As noon approached, the daylight grew hot.

The water vapor on the river makes people feel like they are in a steamer, and they are sticky and uncomfortable.

Originally, the egrets on the river, which were still rising and falling everywhere and swimming non-stop, also wilted and didn't know where to retreat to take a dip.

Yunluo retreated from the resting place again and again, and when he went to the back, he simply hid in the woods by the river, and with the help of the shade of the trees and the breeze in the mountains, it was cooler.

According to the route he originally planned, he should be in Lingling City, which is hundreds of miles away from Hengyang City, at this moment, but coincidentally, a chance encounter on the side of Lingling City before made Yunluo get some different news.

It was a steaming afternoon, and there were few pedestrians on the official road.

Not to mention people, there are not even wild dogs, it is estimated that they are all lying on the side of those mountains and forests, sticking out their tongues to escape the heat.

Wearing a green shirt, Yunluo, who was on the road alone, remembered for no reason the days when he helped the vegetable farmers on the edge of the city to farm the land.

The feet are hot and hot, and the back is scorching.

Therefore, sometimes, he feels that he actually has nothing to be pretentious.

Who is not born with difficulty.

Thinking like this, it seems that there are two unhealed wounds on my back, and the pain has subsided better.

Just walked silently to the side of Lingling City.

Like most of the cities in this Daduan dynasty, there are likely to be a few large trees on the edge of the city.

Under the dense shade of these large trees, some simple or neat tea shops will be erected, providing a small area for passers-by and traders to cope with the summer heat.

When Yunluo sat casually on a slightly old wooden table, the owner of the tea shop, a lame old man, carried a large teapot and poured him a bowl of turbid tea soup brewed from inferior tea leaves.

Yunluo didn't care, and drank it in a big gulp, although it was almost to the realm of cold and heat, but this shady place looked more comfortable.

The sound of horses' hooves from far and near made many people in the tea shop raise their heads, and it is rare to see horses running at this hour.

The horse unexpectedly stopped at the tea shop, and a man in brocade turned over and dismounted, his neat movements and handsome appearance made everyone on the sidelines secretly cheer.

The lame old man first tied the horse aside, let it rest in the shade, drank some water, and the man in brocade himself walked into the tea shop.

Unfortunately, in a small tea shop, there are one or two people sitting at each table, and if the latecomers want to sit down, they can only find someone to share the table.

When he saw the brocade-clothed man finally sit down opposite him, Yunluo was happy in his heart, it seems that I am not so stumbling in this shop.

The two looked at each other and smiled, each silent.

The lame old man turned upside down and poured the tea, and the man in brocade looked at the old man's swarthy hands, the sludge between his fingernails, the stained teapot, and the broken tea bowl in front of him, and his brows twisted.

He stared at the turbid tea soup in the bowl, and looked at the little brother opposite suspiciously, this little brother also looked quite decent?

Seeing his gaze, Yunluo picked up the tea bowl, raised it slightly, and took a sip of it to himself.

The brocade-clothed man sighed, picked up the tea bowl, and tried to take a sip.

A sourness, even with a bit of dregs taste, made the man in brocade spit out the tea soup in his mouth, and slammed the bowl on the table and was about to scold.

"Brother Yuan, I'm out and about, I've made do. ”

The man in brocade was on the spot, his face vigilant.

Yunluo smiled and said again, "It seems that Brother Yuan is not very thirsty." ”

Only then did the man in brocade find out that it was the one opposite him, and he also gathered his voice and said, "Why do you say this?"

"This tea still tastes a little bit of tea. ”

If you are very thirsty, you can naturally endure this.

The man in brocade understood, but his vigilance did not relax at all.

Yunluo looked at him, and then snorted at his cuffs, and the inside of the cuffs had the unique dark lines of the Yuan family.

Only then did the man in brocade understand why Yunluo was able to shout his surname, and asked quietly: "Your Excellency has an old relationship with my Yuan family?"

Yunluo's face was unfathomable, "Is Elder Yuan Di okay?"

The brocade-clothed man's body leaned forward slightly, "Do you know the Third Elder?"

Yunluo sighed lightly, "Elder Yuan Di has an old relationship with my family. ”

The man in brocade was also meticulous, so he asked Yunluo in detail about Yuan Di's appearance and figure, etc., and Yunluo answered fluently.

Only then did the man in brocade completely put his mind at ease, and there was a sigh in his voice, "The third elder is having a hard time now. ”

"Why?"

"A year ago, the three elders led the team to the Xiling Sword Sect, and they never thought that they would have a conflict with that wild goose, who would have thought that the current head of the Beiyuan General's Mansion was actually the remnant of the Ling clan back then. ”

Yun Luo roughly understood the reason in his heart, but pretended not to understand, "This has nothing to do with the Third Elder?"

"Who said it wasn't, but now that the wild goose has such a big backer, although our Yuan family will not bow down, but we must have a posture. This kind of thing, you have to put the steps out before people can take advantage of the situation. ”

Yunluo pretended to be abrupt, "So the three elders were pushed out as scapegoats?"

"Yes, where do you say this is reasonable!Oh, haven't you asked your Excellency for your name?"

"Ling Xun. ”

"Yuan Shan. ”

"Brother Yuan is not pampered at home, why is he still running around at the moment?"

"Hey!" Yuan Shan sighed, "It's not because of the Third Elder. ”

Looking at the confusion on Yunluo's face, Yuan Shan explained: "In a family like ours, the loss of power of an elder means a reshuffle of interests. This time, the three elders estimated that they would not even be able to keep the position of elder, and the forces that originally belonged to him would naturally be divided and replaced by others. ”

"These successions were ordered by the Church of Elders?"

Yuan Shan shook his head, "How can it be so relaxed and peaceful, there is blood everywhere, it's similar to the vulture that snatched the corpse, how much to grab, and then the negotiation in the Hall of Elders." ”

Yunluo smiled, "It seems that Brother Yuan is not within the scope of losing power, and the junior brother is here to congratulate." ”

Yuan Shan also smiled, "Brother Ling is really a smart person. ”

The two of them picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, maybe the tea residues had precipitated a little, and when they drank it at the moment, it was unprecedentedly clear.

Yunluo smiled and said, "Since Brother Yuan appeared here, could it be that near this place, there are also forces that originally belonged to the three elders?"

Yuan Shan nodded, "The most descendant power of the three elders, except for the Yuan family in this family, is the Yuan family in Hengyang City, the power of the Yuan family in Hengyang is not small, and it is deeply respected by the three elders, and there is even news that the head of the Yuan family is the biological blood of the three elders, and this matter involves some secrets of the Yuan family, so I am inconvenient to say." ”

Yunluo said: "That's natural, although Brother Yuan and I hit it off at first sight, Brother Yuan's willingness to tell me about this shows that he is open-minded." ”

The two laughed and startled the people next to them, and the two strangers who had been silent suddenly laughed like this, isn't it frightening.

Immediately afterwards, Yunluo asked Yuan Shan about the situation in the cultivation world on the grounds that he had just come out of the mountain.

After all, on weekdays, most of the teahouses and restaurants are ordinary people in the market, and it is naturally useful to shout about some things in the rivers and lakes, but there is still too little understanding of the cultivation world, so that there are many exaggerated words, which are not as good as the vision of the children of wealthy families like Yuan Shan.

In Yuan Shan's words, Yunluo reflected his previous intermittent understanding, and finally had a clearer outline of the people and things he cared about.

Zhou Mo and the Prime Minister of the Kingdom appeared in the Xiling Sword Sect, and with the secret help of Fu Lin and Cao Yelai, they repaired the Sword Sect's Sect Yuan Qi Array, and also rebuilt the Sect Protection Array and the Attack Array.

For a while, people in the cultivation world reremembered the Sixiang Mountain Embroidered Tiger who was the best in the world and monopolized the eight buckets, and Zhou Mo became famous.

Yunluo is most concerned about Jiang Taixu's situation.

After leaving the Sword Sect for a long time, Yang Qing told him about Jiang Taixu's body pressing the formation, and after Yunluo cried bitterly, he spent several days listlessly before he was awakened by Yang Qing's sword.

Then many people collected it, but there were different opinions, some said that Jiang Taixu died, some said that he was rescued but no longer cultivated, and some said that Jiang Jianshen broke through and went straight to the peak of the Eight Realms.

At this moment, Yuan Shan's news is also inaccurate, I think it is the Sword Sect's hypocrisy, and it is deliberate.

Yan returned to Beiyuan in shock, and then received a handwritten letter and a heavy gift from Xun Wei, the national teacher of the Daduan Dynasty, and the turmoil of the day disappeared invisibly, and I don't know when it will make waves again.

Qingxi Jianchi had a civil strife after Chai Yupu went back, Chai Yupu suppressed it strongly with the help of His Majesty's personal guards, although the clear Jianchi was greatly injured, but it was also regarded as a clear internal trouble, and with the support of the Daduan Dynasty, the development momentum was still strong.

"If you want to say that the most worrying thing is that Ling Qingyun's orphan!" Yuan Shan said with interest, "Since he was born on the Sword Crown Competition that day, and his life experience was exposed, there has been no trace. Up and down the mountain, all forces have received a reward order from the Daduan Dynasty, as long as they find clues about this person, they will be rewarded, if you capture this person......"

Yuan Shan picked up the tea bowl again, took the initiative to touch Yunluo, and then said solemnly: "You can be crowned king!"

Yunluo looked shocked and exclaimed, "Then this person is a walking prince!"

"Who says it's not, now people in the world are praying day and night for the clouds to fall into their hands, that is countless glory, endless wealth!"

Yunluo nodded yes and muttered, "If only I could catch this person." ”

Yuan Shan thought that he was shocked by such a posture, and said with a smile: "Brother Ling, let's have a good cup of tea, this matter can't fall into our hands." I've heard that the Cloud Gathering Qi Realm can defeat the peak of the Three Realms, and it's still a matter of life. ”

Yunluo also picked up the teacup and smiled, "Your life matters." ”

After drinking the tea, they were almost rested, the two got up, Yunluo took out a few copper plates and paid for the tea together, Yuan Shan naturally didn't care about this little money with him, took the reins handed by the lame old man, led the horse and hugged his fists and said: "Daozuo meets, it is like old at first sight, I hope to meet Brother Ling as soon as possible." ”

Yunluo also hugged his fists and saluted, "See you soon!"

Yuan Shan was about to turn over and get on his horse, when suddenly several fast horses galloped from a distance, he fixed his eyes and hurriedly led the horse to avoid Yunluo.

After a few horses galloped by, in the smoke and dust, Yunluo asked suspiciously, "What is the point?"

Yuan Shan's expression was solemn, "Leave the fire gate." ”

"Away from the fire gate?"

"Brother Ling doesn't know?" Yuan Shan was startled at first, and then relieved, "I think my brother has just come down the mountain, and I don't know anything about it." ”

Yunluo nodded, and Yuan Shan explained to him, "Lihuomen was originally a subsidiary sect of Danding Cave, almost half a year ago, I don't know what kind of luck I bumped into, recruited a great genius, that genius I didn't say anything, I was able to improve the Lihuomen exercises, Lihuomen's strength quickly swelled, attacked and annexed everywhere, and recruited talents from those small sects who could not gather qi, changed the Lihuomen exercises, and then extended his claws to various cities and families under the mountain, but anyone with cultivation qualifications was forced by him to go." ”

Yuan Shan frowned, "It's strange to say, such a big move from the fire gate, Danding Cave didn't come out to stop it, and even our Yuan family was indifferent." ”

Yunluo actually already knew about the situation from the fire gate, so he pretended not to understand just to hear if Yuan Shan had a different statement.

If nothing else, the two of them will say goodbye.

Yunluo looked at the person and the rider in the distance, and sighed, "Good man!"

......

After a short period of planning, Yunluo rushed to Hengyang City in advance.

Therefore, when I bumped into Zheng Xichao and Zheng Nianxi brother and sister that day, it can be said that I had a calculating intention or not.

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In the secret room of the Zheng family, Zheng Xichao had already returned to his room, and Zheng Qin and Zheng Tao sat opposite each other.

Zheng Tao, who can sit firmly in the position of the head of the Zheng family, will naturally not be as cowardly as he did in front of his son before.

He tapped his fingers lightly on the table and frowned slightly, "Father, do you want to contact that person about this?"

Zheng Qin's eyes widened suddenly, and then they darkened again, "Mr. Xiao and my Zheng family are only world friends, and they have no obligation to protect us, so this matter has to be mentioned again." ”

Zheng Tao retorted forcefully, "I think this matter may be coming at him." ”

Zheng Qin looked at his son and was silent.

Zheng Tao hurriedly struck while the iron was hot, "Father, it's better to contact Mr. Xiao to deduce, so that you can plan as soon as possible, after all, we still have such a big family." ”

Zheng Qin's eyes lowered and his expression was gloomy, "You disappointed me." ”

Zheng Tao looked at his father with an eager expression, "I am for hundreds of people up and down the Zheng family." ”

"If it weren't for Mr. Xiao, our Zheng family would not have been able to have today, and it would be impossible for us to survive those big tribulations!

"Now that the life is good, I am starting to be reluctant? The price of maintaining the original intention is too high, so I have to be the person I despise?" Even if the old man Zheng Qin lowered his voice, he also had some beard and impassioned meaning, "To be a man, you can't forget your roots." The price of walking right, sitting up straight, and following your heart may be really high, but I have peace of mind!"

"Even if this is my father, I will teach you another lesson! I will give you a sentence, which is the sentence that the kid of the Li family often hangs on his lips, with this sentence, he will go to the ancestral hall to kneel for three hours. Reflect on it!"

After speaking, Zheng Qin brushed his sleeves out of the secret room and went to the living room.

When he arrived, Tian Huan, the head of the Tian family, was drinking tea in the hall, and Shi Chengshan was standing behind him.

Tian Huan was a little surprised when he saw that it was Zheng Qin who received him personally, and hurriedly got up, "Tian Huan has seen Uncle Zheng Shi." ”

The tea cup next to Zheng Qin's chair, looking at Tian Huan, who looked very respectful, sneered in his heart, and said flatly: "Tian Huan, what kind of medicine are you selling in your gourd?"

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In the ancestral hall of the Zheng family, Zheng Tao knelt silently, his expression changed, sometimes apologetic and ashamed, sometimes painful and struggling.

The only thing that remains unchanged is the sentence in his mouth, "I still have no regrets about what I want to do, although I have died nine times." ”