Chengping 20 years, June 30. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At noon, the sky was gloomy and frightening, just like the atmosphere in the Northwest Secret Guard Mansion at this time, it was extremely solemn, almost making people breathless, and its root cause was because of the Chonglongguan incident a few days ago.

A chief officer inspector of the fourth rank, an adjutant lieutenant from the fourth rank, five internal guards drawn from the imperial capital, and forty-three elite secret guards, and one hundred and twenty-eight ordinary secret guards, all of whom died in battle. How many years has this kind of loss not occurred? Although the Secret Guard Mansion claims to have 200,000 people, it is necessary to add all kinds of informants, and in this regard, the Secret Guard Mansion cannot compare with the army of tens of thousands of people at every turn, and the army can not pay attention to the deaths and injuries of several hundred people, but the Secret Guard Mansion is the opposite, and the casualties of this degree are almost broken.

As the real speaker of the Northwest Secret Guard Mansion, Lu Shen sat on the main seat of the main hall, and on his left and right sides sat the high-ranking officials of the Northwest Secret Guard Mansion.

There was a sound of needles falling in the whole hall.

Lu Shen looked around at everyone in the hall, his voice was unexpectedly calm, and he slowly spoke: "The incident of the last few days, I think you must have already known, it was originally a long-prepared plan, but I didn't want to end up with a troublemaker, so that we died a full hundred and seventy-eight people." There are only more than 1,500 people in the official staff of the Northwest Secret Guard Mansion, which has to be dispersed to the divisions of several large states such as Shaanzhou, Xiliang Prefecture, and Xihe Prefecture, and there are only more than 300 people in one Secret Guard Division, and two-thirds of them died at once, and the entire Central Secret Guard Division was almost wiped out. ”

When the words fell, a thunderclap suddenly erupted, illuminating the dim hall, and at the same time, illuminating the gloomy faces of everyone in the Dark Guard Mansion.

A downpour of rain came at the end of the summer.

Soybean-sized raindrops hit the eaves with a crackling sound, and in an instant, they converged into a thin stream, flying down the corners of the eaves, hanging out silver and bright water lines.

Everyone in the hall was indifferent to the sudden heavy rain, even the Dark Guard Armor Guards who were guarding outside the hall with swords and armor, and let the rain knock on the armor with a fierce sound.

Lu Shen squinted, looked at the rain curtain outside through the wide open hall door, and continued: "That's it, after all, there is no immortal world, when we meet a master, we recognize it, the key is to count the corpses afterwards, and there is also a little girl named Zhiyun missing." ”

Lu Shen got up from the seat, walked slowly to the door, and said coldly: " Now, the original plan to incite the people to burn the Chonglong Temple within three days is unlikely to be realized, and the death of so many people can't be concealed no matter what, this matter is too big, and it won't be long before the Demon Suppression Hall will be aware of it, if the people of the Demon Suppression Hall find this little girl, what are the methods of the officials of the White Tiger Hall, I think you also know, and you will definitely regard our Northwest Secret Guard Mansion as an outcast, and use our heads to calm the anger of the Daomen. ”

Everyone in the hall felt a chill to their bones.

Lu Shen's words are by no means intimidating, everyone in the world knows that the secret guard is ruthless, but he doesn't know that the secret guard is not only ruthless to outsiders, but also ruthless to his own people. The Northwest Secret Guard Mansion has always been the sphere of influence of Fu Dudu, and if this incident happens, the other two Dukes will definitely not hesitate to fall into the well and step on it again.

Lu Shen said coldly: "Don't talk nonsense anymore, it's not too late to make amends, all divisions will scatter their manpower, strictly guard the entry and exit of the northwest portal everywhere, only allow entry and exit, even if the northwest is turned upside down, it is necessary to find Zhiyun." To live to see people, to die to see corpses. ”

All the high-ranking officials of the secret guard stood up and said in a deep voice: "No!"

Heavy rain poured down in China, but there was light rain in Xiliangzhou.

After a few days, Xu Beiyou and his party have come to the place of Longnan located in the southeast border of Xiliangzhou, which is connected to Shaanzhou in the east, Shuzhou in the south, and the three states of Liang, Shaanxi and Shu are to be rushed out, and it is a place where soldiers must fight since ancient times, known as "the key to the lock of Liangshaan, the throat of Bashu", so there is a border army of about 3,000 people guarding here, guarded by a commander from Sanpin.

Don't think that the three-grade officials are very small, for the people of a state, this is the same big man as the sky, the political envoy in charge of the affairs of a state is just from the second grade, a three-grade secret guard governor can make the entire northwest upside down, these three-grade and four-grade feudal officials are real soil emperors in the locality, turning their hands over for clouds and covering their hands for rain, and those who have been in business for decades are deep-rooted, it is not an exaggeration to say that they cover the sky with one hand, even if the first and second grades of the imperial capital may not have such a prestige.

The old man took Xu Beiyou and Zhiyun, bathed in a slight drizzle, and walked into the pass guarding Longnan. Because Xiliangzhou and Shaanzhou can go directly to the grassland, there are a lot of merchants and horse dealers who come and go here, so it also makes this pass more and more prosperous, it actually has the scale of a medium-sized city, and this is a three-way zone, basically only the commander with 3,000 soldiers and horses has the final say, here, his words are Wang Fa.

However, this commander is not really lawless, after all, who dares to do the grassland business, which one does not have an official figure standing behind him? Especially the group of horse dealers, most of them have the background of military bosses, and they also have to have a real relationship with the Taiji on the other side of the grassland, if they want to do the horse trading business without these two relationships, I am afraid that they will die without a place to bury themselves if they can't even walk the grassland. Therefore, the Commander generally does not provoke these characters, as long as the passing money is enough, then both sides will be fine.

As soon as the three of them entered the city, they saw a group of fierce riders riding forward, with undisguised waist knives hanging from their waists, and on their horses there were bows and arrows that were forbidden by the imperial court.

Zhiyun was instructed by the old man before entering the city, put on a big robe to block the wind and sand, and his face was tightly wrapped, only revealing a pair of eyes, so these people didn't pay too much attention to Xu Beiyou and the other three, and roared directly.

After the group of people walked away, the old man said calmly: "These people are horse sellers, most of them are from the Northwest swordsmen, and their strength is very good, about six or seven grades, and the worst ones are also two-stone bows, one stone is one hundred and twenty catties, and their arm strength is comparable to that of the armor soldiers in the border army's barracks." As for the conduct of these people, compared with the horse thieves on the grassland, it is a difference of one word and one step. ”

Xu Beiyou's face was a little solemn, his current strength was about five grades, and compared with these horse dealers, he was only between the best and the best.

Next, the old man took the two of them to a time-honored inn in the downtown and asked for two upper rooms.

The old man looked at the two young men and women with puzzled faces, and said calmly: "It's not peaceful at night here, one room for the teacher, one room for the two of you, and take care of each other." ”

With that, the old man walked away, ignoring the delicate atmosphere between the two young men.

Xu Beiyou opened his mouth, but he stopped talking, he vaguely felt that the master seemed to be smiling just now, and the smile was very playful.

When the old man came to his room, his originally calm expression became a little strange, and he laughed softly: "Boy, the teacher has paved the way for you, it depends on how good your understanding is." ”