In the east of Guangling City, two streets away from Princess Jiuwei's Mansion, behind a small road with many groceries.

Han Changsheng grabbed Ling He's arm and asked eagerly:

"How? Did you find it? ”

Ling He shook his head slowly in silence.

He said: "Since Yu Wenxin left the outer courtyard last night and returned to the inner courtyard, I have almost touched the houses in the outer courtyard one by one from last night to today, and even the firewood room and bathhouse have not been missed, but"

There was no trace of Xie Zhao.

Han Changsheng suddenly let go, his eyes were a little flustered, and he muttered:

"How is that good? A day and a night have been lost for so long, and I don't know how much he has suffered at the hands of those Northern Dynasty barbarians. However, yesterday we followed far behind, and we clearly saw that she was taken away by Yu Wenxin! ”

Under his force, Ling He's sleeve was crumpled like a rag.

"-Ling Or, have you really checked it carefully? Or I'll go in with you tonight, and we'll look for it together sooner than you." ”

Ling Or immediately vetoed it.

"No, you can't. You calm down, I won't have any omissions in the investigation of the outer courtyard of the princess's mansion, and the two of us can't mess with ourselves. ”

Although Ling He's heart is not as calm as water as it seems. But he knew that if even the two of them were in chaos, how could he rescue Xie Zhao who was in prison?

In Princess Jiuwei's mansion, there are not only the original guards of the princess's mansion, but also the people and horses who came to Guangling City to meet in the royal tent of Yuwen Department yesterday, and even now there are Yuwenxin and his cronies' guards in person.

It was also because of this that Ling He did not allow Han Changsheng to go deep into the mansion with him at all, but only allowed him to wander around the periphery of the princess's mansion, making noises and giving him a sentry and warning.

Among the three of them, Xie Zhao had previously been taken away by the Hanyong people of the Northern Dynasty in order to stop the "Lone Wolf Sword Immortal" in the restaurant in order to cut off the queen for them.

If he "lost" Han Changsheng again, how would he explain when Xie Zhao came back.

Han Changsheng was very anxious.

The three of them have been walking the rivers and lakes for a year and ten months, and this is the first time they have encountered such dangers and strong enemies in the true sense.

He shook his voice and said to himself, "But if Ah Zhao is not in the outer courtyard of the princess's mansion, where will it be?" It won't be in the inner courtyard, will it? ”

Ling He frowned slightly.

It stands to reason that this should not be.

The inner courtyard is the residence of Yu Wenxin and his wife, Princess Hanyong Imperial Court, and it is the most private place in the entire Jiuwei Princess Mansion, and it will definitely not be used to contain Jianghu thieves and prisoners.

Previously, when Ling Or was inspecting the outer courtyard of the princess's mansion, he had already discovered that not only Yuwenjia and Yuwenyi, the relatives of the Yuwen Ministry, were arranged to stay in the outer courtyard on the east side of the princess's mansion, but even Yuwenxin's own concubines and concubines also lived in the outer courtyard on the west side and were not allowed to enter the inner courtyard at will.

In this case, presumably a person like Xie Zhao, who was charged with the crime of "gangster" with bad intentions and whose identity is doubtful, would definitely not be escorted into the inner courtyard where the princess and the concubine lived.

However, after Yu Wenxin and his party captured Xie Zhao yesterday, they did escort people into Princess Jiuwei's mansion.

He had remained outside the house and had never left, and had not found any signs of them transferring prisoners.

In this case, if there is no trace of Xie Zhao in the outer courtyard, then after ruling out all the impossibilities, the only possibility is . Could it be that she was really imprisoned in the inner courtyard of the princess's mansion?

Ling He pondered for a moment, and suddenly said, "I'm going to go to the East Outer Courtyard later, Yu Wenjia is staying there now, maybe she can help." ”

After thinking for a moment, Han Changsheng immediately nodded in agreement:

"Yes, the county lord is friendly and simple, we haven't done anything to endanger the Yuwen Ministry, and the county lord will help if he thinks so."

"Hmm."

Ling He bowed his head slightly, turned around and was about to leave.

Han Changsheng's expression struggled for a moment, but he suddenly called out to him.

"—Ling Or."

Ling He stopped and turned around, looking at Han Changsheng, who had a complicated expression and an indistinguishable expression.

I saw that he hesitated again and again, endured and endured, and finally his eyes fell on the "long stick" held in his hand by Ling He, and he couldn't help but ask.

"Is this sword really the 'Golden Table' of the Southern Dynasty Tianchen's half-step Void Heaven Realm and the Lord of the Wounded Bird Road?"

Ling He paused slightly, and finally nodded.

"Yes."

Since Han Changsheng already had doubts and knew about it, there was no need to continue to hide it from him.

This time, Han Changsheng was silent for a long time, and after a while, he suddenly said: "When Ah Zhao took out this sword yesterday, you didn't look surprised at all, so you already knew?" ”

Ling Or was silent again.

Then after a slight pause, he chose to answer truthfully.

"In fact, when she rescued Xie Zhao at the bottom of the Immortal Ridge that day, this sword was held in her palm. It was unsheathed. That's when I saw a special mark on the blade.

It's just that I wasn't sure that this was the 'Golden Terrace' at that time, and it wasn't until Xie Zhao woke up and deliberately made the scabbard of the sword dirty and unrecognizable, and the hemp rope was wrapped around to hide the lines on the hilt, that I had some vague guesses in my heart. Later, when we went to Zhaoge City, I made a statement to find out the temptation, but Xie Zhao never denied it. ”

In the first month of the third year of Jing'an, the night they rescued Xie Zhao was full of wind and snow, and his vision was not good, and Han Changsheng's footsteps were a little slower than him.

When he noticed that the sword seemed to be a little strange, he subconsciously closed the unsheathed blade back into the scabbard.

Therefore, Han Changsheng had not seen the "Golden Table" with a leaky blade out of the sheath at that time, and naturally he did not see the nine orange epiphany carving marks on the blade that were entwined by silver dragon patterns.

Han Changsheng looked at Ling He in a daze, and between the thunder and lightning, he figured out many of the previous doubts, and he suddenly said in a deep voice:

"So at that time, we were in Zhaoge City, and Shen Wei shouted outside the Shentai Palace to ask Yu Lu Hurt Sparrow, and Ah Zhao said so definitely that Lu Hurt Sparrow would never fight. Because. Because "

Because she already knew that Lu Hurt Bird had even lost her natal sword "Golden Terrace"!

In that case, how could he respond to Shen Wei's solemn sword test that risked his dignity and life?

And the famous sword "Golden Terrace", which is well-known in the four realms, is dirty and dusty, and it is used as a crutch by an ugly-faced girl in the Jinyao Realm, and no one cares about it.

Ling or silent.

He had known about this sooner or later, and Han Changsheng would always know about it one day, but he didn't expect this day to come so quickly.

"I'm confused."

Han Changsheng shook his head in confusion.

"But how could the 'Golden Terrace' of the road wound finch be seriously injured when we saved her in Ah Zhao's hands, is it?"

He was startled and stepped forward to grab Ling Or.

"Ling Or, since her surname is 'Xie', could it be that she is a sword attendant or sword slave of the Xunyang Xie clan's side branch, or a friend of the 'Golden Terrace' Lu Hurt Bird?

Could it be that because someone was chasing and killing Lord Lu, she carried Lord Lu's natal sword to lure away the pursuers for him? And then.

- And then was forced into a Jedi, and had no choice but to jump off the Immortal Ridge? ”

Ling Or stared at him silently for a moment, as if hesitating to tell him about the suspicions he had discovered.

However, he pondered for only a moment, and then decided that he should tell him everything he knew.

At that time, Ling He decided to hide it from Xie Zhao with him, but he was afraid that this matter would be widely implicated, and if he was involved, he would only be in danger for one more person.

However, now that Han Changsheng is half-understood, it is even more troublesome, if he doesn't know what is going on, there will be any mistakes in the future, which will hurt him.

After figuring out this, Ling He looked at his eyes seriously and said frankly:

"Han Changsheng, Xie Zhao was extremely seriously injured that day, his life was on the verge of death, the internal injuries on his body were serious, and there were many knife wounds and sword sores, I couldn't care about the rudeness in order to save people's lives, so I could only stop the bleeding and bandage her by myself."

Han Changsheng was stunned.

"I, I know."

He knew this, at that time, the white clothes on Xie Zhao's body were almost soaked with blood, and he couldn't see the original color and shading at all.

Although they are different from men and women, their conditions are critical and life-threatening, so the injuries on Xie Zhao's body were all handled by Ling He personally.

Although the children of the rivers and lakes are in a hurry, they are not formal, and Ling Or also has a wooden face afterwards, and he has no big emotions - but Han Changsheng can see at a glance that this guy is also very embarrassed.

Fortunately, after Xie Zhao woke up, he didn't have half of his daughter's family being seen skin, and she wanted to die or live. She casually and naturally seemed to be unconscious, nothing happened, which also greatly avoided the embarrassment of their brothers before.

In the last second, Han Changsheng didn't know why Ling He suddenly talked about this stubble.

However, in the next second, he heard Ling Or say softly:

"Xie Zhao had a fatal penetrating wound three inches behind his back at that time, which was caused by a sharp sword.

The sword qi of the person who made the sword was very strong, and the sword was also extremely fast, so although the wound was thin, it also shook several blood vessels around it, causing bleeding to stop.

And I found in the sword intent that remained in the wound, this sword intent. From 'Hetu Swordsmanship'. ”

Han Changsheng suddenly took a big step back and muttered:

"W-What? Hetu Swordsmanship"

Ling He glanced at him and said:

"That's right, if you are correct, the sword wound that penetrated was left by the road wound sparrow's natal saber 'Golden Terrace'."

"And the position three inches behind her is the place that you found when you inadvertently played with Xie Zhao later, and I don't know if it is the sequelae of the healing of the sword wound."

Ling He raised his eyes and looked at Han Changsheng's stunned and stunned expression, and then turned away, leaving only a withdrawn back and a passage that made Han Changsheng think about it with great horror and creepy:

"So, if I'm not mistaken, the reason why she holds the 'Golden Terrace' in her hand is only because she was holding this sword when she fell off the cliff, and then after falling to the bottom of the cliff, she forcibly pulled it out of her body, so she held it in her hand."

"Han Changsheng, don't be stupid - she and Lu Hurt Sparrow are friends and foes."