Since the battle between Li Chengtang and Nangong Qingwu, the army and the rivers and lakes have exploded. Although no one knows the victory or defeat of the two, Li Chengtang disappeared after the First World War, and he did not know whether he was alive or dead, which tugged at the heartstrings of many people.

In particular, the festival made Wang Zhonghe. After the old general Liu Mu returned to Lingzhou, he found an opportunity to tell Wang Zhonghei the identity of Li Chengtang.

Li Chengtang is not only the emperor of the ancient sages, but he also has the blessing of the emperor of the previous dynasties. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the Li family in Lingnan had the merit of supporting the dragon and the dragon, and there were also the edicts of the previous dynasties to protect the country and the king. Gaozu Li Yuan and Emperor Taizong Li Shimin once secretly enshrined the Lingnan Li family with the right to protect the country and supervise the monarch, and gave a dragon card, engraved with Li Shimin's personal letter, with the right to abolish the new monarch and supervise the position of a hundred officials. The "Procuratorate" is a secret organization outside the imperial court, and Liu Mu himself is the head of the "Procuratorate". Responsible for maintaining the guardianship and stability of the Tang Army.

So far, Li Chengtang's life and death are related to the fortunes of the Tang Dynasty.

Wang Zhongsi had already relied on Li Chengtang more and more, and after knowing this identity, he was even more worried about Li Chengtang's disappearance, and sent many soldiers and horses to inquire about Li Chengtang's whereabouts. He ripped over every inch of land in the eighteen towns of the four states under his jurisdiction.

Nangong Qingwu and Li Chengtang also disappeared after the war. On the fifth day, Ran Jingjing saw that Li Chengtang did not go to join them, so she returned to Huaiyuan with Meng Lang and Shangguan Chi to inquire about the situation, but found nothing. I had to look around to find Nangong Qingwu's whereabouts.

Her swordsmanship is now improving by leaps and bounds, and her confidence in her ability to break into the rivers and lakes alone has greatly increased. Ordinary masters don't care about it at all, even if they meet Hou Zipeng, a master of the ninth section, they can also fight with it. Therefore, after staying in Huaiyuan for another five days, he searched for a radius of 100 miles, but he didn't even find any news of Nangong Qingwu, so he had to chase after Qin Haotian and Ran Fei and his party.

When approaching Henan Province, the Ran family's power increased. Shops, martial arts halls, dart bureaus, and even families that have dealings with the Ran family were all arranged by Ran Fei to inquire about Li Chengtang's whereabouts. Ran Fei even paid a lot of money, and anyone who provided information about Li Chengtang would be rewarded with ten taels. Ten taels is not a decimal number among ordinary people, so even many uninformed ordinary people participated.

What Li Chengtang preached is known to more people, but there are still many people who don't know what he does.

Not to mention the "Procuratorate", which mobilized half of Jiangbei's secret agents to find Li Chengtang.

The old man on Xingchen Island only learned the news of Li Chengtang's disappearance half a month later. He was nearly eighty years old, and his originally steady face showed a look of anxiety, and his temper suddenly became very bad.

The Lingnan Li family has a single lineage, and there are many family rules and restrictions, and the family is not very prosperous. Li Chengtang's father had two brothers, and he was a boy in that generation, and Li Chengtang's father died of illness when he was born, and his mother also died of dystocia. So, the old man was very devastated. If the Li family can't pass it on, then he will become the sinner of the family.

The old man's name is Li Nianzu, who calls himself "Lonely Old Man", is the suzerain of the previous generation of the Li family in Lingnan, the grandfather of Li Chengtang, and the actual ruler of the "Procuratorate".

Li Chengtang's disappearance made him add a lot of hidden worries, and he also strengthened his idea, instead of being the defender of the national fortune and letting Yongjun continue to be the emperor, it is better to let the Lingnan Li family replace him and carry forward the Lingnan Li family. The Li family has made the "Sword of Damocles" for thousands of years, and now they are tired of doing it.

The old man's anxiety was slightly relieved after Ayi's arrival. Ayiyi is smart and beautiful, lively and cute, and she is the chosen daughter of the "sun-shooting bow", and the old man likes it very much. Ayiyi has a mouthful of "grandpa" called cordiality, which makes the old man have a new decision.

Surrounded by water on all sides, the island is full of star flowers, and during the day it looks like stars from the sky have fallen to the earth, plus antique buildings. This kind of scenery is completely different from the northern desert, and Ayiyi, who is used to seeing the border desert, likes it at a glance.

It's just that she feels a little lonely here. Fortunately, a girl named Li Yan came to her and told Ah Yiyi that she was Li Chengtang's sister, saying that she had never seen the outside world, and pestered Ah Yiyi to tell outside stories. This made Ayiyi feel as if she had entered the legendary palace and could not enter and leave freely, and she was very sympathetic to Li Yan. The two soon became sisters. Li Yan told Ayiyi, "The blood children of the Li family in Lingnan can't leave Xingchen Island casually. ”

After the old man arranged Ayiyi's daily life, he came to the meeting hall. There were three old men and eight people over the middle age sitting in the hall, Xu Shengcheng and Liu Mu were all in the ranks.

Everyone said in unison: "Your Majesty greets the sect master!" ”

The old man Li Nianzu waved his hand, motioned for everyone to sit down, and first listened to the reports on the situation in various places.

Then he said: "The little sect master is related to the survival and inheritance of the Li family, first pour the power of the 'Procuratorate' to find Cheng Tang, and then discuss other matters." The old man looked around at everyone and ordered: "The old man decided to let Cheng Tang marry Yiyi as the first lady of the little sect master, and after finding him, he ordered to return to Xingchen Island immediately to complete the marriage, and then go out of the rivers and lakes after the marriage and childbirth, remember, no matter what means are used, he must be allowed to return!" The old man's words cannot be questioned.

Huaiyuan, Jiedu Envoy's Mansion, Wang Zhongsi is at a loss, he has been looking for Li Chengtang for more than a month, and there is still no news. But he did not give up, in his heart, Li Chengtang must be the Wang family's future to tear the soil and seal the marquis, and carry it forward. Maybe no news is good news.

The season has entered the harsh winter, Huaiyuan is high and cold, Wang Zhongsi is roasting a fire in the room, patiently waiting for the next wave of news to find people.

There were snowflakes outside, and suddenly I heard the sound of cranes, and the snow droplets that spread their wings flew into the house. Wang Zhongsi hurriedly ran to the courtyard and saw the soldiers coming to report, "My lord, there are cranes flying in the courtyard." ”

When Wang Zhongsi saw that the crane remained in the courtyard, he did not fly away with a long roar. The crane is an auspicious bird, it is rare to see here, Wang Zhonghei is very surprised, and walked into the watch. The crane seemed to understand human nature, and without waiting for Wang Zhongji to approach, he picked up a letter at his feet and gave it to him, and then let out a long roar and spread his wings and flew away.

Wang Zhonghe's heart was even more curious, who had such means to drive the crane to send a letter.

Unfolded the letter, it read: Lord Wang Taijian, Cheng Tang is in Wutai Mountain, and now Wutai Mountain Daizhou Assassin Shi Cheng Quan bullied the good, rampant in the township, and hoped that the Lord would send someone to adjudicate.

Yaocheng, belonging to Xiangzhou, is located in a remote area, a small city under the Taihang Mountain. In a very small inn, Ran Jingjing has been recuperating here for several days.

Although her swordsmanship has made great progress, her internal strength has always been insufficient, in order to track the trail of Lonely, she continued to fight with the people of Xiaogushan, suffered internal injuries, and cut off contact with her family, so she was stranded here.

The shopkeeper is a relatively smart and diligent person, seeing that Ran Jingjing is like a flower and jade, alone, and he doesn't dare to talk nonsense outside, so he takes care of it wholeheartedly.

After more than ten days of recuperation, Ran Jingjing improved slightly, so she wore a plain cotton robe and wandered around the city, wanting to inquire about some news on the rivers and lakes. She is alone now, and she doesn't dare to dress too ostentatious, much more plain than usual.

In the past few days, after she and Li Chengtang separated, the two places hung each other, and she was separated from him for a long time, with a pair of beautiful eyes that wanted to wear it. Hundreds of loves, thousands of thoughts, but I don't know where he is, whether he is alive or dead, I have the heart to look for it, but I can't find it anywhere.

Ran Jingjing was very sad in her heart, so she had to take tracking down the whereabouts of the "Dragon Sword" as her first priority, and if she could recover the "Dragon Sword", it would be worth dying. Therefore, as long as the body can move a little, wander around the city.

In the afternoon, Ran Jingjing saw that it was getting late, so she returned to the direction of the inn. When passing by the small temple in the south of the city, I saw an old couple hugging their heads and crying in front of the temple, surrounded by people and talking about it.

Ran Jingjing inquired and learned that the old couple were guests from afar, and when they came here to pass through Songlin Gang in the south of the city, their daughter was intercepted by a group of thieves on the post. The people around said that the gang of thieves had been entrenched in Songlin Gang for many years, and all of them were masters of the rivers and lakes, and they persuaded the old couple to go back, saying that this place should not stay for a long time, and the daughter should have never given birth.

Ran Jingjing raised her eyebrows when she heard it, she had been swept by someone once, and she knew what it was like. At that time, if it weren't for Brother Li exchanging his sword for himself, let alone his reputation, it would be difficult to save life and death. So he called the old couple back to the inn together, to get their daughter back for them.

When the onlookers saw that such a beautiful girl was about to kill the thief, they persuaded her to stop and not to fold herself in.

Ran Jingjing thought in her heart that it was just a group of thieves entrenched here, and their martial arts were not much better. She is currently very confident in her swordsmanship cultivation, but now she has internal injuries, but it doesn't hurt to fight a group of thieves.

Back at the inn, Ran Jingjing arranged a place for the old couple to stay, and took some silver taels to the store, so that the store could prepare some food and take good care of them.

That night, Ran Jingjing let her true qi circulate for another week, to ensure that her internal injuries were safe, put on a night casual clothes, and went straight to the pine forest in the south of the city.

According to the road signs provided by the store, in about half an hour, Ran Jingjing arrived at this place full of pine trees. Even though it's winter, it's still lush and green.

Bypassing this pine forest, a cottage appears behind the forest. The shopkeeper told him that this is called Songlin Village, and it is a place where there are more rights than the county. Most of the girls in Yaocheng have been ruined by the two masters inside, but no one dares to say anything, and neither do the officials.

Ran Jingjing was furious when she heard the situation introduced to her by the store, but after thinking about it, she had to secretly rescue the old couple's daughter first. At this time, when I arrived at the door of the cottage, I saw a big "righteousness" in front of the door, and I couldn't help but be evil.

I thought to myself: What a male thief and a female prostitute, a shameless thief! With a sword, he slashed at the flagpole. I only heard a "bang", and the flagpole collapsed and pressed on the walled gate, crushing half of the walled gate.

They heard a noise from inside and rushed out in unison. One of them, a man with a pimple on his face, shouted: "Who is bold enough to dare to go to the pine forest village to spread wild!" ”

Ran Jingjingjiao shouted: "It's your aunt, let out the girl who robbed during the day, otherwise your aunt and grandmother will step on your pine forest village!" ”

The man saw Ran Jingjing's graceful figure in the night, her face seemed to be good, and he laughed: "One is not enough during the day, and there is another lady in the relationship, and it just happens that the big boss lacks a warm bed, so stay when you come." With that, he pounced on Ran Jingjing.

Ran Jingjing's long sword shook, and the clear light flashed in the night, like a piece of moonlight. Her current swordsmanship has basically reached the ninth rank, and her sword intent is reaching, swinging freely, and the angle of cutting is extremely tricky.

I only heard the man's scream, and his right leg was cut off, and he fell to the side, screaming in pain like killing a pig.

At this time, a man in his thirties rushed out of the village, who looked yellow and thin, but was very capable. The minion standing next to him shouted: "The big village master, the trick is a little hard, and the second village master has a leg cut off." ”

The man glanced at Ran Jingjing and shouted, "You girl, dare to hurt my second brother." With a big knife in his hand, he slashed at Ran Jingjing.

Ran Jingjing's long sword was lightly clicked, and she felt that the opponent's strength was heavy, and she took advantage of the momentum to swing sideways. The man's knife technique changed abruptly, from vertical slashing to horizontal cutting, tracking and coming. Ran Jingjing's internal strength was insufficient, so she didn't dare to take it hard, so she had to take a few steps back. In my heart, I greatly appreciated the knife skills of this sick-faced man, and it was estimated that he had reached the level of eight stages. If he didn't get hurt, he could take him down in thirty moves, but now it might take some trouble.

After she was instructed by Li Chengtang in swordsmanship, she comprehended the essence of kendo like a genius, and she entered the realm for thousands of miles in a day, and she had reached nine stages steadily. That's why she has a lot of confidence in herself. Ran Jingjing thought for a moment, and the long sword drew a circle, directly towards several key points of the man. The swordsmanship is light and swift, ready to defeat the enemy with speed.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a person shouting: "Xiong'er, who is making trouble here." The man retreated and said, "Master, it's a woman." When Ran Jingjing looked at the man, she panicked, why did she meet him again.

That person was none other than Hou Zipeng.