Two hours after Zhang Zhaonu and his party entered Jiangnan, Xu Beiyou, who was a guest at Xie Suqing's house, got the news, and when Xie Suqing raised a cup of tea, Xu Beiyou said bluntly: "Zhang Zhaonu has personally gone to Jiangnan." ”

Xie Suqing was not half surprised, his hands serving tea were still very calm, and he said indifferently: "Jiangbei is the world of the imperial court, there are no decent big sects over there, Kunshan is an outlier, but compared to other sects, the foundation is a little shallow after all, and it will not work for Zhang Zhaonu to take his set in Jiangbei to Jiangnan." ”

Xu Beiyou smiled and said: "I can only blame this Sect Master Zhang for being too imprudent, he disguised himself as a merchant this time and went south to the south of the Yangtze River, thinking that as long as he didn't show his magical powers in front of people, he would not show traces, but I didn't know that the old man who sent him across the river was my person, and the guy who sold tea in Jiangkou was also my person, they were all ordinary people who had no half of their cultivation, and they received five coins of silver from me every month, and then screened the suspicious people layer by layer, such as the big waves and sand, this trick was learned from the Dark Guard Mansion." ”

Xie Suqing put down the teacup and said: "Some people have been on the top for too long, and they forget what it looks like underneath, after all, Zhang Zhaonu is a big master known as the first person in Jiangbei, his appearance can be changed, and the gas on his body can't be compared, as long as there are flaws, he can't escape from our sight." ”

Hearing the word "we", Xu Beiyou's eyes lit up, "Mr. Xie is willing to help Xu?"

Xie Suqing said with a smile: "Even if you don't mention the love of Her Royal Highness the Princess, Nangui is also a person from our Jiangnan realm, he Zhang Zhaonu made it clear that he came to you this time, and they all said that the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, and I, the head snake, naturally have to do my best to make Zhang Zhaonu, a strong dragon who crosses the river, suffer a little bit and have a long memory." ”

Xu Beiyou asked: "I heard that Zhang Zhaonu has a think tank military advisor by his side, I wonder if Mr. Xie knows?"

Xie Suqing leaned back on the back of the chair, crossed the ten fingers of his hands on his lower abdomen, and said slowly: " You are talking about Wu Lezhi, he was originally a Confucian man, but he was depressed in Confucianism, and met Zhang Zhaonu when he was down, the two hit it off at first sight, at the invitation of Zhang Zhaonu, Wu Lezhi joined Kunshan to Zhang Zhaonu as a military advisor for more than ten years, Zhang Zhaonu also trusted him, and all the affairs in the sect were handed over to him, especially in recent years, Zhang Zhaonu did not pay much attention to the affairs of the sect, Wu Lezhi was in charge of Kunshan, not the suzerain but better than the suzerain. ”

Xu Bei played: "It seems that Zhang Zhaonu has the assistance of this Wu Lezhi to strengthen his wings, Mr. Xie, if you can get rid of this person, will it be considered to cut off one of Zhang Zhaonu's arms?"

Xie Suqing leaned forward slightly, and asked softly, "Nangui, do you want to fight with Zhang Zhaonu?"

Xu Beiyou sneered: "I don't want to fight to the death with anyone, it's just that Zhang Zhaonu deceived people too much, when the family teacher was alive, where was he? When Shangguan Shibo was alive, where was he? Now if you want to take advantage of the fire to rob, it is too inferior." ”

Xie Suqing looked at him fixedly, and said slowly: "Nangui, I am a few years older, I advise you more, if you are willing to give up that Chu clan sword house, I am willing to come forward to be a middle-aged person, and let Zhang Zhaonu retreat." ”

Xu Beiyou was silent for a long time, but still shook his head.

Xie Suqing didn't feel surprised by this result, and sighed lightly: "Nangui, you have to think clearly, this time is different, there is no Gongsun Zhongmou, no Shangguan Qinghong, and even Qin Mumian, Tang Shengyue and others, you have to lead the Sword Sect alone to face Zhang Zhaonu, who is the ninth on the Tianji List." ”

Xu Beiyou's right hand clenched into a fist and lowered his head.

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Jiangdu is a place where the dragon and the tiger are hidden, and it is also a place where countless big people are sinking into the sand, so even Zhang Zhaonu, who is the first person in Jiangzuo, did not dare to enter the Jiangdu City rashly, but went to meet an old man in Jiangnan first.

It is said that Jiangnan is a good place, warm and pleasant, the most is to raise people, when the emperor went south to attack Dachu, put forward the "fixed capital of the east, the end of the old Jiangdu" said, the eastern capital is now the imperial capital, it can be seen that Jiangdu and the imperial capital are juxtaposed is a matter of early beginnings, and it can be seen that Jiangdu is indeed the most easy place to make people happy in the four capitals.

Zhang Zhaonu's old man is a secluded immortal figure in the south of the Yangtze River, who also made a great name in the early years, and returned to the warm land in the south of the Yangtze River when he was old, and he was free from the world and leisurely.

At that time, Zhang Zhaonu traveled all over the world, and when he passed through Jiangdu, he met this scattered immortal figure named Li Zijian, Zhang Zhaonu was young and vigorous at that time, and Li Zijian had not yet returned to hiding, so the two fought a big battle without saying a word, and the final result was that they did not know each other, and formed a half-year-old friend.

This time, the meeting place between the two was set on the shore of Houhu Lake outside Jiangdu City, Li Zijian is already one hundred and twenty years old this year, his beard and hair are all white, even if he has the support of the Earth Immortal Realm, there are already old age spots on his face, but his eyes are still crystal clear, and he is not half cloudy.

Li Zijian is a native of Huzhou, although he has never entered the big sect to learn art, but his grandfather Li Zhenghe was a famous master of loose cultivation in the southeast, and his father Li Zhenying was once a famous master of the earth immortals in the south of the Yangtze River, known as the "Dragon Slaying Taibao", and Xie Gongyi, the old head of the Xie family, has a deep friendship with Xie Gongyi, and is also a legendary figure.

Passed on to Li Zijian's generation, with the accumulation of two generations of his grandfather and father, his own cultivation realm has reached a higher level, breaking through the realm of the ten layers of earth immortals that his father Li Zhenying has failed to break through in his life, but there are gains and losses, because Li Zijian traveled the world in his early years to visit famous teachers and friends, the Li family's family business gradually declined, and it is no longer as prosperous as it used to be.

Li Zijian's wife died early, he had no children and no daughters under his knees, and he didn't care about any inheritance, after returning to his hometown in Huzhou twenty years ago, he lived in seclusion and cultivated in Qingxiu, and he was more indisputable than the great people of Daomen.

After the two met, without too much greeting and politeness, Zhang Zhaonu went straight to the point: "Elder Li, I asked you to come out this time because I want to ask you about something." ”

"Do you want to inquire about the Sword Sect?" Li Zijian hit the nail on the head, after all, he had lived for so many years, and he had seen all kinds of tricks, and for Li Zijian, it was not difficult to guess Zhang Zhaonu's intentions.

Zhang Zhaonu shook his head and said, "I know what the situation of the Sword Sect is, but there is one thing that I haven't figured out yet. ”

Li Zijian's white eyebrows trembled slightly, and he asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhang Zhaonu said softly: "It is rumored that the eighteenth-floor realm of Taiyi Rescue Suffering Tianzun once personally went out of the mountain to the south of Jiangdu, different from Murong Xuanyin who entered Jiangdu alone, with Taiyi Saving Suffering Tianzun came to Jiangdu with most of the Demon Suppression Palace, it is said that the second-ranked Emperor Xudu and the third-ranked King of Dizang are all with them, and it is impossible for those three women to form a trend of fighting more and less, no matter how you look at it, the Sword Sect is a mortal realm, but how can I figure it out, how can it be that Taiyi Saving Suffering Tianzun is defeated in the end?"

Li Zijian was silent.

Zhang Zhaonu narrowed his eyes and continued: "It is rumored that Shangguan Qinghong gave up his life with a sword and seriously injured Taiyi to save the suffering Tianzun, this kind of words can deceive others but can't deceive me, I have the honor to fight with the later founding lord Wanyan Beiyue, the mystery of the realm of the eighteenth floor is by no means comparable to the realm below the eighteenth floor, I believe that Shangguan Qinghong's sacrificing sword can hurt Taiyi to save the suffering Tianzun, but I don't believe that it can force Taiyi to save the suffering Tianzun to stop and retreat." ”

Li Zijian finally said slowly: "There are indeed many strange things about this matter, I might as well tell you the truth, after Shangguan Qinghong's qi dissipated and became invisible, another qi machine was born, and its realm was close to the eighteenth floor of the Earth Immortal." ”

Zhang Zhaonu's face changed slightly.

Li Zijian looked at the rippling and shaking lake, and said in a deep voice: "As for the next situation, we haven't been able to see it with our own eyes, after all, it is the big masters of the eighteenth floor realm fighting, and no one dares to get too close, for fear of being affected by the pond fish, as for the next result, you should all know that Taiyi saved the bitter Tianzun was cut off with an arm, and retreated with the Demon Suppression Palace." ”

Zhang Zhaonu frowned two thick eyebrows, and said to himself: "Could it be that there is still a great master of the eighteenth-floor realm hidden in the Sword Sect? It doesn't make sense, if there is really such a person, why didn't you take action when the Sword Sect overturned?"

Li Zijian said softly: "There is a saying that has been widely circulated in the market, and the person who made the move is actually not someone else, but the real person in charge of the eighteenth floor realm. ”