Chapter 5 Silkworm Tomb Xuanying
"Senior Brother Bai, the master asked the palace to listen to you all the way, so have you figured out where to go first?" Meng Tian clasped his hands to his chest and tilted his head to look at Bai Ya.
Since the battle of Pituozhou, she has seen the ability of this junior brother, but the senior sister has to listen to the arrangement of the junior brother, which always makes her feel a little unhappy.
When Bai Ya heard this, he looked down, but it was a sudden scene, and he didn't notice it for a while, and his heart suddenly beat wildly.
It turned out that Meng Tian didn't wear a martial arts shirt today, but wore a sky blue straight-necked cardigan skirt, lined with a light blue chaffle, and a light purple waist seal around her waist, which looked slender and wise.
This dress is nothing, changing a woman will only make people feel sweet and elegant, but Meng Tian has a big chest, and under the support of both hands, he actually held the chezi high, and a pair of big white jade rabbits seemed to be about to jump out.
In addition, she was short, and the white cliff looked down condescendingly, only to see the twin peaks round and snowy, and the ravines were like deep and secluded, and she was stunned for a while, and she couldn't help but blush when she came back to her senses.
"Is it good-looking?" Meng Tian didn't mind, blinked, and asked narrowly.
"Mmmm, senior sister is naturally beautiful and very human!"
Bai Ya was such a person, although he was suddenly "attacked" just now, he would have come back to his senses a long time ago and smiled casually. It's just that he also knew that it was a bit rude to stare at others just now, for fear that the other party would be mad, so he hurriedly walked a few steps and rushed to the front of the mountain road.
"Hehe, Senior Brother Bai, you haven't said where you're going?" Meng Tian saw him fleeing in embarrassment, and his heart was a lot more refreshed.
It has been about two weeks since the two of them received the task from Mei Xun and Ning Qing, and they are only ready to pack up and go down the mountain today.
However, they will not go to Yiling for the time being, and Zhongli Mountain is still more than half a year away from returning to Shenzhou according to the calculations of the predecessors in Guanzhong. This trip was to do a few meritorious tasks, and by the way, I was waiting for the follow-up news from Zhongli Mountain.
Although the matter on Zhongli Mountain's side is their main goal of going down the mountain this time, the task on the two of them now is also very important, and Mei Xun specially explained it.
There are three tasks, and the most troublesome one is related to the artistic conception warriors who went out to practice in Qingcheng.
There were three young warriors in this group, two of whom were martial disciples of Qingdu Guan and Laojun Pavilion, and one was an introductory disciple of Magu Guan. They disappeared near Baishui City, on the border between Zitong County and Yinping County.
Originally, there were many martial disciples who traveled abroad in Qingcheng, especially now at the beginning of the troubled times, it was not uncommon for one or two people to disappear.
It's just that these three people disappeared together, and among them there was a disciple of Maguguan who was at the peak of his artistic conception, so it attracted the attention of the high-level of Qingcheng.
Moreover, Yinping County is close to the stations of Tubo and Jinwudao, and Tubo and Jinwudao have made frequent small moves in recent times, which makes it even more necessary for someone to go and investigate to see if the disappearance of these three people is related to Tubo and Jinwudao.
The second task that Bai Ya and the others received was in a small county town south of Wudu City, where there was a martial arts family surnamed Wang who suddenly disappeared overnight.
And since then, every late at night, there will be a mournful cry in the abandoned courtyard of the Wang family, which makes the whole city panic. The local yamen sent people to investigate, but they couldn't find any clues.
Originally, Wudu was far away from Qingcheng, whether it was the local Xianwu Sect or the Six Sects, they would send people to investigate. However, there were many disciples of the martial arts family surnamed Wang who cultivated in Qingcheng, and they asked for the head of the Qingcheng master, so they issued a task in the merit altar.
That place is just north of Whitewater City, and since the two of them are going to Whitewater City, they just stop by to have a look.
For this kind of evil incident, Bai Ya is not very good at it, but Meng Tian is a master in this area, majoring in formation Xuandao.
The last task of the two was to suppress the bandits, and the location was in Silkworm City in Wenshan County.
Silkworm Ling City, formerly known as Silkworm Cong City, is the territory of the first silkworm Cong King who was the king of ancient Shu, and later Qin destroyed Shu, and this place was renamed Baling City. After the great fission of heaven and earth, the Shu Kingdom was restored, and the Baling City was renamed the Silkworm Ling City because of the adjacent Silkworm Ling Mountain outside the city, and it was also known as Diexi City.
The target of the two Baiya bandits this time is the Xuanying Village on Silkworm Mountain.
Xuanying Village is a green forest cottage, which makes a living by robbing roads and cutting paths.
However, before Baiya went down the mountain, he checked the information of this cottage, and it is said that this green forest cottage is usually a thief and has a way, under the banner of robbing the rich and helping the poor, and rarely hurts people's lives.
It stands to reason that this kind of green forest cottage is not in the ranks of the Xianwu Sect, but this Xuanying Village has recently done a very inauthentic thing, which is why it has been targeted by Qingcheng.
Because of its proximity to Qingcheng, most of the young people in the county who are interested in martial arts apply for Qingcheng, which has always been one of the basic sources of martial arts students in Qingcheng.
Because there are many intricate ties between the local government and Qingcheng, the secular gentry generally turn to the Taoist temple in Qingcheng for help when they can't solve the things, but rarely go to the six doors.
The inauthentic things done in Xuanying Village are related to a family of squires in Silkworm City.
This family's surname is Chen, which can be called a scholarly family, and his ancestors have produced two major officials, and they belong to the local county.
Although the Chen family has been silent for several years since the death of their official ancestors, this generation has produced a good embryo Chen Guan who reads.
He is only 18 years old, has already passed the hospital examination, and is the head of the three examinations of the county examination, the government examination, and the hospital examination.
This Chen Guan was invited by his classmates a few days ago to go to Silkworm Ling Mountain, but he was taken captive by Xuanying Village.
Since Xuanying Village is under the banner of "robbing the rich and helping the poor", it is not surprising that it is the bank to rob the road and kidnap the ticket. Anyway, the Chen family has a solid background, and at most they will break some money.
The Chen family originally thought the same way, so they didn't report to the official, and sent a sum of gold and silver to Xuanying Village overnight, hoping to redeem Chen Guan.
But what happened next was beyond the expectations of the Chen family, Xuanying Village received the ransom and refused to let go, and the envoys of the Chen family's negotiations were detained, and only a small servant was released to report back, saying that the head of the Chen family must come over to ransom people.
At this time, the Chen family panicked, not because they were afraid that the lion in Xuanying Village would open their mouths, but because they were afraid that Chen Guan had encountered an accident, so they had no choice but to report to the official.
However, the county government of a small county in Silkworm City couldn't deal with the strongmen in Xuanying Village at all, so he had to report to the Wenshan County Government again.
But when I arrived at the Wenshan County Government, I was still stumped.
Wenshan County is originally a mountainous terrain, belonging to the edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the terrain is extremely precipitous, it is a land of poor mountains and bad waters, and Silkworm Mountain is the most of them.
Silkworm Ling (Cheng) Mountain is also known as Diexi (City) Mountain, the reason is that when the world was fissioned, there was a major collapse in the area of Silkworm Ling City. The city and nearby mountain peaks collapsed, and the mountains and rocks blocked the Minjiang River, forming dozens of dammed lakes, which are called Diexi Haizi Lake because of the layers.
Silkworm Ling Mountain is surrounded by these stacked streams and seas, and the mountain is dangerous, and the army cannot pass, which can be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The most important thing is that the strong men of Xuanying Village in Silkworm Mountain are not weak, and the seven leading masters are all artistic conception warriors, known as the Seven Masters of Xuanying.
The army can't go up, but the warriors who send the county government will be besieged by Xuanying Village, and Xuanying Village rarely hurts people's lives, and there is usually a lot of filial piety, so the Wenshan County Government has always turned a blind eye to them.
However, Chen Guan's kidnapping broke the tacit understanding between Xuanying Village and Wenshan County Government.
After all, the Chen family is a scholarly family, and it used to be the home of the eunuchs, and there are still connections left by their ancestors in the court. Once they crossed the county government to report, the Wenshan county government would also be held accountable, so the matter finally turned to Qingcheng.
"Let's go to Silkworm Tomb first!" Hearing Meng Tian ask, Bai Ya thought about it and replied.
"Why the Silkworm Tomb, not Baishui?" Meng Tian asked with a frown.
The three tasks they received were located in Silkworm Tomb, Baishui, and Wudu, and the three places formed a triangle, with Silkworm Tomb being the closest and Wudu being the farthest.
Although the Silkworm Tomb is the closest, let Meng Tian choose, he will definitely not go to the Silkworm Tomb first.
Anyway, they teleported back and forth, and it didn't matter how far it was. In terms of intimacy, the Baishui incident is related to the three missing Qingcheng warriors, and in terms of the impact of the incident, the sneaky incident in Wudu is related to the stability of the county.
No matter how you choose, it seems that you shouldn't deal with a green forest cottage in Silkworm Tomb first.
"The brothers who disappeared in Baishui are all artistic spirit martial artists, and the three of them are ...... together," Bai Ya said for a moment, and then continued, "If they encounter an irresistible danger, then the dust will settle long ago. It doesn't matter if we go a few days earlier or a few days later, the sect knows this, so what we are given is a reconnaissance mission, not a rescue mission. ”
"What's more, the three senior brothers didn't leave any clues, only a few words sent back by the spies, I'm afraid it will take a lot of work. Bai Ya said with a wry smile, "If you have to deal with this matter first, I'm afraid that the other two tasks will be delayed for too long." ”
Meng Tian was speechless, she was concerned about it, because among the three senior brothers, there was also a beginner disciple of Maguguan.
"What about Wudu?"
"Although I am a little sorry for the few brothers surnamed Wang, the matter in Wudu is actually not in a hurry. Bai Ya smiled, "If they hadn't begged Master Qingcheng to issue a merit task, this matter shouldn't have been handled by Qingcheng." ”
Baiya's words are not wrong, Wudu County is relatively special, and the geographical division is subordinate to Liangzhou, and it is also subordinate to Yizhou, and it is currently the territory of Liangzhou of Qin.
In fact, the water and land transportation of Wudu is more smooth with Hanzhong in the east, and Liangzhou in the north is separated by mountains, so in terms of Xianwu power, it generally belongs to the territory of the Xianwu sect in Hanzhong.
"If the sneaky incident of the Wang family is not serious, then it doesn't hurt to go a few days later. If it really affects the whole county, then the Xianwu Sect in Hanzhong should have started to deal with it a long time ago, maybe by the time we get there, the matter will have been resolved. Bai Ya said.
"Oh, okay!" Meng Tian exhaled depressedly.
She usually prides herself on being smart and clever, but somehow every time she acts like an ignorant girl in front of this little junior brother.