Chapter 221: A Bleak Moonlit Night
"Listen to the wind?"
Following the hasty and panicked aura, Leng Tingtao finally discovered that the person hiding in the dark corner was his younger brother Leng Tingfeng.
"Third Brother ......"
Leng Tingfeng's voice was weak and weak, and by the dim moonlight, Leng Tingtao found that his younger brother, who was leaning against the corner of the wall and gasping for breath, was not lightly injured, and his upper sleeve robe had been soaked with blood, although his life was not in danger, his breath was very unstable, and he almost wanted to fall into a coma.
"Follow me!"
didn't bother to ask more, Leng Tingtao pulled Leng Tingfeng and wanted to help him up, but he grabbed an empty one, and then looked at the sleeve of his left arm, which was empty.
The injury was more serious than he imagined, Leng Tingtao no longer hesitated, picked up Leng Tingfeng, and disappeared in an instant, after a stick of incense, the two were already treating the monk Li Rulin's home.
Li Rulin was one of Leng Tingtao's henchmen, he was hurriedly called up, and hurriedly treated Leng Tingfeng, but fortunately, although the monk lost his arm, he could still regenerate, and the treatment was not a big deal in time.
"Why was Tingfeng so seriously injured?" Li Rulin wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, flattened Leng Tingfeng's body, played a few special talismans to dispel illness, and took a few pills for him, before exiting the room and asking lightly.
"I haven't had time to ask, Rulin, you've been tossing for almost two hours, you're tired, go and rest, I'll just sit here for a while." ”
"My lord, I'm still here ......"
"It's okay, let's go. Leng Tingtao waved his hand and refused Li Rulin's request to wait here, although he was also a little tired, but he was troubled by this sudden incident without sleepiness, it stands to reason that there will be no danger when he goes to Heishuimen on an errand, but now Leng Tingfeng has ended up like this, he must have a heart to blame.
However, he still needs to wait until dawn, wait for Leng Tingfeng's injury to recover a little, and then go to interrogate, Lelin City is his territory, with him guarding it, Li Rulin is also a Xuan-level high-level monk, naturally no one will come here to murder Leng Tingfeng again.
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It was also a dim moonlit night.
In the inner mansion of the head of the Radiant City of Chixia Gate, the lights have not been extinguished. The head Zeng Baoxian had just returned from Qi State, so he hurriedly went through all the reports when he was away, including those that his cousin Zeng Baojun had approved, and singled out three of them, planning to discuss one or two with Dugu tomorrow.
"What do you think of the information from the Imperial Wind Sect's spy on Wanqing?"
"Civil strife is coming. It was his cousin Zeng Baojun who answered him, he leaned lazily on the back of his chair, and looked through the newspapers casually in his hand, "But between the Yufeng Sect and us, across the Luoying Gate, it doesn't have much impact on us." Now that you're back, then you and Dugu are in charge of everything, and you can ask his opinion tomorrow. ”
Zeng Baoxian couldn't help but look up at him, for this cousin who was not interested in political affairs and planning, he had no choice, it was not that he couldn't do it well, in fact, his political talent was not below him at all, and even faintly surpassed, if he was willing to use a little heart, it would be completely possible to liberate himself from tedious chores.
The three newspapers that Zeng Baoxian picked out just now were not mishandled by Zeng Baojun, but handled them quite properly, he wanted to talk to Dugu, but he just wanted the other party to take a closer look, Dugu was sometimes too eager to do things, superstitious about force, which was completely different from Zeng Baojun.
"I'm in Qi Country and I've reached some agreements with Biyun Sect. ”
"They still want to suffer another loss?" Zeng Baojun chuckled, "Zheng Jiasheng is still so short-sighted, even if he can tear off a piece of meat from the Jincheng faction, what is there to chew? He wants to integrate the demon clan in the west, it is not so easy, even the constraints of several major families in the sect are enough for him to worry about." ”
You can see it thoroughly, but he agrees. For the Biyun Sect, if it can win this time, it can take the opportunity to settle the several major families inside, why not?"
"If it were me, I'd rather go all the way south. Zeng Baojun picked out a blue document from the newspaper thrown by Zeng Baoxian, "In the past few days, according to my observation, Liu Zhenghua's ability is not bad, you see his report about the Wei State, in addition to the level of landing is not as good as his dead brother Liu Zhengchun, his vision is still very sharp." ”
"Well, I've heard of it too, and in a few months, I'm going to let him take his brother's place, but you will first be the general deacon, and you, and you, will also be the general elder, so take some time to take him with you. ”
"It's me again?" Zeng Baojun suddenly felt that he had just talked too much, which led to this arrangement.
"Those who can work harder. Zeng Baoxian glared at the lazy Zeng Baojun, "I'm going to go to the Imperial Wind Sect in person to meet this Mu Qianxue, you are in the canyon, have you been in contact with her, what is your impression?"
"Impressions?"
Zeng Baojun smacked these two words, "The impression is that he looks good, but he is already famous, and he is that Ling Feidu." He remembered that Mu Qianxue was looking for help from others, divination to confirm Ling Feidu's good fortune, and secretly thought that this judgment must be correct, "On the other hand, this woman is very strong in the mountains, and when you were in the canyon, you should have also seen the monk called "Tai Lao", and I am afraid that it is only one step away from the pseudo-heaven level." Judging from the information provided by Wanqing, as well as the reports of other lurkers, Mu Qianxue has a faint intention to split the territory in the eastern part of the Imperial Wind Sect, and if so, we can cooperate with her. ”
"Deal with Tu Shan together?"
"That's right, Tu Shan's Luoying Gate is separated between us and the Imperial Wind Sect, if she can go south, it will inevitably consume the strength of the Luoying Sect. ”
"Will you drive the wolf and welcome the tiger?"
"The resources in the southeast of the Imperial Wind Sect are not many monks who can support them. Even if Mu Qianxue occupies this place, she can only protect herself in the short term, if you go to see her, I guess she will not promise you to deal with Luoyingmen immediately, but will need you to help her first, with her current strength, she can't compete with the Imperial Wind Sect. ”
"It's hard to tell. Zeng Baoxian believes that wealth is moving, "If we can really work together to deal with Luoyingmen as soon as possible, we can come up with some spirit stones to help." ”
Zeng Baojun didn't continue to entangle, but just drew a small circle on the map on the table, "Tianlimen is the main force attacking Luoyingmen, but that is really driving wolves and welcoming tigers!"
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Hanshan faction, an unnamed pass in the north.
The dark green hills reflected the dim moonlight, which made people feel a little panic in their hearts, and unlike in the past, the few ordinary guards stationed here today did not wait for the people who came to change the guard as promised.
"What's going on?"
One of them was tired of standing, "Is Wang Dahu drunk again?" He couldn't help but lean out and look carefully into the canyon, and glimpsed from afar that the little lights in his expectation had not yet been lit in the sentry post.
"Bastard!" he cursed in a low voice, and several guards on the other side didn't dare to say anything, "I'll take a look!"
He was about to set off, but an inexplicable chill suddenly surged in his heart, and then looked at the canyon, three monks were flying quickly over, and the person at the head was Li Huanchu, the deacon of the Imperial Wind Sect stationed here.
"Lord Li, you can't go out of the city at night, if you go out, please show the warrant of the head of the house. ”
"Warrant fart!"
Different from the polite attitude in the past, Li Huan Chu didn't stop at all, rushed over like a strong wind, and took a few guards to a stumble, "Your head is dead, hurry up and run for your life!"
"What?" Several guards were still waiting to get up to stop them, and when they heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, the head of the house was dead? The leader's expression froze for a moment, "Let's go, hurry back to the outpost!"
The one who ordered on his side, Li Huan Chu, the deacon of the Yufeng Sect who escaped, did not dare to slack off, the Hanshan faction was in chaos, and he, the monk stationed here, must report to the upper echelons of the Yufeng Sect as soon as possible, however, the strength of the person who made the rebellion was terrifying, he was a small Xuan, and in the blink of an eye, he saw that Ma Ai was pierced through the head with a white bone spear, and there was no sound.
Come on!
That was his first thought. The two people behind him were getting farther and farther away, he couldn't take care of these two spirit-level followers, he just wanted to rush to Nanping City, which was the closest to here, as long as he passed on this news, then his value would be reduced, and he would become safer.
Shaded by the shadows of the trees, there was no man's land everywhere, and Li Huan Chu felt the desolation of this place at his fingertips for the first time.
Directly in front of him, several fluttering torches suddenly rose, and he quickly stopped his figure and looked at the comer from afar.
"Qiu Daoquan, Qiu City Lord!"
Li Huan Chu recognized one of the comers, this person was the city lord of Nanping City, he hurriedly flew forward a few steps, he didn't expect the other party to come out, how could he know about the Hanshan Sect in advance?
However, he didn't think much about it, meeting Qiu Daoquan meant that he was already safe, he hurriedly took a few steps forward and saluted, judging from the official rank, he, the deacon of the Hanshan Sect, was half a level lower than the city lord.
"Li Daoyou, the Hanshan faction is in turmoil, and you are the only one who survives?"
"No, there are two spirit level behind me, I came over in a hurry to report, they fell far away, and it is estimated that they will arrive soon. Li Huan Chu said, "City Lord Qiu is really well-informed, he actually knew about this matter in advance, did someone flee here first?"
"No, these two seniors told me. The torch in Qiu Daoquan's hand moved slightly, reflecting the other two faces, a man and a woman, who were Ling Fei and Mu Qianxue.
"Ling Feidu? Mu Qianxue?" Li Huan Chu, who had some knowledge, recognized the two of them, no wonder, he had always felt two hidden powerful breaths, and now it seemed that these two people were both famous in Jindu City, he remembered the rumors that Ling Feidu rejected Mu Qianxue for a woman, and Mu Qianxue was obsessed, and he couldn't help but secretly despise this pair of dog men and women who loved and loved people who couldn't understand it, but he didn't dare to show the slightest disrespect on his face.
Fortunately, I am from the Li family, he said in his heart.
"Alright, City Lord Qiu, the time has come. Mu Qianxue turned her head to look at Qiu Daoquan, the city lord of Nanping City, and said something inexplicable.
is middle-aged, and Qiu Dao, who has gray temples, is completely embarrassed, but he still licks his slightly chapped lips, "Li Daoyou, look at this letter, is it from your subordinates?"
Huh?
Li Huan Chu felt quite different, what are my subordinates doing when they send a letter to you as a city lord, is it possible to report me? You don't need to send a message to report, but reporting is a common thing in the Imperial Wind Sect, and if the upper echelons don't receive a few report letters, it means that you haven't done anything, but you are a mediocre official.
The atmosphere was crooked, and Li Huan Chu couldn't help but complain again in his heart, the matter of officialdom was really involuntary, so he took a step forward and wanted to take the thin letter from the city lord Qiu Daoquan, but suddenly felt a strong wind in his ears.
Not good!
Li Huan Chu was about to dodge, Qiu Daoquan already had a silver light short knife in his hand, and slashed straight at his neck, so close to the distance, he couldn't dodge at all, he was about to sacrifice the aura to protect the body, but Ling Feidu on the side grabbed him, and a majestic spiritual power was injected into his body, which made his breathing become disordered, and the spirit rune magic weapon could not be sacrificed for a while.
Cha!
Li Huanchu's head suddenly rolled down, and there was no longer any life.
"Mu senior......"
Qiu Daoquan sighed, and when he did this, he only felt that the strength in his body was lost, and when he looked at the head on the ground, he was in a trance, as if he was in a dream for a while.
"Very good, now I believe in City Lord Qiu, and I am really willing to defect to us. Mu Qianxue said with a smile, "There are still two spirit levels, so I'll hand them over to the two deputy city lords." After she looked at Qiu Dao's whole body, the two Xuan-level monks who had been silent and had a very bad face.
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Jincheng faction, Lelin City.
"You said you were attacked in the Asa Mountain Sect?"
As soon as the day was bright, Leng Tingfeng had already woken up, Leng Tingtao heard the sound, and hurriedly came over to ask what happened, but heard such an incomprehensible answer.
"What are you doing in the Asagama Sect?"
"I, I," Leng listened to the wind and stopped, "I want to come back and see Su Ya, just passing by there." ”
Leng Tingtao let out a sigh of relief, I don't know what this Su Ya is capable of, she actually fascinated her younger brother like this, and wanted to come back several times, "Didn't I say it, let you not come back easily." ”
"Someone told me that Su Ya was sick. I was worried about it, so I took a leave, and this time I didn't come back privately, but took a leave. Leng Tingfeng argued, "I didn't expect that as soon as I got out of the Black Water Gate, I met two black-clothed people, both of whom were Xuan-level, and they besieged me before I could tell my name...... I fought with my life, and I used the life-saving talisman you gave me to hurt one person and escaped. ”
"They didn't say anything?"
"No, they didn't say a word, but they chased me and added two spirit level on the way. If it weren't for the many talismans on my body, I'm afraid I would have died on the road. ”
"After joining the Jincheng faction, they haven't left yet?"
"No, they hid, the situation is unknown, I didn't dare to go to Tianyou City, for fear that there would be more ambushes on the road, so I ran in the direction of Lelin City, and they didn't seem to leave until they entered the city. ”
This is strange, it stands to reason that if it is an ordinary thief, there is no reason to chase and kill such a long distance, his younger brother is only a Xuan, and there is no heavy treasure in his body, which makes no sense at all. There is no reason, he and Jiang Feng, the head of the Asshan Sect, have no grudges, and before entering the ruins, the other party deliberately came to show goodwill, and the preliminary judgment is that the Asshan Sect has nothing to do with this matter.
But who did it?
What good will it do them to kill Leng Tingfeng?
Leng Tingtao felt that it was better to focus on the beneficiary, if Leng Tingfeng died, the beneficiary would ...... It seems that there is no beneficiary, the members of the Leng family have always had a harmonious relationship, and Leng Tingfeng has no inheritance rights worthy of others.
Head Su Liqing?
No, since Su Liqing agreed to investigate Leng Tingfeng, he naturally would not do this. What's more, he has already informed several big families in the door that several of his daughters are about to marry in order of eldest and youngest, and the first choice is the marriage of the eldest daughter Su Qiong and the children of the Liu family, and Su Ya, who is favored by Leng Tingfeng, ranks fourth, and only needs to wait for two years at most, for monks, two years is nothing, but as a mundane Su Ya, she will grow a lot older...... It stands to reason that Su Liqing, as a father, should be more anxious.
So, who's messing up the situation?
He thought about it for a moment, but he still didn't get a suitable answer, but he planned to publicize the matter and win the initiative, so that Leng Tingfeng could stay in the mansion to recuperate from his injuries and avoid the potential risks of being on an errand at Heishuimen.
As for the attack on the Qianshan Sect, he planned to send his henchman Li Rulin to take the opportunity to investigate the case and get a little relationship with the Qianshan Sect, Su Liqing has always forbidden the ministers to contact other sects, this is an excellent opportunity. Although he did not investigate the secret of his brother's attack on Leng Tingfeng, he vaguely felt that this bureau seemed to be set up for himself.
You can't sit still.
Leng Tingtao decided to find a suitable opportunity to gather the fifty-three monks under his command first to find out their loyalty, so as to make some preparations as soon as possible. But what kind of excuse is better?
"Who told you that Su Ya was sick?" Leng Tingtao captured a key point.
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Jiang Feng arrived at the official post of Zhenwu City with the Yu family's sisters and brothers, as well as the prefecture-level monk Yu Chengke, early in the morning, and prepared to take Lizong's beast ship to Lizhou City.
Yu Xiaoman had already bought the ticket, looking at the several "pseudo-eight-clawed golden-winged swimming dragons" suspended in the sky, the heavy panting of the camel beast sounded in his ears, rubbing the tip of his nose lightly, getting rid of the discomfort caused by the special fishy smell, Jiang Feng inexplicably felt that his spirit was a little trance, this kind of beast ship that can carry eighty passengers, and can carry up to two hundred and forty monks in wartime, I don't know when the Qianshan Sect will be available?