After a night's rest, the righteous masters who were concerned about Yu Ji took the initiative to go out to investigate. After ensuring that the traces of Jin Yiwei were indeed gone, they felt relieved.
The external threat is gone, but the situation they face now is also very troublesome. Apart from anything else, the Xuantian Sect has really put a strain on their bones this time.
Those who died in the battle last night were all top masters of each sect, and the disciples of each sect who were killed or injured are also the younger ones they want to focus on training.
Thousand-faced Dharma King killed all these people like falling leaves swept away by the autumn wind. The righteous heroes worked hard for a long time, but nothing was accomplished, and their own people still paid more than half of it.
Now, not to mention those people who usually did not deal with the Qingcheng sect, even the big Taoist sects such as Emei Kunlun looked at Tianquan with very unkind eyes.
Yes, everyone thought about this careless Jingzhou-style fiasco. It was because they indulged Tianquan too much that the demonic witch had a chance to escape. The cooperation between inside and outside caught them off guard.
If the witches had not escaped from their predicament, and they had waited for work and kept a tight defense, the Thousand-Faced Dharma King might not have been able to achieve such a great victory.
However, all the knights here are prominent figures in the world, and it would not sound good to express anger to a junior like this, so after everyone discussed it, they decided to settle the debt with Tianquan's sect.
Master Yushu will not have an easy time teaching a disciple who is so confused.
In addition, a small incident happened today. When the knights were counting the number of people, they suddenly discovered that Yue Lifeng of Xiaoyao Sect was also missing.
The other party did not leave a word, and he was not seen in the battle last night. Everyone speculated that if this person was not unlucky enough to be poisoned by the devil in advance, then he would have escaped as soon as possible.
No matter how you say it, this is not a good thing. Even with Tianquan's "life experience" that he once revealed, many people came forward to question it this time.
In this regard, Si Luochao had his own opinion. He said: "In my opinion, the life experience of Master Tianquan's nephew is not necessarily false. It should be noted that this matter is not only the word of the Xiaoyao family, but the Beggar Clan also asked someone to send a letter
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Si Luochao's words reminded everyone that it was indeed the case. The Jin Yiwei targeting Tianquan was not just an empty talk of the Xiaoyao Sect, but Lu Shiqi of the Beggar Clan also endorsed it.
Although the Beggar Clan had given everyone a very bad impression before, as the saying goes, the enemy of the enemy is a friend. No matter what Lu Qiqi's personal ethics was, at least he was working against Jin Yiwei from a standpoint, and that was fine.
It doesn’t necessarily follow that the Xiaoyao Faction, Jin Yiwei’s middleman, is unreliable, and even Jin Yiwei’s enemies, the Beggar Gang, are unreliable, right?
Everyone did not delve into this matter. In most people's opinion, except for cleaning up the Xuantian Sect, the Jinyiwei rarely showed their chariots and horses to deal with the Jianghu sect. It is not incomprehensible that they quietly retreated this time.
It was nothing more than the arrival of strong reinforcements from Wudang. After weighing the pros and cons, they felt that the losses were too great, so they withdrew.
Seeing that everyone was no longer entangled in the matter, Si Luochao breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, he had already felt that the matter was strange. If Tianquan was really an orphan of the prince, how could Jin Yiwei retreat so easily.
Therefore, he estimated that it was probably true that Tian Quan was targeted by Jin Yiwei, but whether Tian Quan's life experience had anything to do with the court was another question.
Si Luochao thought about it now, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. Tianquan's identity was unreliable no matter how he looked at it. He was probably made up by Yue Lifeng with the intention of tying them together. Otherwise, why would this guy escape so quickly.
If Lu Hanjiang knew that Si Luochao thought so, he would definitely cry out loudly. He didn't want to stay and continue playing with them, but it was a pity that an emergency happened and interrupted his original calm plan.
Qiu Qingyun, a member of the Jinyi Guards who had been missing since Mengyuan faked his death, came to visit.
"A rare visitor. How can a busy man like Mr. Qiu have time to see me?"
In the room, looking at Qiu Qingyun, who was wrapped up tightly, Lu Hanjiang seemed to have something different to say.
Qiu Qingyun smiled awkwardly, but he did not take Lu Hanjiang's complaints at ease. In terms of absurdity, they were evenly matched. Qiu Tongzhi had abandoned his job and disappeared, and Commander Lu was also not working in the capital.
It can only be said that everyone is on the same page, so there is no need to hurt each other. Then, Qiu Qingyun briefly introduced his current situation to Lu Hanjiang.
As Lu Hanjiang guessed, Meng Yuan was seriously poisoned. Although he had alleviated most of the poison with the method of fighting poison with poison, after all, the old man was not made of iron. After all the trouble, he did need to rest for a while.
Already.
Since Mr. Meng chose to fake his death, he might as well put on a show and use it as a trap, so he could hide and recuperate. Qiu Qingyun followed, on the one hand to ensure the safety of the old man, and on the other hand, to sometimes run for the old man who was inconvenient to show up.
A leg.
For example now——
"Sir, this is what Master Meng ordered me to entrust to you." Qiu Qingyun took out a letter and handed it to the other party.
After Lu Hanjiang took it, he saw that it was indeed the old man's handwriting, but what was written on the letter was a bit confusing.
"Emei Sect? Hey, that's strange, how could it be the Emei Sect?"
Lu Hanjiang felt a little confused after reading the letter. The message that the old man specially asked Qiu Qingyun to send was neither about important matters nor an explanation to him. The whole article had the same meaning——
Give the Emei sect a way out.
Lu Hanjiang looked at Qiu Qingyun and asked curiously: "Is there anything special about the Emei Sect? Is there someone we can arrange to go in there?"
It stands to reason that Lu Hanjiang, the spies up and down the Jinyi Guards, all know this. If there are any manpower arrangements that he doesn't know about, then they are only those that the old man personally handles.
Qiu Qingyun shook his head repeatedly and explained: "That's not true. The Emei Sect has nothing to do with our Jinyiwei. Apart from planting stakes in several properties of the Emei Sect, we have no other back-up."
"Then why did the old man give me such a letter?" Lu Hanjiang shook the letter in his hand, with a somewhat reluctant attitude, insisting that the other party come up with an explanation.
Qiu Qingyun had no choice but to say vaguely: "Mr. Meng, um, he has an old relationship with the head of Emei."
"Huh? Is there still such a thing? Come on, come on, sit down and talk about it." As soon as Lu Hanjiang heard this, his brows immediately raised, and he couldn't hold back the fire of gossip in his heart for even a moment.
Seeing Lu Hanjiang like this, Qiu Qingyun knew that he would definitely not be able to leave today if he didn't explain his words clearly, so he could only sigh, and then slowly told the old events of the year under Lu Hanjiang's excited eyes -
"Back then, before Lord Meng entered the court as an official, he traveled around the world incognito and happened to meet two women from the world. They were twin sisters. They were both disciples of Emei, and one of them is now Emei Zhang.