Chapter 220: Murder and silence (please subscribe)
Chapter 220 Murder and silence (please subscribe)
"Jiangling's son-in-law, Li Qingbai?"
The black-faced man stared at Li Qingbai, with a cold and sarcastic look flashing in his eyes: "I thought you were dead. It seems that after that battle, you were not dead. You were hiding in this mortal world and licking your wounds."
Li Qingbai stood with his hands behind his hands, staring at the black-faced man: "How did you get through the boundary gate?"
The black-faced man snorted coldly: "You don't need to worry about this."
Li Qingbai said coldly: "Coming here with your identity has already broken the rules!"
"Rules? Ridiculous!"
You can't see the black-faced man's face, but you can hear his tone, which is very disdainful and arrogant above all living beings.
Li Qingbai said coldly: "Don't forget, I just returned to the mortal world to heal my wounds, but if I want to leave, I can still go to the Great Zhou Immortal Realm. You are from the Extraordinary Realm, so you can't come through the gate."
The black-faced man sneered: "Li Qingbai, don't you think this is ridiculous? The mortal world is just the lower world under the Great Zhou Immortal World. Why can't I come? As long as I am strong in the Xuan Realm, I can come!"
"Besides, I didn't do anything to the lower world when I came to the mortal world. I just came to find someone."
Li Qingbai took a deep breath, "I wonder who you are looking for?"
"Pang Jian!"
The black-faced man said coldly: "He is the grandson of Elder Pang from my sect. He was seen in the Beihuang area three months ago. I went to Beihuang for some business, so I helped Elder Pang look for his grandson, so I came to this place."
boundary."
"At most half a month, this protector will leave."
Li Qingbai said with a cold eyebrow: "Pang Jian, right? I will ask someone to help you look for it. As for matters within the realm, please don't interfere with the Jue Sect."
The black-faced man sneered: "Isn't it just to seal a black flame horned dragon and a true demon clone? This protector will not meddle in other people's business."
Hearing this, Li Qingbai felt more relieved, cupped his hands and said: "Farewell, find the person you are talking about, I will tell you!"
The voice fell, and Li Qingbai disappeared into the East China Sea.
The black-faced man clasped his hands behind his back, with a cold look in his eyes, and murmured: "I never expected that a generation of sword emperors would fall to this level."
After shaking his head secretly, the black-faced man disappeared in a flash.
"Your Excellency, stay!"
From the eyes of the sea deep in the East China Sea, a low and hoarse voice came out.
However, the black-faced man ignored him and disappeared in an instant.
Li Qingbai returned to the golden stage and sent a message to Lu Ning.
"Chang'an, please help me find someone."
At the residence of Marquis Shenwu, Lu Ning was testing Long Ge's strength. After hearing his master's voice, he couldn't help but stop and look in the direction of the palace.
"Who is Master looking for?" Lu Ning asked via voice transmission.
"A man named Pang Jian, dressed in black, with a cold face, is a killer. In terms of cultivation, he is above the third level." Li Qingbai said via voice transmission.
"Okay Master."
Lu Ning nodded, and then sent a message to Lin Jian in the Demon Suppression Division.
"Pangjian? Third grade?"
After Lin Jian heard the message, he frowned slightly. There were not many people of the third rank in the Great Zhou Dynasty, so it should be easy to find them, but the killer was good at hiding, so it was slightly more difficult.
The twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month.
Experience: 3,909 million points.
After Lu Ning's morning visit, he went to Yongle Palace.
After having breakfast with Empress Zhou Yan, he said: "Your Majesty, now that the barbarians have surrendered, the Hai people have surrendered, and they have paid tribute to the Zhou Dynasty every year, the north and the Hai people have no worries."
"As for the countries in the Western Regions, they have all stopped fighting for now. Although they have not surrendered to our Great Zhou Dynasty, there are allies from the five Western Regions in between, so they pose no threat to the Great Zhou Dynasty."
"There is only one demon clan left in Southern Xinjiang."
The empress raised her phoenix eyebrows and said, "I know that this is all your fault. Tell me what reward you want!"
Lu Ning coughed slightly and said: "Now that the Great Zhou Dynasty is powerful in all directions, Wei Chen just wants to resign from the post of Lu Commander and quietly become a Shenwu Marquis."
The empress pouted: "You want to be quiet, but I also want to be lazy."
"Well, don't say goodbye and come and serve me."
Lu Ning's eyes brightened slightly and he said, "It's okay to serve His Majesty, but you don't need me to serve you personally all the time, right?"
The empress glanced at Lu Ning speechlessly: "I don't need you to serve me personally. It's enough to play chess with me or chat with me when I'm bored."
When Lu Ning heard this, he was immediately speechless.
"Your Majesty, time flies by. The Chinese New Year is almost here in the blink of an eye, and the battle for luck on June 6 next year is getting closer and closer. I feel that Your Majesty should not be distracted at this time."
"It just so happened that after Wei Chen resigned from the post of Commander Lu, he also retreated in his mansion to sprint towards the realm, striving to get a place in the competition for luck and win a share of luck for the Zhou Dynasty."
The empress rolled her eyes when she heard this and waved her hands: "Okay, okay, it's okay to go into seclusion, but remember to come and accompany me when you have free time."
"It's Your Majesty!" Lu Ning smiled.
As soon as he turned around, he saw Qi Yuansheng walking with Concubine Qi. Concubine Qi was holding a child in her arms. It was Prince Yongning, who was already half a year old.
When Qi Yuansheng saw Lu Ning, he couldn't help but roll his eyes.
In the past six months, Lu Ning had gained a great reputation in the Great Zhou Dynasty. He was a generation of divine warriors. People in the world talked about him as a god who came down to earth to protect the peace of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
"See the noble concubine, Prince Yongning!" Lu Ning stepped forward and bowed slightly.
"Shuai Lu, please come back soon!"
Concubine Qi was very polite to Lu Ning, even with a touch of respect.
Although Qi Yuansheng saw that Lu Ning was a bit difficult to deal with, he still admired Lu Ning in his heart. Now his state of mind has improved a lot. If he takes a step forward, he will be in the realm of a saint among Confucianism and Taoism, and he will follow the law.
He is now realizing that once he succeeds, he will be the youngest Confucian and Taoist saint in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Lu Ning stared at Prince Yongning with a smile, and looked at him curiously with her dark eyes. After reaching out and hugging Prince Yongning, Lu Ning said goodbye and left.
It will take at least fifteen years until Prince Yongning grows up to take over the throne of the empress.
Return to the house.
Lu Ning sent a message to Lin Jian to ask about Pang Jian.
Lin Jian shook his head and said that he was still looking for it. There was no news at the moment. He also said that Pang Jian might be among the countries in the Western Regions.
Lu Ning frowned, let alone the countries in the Western Regions, but within the Zhou Dynasty, it was not easy to find a killer with a third-level cultivation level.
If you include the countries in the Western Regions, it will be even harder to find.
In a blink of an eye, it’s the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month.
Experience: 7,429 million points.
Lunar New Year's eve.
The residence of Marquis Shenwu was extremely lively early in the morning.
Lu Xiu, Ruan Shuting, Lu Xue and Lu Qing in Confucius Courtyard all returned to the house to celebrate the New Year with Lu Ning.
Under the guidance of Meng Yuanjun, Lu Xue has now reached the seventh level of cultivation, which makes Lu Ning sigh with emotion.
Geniuses can also be cultivated!
Lu Xiu and Ruan Shuting only opened up their meridians, which should be regarded as eighth-level cultivation, but their energy and spirit are very good.
The two of them are old and have no talent. They are definitely not as good as the young Lu Xue. They can only rely on long-term accumulation.
On the other hand, the younger sister Lu Qing, although she did not go to practice immortality, all the meridians in her body have been opened, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is already circulating in her meridians.
The whole person is obviously more beautiful than before. First of all, the skin is more delicate and smooth than before, and at the same time, she has a very elegant temperament.
Got back home.
The eldest brother returned to his previous state, reading books and reviewing the books he had learned before.
My sister-in-law was in the kitchen, steaming steamed buns with Qiulan helping me.
Lu Qing took his brother and sister Long Ge, Lu Xue and his servants to post door couplets everywhere.
Lu Ning was sitting in front of the main hall, and he could just see them cooking, reading, or posting door couplets.
"Another year!"
Lu Ning sighed in his heart, unknowingly, two years have passed since he came to this mortal world.
He is no longer the small jailer of the Heavenly Prison, but has become the Shenwuhou of the Great Zhou Dynasty, with great power in all directions.
But he is still a teenager!
"Chang'an, after this year, it's time for you to get a wife!"
The eldest brother, Lu Xiu, appeared next to Lu Ning with his hands on his back and held the book, and spoke earnestly.
No matter how powerful you are, you still have to marry a wife. Once you marry a wife, you can experience another kind of happiness.
"Brother, I'm still young!" Lu Ning slightly raised his head and looked at Lu Xiu and said.
"You are still young. After this year, you will be nineteen years old and you are not young anymore." Lu Xiu said speechlessly.
"Just wait two more years, I will definitely get a wife and have children!" Lu Ning said with a smile.
Now that the Great Zhou Dynasty has been decided, the empress simply can't get away to have a romantic relationship with him. Maybe she can wait for another two years.
It's snowing heavily and it's very atmospheric.
At noon, the family sat together at the dinner table.
The Longe brother and sister were also together, their faces filled with joy.
This year will be remembered for the rest of their lives for their brothers and sisters.
night.
There were fireworks all over the city of Beijing, and the Shenwu Marquis Mansion was also setting off fireworks.
"younger sister……!"
After Long Ge lit the fireworks, he found that his sister was not around, and he couldn't help but feel nervous.
At this moment, Lu Ning brought Long Mei to the martial arts arena and set off fireworks with her elder brother and others.
When Long Ge saw his sister, he couldn't help but ran over.
Long Mei's eyes flashed with complicated expressions. Seeing that her brother had been asking questions, she smiled and said, "It's okay, I just felt uncomfortable, so I went to see the young master!"
Long Ge looked at Lu Ning, who nodded and said: "It's okay, have fun!"
Long Ge then took his sister and ran to everyone to watch the fireworks together.
After curfew.
Lu Ning appears in Yongle Palace.
Empress Zhou Yan had a reunion dinner with Concubine Qi, Concubine Shu and others. She looked very happy, but from time to time she would glance outside the hall. In the heavy snow, she seemed to see an independent figure.
The corners of Jingying's mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly, then she stood up and asked Concubine Qi and others to continue. She turned around and walked into the inner hall, jumped out of a window, and walked towards the isolated figure without anyone accompanying her.
Outside the main hall, Fang Xuewu saw it, but Quan Dang didn't.
"Chang'an!"
"I have met His Majesty!"
"How about I'm not the empress tonight, nor the eldest princess, but a little fairy in Baiyun Taoist Temple?"
"Then I am the little fairy's fiancé."
Lu Ning smiled cheekily, and pulled Zhou Yan along with him, appearing above the head of an uninhabited palace. Heavy snow was still falling, falling on the heads of the two of them.
"Chang'an, you haven't composed a poem for a long time. Make one tonight, I want to hear it!" Zhou Yan took Lu Ning's hand, her face turned slightly red, she twisted her face and blinked her floating eyes with a smile.
Yingying said.
Lu Ning smiled and nodded, "Let me think about it!"
There were too many poems about snow scenes in my previous life.
After pondering for a moment, Lu Ning said: "Suddenly, a beautiful woman's heart passed by. Looking back at the mountains and rivers, another winter has passed. Today, I am holding my son in the snow together, and we will grow old together in this life."
"Pah pah pah...!"
Zhou Yan clapped her hands. Although this poem didn't rhyme very much, she liked it.
"I will be showered with you in the snow today, and we will grow old together in this life!"
Her phoenix eyes were shining with brilliance, she stared at Lu Ning intently and said with a smile.
Lu Ning looked at her beautiful face, with her long eyelashes flickering, and couldn't help but take the bold step to hold her face and kiss her hard.
Zhou Yan's eyes widened. Before she could react, her first kiss had been taken away.
"Lu Changan, you are so bold...my first kiss!" Although Zhou Yan said angrily, his cheeks turned red and he lowered his head slightly, with a shy expression on his face.
Although Lu Ning has never been in a relationship, he also knows that Zhou Yan is very nervous at the moment and might want to taste that sweetness again.
But Lu Ning wouldn't give it to her.
After a while, Zhou Yan raised her head, stood side by side with Lu Ning, rested her head gently on Lu Ning's shoulder, and looked at the falling snowflakes.
In a moment, both of them were covered with snow.
They looked at each other and then laughed happily.
…
The next day.
In the second year of Yuanwu, the first day of the first lunar month.
The heavy snow became lighter and fell in scattered pieces.
There is thick snow on the ground.
Early in the morning, Lu Ning entered the palace to pay New Year's greetings to the empress.
Also entering the palace were Zhang Juming, Kang Langcai, Shi Rui, Pei Tianbei and others.
Everyone first paid New Year's greetings to the Empress, then wished each other a Happy New Year outside Yongle Palace, and then went home.
Lu Ning went to Golden Terrace to pay his respects to Li Qingbai for a year before going back.
Pei Tianbei was waiting for Lu Ning outside the gate of Da Zhou, and came to the Hou Mansion with Lu Ning. Lin Jian, Su Jianxing, Gu Wushuang, Wang Ding, Sheng Xuan and others also came.
They all already know that Lu Ning resigned from his position as Commander Lu and no longer serves as the head of the Demon Suppression Department.
"Don't worry, even though I resigned from my official position, I will still take care of any major issues whether it is the Demon Suppression Division or the Great Zhou Dynasty. After all, the Shenwu Marquis is still receiving a salary from the imperial court."
Lu Ning looked at everyone with a smile.
Lin Jiandao: "The young master has been urging me to practice quickly. Time has passed so fast. It is only five months since June 6th."
Lu Ning glanced at him. In fact, Lin Jian had made great progress during this period. He was already in the late stage of the second level. In terms of actual combat experience, he had already reached the perfection of the second level.
The second day of January.
Lu Ning took wine and meat and went to the Tianlao to pay Chen Tianqi a happy New Year. Even though he was far more powerful than Chen Tianqi now, and Chen Tianqi didn't do anything to help him, he was still admirable for his hard work in the Tianlao where he never saw the light of day.
There are also people like Wu Yizhao and Zhou Hao who have helped him.
How could Zhou Hao and Wu Yizhao dare to accept it? They instead wished Lu Ning New Year's greetings.
Next, people continued to pay Lu Ning New Year greetings.
Because he was not an official and did not have to go on duty, Lu Ning slept until he woke up naturally every day, and when he got up, he would give instructions to the Long Ge brothers and sisters in their cultivation.
Regarding the "Secret Technique of Divine Patterns", Lu Ning also read it every day. Apart from gaining some experience, there was no substantial progress.
The eighth day of January.
Pei Tianbei hurriedly found Lu Ning.
"What's going on?"
Lu Ning frowned and asked when he saw Pei Tianbei's face was pale and bloodless.
He rarely saw Pei Tianbei like this. The last time Pei Tong died for the Great Zhou Dynasty, Pei Tianbei had this look on his face.
"Brother Lu, the old monk, he...has gone!"
"Gone?"
Lu Ning was slightly stunned. In an instant, he understood what Pei Tianbei meant. That old monk Wukong passed away.
"How could it be?"
He met the old monk Wukong twice a year ago, so why did he suddenly pass away just after the new year?
Pei Tianbei hugged Lu Ning and was very sad, "I had a dream last night. I dreamed about Master. He was completely transparent and waved to me and left."
Lu Ning: "...!!"
You are dreaming, you big hammer!!
Lu Ning pouted, but when his consciousness sensed the golden stage, he found that his master Li Qingbai was not there.
Lu Ning couldn't help but grab Pei Tianbei and said, "Are you dreaming, or did you receive some news?"
Pei Tianbei said: "I was in a daze and saw Master. He smiled at me and left."
Lu Ning's eyes flickered, and after pushing Pei Tianbei away, he turned into a gust of wind and disappeared into the main hall.
Not long after, he appeared in the sky above Donghai City. His consciousness quickly sensed Old Monk Wukong, but he did not sense it in the wooden house. Instead, he sensed an island in the East China Sea. Not only did he sense Old Monk Wukong, he also sensed his master.
Li Qingbai.
Lu Ning left in a flash.
In a moment he appeared on the island. To be precise, it was a torn apart island. It was obvious that there had been a fight here.
There is only Li Qingbai on the island, but there are Sea Clan soldiers on the sea, and the Sea Clan princess Jun Anlan is also there.
Seeing Lu Ning, Jun Anlan snorted softly.
Lu Ning didn't pay attention, and appeared beside her in a flash and asked: "What's going on?"
Jun Anlan said: "I don't know. There was a big war here last night. When I arrived, the old monk was already dead."
Hearing this, Lu Ning's eyes flickered.
Date rewind.
The seventh day of January.
The heavy snow has stopped, and the red sun rises in the east.
Old Monk Wukong slowly walked out of the wooden house, looked at the increasingly lively Donghai City, smiled slightly, and walked toward the outside of Donghai City alone. From time to time, children would surround him and have a snowball fight.
Some snowballs hit the old monk, but the old monk just smiled.
Gradually, he walked out of Donghai City alone and walked to a low mountain peak in the northeast direction outside Donghai City.
The peak is not high, but you can see farther from the top.
The old monk came to a small pine tree and looked quietly at the East China Sea. In the direction he was looking, a little to the east and north, there was a group of indigenous residents living on an island thousands of miles away.
Population of more than 30,000.
This island is Ghost Island.
It's not that the islanders are ghosts, it's just that they are ugly.
There is little contact between the ghost island and the mainland. They have their own way of life. Call them hard, but they are very happy to entertain themselves.
Of course, the old monk was not looking at those ugly people, but looking at a child who was abandoned by ghosts on the island.
On the contrary, the child was not ugly. Perhaps it was for this reason that he was abandoned to fend for himself in the wilderness.
The old monk has been observing the child for three years. He looks very different from the people on the island. It may be because he was abandoned. He also has a particularly vicious heart.
One month after being abandoned, he killed his biological father and mother.
After that, people died on the island every three to five days.
It was all that kid's fault. Wukong just paid attention to it at first and didn't take care of it. But over the past three years, the kid had grown to a very scary stage.
Just last night, the child was no longer hiding and revealed his ferocious face.
In fact, it's not too ferocious, just weird.
He slaughtered more than 30,000 people on Ghost Island in one night and swallowed the blood of all of them. He was even more terrifying than the real demon.
The old monk rushed to Ghost Island quickly and had no time to stop him.
The ghost child, who had grown into a young man, with bloodshot eyes and a ferocious face, was heading towards him to kill him.
"Amitabha!"
The old monk clasped his hands together and emitted golden light from his body. When the ghost child touched the golden light, he let out a shrill scream. At the same time, blood mist rolled out of his body, and more and more blood mist came out.
Finally, it condensed into a ferocious blood-colored giant with fangs and red hair. A strange bloody eye on its chest emitted a very strong light, blasting the old monk far away.
If it was a simple ghost child, the old monk could handle it alone. The key was just when the old monk was about to take action, another masked man in black appeared.
The old monk didn't know who he was, but he was very powerful when he made a move. He could definitely be a super first-level expert and a swordsman.
However, in the mortal world, the only sword cultivator who is above the first level is Feng Chuyi.
Of course, Sword Master Li Qingbai can also burst into super-first-level strength. In addition, the old monk can't figure out who else.
But the black-clothed swordsman didn't say anything and just cooperated with the ghost child to attack the old monk.
Originally, the old monk could escape, but he had no intention of escaping. He just wanted to uncover the mask of the black-clothed sword cultivator to see who he was.
Not wanting to be careless and be controlled by the ghost child, the swordsman in black took the opportunity to pierce his chest with his sword.
At that time, the old monk burst out with the Buddha's golden light, hoping to perish together with the ghost child. As a result, the masked man in black also used a unique move, which turned out to be a terrifying sword array, directly beating the old monk to death on the island.
Only then did the old monk understand that a terrifying sword formation had been arranged on the island a long time ago.
"You actually raise ghosts..."
The old monk sat cross-legged on the ground, staring at the black-clothed and masked sword cultivator. He died before he could finish a sentence.
…
Lu Ning did not learn any useful information from Jun Anlan. The latter also heard from the Sea Tribe soldiers on duty. By the time they arrived, the battle had already ended.
The old monk is dead!
"Master, Master Wukong, he...!"
Lu Ning appeared next to Li Qingbai and asked in a low voice.
Li Qingbai sighed: "If you discover other people's secrets, they will kill you and silence them!"
Lu Ning flashed his eyes coldly and said: "Whose secret? There is no one in the world who can kill Master Wukong, right?"
Li Qingbai flashed his eyes coldly and said: "No, I can kill this old monk with all my strength as a teacher, but I will also be crippled."
"As for the other people, my teacher also thought that no one could kill him, but now it seems that there is, this person is hiding very deep!"
Lu Ning said coldly: "Who else can there be, it must be Feng Chuyi."
Li Qingbai frowned and said: "I feel the sword energy around me, it's not from that old guy."
Lu Ning was slightly stunned: "If it's not him, then who else in this world is a super first-level powerhouse?"
This question also stopped Li Qingbai.
"Who else is a super first-level expert?"
If we want to talk about who else in this world is a super first-level powerhouse, they are the old demon lord in the eyes of the sea, Qiongqi, the evil dragon... and there is also one person, Huang Chou.
"Huang Qiu!"
Li Qingbai said with a cold look.
Lu Ning was slightly stunned, yes, why did he forget about the mysterious Huang Chou in Huangquan Market? He had fought with Huang Chou before, and the latter used Biyu Xiao, but he didn't seem to know any swordsmanship.
Lu Ning said: "Master, does Huang Qiu know swordsmanship?"