After walking for another half day, we passed through the dense forest and came to a place with a clear view. Only a white mountain came into view.
The rolling hills are like a lying white dragon, majestic and majestic, with crystal clear texture, like a jade building.
Xie Fu has a far-reaching gaze. Will there be a master there? Is the master waiting for him in this cold and silent place?
Five years, I can't wait any longer, master, I'm here early.
Tie Xue sighed: "That should be Yuchen Mountain."
Hongye noticed that Xie Fu's eyes were red and asked softly: "Master, what's wrong with you?"
Xie Fu came back to his senses and smiled: "I was shocked by the magnificent scenery."
Tie Xue said: "Let's go. We must first find the people from Shenwu Pavilion to meet up, and then go up to Yuchen Mountain."
After walking for a while, towards evening, I saw a village with houses, rice fields, and mountains and rivers.
Xie Fu was greatly surprised that there were people living in this place deep in the mountains and dense forests. He must have lived here for generations.
Tie Xue said: "My lord, it's better to be careful."
Xie Fu smiled and said: "Does Nestorianism in the Qin Dynasty also play tricks?"
Tie Xue responded: "In the past twenty years, the Nestorian religion in Great Qin has been lurking. I have not had much contact with the Nestorian people, so I don't know much about them."
"In the past twenty years, the Prospective Sect has been so powerful that it has not even looked down upon Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. In front of them, all the heroes came to Yunchen Mountain, and the Nestorian religion of the Qin Dynasty also openly faced the enemy. However, now that the Nestorian religion is weak, all the major sects are fighting together.
, there’s no guarantee that they won’t have to use any conspiracy.”
At this moment, a voice shouted: "Who is coming? Please report your identity quickly, otherwise you will be treated as a Nestorian remnant and be executed."
The man who came was a middle-aged man, still dozens of feet away, flying towards him and arriving in an instant.
Tie Xue came up to him and responded: "Six gates, purple clothes, catch Tie Xue quickly."
The visitor looked at Tie Xue carefully, confirmed Tie Xue's identity, raised his hands and said, "It turns out to be Master Tie, I am the Forty-seven of Shenwu Pavilion."
Tie Xue asked: "Shenwu Pavilion has arrived."
The middle-aged man responded: "I arrived early. I have been waiting for Master Tie to arrive and meet up."
Tie Xue saw the man glance at Fu Xie behind him and introduced: "This is Mr. Xie, the Jiedushi of Huainan Road."
The middle-aged man was surprised when he heard this: "The Jiedushi of Huainan Road?"
In his opinion, it was okay for local officials to help eradicate the thieves. In Yuchen Mountain, the hinterland of Nestorianism, there were so many Nestorian masters that it was useless to have more soldiers.
If the soldiers are useful, just mobilize the army to suppress the situation, so there is no need to dispatch the masters of Shenwu Pavilion to deal with the Nestorian Church of Great Qin.
After all, he is a second-grade official. The middle-aged man said respectfully: "Master Xie, I wonder how many soldiers and horses you have brought here?"
Fu Xie felt unhappy when he saw that although the master of Shenwu Pavilion was respectful, his expression was quite arrogant. He seemed not to take him seriously at all. Is Shenwu Pavilion so arrogant? A second-grade official can also be taken seriously.
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But they don’t know that Shenwu Pavilion is an independent entity of the imperial court. It respects martial arts and does not participate in any government affairs. There is no need to deal with officials, so no matter how big the officials are, they will not be threatened.
Just now, I saw that Mr. Xie was the most senior local official, so I showed a little respect. If he were an ordinary local official, I would think he is worthless.
Xie Fu responded: "Not much."
The middle-aged man said: "How much is not more? Yuchen Mountain is a place far away. Without martial arts, it is difficult for ordinary soldiers to reach it."
Tie Xue said awkwardly: "Thank you, Sir, for coming alone."
Forty-Seven looked surprised, his eyes drifting to the two women beside Xie Fu.
Tie Xue was a little embarrassed and introduced: "This is Miss Hongye, who is responsible for taking care of Mr. Xie. This is Madam Su, Mr. Xie's doctor."
The middle-aged man glanced at the cute red leaves and saw that it was the person responsible for warming the quilt at night. He smiled and said, "Master Xie is really leisurely and relaxed." The sarcasm was obvious.
Xie Fu said with a smile: "My duty is to eradicate thieves, otherwise I wouldn't have to come to this place where birds don't poop."
The middle-aged man led the way, and Tie Xue whispered to Xie Fu: "The people in Shenwu Pavilion have always been alone and have little contact with officials. Don't mind, sir."
Xie Fu said with a smile: "This time the thieves are eliminated and the masters of Shenwu Pavilion have to be guarded. Everything is based on the overall situation. How can I care about it?"
Tie Xue smiled: "That's good."
Xie Fu looked at the man in front of him and asked in a low voice: "I think this man is quite arrogant. What is his status in Shenwu Pavilion?"
Tie Xue couldn't help but smile: "He just announced his name as Forty-Seven."
"Forty-seven? How could there be such a strange name?"
Tie Xue said with a smile: "My lord, you don't know. The Shenwu Pavilion respects martial arts. Every year, there will be an internal competition. They are ranked according to the ranking. Whoever is stronger will be the best. Whoever is stronger will be respected. Over time, it doesn't matter what the original name was.
Already."
Xie Fu said: "So this person is the 47th master of Shenwu Pavilion."
Tie Xue smiled and said: "You can say that, but there are exceptions."
While talking, I entered the village and saw two corpses lying at the door of a house.
Forty-Seven Dan said: "These are the remnants of Nestorianism, and we have all killed them."
The remnants of Nestorianism? Xie Fu stepped forward to check, but he saw a young man and woman wearing simple clothes. They were clearly a peasant couple. His brows suddenly frowned slightly: "Are you sure they are remnants of Nestorianism, or are they innocent?"
If they were really innocent farmers, the people from Shenwu Pavilion would kill innocent people indiscriminately, but they would be a hundred times more heinous than the Nestorian people.
Forty-seven Dan said: "This is a place outside the square, and it is at the foot of Yuchen Mountain. What is it if it is not a remnant of Nestorianism?"
Xie Fu asked in a deep voice: "Based on your family's words alone, let me ask you, are these two people planning to murder again?"
How could Forty-Seven recognize Fu Xie? He was too lazy to pay attention and said to Tie Xue: "Master Tie, please wait for a moment. I want to call the three masters."
Compared with Xie Fu, Forty-Seven's respect for Iron Blood comes from the bottom of his heart. This is probably the respect of warriors for warriors.
After Tie Xue glanced at Xie Fu, he stepped forward to inspect the bodies of the man and woman. He killed them with one knife, which penetrated deeply into the internal organs and almost severed their bodies. There were no obvious signs of fighting around them. It was obvious that they were killed easily.
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Looking at the corpses, there were no scattered weapons around. Seeing this, Tie Xue felt that these two people must be innocent farmers. Although he was angry in his heart, it was just Shenwu Pavilion's business and he had no right to intervene.
When he turned around and was about to speak, he found Xie Fu walking away with the two girls and asked loudly: "Sir, where are you going?"
"I'll take a look around."
Tie Xue continued to inspect the corpse. Judging from some of the symptoms on the corpse, it seemed that it had been dead for about three days, but it was strange that it was not rotten or smelly at all.
Although it was winter at this time, three days had been enough time for the body to stink. After thinking about it to no avail, I guess it must be the special feature of this foreign place.
At this moment, Forty-seven came with a group of masters from the Shenwu Pavilion, and the number of people increased to dozens. The first one was in his early fifties, with an awe-inspiring look, and was powerful without being angry.
"Iron catcher."
Tie Xue recognized that the person was the third person in the Shenwu Pavilion, stood up and held his hands in his hands: "Three great men."
Seeing that Tie Xue was the only one, the three great men asked, "Where is Master Jiedushi?"
At this time, Shenwu Pavilion was ordered by the emperor to eradicate Nestorianism, but they did not know that local officials were also involved in this matter and even came to the foot of Yuchen Mountain.
"Master Xie said he wanted to investigate the surrounding area."
"I heard from Forty-Seven that only one of the Jiedushi Master came here?"
Tie Xue said awkwardly: "Master Xie also brought two women with him, one is his personal maid, and the other is his doctor."
From what I hear, he sounds like an adult who has never really seen the world. The people who come to Yuchen Mountain are not elite soldiers, but maids and doctors. Do you think they are here to enjoy the mountains and rivers?
Of course, against the Nestorian Jiao of Dajing, no matter how many elite soldiers and generals there are, it will be useless. The three great men sneered: "Is this Lord Jiedushi here to take the credit?"
Tie Xue responded: "Master Xie is also ordered to eradicate Nestorianism."
After hearing the words, the three elders thought for a while and said: "It is understandable that local officials mobilized soldiers and horses to help eradicate the Nestorian thieves, but this is Yuchen Mountain, the nest of Nestorianism, and there are many masters."
Tie Xue didn't know how to respond for a moment.
The three adults stepped forward and asked: "Captain Iron, do you know anything inside?"
Tie Xue then said: "Master Xie has a lot of connections and is on good terms with the four clans in Wuzhong. As far as I know, he has a close relationship with Gu Xuan, the number one martial artist in Suzhou. I originally thought that Master Xie would mobilize masters to go to Yuchen Mountain. How did I know that Master Xie would
Your Excellency has come alone. I don’t know whether to thank you because you are brave or because you don’t know how powerful Nestorianism is."
When Tie Xue said this, the three masters understood that the imperial court wanted to use the connections of the Jiedushi Master to mobilize the famous nobles to contribute. These famous nobles were all in one place, and even the imperial court was unable to command them. They sarcastically said: "What?
You don’t have connections, I’m afraid you’re just someone’s lackey.”
A Jiedushi envoy, a famous noble, anyone with a discerning eye can see who is respected and who is humbled.
Tie Xue didn't know what to say. He only knew some inside information. Before meeting this Master Xie, he had a vague feeling that this Master Xie was the backbone of the crusade against Nestorianism here. However, after meeting this Master Xie, he could not tolerate it.
I can't help but feel like I'm not good enough.
He also couldn't figure out why Mr. Xie had such good connections. He was probably good at flattery, and he was able to take the position of Jiedushi of Huainan Road because he was a pawn of some forces.
Or maybe it's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Cui Sanfei and other like-minded dandies.
He changed the subject and asked: "Have the three adults been here for three days?"
The three adults responded: "We just arrived."
Tie Xue asked in surprise: "You just arrived this morning?"
"Captain, what's the problem?"
Tie Xue turned to look at the two corpses: "These corpses..."
The three adults answered: "Kill them all, men, women, old and young, a total of one hundred and three people."
Tie Xue said: "I just inspected these corpses, and they should have been dead for three days."
Someone in the Shenwu Pavilion said: "The stains on the corpse have just appeared, and the corpse does not stink. The Iron Detective is a Purple-clothed Detective, so he can't even notice this."
Tie Xue said: "Due to the cold and warm climate, air isolation and other reasons, it is not accurate to judge the time of death based on the presence of corpse spots and whether the corpse smells bad. To be honest, I have a unique autopsy method, but these two corpses are not
He has been dead for more than three days."
The purple-clothed detective had a strong reputation for being iron-blooded. He was not a boastful person. The three masters said: "These two people were killed only in the morning."
