The decisive battle was set at the Kaifeng Tower.

The news came from a wind outlet in Xiaosheng's rivers and lakes, and it is said that the source of the news was Zhao Lanjiang himself.

As soon as the news came out, it instantly caused a sensation in Kaifeng City.

On the 14th of August, the crowd gathered around the tower, in order to catch a glimpse of the Golden Sword King and the white-clothed Sword God in this epic battle.

For this battle, even the martial arts conference originally scheduled for August 15 was postponed for one day, making everyone a little confused, because this martial arts conference was to establish a demon slaying alliance and hunt down Zhao Lanjiang.

The Yellow River Gang got an order from somewhere to clear the two streets around the tower in advance, put up a cordon, and strictly forbade anyone to enter or leave, in order to avoid harming innocents.

The battle between the two has become the hottest topic in Kaifeng City. Almost everyone is talking about this competition, and the four major gambling houses in the city have opened a handicap, Zhao Lanjiang and Li Chengcheng lose three to one, everyone thinks that this is a vicious battle, but the winner must be Zhao Lanjiang, the king of the hidden sun.

Because, since this golden sword prince became the lord of Hidden Yang City, he has been fighting in the south and the north for ten years, and has made immortal feats, and has not tasted defeat.

But soon someone broke the news that ten years ago, the Heavenly Dao catastrophe, the Golden Sword King had lost to Li Qingcheng, but this battle was extremely secretive, and Zhao Lanjiang was facing the pain of losing his wife and did not use all his strength, but the handicap soon became three to two, and Zhao Lanjiang still had the advantage.

Zhao Lanjiang's martial arts are the first in the world, and they have long been implanted in the hearts of the people over the years and have become a deep-rooted concept, even if he is in the Central Plains, which is hostile to Yinyang, his reputation is still high.

As for Li Chengcheng, ten years ago, he was as famous as Zhao Lanjiang, and he also used a sword in the rivers and lakes, but these heroic deeds are all old things, and few people can remember them.

What's more, over the years, he has sealed his sword and retired to seclusion, living in the Snow Mountain for a long time, and martial arts is like sailing against the current, if he does not advance, he will retreat, and he has not drawn his sword for ten years, how can he be the opponent of the Golden Sword King?

Xiao Jinyan and Yang Xiling were drinking at the inn, and the people in the city and the people in the rivers and lakes were all talking about the battle between Zhao and Li, even if they didn't want to listen to it.

Suddenly, a middle-aged swordsman said, "Have you heard, the Golden Sword King Zhao Lanjiang has been poisoned!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes showed consternation.

Even Xiao Jinyan and Yang Xiling's attention was attracted by this sentence that was enough to shock the whole city.

Someone said: "You can eat indiscriminately, but don't talk nonsense." ”

The knife man said: "This matter is true, it was told to me by Lou Yuanshan, the nine-life civet cat, he said that the Golden Sword King went to visit the Yellow River Gang Fan Boss last night, and when he came out, his face was dark, and the Yellow River Gang also sent a group of elites to chase him around. ”

Lou Yuanshan, the nine-life civet cat, makes a living by selling news on the rivers and lakes, and his news will not go wrong nine times out of ten.

"The Golden Sword King's martial arts are world-famous, how can he be poisoned?"

"At first, I didn't believe it, but later Lou Yuanshan told me that he spent money to ask the people of the Yellow River Gang, saying that the Golden Sword King drank a cup of tea in the Yellow River Gang's mansion, and then he was poisoned." Even so, when he escaped from the Yellow River Gang, he killed eighteen heroes of the Yellow River Gang. ”

Everyone didn't believe it, "Lord Zhao is cautious, there are so many people who want to kill him, and it is too funny to poison him with a cup of tea." ”

The swordsman swore that "it's true." Not only did he drink tea, but Boss Fan and the Yellow River Gang all drank this cup of tea, but only Zhao Lanjiang was poisoned, you

Isn't it strange?"

"Strange!"

"That's it. Listen to Lou Yuanshan said, the poison in the prince of Zhao is the poison of the world's first strange poison Bliss Grass, this poison is colorless and tasteless, mixed by more than a dozen poisons, long before he left for Kaifeng, he has suffered more than 30 assassinations, and some of the killers have been mixed with a part of the Bliss Grass poison, and the cup of tea on the Yellow River Gang Mansion is the last medicine to synthesize the poison of Bliss Grass. ”

Xiao Jinyan was moved.

After the death of Wang Banxian, the Cult of Bliss fell apart, and the Bliss Grass that almost caused chaos in the world back then was also wiped out from this world, how could it appear now?

Other poisons may not be able to hurt Zhao Lanjiang.

But Bliss is an exception.

Everyone said, "If this is the case, Prince Zhao will be miserable." Even if Li Chengcheng couldn't kill him, now there are four or five hundred people in the city who want to take his life, and there are 100,000 elite soldiers outside the city, who are ordered to stay still. ”

"Do you want to fight tomorrow's battle?"

The swordsman said: "If it were me, the soles of my feet would have been oiled a long time ago, but he is Zhao Lanjiang." ”

Xiao Jinyan paid the money and left the inn.

Yang Xiling followed, "Where are you going?"

Xiao Jinyan said: "The poisoning happened in the Yellow River Gang, so naturally I have to ask Boss Fan for clarification." ”

"Why don't you go to Lord Zhao?"

Xiao Jinyan said: "I can't sense him. ”

......

For Xiao Jinyan's second visit, Boss Fan was not surprised, he was neatly dressed and received him in the study.

There was no need to say anything like threats, Boss Fan understood that he could take his life at any time as long as he wanted to. Xiao Jinyan also got straight to the point, "How did Zhao Lanjiang get poisoned?"

Fan Lao Dao: "The news that has been circulated in the market is basically correct. ”

Xiao Jinyan stared at him with a smile, which made Boss Fan panic and feel uncomfortable, but after all, he was a person who had gone through strong winds and waves, and he still pretended to be calm.

Xiao Jinyan said: "The story you made up is very good, but there are flaws. ”

Boss Fan asked, "What flaw?"

"You said that after he found out that he was poisoned, he killed eighteen people in a row and escaped from the Yellow River Gang?"

"Not bad. ”

Xiao Jinyan said lightly: "This is exactly the flaw. He looked at Boss Fan, "Even if Zhao Lanjiang is poisoned, the person who wants to escape should be you." Boss Fan, I've already given you a chance, and I don't want to waste too much time on this kind of thing. Zhao Lanjiang was poisoned so easily, he would not be called Zhao Lanjiang. ”

Yang Xiling also asked, "Tell me quickly, who is behind the scenes......"

Xiao Jinyan wanted to stop her from speaking, but it was too late, only to see Boss Fan bleeding and falling straight to the ground.

Xiao Jinyan sighed: "You shouldn't ask. ”

"Why?"

"In a scene like this, you will die if you ask, and the plot needs it. ”

He leaned over and probed Boss Fan's nose with his fingers, Boss Fan had been deeply poisoned, and he had long since lost his breath, obviously holding poison in his mouth. Xiao Jinyan felt that things were a little strange, and the person who could make Boss Fan willing to die rather than reveal the other party's identity must not be an ordinary person.

King Yu, King Shu?

They want to kill Zhao Lanjiang, there are 10,000 reasons, there is no need to hide it.

The 100,000 soldiers and horses stationed outside Kaifeng City are the most direct evidence.

Now that Zhao Lanjiang is poisoned, I don't know where he is hiding, but the news has been flying all over the sky, this is the best opportunity to kill Zhao Lanjiang, and I believe that the two princes will never be indifferent.

Yang Xiling asked, "What can I do about this?"

Xiao Jinyan said, "The best way is to find Zhao Lanjiang, but I don't know where he is hiding." ”

Martial arts have reached the level of Zhao Lanjiang, unless he takes the initiative to expose his whereabouts, as long as he wants to, even if you have the Dingzhou Great Array, you can't find any trace of him in this world.

At this time, Xiao Jinyan saw a silver ingot on the desk, but the casting mark on it had been erased, and the words "Zhu * Fang Casting" could be vaguely distinguished. Xiao Jinyan stared at the piece of silver, lost in thought. Yang Xiling said, "Boss Fan is dead, we won't leave, and when we are seen, we won't be able to wash it by jumping into the Yellow River." ”

By the time the Yellow River Gang found out that Boss Fan had committed suicide by poisoning, Xiao Jinyan and Yang Xiling had already left.

Xiao Jinyan asked Yang Xiling, "After coming out of Shanhaiguan, tell me about the dangers you and Zhao Lanjiang encountered along the way." ”

Yang Xiling then told the opponents she met when she and Zhao Lanjiang walked the rivers and lakes in the past two months, from the Mobei Shuangxiong, the four monsters of the Snow Mountain, and then to the Zodiac, there were more than a dozen assassinations before and after, and dozens of lives became the souls of Zhao Lanjiang's knife. Xiao Jinyan secretly wrote down these people.

In addition to the professional killers of Hongxingtang, the rest of the people who came to assassinate Zhao Lanjiang were basically people in the rivers and lakes of Western Xinjiang or Mobei, what made him feel strange was that none of these people were local or Central Plains Jianghu martial arts people, which was a little unreasonable, Zhao Lanjiang went west to Kaifeng in a high-profile manner, and everywhere he went, the people in the rivers and lakes were terrified, and they also understood that they were not Zhao Lanjiang's opponents, but they were like moths to the fire, and they sent people to their heads one after another, which made Xiao Jinyan unable to figure it out. If it is really as rumored in the rivers and lakes, everyone who is close to assassinating Zhao Lanjiang has a part of the poison of the Bliss Grass on his body, and he will not be poisoned if he is alone with it, but once Zhao Lanjiang comes into contact with all the ingredients, he will be poisoned.

It happened to happen the day before the battle between Zhao and Li, and the timing and heat were a little unbelievable.

Xiao Jinyan wanted to ask Zhao Lanjiang for clarification, but he activated the four strings of force, and he couldn't detect the existence of the other party.

The news of Zhao Lanjiang's poisoning spread throughout the city, and the people in the entire Kaifeng City immediately took action.

Dealing with Zhao Lanjiang at his peak, they were not sure.

But Zhao Lanjiang, who has been poisoned by the Grass of Bliss, has a lot to do.

They were in a team of three and a group of five, looking for the whereabouts of Zhao Lanjiang in Kaifeng Mansion, hoping to pick up a leak at this time, if they could kill him by luck, it would be a famous thing for eternity. At the same time, the officers and soldiers outside the city also launched a carpet search in the city, once Zhao Lanjiang's whereabouts were discovered, even if he escaped from Kaifeng Mansion, he might not be able to get rid of the pursuit of 100,000 soldiers and horses.

After being injured, Zhao Lanjiang fell into a desperate situation.

For Zhao Lanjiang, who is about to compete tomorrow, it is definitely not a good thing.

Yang Xiling asked, "Can you find Uncle Snow Demon and persuade him to postpone the battle between the two?" At least wait for Lord Zhao to heal his injuries and recover his strength, right? Otherwise, Uncle Snow Demon will not win this battle." ”

Xiao Jinyan smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid that Li Chengcheng won't be so easy to find." ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Chengcheng came to the door.