Chapter 18: Goodbye to the Old Man
After Ruan Ruan and the others took over the task, they went to the pharmacy to buy some ordinary medicines, which were not set up by the Qianlong Hall, and could be directly teleported to the teleportation array outside the Broken Dragon Mountain Range. It's not to save credits, but to go back the same way and go to see Du Xiaobai of Qingxin Yaju. At least they have warmly entertained a few of them, and now they just went out to visit.
When he came to Qingxin Yaju, Du Xiaobai was very happy to see a few people, and greeted a few people.
After three rounds of drinking, Ruan Ruan Ruan saw that Du Xiaobai's face was different, and then asked: "Brother Du may wish to explain something clearly, if you can help, you should spare no effort." ”
Du Xiaobai bowed down and bowed, Ruan Ruan quickly supported him, Du Xiaobai looked out the window, his eyes seemed to be immersed in memories.
"I started taking the Tianxing Academy exam at the age of seventeen, and I was able to be shortlisted for the outer disciple at the age of nineteen, and I wanted to impact the inner disciple within the age of twenty. Unexpectedly, there was an accident in the family, and there was friction between my Du family and Jinjianmen. When I went back, I saw a ruin, and I went crazy to find the Golden Sword Gate desperately. Helplessly, there are many masters on the other side, they know that I have entered the Tianxing Academy, although they dare not kill me, but they imprisoned me and my family, and when I waited for the opportunity to escape back to the Tianxing Academy, they had already missed the qualification of the inner disciples. In fact, I know my level of qualifications, and no matter how hard I try, I can't get into the inner door. But thinking that my family was still in the enemy's hands, and I was unable to rescue them, I was tormented all day long. It wasn't until I met a few of you, who were young but had infinite potential, and at the same time obtained the status of an inner disciple, that hope ignited in my heart, so I deliberately contacted you Brother Shi, also due to selfishness. ”
He said for a long time, his forehead was already full of sweat, and there was faint bloodshot in his eyes.
Ruan Ruan patted him on the shoulder, "Brother Du has this experience, it's really not easy, what do you need me to do, just say it." ”
Du Xiaobai raised his head, "I just want to reunite with my family and live an ordinary life." ”
Zhu Zixin was already indignant when he heard it on the side, "This Golden Sword Sect is also too arrogant and domineering, bullying my disciples of Tianxing Academy, and no one in the academy cares." ”
Du Xiaobai smiled bitterly, "Every year, there are hundreds of new students enrolled, if the inner disciples are okay, but there are many outer disciples, how can the academy take care of the family affairs of the outer disciples." ”
Qiu Meili took a glass of wine and put it to his lips, and twisted the wine glass with his fingers, "The Golden Sword Gate is located in the Northwest Burial Moon Mountain Range, and since its establishment, it has continuously annexed the surrounding sects, and it is rumored that a treasure in the Void Valley was targeted by it, and it was uprooted by it more than ten years ago. The nearby sects are all looking forward to it, and in recent years, the momentum has become even greater, and there is a faint posture of being on an equal footing with the four major sects. We are under a lot of pressure to fight against it. ”
Yuqing put her finger to her lips, tilted her head and thought about it, "I heard my father say that Xugu and Yougu were originally the same name, and the two families were good friends. More than ten years ago, the Golden Sword Gate suddenly invaded the Void Valley on a large scale, and the Void Valley has not been there ever since. Since then, there hasn't been much movement in the Golden Sword Gate, but I didn't expect it to relapse into its old state now, revealing a hideous state. ”
When Ruan Ruan heard this information, she couldn't help but turn over in her heart. suddenly remembered that when he was young, those people who worked with his grandfather on the mountain were revealed by his grandfather at that time, and they were not from Jinjianmen. It seems that this Golden Sword Gate is going to investigate anyway.
Ruan Ruan settled down, "Brother Du, since this Golden Sword Sect is so deviant, we naturally want to seek justice, you can rest assured here, waiting for our news." ”
Several people said goodbye to Du Xiaobai and went all the way out of the valley.
Zhu Zixin said in a rare seriousness: "We are now equivalent to taking on three tasks, what are we going to do." ”
Qiu Meili didn't care, "I have to do it anyway, just arrange it according to the route." ”
Yuqing didn't speak, her eyes looked at Ruan Ruan.
Ruan Ruan pointed ahead, "Let's find the horse thieves first, you can know the clues from them, these things are done, let's cross the Bijiang River and go to the Golden Sword Gate." ”
The men had decided on a certain discussion, and rode their horses to the south. After a few days of walking, a village appeared in front of them. Several people dismounted and entered the village, but found that there were no traces. I had no choice but to move on, and I came to the village I had been to again.
"Look, there's someone in the village. Yuqing screamed.
Several people hurriedly stepped forward and found a bunch of people lying on the ground, one of whom was actually the general with the troops they had met before.
Ruan Ruan reached out and touched it, there was still heat in his chest, helped the general up, and stuffed a small pill purchased by the academy into his mouth. After a while, the effect of the medicine took effect, and the general woke up.
Ruan Ruan asked what had happened, and the general laughed miserably, "It's all dead, monster, he's here, ......", his voice stopped abruptly, and he was angry.
Qiu Meili examined the corpse, came over and said to Ruan Ruan: "The cause of death is very strange, on the surface it was injured by a sword, but in fact, the fatal thing was a silver needle, which was inserted straight into the heart, which led to the heart growing a little off, so it lasted the longest." ”
"It seems that someone is trying to cover up the truth and blame others. Zhu Zixin put forward a guess.
"It's hard to judge now, there are too few clues. Ruan Ruan groaned.
"Let's go directly to Qiu'an Town and see if there's any gain. Yuqing proposed.
"It's okay, find the clue and go to the City Lord's Mansion. Ruan Ruan made a decision.
The town of Qiu'an is actually a slightly larger village with occasional markets. When Ruan Ruan and the four of them came to the town, they saw that it was desolate, and the villagers didn't see a few, and they didn't say a word when they met occasionally, and hurriedly walked away.
The mayor of the town, an old man with a long beard, sighed when he saw the four of them, and persuaded them to leave.
Ruan Ruan had no choice but to tell the truth, "The four of us are disciples of the Tianxing Academy, and we came here this time to investigate the vision that happened here. After speaking, he stretched out his wrist and showed the tattoo on it.
The mayor was stunned for a moment, and did not make a sound.
Qiu Meili frowned, "Did any disciples from Tianxing Academy come before?"
The mayor hesitated, "It is true that there were disciples of your academy who came, but they stayed in the village for one night and then turned around and left, without explaining why. ”
Zhu Zixin said with a smile: "We are different from them, we are highly skilled, I don't believe you." "Stretched out his fist and smashed it to the ground, his true anger filled his fist, making a big hole, dusty, and even his own face was disgraced.
Yuqing patted the ash on her body and scolded: "Are you going to demolish the house, you might as well keep the hoe with your strength." ”
Zhu Zixin smiled, "The force is too great, I can't control it." ”
Ruan Ruan glanced at the two of them and said to the mayor, "Then we will stay in the village for one night and see what the situation is." ”
When the mayor saw that he was resolute in his speech, he did not dare to offend a few people, so he arranged for them to rest in the big house.