Chapter 40: The Emperor's Mausoleum (1)

The snowfall lasted for nearly a month, and the land of Qilu at this time was already frozen for thousands of miles.

A ragged homeless young man walks alone in the wind and snow with heavy steps.

In the eyes of ordinary people, his pace is not very fast, or even very slow, but every time he takes a step, his figure has appeared several feet away.

Ever since he met Tianzong on the Dragon and Tiger Mountain Road, the instinct of the wandering young man's body was telling him that the environment of the world was slowly changing, and his body was slowly reviving with the changes of the world.

He could already use his own naked eyes to see the little spiritual light floating in the air, and the little spiritual light between heaven and earth, the further he went north, the more lush it became, and his body involuntarily wanted to absorb those spiritual lights, which also prompted him to keep walking north.

As the core capital city of Qilu region, dozens of towns have also developed around Tai'an City, which surrounds Tai'an City like stars and moons.

Mengyin Town, is the southernmost border town of Mount Tai, since stepping into this town, the homeless youth have found that from here, the degree of spiritual light in the air is no longer so obvious to increase.

On the street, a horse-drawn carriage slowly drove towards the homeless youth, and in the front and rear of the carriage, there were four women in green clothes wearing hats, riding horses to follow.

The homeless young man dodged to the side, the cold wind blew, and the corner of the curtain was lifted, and a woman in red was sitting inside.

At this moment, not far from the street, a cry sounded, and when the homeless youth heard the voice, it turned out to be a group of villagers, crying in front of the local branch of the Taishan Sect --- Wei Dao Division.

"Woo woo, my son has been missing for more than ten days, what do you care..."

"My husband has also been missing for five days...."

.....

However, the guards at the gate of the Guardian Division, ignoring their intentions at all, did not move at all, and stood in front of the gate with expressionless faces.

Nearby businesses also began to discuss...

"These people are really, they come to make trouble every day, and I can't do business..."

"That's it, this country man is lacking in education, and the public is crying and screaming so much..."

The homeless young man hooked the corners of his mouth, and the remarks of these people seemed to be a little unexpected to him.

Not far away, in the carriage that had just passed by the homeless youth, the people in the carriage knocked on the wheels and signaled the driver to stop the carriage.

After listening quietly in the car, the woman in red knocked on the wheel again, and the carriage continued to move forward, driving out of Mengyin Town and heading south.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Canal is the longest and important transportation channel in the entire Middle Earth Continent, starting from Yanjing Mansion in the land of Qilu in the north to Hangzhou City in the East China Sea in the south, and was built in the period of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty in the era of Emperor Zong.

Dugu Yun, along with Dugu Zheng's three cronies, Lin Zhong, Zhao Guang, and Li Yun, was taking a passenger boat along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal to the south, and after going to Hangzhou Mansion, he changed to a sea ship and returned to the East China Sea.

In the cabin, Dugu Yun looked at the secret letter in her hand with a curious expression, and was thinking about whether to open it herself to take a look, but Lin Zhong on the side seemed to have discovered her thoughts, and reminded her: "This kind of secret letter can only be opened by the sect master himself." ”

Dugu Yun couldn't help but stick out his tongue, and then took the secret letter back into his arms, "I just want to know whether the things written in this letter are good or bad for my father." ”

"By the way, Uncle Lin, hehe, do me a favor. ”

Lin Zhong seemed to see through Dugu Yun's mind again, and couldn't help but chuckle, "Holy Maiden, please command."

"What are you laughing at, could it be that you guessed?"

Lin Zhong couldn't help but smile and responded: "I should have guessed it"

"Hee-hee, let's talk about it. ”

"If the leader is happy when he sees the letter, it is the result of the holy woman's best efforts, and if the leader is not happy, he tells the truth. ”

"Hehe, you guessed it right, so can you help?"

At this moment, Lin Zhong's heart already understood that she was afraid that Dugu Zheng would blame her for not doing well, which would further prompt Dugu Zheng to marry her to Xue Yi; ”

Seeing this, Dugu Yun couldn't help but close his mouth happily; seeing this, Lin Zhong opened his mouth, and wanted to say something more, but he still didn't say it.

In fact, Lin Zhong really wanted to ask her, was marrying Xue Yi really such an unacceptable thing, I have to say that in the minds of the people of the Heavenly Dragon Sect, Xue Yi was definitely a competent and respectable deputy sect leader.

Three days later, Duguyun and his entourage had already come to Hangzhou City, and before they entered the boundary of Hangzhou, Duguyun said to Lin Zhong and the others: "When you arrive in Hangzhou, you will send a letter back to Dongshan first, and I will play in Hangzhou for a few days. ”

Zhao Guang on the side opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but was stopped by Lin Zhong's eyes.

When the ship docked at the Hangzhou wharf, Duguyun found that the Hangzhou City in front of him seemed to be different from what he had heard before.

Eighty or ninety percent of the wharf is newly built, and the old section still has obvious traces of gunsmoke, Duguyun's heart seems to have begun to think of something, and he walked forward quickly along the avenue.

When you enter the city, you can see the ruins of charred houses, people are busy rebuilding their homes in the ruins, whether it is women, the elderly or even children, they are cleaning up the charred wood and debris, and everyone's face is stained with soot.

This is what Dugu Yun didn't expect, the prosperous city famous in Middle-earth, before he could take a look, turned into ruins, and all this was because of the Heavenly Dragon Sect's brazen siege more than a month ago.

Lin Zhong, Zhao, and Li silently followed behind Duguyun, silent to each other.

Duguyun suddenly stopped, his eyes were filled with tears, and he said softly, "Uncle Lin, go back to Dongshan." ”

Xuzhou, Lingying Sect.

In the square curtain, the steam rose, and a graceful woman, dressed in red, slowly walked into the pool, Miaoman's body faintly appeared in the mist.

Lian Ling held Qin Lian's faded red clothes in his hand, stood aside, bowed his head and said nothing, in the quiet bath, only the sound of pulling water could be heard.

After a while, seven women, silently, sneaked into the bath room and stood quietly outside the curtain.

Looking at the seven people outside the curtain, even Ling was a little surprised, these eight people were something he had never seen before.

Qin Lian, who was bathing, stood up from the water, and her wet jade feet stepped on the agarwood floor, leaving a string of delicate footprints.

Seeing this, Lian Ling also held the red clothes and came to Qin Lian's side.

Qin Lian stretched out his hand and took out a stack of notes from the red clothes, each of which was a different color, namely red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple, and the seven people standing outside also had these seven different colors of hairbands wrapped around their heads.

Qin Lian handed all the notes to Lian Ling, and then stepped into the bath again.

Lian Ling lifted the curtain, but saw that the seven people in front of him all had sharp eyes and murderous intent.

When handing out the letterheads, Lian Ling glanced at them and saw one of them written, Weiyuan Dart Bureau - Lin Pin, that person was the one she failed to assassinate last time.

The seven of them were expressionless, and after taking the corresponding letterhead, they exited the bath.

Qin Lian glanced at Lian Ling outside the tent, and seemed to sense her puzzlement, "The seven of them are the seven masters of the Seven Grass Sect of the Spirit Firefly Shadow ---. ”

"Qicaomen, why have you never heard of you, sister. ”

"Their existence, only me and Tsing Yi know, today you are the third, sister knows that you are in Beihai, you may have experienced some unusual things, so during this time, I will assign you the task of assassination to them. ”

Hearing that he didn't have to take on the assassination mission anymore, Lian Ling involuntarily exhaled.

This slight sigh couldn't escape Qin Lian's ears, "Are you really unwilling to kill people anymore?" ”

Lian Ling nodded silently

Qin Lian twisted her waist and leaned on the steps of the bath, shaking her head, "Do you think, is it possible?"

Lian Ling raised his head helplessly, "Why, why can't it?"

"Hmph, because your life is mine, you don't have a choice. ”

This sentence woke up Lian Ling's silent heart; yes, her own life is not her own, it is her sister's, and she saved it from the troubled times.

If there was no person in front of him, maybe he would have turned into carrion with his parents.

However, after all, it has been dependent on each other for many years, Qin Lian is also a little unbearable, and sighed lightly, "There is an abnormal movement in the Mausoleum of the Emperor of Mount Tai, you should set off now, start from Mengyin Town at the foot of Mount Tai, and find out the situation there." ”

Hearing Qin Lian's arrangement, Lian Ling couldn't help but feel a burst of relief and happiness in his heart, "Yes, I'll go now." ”

After all, it's just to investigate.

Xuzhou is located at the junction of Qilu and the Central Plains, to Mount Tai, a fast horse, within three days, is enough.

On the outskirts of Mengyin Town, a homeless young man wandered around the periphery of a village, and according to the villagers' talk in recent days, he already knew that the village where he was located had also disappeared three days ago.

The homeless young man swayed in circles and circles, holding a thatch, and even deliberately smeared a little mud on his head, which made people feel that he was a complete neurosis.

As the sky slowly darkened, an old farmer walked along the ridge of the field with a hoe on his back to the village road, and happened to bump into an unkempt homeless young man.

The old peasant put his hoe on the ground and looked puzzled, "Hey, young man, which village are you, I think you seem to have been wandering around for several days." ”

The homeless young man turned a deaf ear and continued to walk along the village road, but the old farmer behind him was still shouting, "Hey, it's getting dark, don't mess around, it's been a haunt recently, cannibalism!"

.....

The homeless young man lowered his head and looked at the deep rut marks on the ground, and when he left the village, the rut marks continued in the direction of Mengyin Town.

It was late at night, and even the streets of Mengyin Town in front of it were empty.

On the village road, there were seven or eight middle-aged men dressed in black, pulling a large coffin in a carriage, towards the homeless young man standing at the entrance of the village.

The homeless young man couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth, "Is it equivalent to waiting for you?"

The homeless young man pretended not to find anything, and he was in a daze, and kept muttering: The sky is clear, the rain has stopped, the two pillars, and it's okay again....

"Bang!"

A wrist-thick stick suddenly hit the back of the homeless youth's head.

The homeless young man turned around in amazement and looked at the man in black holding a big stick behind him, and this turn of the year blinded the man in black who made the shot, and he couldn't help but feel sorry for himself, "This... Is it too light to do it yourself?"

The homeless youth also realized that he should faint, so he immediately closed his eyes and collapsed to the ground.

In Mengyin Town, a woman in blue hid on the roof next to the street, quietly waiting for something.

Chapter 40: End