"Sorry, it's late."

In a tavern in the middle of nowhere, west of the city, two men with windproof scarves around their faces and necks sat down in a booth in the corner. The two of them were dressed in the windy and sandy winter of the Western Desert, and the other diners in the tavern didn't take a second look at them.

One of them was the elder of the Western Desert Martial Academy, Qu Changqing, and the other was the mysterious person who met him in the cemetery last time.

"Is it still the same as before?" The tavern keeper himself walked over and asked.

The mysterious man with a fatter figure nodded, and after a brief exchange of glances with the boss, the boss left.

Qu Changqing glanced at the shopkeeper and asked in a low voice, "Didn't your people basically withdraw, why hasn't he left yet?" ”

"When did I say he was our man?" The mysterious man said, "But don't worry, in his eyes, the two of us are talking about the collusion of officials and bandits." ”

After hearing this, Qu Changqing didn't continue to say anything.

After the side dishes were served, the mysterious man began to talk, and he asked in a low voice, "What is going on with the sudden parade in the city today?" ”

"I don't know what's going on." Qu Changqing's face was very ugly, "But I heard some rumors, saying that the scene of the poisoning case found your people's tokens." ”

"Do you believe it?"

"I don't think your people would be so stupid."

The mysterious man nodded, and he said with some concern: "Now the remaining intelligence network in my hand is no longer as well-informed as yours, I have to remind you that you must be vigilant about this poisoning case." ”

"You're worried about this?"

The mysterious man was stunned for a moment, and then he also understood the meaning of Qu Changqing's words, the corner of his mouth smiled faintly, and said: "My hatred for you Ximo people is the same thing, but I am also a human being after all, and it is impossible for me to be indifferent to the tragedy that happened in front of me." ”

"Forget it, let's not talk about it." Qu Changqing changed the topic, "Have you read all the letters I wrote to you last time?" ”

The mysterious man nodded and said, "That Shi Cheng, his identity is indeed true, at least that's what the reply from my hometown says now." ”

"This person, in front of so many people, said that there are still remnants of the Lu clan in the world, and he still looks like he is swearing, seriously, his words can't be true, right? If the Xieyang Dao case really has something to do with the so-called Lu clan, then will the things in the royal city also have something to do with them? ”

"Yu Clan Yu Dang ......" the mysterious man's brows furrowed, he was well aware of the seriousness of this matter, "I can't know anything about this matter, but I have already sent the relevant news over." ”

"Okay." Qu Changqing nodded, "The last thing, here in our Martial Academy, a student suddenly died today, and he is still a core disciple of the Inner Courtyard. ”

The mysterious man was taken aback, "And such a thing!" ”

"That's why I'm late today, but fortunately, in order to facilitate the docking with you in the past few days, I applied for a discharge retreat, otherwise, I will definitely stay in the martial arts hospital for questioning now."

The mysterious man thought for a moment and asked, "I don't think this case is a vendetta among the students, right?" ”

"Of course, because as far as I know......" Speaking of this, Qu Changqing looked out of the screen and lowered his voice: "That student died in the unique spearmanship of the Knowing Heart Sect and fell under the spurs. ”

A look of horror appeared on the mysterious man's face.

Qu Changqing continued: "I always feel that this matter has something to do with the poisoning case, and it is the same that your logo was found at the scene. ”

"I'll report back on this new situation." The mysterious man said solemnly.

"Well, I don't have much time to come out tonight." Qu Changqing glanced outside again, then dipped his finger in the tea and wrote a line on the table, "How to leave after you succeed tonight?" ”

The mysterious man saw the water stains on the table clearly with the help of the oil lamp, and he casually reckoned a few irrelevant clichés, and at the same time dipped his hand in the tea, and wrote a word on the table, "Dengnan".

Qu Changqing nodded, wiped the water stains off the table, and said, "Okay, if you have time, I'll send you there." ”

The mysterious man nodded, he looked at the moon outside the window, and said, "Without further ado, it's already completely dark, let's go too." ”

……

Shi Cheng rushed all the way through the streets and alleys, and tonight a curfew actually started in the royal city, and the people patrolling the streets were no longer village warriors and husbands, but groups of soldiers and city guards.

However, in Shi Cheng's eyes, this just made his speed of rushing a little slower.

Nearly half an hour later, Shi Cheng successfully returned to the Camel Bell Chamber of Commerce.

The door of the Chamber of Commerce was sealed, and several Gyeonggi officials were yawning listlessly at the door.

Shi Cheng entered the courtyard very easily, he was originally vigilant about whether there would be a large guard array set up by monks in the Chamber of Commerce, but after some investigation, he reluctantly found that the guard array did exist, but it was all some shoddy formations.

"With such a level of vigilance, it's no wonder that the remnants of the Lu clan can make waves here."

However, Shi Cheng didn't have much time to sigh about this, and after avoiding a few alert formations, he went straight to the study where Huang Yuan's body was found last time.

"A lot of things were taken away, but luckily, the paintings on the walls weren't taken!" Shi Cheng walked to the west wall and stared carefully at a landscape painting hanging on the wall.

"This style of painting, stamped...... and the one in Hu Tianming's hand is indeed the same person. ”

I don't know how long he stood in front of the wall and pondered, Shi Cheng's mind suddenly became clear, and he finally remembered where he had seen the works made by this painter named Chu Yuntao.

"Three paintings by one person...... A list of chambers of commerce that had colluded privately with Hu Enli...... The ability to kill Hu Tianming within the Western Desert Martial Academy...... What I saw at the meeting......"

Shi Cheng suddenly remembered a slightly distant incident, that was when he first arrived in Redwood City, he fought with two warriors who came to move the corpse in a mass grave in the suburbs.

"Those two martial artists, the martial artist named Huangfu Ah Jiu should be people who have just entered the realm of cultivators, and the power that can summon this kind of person is not much in the Western Desert Country."

"Moreover, now that I think about it, the accents of those two warriors are not western accents, but they are very similar to those on Wang Cheng's side......

"Also, the conversation between the two people I overheard at the time, think about it......"

With Shi Cheng's recollections, some of the key words in the conversation between Huangfu Ah Jiu and his attendants resurfaced in his mind, "Master, weird friend, ...... who takes evil paths"

"Wait, don't you say?" An extremely bold guess suddenly appeared in Shi Cheng's mind, and this guess startled him.

Shi Cheng hurriedly set off to the account room, turned the account room upside down again, and he quietly went to several other courtyards to take a look, and after spending about an hour, Shi Cheng walked through several houses that looked more important in the Camel Bell Chamber of Commerce.

After walking around the courtyard, Shi Cheng recalled the scene when he came to the Camel Bell Chamber of Commerce three times, and a new suspicion appeared in his heart.

"Three visits to this place, and the second and third searches, which were the most thorough, did not make any obvious important discoveries? When I first came here, I finally discovered the connection between the Camel Bell Chamber of Commerce and Lingnan County...... In this way, the night I first infiltrated the Chamber of Commerce, I felt a good sense of strangeness, and they had already spotted me at that time. ”

"What kind of means did you use......

Shi Cheng looked at the dark sky in the distance, "That's it, there are still four days left, I will meet Xu Jincheng again tomorrow, and then ......"

A bold plan appeared in Shi Cheng's mind, and he was also looking forward to the success of the plan in his heart, if he could do it, at least his trip to the Southern Wilderness would not end in a complete failure.

Just as he was meditating, a shrill whistle sounded in the distance in the night, pulling him back from his contemplation.

……

At this moment, in the palace of the internal guard, a blue light suddenly lit up in the high-rise building belonging to the Feisha Pavilion.

The two messengers guarding the teleportation circle looked at each other in surprise, and then one of them hurriedly translated the blue light into text and transcribed it.

The other tall messenger knew that this was not trivial the moment he saw the glow of the teleportation circle, and he looked at the contents again, and was even more surprised.

"You watch here, I'll go to the Newspaper Pavilion to get it!"

After admonishing his colleagues, the tall messenger hurriedly ran to the pavilion master's room on the third floor, where Jiang Zhong was on duty tonight.

"Cabinet leader! There is a rune message! The tall messenger didn't bother to salute, and as soon as he entered the house, he hurried to report.

Jiang Zhong was taken aback, the Western Desert Kingdom did not have the ability to mass-produce remote transmission talismans, so people in the official government often used this method to communicate after encountering extremely urgent matters.

He hurriedly took the letter, and the content of the letter was very brief.

"Zhang Ji chariot and horse shop in the fourteenth alley in the west of the city, found the whereabouts of the enemy spies, there is a cultivator, and quickly support!"

"You Yuan!" He ordered the messenger in front of him: "Quickly inform the third and fourth teams on duty, let them gather in the front yard immediately, and I will personally lead the team to set off!" In addition, hurry up and send this urgent letter to the deputy commander on duty at night, and ask him to dispatch follow-up forces! ”

The messenger named You Yuan answered "yes" and ran out to deliver the message.

About a quarter of an hour and four hundred breaths later, the brigade assembled in the front yard of the internal guard mansion, and the first batch of internal guards rode fast horses under the leadership of Jiang Zhong and left in the dark night.

……

At this time, the mysterious man and Qu Changqing had become frightened birds, scurrying around under the pursuit of the bright fire behind them.

Originally, the guards arranged by the Ximo Government near the main station did not tighten the strings too tightly in their hearts, after all, neither the internal guards nor the Criminal Procuratorate expected that there were other secrets in this intelligence den that had been destroyed. It is precisely because of this that the mysterious man and Qu Changqing still succeeded in getting the secret map.

However, just as they were about to leave, an uninvited guest in a night suit with a masked face barged in and surprised them!

As soon as the uninvited guest saw them, he moved, the masked man's skill was terrifyingly profound, Rao is Qu Changqing, as a monk of the high-level cultivator realm, was also seriously injured and defeated under the power of the masked man's palm.

The huge movement of the two of them quickly attracted the nearby guards, and just as Qu Changqing and the mysterious man closed their eyes and waited for death, the uninvited guest actually took the initiative to retreat.

The situation was extremely critical, but fortunately, the guards who arrived were all ordinary warriors, and Qu Changqing and the mysterious man managed to rush out after a desperate battle.

However, in the Western Desert King City, which was already under a state of curfew, soldiers in groups of three and teams of five could be seen everywhere. In the midst of the police whistles one after another, Qu Changqing and the mysterious man soon fell into a pursuit in all directions, because the two were found at the main station, so the guards naturally regarded them as suspicious spies, and after the situation was reported, more masters also joined the round-up process.

"What the hell should I do?" A sense of despair swelled up in the hearts of Qu Changqing and the mysterious man.