Ten days later, Guangyuan County in northern Sichuan, Tongbao Qianzhuang branch secret room.

Although the space of this secret room is not large, it can be said to be complete, with complete tables, chairs and beds, exquisite layout, and extremely clean cleaning.

"Chief manager, the origin of Xu Yihang and Zhou Zhong is unknown, although the matter investigated has nothing to do with my Qian Zhuang, but the matter involves Ran Xingzhou, will there be any extraneous branches?" The person who spoke was Feng Xu who fought with Xu Yihang outside Langzhong City.

"Well, the old man is thinking about who the son of this friend in Xu Yihang's mouth is, since Ran Xingzhou was co-opted by his master, he has not been assigned to take anyone's life in the past few years, and this Ran Xingzhou has not listened to Qian Zhuang's orders." The old man in brocade clothes turned his back to Feng Xu and said thoughtfully.

"Could it be that Ran Xingzhou did it before he surrendered to his master?" Feng Xu guessed.

"It's very likely, but I don't know if this Xu Yihang is telling the truth, according to convention, these two people should have died a long time ago if they asked what they shouldn't have asked. Alas, two inferior masters, and the origin is unknown, this matter will be handed over to you, send someone to closely monitor the movements of the two of them, if the pursuit of human life is false, but secretly investigate the money village, then the old man can only personally go out to take the lives of the two of them. ”

"In the opinion of his subordinates, it should be fine, this Xu Yihang doesn't seem to be lying, he also mistakenly thought that his subordinates knew Ran Xingzhou, and they both worked hard for the Northern Zhou Dynasty." Feng Xu replied.

"It's best to have nothing to do, work hard for the Northern Zhou? Heh, he really underestimated my bank. The old man in brocade turned around, stroked his short beard, and his eyes flashed.

"Because he mistakenly thought that his subordinates were doing things for the Northern Zhou, his subordinates did not completely turn against him."

"Very few people know about the barbarians, and the brothers who acted with you were also personally chosen by the old man, how did the news leak?" The old man in brocade seemed to be talking to himself, and then said: "Now that a year has passed, and there is no real evidence, even if the two of them are from the Southern Qi Imperial Supervisor, it doesn't matter, you just need to stare at it." What happened to the old man asking you to do it? ”

"The subordinates have preliminarily found out that the name of the person who was found by the Wusi of the Northern Zhou Dynasty in Shu was called Wen Jingru, and the Zhenwusi was entrusted by the lord of Pingle County of the Northern Zhou Dynasty to spy on the military situation and arrest this person at the same time, but in fact, there was a very valuable object on this person, involving the previous dynasty." Feng Xu solemnly reported.

"Objects from the previous dynasty? Zhen Wusi is afraid that he doesn't know what it is, otherwise how could he send those wicked people in the rivers and lakes and the three indiscriminate things to do some ridiculous things, and the officials of Shu are panicked. The old man in brocade was slightly disdainful.

"This Wen Jingru is quite talented, a few years ago he was incognito in the Department of Governance as a scribe, and he disappeared after the incident, but his subordinates have found some clues, and this person is still in Shu."

"Okay, you continue to investigate, and you must not be detected by the people of the Zhenwu Division."

"Don't worry, Steward."

"If Xu Yanshan has half of your ability, the old man can relax a lot, but unfortunately, he only knows how to have fun, and his mind is full of eating and drinking! Okay, you stand down, the old man is a little tired. The old man in brocade actually lay on the Arhat bed by himself, closed his eyes and rested.

A few miles west of Hanping County, Xu Yihang and Zhou Zhong rode their horses slowly.

"Brother Xu, I have always been puzzled by Lao Zhou, you deliberately left Shu to go to the Central Plains half a year ago, why did you find out about Liu Qingyuan's son again." Zhou Zhong put the long axe on his shoulders and put his hands on the handle of the axe, looking proud and carefree.

"Well, I really wanted to go to the Central Plains after retreat and penance, and I would meet heroes from all walks of life, but there are too many secrets hidden in the Absolute Sword Gate, and it is related to the stability of the martial arts in Shudi. Xu Yihang said perfunctorily, the matter of the Nine Styles of Absolute Sword Transmission cannot be mentioned to Zhou Zhong.

"Come on, don't think that Lao Zhou and I are a rough person, so you can't guess, are you afraid that Liu Qingyuan will cause trouble again, and the conflict between Tang Gate and Juedaomen will involve Miss Tang." Zhou Zhongda understands one.

"Ahem, Brother Zhou's words are conclusive, but they are irrefutable." Xu Yihang was pointed out for this careful thought, and blushed slightly.

"There is no progress in the sealing office, Brother Xu, how do you want to stay next?" Zhou Zhong asked.

"I don't have a clue in Xia, I thought that Feng Xu and Ran Xingzhou had something to do with Nanban, and there would be an inextricable relationship between them, and it would be easier to start with Feng Xu, but I didn't expect these two to never know each other."

"What Feng Xu said may not be true." Zhou Zhong reminded.

"If Feng Xu and Ran Xingzhou have an old relationship, he won't let the two of us go easily, although he can't keep you and me alone, but don't forget that there are dozens of killings, so he shouldn't be lying." Xu Yihang had already figured out this matter.

"It doesn't matter if it's true or not, the problem is that it's not a matter for you and me to hang around in this Shu land? You're a 'dead man', I'm a criminal, and sooner or later I'll be recognized, and when the Imperial Inspectors will find out, you won't be able to leave if I want." Zhou Zhong complained.

"When you followed me in and out of the barracks a year ago, I didn't see you like this." Xu Yihang replied.

"At this time, at that time, Zhou was intimidated by Qi Lao, and he reluctantly became your follower, masked with black cloth all day long, and had a dead heart, and he was afraid of the Imperial Supervisor."

"You are because you have me, the captain, to support you, and there is Elder Qi here, you have no fear, right?" Xu Yihang directly debunked it.

Zhou Zhong said as if he hadn't heard it: "Back to the point, how to find out about Liu Qingyuan's son?" ”

"Since there is no shortcut, we can only start from scratch, Liu Qifeng's horse gang back then was the victim of an affair in Hanping City, you and I will start from here!" Xu Yihang said confidently.

More than ten days later, the mountain road more than ten miles east of Hanping City.

This Hanping city is located between the lofty mountains and mountains, the grass and trees outside the city are luxuriant, the trees are numerous, the towering trees cover the clouds and the sun, and there are rivers flowing into Jingchu from west to east, it is indeed a paradise for birds and beasts to multiply, and it is also a good place for killing people and killing people's lives.

In the past ten days, Xu Yihang and Zhou Zhong have checked all the inns and restaurants in the city, and inquired about the details of Liu Qifeng, the son of Liu Qingyuan, and his party.

According to the shopkeeper, the pack horse in the backyard suddenly neighed that night, and the guys in the store got up to check, and there was actually a thief stealing the goods of the horse gang, so he hurriedly called Liu Qifeng and others to catch the thief, but the thief was really powerful, and the seven or eight men of the horse gang couldn't get close, and several people were injured.

The thief saw that the matter was revealed, and he did not entangle, ran over the wall, Liu Qifeng ignored the dissuasion of everyone, chased out, and several horse gang men did not worry about it, but until the dawn of the second day, these people did not come back, and then it was a tragic situation in the forest in the east of the city, Liu Qifeng was brutally killed, and several men who followed the past were all poisoned and died, and it was precisely because of this poison that they were suspected of the Tang Gate.

Xu Yihang looked at the endless and dense forest in front of him and said: "The thief that night is the key to this matter, you and I came here to investigate, but it was in vain." ”

After a few years, there will be no traces left in this wilderness, and you still have to look for those caravans back then.

"It's better to come and take a closer look, what if there are really any clues left?" Zhou Zhong comforted.

"Let's go, go to Deyang, go to find those people back then!"

More than ten days later, Deyang is an inconspicuous inn.

"The mastermind behind this matter is really ruthless, nearly 20 men from the horse gang who followed Liu Qifeng back then died of violent illness in less than half a year, it must be that the thief was afraid of being recognized and killed people." Xu Yihang poured himself a glass of sake and drank it.

"In this way, eighty percent of the murderers are their acquaintances, and only acquaintances will worry about being recognized." Zhou Zhong is also thorough.

"Although the people of the Ma Gang are not disciples of the Absolute Sword Sect, they have been working for the Absolute Sword Sect all year round, and these people know and can come into contact with people, and the scope is much smaller." Xu Yihang continued.

"In this way, there are really few people who are suspicious."

"That's right, if the scope is limited to the Juedaomen, there are indeed few people, Liu Qifeng's martial arts were comparable to Liao Yuheng back then, and there are only a few disciples of the previous generation and Ran Xingzhou and Liu Qingyuan above the entire Juedaomen martial arts, but except for Ran Xingzhou and Liu Qingyuan, it is impossible for others to easily escape from Liu Qifeng's hands under the siege of more than 20 people, Liu Qingyuan will never be able to kill his son, then only Ran Xingzhou will be left, as long as you find out where Ran Xingzhou was when Liu Qifeng was killed." Xu Yihang analyzed step by step.

"But why did Ran Xingzhou want to harm Liu Qifeng? Why do you want to blame the Tang Sect? Self-destruction and conflict between the two factions, this is not good for the Absolute Sword Gate? Zhou Zhong was puzzled and asked continuously.

"Alas, the reason for this is really puzzling, could it be that the murderer is someone else? But if it is the hand of outsiders, why do you want to kill the twenty men of the horse gang? Xu Yihang was also not convinced of the previous speculation.

"What if the murderer did it on purpose?" Zhou Zhong replied without a ride.

"Three years ago, I fought against Tang Gate with Liu Qingyuan, I was intercepted and killed by Tang Ying and Tang Qiong outside Deyang City, Ran Xingzhou was in the city but did not help, if it wasn't for Ran Yunhan privately mobilizing the sword light cavalry and killing Tang Ying and Tang Qiong by surprise, he might have already rushed to Huangquan." Xu Yihang remembered the scene at this moment, and he was a little palpitating.

While the two were talking, they could hear loud discussions among diners in the lobby.

"I heard that a few days will be the sixtieth birthday of the lord of the Ran Gate, and the people with heads and faces in the Xichuan realm and the rivers and lakes have come to congratulate him on his birthday."

"But isn't it, five days later, there will be a birthday banquet, it is said that the guest rooms of the Juedaomen have been filled, and many knights have been arranged in various inns in the city, and the small shops such as the king's shopkeeper can't look down on them, or they can make a small profit."

Xu Yihang looked at Zhou Zhong when he heard this, and said, "Brother Zhou still has silver taels on him?" ”

"What's wrong? You gave away all the wealth of Lao Zhou, and you still want to ask Lao Zhou for a silver tael? Zhou Zhong looked disdainful after hearing this.

"I remember leaving you a few silver tickets."

"What do you want to do?"

"It's necessary to go to the Absolute Sword Gate, so naturally we have to back up Bo Li." Xu Yihang replied.