Chapter 22: Rumors
The next day, in a small town dozens of miles away from Jinling City, a ghostly person appeared.
The man was wearing a hat and a cloak, and he could not see his face clearly, except for the new stray beard on his chin, and his face was very pale. He carried an ordinary iron sword in his hand, and his steps wandered slightly vaguely.
Finally, an inn appeared in his field of vision, and this person seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, hurriedly walked into the inn, threw down a few pieces of broken silver without saying a word, booked a room, and walked upstairs quickly.
When he entered the house, he took off the cloak and hat that covered his body and appearance. This person is Xu Xian, and he looks very weak at this time, but he doesn't look like he's injured, but like he's ...... collapsed.
Xu Xian's eyes were about to close, so he took off his coat casually, and it didn't matter if it was still early in the morning, he had to sleep happily on the bed. However, at the moment when his head was on the pillow, he sat up violently, and the sword placed on the pillow also lightning out of its sheath, protecting it in front of him, and his two bloodshot eyes tried to open to the maximum, and looked around vigilantly.
"Alert, aren't you...... Relax, relax, it's me. ”
At this time, a voice came from the beam, and at the same time, I saw a person landing gently, it was Fu Jie. Fu Jue looked very energetic, as if he had just had a good night's sleep.
Xu Xian was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "You, why are you here?
Fu Jue shrugged: "No, there was some accident, I didn't even enter the Cao Mansion." I couldn't tell you last night, so I had to follow you to this town, and when I found out that you had found a broken wood house to hide, I went to sleep first, and then followed you here in the morning. ”
"You ......" Xu Xian put away his sword, looked at Fu Jie, looked like he wanted to scold but didn't know how to scold, and finally could only sigh: "Lao Tzu was chased by hundreds of people for dozens of miles, and he hid in the firewood room all night, but you didn't do anything?
Fu Jue laughed dryly, stepped forward and patted Xu Xian's shoulder and said, "I don't want to either, I said it, there was an accident." Don't be nervous, I won't do that for the time being, and I don't need you to do anything next, just ask you what you want to do next, if you go to find Wushu, we can go together. ”
"Huh?" Xu Xian's mind didn't turn around for a moment, but then he thought about it, Fu Jue was a mysterious person, and he never explained the reasons too thoroughly, and it was not interesting to ask more, so he simply waved his hand and said, "Whatever you want, I will definitely go to find Miss Ning, but now can you let me sleep first? I'm really sleepy." ”
"Please, please. Fu Jue was knocked out of the door by Xu Xian with a dry smile.
Previously, Li Jingzhen said that he would take Fu Zhu down to balance Lin Mobai. But last night, Fu decided to visit Cao's Mansion at night, Li Jingzhen only passed on a word, and did not stop him at all, Fu Jue left Jinling City, and Li Jingzhen did not send anyone to chase him at all. For a while, Fu Jue didn't understand what Li Jingzhen was thinking, but now that he had decided to avoid those things for the time being, Fu Jue naturally didn't want to be a caged bird in the capital.
In that case, it's better to help Ning Wushu. She should be worrying about the ethereal Fang Hu Immortal Mountain and the Fruit of Sweet Tea now, right? Fu Jue thought endlessly, thinking of the fact that Ning Wushu said that he had broken through the realm of the Four Seas when he came back to Jinling, and sighed again.
Naturally, there will be nothing delicious in the restaurant inn in the town, but the ordinary home-cooked food is also better. Fu Jue ordered a pot of hot tea, ordered a few breakfasts, and sat on an inconspicuous small table in the corner, slowly filling his stomach in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.
At this moment, several people dressed as martial artists swaggered into the inn, sat down and patted the table and shouted to order food to serve, Fu Jue glanced at it, and saw that these people were dressed in green clothes, embroidered with a white dragon on their clothes, and the weapons they wore were all nine-section iron whips, so they knew that these people were all disciples of Jiulong Mountain in Xiuzhou. Xiuzhou is not far from here, and it is common for disciples in the sect to come here, so Fu never paid much attention to it and continued to eat the breakfast on his table.
But soon, their conversation attracted Fu Jie.
Although these Jiulong Mountain disciples specially lowered their voices to speak, Fu Jie's internal skills were extremely high, how could these young disciples' conversations be concealed from Fu Jie, who was only far away?
I only heard one of the older male disciples who should be the head of the crowd say: "You remember, this time the master sent us down the mountain to inquire about Ning Wushu, the descendant of the Shadowless Sword, and we will try not to mix in other matters. Most of you are going down the mountain for the first time, and you don't have enough experience in the rivers and lakes, don't think that you are very powerful if you learn a little kung fu in the sect, don't conflict with people at will, if you have any questions, tell me as soon as possible, we will go back to the master and wait for the master's orders. ”
The group of disciples responded, and a younger female disciple asked curiously, "Senior brother, who is this Shadowless Sword? Why haven't any of us heard of it? Who is Ning Wushu, the descendant, and why did Master let us inquire about her?"
The senior brother thought for a while, suppressed his voice again, and said, "The matter is urgent, so the master didn't explain too much to you, since we are about to start doing things now, we should let you know something." This shadowless sword is a mysterious master on the rivers and lakes more than 20 years ago, and it is said to be related to the mysterious five hidden sects, and it is also related to Lin Wangshu, the world's number one master who disappeared from the rivers and lakes back then. The Shadowless Sword is a woman, and legend has it that she holds a strange treasure in her hand, and it is precisely because of the snatching of this strange treasure that there has been a bloody storm on the rivers and lakes! And just a few months ago, there was also an incident near Yancheng in southern Xiangnan, saying that it was the command of the Yulongwei that Li Jingzhen found the trace of the Shadowless Sword, and sent someone to snatch the strange treasure in her hand, and finally lost both with the Shadowless Sword, and even Leng Qianqiu, who is now in the rivers and lakes, was also involved in this matter, and was finally seriously injured, and some people saw his apprentice fleeing from Xiangnan with the unconscious Leng Qianqiu. ”
"At that time, there were many people involved in this matter, as well as the Longzhong killer Wei Zongtian, Ghost Eye Zhu Zisheng, etc., Yulongwei also lost a thousand households named Xiao Lianghui, but these people are all small people compared to Shadowless Sword, Li Jingzhen, and Leng Qianqiu. In the end, the Shadowless Sword was seriously injured, and gave the strange treasure to her daughter Ning Wushu, and she went into seclusion to recuperate. And now Ning Wushu is looking around for a way to heal the Shadowless Sword, so Master thinks that this is an excellent opportunity for us to rise in Jiulong Mountain, if we can get that strange treasure from Ning Wushu's hand, then it will definitely make Jiulong Mountain become a major sect like Shaolin and Wudang!"
Several young disciples listened with fascination, and from time to time they let out a voice of amazement, and after the senior brother finished speaking, he asked again: "Senior brother, did the master say where Ning Wushu is? Shenzhou is so big, we don't know where to start! What is that strange treasure?"
The senior brother thought for a while, and finally pursed his lips and said in a low voice: "This matter is very important, it is inconvenient to say it in such a crowded place, let's have breakfast and hurry up, and then talk to you on the way." ”
But at this time, Fu Jie, who was separated by a few tables, had already broken out in a cold sweat when he heard it. Qi Dong fought a battle, and very few people knew about it, and the only news that was released before was that Ning Wushu sent a message to Xu Xian to spread rumors in order to avoid Leng Qianqiu and Yulongwei's pursuit and killing. But in the mouth of this little disciple of Jiulong Mountain, words such as "Shadowless Sword" and "Ning Wushu" clearly appeared, and even said that "the Shadowless Sword is related to Lin Wangshu", "Ning Wushu is looking around for a way to treat the Shadowless Sword" and other things, this is definitely not something that anyone can know!
I had just experienced something like that last night, and Fu Jue really wanted not to think of Jiang Mobai and the two men in black. It is very likely that they are all from the same three pillars of the world, and I don't know why they are united together, and they are secretly promoting the development of some things. And hearing such rumors today made Fu Jue even more worried-first, these things are definitely not known to many people, even the disciples of the three pillars of the world are difficult to know some details, so the people who are doing these things may have a very high status; secondly, even a small sect like Jiulong Mountain has received the news, and the entire rivers and lakes are ...... Haven't they all been preached?
Fu Jue was very worried, he didn't know if the people who spread the news really knew where Ning Wushu was, and he didn't know what the "strange treasure" they were rendering was, thinking that it was also attractive enough.
At the same time, he also thought a little deeper. It is not known whether Ning Liang stole the roster and Li Jingzhen's large-scale pursuit and killing were secretly promoted by these people, but it can be confirmed that Fu Jue has found out many things without much effort in Jinling for several months, including wanting to go deep into Cao Fushan's mansion to investigate, and other things, all of which are being guided by those people step by step. And just a few hours ago, Fu was absolutely unwilling to be a chess piece, and resolutely turned away, which was equivalent to destroying the other party's plan...... But right away, something happened that I saw it.
If you use your brain a little, you will know that this kind of rumor may have been uploaded in the rivers and lakes for more than a day or two. So if it is the same group of people, is this a supplement to the plan to guide Fu Jie, or is it cooperation? Fu Du stuffed the dishes in the chopsticks into his mouth, and thought at the same time: "The result of these two planning lines, on the one hand, will cause chaos in the court, and on the other hand, it will lead to the obstruction of the rescue of Aunt Lin without a book, is there any connection between the two? Or are these two not the final result they want? There is a trick to this matter? It's over, I can't understand it, I can't understand it......
The more Fu Jue thought about it, the more frightened he felt, if these things were really done by the same group of people, then this layout lasted for a long time, not to mention, more importantly, the highest-ranking ministers in the DPRK and the strongest group of masters in the rivers and lakes were all in his calculations. What's even more terrifying is that even though Fu Jue realized that there was such a group of pushers, he still had no way to judge their purpose, and he didn't even know what they wanted to do next, so he could only passively observe.
Just when Fu Jue thought that he was about to lose his food, those disciples of Jiulong Mountain had simply eaten breakfast and were ready to get up and leave. Seeing this, Fu Jue frowned, took a breath of time, and decided to catch up first, find a place where no one was around, and ask them what was going on.
But someone seems to be more anxious than Fu Jie.
"Boom", a huge hammer flew into the inn, and was heading towards the disciples of Jiulong Mountain, the senior brother flashed vigilantly, and the hammer smashed on the wooden table, directly smashing the table to pieces, and the leftovers of the leftovers splashed in all directions, several disciples of Jiulong Mountain screamed, and scolded angrily: "What person!"
"Little cubs of Jiulong Mountain, grandpa, I am Lu Wenwu, don't whisper, come, whatever you want to say, say it loudly to grandpa!"
As he spoke, he saw a person swaggering in the inn, holding another huge hammer in one hand, with a tiger's back and a beard, and his eyes were full of violent light. At this time, it was only early spring, and the weather was still quite cold, but this person was only wearing a short coat, revealing the strong muscles on his arms, and he was not a master to be trifled with.
The senior brother of Jiulong Mountain was taken aback and shouted: "You are the overlord hammer Lu Wenwu! I Jiulong Mountain has no grudge against you, what are you doing throwing a hammer!"
Nalu Wenwu laughed and said, "I didn't expect you little doll to know the name of Lao Tzu!" But his footsteps didn't stop, he strode over, and at the same time, the hammer in his hand was already picked up, and he smashed it directly at the chest of the senior brother of Jiulong Mountain without saying anything, and shouted: "Tell me everything you know about Ning Wushu!" The senior brother was shocked, and hurriedly drew a nine-section iron whip to meet the enemy, and the rest of the Jiulong Mountain disciples were also furious, and they all surrounded Lu Wenwu.
Lu Wenwu lowered ten meetings with one force, which was much stronger than these Jiulong Mountain disciples who played tricks beautifully, but one by one, he couldn't take it down for a while, and a group of people made a mess of the inn, and the guests were so frightened that they ran away, and the boss and Xiao Er could only hide behind the counter and tremble. And Fu Jue watched them fight not far away, yawning boredly.
This Lu Wenwu should be considered a well-known person in this area, but Fu has never heard of it. Looking at the two big hammers he used, in fact, there were not too many martial arts paths, most of them relied on brute force, and the internal strength was estimated to have only practiced some hard qigong, which was really not ornamental. As for the group of disciples of Jiulong Mountain, they are even more boring, their wrists are weak and weak, their steps are also very vain, and their internal cultivation is simply ordinary to the extreme, in Fu Jie's eyes, this group of people is just a showman who can only dance routines. It's okay for this kind of person to bully and bully ordinary people, but if you really want to meet a slightly stronger master, you can't even go through three rounds.
Even the people in the rivers and lakes of this level know the news of Ning Wushu's rescue of his mother, and it seems that there are definitely a lot of people in the entire rivers and lakes who covet the so-called "strange treasures".
"Alas......" Fu Jue stretched his waist and sighed: "Since I don't have time to learn about my own father's affairs for the time being, let's help Ning Wushu figure this matter out first, maybe, there is an unexpected gain?"