Chapter 88

In the south of the county seat, there is an open space where mountain products are sold. Most of the mountain products obtained by the villagers outside the city will be brought here.

It was already afternoon, and there were no people gathered here, only a small number of villagers who hoped to sell. A man in gray clothes strolls here with his hands behind his back, and from time to time he squats in front of the mountain goods displayed by the villagers to check the quality or ask the price.

After walking around, the gray-clothed man went to a nearby teahouse, sat down in the teahouse and yelled at the waiter, "Get a pot of tea!"

"Okay, wait a moment." The man replied.

A carriage came outside the door and just stopped at the door, attracting the attention of the man in gray, but no one got out of the carriage. When he was looking at it, he suddenly found something on his waist. When he looked down, he found that it was a dagger. Against himself, he suddenly raised his head and looked back, and two people appeared on the left and right, sandwiching himself in the middle.

"..." Just as he was about to say something, he was warned by a stabbing pain from the dagger.

The two people on the left and right did not say a word, they threw several copper coins on the table, one of them grabbed one of his arms, took him out calmly, and pushed him directly into the carriage.

As soon as he got into the carriage, someone covered his mouth, pushed him over the carriage, tied him tightly, and the carriage quickly turned around and drove away.

The clerk in the teahouse brought out the brewed tea, but found that the guests were gone, put down the teapot, swept the copper coins on the table, ran to the door and looked around, but still saw no one, he scratched his head and came back with a strange expression on his face ...

Outside the villa, a group of celebrities from Canglu County bid farewell, and Lan Ruoting personally escorted them out to the place down the mountain.

"Mr. Lan, stay!" A group of people dared not to move until Lan Ruoting stopped, and then they turned back and went down the mountain.

On the way down the mountain, everyone walked briskly. It can be said that they had a good time today, and many people had aftertaste on their faces.

The princess personally showed up to receive them, and discussed poetry, songs and Fu with everyone, and even had lunch with them. Although the princess could not see her true face wearing a gauze hat, her graceful figure, graceful manner and demeanor, and her gentle and soft voice were fascinating. There is also the insight and the scale of the conversation, all of which show an extremely good upbringing, worthy of being born in the royal family, and definitely not a character that this small county can raise and educate, it is admirable.

There are rumors that the princess is ugly, but what I have seen and heard today, whether it is the figure, the demeanor, or the voice, how can such a person be ugly? Some men are already daydreaming about how wonderful it would be if they could kiss Fangze. It's a pity that their status is destined to be beyond their reach, and they can only be daydreamed in their hearts.

After lunch, it was Lan Ruoting who came out to talk with everyone and asked about the situation and views of Canglu County.

All in all, after this encounter, the atmosphere was good, and before parting, Lan Ruoting offered one hundred silver coins to each of them, saying that it was a gift from Cheng Yi from the princess, so that everyone should not be disgusted.

Lin Shangpo, who was apprehensive before coming here, was also in a happy mood at this time. He realized that he was thinking too much, and his mind was still reminiscing about the time he spent with the Princess. On a par, I feel a little regretful in my heart.

Most people were in a very good mood, only those like Su Dekang, who seemed to have seen through Shang Chaozong's behavior of buying people's hearts, kept their faces sullen and worried about the future.

As for why Lu Shengzhong disappeared, Shang Shuqing's answer was that he went back early, and everyone didn't take it seriously. In fact, some people thought that Lu Shengzhong was not worthy to come to this kind of occasion, just because the shopkeeper of the best study shop in the city, 'Jingmoxuan', dared to come here to act as a literati, didn't he bring shame on himself? .

At least this group of people consider themselves to be literati in Canglu County.

After going down the mountain, everyone went back to their homes. When everyone returned to the city, it was almost evening.

The smoke from cooking was rising everywhere in the secluded and narrow alleys, and the scholar who opened the door and went home shouted, "Tomorrow, kill that hen and stew it!" announcing his return.

The little woman got out of the kitchen and scolded, "The princess didn't care about the food, and you are hungry, or what?"

The scholar strutted into the main hall, and in front of the wife who followed, he took out the money bag, and poured out a pile of silver coins on the table.

The little woman covered her mouth and exclaimed, "You dare to steal?" At least one thing she was sure of, no one would lend so much money to their family at once.

"Steal it? Thanks to your thinking!" The scholar rolled his eyes, and then he said with high spirits: "Cheng Yi, a gift from the princess, do you still think that scholars can't make money?" It was quite elated.

"Sent by the princess?" The little woman's eyes lit up, she turned around and immediately closed the door in front of the hall, as if she was afraid that others would see it, she returned to the table and hurriedly counted the money, her hands trembling with excitement, she had never seen her at home. spend so much money.

"Don't count, one hundred pieces is enough for our family to eat and chew for a year! I will add two new clothes for you tomorrow, remember to kill that hen tomorrow..."

Not long after a group of celebrities from Canglu County returned to the city, a carriage also entered the city and stopped directly at the gate of 'Jingmoxuan'.

The coachman respectfully invited Lu Shengzhong to get off the car, and then drove away.

Seeing this, the neighbors left and right quickly came out of the shop and gathered around to ask about the princess's invitation.

"Don't say it, don't say it!" Lu Shengzhong begged everyone to let him go.

Seeing that they couldn't say anything, everyone had no choice but to give up and gradually dispersed, but they still looked enviously at Lu Shengzhong.

Lu Shengzhong looked around for a while, hesitated a little, his mana was restrained, and finally he didn't dare to run, went to the door of the shop and removed the door panel.

As soon as he entered, he immediately went to the back hall quickly, but when he opened the curtain and entered the back hall, he was stunned. He saw Bai Yao sitting inside and staring at him coldly, and he didn't know where he came in from.

Glancing at the window, Lu Shengzhong smiled wryly.

After night fell, Lu Shengzhong went to the door and lit one of the two lanterns.

An hour later, a figure appeared on the corner of the street, it was Liu Ziyu who had put on a little disguise, came to the gate of Jingmoxuan, observed the surroundings, and went straight in.

After a while, there was the sound of fighting in the house.

Boom! A figure smashed through the door and flew out, landed on the street vomiting blood, it was Liu Ziyu.

Such a movement immediately attracted several people to appear from the dark corners of the street, flashing towards this side, but when they rushed halfway, they were stopped and killed by the people who appeared.

Bai Yao flashed out from the Jingmo Pavilion, stomped Liu Ziyu who was about to get up on the ground, raised his sword and fell, a cold light flashed, and directly chopped off Liu Ziyu's head.

Of course the fellow who came to rescue Liu Ziyu knew that he had fallen into a trap. Seeing Liu Ziyu was dead, there was no need to rescue him, and seeing Bai Yao appearing again, he knew he was no match, so someone shouted, "Let's go!"

There were two screams in the night, and two other people floated away in the night, followed by a figure chasing after them.

The people in the surrounding shops were startled by the sound of fighting, and looked out through the cracks in the windows and doors, all terrified.

The patrolling officers and soldiers in the city rushed over quickly, and a carriage arrived. A personal guard of Shang Chaozong got out of the carriage, showed his token to the patrolling officers and soldiers, and directly took over the command.

Yuan Gang also got out of the carriage, entered Jingmoxuan and dragged Lu Shengzhong out, put him on the carriage and left quickly.

Bai Yao and the others also dashed away, disappearing into the night.

On the top of the city, someone lit a fire, and the oiled firewood burst into the sky in an instant.

In the villa, Niu Youdao, who was standing on the high pavilion and leaning on the railing, saw the signal from the city in the distance, and said calmly: "Old Xiong, let it go!"

Yuanfang behind immediately grabbed a golden wing from the cage, went to the railing and threw it into the night sky, only to see the golden wing fluttering quickly and disappearing under the hazy moonlight.

After the Shang brothers and sisters and Lan Ruoting, who were watching from the sidelines, looked at each other, Shang Chaozong couldn't help asking, "Has the assassin been caught yet?"

"It doesn't matter whether the assassin is caught or not. The people behind the scenes are the real trouble, but there is nothing they can do about it for a while." Niu Youdao turned around, faced him and said with a smile: "If the prince can take down Qingshan County, then I will send it to you." A generous gift from your lord!"

big gift? The three looked at each other, and Lan Ruoting asked with great interest, "I wonder what kind of gift it is?"

Niu Youdao laughed but didn't answer, Lan Ruoting was speechless, it was useless to ask if he knew it, and it was useless to ask the one who didn't want to talk.

Niu Youdao seemed to put the matter behind him and changed the subject, "If it's convenient, I can go to the secret realm for retreat tomorrow."

Shang Chaozong nodded, "Okay! I will help Master Dao to arrange it." I was still thinking about what kind of gift the other party said, which was a bit tickling.

Niu Youdao bid farewell, turned around and led Yuan Fang down the high pavilion.

The three people in the attic sent the two of them back to their own yard with the column, Lan Ruoting suddenly felt, "This Daoist is not simple!"

Shang Chaozong asked: "What do you mean, sir?"

Lan Ruoting asked back: "Didn't the lord find out? That bear demon has been tamed by him and obeys his orders. The people in Nanshan Temple still have estrangement from us, but they are quite close to him... so young and so smart , is simply a monster!"

The courtyard was quiet under the moonlight, and Yuan Gang came back, bringing back Lu Shengzhong who was full of bitterness.

"It's done." The four simple words came out of Yuan Gang's mouth, which was a complete explanation of what happened in the city.

Niu Youdao said to Yuan Fang: "Old Xiong, take them down, and tell the people below to be careful. He must not be allowed to run away, and no one is allowed to talk to him. If necessary, extreme measures may be taken!"

"Master Dao, don't worry." Yuan Fang reassured him, turned around and pulled Lu Shengzhong's lapel, and dragged him away.

Late at night, in a courtyard in Nanzhou City, a golden wing descended from the sky and landed on the crossbar of the eagle's nest under the eaves, "cuckoo".

An Xiaoman came out quickly, grabbed it, and took out the secret letter from its leg.

Going back to the house and looking at the secret letter, it is a message from senior brother Lu Shengzhong, saying that he accidentally exposed his flaws. In order to protect himself, he had to betray Liu Ziyu and other Liuxian sect disciples. Now Liu Ziyu is dead and killed, but Liuxian Zong and the fish who slipped through the net knew about it, and Liu Lu would know the news soon, so he should contact his master to avoid disaster.

An Xiaoman, who read the secret letter, turned pale in shock. Who is Liu Lu? Even though Liu Lu is just a housekeeper of Song Mansion, he may not be underestimated! Liu Lu was just such a son, who was killed by people from Wuliangshan. Liu Lu couldn't move the Shang Dynasty for a while, and Wuliangshan couldn't move it? Wuliang Mountain must be vented, even if Liu Lu does not say anything, Liu Xianzong must give Liu Lu an explanation, Wuliang Mountain is in danger!