian wasn't sure who sent those people, but the people who came were not good, there were falcons patrolling in the sky, and hunting dogs on the ground, as if they were searching for something on a large scale.
"Whether it's friend or foe, nothing good will happen when you go out at this moment. Dugu Aotian knew in his heart that his head was against the ground and he felt that those people were not close, and he could avoid them in time if he left now.
If you hide in this tree hole, you can also avoid it, but it is too dangerous!
Immediately, Dugu Aotian's expression was entangled, but it was only two breaths that he was decisive, and he quickly cut through the chaos and quickly left this place!
At the foot of the Daisetsuzan Mountains.
There were twenty or thirty people gathered here, all dressed in Xuanhuang clothes, and they all wore a blue accessory wrapped around their waists, on which was written a simple and round embroidered gold character: Fang!
This is the Fang clan of the three counties in the northwest, and they gathered here to search for the youngest son of the Fang family, Fang Yu, who had been missing for many days.
"A few days ago, Young Master Fang Yu sneaked out to this big snow mountain to practice, and he has been missing for five days now, and today, the heart of the elders in the family is beating wildly, and he quickly ordered us to gather to come to this big snow mountain to search for Young Master Fang Yu. "A leading middle-aged man has white hair, and every movement is faintly vibrated by the sound of drums, he is already a small refining body, and the realm has reached the seventh level of refining the body, his name is Fang Ming.
"Lord Ming, the Xiao family has also sent someone to the Great Snow Mountain!" a disciple of the Fang family came to Fang Ming and said.
Fang Mingjian raised his eyebrows: "Xiao family?"
Following the direction the disciple pointed, a team of seven people approached on foot in the distance.
"It turned out that Brother Fang Ming was here, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing lately?" The seven-person team walked over, and the leader was a bearded man dressed in fox fur, and he also walked with the sound of drums, which was also the realm of the sevenfold refining body, and the refining body was small.
Fang Ming clenched his fists and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Brother Zhou Jing, did you come here to collect medicine in this big snow mountain?"
This Zhou Jing is the head of the Minghe Garden, one of the Ten Gardens of the Outer Gate, because the main task of the Ten Gardens of the Outer Gate is to collect herbs, and because Zhou Jing is the head of the Minghe Garden, he is always ridiculed by Fang Ming for collecting medicine for a living.
"Heh, Brother Fang Ming, is he here to move stones? This snowy mountain is covered by heavy snow all year round, and it is extremely difficult to move stones...... "Half a year ago, this Fang Ming was demoted to the management of the clan because of a battle of righteousness, and it happened to be the job of mining stones, Zhou Jing used this to ridicule Fang Ming is not ruthless!
"Zhou Jing, it seems that you are impatient!" Fang Mingjian glared, although the Fang family is incomparable to the Xiao family, but this outer gate ten gardens are not directly related to the Xiao family, just an outer gate, the other Fang family will not be afraid!
"Heh, do you think that my Xiao family is still afraid that your Fang family will not succeed?" Zhou Jing is not a reckless man like Fang Ming, he raised the matter to the level of grievances between the two families with one sentence.
Swish!
Both sides are pulling out their swords at this moment, and the swords are tense, and they are about to burst!
Although there are not many people brought by Zhou Jing's side, they are also elites, all of them are above the fivefold body refining, far from being comparable to the miscellaneous soldiers brought by Fang Ming, but in general, the strength of the two sides is still equal, one side is based on quantity, and the other side is based on quality, and it is not clear who wins and who loses when it comes to fighting!
"Lord Ming, we are not here to fight this time, not to mention that our Fang family also has a few things to do with the Xiao family, if there is a conflict between the two families here, the elders will know that your head will fall to the ground in a matter of minutes! Could it be that the family elders will start a clan war with the Xiao family for you!!" A Fang Ming henchman grabbed Fang Ming and muttered a few words in his ear, which immediately made Fang Ming break down in a cold sweat, and he calmed down in an instant, almost falling for Zhou Jing's trick.
"Hmph, don't bother with villains like you today!" Fang Ming waved his long sleeves and turned around to lead people into the Great Snow Mountain.
"Slow down!" Zhou Jing stopped Fang Ming again.
Fang Ming stopped, turned his head and glared angrily: "What are you going to do! Lao Tzu let you go today, do you still want to make an inch?!"
At this time, Zhou Jing held up a smiling face, lost the tense atmosphere before, approached Fang Ming and said with a smile: "Brother Fang, I was reckless just now, but I shouldn't have insulted you and others, it's my fault, Zhou Jing is here to apologize to you." ”
Fang Ming was also a little stunned by Zhou Jing's sudden change of attitude, what kind of medicine is this guy selling in his gourd?
"It's okay, it's okay, my Fang Ming is not the kind of person who is narrow-minded, this matter has never happened. "I can't figure out what muddy water Zhou Jing has in his stomach, Fang Ming can only pretend to have a big belly, and the matter has been revealed.
Seeing Zhou Jing take out another bag of silver taels, about dozens of taels, and stuff them into Fang Ming's hand, he said, "The little brother was reckless just now, and this silver tael is to apologize to Brother Fang." ”
"This ......" looked at the large bag of silver taels in his hand, and recalled Zhou Jing's attitude before, this is a 180-degree change.
"This is all a piece of the little brother's heart, Brother Fang must accept it, and take care of the little brother more in the future. "This sycophant is really loud, it was supposed to be a bribery routine for seniors in the clan, but at this moment, Zhou Jing was able to move this routine here, and it was also quite hard......
Zhou Jing's subordinates didn't understand what Zhou Jing was crazy about, they were angry just now, and now they were smiling all over their faces.
Fang Ming was completely confused, and agreed, patting his chest and saying, "If there is anything in the future, come directly to me Fang Ming, I will definitely help you if I can do it!"
Hearing Fang Ming's words, Zhou Jing said with a smile on his face: "Now the junior brother needs Brother Fang Ming's help with something." ”
Fang Ming choked, seeing that Zhou Jing's smile was very fake, very disgusting, this guy had just set himself up.
"I am tracking down a traitor of the Xiao family, although he is a person from the outer gate, but he is doing things that disobey my Xiao family, I was ordered to come to pursue it, but this snowy mountain is vast, it is impossible for these people I brought to search for this person in a short time, I was in a hurry when I came, I didn't expect things to be so troublesome, and now I want to use Brother Fang Ming's flying eagle and hound to help me search for this person. Zhou Jing said the purpose of his trip this time, without the slightest concealment.
"It's... This time, I also came to the Great Snow Mountain to search for a direct descendant of my clan, and I can't borrow this flying eagle and hound. Fang Ming hesitated, his mission on this trip was to search for Fang Yu, one less flying eagle or hunting dog would be one less help, and in this vast snowy mountain, it would be one less time to rescue in time!
"We don't need to lend it to us, we just need to go with a few people, and once the hounds and eagles find traces of people other than the noble son, let me wait and investigate. Zhou Jing said with a smile, there is a lot of strength in numbers, and it is much easier for them to follow the Fang family's people and horses.
"That's fine. Fang Ming groaned and nodded immediately. "I wonder who you're looking for?"
The corners of Zhou Jing's mouth curled, and his expression was gloomy: "The acting manager of Vientiane Garden, one of the ten gardens outside the Xiao family, Dugu Aotian!"