"There are disciples guarding the most important places in the Sword Forge Villa, and I haven't been able to find anything useful."

The woman standing in front of Lu Hanjiang was naturally Huangfu Xiaoyuan, but at this time she had already changed her face to hide her identity.

Looking at the direction in which Elder Qi left, Huangfu Xiaoyuan was slightly surprised, as Lu Hanjiang's confidant, she also knew a lot about the things of the beggar gang.

This Elder Qi, as a member of the Pure Clothes Sect, is the first person to support Lu Hanjiang's gang leader, and he acts mostly as flattery on weekdays, and Huangfu Xiaoyuan originally thought that this was a guy who could only talk flatteringly.

But she didn't expect that this clown-like Elder Qi would surpass her in kung fu a lot, and the slap just now was sudden, if Lu Hanjiang hadn't stopped her, she would have made a fool of herself in a hurry.

Lu Hanjiang saw what Huangfu Xiaoyuan was thinking, he poured two cups of tea casually, and explained: "Don't underestimate him too much, that's the Nine Bags Elder of the Beggar Gang, since he was able to lead the Pure Clothes Sect to fight with Yan Fengyun back then, he will definitely not be a simple guy." ”

This is true, although Elder Qi usually plays the role of a dog's leg and a clown, it also depends on who is right, in front of the gang leader Lu Hanjiang, he can naturally only be assigned such a role.

But don't forget, he is also an elder of the Nine Bags of the Beggar Gang, and he is also a representative of the Pure Clothes Sect.

Bullying the soft and fearing the hard fox and the fake tiger is his means of action, and judging the situation is the background color of his character, but the basis of all this is his own extraordinary martial arts.

"It's me who underestimates the world."

Huangfu Xiaoyuan did not want to be strong, but calmly admitted her carelessness, and after putting the veil back on, she withdrew her gaze from looking out of the door.

Lu Hanjiang looked at Huangfu Xiaoyuan's veil, and sighed helplessly, no wonder Bian Guang often talked about the bewitching and stunning beauty, and the disaster to the country and the people, this is indeed thrillingly beautiful.

It should be mentioned that Linglong's disguise technique does not make a fake face out of thin air, but makes a series of adjustments according to the original face, supplemented by various disguise appliances, and then achieves the effect of "changing the face".

Compared with other disguise techniques, the advantage of this disguise technique is that it is not easy to be noticed, but there is also a disadvantage, that is, this disguise technique needs to be processed according to the original face, which means that its adjustment ability is limited.

Take Huangfu Xiaoyuan as an example, with her second condition in the world, no matter how she smears and pretends to be ugly, it is difficult to cover up the original beauty, but the more she hides it, the more she is at risk of being exposed.

Therefore, every time Huangfu Xiaoyuan changes her appearance, even if others can't see her original identity, they will still be deeply attracted by that appearance.

For ordinary people, it doesn't matter if this is good or bad, but for a Jinyi guard who needs to hide his identity and walk in secret, this is definitely a big disadvantage.

So on weekdays, Huangfu Xiaoyuan either wears a mask or hangs a veil, even if she is disguised, she still has to use this way to barely avoid everyone's attention.

Originally, it was necessary to send out to investigate the details of the Sword Casting Villa, so that other talents should be dispatched for such a job that needed to be concealed, but Lu Hanjiang finally chose to expose the most risky Huangfu Xiaoyuan, because of the lack of manpower. …

The Casting Sword Villa and his party were different from the previous ones who targeted Wuyue, dealt with the beggar gang, and exterminated the Xuehua Palace, this time, Lu Hanjiang had no official purpose, purely because Ah Lan was here.

In addition, before Gongsun Cheng's coming-of-age ceremony, he took Yongle and Shang Luo out to relax.

In this way, it is naturally impossible to mobilize too many people at will, and the accompanying Jinyi guards are basically responsible for the princess's guard work, and several thousand households under him need to rotate the garrison of the foreign guards, Bian Guang, Cui Yixiao and other deputy thousand households, and there are other things to deal with.

The lack of manpower in Jinyi Wei is a problem left over from history, if there is no clear purpose, the deputy of the Beizhen Fu Division and more than 1,000 households basically perform their duties, and he can be assigned to run errands at will at the moment, and there are only 100 households.

Pick people in the brocade guards at this level, and only Huangfu Xiaoyuan can take on the big responsibility.

At this time, Huangfu Xiaoyuan took out a map of the Sword Casting Villa and spread it out on the table in front of Lu Hanjiang, and several places were marked on it.

"Here, here and here, these three places are sword furnaces, I've already been there, and there is nothing special except for a few weapons that are still being cast."

Huangfu Xiaoyuan said, pointed to a mark on the west side, and said, "This is the sword furnace of the swordsmith Yi, and the guard strength outside is three times that of other places, so I couldn't sneak in." ”

"Master Yi."

Lu Hanjiang has also heard of this name, if Gu Ming is a master who is famous for taking an unusual path, then this Yi is a model of following the rules, although he has been casting blades all his life, but the output is also rare and good.

"Although this sword-casting master is famous, it shouldn't be his turn to call the shots in this matter, and the matter of the sword-forging villa still has to be spoken by the Huo Zhuang master after all."

Lu Hanjiang's gaze swept over a few marks on the map, and then looked at the one to the north: "This should be Huo Tianya's sword room, have you been to see it?" ”

Huangfu Xiaoyuan nodded, and then said: "Although the guard force here is ordinary, Huo Tianya lives here all year round, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to break through." ”

Lu Hanjiang pondered for a moment, then turned his gaze to the last southern marker: "Here." ”

Huangfu Xiaoyuan replied: "This is a dungeon, there are only two people guarding it on the surface, but in fact, the garrison strength in the secret is ten times that of other places, and there is only one person in the Sword Casting Villa who is locked up here, that is, the disciple of Master Gu Ming, the one who stole the Xingxuan Sword and fled." ”

Lu Hanjiang was interested, he came this time, firstly, because he needed Ah Lan to unlock the secret left by Hongchenke, and on the other hand, he stopped by to see the secret of this Star Xuandao, and the key to this was this imprisoned disciple.

"Looks like a hassle, what do you think?" Lu Hanjiang leaned back in his chair, holding his head in both hands, and his tone was as pleasant as his expression.

Huangfu Xiaoyuan stared at the map for a moment, shook her head and said: "There is only one way to the dungeon, if you want to bypass the group of disciples who are secretly guarding outside, maybe it is possible, and the two furnishings inside are not a problem, but unless we get the key in advance, we can't open the prison door." ”

The door of the dungeon is the biggest hurdle, and if it can't be opened, even if it bypasses the guards, it will not help, and if you break through it violently, it will be a surprise. …

"You say, if I go to Huo Tianya to ask for someone, will he give me someone?" Lu Hanjiang suddenly asked.

Huangfu Xiaoyuan was stunned for a moment, frowned and said: "How is it possible, if that knife really hides some secret method of sword casting, how can Sword Casting Villa let it go easily, this is a joke about their future." ”

"I don't think so."

At this time, Lu Hanjiang was really interested in talking to Huo Tianya, in his opinion, the other party's current actions didn't seem to pay so much attention to the future of Sword Casting Villa.

"Oh, that's right," suddenly thinking of something, Lu Hanjiang asked again, "How is Miss Ah Lan?" ”

Huangfu Xiaoyuan paused and said, "Miss Ah Lan received excellent hospitality in the Sword Casting Villa, but recently I heard some news from those Jianghu people who participated in the Sword Tasting Conference, and her identity as a descendant of Hongchen seems to have been revealed. ”

Lu Hanjiang raised his eyebrows: "She said it herself?" ”

Ah Lan has an informal temperament, maybe she really talked about it casually with others.

But Huangfu Xiaoyuan shook her head: "Ah Lan has been treated as a distinguished guest since she came to Sword Casting Villa, and she rarely has the opportunity to contact others on weekdays, it shouldn't be herself, I guess. The news was released by the Sword Forge Villa. ”

Lu Hanjiang thought for a while and asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

Huangfu Xiaoyuan looked at Lu Hanjiang and said: "Now the people in the mountain villa are all rumoring that Miss Alan's two swords are from the hands of Master Gu Ming, and they are from the same origin as the Star Xuan Knife. ”

"And what's going on?"

Lu Hanjiang narrowed his eyes slightly, he didn't know about this matter, and was about to continue asking, but he heard footsteps outside, and when he looked up again, Huangfu Xiaoyuan had already left from the window.

Yongle pushed the door in, only to see Lu Hanjiang sitting on a chair, with a map and two cups of steaming tea on the table, she tilted her head strangely and asked, "There are guests?" ”

"Well, tea?" Lu Hanjiang picked up the tea in front of him and handed it to Yongle.

"Oh." Yongle didn't think much about it, holding the teacup and drinking it slowly.

On the wall outside the courtyard, Huangfu Xiaoyuan's figure stayed in place for a moment, she glanced back, and then drifted away.

In the room, Yongle seemed to sense something, and looked over the windowsill to the wall, but only a nameless petal fluttered.