Chapter XVII

readx;? After two teleportations in two days, Bai Ya and the others came to Zizhong City in Qianwei County. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The history of Zizhong City is extremely ancient, and it can even be said to be the origin of the Shu civilization in Cuba, in the period of King Yao of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, there was an ancient tribe "Zi" here, which was called Ziguo in later generations.

The history of Ziguo was replaced by the Bashu and Shu countries during the Zhou Dynasty, and later the local culture was integrated into the Shu culture.

The surrounding area of Zizhong City belongs to the hilly terrain of the basin, and there is the Tuojiang River flowing outside the city, which belongs to the middle reaches of the Tuojiang River, the land is very rich, and the resources are rich in salt and iron. The local agriculture, pottery, smelting, well salt, and construction industries are all developed, and it is a famous commercial area in Bashu.

Today's Zizhong City belongs to the closure of a royal brother of the King of Shu, of course, the military politics and law of this kind of closure are in the hands of the central government, and it is not hereditary, and the old prince will be retaken to the central government after his death.

This old prince is not young, and he did not stand in this competition, and honestly stayed in the palace to enjoy.

After settling down in Zizhong City, Chen Ming took out a thin disc the size of a basin, which was made of materials like an inkstone, black and black, cold to the touch, and a bit like jade.

There are dense ring-shaped holes on the disk, and Chen Ming found orange-yellow, agate-like crystals and put them into some of the holes. He was very particular about it, forming a mysterious pattern, and when he finally injected the internal qi, the agate crystals on this inkstone-shaped disc began to light up.

On the black surface of the inkstone disk, lines of handwriting slowly appeared, and Yu Hui, who had already prepared it next to him, hurriedly copied the content. The process was short-lived, and the agate-like crystals quickly turned into powder and the handwriting slowly faded.

This thing is a kind of contact prop, and the crystals used as energy sources on it are the brains of some kind of brute beasts with very strong spiritual power. If you want to contact a specific person, you can communicate by writing on the inkstone as long as the same pattern is inlaid on the black inkstone of the other person.

However, it costs a lot to make contact with this thing, and that kind of brute brain crystallization is very precious.

Of course, the most expensive means of communication is the Mirror Flower Water Moon Circle, which transmits images and voices over long distances.

This kind of black inkstone plus the Mirror Flower Water Moon Array, as well as the mountain harrier raised in Qingcheng, the three methods are basically the most commonly used communication modes in the Shenzhou world. Generally, they are used separately depending on the complexity of the communication content and the length of the distance.

Within 10,000 miles, use a mountain harrier and other communication birds, and use the other two depending on the situation 10,000 miles away.

"Fortunately, the dart car hasn't left Jiangyang County yet, and now it has just arrived in Han'an City, we will teleport again this afternoon, and we should be able to intercept them halfway. Chen Ming read the contact content copied by Yu Hui and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In ancient times, Han'an City also belonged to the territory of Ziguo, and during the Great Fission of Heaven and Earth, the territory between the two cities expanded countless times, and now the distance between the two is no less than more than 100,000 li. Teleportation can be instantaneous, but it's no longer the same geographic area.

In the afternoon, Bai Ya endured the dizziness caused by the three teleportations in two days and walked out of the teleportation array, and when he looked back, Chen Ming behind him also had a dark face, and even the silver corpse Bai Tong looked a little sluggish in his induction.

This is the sequelae of continuous teleportation for a short period of time, if it weren't for the fact that I had already rested for a morning today, not only would it be a mental problem, but even my soul would have been injured. According to the classics of the sect, this is because it is torn apart by the power of space, and the external ** is not a big problem.

Ji Nan and Zeng Hui didn't follow, their foundation was even worse, and they had to wait for tomorrow to teleport.

"Rest for half a day first, wait for the road at night, and then find the team of the Changxing Dart Bureau. Bai Ya raised his hand helplessly.

"Hmm!" Chen Ming replied weakly.

The team of Changxing Dart Bureau is no longer in Han'an City, because the Shenzhou world has a vast area and a special mode of transportation, so today's Dart Bureau escort is also very different from ancient times.

If it is an escort of valuables, or the owner does not care about the shipping cost, it is generally in the form of a dark dart. It is a small number of martial arts masters who disguise themselves as passengers and continuously use teleportation arrays to deliver items to their destinations.

This kind of escort is highly secure, but it can also be intercepted in the city during the recuperation period between teleportations, and it is dangerous if the identity of the dart master is revealed.

Another kind of dart is suitable for the escort of large items, the number of bodyguards will be more, the general small thief can not move this kind of dart car, and the cottage that occupies the mountain is the king is rarely robbed of darts.

One is that most of the dart games are well-behaved and will pay them a small toll.

The other is that this kind of thing is too offensive, and the martial artists who open the dart game are often implicated in the local Xianwu Sect, and many of the dart masters in it are disciples eliminated by the Xianwu Sect.

Although their martial arts path has ended, there is still a little bit of favor in the Xianwu Sect, in case there are too many complaints, and the cottage is listed as a meritorious task by the Xianwu Sect, it will be dead.

Because the darts are mostly bulk items, the mode of transportation is comprehensive, combining safety and economy.

"According to the intelligence of the sect's spies, the escort of the Changxing Dart Bureau this time should be a combination of light and dark, on the surface it is to consign a batch of silk and tea, and our target brocade box is hidden on a certain dart master as a dark dart. Chen Ming drank hot tea, and his face looked much better.

"Strange, since the other party has already sent Yang Liugong and Chongping, why don't they just bring the brocade box?" Bai Ya had doubts in his heart.

"It probably was an emergency!" Chen Ming thought for a while and said, "Because the trick that was not exposed before was exposed, it could not be left in Jiangyang, nor could it be destroyed immediately, so it was done like this." ”

"You mean it has something to do with the local government standing in line?" asked Bai Ya thoughtfully.

"Well, this kind of thing can hide from the people of Shu, but it can't hide from the county government-level officials. It may be that the local government has left someone with some leverage, and the local officials are unwilling to take sides before the situation is clear, so the matter is done in this lukewarm water. Chen Ming laughed sarcastically.

"It's not that they can't do things well, they just don't want to do them well, aren't all officials like this?"

"Alright, we're pretty much rested, it's time to get back on our way. Bai Ya suddenly stood up from his chair.

In the night, Bai Ya and the others galloped on the wilderness like lightning, their speed was very fast, and by the time of dawn, they had already arrived in a small forest hundreds of miles away from Han'an City.

In the grove, a man in a green shirt wearing a fox mask was waiting for them, he was Qingcheng's intelligence officer in Jiangyang County.

Of course, this person is not necessarily a professional secret agent, he also has his own career and family, and usually only collects local information for Qingcheng in exchange for Qingcheng's protection and investment. Their identities can't even be found out by Baiya, so they wear masks to meet people.

"Senior Brother Bai!" Seeing Bai Ya and the others, the fox man hurriedly bowed.

"You're welcome, where are they now?" As the sequelae of teleportation subsided, White Cliff became more energetic despite galloping all night.

"The team of the Changxing Dart Bureau is in a tea shed five miles away from here, and in half an hour, it is estimated that it will set off. The fox mask man respectfully handed Bai Ya a small package, "Here are a few human~ leather masks, as well as a copy of the information of the Changxing Dart Master." ”

"If you have a heart, you will truthfully report to the sect. Bai Ya nodded and smiled.

"Then thank you, brother. The fox mask arched his hand disappreciatively, his martial arts path has been broken, he has no desire for Qingcheng, and now he has accumulated some merits, and it is only for the sake of future generations.

"In addition, senior brother should be careful, when he sent someone to investigate the team of the dart bureau, he found that someone was secretly protecting them......"

"Well, I'll know about it. Bai Ya and Chen Ming glanced at each other, and immediately thought of Yang Liugong and Chongping.

"I don't know if the two masters that Senior Brother said are one of the protectors, but according to the reports of his subordinates, the bodyguards who have been exposed are two Green Forest Warriors. Fox Mask said cautiously.

"Green Forest Warrior?"

Bai Ya and Chen Ming had already planned to leave, but when they heard this, they suddenly paused in surprise. Chongping used to be from the Green Forest, but it was obviously different from the Green Forest warrior in the mouth of the fox mask.

"Well, those two people are very famous in this area of Jiangyang County, one of them is a righteous thief, called Tieyan Chen San, who specializes in robbing the rich and helping the poor, and is good at light skills and swordsmanship. The second is a dwarf who hates ghosts and hates ghosts, called the ghost boy Wei ......"

"Ghost boy Wei Yan?!" Chen Ming's eyes suddenly flashed, and he continued, "This person knows that he has debuted thirty years ago, and he is wanted by many immortal martial sects in southern Xinjiang, and he has disappeared in recent years, everyone thought that he had been cooked by a martial artist of which sect for a long time, but he didn't expect that he was still alive now." ”

"So powerful?" Bai Ya was taken aback slightly, he knew very well the energy of the Xianwu Sect, this person could be at ease under the pursuit of many Xianwu Sects, and he did have some means.

"Hmph, this is also the period of competition for succession, otherwise how would he dare to come out!" Chen Ming snorted coldly disdainfully.

Fighting for succession is a relatively special period, these bull ghosts and snake gods are invested in the contenders during this period, and the Xianwu Sect will also let them go for the time being. Because now there are camps in various immortal martial sects, and if they are arrested, they are afraid that they will be said to be fake public and private.

And these people are the best chance to turn around at this time, if the contenders they support take the throne, they are likely to give them an official position, which is tantamount to whitewashing. As long as they don't do evil in the future, the Immortal Martial Sect can't do anything about them.

Therefore, during this period, many green forest masters who had long disappeared from the world appeared, and these were originally on the merit list of the Xianwu Sect.

They are coming out now and making a last stand, if they can't be whitewashed, they won't have a chance to be rats in the later stage.

The reason why the martial artists of the sect have fallen during the period of competition for succession has a lot to do with them. These people have a great grudge against the Immortal Martial Sect, and now is the best opportunity to take revenge, so they will not be spared.

This is why Liu Yu said that the battle for succession incident is also a life and death trial for the martial artists of the sect.