Chapter 164: Luckily, he intercepted the conspiracy halfway
Let's say that the knife snowman and Chu Qing'an went out of Mo Wangzhai, turned over on the horse, and pulled the reins. Dao Xueke said: "There seems to be something hidden between the words of the two seniors of Zuoqiu, I don't know what the mystery is?" Chu Qing'an said with a smile: "Life and death have their own destiny, why do you need others to guide you?" Even if the two seniors have something to hide, it shouldn't be something we should know. ”
Dao Xueke nodded, and the two rode their horses slowly on the bluestone street that was reflected red by the sunset. Chu Qing'an saw that he was silent and said, "What is Brother Xue's plan next?"
"I don't know if the senior sister has found Xiaoli, whether they have arrived at the Qianyun Mansion, gone to Mengyao Mountain, and buried the good life of the seniors. If everything is ready, you can go to Lu'an Mansion together and join forces with Brother Feng, and at that time, you can find a good deal and settle the old accounts. Dao Xueke was slightly stunned, but still said everything in his heart.
Chu Qingan tilted his head and said, "Brother Xue really still wants to avenge the revenge of the year......" "No, it's more than that. Dao Xueke shook his head and said, "Of course, the blood feud must be avenged, but now my grievances with Ying Wujian have long been more than that. Hall Master Xiao, Xiaoli, Senior Sister, Senior Sister, Seniors, and, all the major sects, all of them were calculated by that without illness, even that Li Wenao and Mrs. Cui, as well as You Jinwen, they were all chess pieces that worked hard for him, and in the end they could be discarded at will......"
Dao Xueke couldn't help but clench his fists, gritted his teeth and said: "Now the bloody wind and blood on the rivers and lakes, all kinds of wrong and evil things are caused by Ying Wujian alone, and it is difficult to fill the desire, I must make him pay the price he deserves! Not only for Kexue Villa, but also for this ...... of the rivers and lakes."
Chu Qing'an pondered for a moment, and after planning in his heart, he said: "It's better for Brother Xue to go back to Yiye Sword Gate with me for a few days, Senior Sister Liu and they may need some time to go to Mengyao Mountain, and when I go back and make arrangements, I will go back to Lu'an with Brother Xue, and then it should be too late to find Na Na." ”
That's a good thing. The two of them kicked the stirrup lightly, turned over the reins, and Pegasus went out of Yaoye Mansion City, and then returned to Yiye Sword Gate. Who knew that after passing through the dense forest, he saw a small group of people and horses, twelve or thirteen people, with horses and carts, carrying three wooden boxes, heading in the direction of Yiye Jianmen. And look at the group of people's clothes, although they are the same as the Central Plains, but their faces are slightly different.
"What kind of people are these things, what are you doing in my Yiye Sword Gate?" Chu Qing'an became suspicious, so he dismounted with Dao Xueke, and led the horse to follow cautiously from a distance, not daring to step forward, for fear of being discovered.
And the one who walked in the front of the twelve people rode a high-headed, red-maned horse, with his toes high, wearing gold and silver, so magical, and it seemed that he was followed by guards, and his sword hung from his waist. They walked all the way in the direction of Yiye Sword Gate, but they didn't find the two people behind them, and it seemed that their martial arts were not high.
Dao Xueke and the two followed all the way to the foot of Congjian Mountain, and saw that the leader led the team to meet the mountain, but was intercepted by the disciple guarding the mountain gate. The man waved his robe and walked away, turned over on his horse, and didn't want to slip under his feet, but fell into the mud.
The disciples of Yiye Sword Sect burst into laughter when they saw this scene, and Chu Qingan couldn't help but laugh when he saw it on the side, covering his mouth and holding back laughter. And the man was disgraced, angry, and tense. In the end, he took the men and horses and left. Dao Xueke and Chu Qing'an glanced at each other, comprehended, and then turned on their horses again and went to intercept them.
It turned out that the person was the envoy of the Chaoying Clan, who had been ordered by Emperor Zhongping to come to see Nayou Jinwen and discuss the matter of raising troops. Originally, he planned to use flying pigeons to pass on the book, but he was afraid that the road was far away, and if he lost the secret letter and caused failure, he would fall short. In order to be safe, he sent an envoy again to discuss. Emperor Zhongping only thought that You Jinwen had already become the supreme martial arts of the Central Plains, and he could order the Central Plains martial arts on the same day, join forces with him, capture the Yanfu, and as soon as the Central Plains portal was opened, he could raise troops to the Northern Expedition and plot against the Central Plains.
But he didn't know that You Jinwen was dead. The envoy came forward respectfully with boxes of gifts and said, "I am a border envoy, and I have come to meet You Supreme." ”
The disciple guarding the mountain gate asked, "You Supreme? Which one is Yousupreme?"
The envoy was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then said: "Naturally, it is the supreme martial arts and the master of the Wen Sect of Youjin." I came to see my master at the behest. Discuss the unfinished business and make an appointment for the day. At this time, it is inconvenient to delay, so please report it as soon as possible. ”
You Jinwen and the Chaoying clan conspired with each other, except for a few of You Jinwen's henchmen, and the envoy naturally didn't dare to say it explicitly, only saying that he had something important to see, and he was ordered by his master, and hinted that the disciple himself had already met with You Jinwen, and asked him to go and report it. It's just that You Jinwen is dead, and his henchmen and disciples are also imprisoned by Chu Qing'an, and no one knows about this matter anymore.
The disciple crossed his waist and smiled: "Briefing, I don't dare to report for you." "Why is that?" the messenger was anxious when he heard this. "I can't tell you, but you can go to him yourself. The envoy then relieved his brows and said calmly: "In that case, I don't know where I can see You Supreme?"
The companions behind him couldn't help laughing, and the disciple held his head high and stretched out a finger, flipped his wrist and pointed downward. Seeing that the messenger was stupid, full of doubts, and did not know what he meant, the disciple explained, "Go down there and find him in the underworld." As soon as these words came out, all the disciples burst into laughter.
Only then did the envoy realize that he had been insulted by the trick, so he took out the dagger at his waist, pointed at the group of disciples and rebuked angrily: "You dare to play this envoy! If you delay the big thing, you will be asked to break your body into ten thousand pieces!" At the sound of the order, the guards behind him all brushed their swords and flashed their knives, and when they saw that they were about to break through the mountain gate and rush up the mountain, the group of disciples were also immediately on alert, drawing out their long swords to confront them.
"Bold fanatics, dare to trespass on my Yiye Sword Gate! If you don't retreat, you will be asked to leave your corpse here!" The two sides were tense, looking at each other angrily, and they were about to start a war if they didn't agree with each other, and the messenger thought about it: "Your Majesty sent me to discuss with You Jinwen about the time to enter the army, I don't want You Jinwen to be dead, and now if there is a conflict with Yiye Jianmen, I am just this little man, I am afraid that I will definitely die, it is better to retreat for the time being, return to Your Majesty, and then find a countermeasure." ”
Thinking of this, he snorted heavily, put the dagger back into its sheath, turned around, walked two steps, and then turned back and asked, "I don't know who is in charge of the sect now?" The disciple didn't hide it, so he said proudly: "Naturally, our master's only daughter, Chu Qing'an, is the master of the Chu Sect!"
The messenger sneered, and the guards put their swords back into their sheaths and were about to mount their horses. The messenger was troubled and angry, and when he stepped on the stirrup, his feet slipped and he fell to the ground, and his face was covered with mud. When the disciples of Yiye Sword Sect saw this, they burst into laughter, leaning forward and closing their backs, out of breath. The guards hurriedly lifted the messenger up, patted the dirt off his body, and helped him onto his horse.
The messenger looked at the group of disciples viciously, and clutched the reins tightly with both hands, for fear of falling off the horse again. He cautiously let go of his hands and said, "You Yiye Sword Sect is so rude, he will report to my master one day and exterminate you all!" The group of disciples laughed disdainfully.
The poor and sorrowful messenger led the chariot with his guards and turned back the way he came.
And before he could go far, he was caught up by Dao Xueke and Chu Qing'an from behind, Chu Qing'an leaned down, hooked the saddle with his toes, hung the whole person upside down, picked up a few stones, and used the method of punching holes in the air that Chu Yunshan had never used. Turning over and sitting firmly, aiming at the last four disciples of the team, as soon as his right arm was raised, his five fingers were opened, and four stones were shot out from between his fingers, heading straight for the four of them.
The four stones each hit the two of them in the wind pool or behind the ear, and the four of them immediately lost consciousness and fell off their horses. The others noticed it, and hurriedly turned their heads to look, only to see that two fast horses, one black and one white, were about to catch up behind them, and the sword snowman rose into the sky, and the red night knife in his hand was unsheathed, and with a wave in the air, the strong air flow knocked all the rest of the guards off their horses and passed out.
The stupid messenger heard the movement behind him, and was still immersed in anger, and turned his head angrily to look. But when he found that the guards who followed him had all passed out and collapsed, he panicked. Seeing Dao Xueke and Chu Qing'an as if falling from the sky, they were so frightened that they fell off the horse's back with a scream.
Dao Xueke and Chu Qing'an came to him, and Dao Xueke grabbed the clothes behind him, and pulled him to his eyes like lifting something. How could the messenger have ever seen such a scene and be treated like this? He was already so frightened that he fell into a delirium, and knelt at the feet of the sword snowman and begged for mercy again and again: "A good man spares my life, spare my life! If you can spare my life, then there are three large chests of gold and silver in the cart, and you, you take them all, take them all......
The two looked at each other and laughed out loud, for the messenger had taken them for robbers who had come for the gold and silver treasures. But Chu Qing'an just glanced at the three big boxes on the car, turned his head and asked, "I'll ask you, you have to answer truthfully." If I am told that you are lying at all, I will dig out your heart and liver, and throw it into the wilderness, and feed it to the wolves!"
When the envoy heard this, he was shocked into a cold sweat, and thought: "If you say it, you will die, and if you don't say it, you will die, so why do you have to tell the truth?" ”
Chu Qing'an asked sharply: "Where did you come from, and where are you going? Why did you have so much gold and silver in the car, and who are you going to give it to?" Say it quickly, don't hesitate!" Dao Xueke raised the Red Night Knife, his cold gaze seemed to penetrate the messenger, the messenger knelt up straight, hung his head and said, "I am ......" His eyes turned very quickly, and he was thinking about his words, "I am a merchant from the border city...... This time I came to ...... It's to procure goods, and those three boxes of gold and silver are all goods......"
But how could Chu Qing'an believe it, so he asked: "Since you are a merchant and came to purchase goods, why don't you go to the town, and how can you go to this deep mountain and old forest! You are clearly lying!" The messenger was also clever, and his brain turned quickly, so he said: "I am lost, lost, I wanted to go to Yaoye Mansion, but I am not familiar with the road, so I came here." ”
"Then why do you want to go to that Yiye Sword Gate again?" Chu Qing'an and Dao Xueke already laughed in their hearts when they heard what he had just said, but they refused to break it, just to see what else he could do.
The messenger then explained: "What is the Yiye Sword Gate? Isn't it the sect of Fangcai? I got lost and went to ask for directions, but they not only did not show me the way, but they played tricks on me. ”
Chu Qing'an saw that he was still lying, so he took out the Snow Leaf Sword, put the pure white sword body on the trembling shoulder of the messenger, and sneered: "Don't give you some cruelty, I think you really think that I won't kill you, lie after lie, will I really believe it? Do you know who I am?" The messenger looked at Chu Qing'an in horror and shook his head.
"I am the current sect master of the Yiye Sword Sect, Chu Qing'an, the daughter of Chu Yunshan, the founding sect master of the Yiye Sword Sect!" Chu Qing'an said loudly. As soon as these words came out, the messenger's eyes widened, and he blurted out in fright: "You are the junior sister of You Jinwen!" In this way, his identity was exposed, and the messenger hurriedly covered his mouth, but it was too late.
"Hmph! You still say that you are an ordinary merchant, but you know my identity! Who are you! What are you looking for that You Jinwen!" Chu Qing'an asked. But the messenger said the wrong thing and refused to say more, and remained silent, but turned his face aside. Chu Qing'an patted his side face with the cold sword body, leaned over to him and whispered: "If you refuse to tell the truth again, I will cut off the flesh of your whole body piece by piece, and torture you for three days and three nights, life is better than death." ”
Chu Qing'an naturally wouldn't treat him like this, just a little intimidation. When the messenger heard this, his heart was so weak that he fainted with fear. Dao Xueke didn't know what Chu Qing'an said, the two glanced at each other and smiled awkwardly. Dao Xueke also squatted down, searched and groped for the man, and sure enough, he found a secret letter with a stamp.
After a while, the two of them put the messenger on horseback and carried him back to the Sword Gate. Keep the messenger in the dungeon and wait for him to wake up before he is interrogated. Before that, the two of them opened the secret letter and took a closer look, only to learn that You Jinwen and the Chaoying clan had conspired to raise troops, and their faces changed drastically and they were worried.
Chu Qing'an shook his head and sighed: "I never thought that Senior Brother would be so confused and want to conspire with the Cypriot foreigners over there to make my Central Plains a great country." "He is hungry for profit, and his desire is difficult to fill, probably because he wants to use the power of foreign tribes to win the general country, become the emperor himself, and rule the world." Hmph, what a dream. Dao Xueke said disdainfully.
"The human heart is so narrow that once a desire enters the heart, it can care about nothing else. Chu Qing'an had tears in his eyes and said helplessly. He lowered his head, unwilling to let Dao Xueke see him crying, but a crystal teardrop fell on the letterhead and blurred, attracting Chu Qing'an to look at something that he hadn't found in the letter before.
Hurriedly pointed out to Dao Xueke: "Brother Xue, look at this sentence!" The two read the sentence in the secret letter again, "Make an appointment, and conspire inside and outside." The Central Plains portal and the palace have their own people, and great things can be accomplished, just around the corner. "The Central Plains Portal and the Palace...... The ......two of them silently repeated the sentence, lost in thought.
"Could it be that in addition to You Jinwen, the Chaoying Clan is in the Central Plains, and there are other internal responses?" Dao Xueke pondered. Chu Qing'an became even more anxious: "The portal and the palace, isn't it the chest and heart of the Central Plains? When the door is opened, the Chaoying Clan can easily break into the Central Plains with a large army, if even the palace has the internal response of the Chaoying Clan, then if there is a war, there will be an incident from it, then the current emperor and the civil and military officials are not in danger? At that time, what strength does the imperial court have left to confront the Chaoying Clan's army......
Chu Qing'an didn't dare to think about more terrifying things. If this matter is really done, the Central Plains will be destroyed. "When the messenger wakes up, he must be forced to tell him who this portal and the palace should be, and they must not let their tricks succeed and let the lives of the people of the Central Plains be ruined!"
Dao Xueke clenched his fists, and the teapots and dishes on the hammer table shook. Chu Qing'an put his hand on his wrist and asked softly: "Earlier, Brother Xue once told me that he didn't want to be a big hero and didn't want to involve the people of the world, so why ...... now?"
"I have persevered with the enmity of my family to this day, and I have not given it up. I know all too well how painful it is for a family member to die tragically. If the Eagle Clan really raises troops to attack, the country will be ruined, and at that time, tens of millions of people will be displaced, life and death will be separated, how can I bear to let them follow in my footsteps?" Dao Xueke said slowly with a sad face, "Now that I have the ability to stop this catastrophe, how can I stand idly by?
When Chu Qing'an heard this, he was very relieved and excited in his heart, and held Dao Xueke's hand tightly. Suddenly, the disciples outside the door came to report: "Report to the master of the door, that person has woken up!" Chu Qing'an and Dao Xueke glanced at each other, picked up the sword and came to the dungeon, leaving only two people and the messenger in the prison, and the rest of the people were all waiting outside, and none of them were allowed to come in without Chu Qing'an's order.
The dungeon knife snowman here is very familiar, he was also imprisoned here by You Jinwen before, tortured day and night, life is worse than death, but now his situation is not as good as before.
And when the messenger awoke, he was already tied to a stake with a rope, and then he realized that he had been caught, and he tore his throat and shouted for help. And Chu Qing'an and Dao Xueke didn't stop him, and let him shout, until his mouth was dry and his throat was smoking, and he didn't call anyone.
Chu Qing'an smiled when he saw him coughing repeatedly: "What's the matter, don't you scream? This is Yiye Sword Gate, if you are hoarse, no one will come to save you." ”
"You are, you are a private torture hall, according to the law, according to the law, according to the law!" the messenger finally said a word, and his throat was dry and hoarse, and he coughed incessantly.
Dao Xueke sneered and said, "You still know that setting up a private torture hall violates the law, but this is the law of our Jiang country, what's the matter, does the Chaoying clan also have it?"