Chapter 114: Staggered Plots (Part II)
"Is this true?" Lingxu Zhenren's face changed suddenly, he glanced sideways at Lu Taiji beside him, and said in his heart, if Cao Haotian was really taken away by Jinyiwei, it would be useless to leave the Tang brothers at this time, it would be better to be a favor. He turned his mind to look at Tang Yuan and Tang Lanfeng at the entrance of the hall, and said in a soft tone, "The two of you can leave first, but the disappearance of the owner of the Murong Mansion has something to do with Tang Lanfeng." In the future..."
Tang Yuan turned around and sneered, "We have no intention of embarrassing you eight factions, if there is anything in the future, you can inform us at any time." Then, the two of them disappeared in front of the main gate of Tianxiang Building like the wind, and the Jingwu guards of the Fuwang Mansion on the street quickly assembled under the order of the heralds, and quickly disappeared into the snowy night street with the lights on.
Since the Tang brothers left the hall of Tianxianglou, the rest of the people from the rivers and lakes of the various factions also left one after another, and the entire hall suddenly fell silent, and between the heads of the eight factions, there was only eye contact, and no one spoke. Suddenly, Yue Menghan, Mu Ning, Lan Jing and Yingluo appeared at the main entrance, and the attendants of Tianxianglou saw that it was the disciples of the eight sects and did not stop them, and the four of them hurried to the hall.
"Master" Yue Menghan saluted to Wang Chengde, the head of Huashan on the left, "Our group chased to the gate of Luoyang East City, and I heard that..."
"Hear?" Before Yue Menghan could finish speaking, Wang Chengde slapped the tea cup in his hand on the wooden table violently, and said coldly, "For the sake of the teacher, you are ordered to follow the senior brothers of the various factions to hunt down the barbarian spy Cao Haotian, just for what you heard?"
"This...."Yue Menghan looked aggrieved, and stood quietly in the hall, not daring to say anything more. Mu Ning, Lan Jing and Yingluo beside her were also stunned for a long time.
"Mu Ning, what have you gained from this trip?" Yu Qingyun, the head of the Qingcheng faction, glanced at Wang Chengde and coughed dryly, breaking this embarrassing situation.
"Master Qiqi, the eight of us and Senior Brother Fei Ming chased to the east of Luoyang City, but were stopped by the soldiers defending the city. But we found that outside the city, there was a team of Jinyi guards' chariots and horses heading east, and Senior Brother Fei Ming took Senior Brother Song of the Wudang faction, Senior Brother Yuankong of Shaolin Temple, Senior Brother Yexing of the Hengshan faction and Senior Sister Xia of the Emei faction out of the city to chase them. Mu Ning respectfully replied to everyone. lowered his head and glanced at Yue Menghan on the right, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and he looked aggrieved. He whispered with concern, "Senior Sister Yue, are you okay?"
Yue Menghan lowered his head, glared at him, and snorted coldly in a low voice, "Don't worry about it!"
Mu Ning turned his head helplessly and quietly waited for his master's orders. Lan Jing on his left side clenched his hands into fists, bowed and saluted, "Master, senior uncles, senior brother Fei Ming, they have already followed Jinyiwei's convoy, let us come back and ask for instructions." ”
"This..."Jian Yu, the head of the Hengshan faction, took a deep look at his beloved disciple, and he looked back in the direction of Lu Taiji. At this time, the Tianxiang Building, the Yun brothers and sisters escorted Murong Tu out of the hall, and the Tianxiang Building at this moment was already represented by the Six Swords of Tianxiang, and Lu Taiji was the most senior among the Six Swords. Jian Yu looked at Lu Taiji and said softly, "Cao Haotian really escaped?"
Lu Taiji nodded, looked at the people of all factions, his eyebrows froze, and he said in a calm breath, "Yes, Jin Yiwei intervened and took Cao Haotian away, we should discuss what to do next." ”
"Jinyiwei!" Yun Mo's face was shocked, and he said in his heart, could it be that Ning Wuji had colluded with the barbarians to let his subordinates come all the way to Luoyang to rescue Cao Haotian. Hearing the three words "Jinyiwei" in Lu Taiji's mouth, the faces of the heads of the various factions present changed abruptly, they never thought that the eight factions of martial arts and the imperial court had always been at peace, and Tianxianglou was the representative of the eight factions of martial arts, but they did not expect that Jinyiwei would interfere in Cao Haotian's affairs at this moment. "Are you sure it was Jinyiwei who did it?" Yun Mo looked at Mu Daoyan, Wang Zhiqiu and Fang Lixing behind Lu Taiji.
"Yes, it's Jinyiwei. Mu Daoyan's deep voice filled the entire hall, and everyone heard it very clearly.
"It could have been stopped, but..."Fang Lixing looked at Yun Mo's questioning expression, he was originally unwilling to hand over Cao Haotian to Jinyiwei, at this time, the heads of all factions were questioning this matter, and he looked angry.
"Senior Brother Fang, what are you talking nonsense!" Wang Zhiqiu, turned his head and glared coldly at Fang Lixing beside him, coughed embarrassedly and said, "The top priority at the moment should be to find the landlord as soon as possible, and everything else can be postponed." What do you think?"
Wang Zhiqiu's shout stopped, causing Fang Lixing to retreat. Mu Daoyan stood beside Lu Taiji and whispered a few words. Except for the Swordless Villa between the wooden corridors on the right, the people of the eight factions turned their eyes to Lu Taiji, who was the Six Swords of Tianxiang.
After Mu Daoyan's words, Lu Taiji waved his right hand, his robe stirred in the wind, and he said to the head of the faction, "You don't get along with Tianxianglou for a day or two, and now the whereabouts of the lord of Murong Lou are unknown. Lu hoped that the eight factions could sincerely unite to find the owner of Murong Mansion. ”
"Of course, our Huashan faction will never sit idly by. Wang Chengde took the lead in responding, he got up from the banquet, stood with his hands in his hands, and looked at Lu Taiji, Mu Daoyan, Wang Zhiqiu and Fang Lixing, with a very firm expression. At this moment, Wang Chengde knew that if the eight factions could not unite together, maybe the next sect to be slaughtered by the barbarians would be his Huashan faction, and at this time, only by tightly tying the eight factions together could they deal with any sudden changes.
"Brother Lingxu Dao and Abbot Fang Yan, what do you two think?" Lu Taiji turned around, moved his body slightly and took a few steps forward, and came to the banquet between Lingxu Zhenren and Abbot Fang Yan, looking at the two supremes of Wudang and Shaolin with a solemn face, he knew that without the support of these two factions, even if the other six factions went south, they would not be able to compete with the barbarians.
"Senior Brother Lu..."Lingxu Zhenren stood up and bowed slightly, he glanced sideways at Abbot Fang Yan beside him, and asked in a low voice, "Senior Brother Fang Yan, you..."
"Our Shaolin has suffered the disaster of slaughtering the temple, and today we must advance and retreat together with the eight factions, never..."Abbot Fang Yan replied firmly.
"What do you think?" Lu Taiji asked Zijin Zhenren, Yu Qingyun, Jian Yu and other sect leaders.
"Since the Shaolin and Wudang factions have already expressed their stance, my Songshan faction will never ignore them, isn't it just going south! Yun Mo echoed loudly.
Ye Lin, who was sitting in the wooden corridor on the left, watched the crowd excited, lowered his head and asked Liu Tianjiang on the side, "Uncle Liu, they are still in a mess, why now..."
Liu Tianjiang glanced at it, and he responded with a smile on his face, "The big war a hundred years ago may be staged again, and these people of the Eight Martial Arts Sects just want to establish their position in the rivers and lakes again." Everyone present knew very well that no one faction could compete with the barbarians by its own strength. ”
"I see, this is their life and death. Ye Lin sat quietly in the banquet, picked up the tea cup on the wooden table with his right hand, and gently smelled the fragrance in the cup, "However, this tea in Tianxianglou is really good, very fragrant and pleasant." ”
Qingfeng, who was sitting beside Liu Tianjiang, quietly observed the words and expressions of the heads of various factions. His hands clenched into fists, "It seems that they are going south together, and we are going to follow them too?"