Chapter 310 Jiang Hengchuan’s invitation
The sound of the piano gradually came to an end. Meng Qi stood up quietly and walked to the other side of the abandoned house, where beggars were squatting and wild dogs were roaming. He stood in the darkness with his arms crossed, watching all of this quietly. When the music stopped, he put some force on his feet. , a stone flew out and landed in the middle of the wild dog, causing a barking sound.
Woof woof woof, woof woof, the sound was loud and carried far in the quiet night. Then they confronted each other and barked more fiercely, as if they were not happy with the end of such beautiful music.
This was the agreement between Meng Qi and Ruan Yushu. When the music of her piano stopped, she would make the sound of a dog barking to show that things were business as usual and they should act as usual.
After waiting for a while, until the barking of dogs subsided and no one paid attention to this place anymore, Meng Qi left the beggar and returned to his rented yard.
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The next day, Meng Qi and Jiang Hengchuan changed their clothes slightly and strolled along North Street, looking for abnormalities.
Compared with the past, there are many fewer people selling flowers, sugar and roasted chestnuts, and various other things on North Street. There are even very few children playing on the street.
"The Snake King is the biggest killer in Maoling. Normally, the various forces always have troubles to deal with, so they always turn a blind eye to him. But this time, the collusion with the inhumane evil heretics was exposed. It's really intolerable." Jiang Hengchuan recounted what he heard from Qingshou Captor Dai Fei.
So uproot the Snake King's power? Meng Qi thought of the children who had been tortured by cruel killer training at a young age and asked: "How do the killers and killer apprentices deal with it?"
Jiang Hengchuan thought for a while and said: "Those who can still be saved, if they remember their life experience, they will be sent back with proper arrangements. If they can't remember, they will go to the six-door training place for head catchers. As for those whose hands are full of blood and are unable to extricate themselves, , Liumen asked for part of it, but they didn’t know what to do with it, so Mrs. Han San and Master Luo divided the rest.”
Of course he was going to do something shady. At least the Snake King's killer training was pretty good... Meng Qi said silently.
On this day, the two of them found nothing. In the evening, they went back to their respective homes. When they reached the entrance of the alley, Meng Qi suddenly stopped. There were scratches like children's graffiti in an inconspicuous place, with a unique shape, like petals of an orchid.
After taking a look, he calmly continued to return home. After packing up, he slowly went to a nearby restaurant to dine and drink. He drank until it was dark, then strolled on the street, as if admiring the prosperity of Maoling.
Entering a crowded place, he suddenly turned around and twisted to get rid of his imaginary stalker and sneaked into the alley with the locust tree.
The old man who carved the wooden statue had already returned to his room, and the door was closed. Meng Qi did not disturb him and went straight to the yard where he had taken refuge last time.
Just after climbing over the courtyard wall, a sword light lit up, like the Big Dipper across the sky, shining in all directions. It was so fast that afterimages remained, no slower than Xiao Zhenhai's "Aurora Electric Sword"!
The sword flashed, and the electric snake suddenly appeared, and the heavy wound of the sky was as fast as weightless.
When the swords were about to intersect, the sword suddenly disappeared. It seemed that it had never been thrust out and was still in its original position, which was incredible.
"Yes, we are very vigilant." A clear oriole-like voice sounded. Jiang Zhiwei stood pretty in the yard, her goose-yellow dress gently floating in the night wind, so beautiful.
Meng Qi sheathed his sword with a smile on his face: "I guess you want to say hello like this."
The mark at the entrance of the alley is the agreement between the two of them. Whenever Jiang Zhiwei enters the city, she will leave a secret note and meet in this courtyard at night.
"Really? After knowing each other for a long time, we have become arrogant?" Jiang Zhiwei sheathed her sword and joked.
Meng Qi laughed: "We have known each other for several years. If we can't guess this, what kind of friends are we?"
"For several years..." Jiang Zhiwei looked at Meng Qi and suddenly felt a little emotional. She stretched out her hand and gestured, "Yes, you were much shorter than me at that time, but now you are taller than me."
"Don't worry about such details..." Meng Qi was slightly embarrassed.
The two chatted for a while, but Meng Qi couldn't stay for long, so he turned to business: "Zhiwei, you will secretly go to Dajue Temple tomorrow to find an opportunity to 'get to know' Yushu."
They were far apart and had never met before. As a man, it was impossible for Meng Qi to fall in love with Ruan Yushu directly and then ask her and her elders to help secretly. That would arouse suspicion and vigilance, but it was more reasonable to set up a line through Jiang Zhiwei.
Jiang Zhiwei is the most outstanding woman of this generation. She is also a direct descendant of a large sect. Her master has a high position, is powerful, and has a clean background. She is a person that any descendant of aristocratic families would be happy to befriend. It is normal for her and Ruan Yushu to hit it off immediately. People from the Ruan family will only love to hear about her. , when the time comes, if she asks for secret help, things will go smoothly.
"Okay." Jiang Zhi smiled slightly, "I didn't expect to get to know each other again. I wonder when Senior Brother Qi will arrive?"
"He is a bit far away, so we may not be able to catch up." Meng Qi said with a solemn expression, "By the way, Zhiwei, I'm helping to track someone these days."
"Who?" Jiang Zhiwei suddenly seemed very interested.
"'Aurora Electric Sword' Xiao Zhenhai." Meng Qi said solemnly, taking this opportunity to briefly tell about the Snake King, Old Zhongtou and other things.
Jiang Zhiwei nodded lightly: "It's indeed suspicious."
"I am in the light, attracting attention and making people behind the scenes think that I have not taken any action, while you are in the dark, quietly following Xiao Zhenhai. I don't believe they can figure this out!" Meng Qi clenched his fists, showing off to those who like him A "surprise" for the conspiracy guy!
Seeing Meng Qi's competitive performance, Jiang Zhiwei couldn't help shaking her head and laughing.
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In the next few days, Meng Qi continued to wander around North Street with Jiang Hengchuan without taking any additional actions. It does not mean that to attract attention, he had to hang out in the dormitory. That would only arouse the vigilance of Prince Wang and the people behind the scenes. If something abnormal happened, he would be a monster. !
Another day without success, Meng Qi heard a knock on the door shortly after returning to the rented yard.
"Brother Jiang, have you noticed anything?" The person who knocked on the door was Jiang Hengchuan. The two had just separated half an hour ago, and Meng Qi was quite surprised.
Jiang Hengchuan looked around vigilantly and transmitted the message into the secret passage: "A friend from North Street suddenly came to me and said that he saw Qiu Fei in the evening."
"Qiu Fei?" Meng Qi didn't expect to find traces of "Wind Chasing Stick" Qiu Fei.
"Yes, even though he changed his appearance slightly, there are sharp-eyed people in Beijie, and I also specially warned him, so he still recognized him." Jiang Hengchuan maintained a contented state, but his tone was slightly excited.
Meng Qi exposed the great secret of the Immanence of Life and Death Sect, and of course wanted to eliminate future troubles, so he asked, "Where did he go?"
"My friend didn't dare to follow him too closely. I only know that he went to the shore of Jinshui. Let's go there to look for clues?" Jiang Hengchuan suggested.
Meng Qi had no objection, and the two of them went to North Street together and arrived at the bank of Jinshui behind the street.
"He walked over there." Jiang Hengchuan pointed to a sparse forest on the shore, "and then disappeared."
"Could it be possible that they were followed?" Meng Qi frowned.
Jiang Hengchuan couldn't give a definite answer to this.
In the woods, there were many traces and discarded objects left by children's play. Meng Qi and Jiang Hengchuan carefully identified places worth noting.
Suddenly, Jiang Hengchuan stopped, pointed at the shadow of a tree and said, "Look there."
Meng Qi looked intently and saw a clump of weeds growing in the shadows. One of them was dim and yellow, as if it had withered in advance. However, its yellow color was different from normal, with a hint of dark green.
"Contaminated by Yin Qi... The Immanent Life and Death Sect..." Meng Qi took a breath, "They have indeed been here."
The two continued to search, but other than that, all traces were erased until they walked through the woods and found nothing more.
On the other side of the trees is the Jinshui River, with a blue boulder standing on the bank.
Jiang Hengchuan's face changed slightly, his expression was thoughtful, and then he returned to normal.
The two searched for a while but found no other clues. Seeing that it was getting dark, they had to stop temporarily.
Back at the entrance of the alley, Meng Qi once again saw traces of children's graffiti in an unobtrusive place, so he repeated his old trick and came to the yard where they met at night.
Jiang Zhiwei did not draw her sword this time. She sat cross-legged under the beam and stroked the sword body, feeling a sense of energy.
"I followed Xiao Zhenhai and found that he went to meet someone..." Jiang Zhiwei said concisely and comprehensively, without describing the difficulty of tracking or Xiao Zhenhai's cunning.
Meng Qi's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Is it him? That's interesting... I'll leave this to Zhiwei and you guys, try not to make any noise."
"Well, I am already 'familiar' with Yushu. I will be able to invite Senior Ruan to take action, but I don't plan to attack now. Let's see what he wants to do first." Jiang Zhiwei said calmly.
Meng Qi nodded: "It's more appropriate than I thought."
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Two days later, the Jinshui tide is coming.
In the dead of night, Jiang Hengchuan knocked on Meng Qi's door again.
"Brother Jiang, why are you here late at night?" Meng Qi raised his eyebrows.
A rare hesitation appeared on Jiang Hengchuan's face, he thought for a moment and said, "Brother Su Xian, I would like to ask you to explore Dongyang Villa with me."
He changed his title again.
"Dongyang Beppu?" Meng Qi showed appropriate surprise.
Jiang Hengchuan nodded: "Yes, this is the opportunity I mentioned. An hour before the Jinshui tide is the opportunity to open the inner palace. Qiu Fei and the devil will definitely not let it go. They will either help themselves or With super strength, I mostly want to open it up first and then fight for it. I am a casual cultivator. Although I have many friends, I only have a very limited number of them with different backgrounds. If I don’t pay attention, I will attract strong people.”
"Brother Su Xian, your strength is close to the top ten on the list. If you join forces with me, you can compete with the devil, Qiu Fei and the Wuchang Sect of Life and Death. Moreover, I trust you and won't worry about you attracting outdoor scenes, so I want to invite you to come with me."
"You leave Shaolin and there is no cultivation. This kind of relic is an opportunity that cannot be missed."
He said frankly that because Meng Qi had no background and could not find a strong person to "take advantage of others" on location, he was approached only then and only informed now, obviously not giving Meng Qi a chance to find another helper.
"The devil is cruel and thinks about his strength, so he doesn't say he will really go. But Qiu Fei has been hit repeatedly, so maybe he will hide and wait for future opportunities?" Meng Qi asked doubtfully.
Jiang Hengchuan laughed: "Do you know where Qiu Fei is hiding?"
"You know?" Meng Qi said in surprise.
Jiang Hengchuan nodded solemnly: "I knew that day after I found him and the people from the Life and Death Wuchang Sect in the woods on the bank of Jinshui. He was hiding in Dongyang Villa. The inner palace could not be entered, but the outer palace could still be inhabited. of."
"That blue boulder?" Meng Qi suddenly woke up.
"Yes." Jiang Hengchuan replied affirmatively, "So, if there is a chance to open the inner palace tonight, Brother Su Xian, will you come with us?"
Meng Qi hesitated for a moment and said decisively: "Okay."
After the two of them swore an oath not to harm each other in Befufu, they arrived at the shore of Jinshui at night and found the blue boulder.
Jiang Hengchuan's eyes wandered and looked around, as if he was wary of stalkers.
Suddenly, he exhaled and took out a green object, which looked like gold but not gold, wood but not wood, jade but not jade, and looked like a part of something.
When this object touched the boulder, it suddenly emitted a hazy light, flowing with light green, illuminating the surroundings like a fairyland.
"Hold my clothes. Without the fragment of Dongyang Seal, you can't enter the villa." Jiang Hengchuan turned his head and said to Meng Qi.
In this way, there is no need to worry about the stalkers entering. Even if Wang Dagongzi and others chase after them, they can only sigh in despair... Meng Qi thoughtfully put his arm around his shoulder, walked with him, and "bumped" into the boulder.
A green light flashed, and the sky and the earth spun.