A few days have passed since the battle at Shuangjiao Mountain. Wang Dalu recently went to Shuangjiao Town with spies from Liyang to find out the news. He will not return until sunset tonight.
In an inn in Liyang, there were more than a dozen people sitting in the room, including Kong Yifan and five others, waiting for the two spies to tell them the news they had found out.
Kong Yifan and others heard that except for those who died in the Shuangyang family, other people such as Kong Qiu, Kong Dao, and Kong Yan disappeared without a trace.
Knowing that their master and others had been captured by the evil spirits, Kong Yifan and others were filled with resentment. They only regretted that they were not capable enough to rescue them because of their lack of cultivation.
Kong Yifan and his four junior brothers and sisters all knelt on the ground and bowed in the direction of Shuangjiao Mountain.
One of the secret agents said again.
"There are still many people from the Tiansha organization in Shuangjiao Town looking for Mr. Kong and the others."
Another spy also said.
"When we returned to Liyang City, we saw the soldiers in the city conducting a strict investigation. It seemed that something big had happened. We hurriedly inquired with an acquaintance of the defenders who were guarding the city, and then we found out that a count came to Liyang today and asked the city lord to issue a notice.
We have captured Mr. Kong and are now searching all the inns and restaurants in this city."
Wang Dalu and others were a little surprised when they heard this. Could it be that the power of the evil spirit had penetrated into the Luyang Hou Dynasty and drove the court to send troops to arrest Kong Yifan and the other five.
This evil spirit is really terrifying, and it is so hard for Kong Yifan to deal with the few fish that have slipped through the net, and he will not give up until he eradicates the weeds.
At this time, Wang Dalu and others did not know that it was not a few escaped disciples of the Shuangyang family who could make Tiansha and the imperial court mobilize forces like this but came for him.
Fortunately, this city also has some forces of its own, so there is no problem in hiding Kong Yifan and others in the city from the defenders.
Previously, Li Jinbao was asked to vigorously place spies in several courts around Li Guanghou. Li Jinbao simply sent a few people to each city to contact the local underground forces and recruit some local ruffians. Usually, outsiders would only think that he was a low-ranking person.
The gangster leader.
In this way, he can not only hide his identity, but also use his subordinates to find out information.
All the inns, restaurants and even flower teahouses in Liyang City were searched by the soldiers in the city, but the whereabouts of Kong Yifan and others could not be found.
In the city lord's palace, Lan Zhan was having a conversation with a man in purple opposite.
Looking at the purple-clothed man's attire and the seven-petal golden flowers embroidered on his sleeves, you can tell that this man is a monk in the Ningxu Qizhang realm in the Tiansha organization.
Today at Chenshi, this purple-robed man came outside the door of the city lord's mansion.
The man in purple robe received the order of Lord Chiyan and came to make peace with Lan Zhan.
Lan Zhan looked at the purple-robed man sitting at the bottom and said.
"So the Shuangyang family was destroyed by your evil spirits, and you also captured Confucius and others?"
The man in purple robe replied.
"good."
Lan Zhan said angrily.
"You are really acting unscrupulously. Aren't you afraid of offending the public and attracting the ire of the surrounding courts, sects, and aristocratic families?"
The purple-robed man remained unmoved.
"Lord Earl, you are joking. We are targeting small sects and will not arouse the scruples of big sects and clans."
Having said this, the purple-robed man smiled again and said to Lan Zhan.
"It is a well-known fact that we, the Heavenly Evils, have never destroyed any imperial power for thousands of years. Please relax, Lord Earl. We have no intention of becoming an enemy of the Luyang Hou Dynasty."
Lan Zhan also knew that what the man in purple robe said was quite reasonable. Although the evil spirits were rampant and destroyed countless sects and families, they had never heard of the imperial court being destroyed in their hands. He said in a gentle tone.
"Neither I nor the imperial court will pay much attention to the affairs of you Tiansha. I just hope that you can take care of yourself and not harm the people of our dynasty. This is the bottom line."
"Of course, our lord heard that the earl came to Liyang and sent me to explain the matter to the earl, and also want to seek your help."
Lan Zhan said coldly.
"Oh, then why do you, Your Majesty, send your men here instead of coming to talk to me in person? Isn't this me worthy of his visit?"
"No, no, it's just because the Venerable Lord has something important to do and can't leave. It won't be long before we, the Venerable Tianxing and the Venerable Chiyan, will come together to pay their respects."
Lan Zhan was greatly surprised when he heard that Tiansha had sent two venerable men to guard the dynasty, and he was even more sure that what he was thinking was closely related to that mysterious man.
"There's no need to pay a visit. I don't have a close relationship with your noble sect. I just hope you won't forget what you said before."
The two talked for a long time before the man in purple robe left.
Lan Zhan looked at the place where the purple-robed man had just sat and snorted, then saw the purple wooden square table and sandalwood chair folded in response.
At this time, a middle-aged man came in from outside. He glanced at the pile of scattered tables and chairs and raised his eyebrows before bowing to Lan Zhan.
"I don't know when did your lordship get so angry?"
Lan Zhan said to the middle-aged man in front of him.
"Tiansha is really deceiving people. On the surface, he is here to show his kindness to me, but in fact, he wants to tell me and even Marquis Luyang that Tiansha has two venerables and many monks lurking in the territory. When will they catch what they want?
When will people leave?"
Lan Zhan said bitterly again.
"They actually said that the person they were looking for was still in our territory, and they wanted us to help them find the mysterious person and hand it over to them. It was extremely shameless."
This middle-aged man was the Baron of Liyang City named Guan Zhang. He had also heard about Tiansha and knew that this was no longer something he could intervene in. He was waiting for Lan Zhan's order.
Lan Zhan thought for a while, then shook his arm and shot out a seven-inch small sword from his sleeve. He found a pen, ink, paper and inkstone and wrote a few lines of small words and tied it to the small sword.
He recited an unknown spell and pointed his hand at the small sword on the table. The small sword turned into a gleam of light and rushed into the sky, heading towards Luyanghou City.
Guan Zhang on the side looked envious and thought to himself.
"This is the flying sword that according to legend can only be used by great monks above the realm of Mayfly to convey messages using Taoism. The method of transmitting messages is extremely mysterious and travels extremely fast, and the distance of thousands of miles is just a cup of tea."
This small sword is exactly what Lan Zhan refined in the Zi Mansion and is specially used to send messages. The sword has already joined Lan Zhan's heart, and it is very useful to be able to connect each other no matter how far away they are.
Guan Zhangdao.
"Lord Earl, what should we do now?"
"Send more manpower to search for suspicious people in various cities. I already have a portrait of the escaped children of the Shuangyang family, and pass it on."
Lan Zhan fluttered his sleeves and walked towards the back hall.
The five portraits fell lightly into the hands of the chief.
The five people in this portrait are exactly the looks of Kong Yifan and his junior brothers and sisters. They should have been obtained from the mouths of the Shuangyang family members who were captured by Tiansha.
In the past few days, many more guards have been deployed in the city. A total of three waves of soldiers came to the inn where Wang Dalu lived to inquire. The last batch of soldiers also held portraits of Kong Yifan and the five others.
This made Wang Dalu and others couldn't help but think to themselves.
"Tiansha really didn't kill all the disciples of the Shuangyang family. Those who disappeared should be imprisoned by it and questioned about Kong Yifan's whereabouts. But what secrets do these Kong Yifan and the others have that so many forces are looking for? I really want to