After the martial arts conference held at Zangjian Villa came to an end.
Shortly after the painting appreciation party started.
In the dark night, a group of people walked quickly on the winding mud road.
They were heading in the direction of Hidden Sword Villa.
There were more than twenty people on this trip.
Among them, there were more than ten people divided into two columns, riding horses in an orderly manner. They were wearing gorgeous splendid blue robes with flying swallow patterns embroidered on them. Each of them carried two long swords on their backs. One long sword and one long sword. The short one is three feet and six feet long, and the short one is only two feet short.
The two swords are equipped with vermilion tassels, which flutter in the wind.
The waistband of Feiyan suit is uniformly equipped with a waist tag, and the waist tag is engraved with the word "mi".
Feiyan clothes, long and short swords, and the word "mi" sign. These three characteristics highlight the identity of this group of people - secret factory.
After the demise of the Dasheng Dynasty, the Daqian Dynasty emerged to replace it.
Dugu Xiang told Qing Mimi how to leave the villa in one breath. Fatty Jiang was dumbfounded. He stood there for a moment and then became overjoyed. He quickly took out a pen and paper from his arms, wetted it on the tip of his tongue, and jotted it down quickly.
"Well done!"
Dugu Xiang walked up: "Dugu will deal with the people in the secret factory. For the sake of business, they will not make things difficult for me. It takes ten days to go to Bashan. It will be at the foot of Bashan in fifteen days." Let’s get together, with Bai Xiaosheng’s ability, it shouldn’t be difficult to find us.”
The person carrying the sedan said in a low voice: "Master Governor, it is better to go early than to go wisely."
The governor who was hiding in the sedan suddenly asked a question. Although his voice was small, it spread far in the night, like a basin of ice water being poured down.
After dozens of steps away, the panicked horse gradually calmed down.
The other person's face is pale, with extraordinary handsome features, but there is a feminine temperament. If it were not for the male disguise, this face would be indistinguishable from male to female.
When Bai Xiaosheng heard this, he smiled without surprise.
The person in the sedan chuckled lightly, lifted the curtain, stretched out a white and slender finger, and pointed at a mountain.
However, the secret factory's behavior has always been arrogant and domineering, and it is not directed at any one person. Several people looked at each other for a while, and the iron lady raised her hand to signal her friends to be silent and stop talking nonsense. We are idle knights in the world, we have not violated the king's laws, we are not wanted, we are completely innocent, I wonder why the adults stopped us?"
"Just now, who said 'the court's lackey'?"
The governor smiled and popped out another leaf.
Shortly after Bai Xiaosheng and Cheng Xiao left.
"It's a secret factory!"
At this time.
"Stop talking! They're close!"
A group of people from the secret factory boarded the Hidden Sword Villa.
The secret factory did not kill them all. After killing two people, they rode away.
At this time, Dugu Xiang moved out of his supporters in the court.
"It's a secret factory!"
"Don't move around, it's not good to live."
Xie Luohe didn't look back and replied with a smile: "It's nothing, it's just a 'feeling', which is a pity."
Bai Xiaosheng reluctantly moved away from several paintings. When Cheng Xiao put away his share, Bai Xiaosheng was the first to slip into the secret passage.
Asking for directions?
As soon as the person in the sedan chair, known as the "Governor", finished speaking, more than a dozen "Secret Guards" dispersed on horseback, blocking the way forward and stopping the six people moving forward.
Dugu Xiang clasped his fists and bowed in a neither humble nor arrogant manner, staring at the airtight curtain on the sedan. The curtain was tightly closed, but it gave Dugu Xiang a strange uneasy feeling, as if there was something scary hidden inside.
But when the governor said these words, another person covered his mouth and nose, opened and closed his teeth, and involuntarily made a strange sound from his fingers, "I'm sooooo...".
"The secret factory is working, stop immediately! Otherwise, we will kill without mercy!"
"Then who said the word 'unlucky'?"
"Xiao Tao, put the painting away." After Xie Luohe ordered, he sighed softly: "What a pity."
The horse's hooves splashed mud in the dark night and galloped forward.
"Good work."
Zheng Xiu's eyes were focused, and he waved the Luohe pen to block the incoming leaves one by one.
Because of their "business", their family naturally had a certain relationship with the Ministry of War.
"He's a lackey of the imperial court!"
Xie Luohe covered his mouth and smiled: "Perhaps, one day, you will be happy about this."
"Why is your mother so unlucky!"
"Absolutely impossible."
After daybreak, I looked for some horses and planned to set off for Bashan.
"Haha, who can say for sure."
When the second knight was killed by Ye Zi, the horses underneath the four Iron Lady foamed at the mouth one after another, knelt on the ground and rolled around in panic, throwing the people off the horses.
Dugu Xiang added: "The Dugu family has close contacts with the Department of War and Treasury. I hope you will be aware of this."
Zheng Xiu nodded: "That's natural."
The rapid sound of horse hooves came from afar. Six people rode together and met Mi Chang and his party on a narrow road.
The Iron Lady raised her index finger and said in her eyes: hurry up and don't get in trouble.
Xie Luohe suddenly stopped, took out the long bow behind him, and at the same time shouted to Zheng Xiu: "Protect Xiaotao, the enemy is coming from the southeast, on the mountain!"
The four of them were also dressed in Feiyan robes, carrying a sedan on their shoulders, lifting the weight as if it were light. They walked on the muddy road as if they were on the ground, and ran faster than a horse.
"No!"
Xie Luohe spoke very fast, but Zheng Xiu was considered experienced in many battles and did not talk nonsense. He pulled Xiaotao behind him, faced the southeast, bit his finger, and the red light on the tip of Luohe's pen painted the ground as a prison, surrounding the three of them in a circle.
The governor smiled lightly: "That's right, you will be rewarded when you go back."
What is the governor of the secret factory doing at Hidden Sword Villa?
The Iron Lady and her group of six people passed by the secret guards.
Before Dugu Xiang could finish his last sentence, he was so shocked that he covered his mouth and nose. The next moment, Dugu Xiang punched his heart hard and spit out a mouthful of blood. The action of spitting blood stopped the words he blurted out.
In the sky, I saw a person flying across the treetops, as if walking on the ground. This person was wearing a crown, a green flying swallow suit with a collar, and his pure white mink fur was particularly eye-catching.
Ten steps closer, the man opened his hands, his long sleeves bulged, and fell straight down like a flying kite gliding.
"call--"
"Walk."
There are rumors in the world that that man is so ruthless, how can he be so easy to talk to?
"Thank you, sir!"
A soft and cold voice came from the sedan, and it was difficult to tell the male and female.
The man in the sedan chair was actually called "The Governor" by the secret guards?
In the entire secret factory, there is only one person who can be called the governor, so the identity of the person in the sedan chair is already obvious.
The man in the sedan asked again.
…
The martial arts knights had never seen such a weird thing before. Iron Lady, including the Iron Lady, noticed the strangeness. When Pei Ru fell from the horse, the remaining five people tightly covered their mouths and noses.
The Iron Lady held the horse rope hard. For some reason, when the people from the secret factory appeared, the horses were particularly panicked and panting heavily, which was different from the past.
In the secret passage, Zheng Xiu looked at the back of Xie Luohe who was walking in front. Seeing that Xie Luohe had no intention of actively explaining, he couldn't help but ask: "You just said it was a pity, what's the pity?"
Zheng Xiu: "Feeling?"
"The martial arts tournament is over?"
At the beginning of the dynasty, in order to stabilize the court and supervise the subjects, the emperor set up a "secret investigation factory", referred to as the "secret investigation factory". It was only responsible to the emperor and had special privileges. He could investigate the subjects at will and had great power in the court:
Arrest first and then interrogate. After interrogation, report again. If there is no refutation, kill immediately.
Xie Luohe, Xiaotao, and Zheng Xiu walked downstream along the river.
The gatekeeper disciple of Hidden Sword Villa changed his face when he heard the name of "Secret Factory", but he quickly calmed down.
The expressions of Iron Lady and the others suddenly changed, but beside Iron Lady, a knight, for some unknown reason, actually raised his hand and admitted loudly: "Me! Pei Rushi!"
Just when a few people were thinking of leaving quickly.
Zheng Xiu: "?"
"Then it's settled!"
But they had countless doubts in their hearts. Didn't that person live in seclusion and live far away in the imperial city? How could he come to Hidden Sword Villa despite the long distance? Looking at the direction he came from, it was clear that he came from the south, not the northern capital.
"Don't be nervous, just ask for directions."
"Excuse me, everyone, is this Hidden Sword Villa in front of you?"
"The Governor."
When Iron Lady and the others heard this, they breathed a sigh of relief.
The people in the sedan were silent.
Xie Luohe and Zheng Xiu were stunned at the same time.
After a few breaths, Fatty Jiang closed the notebook with satisfaction: "This can be sold for money."
Bai Xiaosheng's chubby body walked on the water, and he disappeared into the jungle in the blink of an eye.
Thinking of what happened just now, it was like in a dream, I couldn't believe it.
Xie Luohe: "Feeling."
Let's talk about Dugu Xiang arranging his clothes, carrying the sword box on his back, and calmly arrived at the gate of Hidden Sword Villa.
The visitor approached, and while moving at high speed, Zheng Xiu and Xie Luohe vaguely saw each other's faces.
Bai Xiaosheng deeply understood the principle of "walls have ears" and did not foolishly talk about secrets outside. He glanced at Xie Luohe and the others, looked sideways, at Xiaotao, at Xie Luohe, and finally at Zheng Xiu. He looked seriously
He patted Zheng Xiu on the shoulder: "Brother Gongsun, take care."
The governor twisted another leaf.
Duguxiang replied blankly: "At the foot of the mountain, in the northwest, by the river."
Dugu Xiang wanted to ask "Have you written it down?", but when he saw Bai Xiaosheng frantically writing cheat sheets, he swallowed this sentence alive. He took away the "Picture of Plum Blossoms and Snow" and said: "Today's matter, God knows it."
Only the five...six people present here know about it, so I hope you will never spread it outside."
"Several adults have come from afar. Please forgive me for not being able to welcome you from afar." The door was open, and the lights were brightly lit inside. Duguxiang pointed inside and explained with an apology: "As the adults have seen, there was a thief in the villa.
With a few pieces of armor casting and a batch of fine tea leaves, we searched the villa for traces of the thief all night long, so we ignored the adults."
"Let's burn this shabby place, so that there will be less trouble."
When the Iron Lady and others heard this, their pupils shrank and they were horrified.
The Iron Lady turned her hand and shook out the nine-section whip, and was about to block it.
Several people followed, and the candlelight in the secret room went out.
Two leaves, two chuckles, killed two people.
But those running at the front were not the cavalry.
The two groups of people separated from the north and the south and drifted apart.
"Iron Lady, he..."
After the martial arts competition, they walked together with some friends who had certain friendships on weekdays, and headed south to go home. Unexpectedly, they met people from the secret factory on the way. The iron lady secretly said that she was unlucky, and her eyes were cold, and the people from the secret factory surrounded her in the blink of an eye.
Come up and disturb the horses, knowing in your heart that the one coming is not good.
"It's just business. People are in the world and can't help themselves. What's more, Hidden Sword Villa is famous for its casting. If you don't compromise, there is only one way to die." Bai Xiaosheng's expression was strange. Dugu Xiang didn't know what he was thinking, so he answered calmly.
After saying a sentence, he pointed to one of the tunnels in the secret room: "Go forward on this road, turn right on the third fork, go forward two more forks, turn left and then go down, go all the way to the end, you can hear the sound of water.
That's it. There is a sword-shaped handle on the right hand side. Turn the sword hilt three times to the left and two times to the right. After hearing an abnormal sound, you can open the secret door and leave the villa."
The sky is dim and white, making it look sparkling when shining on the flowing water.
"Oh? People in the world say that your Hidden Sword Villa has a close relationship with the imperial court. It is indeed true."
The remaining secret guards reached into their arms, took out a small tube at the same time, and pulled off the rope. The banging sound sounded almost at the same time, and bright fireworks shot straight into the sky.
"It makes sense." The governor said happily: "I am worried too much."
Overlord!
"Overlord?"
"The secret factory is doing business, please open the door quickly. Otherwise, we will kill without mercy."
"Stop."
Some people lowered their voices to say something.
The Iron Lady and the others looked at their noses, mouths, and hearts, not daring to say anything. After making eye contact, they got on their horses and were about to leave.
The governor smiled.
One person replied: "Go back to my lord, the Hidden Sword Villa is in front of you."
"Thank you, Lord Governor!"
These six people were clearly the martial arts people who had just come down from the Hidden Sword Villa and were not qualified to stay until the end. One of them had a heroic appearance and a nine-section whip hanging on his waist. He was clearly the one who used the weapon against "Xiao Thief" at the martial arts conference.
The iron lady who was bullied after a life-threatening scissor kick.
Among the four people carrying the sedan, one person asked for instructions in a low voice from the person in the sedan. His voice was high-pitched, and he turned out to be a woman.
"That's all."
Knock, knock, knock.
The secret passage was pitch dark, but none of them were mediocre. They relied on the flow of air and the sound of wind in the secret passage to distinguish the path. Not long after, they followed the instructions left by Dugu Xiang and reached the exit of the secret passage.
From the outside, the entrance to the secret passage looks like an ordinary boulder. Shortly after a few people walked out, the boulder moved with a rumble, and the secret passage closed on its own. This secret passage is only inaccessible, and the design is quite safe.
Zheng Xiu was helpless: "I don't like it when someone hides and tucks me in."
On the martial arts side, three or four people exhaled at the same time, and when they raised their foreheads, they were startled to realize that they were covered in cold sweat.
The governor smiled, and the Iron Lady paused in her strange movements. Everyone watched helplessly as another person fell from the horse, and they refused to close their eyes.
Without saying a word, Xie Luohe's beautiful black hair automatically bent the bow and set an arrow without any wind. The long arrow shot through the air and shot high into the sky like a cannonball.
From a distance, they were still a bit disbelieving, but as they got closer, they finally saw each other's faces clearly.
call out!
A leaf penetrated the sedan silently and passed between Pei Daxia's eyebrows, splattering a trace of blood.
The other five people also noticed that the horse's reaction was wrong, and they didn't think much about it for a moment. They just said that the horses had sharp senses and the murderous aura on the secret guard had frightened them.
The secret guards carried the sedan and left. Before leaving, a question came from inside the sedan: "Excuse me, which direction are they walking to?"
Bai Xiaosheng had been waiting here for a long time. He turned on the machine and opened the exit of the secret passage. A gurgling stream flowed out of the narrow river. The trees on both sides were shadowy. The moonlight was sinking and dawn was approaching.
There was a crisp sound of knuckles tapping on the wooden table.
"Haha." The governor hiding in the sedan chuckled: "The laws of Daqian have already expressly prohibited illegal private gatherings. Two people are called 'conspirators', three people are called 'public', ten people are called 'chaos', and a hundred people are called 'bandits'.
Among them, 'rioters' can be fined silver, and 'bandits' can be punished with a stick, or jailed in severe cases. In more serious cases, troops can be sent out to encircle and suppress them, and it is impossible to escape the death penalty."
Dugu Xiang's eyes flashed, he had already thought about what to say, and said: "Your Majesty, your words are serious. There have been many happy events in the villa recently, so I made an appointment with my friends from the martial arts world to appreciate paintings, discuss martial arts, and compete with each other to strengthen my body. I invited them with invitations. It was fair and honest.
It's all innocent and can't be considered a 'private gathering'."
This governor?
When Dugu Xiang heard this, he took a sharp breath, it was that person!
After saying these words, Pei Daxia covered his mouth in horror.
"I wonder why the adults from the secret factory visited Hidden Sword Villa overnight? Could it be that I, the Dugu family, inadvertently broke some law?"
Brilliant fireworks bloom in the sky, like delicate flowers.
The plot of a knight using force to break the law and being brutally surrounded and suppressed is too normal.
She got up from the ground covered in mud. As soon as the Iron Lady stood up, her feet gave out and she fell down again.
"My lords, please wait for a moment while I go inside to inform the head of the family."
The curtain that had been raised at a corner fell down, and the woman carrying the sedan covered her mouth with a smile: "The governor has spoken, and you still won't leave? When will we wait?"
"Shh!"
When Xie Luohe said the word "chaoting".
A faint sigh came from the sedan: "It's too late."
"I understand. Hey, let's go."
…
Zheng Xiu’s first reaction was “the army”.
Bai Xiaosheng sneered: "Who could be so stupid?"
The Iron Lady's eyes flashed, and she thought that she was indeed a royal eagle dog, with a keen sense of smell, and she actually knew about the martial arts conference. Although the other party's words did not contain any murderous intent, private gatherings in the martial arts world were indeed a royal taboo, and they did not know how to answer for a moment.
Zheng Xiu: "..."
After Dugu Xiang whispered to his disciple for a moment, Dugu Xiang's expression changed: "Our Hidden Sword Villa once provided weapons and armor for the imperial court. The water in the river has never disturbed the water in the well. How could the secret factory come to visit us in the middle of the night?"
The governor asked again: "Again, have you ever found that place?"
When Dugu Xiang reacted, his eyes were about to burst. Several secret guards laughed and flew up, stabbing out with cold light from their long and short swords.
There was silence in the sedan for a moment.
Tsk tsk tsk!
Each leaf makes a sharp sound as it cuts through the air.
Zheng Xiu originally wanted to ask if he would like to carry you on his back.
The governor blinked and disappeared into the night sky, leaving behind a sentence.
Xie Luohe looked disbelieving.
…
Xieluohe's arrow was very fast, but the attacker's movements were even faster. He turned around and dodged Xieluohe's terrifying arrow, grabbed a handful of green leaves with his backhand, and shook them towards several people.
With a bang, a figure smashed the roof of the sedan chair and flew across the sky like a swallow paddling across water, heading straight to the northwest.
"honest."
After walking a hundred steps, Xiaotao was panting.