Chapter 20: The Man in Black
Gu Zuo was shocked, and hurriedly rushed to the prediction point where the flying sword fell, scolding while running wildly, how long has it been since this happened, why did the Lingyuan Dao Master still have a flight accident?
But when someone fell from the sky, he chased after him on the ground, how could he catch up, seeing that there was no hope, his heart became heavier and heavier. Lingyuan Dao Master He is not worried, he fell down like this when they first met last year, and it is not a big deal to smash a hole in the ground, by the way, according to the monks of the Dongting Sect who were present at the time, it was because of the cultivation of some golden light and iron head divine skill.
But the little lady Chaoyun doesn't have this ability, even if it is a monk who has perfected qi refining, and falls from dozens of feet in the air, it can't stand it. If the posture is not right when you fall, and you are pressed by the spiritual source, then it is possible that you will die of incense!
Suddenly, a bright light crossed in front of him, and he collided with Lingyuan Dao Chang and Chaoyun, who had fallen down and were only less than five or six zhang high from the ground, and the two of them were immediately knocked out and planted into the dense woods.
It was Deacon Shang who hit people horizontally, but he saw that there was also one standing on his flying sword, but it was Ying'er. Old man Shang's shoulders trembled slightly, but his face was smug, and he smiled in Ying'er's admiration.
When Gu Zuo arrived at the fall point, he saw that a branch and leaf were broken, the Lingyuan Dao Leader was lying on the ground, and Chaoyun was lying on his chest, looking frightened.
Seeing that Chaoyun was fine, Gu Zuo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, walked slowly to the two of them, and sighed: "Lingyuan Dao Chief, let's not play like this, okay?" Are you okay?"
Chaoyun sighed, woke up from his panic, and hurriedly got up and retreated to the side, while Lingyuan Dao Chang sat up with a little regret: "Ah, I'm sorry, I haven't tried to fly at night before, and today is also a temporary start." Don't worry, Gu Pavilion Master, I'm fine, I hit a soft place...... Whose clothes are this?"
I saw that after Lingyuan Dao got up, his body was exposed under his buttocks, and I don't know who was so unlucky, but he sat down in the dirt.
Gu Zuo was really a little panicked at this moment, if a disciple of a sect was killed by the Lingyuan Dao Master, what should he do? How should this case be judged?
There was a lot of commotion here, and the people in the bonfire banquet on the shore heard it, such as the butcher, Wang Sanhe, and Mo Wu, who was recuperating from his injuries, and several Jin Dan flew here, and saw a motionless body lying on his stomach in the pit.
The butcher hurriedly moved the man out of the pit, sighed, and seemed to be panting slightly, so he sent Dao Zhenqi over.
But I saw that the Lingyuan Dao Leader was looking at this pit in a daze, but there was another person in the pit, who was also lying downward, and his back rushed up.
Wang Sanhe made a move and pulled the person out, everyone continued to be in a daze, and the third person was below.
All three of them were dug up, and then they were carefully examined to make sure that there was really no one.
All three were unconscious, especially the top one, who had several broken ribs.
Lingyuan Dao Chang's face was full of apologies, and he didn't know what to say, he scratched his head in a daze, and Chaoyun, who was originally cold, took the initiative to hold the arm of Lingyuan Dao Chang and leaned against him tightly.
Mo Wu lit a torch, wiped the mud off the faces of the three unlucky people one by one, and after wiping it for a while, the faces of the three were clearly revealed.
In the past few days, a large number of new people have arrived in Nanwu Prefecture, and Gu Zuo has not had time to recognize it all, so he asked the people present: "Which disciple is this? Please transfer Gu's condolences on your behalf, this matter is purely an accident, and Huaixian Pavilion will make compensation." ”
Even after asking several times, no one answered. Even the original Dao Chief, the various sects of the Yuanhe system, and Su San, who was responsible for recruiting people, all looked at each other and were unclaimed.
The butcher suddenly said, "They are all dressed in black." A sentence reminded everyone that they were dressed in black at night, and these three people were probably not from Southern Wuzhou.
Just in case, Gu Zuo also asked Lingyuan and Deacon Shang for verification, knowing that these three people were not among the more than ninety prisoners, then they were likely to be outsiders.
Liu Xuanji leaned his head to look at the excitement for a moment, and reminded: "These three people are wearing riding boots, which seem to be the style of Liaodong. ”
A storage artifact was found from each of the three of them, and the butcher broke it strongly, and then nodded at Gu Zuo. Gu Zuo arched his hand to the surroundings: "There is a situation, Gu is about to leave the table, you continue, don't disturb the interest in this matter." ”
Everyone was very understanding, Gu Zuo comforted Lingyuan Daoist a few more words, and then named: "Brother Liu Dao, please come with me." ”
In the south main peak mountain, the butcher found a small courtyard that was temporarily uninhabited and used this place as a temporary interrogation place. Gu Zuo sat on the chair in the middle, Liu Xuanji, Cheng Shanhu, and Su San lined up on both sides, and on the ground were three unconscious black-clothed people.
The butcher, Jin Dan, made a move, and his true qi penetrated into the sea of three people's qi, and said to Gu Zuo: "It's all about building a foundation." Then he sealed the sea of qi of the three of them with his true qi, and only then did he use his mana to heal the three of them.
After a while, the three of them gradually woke up, and the one who was directly seated by the Spirit Source Dao Master and broke his ribs immediately coughed up blood and wilted. The other two coughed for a while before they eased up, and when they saw this situation, their faces were very bad. Seeing the three storage artifacts on the table next to Gu Zuo, as well as a pile of bits and pieces poured out, the two of them glanced at each other and looked at each other speechlessly.
Liu Xuanji opened his mouth and asked: "The three of you are thousands of miles away, from Fanyang to my Southern Wuzhou, I don't know who sent them?"
One of them said with a beard: "We are all merchants from Fanyang, I heard that Nanwu Prefecture is Daxing, come and see what business can be done, is this also illegal?"
Another monk with brown eyes also said, "Is this how Nanwu Prefecture treats merchants from afar?"
Liu Xuanji asked again: "What are you selling?"
The beard said, "Horse!"
Liu Xuanji then asked, "How many horses do you have?"
The beard said, "Hundreds." ”
Brown eyes said: "How many you want, we are in the north, there are not many others, that is, there are the most cattle, sheep and horses." ”
Liu Xuanji asked, "How much does a horse cost?"
The bearded man hesitated for a moment, and said, "Fifteen times, if you want it, you can be cheaper." ”
Liu Xuanji asked: "A Fan Yang horse can be sold for 20 guan in Hebei, and you can travel through mountains and rivers to send it to Nanzhao and only sell it for 15 guan?
The beard was stuffed, and the brown eyes next to him hurriedly made up: "This is the friendship price of the first business, as long as Nanwu Prefecture is willing to open trade routes, we are willing to sell a hundred horses to Nanwu Prefecture at this price, and it will be a gift." ”
Liu Xuanji asked again: "Since they are doing business, how did these Lu Longjun's customs guards come from?"
The two of them stood for a moment and said: "My family is the most important businessman, and those of us who do business can get the customs defense, but there is nothing unusual." ”
"We want cattle and sheep, what is the price of cattle? What is the price of sheep?"
At this moment, the two of them were sweating, and the price they reluctantly answered was far from the reality.
Seizing the opportunity of their weak hearts, Liu Xuanji suddenly asked: "Are you here to save Tian Chao?"
The two men were stunned for a moment.
Gu Zuo waved his hand in the hall and ordered: "The three of them will be interrogated separately, and they will confess after half an hour, and whoever confesses differently from the other two will be executed immediately, without reporting to me." ”
At this moment, even the one who was seriously injured struggled to speak: "We are from Hebei, you have no right to kill!"
Gu Zuo said coldly: "Nanwu Prefecture is a military state, what I said is Wang Fa, just like the king of your Dongping County, do you say he has the right to kill?"