Chapter Ninety-Eight: Deception
Lan Xiaorui's face was much more solemn for a while, and he said seriously: "I heard that someone found a treasure cave in a certain mountain north of this Black Rock Town last night, and the scene is exactly the same as the shape drawn on the treasure map that has been circulated recently." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Then what happened", it was Luo Qingxue who asked this time.
Since the last time she went to the Orchid Gate with Yang Xiaofeng, her cold attitude towards Lan Xiaorui has eased a little, and recently she has seen the two of them get along, so she doesn't seem to be like Lan Xiaorui anymore like before, in short, her dislike for him is not as strong as before, so she asked immediately.
Unexpectedly, Luo Qingxue would take the initiative to talk to herself, which surprised Lan Xiaorui, and then she was even more overjoyed, and replied happily: "I heard that the person who discovered the treasure cave at that time never came out after entering the cave, and it is likely that he died in the cave." He didn't want to think about it, if the treasure was true, how could there be no powerful mechanism in the cave, how could anyone just say that they could enter it."
"It's kind of interesting......", Yang Xiaofeng muttered and asked, "Then I don't know who you heard about this treasure cave." As you just said, the person who discovered the treasure cave is already dead, so who brought this news back?"
"This ......", Lan Xiaorui couldn't think of a reasonable explanation for a while, so he had to say: "Maybe there is not only one person who found the treasure cave." So, even though someone went into the cave and never came out, the person waiting outside brought back the news, so it must be so."
"Xiaolan, what you said sounds reasonable, but it doesn't make sense", this time it was Luo Qingxue who spoke.
Lan Xiaorui was stunned for a moment, and only reacted after a while, and said, "Qingxue, what did you just call me?"
"Xiaolan, what's wrong, is there a problem"?
"No, that Qingxue, I...... It's always a little ...... you call me that."
Luo Qingxue directly interrupted: "What's wrong with calling you Xiaolan, there is nothing suitable or inappropriate." I'm two years older than you, so shouldn't you call me Sister Qingxue by age?"
After finishing speaking, he looked at him quite seriously.
Lan Xiaorui staggered, the muscles at the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, gritted his teeth and muttered for a long time before he whispered: "Qingxue...... Sister ......".
Yang Xiaofeng almost couldn't hold back his laughter on the spot, and glanced at Lan Xiaorui very meaningfully at the moment.
This sister shouted, I was afraid that the last little thought in Xiaolan's heart about Ah Xue would be broken.
Lan Xiaorui grimaced, and said, "Qingxue, oh no, that sister, what do you mean by what I said just now is unreasonable"?
Yang Xiaofeng directly chuckled a few times this time, it seems that although Xiaolan has already called Sister A Xue, he is very unaccustomed to being called this sister, and he is also very reluctant.
Even Luo Qingxue couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Xiaolan, listening to your sister screaming so bluntly, it's not smooth at all, it's not that I'm embarrassed for you." If that's the case, you don't have to force it."
Lan Xiaorui felt that she didn't have a place to feel comfortable, so she directly changed the topic and said, "Sister, don't you talk to me anymore, or tell me why what I said is unreasonable?"
"Like that treasure map, it's a fake news."
"Fake news, what do you mean"?
"Long before we set out to come here, when we were still in the Falling Snow Valley, the wind had already said that this matter was a trap carefully dug by people with ulterior motives, a hoax, and now it seems that it has indeed come true."
Lan Xiaorui frowned and said, "Why do I get more confused the more I listen, what trap, what scam"?
Luo Qingxue turned to Yang Xiaofeng and said, "Let's talk about it."
Yang Xiaofeng said lightly: "Xiaolan, what you just said seems reasonable, but in fact, it is not logical at all."
Lan Xiaorui said frantically: "Big brother, you are so verbose, can't you just be direct about what you want to say?"
"Well, if that's what you said, please answer me two questions first."
"Those two questions", Lan Xiaorui also felt that his reasoning seemed a bit far-fetched at this time.
Yang Xiaofeng asked: "First of all, if the person who discovered the treasure cave at the same time as someone else was you, would you go into the cave with that person, or would you just stay outside and wait?"
"Of course we will go into the cave together, ......", Lan Xiaorui replied without thinking: "If I and another person discover the treasure cave at the same time, I will definitely not be alone outside and wait, I will definitely rush into the cave."
"That's it, since you won't stay outside and wait, then no one else will ...... if you want to come."
Yang Xiaofeng continued: "So, that means that all the people who found the treasure cave went into the cave together. You've just said that those people never came out after they went in, so who brought back the news that the treasure cave had been discovered?"
Lan Xiaorui couldn't think of a reason, so he had to say: "Perhaps, after someone discovered the treasure cave, he didn't dare to enter it alone, and he wanted to come back and find a few helpers." So, maybe the person who discovered the treasure cave hasn't even entered it."
"If you're looking for a helper, that's it. But even if you really want to find a helper, you don't need to make it known to everyone......."
Yang Xiaofeng still said lightly: "Unless there is something wrong with the brain, who would be afraid that others will not know about it after discovering the treasure cave, so that it will only become known overnight." If it were you, would you"?
"It's ......".
"I guess you didn't bother much when you just inquired about this, did you?"
"That's true."
"Then please think about it, shouldn't you keep your mouth shut about such a secret matter as the location of the treasure cave? But the truth is, you casually found an irrelevant person on the road and asked, do you think this is normal"?
Lan Xiaorui finally felt that something was wrong, and wondered: "Listening to you say this, there are indeed many things that are illogical in this matter, but what is going on?"
Yang Xiaofeng silently glanced out of the window, only to feel that although it was a sunny day, the sky above the entire Black Rock Town seemed to be shrouded in a thick layer of haze. After a while, he said slowly in a calm tone: "Actually, as long as you are a normal person, if you can think about it quietly with your brain, it is not difficult to find that this so-called treasure thing was a scam from the beginning, and it was not a perfect scam." However, in the face of the temptation of the treasure, many people use their own fantasies to perfect this deception, and then willingly jump in."
"Scam ......", Lan Xiaorui was a little surprised, he remembered that Yang Xiaofeng had persuaded him to leave the team before leaving. Thinking about it again at this time, it seems that Yang Xiaofeng has already discovered something, and asked at the moment: "Before we set off from Luoxue Valley, you asked me to send a letter to the third uncle to tell him not to go out first, could it be that you already realized that there was something wrong with this matter at that time?"
Yang Xiaofeng nodded and said, "Although the various rumors about the treasure have been spreading more and more in the past few days, I guess what made your Orchid Sect really decide to take action was the treasure map painted on the parchment scroll, right?"
"Could it be that Falling Snow Valley also got this treasure map"?
Lan Xiaorui was startled, and then carefully took out an object from his arms, opened the layers of packages on it, and the contents were a parchment scroll.
"Just for this picture, eight disciples of our Orchid Sect lost their lives."
A few traces of pain flashed in Lan Xiaorui's eyes, and he said as he put the sheepskin scroll in his hand in front of Yang Xiaofeng, and said, "However, my father and I, as well as the second uncle and the third uncle, have studied it carefully, and this is indeed Zhang Gutu."
Yang Xiaofeng didn't take the parchment scroll that Lan Xiaorui arrived, but said lightly: "Since you have studied it carefully, have you found that this so-called treasure map is actually a fake at all"?
"You've said that when you were in Falling Snowfall, and you said it was a conspiracy."
"Not bad".
The look on Lan Xiaorui's face was very complicated, and he laughed at himself: "In other words, the eight disciples of our Orchid Sect lost their lives because of a fake picture"?
Yang Xiaofeng was silent and did not speak, he felt that he had said enough.
Luo Qingxue spoke: "Yes, in fact, as early as the time of the falling snow valley, the wind discovered the flaws on this parchment scroll. At that time, he deduced that the so-called treasure must be behind the work of someone with ulterior motives, which is to put it bluntly, a big conspiracy that someone is secretly manipulating."
"This ......", although Lan Xiaorui already knew at this time, he was still surprised, and looked at Yang Xiaofeng suspiciously, his eyes were full of inquiry.
"Alas......", Yang Xiaofeng shook his head slightly, sighed, and said: "What Ah Xue said is true, although I hope that I misjudged, but recent signs show that things are indeed the same as I deduced before."
The more Lan Xiaorui thought about it, the more frightened he felt, and immediately said: "If it is really as you said, then what kind of force is behind this matter that is secretly promoting the operation, and actually calculates almost all the people in the entire rivers and lakes?"
Yang Xiaofeng said noncommittally: "This is the terrible thing about this matter."
Lan Xiaorui suddenly puzzled: "However, even if someone is manipulating behind the scenes, what is the purpose of their doing this?"
"This has been quiet for too long, and the current order of power distribution has been maintained for too long, and the current situation really needs someone to break it."
“......”。
Yang Xiaofeng said lightly: "Think about it, just this fake treasure map that caught the wind and shadows before killed eight disciples of your Orchid Sect, and I think that the people of other sects are similar to you." Now that the treasure land has appeared, almost all the powerful sects in the black and white realms such as Ethereal Peak, Falling Snow Valley, Orchid Gate, and Fengyue Sect have arrived, do you think everyone will be safe with each other?"
"Oh, I understand ......", Lan Xiaorui patted his thigh and suddenly realized: "On weekdays, although the various sects on the rivers and lakes are calm and quiet on the surface, they have been fighting openly and secretly in order to compete for industrial power in private. Now, although the older generation has not yet been dispatched, most of the people who come to Blackstone Town are representative figures of the younger generation of various sects. Young people have an impulsive personality, didn't Duanmu Xuan and I almost do it last night, and now it is inevitable that there will be some disputes and even fights for the treasure. And if we interact with each other, it means that the forces behind us have moved with each other, and then I am afraid that this river and lake will be chaotic from now on."
"Profiting in chaos and fishing in troubled waters, this is the ultimate intention of the people behind this manipulation of fake treasures."
"It must be so."
Yang Xiaofeng suddenly looked at Luo Qingxue again, and said to Lan Xiaorui with a smile: "However, the confrontation between you and Duanmuxuan last night didn't seem to be because of the treasure."
"Uh......", Lan Xiaorui didn't expect Yang Xiaofeng to suddenly change the topic, and when he was embarrassed, he said: "I still don't talk about last night, now I should think about what to do now." I think a lot of people have rushed to the treasure cave by this time, do you think we should go or not?"
Yang Xiaofeng replied without hesitation: "Since you have already come, you naturally want to take a look." By the way, you just said that you have found out the location of the treasure cave, but you don't know where it is"?
"It's ...... somewhere in the mountains north of Blackstone Town," Lan Xiaorui thought for a while and said, "As for the specific location, I don't know very well, but there must be a lot of people who are going to rush there today, so we just need to go with everyone."
"That's a good ......", Yang Xiaofeng looked outside, it was the end of the morning, thinking that most of the people who heard the news had already left at this time, and said at the moment: "Xiaolan, you go and prepare, bring some dry food and water, we should also go."
Lan Xiaorui agreed and went out first.