"I've been there five or six times, after all, we're so close!" Cao Yanhua said, "But I basically go to do errands for the sect!"
"Basically all?" He Lingchuan grasped the key point, "When was the last time? For personal or official reasons?"
"About half a year ago?" Cao Yanhua thought for a moment, "Assigned by Head Li."
Head Li nodded: "Yes, half a year ago I asked Elder Cao to go to Julu Port to pick someone up."
He Lingchuan pondered: "Besides the headmaster and Elder Cao, is there anyone else in the sect who is qualified to go up the mountain to inspect the lamps?"
"There is another Elder Wu."
Seeing that everyone was silent, Elder Cao said anxiously: "It really wasn't me. Commander Jin's tribute was lost without anyone noticing, how could I have done it!"
Jin Bai and He Lingchuan exchanged glances and nodded to Head Li. So Head Li asked Elder Cao to return to his residence first and sent his disciples to accompany him.
Although he looks nice, it is tantamount to being detained. Elder Cao is now an important suspect. If he runs away, Xiaoyao Sect will be in big trouble.
Cao Yanhua couldn't say anything, so he could only sigh and retreat on his own.
After his figure disappeared from sight, He Lingchuan asked Head Li: "How popular is Elder Cao in the sect?"
"Very good." Head Li said, "He is deeply loved by everyone."
"The matter is serious, so I won't talk about the situation." He Lingchuan smiled. He had never seen many people be loved by everyone at the same time. Elder Cao looked even less like it, "Does he have an enemy in the sect?"
Head Li walked a few steps before saying: "Elder Cao is outspoken and his words will inevitably offend others. But everyone in the sect knows that he has no ill intentions."
Jin Bai was unhappy: "Master Li, we are investigating the case!"
If you want to be a good person, you shouldn't choose this time.
Head Li shook his head: "Really not."
He Lingchuan immediately said: "When the tribute was stolen, weren't there disciples who could testify for Elder Cao? I want to meet them."
Head Li has no objections.
About an hour later, six and seven disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect stood in front of Jin Bai and He Lingchuan.
Jin Bai glanced at He Lingchuan, who whispered to Head Li:
"Master, I have something to ask you."
After saying that, he pointed toward the door.
Headmaster Li glanced at several disciples and walked out naturally with him.
Opposite is Baimao Peak.
In this season, the mountainside is lush and green, but the mountainside is still covered with snow, and the scenery is magnificent.
The mountain is there, almost the same as it was a hundred and sixty years ago.
However, things change and people change.
He Lingchuan sighed secretly, and then asked Head Li: "I would like to ask, when did the Xiaoyao Sect provide bright lamps to Mou Guo?"
Head Li was a little surprised, so He Lingchuan added: "As time goes by, more people may know the inside story."
"More than a hundred years ago." Head Li thought for a moment, "To be precise, it was more than a hundred and twenty years ago."
"How long has your sect's history been?" Xiaoyao sect actually has a history of more than a hundred years. He Lingchuan was slightly surprised, "I'm sorry, I mean, this is a rare longevity in the Shining Gold Plains."
Kingdoms on the Golden Plains usually change like a revolving lantern. It is nothing new for them to change every five or ten years.
"That's true." Head Li smiled, "In fact, in terms of the Golden Flash Plains, although Xiaoyao Sect's territory is not large, its strength is stronger than that of most kingdoms. The inheritance of our Taoism here has not been interrupted, and the surrounding population is also constantly influxing."
There are always exceptions to everything, and there are a few people on the Shining Gold Plains who can still make do with their lives, and the Xiaoyao Sect is one of them.
"After Mou Guo established the country, he gave us a lot of help, so Xiaoyao Sect will pay tribute to Ming Lantern every few years."
He Lingchuan pondered: "How did you get involved with Mou Guo? The distance between him and you is a bit far."
It takes seven days to take a boat from Yangshan Islands to Julu Port; if you start from Mouguo, it will of course be further.
"It was Mou Guo who found us, hoping to obtain the bright lanterns produced by our clan."
Leader Li didn't say what he said clearly, but He Lingchuan understood the implication immediately.
Mou Guo cannot ask for this bright lamp in vain, so there must be some secret exchange of conditions between the two parties. What he can directly think of is that Mou Guo provides financial or human support to Xiaoyao Sect. After all, the countries and forces on the Golden Flash Plains,
Who is not short of money?
It’s no wonder that the Xiaoyao Sect can still live a prosperous life in the Shining Gold Plains, with the support of Mou Kingdom and even Lingshan Mountain.
From this point of view, the bright lanterns are indeed important to the state of Mou.
If the two sides were not really far apart, Mou Guo might have swallowed up the Xiaoyao Sect in one go. This Taoist sect would never be as free as it is today.
Head Li continued: "Wang Gesheng, the founder of Xiaoyao Sect, signed a series of treaties with Mou State..."
Hearing a familiar name, He Lingchuan couldn't help but be surprised: "Wait a minute, what is the name of the founder?"
"My ancestor respected Wang Gesheng. Mr. He may have heard of it?"
"I've heard of it, I've heard of it." He Lingchuan chuckled, "Is this Patriarch Wang a native of Julu?"
"Exactly!" Head Li nodded, "No one today knows that more than 160 years ago, the land of Wei State was the Julu State."
How could such a coincidence happen? He Lingchuan pressed his forehead and found out that Xiaoyao Sect was founded by Wang Gesheng, a young man from Julu Port?
Not only did I stay in his hotel, I also learned about the bear demon from him.
Of course, that was in the world of Panlong.
But this also shows that Dafang Hu’s restoration of history is authentic and credible.
Real, credible...
Seeing that he was distracted, Head Li couldn't help but ask: "Mr. He?"
"Oh, I was just going to ask, if your lord has kept the lamp for so long, don't outsiders know about it and don't come to steal it?"
"The bright lamp has a special effect, and not every practitioner can use it." Headmaster Li smiled and said, "To put it harshly, ordinary practitioners cannot wait for their inner demons to bite back in their lifetime."
"That's true." The spider demon sisters have said that the most common use of bright lamps is to make heart lamps to drive away inner demons. However, under the current external environment, most practitioners cannot reach such a profound state.
Not to mention others, He Lingchuan has practiced hard these years and has not found any inner demons invading him so far.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "If you can't reach that level, the light lamp is of little use." Head Li said again, "Of course, the situation of the second prince, King Wei, is a
special case."
"Even if others know that our sect produces bright lanterns, they may not be interested; of course, the Golden Flash Plain has been in turmoil for many years, and fewer and fewer people know this secret. Even today, I'm afraid there are only a few."
The inheritance of secrets is most afraid of turbulence. How many pasts and secrets are buried in such a large plain?
He Lingchuan hesitated for a moment and then asked: "I want to know what happened to the Julu Kingdom."
Neither Panlong World nor Shao Jian's notes will hint at the future of Julu Country.
"Julu Kingdom?" Head Li was a little surprised that this Mr. He was actually interested in the old things in the old papers? But he still said, "Its history is not long, Guo Zuo was exactly twenty-five years old."
"Only twenty-five years?" He Lingchuan seemed to be saying to himself, "The founding king of the Julu Kingdom worked hard to govern. I thought the country's life span would be longer."
The Julu Kingdom he saw in Panlong World had only been established for seven years and was thriving.
I never thought that such good times could only last for another eighteen years.
But He Lingchuan then thought about it, it was already the nineteenth year of the Panlong Calendar, and in another thirteen years, Panlong City would be destroyed. Alas, that was before the demise of the Julu Kingdom.
This Mr. He knows that the king of Julu Kingdom has great achievements, but he doesn’t know the history of Julu Kingdom? I guess it is a joke from some idle book? Head Li said: "Once Ran Min dies, the successor will do nothing, and Julu Kingdom will not be here."
It was annexed by the Eastern Min Kingdom within five years."
"What if Julu Kingdom had a good weather back then? It's just like a mirror, a flower in the water, a moon in the water, and a golden plain. It's destiny to live and die. No one, no matter the family or the country, can escape." He also looked at the distant mountains and sighed, "For thousands of years
, only this mountain and river remains the same.”
He Lingchuan looked at Baimao Mountain.
This piece of mountains and rivers will change owners every few days, but if you look closely, it seems that there has been no owner in the past thousand years.
Of course, Xiaoyao Sect seems to have temporarily jumped out of the world and is not affected by fate. But He Lingchuan knows that a major factor behind this is the support of powerful forces.
The Xiaoyao Sect can stand here for a hundred years and it has its own ability. But without the secret support of Mou Guo, there will always be several rounds of wind and rain that it cannot survive on its own, right?
"By the way, it is said that this place was called Longshou Mountain in the past, and it was the place where the black dragon died."
"Yes, there is such a legend." Head Li nodded, "That was a long time ago. People today only know Baimao Mountain and have never heard of the name Dragon Head."
"Since it is the place where dragons died, there must have been many strange phenomena, right?"
"That was a long time ago." Head Li said, "Actually, I have heard another saying that the real place where dragons died is not here, but in the upside-down sea northeast of the Golden Flash Plains. But this place is named after the dragon.
The first mountain is probably because there was a black dragon phantom rising up, which was so spectacular. Over time, everyone followed it."
This conflicts with the legend in Shao Jian's notes. Which one is true?
Maybe, none of them are true.
After the two talked, they went back to find Jin Bo.
Jin Bai, Dong Rui and others also talked to the witness disciples one by one. When they saw the two coming, they said: "After asking, they all said that Elder Cao had not gone out in the sect in those few days. Also, Elder Wu and
Elder Cao has a bad relationship and often criticizes each other."
He Lingchuan deliberately sent Master Li away so that his disciples could speak freely.
Head Li touched his nose in embarrassment. As the head, there were some things he couldn't say, but since Shadowfang Guard asked, he summoned Elder Wu.
Elder Wu's confession was also denied, and there were also eyewitnesses.
They were busy until dark, but no one found anything wrong with the two elders. Instead, they heard Elder Wu's gossip from the two disciples.
This elder has always been lecherous. But this has nothing to do with the current investigation.
Tonight, He Lingchuan and others rested in Xiaoyao Sect.
Taking advantage of the dinner break, Jin Bai pulled He Lingchuan aside, feeling a little frustrated: "I got nothing."