Chapter 46: The Secret of the Stone Tower
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At this time, ordinary people will only see each other when the two bump into each other, but for those who walk in the dark, it will not have a little impact, not to mention those who are strong in martial arts.
Zhang Xian naturally knew that the mansion of the city lord of Donglu City, which covered an area of 100 acres.
There is no shortage of pavilions and pavilions in the high gate courtyard of the city lord's mansion, it can be said that it is very luxurious, the back garden is even more bizarre, the strange pine and exotic grass, the famous flowers and fairy fruits, etc., are very perfect under the peculiar layout, if you can enter here when the weather is good, you will definitely think that you have entered the fairyland.
Among the rare and exotic birds in the pond, the wine sets, chess sets, tea sets, and music sets in the pavilion are complete, and the martial arts arena can be arranged for thousands of people, and all kinds of weapons are listed, and the most peculiar landscape is none other than the towering stone tower, of course, he only knows these and has not experienced them.
In fact, this mansion was originally the private residence of a general surnamed (Xu) in the former dynasty, after the fall of the Xu State, suddenly one night, it is said that the night was also like tonight's weather, in the middle of the night, suddenly the mansion was full of fires and killings, and the next day people found that the general's family was all killed, and the corpses were all bleeding everywhere, and it was unbearable to see.
As for who did it, which force did it, it is still a mystery, since this tragedy occurred, the general's mansion has been listed as a murderous mansion, and it has been idle for a long time, and it is rumored that the mansion is often haunted, and no one dares to approach it.
It wasn't until the South Suri Kingdom took control of Donglu City that the first city lord Su Tong was stationed with 3,000 private troops, and Su Tong died violently three years later, but it was not a haunted thing, but Su Tong's advanced god master died after he failed.
Since then, every city lord has used this as his residence, but he is not stationed, only 100 people are guarded, and there is no haunting.
But recently this place has become a land of right and wrong, and the outside of the city lord's mansion is surrounded by heavily armed troops, with bows and arrows to the sky, but it can't stop those rangers and gods who come and go.
Zhang Xian jumped from the private house to avoid the soldiers, and as soon as he came to the city lord's mansion, he was targeted.
"Another masked ranger, quack... How many are they?" said one of them with a strange smile.
"No matter how many of them are, if they are killed, the ghost gate of the Yin Capital will do things here, and the trespasser will die. A cold voice said.
Zhang Xian sneered silently, but he didn't want to be entangled by a few small miscellaneous fish, his figure flashed, crossed the courtyard wall, and entered the back garden of the City Lord's Mansion.
"Uh!" several disciples of the Yin Capital Ghost Sect were stunned.
This masked ranger, like a breeze, disappears in the blink of an eye.
Zhang Xian floated down in a pine forest, the red pine forest trees look more than a hundred years old, there are pavilions in the forest, there are lights in the pavilions, there are people gathering to drink, and the fragrance of wine wafting in the night breeze.
Zhang Xian had no intention of disturbing, but if he strayed into someone's territory, he would not be let go.
"Where are the lonely ghosts and wild ghosts? Stop, self-killing will leave a whole corpse, otherwise... Hmph.." An old man appeared and snorted coldly.
"Huh... Poof.."
Zhang Xian's principle: If people don't offend me, I won't offend others.
I'm just passing by, not looking for trouble, but trouble comes up, so it's better to strike first.
The woods under the night are even darker, the old man twists his silver beard and looks disdainful, all of this is clearly seen in the dark by masters like Zhang Xian, Zhang Xian waved his hand and hit a few pine needles, the old man is too proud, how can he look like a young person so powerful.
"Uh... "Two pine needles pierced his middle acupoint, several pine needles were fixed on the lower lip, the inch-long pine needles were so strong that there was no trace, and the old man who was in pain wanted to scream but couldn't open his mouth.
Several masters of the Yin Capital Ghost Sect were originally careless, but they all appeared unexpectedly, and they were all stunned;
Zhang Xian didn't stop, as if waving his hand, he brushed the old man who was whimpering and floated away.
gave the ghost gate of the Yin Capital a little punishment, and Zhang Xian, who didn't like to kill indiscriminately for no reason, shook his body and went to the depths of the garden.
Zhang Xian's methods were so appalling that the others did not dare to move, and some people hurried to rescue the old man.
The disciple who chased the wind outside followed the masked ranger in, and saw the masked ranger's methods with his own eyes, and suddenly broke out in white sweat, secretly rejoicing, how dare he make trouble, quietly withdraw, or be safer outside the wall.
More than 100 acres of mansions, the back garden occupies more than half, you can imagine how vast the back garden is, in this dark night, eerie, if it is an ordinary person, how dare to get involved.
Zhang Xian came to a tree, his consciousness was released, and after about a quarter of an hour, he felt dizzy, and after recovering for a while, Zhang Xian jumped off the tree, bypassed those lurking people, and sneaked to the west of the back garden, because there was a stone tower there, standing there like a giant in the night.
There are many camps around the stone tower, and the night wind is mixed with the smell of wine and blood, and it seems that there have been fights here, some people are drinking and celebrating, and some people are whimpering.
Zhang Xian dodged the guards on the periphery like a ghost, and slowly approached the stone tower.
Quietly sneaked outside a big tent, there were many martial arts masters on the periphery of the big tent, but he didn't find him, he was like a snake swimming in the grass, even if he was a master of gods, it was difficult to find it without deliberately checking it.
"There are still five days to go, and I don't know if the people sent by His Majesty to support will arrive in time?"
The lights flickered in the tent, and a man with a slightly hoarse voice seemed to be quite anxious.
"Master, aren't we enough people?" said a young man's voice, impetuous.
"Hmph. You know what. ā
"Qin Hao, don't be rude to Master, you can rest first. ā
With sufficient confidence and a steady voice, it should be the person who has been in the top position for a long time to reprimand.
"But... Be. Qin Hao didn't seem to be convinced, probably intimidated by that person, and walked away.
"Alas. Hao'er is young and frivolous, and Master Su is more responsible. The man sighed.
"Master Hou, it's nothing that the young man is a little impetuous, Hao'er is talented, the eighteen-year-old Xuanshi is at the peak of the realm, the old man is very relieved to have such a good disciple, how can he be blamed for some trivial things, the old man is just worried.. Alas... The lack of manpower has missed the major event explained by the dean... Alas..."
"Well, Ben Hou also feels that he is weak, and today I have seen the fierceness of the Jianghu people, these pampered sons are too proud, and I feel that it is not a help to bring them over, so that it seems.... Huh..."
"Alas, the dean's mind is understandable, have you experienced, but this time our task is quite heavy, and these children can't afford to drag their feet, so they urgently need help. ā
This Master Su spoke out of the Hou Ye's heart.
"The treasure of Emperor Xuyang is not easy to take! The forces of the rivers and lakes gathered, and the old courtyard of the Suli Pavilion also participated, and so many troops were arranged outside. ā
"Not really, we don't need yellow and white things, ordinary classics, ordinary elixirs, the reinforcements are just after finding the things that His Majesty requires to be obtained, protect and take them away in time, as for the secret tips and marrow washing pills of Emperor Xuyang, this is a matter of the academy. ā
"Could it be that there is a jade seal in the treasure of Emperor Xuyang?" Zhang Xian was surprised.
Xu Yang's mysterious disappearance may fall, the huge empire collapsed overnight, this has always been a mystery, the jade seal left by the Emperor Xianyue is said to have been obtained by him, after the disappearance of the Emperor Xuyang, the jade seal also disappeared, the Xuyang Emperor's Ziyang Divine Skill, the legendary marrow cleansing pill and Danfang have also been lost.
"But for more than 200 years, I haven't heard of anyone being able to open the stone tower, so I have found a way to open the tower. ā
There are indeed rumors about the treasure of Emperor Xuyang in the rivers and lakes, as for where the treasure is, there are different theories, most people think that it is in the Phoenix Mountain of the Xu family, and some people think that it is in Tanglin, and then it is the ancestral land of the Xu family, Wollongong, etc., as for the stone tower of the General's Mansion in Donglu City (the mansion was originally called the General's Mansion), it was suspected that it was one of the treasure burial places after the general's family surnamed Xu was slaughtered.
But many strange people in the rivers and lakes have not been able to open the extremely ordinary-looking stone tower and stone door for so many years.
Zhang Xian naturally knew about the treasure of Emperor Xuyang, but he didn't pay too much attention to this illusory thing.
"Five days later, the stone door will be opened jointly, and there may not be a conflict when the door is opened, hehe.. After that, it's hard to say. Master Su smiled bitterly.
"Why do you have to open the stone gate five days later?" a young man wondered.
"It's not that damn Su Ge is so difficult, he has to open it in five days. Everyone disagrees with this request, our stone spoons are only auxiliary, but what he gets is the most important stone spoon that finally opens the stone door, without his stone spoon, he still can't enter the stone tower. Master Su said angrily.
"Can't you open the stone door without a stone key?" the young man didn't seem to understand.
"Over the years, the Royal Academy has dispatched more than a dozen masters and mechanics, but they have not been able to open the stone door.
A few years ago, it was suddenly rumored that Wollongong found a cave mansion, suspected to be a place for Emperor Xuyang to retreat and practice, the major sects flocked to it, a tragic battle, thousands of people died, each gate faction had its own gains, and the cave was also looted, and finally there were only ten ruler-long stone spoons and a suspected meteorite polished stone spoon, everyone didn't know what it was for, and finally proposed by Su Ge Lao, ten stone spoons and nine major sects and we each got one, and the black meteorite stone spoon was taken by Su Ge Lao as his own.
At the beginning of spring, Yin Kui, the sect leader of the Yin Sha Sect, suddenly sent a message to the major sects, saying that these eleven stone spoons were the key to unlocking the treasure of Emperor Xuyang, this news set off an uproar, and it was determined that the treasure was in the stone tower of the General Mansion in Donglu City a month ago, although it was difficult to distinguish the true from the fake, but it was always necessary to try once. ā
Wuyanghou yawned and looked very tired, it was estimated that the young man had a very high status, so Wuyanghou still told what had happened.
"It's late, the Hou Ye and the concubine have been tired all the way to saddle the horse, and they are tired, let's rest, and I'll talk about it later. ā
Master Su saw that the Hou Ye was yawning, and there was nothing to do tonight anyway, so he persuaded them to rest.
"Horse Yu Qian?"
Zhang Xian couldn't help but be surprised, this Great Qin State Horse Master is amazing, known as the archer, there are no missing arrows two hundred steps away, and a horizontal knife rarely encounters opponents, Qin Bai, the first sword of Great Qin, is against him, and the win or loss is also between five and five.
"The archers are very alert, and the land of right and wrong will not be long left. ā
Zhang Xian quietly retreated, but....