Chapter 108: The Abandoned Son
The overnight fire of Longshan all fell in the eyes of Dugu Xuezheng on the top of Xiangshan Mountain.
"Alas!"
Dugu Xue was sighing, and things were as he expected.
He sent Xu Tingyang and Li Honglong, two people who he thought were the most problematic, and it turned out that something really went wrong.
After a night of hard thinking, he finally figured it out.
It is absolutely impossible for the Duke of Shu to betray the imperial court now.
It's like a game between two masters.
And he is just a small piece on this chessboard.
Maybe it's still an outcast!
Having figured it all out, before dawn broke, he used his most loyal men to contact a group of people.
These people are now gathered in the ancestral hall of Luoshen Mountain Villa.
Dugu Zhengxuan, the eldest grandson of Dugu Xuezheng, is standing at the forefront of this group of people at this time.
Seeing Dugu Xue returning, this group of young people whose oldest age is only in their early thirties has puzzlement in their eyes.
"Grandpa!"
Dugu Zhengxuan saw his grandfather come back, and couldn't help but open his mouth to ask the doubts in his heart.
"You are all the hope of my Dugu Xuezheng."
Dugu Xuezheng didn't pay attention to Dugu Zhengxuan, but looked at the more than forty young people present and said with a sincere face:
"I hurt everyone!"
Everyone looked shocked, and they all looked at me, and I looked at you, not knowing what was going on.
"Grandpa..."
Dugu Zhengxuan's face also changed, and he just wanted to open his mouth but was stopped by Dugu Xuezheng waving his hand.
"I won't talk about it today, there is not much time, just talk about the right thing, there are many things that you will naturally know in the future."
Dugu Xuezheng immediately said something to everyone, and everyone's faces became a little incredulous.
They couldn't believe they were going to be the ones who ran away!
"This place is the ancestral hall of Roselle Villa. There is a secret passage in this ancestral hall, which is directly connected to the foot of Elephant Mountain.
I have prepared for you, and the resources for future cultivation are all in the package at the back, which also contains the false identities of each of you who will live incognito in the future.
Of course, your parents and I have also prepared some resources for you outside, all written in the slips of paper in the baggage.
You are our future, and I hope that one day you will be able to follow your own path instead of following our old fellows on this wrong path. ”
Before Dugu Xuezheng's words fell, someone wanted to speak, but was dragged by the person next to him.
The young men followed a man's finger and looked into the distance, only to find that their parents were watching from afar.
"Why? Why? ”
Dugu Zhengxuan was a little confused, and he wanted to ask clearly.
As a result, Dugu Xuezheng took two steps forward and slapped Dugu Zhengxuan's shoulder with one hand.
"Success and defeat, I can only say that success and defeat!
Don't try to avenge us old guys.
Revenge is the most terrifying thing in the world.
You are their future leader, and I hope you will be able to carry them on with you. ”
Dugu Zhengxuan couldn't understand what his grandfather was saying at all!
"I have written everything in my family letters and left it to you.
You can take your time on the way down, but it's really too late. ”
After saying this, Dugu Xuezheng led the group of young people to the ancestral hall.
He opened a secret passage, urging everyone to go inside.
Everyone is still confused by the second monk.
However, those with sharp ears had already heard the sound of swords colliding in the direction of the ancestral hall in front of them.
The group of Jianghu people below have already rushed to the top of Elephant Mountain?
Some people think so, but some people have a look of panic on their faces!
Dugu Xuezheng pressed Dugu Zhengxuan's shoulders and prevented the latter from resisting.
"Your father has lost his life in this incident, and I hope you can live, because you are my only bloodline."
Dugu Zhengxuan couldn't move or speak under the suppression of his grandfather.
In the end, Dugu Xuezheng pressed Dugu Zhengxuan into the secret passage and closed the secret passage himself.
Across a stone wall, Dugu Xuezheng's voice came slowly,
"In the next ten years, lie dormant, live, and after ten years, talk about other things!
Don't forget! ”
Dugu Zhengxuan and the others were sent to the secret passage in a daze, and they came to the foot of Elephant Mountain in a daze.
In this secret passage, the people also opened the envelopes in their baggage.
Basically, they were handed over to them by their respective elders.
And through these letters, they also knew the cause of this emergency.
They lost!
The enemy has attacked Elephant Mountain!
And the elders led by Dugu Xuezheng didn't even have the confidence to win, so they sent their descendants away.
And they've also found a connection with each other.
They are the most loyal and stakeholder people in Dugu Xuezheng's lineage.
And the four major families, the nine major forces, not a single one!
Dugu Zhengxuan suddenly understood something.
The Chinese did not stay where they were for long, and left with their own determination.
People in the rivers and lakes have always been neat and tidy.
The fathers sent them away, and there was definitely a reason for them.
It is definitely a fate that they can't fight.
Therefore they did not hesitate to leave.
Hesitation will only make all that their fathers have done in vain.
At this time, the top of Elephant Mountain, outside the ancestral hall of Luoshen Villa.
Dugu Xuezheng is standing here with a group of people at the core of his lineage.
Opposite them were a large number of people led by several heads of the four major families.
Before last night, they were still standing on the side of Dugu Xuezheng.
One night later, they stood on the opposite side of Dugu Xuezheng.
Looking at the group of people in front of him, Dugu Xuezheng didn't have much resentment in his heart.
On the contrary, it is a kind of free and easy.
"Fortunately, you chose Dugu Shidao. That way, at least you won't die! ”
The heads of the Shangpin family had mixed expressions on their faces.
It's not a question of who's right and who's wrong.
It's just a matter of camps and positions.
"But I only have one request, I don't want to go to war with you. Get out of the way, and we'll go to find trouble with those bastards who dare to treat me and my Dugu family! ”
The heads of the four major families glanced at each other, and then silently moved out of the way.
Dugu Xuezheng immediately led everyone all the way to the mountainside of Xiangshan, and met the Jianghu people who were about to rush up the mountain on the mountainside.
Cultivators!
The difference in numbers between the two sides is huge.
There were only dozens of people behind Dugu Xuezheng.
And there were hundreds of people in front of him!
But there is no top-grade Dacheng realm!
The group of high-grade Dacheng realms who led the rivers and lakes to continuously impact the mountain in the past few days have not been able to see any of them at this time.
Dugu Xue is gritting his teeth, with anger in his eyes!
A moment later, he killed this group of Jianghu people by himself, and behind this group of Jianghu people, an old man in sackcloth looked at Dugu Xuezheng who had fought his way out of the encirclement with a gloomy face.
"City Lord, the materials you want, the old man will prepare them for you!"
With a burst of weird laughter, the old man rushed towards Dugu Xuezheng!
The moment the two fought, a strong roar erupted.
Half a day later, a black-robed old man appeared at the foot of Elephant Mountain, and with him were the head of the Eight Vajra of the Kunli Sect sentenced to death, the head of the Five Elements Sword, the Mountain God and others.
All of them are the pinnacle masters of the top-grade Dacheng realm!
"After this is over, you have worked hard, and the benefits promised to you will be presented later!"
After the black-robed old man finished speaking, everyone left after a few words of greeting.
Although they had doubts in their hearts, none of them asked.
After everyone left, an old man in sackcloth came to the old man in black robe.
"Brother Sikong has worked hard, how is the injury?"
The old man in black asked lightly, and the old man in sackcloth replied with a satisfied smile:
"The Dugu family's exercises are very strong, I haven't been so cool for a long time! If the injury is not hindered, if there are two Blood Food Pills given by the city lord, this injury will be able to recover quickly! ”
The old man in black nodded, took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms, and handed it to the old man in Mai.
"I only have one Blood Food Pill here, and when I go back, I will ask my senior brother for another one!"
"Thank you, Blackover!"
The old man in sackcloth smiled, and did not take out the elixir, but swallowed the porcelain bottle whole into his mouth and chewed it vigorously.
That sound sounds creepy.
As the group of people from the rivers and lakes who attacked Elephant Mountain retreated, two more people appeared at the foot of Elephant Mountain, and in the process of slowly walking up the mountain, more and more people gathered around them.
Fan Zhijing, the head of the Seven Bitter Mountain [Fan Family], has not appeared in this catastrophe of Luoshen Villa, and it is his younger brother who is on the mountain.
And with the appearance of these two people, Fan Zhijing finally appeared.
In addition, some important figures of the nine major forces of Roselle Mountain Villa also appeared behind these two people.
When they went up to the top of the mountain, there were already dozens of people behind the two, and these people were all big names in the rivers and lakes.
On the top of the mountain, two of the four major families, Che Xilu of Yanshi Mountain [Che Family], Sima Qingkong of Shimur Mountain [Sima Family] and other major forces of Luoshen Villa are also here.
Li Honglong, the master of the craftsman gate, also appeared here and ranked in the forefront.
When the two men stood still, the people standing in front of them or behind them saluted respectfully and said in unison:
"Welcome home!"
Dugu Shidao stood with his hands in his hands, and the artistic conception of the Grandmaster Realm emanated, and the more than ten top-grade Dacheng Realm martial artists present were shocked.
This is the Grandmaster Dao Yun!
They finally have a Grandmaster Realm owner in their Roselle Villa!
Among the top forces in the world, Roselle Villa has finally risen!
"In the next March, Feng Zhuang! Rectify! ”
Dugu Shidao finally confirmed the position of the owner of Luoshen Villa, and the first order he gave was to close the mountain and seal the village.
At this time, Liu Xin and the others had already returned to Taiyuan City, and after coming to Taiyuan City, Liu Xin received first-hand news from the secret investigation team.
The army of the Duke of Shu has retreated!
Soon he received the second and third news, the return of Dugu Master Dao of Luoshen Villa, and the closure of Roselle Villa in March!
The 100,000 troops of the imperial court shook a shot and turned their heads to raid 800 miles of Shuize, and Liangshan Shuibo, which had been a major problem in the heart of the Zhengyang Imperial Court for decades, was broken in two days!
The so-called 800,000 water bandits are actually 800,000 poor people, but 25 forces in the rivers and lakes are coercing these poor people, and in the final analysis, they are still a group of water bandits.
Although the total number of water bandits is large, more than 40,000, they are simply mantis arms under the attack of the imperial court.
After being broken, a total of one hundred and eight people on the so-called Liangshan Shuibo Juyi Hall Hero List were captured alive, and thirty-nine people were killed!
Including Tiangang Star Zhongli Baozhong, Tianji Star Yu Kong, Tianxiong Star Luo Sheng and other Kui capitals were captured alive and escorted to the imperial capital in the near future.
Only Liang Shanshuibo's Tiankui Xing, who has the highest force value, is missing, and when he asked Liang Shanshuibo about the water bandits who were captured, he said that Tiankui Xing had disappeared a few months earlier.
The imperial court issued a sea fishing document, but unfortunately, the real name of Tiankuixing, the head of Liangshan, was ominous, and the outside world knew little about it.
And Zhongli Baozhong, who knew a little about him, Yu Kong's generation also clenched his bite and didn't speak.
After two days of repairs in Taiyuan City, Liu Xin received two letters. One is from the imperial capital.
"Siniang is actually in the imperial capital, as soon as I left on the front foot, he arrived, it's really a creation and a trick!"
Liu Xin sighed and opened Siniang's reply to Bentai.
The letter contains some of his knowledge of bronze sacrificial vessels, but most of them are historical records.
For more details, Tan Bentai said in the letter that he would continue to study it.
He also asked Liu Xin to prepare a detailed painting of a bronze dagger for him to send to him, so that he could study it.
Liu Xin immediately asked Rokuro to hand over the bronze short sword.
In the past two days, if it weren't for Dugu Naruto, Rokuro and Dugu Yueyue might have gotten tired of getting together.
God knows if the two of them met a few times when they were young, how could they be deeply rooted in love and go both ways!
Dugu Yueyue is such a strong person, there is a little jasper in front of Liulang.
Dugu Naruto watched it for two days, and finally said with a long sigh that he was going out to run errands.
The children have grown up, and he can't stand it.
What's more, he is not Dugu Yueyue's father yet, and as an uncle, he can only check it.
More than that, you really can't do anything.
Liulang and Dugu Yueyue discussed it and decided to set off with Liu Xin.
And Xiao Qi has been discussing with Ma Dakui outside the city to form a [Mountain Bandit Federation] these days.
Contact the mountain bandits from all over the world to form an alliance.
Xiao Qi really treats mountain bandits as a profession.
They even want to make a gimmick to attract bandits from all walks of life to gather.
Liu Xin also came up with an idea for them, and the last thing that was adopted was the 'One Piece' plan.
Through the secret investigation team, the news was spread all over the world, saying that there was a treasure from the 'Bandit King', which was buried somewhere in the South China Sea, and the composition of the treasure was of course the real gold that the mountain bandits liked to see!
This treasure can't be used with top-notch exercises or anything like that, it will only attract countless Jianghu cultivators and small and medium-sized forces.
And only gold is the real appetite for the bandits.
The bandits want to live, not to become stronger.
In addition to gold, news was also spread that there was a geographical map of the mountains and rivers in the world, which could allow the mountain bandits to find the most suitable mountain.
This is a bit metaphysical, and it's not that people here are not interested in this kind of thing at all.
Finally, there is the impact of this matter.
If it was in a period of peace in the world, doing this kind of thing would definitely be quickly extinguished by the imperial court.
But now the situation in the world is treacherous, the imperial court has just cleared Liangshan Shuibo, and there is another case of Shu Guogong in the middle.
As for the small group of mountain bandits below competing for some small gold, it is estimated that the imperial court will not be too appreciative.
This also gave Xiao Qi the opportunity to develop.
With the endorsement of the covert investigation team, Xiao Qi's plan soon began.
And the land of the South China Sea is also known as the "holy land of mountain bandits" in propaganda, and there are countless treasures waiting to be excavated.
Although I don't know the final effect, this hand is better than nothing, and Liu Xin just used this matter to test the waters of the South China Sea.
Next, he will go to the South China Sea to carry out his mission of Jinyiwei.
But before that, he'll need to take a detour.
He sent a reply to the portrait of the bronze dagger to Siniang Tan Bentai in the imperial capital, and Liu Xin sent another letter to Wuchangcheng, the governor of Huguang.
There is the location of the ghost doctor, and Xu Cheng's injuries are already being healed.
But in return, the ghost doctor sent a letter that there was something that Liu Xin needed to do for him.
Anyway, it was also a stop, so Liu Xin decided to go there first to do this.
Dugu Naruto came back after a day out, and as soon as he came back, he and Liu Xin locked up in the room and didn't know what they discussed.
It's just that after Liu Xin came out, his face was a little solemn.
Dugu Naruto did not leave with Liu Xin and the others.
Xiao Qi and Fang Zihang took the first step, and together with Ma Dakui, they took Xiao Qi's brothers on the road to the South China Sea.
Liu Xin, Liulang and Dugu Yueyue set off the next day.
At the gate of Taiyuan City, Dugu Yueyue met an acquaintance.
Versace.
Luoshen Villa was closed, but Fan Sisi still came out, and Liu Xin knew that this might be arranged by that Dugu Master.
At this time, in the rivers and lakes, not only in the rivers and lakes, Dugu Shidao was promoted to grandmaster and took charge of Luoshen Villa, and the matter of Luoshen Villa's closure in March has been like a hurricane sweeping everywhere.
The entire rivers and lakes will be shaken, and even the imperial court will have an impact!
Fan Sisi and Dugu Yueyue said a few words, and then decided to go on the road together.
Liu Xin naturally has no opinion.
Fan Sisi also knows something, and the camp on the attribute panel is also neutral, so Liu Xin is still relatively relieved.
As for not letting Fan Sisi follow, Liu Xin knew that he couldn't do it.
Don't let Fan Sisi go, Dugu Shidao will definitely arrange for others.
The first time it was polite, but the second time I don't know what the situation was.
After all, it was his own junior brother who abducted someone else's granddaughter, and Liu Xin could only take a step back.
Just when Liu Xin and the others left Taiyuan City and set off for the south.
In the territory of Luoshen Villa in the closed village, on the Seven Bitter Mountain.
Sun Long, who was dressed in black, Dugu Shidao, and Fan Zhijing, the mountain master of the Seven Bitter Mountains, stood together in front of a huge copper furnace for refining weapons.
As a half-naked burly giant man removed an embryo from the copper furnace and lowered it into the icy water.
With a loud stabbing sound, smoke rose into the air, and a moment later the place was covered in mist.
"Sun Shao's method of refining weapons is really... That's amazing! The old man has been refining weapons all his life, but he has never been able to raise the temperature of the flame to such a high level! Sun Shao, what a god!
Owner, where did you recruit a young man like Sun Shao! ”
Fan Zhijing was originally a taciturn person, but now he is also talking, which shows the shock in his heart.
And as the mist dissipated, the giant man took the embryo out of the water, and the embryo that had cooled down appeared in front of everyone, faintly revealing the color of bronze.