Zhao Lanjiang and Li Chengcheng were not aware of this matter, but after being reminded by Xiao Jinyan, the two looked at Mrs. Qi in the sarcophagus, except for being older and her skin was pale due to blood loss, the appearance of the two was eight or nine points similar.

Zhao Lanjiang said, "There must be a blood relationship between this Mrs. Qi and Miss Yu. ”

If it was someone from the Ghost King Sect who hijacked Yu Jiaxue, then Yu Jiaxue was most likely a sacrifice used to activate the Blood Sacrifice Array.

Although this relationship was found, Yu Jiaxue had been missing for nearly two days, and the people of the Ghost King Sect should have brought her to this Dingling Mountain, but the other party did not make the slightest movement, which made the three of them a little puzzled.

"We have two choices, first, wait here for the rabbit, and second, go back to the city to find the reason, which one do you choose?" Xiao Jinyan asked.

Zhao Lanjiang said, "Back to the city, even if we find a problem, but the premise is that the Ghost King Sect has captured Yu Jiaxue, if the inference is wrong, she was captured by someone else, then it will be in vain to stay here for as long as possible." ”

Xiao Jinyan also said, "It's gloomy here, except for the two of you, there is a hundred-year-old female corpse, and there is no one to speak." I can't stand it. ”

Li Chengcheng pointed to the sarcophagus, "If there is one more person to speak, I'm afraid you won't be able to stand it even more." ”

The three of them climbed the stairs and prepared to go back along the stone cave, but the strange thing was that those blood bats did not continue to attack, and the entrance to the bat cave that had been blocked before actually appeared in front of them again.

The three of them walked out of the cave and found that it was already dawn, and they couldn't help but exclaim, "I only felt that I had been in the mountains for an hour, how could it be daylight?"

Xiao Jinyan said, "As the saying goes, the sun and the moon don't know how long the mountains are, and in the dark, time flies very fast, and it's nothing." ”

When I came to the bottom of the mountain, the guide who collected medicine from before was long gone, and I waited for a long time, but I didn't wait for the three of them, and went back first.

Li Qingcheng said, "The guide is gone, the terrain here is complicated, and the jungle is dense, how can I go back to the city?"

Zhao Lanjiang smiled slightly and said indifferently, "Follow me." ”

Li Chengcheng said, "I almost forgot, you are known as the wolf of Hengduan Mountain, this small place can't trap you." ”

Zhao Lanjiang used to be a scout, and he had fought in the mountains and forests, and he was very proficient in identifying the direction and sneaking and tracking, and the habit he had developed all the year round made him make a lot of marks along the way when he came.

The three of them were about to enter the city, when suddenly there was a thunderclap in the sky.

Bang!

This thunder seemed to explode in the ears, shaking the eardrums of the three people, and the corner tower on the city gate was struck by lightning and fell down.

Crash.

Under the city of Jianmen urn, there is a temple of Emperor Wu, which was hit by the corner tower, the main hall collapsed violently, and the dust was flying, but the statue of the second master of Naguan was unscathed, standing in a ruin, standing still.

The entire people of the Sword Sect were also frightened by this thunder.

But looking up at the sky, the sky is clear, and there are no clouds, even in Shuzhong, this is a rare good weather.

In Jianmen City, a thunderclap came without warning, making the people in the city panic, talking about it, and rumors spread.

A very small number of people in the rivers and lakes knew that this was not a thunderous sound, but an explosion sound caused by squeezing the true element of heaven and earth with internal force when the masters of the Tongxiang Realm were fighting between each other.

Zhao Lanjiang's eyes lit up, and he said, "There are masters who have made a move!"

However, the three of them looked towards the corner tower, which was empty, and they did not find any true yuan flowing.

At the door of the tea shop, a tea guest said, "This is someone who has offended the gods in the sky, and this thunder is a warning to the people in the city, let you know that people are doing it, and the sky is watching!"

Another tea guest said, "Brother Li, that's right, there's no level, what is it called people doing it, the sky is watching?"

The man said, "You know what I'm referring to. ”

Another person said, "You see that the temple of Emperor Guan has collapsed, but the second master Guan is fine, this is the second master who wants to appear holy and prepare to get rid of the wicked people in the city!"

When the three of them heard someone chatting, they stopped, called Dr. Tea, and spent more than a dozen copper plates ordering a pot of tea and a plate of broad beans, and listened attentively.

"What wicked man?"

The man surnamed Li Chake stretched out his hand and made a gesture of drawing a bow.

Dr. Tea brought the tea, and said to the chatter, "A few guest officials, our shop is a small business, you can talk about Fengyue, don't discuss official affairs!"

When these tea guests heard this, they hurriedly stopped, sullen, and drank tea. Xiao Jinyan was suspicious and asked, "A few old brothers, you just said that there are wicked people in the city, what's going on?"

Seeing the faces of the three people, the man shook his head with a wry smile, and didn't say much, but another burly man said with a dissatisfied face, "It's not a matter of sealing the customs yet!"

Xiao Jinyan was interested, shouted that Dr. Tea served another plate of peanuts, sent it to them, and said with a smile, "Brother, we are new here, come here to eat, please talk about it." ”

The burly man said, "Don't hide it, a few of us are grain merchants in Shu, and we take the line of Yinyang in Shu." In the past few months, the price of grain in Yinyang City has soared, from 300 yuan of rice last year to 900 yuan of rice, and several of us have collected 50,000 catties of grain, with all kinds of documents, tariffs, and procedures, but the goods have been here for almost half a month, and they have not been shipped out. ”

"Why is that?"

The burly man said with a dissatisfied face, "Then you have to ask those who are in charge." In order to deal with those people, we spent more than 200 taels of silver before and after, the day before yesterday, Zhang Qianhu's brother-in-law, Yujiabao married his daughter, we sent more than 100 taels, said that it was released yesterday, but his mother was trapped again, saying that it was Jianmen Pass outside the spies of Xichu, who committed a crime in the city, and captured Yujiabao's daughter. ”

Xiao Jinyanqi said, "What does your food have to do with catching spies?"

"Yesterday, Yujiabao sent someone to buy our grain at a price of 200 yuan, and we did not agree, and an old watch was also arrested and beaten by them, threatening that if he refused to sell his grain, he would not be able to get any of them at that time. ”

"Yu Jiabao is the richest merchant in the Sword Gate, how can he take a fancy to your little food?"

The man said, "The grain carts that were stopped in the entire Jianmen Pass are not just a few of us, there are more than ten of them, and we have collected these grains at a price of 180 yuan, if we sell them at a low price, won't we run errands in vain? What's more, this trip, we borrowed money in Shuzhong." ”

The tea guest surnamed Li said, "It's not, from Shuzhong to Yinyang, just this way, they put the sword gate, whether it is to enter or retreat, if it drags on for another ten days and a half months, even if it reaches Yinyang, there is nothing to gain." ”

"What is the origin of this Qianhu, how dare you be so blatant?"

The man said, "People are big, I heard that there are people in the court, who seem to be called Yuwen Dadu." ”

Hearing Yuwen Tianlu's name, Zhao Lanjiang's face was gloomy, and he snapped, and the teacup in his hand was crushed raw.

The tea guest surnamed Li sighed, "Originally, I thought we were shrewd enough, but in fact, no matter how shrewd a businessman is, he can't compete with a piece of paper from the imperial court." ”

The man said, "Hmph, why didn't that thunder just now hit the sword guard and kill that wicked man!"

At this time, someone could hear, "Who is the wicked and who is going to be chopped to death?" As he spoke, three officers and soldiers with swords in their hands walked in.

When those tea guests saw the officers and soldiers, they hurriedly silenced.

Dr. Tea stepped forward to play a round, "The three soldiers have worked hard, sit down quickly and drink a cup of tea and rest." ”

The captain said, "Old tea, just now, I seem to have heard someone say bad things about Lord Qianhu?" he pointed to the man and said, "Did you say that?"

The man smiled, "Master Bing, our whole family expects you to guard the safety of our side, how can you speak ill of adults?"

Complaining is complaining, these grain merchants are all shrewd people, and they have long practiced the ability to see people and talk about people, and when they see the arrival of officers and soldiers, they hurriedly offer a bunch of sycophants.

Several officers and soldiers didn't pursue it, picked up the teacup, drank a few sips in a row, and scolded and scolded, "Damn, I'm tired of Lao Tzu, we've been searching for two days, when is it a head, I haven't even seen a fart." ”

Burst!

Zhao Lanjiang let out a fart.

As soon as these officers and soldiers came, the tea shop that was originally noisy was silent, and they didn't dare to speak loudly, and Zhao Lanjiang's fart was particularly harsh.

The lieutenant frowned, "You put this fart?"

Zhao Lanjiang shook his head, "No." ”

Yibing said, "Nonsense, I obviously saw you fart just now." ”

"You have good eyes, what color?"

The soldier said, "I smell it!"

Zhao Lanjiang laughed, "My name is not written on that fart, how can you prove that I put it?

The soldier stood abruptly and was about to draw his blade, but the lieutenant stopped him. He stood up, paced slowly, and came to Zhao Lanjiang's table.

Zhao Lanjiang poured a cup of tea and drank it all.

The lieutenant said slowly, "What do I think, you are like a spy in Xichu, what's the matter, come with us?"

Zhao Lanjiang did not move.

"Are you going to do it yourself, or are you going to let the brothers do it?"

Zhao Lanjiang drank another cup of tea and stood up, "I'll go with you!"

"For your sake, when you go to prison in a while, your brothers will take care of you more. ”

Li Chengcheng said, "Slow down!"

Seeing that this person was extraordinary in popularity and handsome, he was not an ordinary person at first glance, and he was a little less proud between his words, and said, "What's the matter?"

Li Chengcheng said, "Take a step to speak, I have a letter I want you to see." ”

The captain said, "Lao Tzu is illiterate. ”

Li Chengcheng smiled and took out a silver ticket from his arms, which was left to him by Li Changsheng before leaving.

"Not a few words. ”

The lieutenant followed Li Chengcheng to the door, reached out to catch the silver ticket, but found that a sticky force sucked him in, and he couldn't move, and after a while, he trembled all over his body and was drenched in cold sweat.

Li Chengcheng said, "A little meaning, Master Bing, be accommodating." ”

The lieutenant grinned, "Then you should let go." ”

"You answer me two questions first. ”

"If you have something to say, there is a fart ......" Before he finished speaking, the captain was in severe pain, "Master, may I ask." ”

Li Chengcheng said, "First, does the Jianmen Pass have anything to do with the grain convoys in the pass?"

The lieutenant said, "This is an order from Lord Qianhe, we don't know." ”

"Second, you are locking down the city to search people, but the search is the eldest lady of the Yu family?"

"We don't know. ”

"I don't know, what are you searching?"

"The night before yesterday, the lord gave us a strange order, telling us to search the city, and we didn't say what to search, only that if we found anyone suspicious, we would all take it back for interrogation. ”

Li Qingcheng smiled, "Do you think we are suspicious?"

The lieutenant said, "I thought it was quite suspicious just now, but now I'm sure that you must not be a spy of Xichu." ”

"Why?"

"Intuition!"

Li Chengcheng said, "What's your name?"

"Li Damao!"

"I can't imagine that it's still my family!" Li Chengcheng sent a slight force, and Li Damao took a few steps back before he stood firm.

Li Damao knew that the three of them were not easy to mess with, so he got up and took the other two to leave, and Li Chengcheng shouted, "Come back, pay for the tea." ”

Li Damao grabbed a handful of copper coins and asked Dr. Tea to collect them, how dare Dr. Tea, even say that he invited the three officials, then Li Damao ignored him, threw the copper coin on the ground, and hurriedly left the tea shop.

The three of them went out of the tea shop.

Zhao Lanjiang speculated, "In my opinion, the disappearance of this eldest lady Yu is probably due to Yu Jiabao's own tricks, what kind of marrying a girl, what kind of ghost Wang Zong, to put it bluntly, it is aimed at those grain merchants who are blocking the city gate." ”

Xiao Jinyan said, "Yes or no, go to the Lei family and the Yu family and ask about it." ”

At this time, Lei Zhenyu walked over and said, "You're back, something big has happened!"