In a tavern in the Yunmeng Imperial Capital, there were two young men sitting opposite each other drinking. One of them was full of white hair, perhaps because the young man knew the taste of sorrow, otherwise how could he be less white-headed? Could it be that the people of the dawn of the world were pretending to be in their hearts, and their faces were full of sorrow when they looked at them. The other person was dressed in white, with an extraordinary bearing, wearing double swords, and should be a chivalrous man in the rivers and lakes. As for the ranger, it is impossible, that chic is not something that can be pretended.

Although the shopkeeper has been busy for most of his life, he still only runs a restaurant in the market, but he thinks that he has a good eye for seeing people. Therefore, when serving food and wine, I was a little restrained, and I didn't forget to smile and greet the two.

It's just that the white-haired young man was in no mood to deal with his friend's betrayal, so only Zhuge Chen spoke to him, and his tone was quite polite. This made the shopkeeper feel that this person was a good talker, and he was in a good mood and sent a plate of pickles.

It's just that if the shopkeeper's idea is known to the white-haired young man, he will definitely be shocked. When will a young sword immortal with amazing killing power become a person he wants to be with? That is the most unreasonable sword cultivator, but he is not a formation master who has to ask his companions to delay time before fighting.

Zhuge Chen took the plate in the shopkeeper's hand with a smile, and said to the white-haired young man: "Have you seen it, you have to have some vision to be a person and do things, otherwise you won't be able to eat hot food." ”

The white-haired young man squeezed out a reluctant smile and did not answer. His heart is full of bitterness now, and he can't vent with Zhuge Chen, for fear of annoying people with a sword qi, so he can only endure it like this.

"Why do you think so much, it's nice to survive. Besides, if it weren't for me, you would have been in a different place a long time ago, and you are still in the mood to think about your friend who wants to sell you, what do you want?" Zhuge Chen sneered and began to eat and drink.

"But......" The white-haired young man wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Zhuge Chen.

"Let's talk about it first, I don't want to listen to you. I'm not responsible for chatting, hurry up and eat, and you'll have to settle the bill later?" Zhuge Chen said, putting the plate of beef away from him beside him, and began to gobble it up. Although he was eating, he was thinking about how to deal with the prime minister. If one person and one sword enter the Jun family, wouldn't it be cheaper for the other party? You have to do something, one step at a time, and let despair below in that mansion.

Unexpectedly, a young sword immortal who had spent a lot of money to buy Qingtian Root would care about this amount of money The white-haired young man was a little uproared, but he still nodded slightly. Just as he sighed and was about to go to the checkout first, a black mist rose before his eyes.

Zhuge Chen raised his eyes and found that the other party was Huang Lao, so he moved another chair and put it next to the table, and said, "How about Huang Lao, did the fourth prince say what should be done?"

"Master, he...... I still hope that Childe will come, even if I know your true identity. But after all, the master invited you in his own capacity, not the fourth prince. Huang Lao said in a deep voice, this matter is actually not trivial. If it is arranged after being known by someone with a heart, it is very likely that the image of the four princes in the emperor's heart will be greatly reduced. When the time comes, the victory or defeat of the battle for the heir will be obvious.

"The fourth prince has already learned that I have a grudge against the prime minister who supports the third prince, so he wants to woo me to drink together, right? There's no way, people are in a foreign land, so they have to think of a perfect plan. What Zhuge Chen said was helpless, but Huang Lao didn't take it seriously. The helplessness of a sword immortal is never helpless, just casually said.

The Sword Immortal laughed. Huang Lao opened his mouth and said, "Tonight, the master wants to invite you to the house he just bought, I don't know what you think?"

"Is this iron-hearted, want to pull me to his boat?" Zhuge Chen laughed: "But I will go." ”

After Huang Lao heard this, the stone hanging in his heart could be regarded as falling to the ground. After leaving the address, he dissipated with the black mist. And Zhuge Chen, after eating, also got up and left. Before leaving, he handed the white-haired young man a sword qi, and said: "A meal, in exchange for a Qingtian root, there is no such suitable deal in the world, at least I haven't encountered it yet." I will give it to you within ten years, you can leave this sword qi, and I can find you when the time comes. ”

Looking at the back of the white-clothed man, the white-haired young man solemnly thanked him. He always felt that the reason why the Sword Immortal was a Sword Immortal was not unreasonable. At least the other party's full of grace, he wants to learn it in his life.

As for the shopkeeper, he squinted and stared at this side for a long time, and then rubbed it and said to himself: "It's really useless when you're old, and you can even see things wrong." I burn incense and worship Buddha in this tavern every day, how can I provoke unclean things?"

What he said was naturally the black mist brought by Huang Lao.

After a stick of incense, before leaving, the white-haired young man said a very clueless sentence to the shopkeeper: "The food is good, the wine is delicious, and the most important thing is that a meal is a great benefit, who would have thought?"

The shopkeeper frowned and watched the other party leave. When I walked up to clean up the table, I found that under the bowl, there was a sinking coin.

......

Zhuge Chen first returned to the small mansion of the crow, and Ah Hua, who had not seen the white-clothed Ah Hua for so long, hugged Zhuge Chen's back with a tiger jump, and said with some grievances: "Why did the son go for so long, and said to bring me something to eat, but the result was still empty-handed." ”

Zhuge Chen smiled helplessly, gently pushed Ah Hua away from his body and said, "There have been too many things recently, so I forgot about it." If you have the chance, I will compensate you. Where is she?"

Ah Hua stretched out her finger and pointed to the middle of the room, and said, "It's right there, but Childe, you are really there." I haven't seen each other for such a long time, and I don't say a word about missing me, so I just go to talk to other women, it's really heartless. ”

Looking at the pear blossom with the rain Ah Hua, Zhuge Chen was a little difficult to press the vulgar heart in his heart, but after the sword qi surged from the cultivation path, he stabilized his mood and changed back to an expressionless appearance. This is also the one who is obsessed with kendo and doesn't know anything about men and women. If you are another person, if you are a little less firm, I am afraid that you will sink into the face of the female fox demon.

Since Zhuge Chen didn't speak, Ah Hua continued to ask: "That woman whose name is a crow, can't she be a Taoist couple?"

Zhuge Chen stretched out his hand and rubbed Ah Hua's hair, and replied: "I really don't understand what you think in your head all day long, didn't you tell you that my Taoist companion is far away? Your talent is not bad, and there are not many cultivators who can threaten you if you look at this world for decades. When the time comes, the world is big, where can't I go?"

"Isn't there still Childe, with you, I don't need to worry about these things, right?" Ah Hua smiled slyly, and her eyebrows seemed to be pretending to be rippling stars. It's hard to imagine how Zhuge Chen was still able to calm down at this time, if a man witnessed all this, he should be angry and scolded that white clothes are not things. Even the wonderful scenery that is close at hand is unsightly.

"But one day, I will leave this world. Zhuge Chen said that, then turned around and walked into the house.

And Ah Hua, who was standing in the small courtyard, squinted her eyes and laughed, and said to herself: "In this case, then you really have to work hard to cultivate! Always follow Gongzi's side, I don't believe that he will have different feelings for me." ”

She crouched on the edge of the small pond and raised her arms to cheer herself on. Looking at the reflection in the water, Ah Hua laughed happily, sinking the fish and geese.

Zhuge Chen sat at the table, beside him was a woman surnamed Yan who sat down after giving a pot of tea. I haven't seen each other for a long time, and the other party didn't greet him, so he quietly did his part. It seems that as long as he can pay for the white clothes, he will be satisfied.

Zhuge Chen's gaze swept over the opposite body, and said to the crow: "Your friend, you also want to listen?"

"The two generations of the Yan family and the Jun family are irresolvable hatreds, and it naturally doesn't hurt to listen to them. But if you really want to make a move on the Prime Minister's Mansion when the Flower Banquet is about to happen, will there be any hidden dangers left in such a hurry?" Raven asked with a frown. Although she is used to doing what Zhuge Chen arranges, she is still very assertive. How to do it has always been up to her to decide, and Zhuge Chen will not interfere easily.

For the Assassins, it really should be. Otherwise, sooner or later, they will become walking corpses who only know how to kill. After all, a cultivator's state of mind is tenacious, and it varies from person to person, and there are very few people who can get out of the sea of corpses and still maintain their true heart.

Zhuge Chen smiled lightly, and then said: "That's what I want, the more such an environment, the easier it is to sit and watch the chaos happen." When the prime minister didn't talk to me, he communicated with the royal family to kill me, and he should have thought about what kind of anger he would face if I could survive. Borrowing a knife to kill people, and letting the white-haired people in the entire prime minister's mansion send the black-haired people is just my first move, as for where the second move is, I want to hear your opinion. ”

"My opinion?" The crow obviously didn't expect Zhuge Chen to ask him, so he looked a little panicked. However, she still regained her composure after taking a sip of tea, and after a little thought, he said, "In my opinion, since Childe has decided to settle down, he might as well settle down at the flower banquet." I heard that in order to prepare for this unprecedented event, the royal family did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to transport seventy percent of the flowers in Yunmeng to the imperial capital. Although immeasurable wealth has been taken out of the national treasury, it is inevitable that a lot of it will be deducted from all levels as oil and water. This is also inevitable, but they seem to have gone too far, otherwise the people would not have complained. In the final analysis, no matter how lively the flower banquet is, it is also a place where those dignitaries and nobles are in the limelight, so what does it have to do with the common people in the market? They even hope that there will be no banquet, and they probably don't want to join in the excitement. ”

"It is also the truth that the people are bitter when they are rejuvenated, and the people who are miserable when they die. Zhuge Chen opened his mouth and said, straightened his waist, and gathered a few wisps of sword qi that overflowed due to mood fluctuations.

Ever since he swallowed the Qi Flower and the Blue Sky Root, he felt that his mastery of the Qi Machine was not as good as before. This is not his reason, the main reason is that the sword qi in the cultivation path is becoming more and more turbulent, like a wave crashing on the shore, and at some point it will roll up a shocking waterspout.

However, this is not a bad thing, at least it can prove that the sword qi is more prosperous than in the past, and it may be a sign of breaking the realm. Even if he can't use this to reach the realm of real bamboo basket water, his killing power will not stagnate.

"That's it. Crow, who was born in the city, naturally understands the thoughts of the people very well: "For us, the royal family has stored a lot of flowers in the hands of the prime minister, and now it is in a large warehouse in the north of the imperial capital. Although it is heavily guarded, I think it shouldn't be too difficult for Childe. It only takes a few more years to sneak in and burn the flowers, and if the flower feast is to be held, it will have to drag on for a few more years. As everyone knows, Emperor Yunmeng is a person who has a paranoid pursuit of the word perfection, and he has taken great pains to prepare for the event. If he is ruined in the hands of the prime minister, he will be severely punished, and it is very likely that he will lose his hard-earned official hat. Even if he doesn't get to this point, the people's complaints will force him to choose to resign and go into hiding. ”

Zhuge Chen listened to the crow's plan, nodded slightly, and then spoke: "It's a pity that the Yunmeng royal family only treats you as an assassin. If you were to give advice, maybe the imperial capital would not be as unpredictable as it is now. ”

Childe laughed. Raven replied.

"In that case, I'll be on my way to the north of the city tonight. It is better for you to stay in the house, and you do not have to go with me. Zhuge Chen saw Crow's concern, so he had no choice but to explain: "There are definitely not many cultivators in the imperial capital who can be regarded as top-notch killing power now, and the imperial family will never send them to deal with me." Otherwise, if I directly enter the imperial capital, where should the face of the royal family go?"

Saying this, Zhuge Chen carried the wine jug and went to the courtyard to bask in the sun. A rare moment of peace, he didn't want to be disturbed. So his hands waved in front of him, and he came to his own little world.

......

At night, Zhuge Chen counted the time and prepared to go to the north of the city in black clothes after playing this game of chess. These days, he has another hobby, and that is playing against himself. Although he is a veritable stinky chess basket, his interest is undiminished. In addition to practicing swords and drinking, it is time to play chess.

After hearing a knock on the door, Zhuge Chen said please come in, and after a while, he saw a well-dressed woman surnamed Yan standing in front of him. Although he doesn't know anything about feelings, he is not a fool, so he naturally knows the purpose of the other party's visit in the middle of the night. It's just that he can't say anything, so he just thinks in his heart about how to tell the other party what he means tactfully.

For the people around him, Zhuge Chen has always had a lot of patience. It is only when he fights with others that his true arrogant side is revealed.

"Miss Yan, is there anything I need help with? If there is, but it doesn't matter, as long as I can do it, I dare not say that I will definitely be able to do it, but I will definitely do my best. Zhuge Chen put the chess pieces into the box, cleaned up everything on the bed, and invited the woman surnamed Yan to sit down.

"Childe should already know my life experience, and the little woman is grateful to be able to see the fall of the Jun family with her own eyes. There is nothing to repay, only to make a promise. The woman surnamed Yan said straight to the point, and she was about to take off the tulle on her body.

Zhuge Chen hurriedly sealed her hands with sword qi, frowned and said, "Miss Yan, if you really do this, won't it make it difficult for both of us?" Besides, I single-handedly planned the destruction of the Jun family, not for you, mainly because the prime minister offended me. Since this is the case, it has nothing to do with Miss Yan, so how can we talk about gratitude? As for what is a personal promise, it is even more wrong!"

Bai Yi feels like a sour Confucian who likes to recite some old truths in his private school, and his belly full of ink is just annoying. But after all, the woman surnamed Yan is one of the few friends of the crow, what can he do?

But there is another solution, a sword aura, clean and neat.

"But how can this matter be counted like this?" the woman surnamed Yan said, her carefully dressed makeup looked even more pitiful under the candlelight: "Gongzi saved our Yan family, and I, as the daughter of the Yan family, have to repay me no matter what." Childe just followed my wish, okay?"

Zhuge Chen just snorted coldly, and in order to ignore the other party, he directly put on the night suit and went out.

With such a nonsense woman, if you can make sense, I am afraid that there will be sword immortals everywhere in the world.

......

The weather in the imperial capital today is obviously colder than a few days ago, or it is a crisp autumn weather. Blowing in the breeze, with a slight chill, Zhuge Chen left what had just happened behind him.

He has always been like this, as long as he holds the hilt of the sword, the appearance of hanging a child is gone.

With a pillar of incense, Zhuge Chen, who rose in the wind, came to the big warehouse in the north of the city. This place is heavily guarded and heavily guarded, and there should be a few cultivators with a high level of cultivation. But Zhuge Chen probed at random and found that as long as he hid his qi, with the methods of those few people, he would not be able to find him at all.

Two guards with torches patrolled the streets, chatting with each other: "I said that the prime minister doesn't need to be so vigilant, if anyone really dares to come, isn't Tai Sui breaking ground on his head and killing himself? To put it bluntly, we people are just decorations, and we can't earn a lot of money by working hard." ”

The other sighed and said, "If that's the case, let's talk less about it in the future." was really heard by someone with a heart to report you and me, and we can't even get this errand. The incident that happened in the Prime Minister's Mansion a few days ago was not cut to civilians because of unintentional words. Now they are setting up stalls in the south of the city, and it is said that it is difficult to make a living. ”

The one who spoke first hurriedly nodded his head and snorted twice, as if someone was really supervising him.

There are gods in the head, and this statement is very respected in the market. But for practitioners, that's not a big deal. Everyone calls themselves immortals, and what they believe in is not themselves?

Zhuge Chen thought of this interesting statement and continued to move forward.

A white-eyed man in a blood-red robe squinted his eyes and looked at him, then knocked on his temple and said to himself, "It's really strange, obviously I have already found out that there is someone over there, why has the qi disappeared again?"

Listening to his voice so feminine, he should be a eunuch.

The other party frowned, but did not walk to this side. If he looked into the distance along the wall, he would find Zhuge Chen, who was already holding the rubber pillar sword. When the time comes, a fight is inevitable.

After he left, Zhuge Chen set off again. Although there were two short episodes, on the whole, he still easily dived into it, stretched out a finger, and the demon path fire in his heart was burning. He gently put his finger on those delicate flowers, and said to himself: "It's a pity that these flowers, if they appear at the flower banquet, they must be able to surprise the four seats, right?"

Ordinary flames, even if they rise, are not difficult to extinguish. But if it's the heart demon Dao Fire, it's very different. Unless you can find the fire, there is no way for the gods to come. But if you want to find the fire, you must go deep into the flames and face the inner demon Dao fire.

This is an extremely dangerous thing, if you are not careful, you will be taken advantage of by the demons. No one wants to take such a risk and gamble on their own road future.

Zhuge Chen watched the fire get bigger and bigger, smiled slightly and prepared to leave. When he reached the outside of the warehouse, he heard a commotion coming from inside. He looked up, looked at the skyrocketing fire, and prepared to return to the house.

But behind him, a voice suddenly remembered: "It's you, what you did?"

Zhuge Chen turned around and found that it was the eunuch. At this moment, the other party stood with his hands in his hands, but there was a condensation of qi beside him. Sure enough, the other party is not an ordinary person.

"Zhuge Chen, you are so bold! you dare to break in here, are you really not afraid of death?" The blood-red robed eunuch took a step, and the stone slab under his feet suddenly cracked.