Chapter 69: Return

After Nie Sanjiang and his entourage rested in Hucheng County for a few days, they began to prepare their bags separately and set off for Lingbao County. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Among the group, Nie and Pu rode horses to explore the way in front, Liu Feichi was not suitable for riding a horse due to his injuries, so he sat in the carriage to rest, and Liu Zhong led the horse. Liu Wenxi also sat in the carriage on the pretext of taking care of her father, and never refused to get out of the carriage. Behind the carriage were Han Tianrun and other Shangqing sect disciples. Like Nie and Pu, they all rode on horseback. Hucheng County and Lingbao County are both under the jurisdiction of Yuzhou, the two counties are separated by sixty-five miles, and the group walked very slowly, until late at night, before they arrived at the foot of Taoyuan Village outside Lingbao County.

After everyone settled down and had dinner, they all went back to their rooms to rest. Pu Luochen originally planned to go back to the room to rest, but he was taken to the room by Nie Sanjiang to discuss the matter. After the two entered the room, Pu Luochen closed the door as usual, and then faced Nie Sanjiang, and asked, "I don't know why Lord Zongzhu summoned Luochen late at night?" Nie Sanjiang didn't say a word, just clapped his hands gently. Immediately, a person suddenly jumped from the beam of the house and landed in front of Nie and Pu. Pu Luochen is not a stupid person, and when he sees this, he already knows it. This person must have been ordered by President Nie to catch the head and hid on the beams of the house. The reason why he showed up to see each other was because of Mr. Nie's head and clapping his hands. From this, it can be seen that this person should be a person who is familiar with Mr. Nie's head hunting. As soon as the man landed on the ground, he bowed to Nie Sanjiang and said, "Subordinate Du Xinliang knocks to see the chief arrester!" Nie Sanjiang smiled: "Xinliang doesn't have to be polite, get up!" The person named "Du Xinliang" immediately replied: "Xinliang obeys!" After speaking, he straightened up. Seeing this, Pu Luochen said in his heart: "It turns out that this person is the head catcher of the six doors, and the subordinate of Nie Zong's head catcher!" Before thinking about it, he heard Nie Sanjiang say: "That's right, Xinliang, this (Nie Sanjiang stretched out his hand and pointed at Pu Luochen) is Pu Luochen, Pu Zhutou." The person named "Du Xinliang" also looked at Pu Luochen and said, "It turns out that this is the Pu Zhutou mentioned by Lord Zongzhu in the letter!"

When Pu Luochen heard this, he was stunned, and couldn't help asking: "What? The letter mentions? Could it be that Lord Zongzhu also wrote a letter related to Luochen?" Nie Sanjiang explained: "Luochen, this matter is a long story. After the artifact conference that day, this seat failed to debunk the true face of Zhai Shuo, and it was really embarrassing. I wanted to continue the investigation, but I was disturbed by the artifact. This seat felt that it was lonely, so he repaired a book, entrusted someone to send it to Chang'an, and handed it over to Du Zhutou. This Du Zhutou is one of the right-hand men of this seat, and if he assists us, we can be said to be like a tiger with wings!" Pu Luochen suddenly said: "I see. As he spoke, he waved at Du Xinliang and said, "It turned out to be Du Zhutou, disrespectful and disrespectful!" That Du Xinliang smiled slightly and said: "Pu Zhutou is serious." You and I both work for the Chief Catcher, so there is no need to be so polite!" Pu Luochen said: "Du Zhutou is not only the right-hand man of the Chief Catcher, but also the predecessor of Luochen, and Luochen should pay more salutes." Du Xinliang said: "Pu Zhutou's words really make Xinliang embarrassed. Xinliang and Pu Zhutou are the same age, how can the seniors say that they should be brothers!" After Pu Luochen heard the word "brother", he smiled unconsciously: "It turns out that Du Zhutou plans to be a brother with Pu!" Du Xinliang asked rhetorically: "Could it be that Pu Zhutou is unwilling?" Pu Luochen smiled and said: "Of course I do!" Although he talked very happily with the other party, Pu Luochen has been forcing a happy face. It turned out that although Du Xinliang had clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, he was quite handsome, but his cheekbones were bulging on his face, and his smile was very stiff, which made people feel a little uncomfortable after watching it.

Nie Sanjiang saw that the two were already familiar with each other, so he instructed Du Xinliang: "Xinliang, now that Pu Zhutou has come, tell everyone what you have found." Du Xinzhi nodded yes, and then said: "Master Zhai, Pu Zhutou, Xinliang has found out that the Zhai Supervisor who is now in Zhai Mansion is pretending to be someone else, and the real Zhai Supervisor has already been killed." Nie Sanjiang said: "Not only is the real Chief Zhai dead, but his family must have been wiped out, right?" Du Xinliang replied: "What the chief arrester said is very true, but his subordinates have found reliable witnesses, and I believe that they can definitely testify against this person!" Nie Sanjiang shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it may not be feasible!" Du Xinliang said curiously: "Why is this?" Nie Sanjiang said: "Although we have found out the details of Zhai Shuo, we may not be able to bring down Zhai Shuo." This person must have someone to support him, so he will always live in Zhai Mansion, and we must be fully prepared before we can put it into action!" Du Xinliang pondered for a while and said: "Someone supports him? The only person in Zhai Mansion who is most familiar with Zhai Shuo is Zhai Qianqian, since we can all see through the truth and falsehood, how can Zhai Qianqian not be able to distinguish between the true and the false? From this, it can be seen that Zhai Qianqian has been sheltering that Zhai Shuo!" Du Xinliang said: "That thief pretended to be Zhai Shuo and infiltrated Zhai Mansion, obviously with bad intentions. As the master of Zhai Mansion, how could Zhai Qianqian shelter him? Could it be that Zhai Qianqian had any tricks in the hands of thieves?" Nie Sanjiang said: "It should be so, otherwise, Zhai Qianqian would not have sheltered this person." Speaking of this handle, this seat has never been able to figure out, what kind of handle will make Zhai Qianqian obey Zhai Shuo like that?" Du Xinliang is very good at observing words and feelings, and when he heard Nie Sanjiang say this, he immediately replied: "Lord Chief Catcher, please rest assured, Xinliang will do his best to find out the relationship between the two of them, so as to help Lord Chief Catcher!" Nie Sanjiang said "um" and said, "Very good, very good." ”

While speaking, Nie Sanjiang saw that Pu Luochen had been silent, so he asked Pu Luochen: "Luochen, I don't know what you think of this matter?" Pu Luochen was obviously stunned for a moment in the face of Nie Sanjiang's sudden question, and said hesitantly: "I don't know, I don't know what the Lord is referring to?" Nie Sanjiang was displeased when he heard this, and said: "Luochen, the conversation between this seat and Du Zhutou, haven't you never heard it?" Seeing this, Nie Sanjiang knew that what he said was correct, so he waved his hand and said, "That's it, since you haven't heard anything, it's inconvenient for this seat to discuss important matters with you anymore, you better go back and rest early!" Pu Luochen had to leave as he said. Nie Sanjiang's original intention was to listen to Pu Luochen's opinion, but seeing that Pu Luochen was so absent-minded, he had no choice but to dispel this idea. However, after thinking about it, the matter had been discussed, and there was no need to discuss it again, so he said to Du Xinliang: "Xinliang, the matter will be handed over to you, and this seat will always wait for your news." Du Xinliang immediately replied: "Xinliang obeys!" After speaking, he quietly left.

Nie Sanjiang and his entourage rested for the night, and they all recovered their strength, and they all packed up early the next morning and continued to hurry. Although Taoyuan Village is outside the city, it is only two or three miles away from the county seat, and when the group arrived at the county seat, it was just in time for breakfast. Nie Sanjiang placed everyone in the Tongfu Inn, and personally ordered a few tables of meals for everyone to eat and wear. After ordering the meal, Nie Sanjiang found a place to sit down and ate the meal with everyone. Taking advantage of the time to eat, Nie Sanjiang called the shopkeeper to him again and asked the shopkeeper about some of the things that happened in the county.

After some inquiry, Nie Sanjiang learned that after the artifact incident, the people of the five major sects did not all leave, and there were still some people who stayed in the city to inquire about the artifact of Kuafu Mountain. Among these people, most of them are disciples of the Shushan faction. When Nie Sanjiang heard the shopkeeper say the words "purple-clothed swordsman", he had already guessed that it was the Shushan faction. When he came to Tongfu Inn this time, he didn't meet anyone from the Shushan faction, Nie Sanjiang thought that everyone from the Shushan faction had left Lingbao County, but he didn't expect that instead of leaving, they were still inquiring about the artifact. Come to think of it, the reason why they are not at the Tongfu Inn is just a change of residence. Coincidentally, at this time, more than a dozen purple-clothed swordsmen appeared at the door of the inn, their outfits were exactly the same as the disciples of the Shushan faction they had met before, if they were not the disciples of the Shushan faction, which sect would they be? Nie Sanjiang couldn't help but think when he saw this. The disciples of the Shushan faction have been inquiring about the artifact of Kuafu Mountain, and it can be inferred that the head of the Shushan faction, Shang Wuying, is also the same as Fan Qiuheng, and has a covetous heart for the artifact. At this time, they brought someone to the door again, and it was very likely that the person who came was not good. Looking back, Fan Qiuheng and Yan Zhengtie both lost their lives because of the artifact, and at this time, another Shushan faction emerged, which is definitely not a good thing. Just as he was thinking about it, those Shushan sect disciples had already entered the inn. The leader was a young swordsman under the age of twenty. The young swordsman was quite handsome. I saw that his face was like Fu Fan, his lips were like Zhu Zhu, his bee waist was ape, and he was in the shape of a crane, and at first glance, he looked like a woman. If he hadn't seen the slightly raised Adam's apple, I was afraid that even Nie Sanjiang would mistake him for a woman. How could such a handsome person suddenly appear in the inn? What was his purpose? With these questions, Nie Sanjiang turned his gaze to the young swordsman again. I saw that the young swordsman walked straight to Pu Luochen's side, lowered his head and said a few words in Pu Luochen's ear, and then the two walked out of the inn together and disappeared. Now that the leader is gone, the rest of the people are not to be worried. The first person the disciples of the Shushan faction are looking for is naturally the people of their Shushan faction. Such an explanation also seems reasonable. When Nie Sanjiang thought of this, he also breathed a sigh of relief slightly, and continued to eat at the moment.

The young swordsman took Pu Luochen to an uninhabited corner near the inn before stopping. Pu Luochen saw that the other party had stopped, so he said: "Bai Daxia, if there is anything, just say it, Pu Mou listened carefully." The young swordsman known as "Bai Daxia" heard Pu Luochen say this, his sword eyebrows tightened, and he said: "Senior Brother Pu, although you have left the Shushan faction, you are still a flawless senior brother, between senior brothers, why bother to see each other like this?" It turned out that the name of the young swordsman who was called "Bai Daxia" was Flawless. Pu Luochen smiled and said: "Bai Daxia's words are wrong, Pu is now the head catcher of the six gates, and he no longer has anything to do with the Shushan faction. Bai Wufeng saw that Pu Luochen's attitude was cold, and he immediately sank his face, and said coldly: "Senior Brother Pu, Wufang came to you today on purpose, but there is something important to discuss, if Senior Brother Pu insists on rejecting people thousands of miles away, then Flawless can only say goodbye first!" Pu Luochen saw that the other party was talking, not like he was deceiving himself, so he stepped forward to block Bai Wuchen's way and said: " Bai Daxia, if Pu is not mistaken, you and the head of the Shushan faction, Shang Wuying, should be both disciples of the wordless generation, right?" Bai Wufang nodded and said: "Yes, Wufang and the senior brother in charge are both disciples of the sword elders of the Shushan faction. Pu Luochen said: "Since you and Shang Wuying are both disciples of the Sword Elder, then you should know that Pu and Shang Wuying have always had a discord, and you suddenly came here to find me, aren't you afraid that Shang Wuying will blame you for this?"

Pu Luochen said: "It's better to be careful, besides, that Shang Wuying is narrow-minded, and Pu doesn't want to get into trouble for no reason." Bai Wufeng sighed slightly, and said: "It's good that Senior Brother Pu doesn't want to cause trouble, but this trouble just found Senior Brother Pu, and Senior Brother Pu needs to solve it personally!" Pu Luochen said: "That is the case, then Pu Mou wants to listen, what kind of trouble needs to be solved by me Pu himself?" Bai Wuflaw replied: "Naturally, it is an artifact." Pu Luochen's face changed suddenly, and he said coldly: "Bai Wufang, the matter of this artifact has already been decided, why do you want to bring up the old matter again? Could it be that your Shushan faction still plans to ask Pu for the artifact?" Bai Wufeng nodded heavily and responded: "Senior Brother Pu is right, Senior Brother in charge does have this plan." ”

"Palm ......" Speaking of the word "palm", Pu Luochen understood the meaning of the other party's words.

"It seems that he still refuses to let me go......" Pu Luochen said in a helpless tone.

Bai Wufang said: "Because of this, Flawless came specially to inform Senior Brother Pu of this matter!" After hearing this, Pu Luochen gave Bai Wuflaw a look and said: "Senior Brother Flawless, you can have this thought, Luochen is very moved, and he will thank him again in the future!" Bai Wufeng hurriedly said: "Senior Brother Pu's words are really flawless." In the past, when Flawless practiced swords, if there was no Senior Brother Pu to guide him, Flawless swordsmanship would not progress rapidly, and now that he sees Senior Brother Pu in a dangerous situation, how can Flawless sit still and wait to die!" Pu Luochen smiled reluctantly and said: "Flawless Senior Brother, Pu has been away from the Shushan faction for more than a year, and there is no need to mention the past." Bai Wufang nodded yes. Pu Luochen said again: "Flawless junior brother, you and I have a secret meeting here, if you are seen by the disciples of the Shushan faction, I am afraid that it will bring you some trouble, so you and I should not meet alone in the future." Bai Wufang smiled nonchalantly and said, "Senior Brother Pu doesn't have to worry about this. The disciples who came to the inn with Flawless today are all new disciples trained by Flawless himself, and they are only under Flawless in everything, and they will never leak the matter of your secret meeting with me. Pu Luochen couldn't help but smile and said, "It seems that Senior Brother Flawless has already prepared!" Bai Wufeng nodded and said, "Yes!"

"It's just ......" Bai Wufang has no time to make a mistake, he has no time to follow the senior brother in charge for a long time, and he knows that he has a bad character and is a selfish person. This time, Senior Brother Pu is making trouble with Senior Brother Pu on the grounds of artifacts, I'm afraid that he intends to put Senior Brother Pu to death!"

"I know......" Pu Luochen replied lightly.

Bai Wufang saw that Pu Luochen was unusually calm, and this calmness brought others the feeling that he had already made a bamboo in his chest. Bai Wufang breathed a sigh of relief slightly, and said, "Senior Brother Pu, don't worry, if he really meets Senior Brother Pu in the future, he will definitely not hurt Senior Brother Pu in the slightest!" Pu Luochen saw that Bai Wufang was so flawless to himself that his heart was sour, and he almost burst into tears. Looking back, how many people in the Shushan faction today care about themselves as much as Bai Wufang?" So, Pu Luochen reached out and patted Bai Wuying's shoulder, and said warmly: "Senior Brother Wufang, you have been staying by Shang Wuying's side for this period of time, you must have suffered a lot of anger, right?" Bai Wufang sighed and said: "Senior Brother Pu is right, he has suffered a lot of anger, if it weren't for Master's affection, I would have left the Shushan faction a long time ago!" Pu Luochen comforted: "It's really difficult for you!" Bai Wufang couldn't help but smile again, and said: " For the sake of the Shushan faction, what is it to be angry, but I don't want to see the century-old foundation of the Shushan faction destroyed in the hands of that merchant without a shadow!" Pu Luochen said: "The wood has become a boat, so I can only go with the flow." What can you do? The fate of the Shushan faction now can only take one step, and look at one step. ”