When the old man heard this, he looked at Fang Lin with a smile and said, "Don't you know what the reason is?" ”

Fang Lin was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment and said, "Could it be that you are afraid of me and my companions outside?" But this doesn't make sense, if my sect is destroyed, our group will become homeless lonely ghosts, and when the time comes, the court will send a few strong people to arrest us back. ”

The old man shook his head and said: "Attacking the Linghua faction is indeed to hold you in your hands, especially the little girl who is a concubine, but the biggest reason is that there was once a high-level of the Linghua faction who was caught by Long Tiansheng, he wanted to get some secrets of the Linghua faction from that person's mouth, but under the soul search, he found that several memories were obscured by the natal oath, and they could not be unlocked at all, which attracted Long Tiansheng's great attention, and later under his verification, It was discovered that there was a treasure such as Pure Dust Heavenly Dew in the exchange of high-level sects within the Linghua Sect, and after many investigations, he finally came to a conclusion, that is, there was a big secret hidden in the Linghua Sect! ”

Fang Lin said in a deep voice: "So he reported to the imperial court, so the current situation has appeared." ”

The old man shook his head again and said: "At first, Long Tiansheng wanted to master this secret by himself, so he tried all kinds of means, but it didn't work, and he didn't dare to attack the Linghua faction blatantly, so he instigated the two major sects to jointly attack, and finally learned that the Linghua faction actually had a ninth-level high-level sect protector array, and in desperation, he wrote to the imperial court, and the imperial court also thought that there was a secret in the Linghua faction after investigation, but he didn't dare to be too radical, afraid that the Linghua faction would jump under the wall and destroy the secret. So the current situation has been formed. ”

After hearing this, Li Haoran muttered: "The high-level sect exchange is something that only true disciples, core elders, and elders above the Nai He realm are qualified to access, how can it be known to outsiders?" ”

"Hmph, the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, and no one can keep it, and one or two of these people have revealed this information." Qu Shan'er said angrily.

Fang Lin pondered for a while and said, "You have counted a group of people, and it is very likely that they will have access to these secret things. ”

"Who, besides these people, who else can access such a thing as a high-level sect exchange, you must know that there are extremely precious things on it, as long as they appear in the outside world, they can make people snatch their heads, so the sect's management of it is quite strict, and it is impossible for anyone other than the above-mentioned people to be able to contact it." Concubine Su said in disbelief.

Fang Lin said: "Our Pure Dust Heavenly Dew has always been on my body, and it has not been handed over to the sect, so where does the Pure Dust Heavenly Dew in the sect come from?" Then there must be a disciple who got it by chance during the experience, then he or a group of them will know the news, and there is also that from the beginning of the core disciples, there are servants, this is a large group, although they can't directly contact the level of high-level sect exchange, but because they have been in contact with the master for a long time, they will inevitably hear a trace of sporadic things from the mouth of their master. ”

"If that's the case, then there are more people who are suspicious, and it's not easy to find out that inner ghost!" White Lotus Road.

Wen Yue'er also nodded and said: "A core disciple is equipped with two servants, and a true disciple is five, three ordinary elders, and ten core elders and above, so if you count it, there are thousands or even tens of thousands of servants alone." ”

Fang Lin said: "At this point, we can first rule out the possibility of true disciples and core elders directly leaking secrets, because they have all been carefully screened by us, especially true disciples, which we have cultivated since childhood, and those who get treasures to hand over to the sect, they will never leak secrets, if that is the case, they will not hand over things to the sect, so the most likely ones are those servants." ”

Ayinata rubbed her head and said: "Oh, why are these things going around again, it's annoying, according to me, just arrest all those who are suspicious, I will give them one Gu worm, and they will say whatever you want to know." ”

Fang Lin shook his head and said: "That will chill everyone's hearts, but we can first exclude some of the tens of thousands of people, that is, the servants of the core disciples, there are currently four thousand three hundred and thirty-eight core disciples in this sect, and then we can also exclude the servants of the core elders, because the core elders are not simple guys, what to say and what not to say They are very clear in their hearts, and it is not easy for those personal servants to make ghosts in front of them, and then the servants of the twenty-three core elders are excluded, The only ones we have to investigate are the servants of those true disciples. ”

"Haha, Xiaoyou really lives up to his reputation, such a seemingly complicated matter, after your analysis, the scope has been narrowed down so much, the Linghua faction really has a great character, okay, do you still have questions to ask?" The old man laughed.

Fang Lin glanced at the old man deeply, shook his head and said, "No, seniors are good to go!" ”

The old man nodded, and suddenly a line of blood erupted from all the points on his body, and in just a moment, the old man fell down, and the breath of life disappeared completely.

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Ten miles away from Luoxia Pass, Fang Lin called Meng Xuan, Deputy General Wang and Deputy General Ma to give instructions, the three nodded and left, Fang Lin shouted: "Lin Tianheng!" ”

Lin Tianheng came close and arched his hand: "Senior Brother Fang! ”

Fang Lin took out a token, which was the token appointed by the Shang Imperial Court as the squire of the Zheng Si Pin Rite Department, and handed it to Lin Tianheng and said: "You take two people to ride fast horses to report, and it will be said that the imperial court has ordered Fang Lin, the squire of the Si Pin Rite Department, to go to the north to successfully complete the task and return, and ask them to open and greet him!" ”

"Yes!" Lin Tianheng responded and turned away.

Fang Lin waved his hand and led the way slowly towards Luoxia Pass, but Tianzhengzi was puzzled: "Senior nephew Fang, why do you want to make such a big move, we individuals can enter the customs quietly." ”

Fang Lin shook his head and said: "After all, I was appointed by the imperial court, and I also appointed the official position of Zheng Sipin, if I return secretly, it will seem that I am empty-hearted, and I have completed the task and returned, this is a hero for the imperial court, I want to see what kind of reaction these guys in the court will have." Fang Lin sneered and continued: "No matter what kind of reaction they have, it proves that I am already standing on the righteousness, even if I raise troops to rebel at that time, I will be forced by them!" ”

Pi Yanfei said with a smile: "You kid, you are really shameless to the extreme, you have been calculating people for a long time, but you still have to make a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, you really became a ** and set up an archway, but you can't say anything, this trick is really high." ”

His vulgar language made several girls blush, and their mouths kept whispering, but Fang Lin didn't care, and said softly: "It is enough to have courage in seeking a place, it takes both wisdom and courage to seek a domain, and wisdom, bravery, fame, righteousness, and profit are indispensable for seeking a country." ”

Tianzhengzi looked at Fang Lin with a shocked expression and said, "You want to seek the country!" And then turn the Linghua faction into a court, and you want to be the emperor! ”

Fang Lin shook his head and said: "I won't be the emperor, the sect is still a sect, it's just a sect that is strong enough to control a country, there will be no more imperial court there, well, maybe it should be called a sect!" ”

Luoxia Pass is actually not an important pass, and the Sangkun Department has never posed a threat to the Shang State, so it is relatively simple here, there is not such a tall and majestic city wall, it is just a small earthen wall of only about three zhang, and it looks very dilapidated, and the most important thing is that there is no Xuan pattern prohibition depicted on it at all, I am afraid that even a martial artist of the Nine Shadows Realm can collapse it with his true yuan.

At this moment, there are two lines of soldiers standing neatly in the road outside the city wall, and a silver-armored captain is riding a tall horse and standing upright in the front, as soon as he saw Fang Lin and his party coming, he immediately urged the horse to meet him, and arched his hand: "The last general was ordered to wait for the adults here, and the general is holding a banquet in the camp to catch the wind for the adults, please come with me." ”

Fang Lin smiled and nodded to the captain, and the group slowly entered the pass with him, the military camp was next to the pass, and the group quickly entered it, at this moment, dozens of large tables had been set up in the military camp, and there were all kinds of dishes on the table, a big man who looked like he was forty years old came to Fang Lin with a laugh, and arched his hand: "Congratulations on the triumphant return of Lord Shilang, this general Hu Lingzhong will set up a banquet here for the adults to catch the wind and wash the dust, haha." ”

Fang Lin jumped off the horse and bowed to Hu Lingzhong: "General Hu is polite, I just wanted to borrow a way, how dare General Lao mobilize the army, haha." ”

"Hehe, Lord Shilang, forgive me, my old Hu Nai is a rough man, don't blame me if the etiquette is not weekly, come on, come on, please follow my big tent to talk, and the rest of the brothers please eat and drink well, haha, please!" Hu Lingzhong led the bento with his right hand and walked into the main tent first.

Fang Lin and his party glanced at each other, Fang Lin's lips squirmed a few times, obviously sending a message to everyone, and then laughed and led several Life and Death Realm powerhouses into the big tent.

Hu Lingzhong laughed heroically and invited everyone to sit down, and the orderly soldiers were attentively filling the wine for everyone next to him, Hu Lingzhong picked up the wine glass and said loudly: "Come, Lord Shilang, I respect you, do it first!" ”

After speaking, Hu Lingzhong tilted his neck, drank the wine in the cup with a grunt, and then turned the wine glass upside down and laughed: "Everyone, please!" ”

None of Fang Lin's dozen or so people touched the wine glass, which made Hu Lingzhong frown, and said angrily: "Could it be that Lord Shilang dislikes me Hu and is not well entertained?" This is already the best wine and food in the barracks, if the adults are still disgusted with this, please leave, I can't afford to entertain someone! ”

Fang Lin got up and said with a smile: "It's really a condescension for the general not to act, such a wonderful performance can be called seamless, but unfortunately, you may not know that there is a witch master and a poison master among us, and the things in your wine can't be hidden from them." ”

Hu Lingzhong's face suddenly changed when he heard this, he smashed the wine glass with a flick of his hand, and shouted: "Do it, kill them!" ”

Boom, the seven or eight orderly soldiers who were in charge of serving around flashed a short knife with a flash of light, and they all rushed towards Fang Lin and the others, and at the same time, more than twenty heavily armed sergeants rushed in outside the big tent, and these people turned out to be masters of the Nai He realm!

Just when the short knives of the seven or eight orderlies were about to touch the bodies of Fang Lin and a few people, Dongfang Li beside him sneered, clicked his fingers into the wine glass, and after dipping some wine, he bent his fingers and flicked his fingers, and the next second he heard a few muffled snorts coming from behind him, and the seven or eight orderlies all flew out upside down, and the blood line was sprinkled all the way, hitting the sturdy military tent and falling to the ground, there was a small blood hole in the center of everyone's eyebrows, and the bright red blood was gurgling out with the white brain.

This hand instantly shocked everyone present, and Li Haoran and the other young people saw that their eyes were shining, and in addition to worship, there was something called fanaticism burning in their eyes, but Hu Lingzhong and the others were the bosses with their mouths open, looking completely disbelievable.

The sound of da-da-da ”

However, just as his body moved, and before the rest of the people could move, a powerful pressure came that made them suffocate in an instant, and the group of people were pressed to the ground in an instant, and it was difficult to even move their fingers.

Fang Lin still came to Hu Lingzhong's head and squatted down with unhurried steps, looked down at his eyes and slowly spoke: "I'll give you two choices, the first is to die miserably, don't doubt it, I have a strong witch master here, and the second one..." Speaking of this, Fang Lin stretched out his hand towards Ayinata, who stepped forward with a grin, and slowly spread out a slender white hand in front of Hu Lingzhong's eyes, however, when Hu Lingzhong saw the thing on that little hand, his face was full of horror.

It was a small light green pill, and you could vaguely see a small insect swimming in it, and that little insect Hu Lingzhong happened to know - Heart Devouring Gu!

Hu Lingzhong didn't know where the strength came from, and he broke free from Dongfang Li's coercion at once, but he knelt in front of Fang Lin without any will to resist, and kept kowtowing: "Don't, don't, my lord, please, don't, you can do whatever you want me to do, just don't let me swallow this thing, please, please!" ”

"Oh! You still know this little thing, hehe, that's good for me to explain, great, but it seems that you only have two options, or you can choose the first one, I promise there are a lot of things you haven't seen for you to play with. Ainata giggled excitedly.

Hu Lingzhong's eyes were full of despair, and he muttered: "What should I do, what should I do, I am not afraid of death, but falling into the hands of a witch master is a hundred times more terrible than death, but if I choose to betray, my family, and my child who was born not long ago, and... That Heart Eater Gu, I, I, I..."

"Don't worry, this little thing is very well-behaved, as long as I don't urge or you don't deliberately stimulate it, it will never do anything to you, so as long as you are obedient, I won't urge it." Ayinata said with a grin.

"So, what about my family?" Hu Lingzhong asked again.

At this time, another sergeant lying on the ground shouted loudly: "Hu Lingzhong, you dare to betray the imperial court, do you know that it is a big crime of robbing the family and exterminating the clan, do you dare to abandon your family!" ”

Fang Lin didn't even look back, but Li Haoran stepped forward and snorted coldly: "Mouthy!" After speaking, he raised his hand and was about to slap him, but at this time, Qu Shan'er ran over and giggled: "Wait, let me do this, Ah Yin has so much fun, I can't fall behind." ”

After speaking, he pushed Li Haoran again, took out a palm-sized petal spider from one of the spirit beast bags, pulled up the person's hair, and crushed his mandible with a click, making the mouth open widely, and said coldly: "This is the punishment for talking nonsense!" ”

As soon as the petal spider saw the man open his mouth, he quickly crawled towards the mouth, and the man's mouth was restrained and could only make a uh-uh sound, and soon the petal spider entered the mouth, and then everyone heard a terrible cry and the sound of flesh being torn, and there was a crunching chewing sound, and after a quarter of an hour, the petal spider crawled out slowly, looking very satisfied, and the man's tongue was gone, leaving only a mouth full of blood.

Qu Shan'er clapped her hands and stood up and said, "What Ah Yin gave still works, this tongue eater really doesn't even leave a tongue for people." ”

As Qu Shan'er put away the tongue-eating spider, everyone felt a chill down their backs, Li Haoran immediately pulled Qu Shan'er aside and whispered, Fang Lin was also stunned for a long time, and then he made up his mind and said: "Hu Lingzhong, as long as you do what I say, not only will the court not blame you, maybe it will reward you, and all I want is that you are obedient, to be honest, if it weren't for your identity as a border general, I would have killed you a long time ago, choose quickly!" ”

Hu Lingzhong was already frightened stupidly, and said dumbly: "Okay, I'll swallow, I'll swallow." ”

As for those who came to assassinate, Fang Lin didn't interrogate them at all, because there was no need at all, and these royal lackeys were killed directly.

Inside the big tent, almost the world has been turned upside down, and outside the big tent, the soldiers on both sides are like brothers, eating meat, drinking in big bowls, and making fists.

Two hours later, the banquet ended, Fang Lin led his group to the south, and not long after Fang Lin and the others left, a secret piece was transmitted to the Kyoto Military Aircraft Office, and soon this secret piece was sent to the Shang Emperor.

There are only a few words on it: There are inexplicable masters around Fang Lin, twenty-three strong people were killed in one move, and Hu Lingzhong was seriously injured and dying.

Seeing this secret music, Emperor Shang's face was so gloomy that he could drip water, and he casually handed the secret music to Shang Rong, the national teacher at the next note, and said lightly: "What do you think of the national teacher?" ”

"There is absolutely no problem with intelligence, the secret agents we have cultivated are not something that ordinary people can discover and control, and even if they are discovered, it is impossible to get our way of communication, even if it is soul searching!" Shang Rong said in a deep voice.

Emperor Shang tapped the table lightly with his index finger and said, "There is no news from the powerhouses we sent to the Nameless Wasteland to intercept and kill Fang Lin, I don't know if they have staggered or encountered some unexpected situation, it is really unreassuring." ”

"Your Majesty doesn't have to worry, they have more than 10,000 elite troops, three powerhouses of the Life and Death Realm and more than a dozen powerhouses of the Reincarnation Realm, such a force is enough to clear any roadblock, but now that Fang Lin and his party are back intact, there is only one way to say, that is, they missed it in the Nameless Wasteland, after all, that place is very large, and there are countless bandits in it, and it is normal to miss it." Shang Rong said calmly.

Emperor Shang rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Now we can't contact them, it's really a headache." ”

Shang Rong said: "Your Majesty, now we should mainly think about how to deal with Fang Lin and his party, according to Meng Xuan's secret report, there is a strong man in Fang Lin's camp who has forgotten about life and death, and among them, there are even seven or eight reincarnation realm powerhouses he recruited along the way, and six or seven hundred people are all Yin and Yang Realm, this kind of strength is something that the Huang family in the Northern Regions can't stop at all." ”

"Yes, the Huang family in the Northern Regions only has two old ghosts in the reincarnation realm, although they have swallowed the Five Dragons Palace, but it takes time to digest them, even if they are thoroughly digested, it is impossible to stop Fang Lin and his party, hey, the strategy we originally set to recruit Fang Lin, if it weren't for the Yeyue Empire ordering us to completely integrate the martial arts of the entire country within three years, and then send troops to help them attack the countries of the Western Regions, I really don't want to be like this." Shanghuang Road.

"Hey, everything can't be as expected, Your Majesty, now is not the time to sigh, once a person like Fang Lin becomes an enemy, he must be eliminated in the shortest possible time, otherwise it will become a big disaster, according to the old minister's opinion, we will immediately summon Long Tiansheng, let him unite Dou Shiying, He Pinggang, plus the two life and death realm powerhouses we stationed in the Southern Regions, intercept and kill Fang Lin halfway!" Shang Rong's eyes were cold.

"That's right, Fang Lin, the secret of the Linghua faction, must know, if we catch him, we will naturally be able to force him to ask, and the pure dust and heavenly dew, we must also get it, as for the concubine, I have already thought about it, and when the time comes, I will make her a concubine and live in Chaohua Palace!" Emperor Shang said with a little excitement.

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Outside Luoxia Pass, a man and a woman stumbled over, both of them looked very embarrassed, but it could be seen from their clothes that both of them were in the army, and a large group of merchants and warriors waiting to enter the customs couldn't help but whisper and mock when they saw the appearance of the two.

"Hehe, where did these two unlucky guys come from, two people dared to run to the nameless wasteland, don't you think that those wasteland bandits are afraid of them because they have a military background."

"Look at the chaotic aura on these two people, their faces are full of dirt, they should have been robbed by a certain gang of robbers, tsk, their luck is really good, they actually saved their lives and came back."

"One thing I think is very strange, you see that woman, if it is taken care of, she should be a beauty, but why didn't those robbers take her captive, you must know that no beautiful woman has ever escaped from the hands of those robbers before."

"Hey, hey, what do you two want to do, don't you know if you have to queue up to enter the city, get out of the back for me!" Just when everyone was talking, the two of them came to the city gate and squeezed in, and a martial artist of the Yin and Yang Realm immediately stood up and shouted to the two.

Bang~~ The man knocked the Yin Yang Realm martial artist away with a palm of his hand, and said disdainfully: "A Yin Yang Realm ant actually dares to chirp crookedly in front of this general, it's just looking for death!" ”

This time it can be said that these warriors at the gate of the city have been ignited, and the slow queue to enter the city has made them extremely angry, but I didn't expect that there would be such two guys like Hanako who dared to hit people, and all of a sudden, most of the warriors surrounded them and surrounded the two in the middle.

The woman snorted coldly, and the momentum of the powerhouse of the reincarnation realm suddenly exploded, and all of a sudden these martial artists who were only in the Yin and Yang Realm were trembling, and now they were all honest, at this moment, a city guard soldier came over and shouted: "What are you doing here, you don't want to enter the city, if you don't want to enter the city, get out of the way, don't make trouble here, otherwise ••••••"

Before the sergeant could finish his words, a silver token appeared in front of him, the token was carved with many intricate patterns, and there were streamers faintly flowing on it, and in the middle of the pattern were carved with the two big characters "Praetorian Guard" in seal characters.

Seeing this token, the sergeant's words were instantly blocked, and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva with two bull's eyes, and stood in place in a daze, a little overwhelmed.

"Why, don't you recognize this token?" The woman asked in a stern tone.

"Know, know, my subordinates have seen the Praetorian Guard, and my subordinates have no eyes before, please forgive me." The sergeant was frightened and trembled.

Generally speaking, the level of the soldiers on the border is only a little higher than that of the ordinary city guards, and in the face of the forbidden army, they are simply a group of ants, and if they are not happy to kill them, they will be killed, and if they die, they will die in vain.

The woman said coldly: "Take me to see your general, we have important matters, and if we delay a big event, it will be difficult for you to atone for your sins if you lose your head a hundred times!" ”

The sergeant trembled when he heard this, and he didn't dare to slack off and immediately took the two to the barracks, and at this moment, because Hu Lingzhong was recuperating from his injuries and couldn't handle the affairs, the sergeant took the two to the camp tent of the deputy general Ma Congwen.

Seeing Ma Congwen, the woman didn't talk nonsense, and stepped forward and said: "I am Meng Xuan, the general of the Praetorian Guard, this is Deputy General Ma, may I ask who the general is..." ”

Ma Congwen hurriedly said: "The last general, Ma Congwen, is the deputy general of Luoxia Pass, our general Hu Lingzhong was seriously injured, and now he is still unconscious, so he can't come to see the two generals." ”

Meng Xuan didn't seem to have the heart to ask about that, and said directly: "You have a messenger to contact the imperial court here, and I have something important to report to the imperial court!" ”

Ma Congwen was very surprised when he heard this, shouldn't the Praetorian Guard have a messenger specifically to contact the imperial court, why did he come to me to ask for a messenger, but he was wise not to ask too much, and directly handed the messenger to Meng Xuan.

Meng Xuan grabbed the messenger and didn't care so much, so he began to send a message to the court, looking anxious, and he didn't care about anything else.

About three hours later, the message delivered by Meng Xuan was delivered to the Shang Emperor, it was already close to dusk, the Shang Emperor was preparing for dinner, when he got Meng Xuan's message, he couldn't help frowning, but when he could read the contents, he couldn't help but be furious, and overturned the entire imperial dining table.

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