Just when Qin Wei was full of joy, Zhao Gao, who was in the court of the Feather Witch King, also began to act.

The rain was falling.

Dark clouds envelop the cliffs and peaks, making people breathless.

Mount Merling.

There is a branch of the Qingyu tribe living here, there are about 20,000 or 30,000 people, and the whole tribe is like a county town, not only has a three-zhang high city wall, but also sits on the mountainside, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

There are two ninth-rank martial artists in the small Qingyu Moling clan, which is already a relatively large force within hundreds of miles around.

On a rainy night, Zhao Gao held an umbrella in one hand and held his sleeves in the other, and quietly appeared on the tower of the city.

The barbarian architecture is not as exquisite as the big glass, and the eaves and tiles are extremely rough, but there is a different kind of beauty in this roughness.

In the darkness of the night, the raindrops fell like beads of broken thread, striking the cornices and tiles, splashing in clusters of water, which shimmered in the dim light of the fire.

Zhao Gao stood quietly on the cornices of the city tower, overlooking this quiet city.

Beside him, figures took advantage of the rainy night to rush into the city.

More than a dozen people entered the city, without the slightest commotion or noise, and the sound of the rain was their perfect protective color.

When everyone entered the city, Zhao Gao disappeared in place like a dark shadow.

……

Inside the city, in a luxurious building.

Hu Lin, the patriarch of the Moling Mountain clan, was sitting by the candlelight, writing at his desk.

Hu Lin is about seventy years old, although he is already an old man, but he does not have the slightest smell of decay, but his tall and burly body is full of strong temperament.

As the patriarch of the Moling Mountain clan, he is not only responsible for managing the Moling Mountain City, but also obeys the will of the patriarch of the entire Qingyu clan and occupies more and greater benefits for the Qingyu clan.

In recent years, because the Black Feather Clan has been occupying the throne of the Feather Witch Court, the interests of the other Feather Clans have been suppressed a lot, and the Green Feather Clan has suffered the most serious losses, and now it is the weakest of the four Feather Clans of the Feather Witch Court.

If this continues, the Qingyu clan may fall out of the position of the four major feather clans and become an ordinary clan.

Therefore, in order to protect the status and interests of the Qingyu clan, many clans of the Qingyu clan are frantically collecting resources and improving their strength.

There is a dark iron mine in Moling Mountain City, which is one of the most important resources of the Qingyu clan.

What Hu Lin is doing at this time is to sort out the amount of iron ore mined by them in Moling Mountain City in the past month, and tomorrow they will escort these iron ores to Qingyu City.

Hu Lin looked at the data in the account book, frowning.

This month, they opened a lot less Xuantian ore, mainly because the royal court recruited a lot of young and middle-aged people from their clan, which greatly reduced their labor force.

As for why they were recruited, it was because the Yuwu Imperial Court was retraining its army and preparing to attack the border city of Dali again.

This is a means for the Black Feather Clan to consume the population of other Feather Clans, and there are many issues behind it, such as Nanyang City, Xiaoyao Island, and the ambition of the current Feather Witch King.

Just when Hu Lin felt inadequate for the dark iron ore, a slight sound suddenly caught his attention.

"Who!"

He jerked his head up like a frightened bird.

The candles were lit in the room, and the rainy night outside the room was dark.

At the door at the junction of light and dark, there was an additional figure at some point.

Seeing the sudden figure, Hu Lin stood up suddenly, the pupils in his eyes condensed, and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"You don't need to know!"

Zhao Gao slowly put away the umbrella, and then slowly stepped into the room.

It was a rainy night, and the heavy rain outside the house rattled, but there was no water stain under his feet.

The indifferent voice pierced Hu Lin's chest like a sharp arrow, and he stared blankly at the desk in front of him.

Above the desk, a spider the size of a fist appeared at some point, and the spider fell down the silk thread and quickly crawled to the side of the candlestick.

Spider!

Such a big spider!

Why is it here?

Hu Lin's heart was full of doubts.

"I~~"

He tried to say something, but before he could say anything, the room suddenly went dark, and the flickering candlelight went out.

Then the room fell silent.

The silence of the room contrasted with the sound of rain outside, and it was as if there was an invisible barrier between the two, separating everything from it.

Time passed slowly, and the rain seemed to have no intention of stopping.

And the entire city of Moling Mountain was still immersed in tranquility, and no one noticed that something disturbing was happening in the city.

Still on the city tower, or on the cornice, Zhao Gao still stood there with an umbrella, overlooking the entire Moling Mountain City.

It's just that the killers around him are quickly jumping out of the city.

Compared to when they entered the city, they all had more things in their hands at this time.

There were people in their hands, some wooden boxes, some swords and blades, etc., which looked messy.

……

The rain in Nanyang City is also very heavy, and the night in Nanyang City is even colder.

The rain line sprinkled down on the majestic Nanyang City, making the city even more cold.

Outside the city, on the bank of the Nanyuan River near the city wall, a dark figure was standing on an abrupt stone, he was also holding an umbrella in his hand, but his figure looked a little rickety.

"Your Excellency!"

Several dark shadows appeared behind him, silently.

"Hehe, how's it going?"

The figure on the stone slowly turned around, revealing a round, honest face.

His face was full of charity and gentleness, as if this was an ordinary kind old man.

Maybe he's a kind old man.

At the very least, Cao Zhengchun thinks that he is very kind.

Not only is he kind to his colleagues and subordinates, but he is also full of kindness to his enemies.

The kind of kindness that is willing to leave the whole corpse of the enemy behind!

However, today's Cao Zhengchun is not Cao Zhengchun, but Zhu Ji, the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, and the new leader of the receiver.

Cao Zhengchun wandered in the imperial city for more than half a year, and finally gained the trust of Gonggong Lu and was also reused by Emperor Li.

Emperor Lihuang made him join the organization of the Receiver.

The receiver is an institution independent of the Imperial City Division, and if the Imperial City Division is an intelligence agency, then the receiver is a murderous agency.

Compared to the well-known institution of the Imperial City Division, the existence of the receiver is the real secret.

Not to mention the folk rivers and lakes, even the noble ministers in the court don't know that Emperor Lihuang has an organization that receives orders.

Or some people know about the existence of the recipient, but the recipient they know is certainly different from the real recipient.

It goes without saying that the person who collects his life is the one who collects his life.

Dealing with the traitors of the Imperial City Division is one of the responsibilities of the recipient, but the main responsibility of the receiver is to deal with some things that are inconvenient for the Emperor and the court to interfere in.

The person who receives his life is the sharpest knife in the hands of Lihuang.

A knife hidden in the shadows and ready to be unsheathed at any time.

Cao Zhengchun was able to enter the receiver thanks to the identity that Zhuge Zheng and I arranged for him, and it can also be said that the identity of a eunuch is easier to gain the trust of Emperor Li.

Under the gloomy rainy night, Cao Zhengchun smiled exceptionally kindly.

Several subordinates in front of him were slightly stunned, and they didn't seem to be very used to this kind smile.

"Lord Hui, everything is normal in the city, and we haven't found anything out of the ordinary."

"Oh! I didn't meet an innate martial artist! ”

"Nope! Mao Jiang is not in the city, and Liu Bo is responsible for all affairs in the city. ”

Cao Zhengchun's eyes flashed, and he secretly calculated in his heart.

His mission is to investigate the hidden forces in Nanyang City, and at the same time to contact a person.

A person who is hard to imagine.

"Where is Mao Jiang?"

"Mao Jiang went to Nanxing City."

Cao Zhengchun held the umbrella and pondered for a moment, then pointed to the two people on the left and said, "You two will go to Nanxing City with our family, and the rest of you will stay here and keep an eye on Nanyang City." ”

"Whoa!" A few people answered.

Cao Zhengchun explained again.

"Remember, you must hide yourself, don't expose yourself, and be careful of innate martial artists."

"I'll understand!"

Several people answered again.

They are very familiar with this kind of thing, maybe they are not as good as the secret agents of the Imperial City Division in terms of collecting intelligence, but in terms of marking people and hiding, they are definitely the most professional.

After explaining, Cao Zhengchun walked east along the Nanyuan River.

On a rainy night, they have difficulty moving, so tonight they have to find a place to rest first, and they will not go to South Star City until the next day.

……

Danlian Mansion City.

Qin Wei took Situ Qianxue to swim outside the mountains.

Approaching winter, the temperature in Shuzhou has dropped a lot, but it is not too cold, especially Danlian Mansion is almost like spring all year round, even now, there are still many blooming flowers in the mountains and forests around Danlian Mansion City.

In the mountains, Qin Wei and Situ Qianxue walked side by side on the Qianmo trail.

The two have been married for more than ten days, and they are no longer so strangers to each other, but have a little more feelings.

It is said that love arises over time, and after a long time, you will have feelings when you sleep too much.

"Lord, look, this flower is so beautiful!"

Situ Qianxue squatted next to a gorgeous flower and said in surprise.

Maybe it's because Beiyuan City is located in the grassland, and there are very few flowers and plants, Situ Qianxue likes beautiful words very much, and he also likes to play in the mountains very much.

Qin Wei stood beside her and said with a smile: "It is indeed very beautiful, if the lady likes it, she can move it home." ”

Situ Qianxue shook her head and said a little coquettishly: "Let's let it stay here, it should like it more here." ”

Qin Wei was slightly stunned, and then laughed dumbly.

This is a bit silly, a flower and plant have no thoughts, how can you like it or not?

It's just that since Situ Qianxue said so, Qin Wei naturally wouldn't refute it.

In fact, Situ Qianxue is not a powerful person, although she is the eldest lady of Beiyuan City, but because she can't cultivate martial arts, she has been raised in the deep boudoir compound since she was a child.

Now she is only eighteen years old, and her heart is full of childishness and innocence of a girl.

Qin Wei felt very comfortable with her, simple and casual, without too many complicated emotions and not too many calculations.

It is precisely because of her simplicity that Qin Wei is willing to accompany her to the mountains and rivers.

If Situ Qianxue's heart was full of calculations, Qin Wei probably wouldn't have bothered to pay attention to her a long time ago.

Just when the two were playing, Shi Luan suddenly came not far behind the two, but she didn't come forward to disturb the two, just waited quietly.

Qin Wei raised his head and noticed her, so he said to Situ Qianxue: "You take a rest first, and I'll come when I go." ”

"Hmm!" Situ Qianxue nodded obediently.

Qin Wei walked towards Shi Luan, and Xiaochan, the girl, hurriedly stepped forward and greeted Situ Qianxue with cold and warmth, for fear that she would be tired of playing in this mountain.

"Meet Your Highness!" Shi Luan saw Qin Wei coming, and hurriedly bowed.

Qin Wei bowed his head slightly and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Your Highness, I received a strange letter from the courtyard." Shi Luan took out a letter and handed it to Qin Wei.

Qin Wei opened it and glanced at it, and the pupils in his eyes shrank suddenly.

"Who has read this letter?"

"Only subordinates have seen it!" Shiluan Road.

Qin Wei nodded and glanced at the letter again.

The letter is really strange, and the strange thing is in the content of the letter.

Mao Jiang is Lihuang's person!

There is only one sentence in the letter.

A sentence that Qin Wei couldn't even think of.

Mao Jiang is rebellious!

He's rebelling now!

Who would have thought that he would be the man of the Emperor of Glass!

But Qin Wei had to believe that the contents of the letter were true.

Because he knew the origin of the letter.

Cao Zhengchun!

There is Cao Zhengchun's mark on the envelope, it is just a little ink, if outsiders look at it, it is estimated that they just think that this ink blot fell accidentally, but in fact, this is a special agreement between Qin Wei and the chess pieces.

"Mao Jiang is Lihuang's person!"

Qin Wei tore the letter to shreds, and at the same time pondered incredibly.

It doesn't seem impossible!

The timing of Maojiang's rebellion itself is full of coincidences!

Zhao Gao had speculated that Emperor Lihuang had set up a game in the southwest, and Cao Zhengchun just confirmed Zhao Gao's guess.

Mao Jiang rebelled, and the Marquis of Lan Yue went south to Yunzhou to quell the rebellion, and at the same time trapped the king in Shuzhou!

"Mao Jiang, Lan Yuehou, and Xiaoyao Island are all in the calculation of the imperial grandfather."

Qin Wei took a deep breath and muttered a little heavily.

Let people rebel against themselves, and this kind of thing is estimated to be something that Emperor Lihuang can do.

And the reason why he dares to do this means that he has a strong self-confidence, and he is confident that he can cope with all the consequences.

Then the question is, what kind of existence makes Lihuang lay down such a big picture?

Is it just Runaway?

To be honest, just Xiaoyao Island is not worth so much effort from Emperor Li.

Even Qin Wei looked down on Xiaoyao Island a little.

Xiaoyao Island is very strong, it is the most powerful of the six holy lands, but in the end, Xiaoyao Island is just a force similar to a sect, with only three innate martial artists.

Not to mention Lihuang, even if Qin Wei wanted to kill them now, he could easily do it.

Xiaoyao Island is not worthy of such a big situation laid out by Lihuang, then there must be other forces behind it.

Night!

A force so mysterious that even the Imperial City Division doesn't know about it.

After Lu Baifeng mentioned the night in front of Qin Wei, Qin Wei asked people to collect intelligence and information about the night, but they found nothing.

"It seems that we have to figure out the muddy waters of Nanyang City." Qin Wei thought secretly.

Looking at it now, Nanyang City doesn't seem to have anything to do with him, but in the face of an unknown existence, no one knows if this existence will cause him trouble in the future.

In the future, to avoid being caught off guard, it is better to strike first, at least to find out what this night is.

(End of chapter)