Chapter 18: Infiltrating the City Lord's Mansion
As soon as Yang Lin heard Li Zhen say that there was something important, his mind turned sharply, and he replied: "I am indeed the person who Ding Lao took in a few days ago, Ding Lao said yesterday that he had something to go back to his hometown, and he would need to come back after a while, and the things in this store will be handed over to me to take care of." Tell me what you have to do."
When the young man heard this, he turned his head and looked around, and saw that there was no change in his surroundings, and although there were doubts in his eyes, he did not express any hostility.
"We talk in the backyard, it's too close to the street, be careful that the wall has ears. ”
Li Zhen looked very familiar and walked straight to the backyard, followed by Yang Lin. When he arrived in the backyard, the boy went directly to the second floor, pushed open the door of Ding Xun's room and walked in.
Yang Lin saw that the young man went straight to Ding Xun's house, afraid that he would see any traces, so he secretly condensed mana in his hand, and as long as the young man noticed that something was wrong, he would shoot him and kill him.
The young man walked around the room, didn't find anything abnormal, and saw that Yang Lin had followed the house, so he sat down at the round table, picked up the teapot, and poured himself a cup of tea, which he wanted to drink.
Yang Lin saw that it was the pot of poisonous tea that Xie Gongzi drank yesterday, so he hurriedly stepped forward and snatched the teacup, picked up the teapot, and said: "This tea was brewed yesterday before your master left, and I was so lazy that I forgot to pour it out." Wait a minute, and I'll go and get you a new pot of tea." With that, he went out.
Seeing this, the young man hurriedly shouted, "Don't bother, it's important to get down to business." I came here today to tell Master that last night the City Lord's Mansion received a 'Transmission Jade Slip' and told Mrs. Lotus that last evening, the natal light that Gongzi Xie left in the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers in his division was extinguished, and maybe Gongzi Xie had fallen unexpectedly.
Na Yujian mentioned that she ordered Lady Lotus to quickly investigate the murderer, and Wanhua Valley had sent a master from the valley to come to Tieshan City to investigate the matter, and she would arrive in three days. ”
When the young man said this, he licked his lower lip with his tongue, and then said: "That Gongzi Xie is the beloved grandson of Xie Jia, the elder of Wanhua Valley, Xie Jia's love is like a pearl in the palm of his hand, and he has been cared for in every way since he was a child.
Now that he is dead in Iron Mountain City, I am afraid that Elder Xie will not be able to give up, even if he kills all the cultivators in this city, I am afraid that he can do it.
Also, the Lady Lotus had already asked from the guards about what Mr. Xie seemed to have found out yesterday, and followed a group of soldiers who had just returned to the city into the city, and there was no news after that, and the person who killed him might be in the same group as the person who snatched the Lingbao Rat in the mountain.
Now the city is under martial law, only allowed to enter and not allowed to go out, there are cultivators on each city wall to guard, if someone wants to fly out of the city, I am afraid that they will be attacked by the Yuan Jing cannon on the city wall. Coupled with the pursuit of the cultivators who defend the city, I am afraid that if I can't run far, I will be surrounded. Unless the cultivation level is much higher than the Jindan stage, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get out!"
After speaking, the young man stood up, walked back and forth around the round table a few times, walked up to Yang Lin, arched his hand and said with a smile: "I don't know what your name is after talking for a long time? My name is Li Zhen, and I am sixteen years old this year. I don't know my brother's name, where is my hometown?"
Yang Lin was thinking about how to get out of the city, and when he heard Li Zhen's name and surname, he hurriedly got up and replied: "My name is Yang Lin, I am two years older than you, and my hometown is also a village at the foot of this east corner mountain. ”
After speaking, Yang Lin stopped, leaned towards Li Zhen, and asked softly: "Brother Li has a good way to get out of the city, this Wanhua Valley people want to enter the city, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for you and me to cultivate the truth." Especially me, a strange face, I'm afraid that it is possible to be killed by mistake, so help me find a way to see if I can get out of the city. ”
Li Zhen looked at Yang Lin's anxious look on his face, and knew that what Yang Lin said was true, although he was doing chores in the city lord's mansion, he was going to start a fire above, and it would inevitably hurt the pond fish.
If you want the master to go back to his hometown, he must go back to the Qianyuan Gate of his Xiuzhen Sect, so it is better to go out of the city with this Yang Lin and find the master in the Qianyuan Gate. As long as you can enter the Qianyuan Gate and practice diligently, you can also have a good start in the future, but how to get out of the city?
Yang Lin thought about it, it seems that it is better to go to Qianyuanmen in the future, and Ding Xun is just a spy, so he doesn't have to worry about Ding Xun's backstage. That Gongzi Xie is too strong in the background, if he shows his feet, wouldn't it be a sheep into the tiger's mouth, since this Li Zhen wants to go to Qianyuanmen, then it is good to go all the way to Qianyuanmen.
The two of them thought about it separately, and after a moment of silence, Yang Lin asked in a low voice: "Brother Li, your master still has a few apprentices like you in the city, what are they doing, but there is someone who can trust them to come and help find a way." ”
Li Zhen shook his head lightly and said: "Master only accepted two apprentices before, one has been killed by the city lord, and the other is me, and the others are mostly for money to pass on some news to the master, and those who are temporarily bought are afraid that they are unreliable." ”
"Do you know what warrants or anything you need to get out of town? I have a five-hundred-year-old blood ginseng here, which is the best for cultivation, and mortals can also nourish their hearts and longevity when they use it. You can see that it can be used, so it's more convenient!"
Yang Lin reached out and took out a blood-red ginseng from the storage bracelet, the size of a palm, with intact roots, and reached out and handed it over. Li Zhen carefully took the blood ginseng, only to feel a burst of moisturizing qi from the palm of his hand, knowing that this blood ginseng was not an ordinary thing.
After a turn of mind, he also had an idea in his heart, and said to Yang Lin: "This out of the city needs the city supervisor Tang Xinzhong Tieshan Ling, this Tang Xin is vain, likes to brag and pat horses, he is greedy for money and forgetful, and flattering. Although he has also learned some spells, his heart is not right, and he is still in the early stage of foundation building, and he has wasted a lot of pills in vain, just looking for a reason?"
As soon as Yang Lin heard the Tieshan order, he used his divine mind to look for Tang Kui's storage bracelet for a while, reached out and took out a dark token, and asked Li Zhen, "But this order." ”
Li Zhen hurriedly took the token in his hand. After looking at it for a long time, he asked with a puzzled expression: "Where did Brother Lin get the Iron Mountain Order, it is a lot more convenient to have this token." ”
"I'll talk about this later, let's think about this strategy for getting out of the city first. The two of them didn't say anything more, just frowned and thought bitterly.
After thinking for another half an hour, Li Zhen opened his mouth and said: "I don't think it's better to be like this, you first follow me to the city lord's mansion to live, just say that you are my distant brother, go to the city to find me to find an errand to live."
The city lord's mansion will not be as strict as the inspection in this city, and it is not safe for you to stay here, go to my place to hide first, and then find a way to get out of the city together. ”
Yang Lin saw that Li Zhen said sincerely, it didn't seem like luring him into the net, and then thinking about the fact that there were many people in this Tieshan City who were higher than his own cultivation, and he didn't have to bother to arrest himself, he nodded and said: "That's fine, you still use that blood ginseng to find the housekeeper, just say that I have a difficult life in the countryside, help me get a position, and it will be more convenient to go to the house!"
Seeing Li Zhen nodding in response, Yang Lin continued: "You and I will go now, find an identity for me first, and then find a way." ”
The two of them summed up for a while, Yang Lin took out a young man's mask and put it on, and walked out of the store together and walked towards the city lord. On the road, I met soldiers from time to time to check, but after seeing Li Zhen, I let him go, thinking that Li Zhen had some connections in the city lord's mansion.
After a while, the two came to the gate of a compound, two rows of soldiers stood on the left and right, the high door was wide, and a pair of stone lions were placed at the door.
Li Zhen motioned to Yang Lin to wait a while, walked forward alone, whispered to the gatekeeper, took a few taels of silver in his hand and handed it over, and after a while, he turned back to greet Yang Lin and walked into the courtyard together. Yang Lin was also a little surprised to see that the admission to the hospital went so smoothly.
Following Li Zhen left and right, walking for a cup of tea, came to a row of wooden houses, Li Zhen pushed open one of the doors and walked in, Yang Lin followed up the house to see, there were only a few cabinets, a bed and a table and chairs in the house, there was no other room.
It seems that this Li Zhen is also living a hard life, thinking that Li Zhen just gave the doorkeeper Ding Yinliang at the door, it seems that this person is righteous and squanders money, and he is also a character.
Li Zhen beckoned Yang Lin to sit down and advised: "This is where the people in the house live, don't move around at will, it's not good for people to see, I'll go to Steward Tang to find an errand for you, and I'll come back later to discuss." Seeing Yang Lin nodding in agreement, he opened the door and walked to the backyard.
Yang Lin closed the door of the room, looked around, and saw that there was nothing special, so he could only wait quietly at this time, so he sat cross-legged on the bed and practiced qi and breathed.
It was almost dark, only to hear a sound of footsteps outside the house, Yang Lin opened his eyes, his hand was on alert, only to see Li Zhen push the door in, and his heart was a little relaxed, only to see Li Zhen with a smile on his face, knowing that the matter was almost done.
"This Tang steward walked around the city with the city lord's wife just now, and just came back, so he called him out to find a place where no one was there to give him the blood ginseng.
When he saw the blood ginseng, his eyes lit up at that time, and he didn't put it down when he held it in his hand. said that he had seen a blood ginseng from the city lord, which was about the same size as this one, and said that it was given by the patriarch of a village in the mountains. Today, I also sent one, and I was very happy in my heart, and I didn't hesitate to listen to the reason for me, just let you follow me.
He also told me that when I see you again, ask if there is any such blood ginseng, and it is better to bring a few more, it is really greedy. ”
Yang Lin listened to it, and his heart was happy, what Tang Xin said was right, this is the blood ginseng of Tang Kui, I just took it out casually, hehe. When you do these things in the future, you need to think thoughtfully, this Tang Xin didn't find it at this time, and he will definitely find out in the future, but I'm afraid it's not easy to stay here for a long time!
"Do you know where the kitchen of the city lord's mansion is, and you can take me there in a moment, and get some dry food to take with you, so that when you run away, you won't be powerless without food. As soon as he remembered that when he went up the mountain to track the Lingbao rat, he had no food to eat in the end, and his eyes were dizzy with hunger, so Yang Lin thought of dry food.
Li Zhen nodded slightly, looked at the sky, and said softly: "You come with me, most of the people in the house are eating at this time, and there is no one in the kitchen, so I will take you there." “