After returning to the quiet and quiet Shen Mansion, the three of them felt like they had narrowly escaped death. They also remembered that they would find Pepe tomorrow, and they were no longer as clueless as before. Their mood improved. The two of them laughed and told Su Su about the recent events. After two years of various experiences, the speaker became more and more excited as he listened to the story. In a blink of an eye, it was dark. All the palace lanterns in the house were lit up, and the front and back yards were as bright as day.
After the three of them had finished eating the remaining food, Kou Zhong stretched out on the chair and said comfortably: "Sister really loves cleanliness and cleans this room inside and outside. How could we do this?"
Su Su said blankly: "How can people be so leisurely? Someone must have come to clean this morning!" Kou Zhong sat upright suddenly and said in a voiceless voice: "Oh no!" The two of them looked at him in astonishment."
Kou Zhong said: "When we came yesterday, the house was full of dust. It had obviously been unoccupied for a long time. Now someone suddenly came to clean it. It's obvious that a guest has come to stay!"
Xu Ziling secretly cursed his negligence, jumped up and said, "Ms. Shen must be entertaining the beauty she was accompanying just now. No wonder it is so brightly lit. Come! Let's pack our things and run away."
While the three of them were busy cleaning up, there was a faint sound of horses neighing and people coming from the front yard.
Shen Luoyan and his guests arrived.
They didn't dare to hesitate, and while Shen Luoyan was still in the front yard, they hurriedly hid in another woodshed behind the house.
After a while, I saw someone checking into the guest house, and from time to time I could hear the sounds of people talking and moving around.
All four rooms in the guest house were lit up.
The three of them no longer felt safe. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling took turns monitoring the movements outside. By this time, the snow had stopped, the visitors had apparently settled down, and it was no longer as noisy as before.
Kou Zhong, who was looking at the situation outside through the small window, suddenly issued a warning.
Xu Ziling and Su Su hurriedly squeezed to the window, and the three of them looked out at the same time.
I saw Shen Luoyan leading the young woman with a strong and attractive appearance to the small garden outside the house. The former introduced: "Luoyan loves to see the scene of lots of fruits, so most of the trees he plants are fruit trees."
The woman praised: "Sister Yan is really thoughtful. Who would have thought that there is such a wonderful place on earth in a deep alley?"
Shen Luoyan said humbly: "Yuzhi, don't laugh at me. Your Song family's Sophora Garden is one of the top ten scenic spots in the martial arts world. How can this little nest of mine compare?"
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were shocked, and then they realized that this charming and unique beauty was from the Song Dynasty, but they didn't know what the relationship between her and Song Shidao was.
The two women stopped and admired the Bing Gua on the tree.
Song Yuzhi said calmly: "This time Yuzhi is visiting. With Sister Yan's intelligence, you should be able to guess a thing or two, right?" Shen Luoyan said thoughtfully: "
I wonder if it has anything to do with Yu Wenhua and his spreading rumors and causing trouble in front of the Hunjun?"
Song Yuzhi smiled and said: "I knew I couldn't hide it from Sister Yan, but this is just one of the reasons."
Shen Luoyan said calmly: "Then another reason has to do with Du Fuwei. I heard that after he captured Liyang, he cut off the traffic in the Yangtze River waterway and plundered ships in and out. He didn't sell anyone's favors. According to our news, recently They impounded three of your salt boats! Is this true?"
Song Yuzhi said calmly: "Sister Yan's information is so well-informed, no wonder she is so relied upon by the secret minister!" Shen Yifeng sighed with his head:
"I really don't understand what is in Du Fuwei's head. At this time when Yang Guangda's troops are stationed in Jiangdong, he still dares to establish a powerful enemy like the noble clan. Is he afraid he is impatient?"
Kou and Xu suddenly felt enlightened.
The Yangtze River Salt Transport was the lifeblood of the Song Dynasty. Du Fuwei's interception of salt ships greatly threatened the Song Dynasty's prestige and livelihood. Therefore, the Song Dynasty sent Yuzhi, hoping to connect with Li Mi so that the north and the south could join forces to attack the stronghold.
In Liyang, the Jianghuai army was led by Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyou.
However, now that the Wagang Army has just broken out into internal strife, and the Sui Army is plotting a counterattack, Li Mi may not have time to take care of it.
Song Yuzhi smiled and said: "Du Fuwei had no choice but to provoke the Song family. We negotiated with Du Fu and Du Fu several times, but to no avail. My father was very angry about this and decided to do it at all costs."
He taught Du Fuwei a lesson, but because he didn't know Mi Gong's intentions, he sent Yuzhi to pay an audience to Mi Gong."
Shen Luoyan sighed and said, "Yu Zhi should know that we and Jianghuai Army have always been wary of each other..."?
Song Yuzhi interrupted her and said: "We have recently received news that the Jianghuai Army has not moved since it occupied Liyang, but has only continued to consolidate the occupied land. It is really with ulterior motives. Has Sister Yan heard about it?"
Shen Luoyan asked: "Did Yuzhi mean that Du Fuwei hoped that Yang Guang could take a breath and distract himself from us?"
Song Yuzhi said calmly: "This alone is not enough to enable Chang Guang to deal with you with all its strength."
At this point, she changed the topic sharply and said, "I wonder if Sister Yan has ever heard of a Tiele man named Qu Ao?"
Shen Luoyan said in astonishment: "Is Yuzhi talking about Qu Ao, who is also known as the Great Helmet and is running rampant in Western Xinjiang? This person's reputation is so great that he is directly chasing Bi Xuan, the "Martial Lord" of the Turks. I'm afraid Du Fuwei can't even invite him.
Touch him, I wonder why Yuzhi suddenly mentioned this person?"
Song Yuzhi said with a straight face: "This is the time, and the other is the same. The Tiele people have always been the sworn enemies of the Turks. Seeing the Turks' increasing influence in the Central Plains, they began to have the ambition to get a piece of the pie. Qu Aozheng arrived with a secret order from King Tiele.
Join forces with the emerging forces in the Central Plains in an attempt to fish in troubled waters and take advantage."
Shen Luoyan frowned and said, "Qu Ao actually fell in love with Du Fuwei?"
Song Yuzhi had enough time to say: "Not only that, they also conspired to assassinate the Mi Gong. If it happens, Yang Guang will take advantage of the chaos of the Wagang army to attack you with all his strength. At that time, Du Fuwei can take advantage of the situation to absorb the dispersion of the Wagang army."
team, and expand his power to the north, otherwise it will be difficult for Du Fuwei to expand northward despite your Wagang army." Just looking at Shen Luoyan's expression, Kou Zhong and others knew that this Qu Ao was no small matter.
At this time, someone hurriedly came to report that Xu Shiji had arrived, and the two women walked towards the front yard.
Kou Zhong watched the two women disappear behind the trees that were whitened by the frost and snow. He let out a breath and said, "Why don't we simply change our careers to become assassins? This should be the most profitable business. At least it's clean and tidy.
It's as sloppy as stealing something and extorting it from someone."
Xu Ziling thought of Shen Luoyan's secret roster and said worriedly: "But it would be extremely bad if Mrs. Shen found out that the roster was missing. We can't even think of escaping out of the city."
Kou Zhong also said: "It seems that there is no need to take more risks for this ghost thing, hehe! But how could she guess that we took it?"
Xu Ziling thought about it and said with a smile: "We call this a guilty conscience."
However, Su Su was worried and said, "How about secretly putting the roster back to its original place! The most important thing now is to sneak out of the city. One more thing is worse than one less thing!" Kou and Xu were greatly moved when they heard this.
At first, Xu Ziling only had the intention of stealing the roster for fun and revenge. In fact, he didn't think that he could really extort any benefits from Shen Luoyan with this roster. What's more, the most unusual thing now is that both Shen Luoyan and Xu Shiji are in the lobby of the main house.
In addition, Xu Ziling is very familiar with it, so it is not difficult to put the roster back to its original place.
Kou Zhongdao: "Sister Su has orders, and we should obey them."
However, Su Su was conflicted and said hesitantly: "There are so many people here now, and you might be discovered by people walking around in the garden!" Xu Ziling also lacked confidence in himself and said, "Then what should we do?" "
Kou Zhong patted his chest and said: "This is called calculation without intention. The advantage of having more people is that it is easier to fish in troubled waters. Sister Su, stay here, we will be back soon."
The two of them escaped from the woodshed and quickly ran towards Shen Luoyan's boudoir under the cover of the trees.
They all moved the true energy in their bodies to the limit, raising their spiritual awareness to the highest level in an instant.
Not only are the senses of touch such as eyes, ears, and nose much more vivid than before, but the most unusual thing is that one also has some kind of feeling that transcends the senses.
This is the mysterious and unpredictable part of "The Secret of Immortality", which has surpassed the scope of ordinary martial arts. Not only has it reached the level of "Master Yijian"
The self-sufficient treasure house in the human body that Fu Cailin mentioned has reached the realm of "harmony between man and nature" that martial arts practitioners devote their entire lives to pursuing.
Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong are both extremely talented people who are rare in ancient times. By chance, they practiced the "Secret of Immortality" which has long been regarded as a lie by the so-called "knowledgers". They broke through the limits of ordinary martial arts and reached the level of Ning. Daoqi, a state of "truth" that only people like Bi Xuan can understand.
Therefore, in just two years, each of them developed unique mental and martial arts skills that did not follow established rules, which helped them escape from disasters many times.
At this moment, even though there are so many masters around, they seem to be able to smell danger in advance with their unique senses. They naturally act according to their thoughts and avoid the enemy's senses. They have never provoked all the masters in the house. The alertness that exists.
Of course, the two of them did not have such a clear understanding at the moment. They only thought that they were so powerful because of their mastery of qinggong.
In a flash, they crossed the back garden and passed by the guest house into the large garden where Shen Luo Yan Xianggui was.
They lay down in a bush, gathered their ears, listened carefully, and immediately confirmed that there was no one in the building.
Because there was no sound inside the building, only the lights on the lower floor were hidden.
Xu Ziling said: "I'll go upstairs to return the book, and you can keep the wind away for me."
Kou Zhong nodded in agreement.
Seeing no one near or far, Xu Ziling sprang out from the grass, quickly rushed to the door of the small building like a ghost, pushed the door open and entered.
As expected, there was no one in the hall, and under the illumination of the palace lanterns, there was an unusual sense of tranquility.
Xu Ziling did not dare to hesitate and hurriedly climbed up the stairs.
At this time, his heart was empty and he had no thoughts.
That was not a deliberate state of mind, but something that happened naturally.
As soon as I stepped into the small hall of Shenluo Yanxiang Boudoir upstairs, an indescribable feeling came over me.
It was hard to tell what he felt, but he felt very uncomfortable, as if there was an invisible pressure that affected his mental state, which was like the moon in a well.
Xu Ziling's spirit suddenly rose to the limit, his true energy filled his meridians, and he drew the short halberd without hesitation.
The hall immediately became brighter.
It was not that someone lit a lamp, but that Xu Ziling's vision suddenly increased exponentially due to the movement of the true energy in his body. As he glanced around, not even the traces of dust that remained on the ground after cleaning could escape his sharp eyes.
This is a level Xu Ziling has never reached.
Although there have been times in the past where the induction was strengthened due to exerting all one's strength, it was not as clear and exquisite as this time.
This was not only because he was in an extremely peaceful state of mind, but more importantly because he sensed a great crisis.
The most frightening thing is that this dangerous feeling disappeared in a flash, and he could no longer sense any inappropriate atmosphere like now. After Xu Ziling's eyes scanned the ground several times, he seemed to be looking for some kind of clue.
Carefully patrol the floor again.
I was immediately stunned.
It turned out that there were almost invisible traces of dust on the floor. It seemed that someone had touched the ground with their toes and swept out of Shen Luoyan's boudoir. They stopped when they reached the stairs.
When I thought of this, a black shadow swept out of the room.
Xu Ziling was no longer someone who had never seen battles, but he had never thought that there could be such terrifying martial arts in the world.
Only then did he realize that someone was sneaking up on him, and his whole body was trapped in an almost irresistible whirlpool.
There were hundreds of strange forces, some of which pulled him forward, some of which pressed him directly, and there were also several lateral and rotational forces.
It's like falling into a turbulent whirlpool in the sea, making it difficult for people to control themselves.
Fortunately, Xu Ziling was alert first, otherwise he would have stumbled early and would have difficulty standing still.
Xu Ziling knew that this was a critical moment of life and death, so without even thinking about it, he gathered all his energy with the short halberd in his hand, leaned over and sat on his horse, and at the same time stabbed and looked at people coming and going.
For a moment, he could only see a black shadow.
A little sword light was expanding in front of his eyes.
The indestructible sword energy invaded through the long sword, causing his breathing to stop and his whole body to be cut by a knife.
From the time Xu Ziling climbed up here and noticed something strange, until this terrible enemy launched a secret attack, it only took him two blinks of an eyelid, but Xu Ziling had fallen into danger that he had never encountered in his life.
Seeing that the short halberd in his hand could accurately block the enemy's weapon, the opponent's long sword changed, and Xu Ziling's short halberd hit the empty space.
The feeling of using the wrong strength and being unable to exert one's strength made Xu Ziling so uncomfortable that he almost vomited blood.
There was no one in sight.
Fortunately, his senses clearly told him that the other party was using strange and unpredictable footwork to reach the blind spot on his left side that was difficult to see.
The strangest thing is that there is still a little bit of sword light in front of him, which keeps flashing, making him blind as if he is blind, and he can only react purely based on his feelings.
A sharp sword energy seemed to be stabbing at his left waist.
Such powerful body movements and sword moves are truly shocking.
Xu Ziling didn't have time to think, so he took back the short halberd that was thrust into the air, turned around and struck sideways.
At the same time, he turned his head and stared at this terrible enemy.
The figure flashed, and Xu Ziling's short halberd struck the air for the second time.
Xu Ziling was very good this time. He immediately changed his moves before using up his strength and retreated quickly at the same time.
He did not intend to escape, but to regain his position.
Although he only had two moves, he tried his best to fight for his life to the end.
The sword glow on the ground is in full swing, and there are whistling sword shadows in all directions. The reality is unpredictable.
But Xu Ziling could clearly grasp that the opponent was not only in front of him, but the fatal sword was also striking at his lower abdomen with lightning.
The opponent's speed was obviously much faster than his, so although he was already retreating, the initiative was completely in the opponent's hands. At this critical moment, Xu Ziling picked up the short halberd, and even used the rotating characteristics of the short halberd to twist.
Hit the opponent's thrusting sword.
Since the battle, this was the first time that he had come into contact with the opponent's weapon.
Due to the unique structure of the short court, it is the best weapon for locking up enemies.
Little did he know that the intersection of halberds and swords was not such a thing at all.
First, Xu Ziling felt that the true energy concentrated on the halberd was suddenly sucked away by the enemy's sword, and then the enemy's sword produced a sticking force that made him unable to even withdraw the short halberd.
Xu Ziling remained calm in the face of danger, and when he was about to abandon his halberd and run for his life, the opponent's long sword came up like a poisonous snake attached to the halberd and stabbed into his lower abdomen.