Bai Xiuping looked at the portrait of his father in a daze.

The old man stared at Bai Xiuping, and said with a gloomy expression: "You seem to be an old acquaintance, but the paintings over there should be decent people in martial arts." ”

The old man's words instantly drew Bai Xiuping's attention back, and he also realized his gaffe just now.

Bai Xiuping looked at the old man with a solemn expression and said, "Although this is a bookstore for collecting intelligence, the weight of your paintings is not light." ”

"Who the hell are you?"

When he said this, Bai Xiuping stared at the old man, and the old man's answer would determine his next actions.

The old man didn't seem to notice the threat in Bai Xiuping's tone, and said with a smile: "I'm just a villager who collects gossip and sells it. ”

Gossip?

The information of the master is invaluable no matter where it is, not to mention that there are many hidden people here

Such as the monk in Shaolin, or those people of the evil sect who hide their heads and tails in the martial arts.

If these materials are leaked, they will definitely cause a bloody storm in the rivers and lakes.

The old man naturally knew this, so he hid deep in this 100,000 mountains.

Bai Xiuping frowned and asked puzzledly, "Even if you hide here, it is still very dangerous, what are you doing this for?" What if you are visiting today from the most heinous sinful? ”

The old man sneered and mocked: "It is really wise for a young sect leader of the Demon Sect to care so much about the affairs of the Central Plains Martial Arts. ”

Gongsun Fu behind him was immediately unhappy, pointed at the old man and said, "Old man, are you tired of living?" Since he knew that the young sect leader in front of him was the young sect leader, he dared to speak wildly! ”

"The old man is in such a physical situation now, how can he be afraid of death?"

As he spoke, the old man's body moved, and his hands did not know what he was doing in the wheelchair, and the wheelchair made a noise, and the door of the secret room was locked.

Gongsun Fu was taken aback, and the old man said, "If I die here today, don't think about leaving." ”

Bai Xiuping, who had always stared at the old man, said unhurriedly: "You seem to want to kill people." ”

The old man looked fearless, thinking that even if he waited for Bai Xiuping to leave and led people to attack this library, they would have already left in advance.

In this case, Bai Xiuping didn't intend to talk nonsense anymore, and asked straightforwardly, "Why do you have to ask us to come to this secret room?" ”

"The Mingjiao ranking book we want, just give it to us directly on the library."

The old man didn't answer immediately, but asked rhetorically: "You are obviously the young sect leader of the Ming Sect, can you not understand the people of the Ming Sect?" ”

This person is good at observing words and feelings, and if he makes up a random reason, he can't hide it.

Bai Xiuping simply replied directly: "Because I need someone to live in the Yangming Palace." ”

Yangming Palace is full of people, which is undoubtedly to expand the power of Yangming Palace.

The old man instantly understood the reason why the young sect leader went to Shao Hualou before, but he didn't find a suitable candidate there.

Bai Xiuping proposed to gather people who did not belong yet, and the whereabouts of these people were indeed not easy to find.

It's just that the young sect leader wants to expand his power, the old man pushed the wheelchair and turned his back to Bai Xiuping and said, "Don't you know the current situation? Or do you simply not take them seriously? ”

Everyone in the world really thinks so, Bai Xiuping said with a firm look in his eyes: "Even if you keep to yourself, you won't end well in the end." Since there is no way to retreat, then I might as well move forward. ”

"Even if the road ahead is a dead end?"

Bai Xiuping laughed, how could he have any other choice.

The two fell silent, and the scene suddenly became quiet, except for the faint burning sound of candles.

After a while, Bai Xiuping stared at the old man in front of him tightly and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"Old man, surnamed Nalan, his name is respectful."

"Nalan Jingzhi?"

Bai Xiuping, who heard this name, was stunned on the spot, and his heart was extremely shocked.

……

"Xiuping, why don't you study any martial arts, come with me to Guozijian."

Bai Xiuping, who was still the son of the leader of the Martial Arts Alliance at the time, waved his hand with a look of disgust and said, "Sir, don't talk nonsense, hurry up and give me the scroll, I'm very busy." ”

Nalan Jingzhi smiled and scolded Bai Xiuping: "Try to avoid killing." ”

Bai Xiuping muttered: "Sir, let's go outside, why don't you even have a window?" It's like a secret room. ”

"Suspicion is deadly."

Nalan Jingzhi didn't answer directly, and said such a sentence after handing the scroll to Bai Xiuping.

The world's talents, Nalan respects, and comes from a well-known Nalan family.

At that time, he was a well-known strategist in the entire Central Plains martial arts, and his intelligence was unparalleled and high-spirited.

It is rumored that in a few years, when Nalan Xiao really ascends to the temple, he will definitely be in a high position.

At that time, when Bai Xiuping joined the Lingyun team formed by the martial arts faction, Nalan Xiao took good care of him, and the two had similar interests and studied martial arts together.

Nalan Xiao also admired Bai Xiuping very much, and taught him all kinds of knowledge, treating him as half a disciple.

……

When he saw the same cross scar on the back of the hand of the old man in front of him and Mr. Nalan he knew, Bai Xiuping was stunned.

"Is this really Mr. Nalan?"

As the first strategist of the Central Plains Martial Arts, why did Mr. Nalan appear in the 100,000 mountains of the Demon Sect?

Bai Xiuping said in disbelief: "Impossible, Nalan Jingzhi is just a year of not being confused, how can you be Nalan Jingzhi?" ”

The old man in front of him had a vicissitudes of life, full of gray hair, at least over sixty years old, and the Mr. Nalan he knew should only be over forty years old.

These words surprised Nalan Jingzhi, and said in a deep voice: "I didn't expect the Young Sect Master to know me, which makes me a little suspicious, who is the person standing in front of me." ”

Bai Xiuping shed a drop of cold sweat, this person is really too sharp.

He also realized that he had said the wrong thing, if it was the original Demon Sect Young Sect Master, he would indeed not know anything about the Central Plains martial arts people.

Maybe even the people of the Demon Sect themselves don't know much about it.

It's just that Bai Xiuping remembered what Nalan Jingzhi had said to himself, stabilized his emotions and said: "Being suspicious is fatal. ”

Nalan Jingzhi didn't expect to hear this sentence from the mouth of the young sect leader of the Demon Sect, but he still apologized: "It's the old man's rudeness, please forgive me." ”

Bai Xiuping really didn't understand why Nalan Jingzhi appeared in the Demon Sect, and then asked, "Why are you here?" ”

"The old man just walked along the road ahead and walked to this place."

Nalan Jingzhi was obviously unwilling to answer this question.

The conversation between the two seemed to reveal familiarity, and Gongsun Fu, who was standing on the side, listened with a puzzled expression, and asked in a low voice beside Bai Xiuping, "Young Sect Master, do you know this person?" ”

Bai Xiuping naturally denied it, and said to Gongsun Fu: "Aren't you the one who brought me here?" ”

Gongsun Fu scratched his head with some confusion and said, "Although this is the case, it is also the first time that I have seen the master behind the scenes of this Mingshuge Pavilion. ”

Then he exclaimed: "This person's surname is Nalan, isn't that a decent person in the Central Plains?" ”

The Nalan clan is a famous scholar clan in the Central Plains, I don't know how many officials and strategists have been, they are all in the temples and rivers and lakes, even Gongsun Fu, who is far away in the Demon Sect, has heard of it.

So it is normal to have this speculation, but Bai Xiuping hurriedly interrupted: "The world is so big, who said that the surname Nalan must be a decent person, and the same surname as the emperor is a relative of the emperor?" ”