Shen Zhongyi's eyes suddenly lit up and he asked urgently: "The girl you are talking about is Xiaowan, is she Shangguan Xiaowan, the daughter of Shangguan Mi, the helmsman of the Northwest Branch?"
Aunt Shan said seriously: "Yes, it's her!"
"Aunt Shan, let me tell you..." At this point, she suddenly stopped talking, obviously she had some scruples and couldn't speak out.
Just at this moment, there were several noises coming from the bottom of the southeast cliff.
Nangong Haotian's heart moved. He looked at Ma Jinbao and Huang Yifu and asked in a deep voice, "Who else are there below?"
Ma Jinbao and Huang Yifu hurriedly said respectfully: "They are the altar masters, incense masters, deacons and big and small bosses brought by the humble rank."
Nangong Haotian knew that Shen Zhongyi still had many things to say that it was not convenient for him to say in front of Huang and Ma, so he waved his hands and said in a deep voice: "This place is fine now. You can let them go back. Oh, by the way, I just received a call
There is urgent news and we must leave overnight. Now the helmsman of the Situ Branch is dead, and Hall Master Lu was also killed by Deacon Li with a flying knife. Which one of you two has the most qualifications?"
Huang Yifu was the first to say: "Master Ma is more senior and is in charge of Zhulong Hall..."
But before he finished speaking, Ma Jinbao also said hurriedly: "Master Huang is old and has more experience than his humble position."
Aunt Shan said happily: "You two are so humble, which makes me convinced that you will never be entrusted with heavy responsibility. You two will be jointly responsible for the Southwest Branch. I will let Shen Zhongyi assist you two."
"You two have to take care of the two things I told you before. I have only two requirements for you two. One is to be self-sufficient, and the other is that you are absolutely not allowed to disturb the people. From now on, the Southwest Branch will be managed by you two.
If you do well, you will be rewarded. If you do not do well, the other two general rudders will be your examples." Nangong Haotian snorted.
Ma Jinbao and Huang Yifu were overjoyed after hearing this. They looked at each other and hurriedly said respectfully: "Thank you for the promotion, young master. I will be loyal to my humble position and manage the branch well, and I will not let you down!"
Nangong Haotian nodded. Huang Ma knew that it was inconvenient for him to be here, so he clasped his fists and bowed, saying respectfully: "Then I will follow my orders and take them back!"
Nangong Haotian's expression turned pale, he nodded and said, "You go ahead."
Ma Jinbao and Huang Yifu bowed and saluted, responded loudly, then turned around and galloped away towards the cliff.
Shen Zhongyi, with an alert expression, turned back to look at the leaving horses and Huang. Until their figures disappeared on the edge of the cliff, he looked at Haotian and the others, and asked in a low voice: "Young Master and the two girls.
, do you know who the chief helmsman is?"
"Isn't it Situ Tiannan?" Liu Qianwen replied in confusion.
"Oh, the ruthless judge Situ Tiannan is the former Situ hero Situ Maqian!" Shen Zhongyi said in surprise.
After saying this, Liu Qianwen and the others exclaimed, and even Nangong Haotian was quite surprised. He really didn't know that Situ Meng was Situ Maqian's daughter, otherwise he wouldn't have recognized her immediately.
Liu Qianwen looked even more disbelieving. She covered her mouth with her delicate hands and asked in surprise: "Isn't it said in the world that Hero Situ is dead?"
Shen Zhongyi shook his head and said sternly: "That's all a deception by our Dragon Slayer King."
Aunt Shan pondered for a moment and asked in confusion: "But Situ Meng looks like a fairy and is as beautiful as Chang'e, how could he turn into a dominatrix?"
When Shen Zhong saw this, he turned back to look at Nangong Haotian and asked respectfully: "Have you ever fought with Miss Situ Meng in front of Xiangyun Temple in Jiyunguan Pass?"
Nangong Haotian didn't expect that Shen Zhongyi would ask about this matter. After thinking about it, he nodded and said: "Yes, I almost got hit by her poisonous iron sand!"
Shen Zhongyi showed an expression that was indeed the case, and said seriously: "By the way, Situ Meng was poisoned by his own poisonous sand."
"How could it be?" Liu Qianwen also knew about this, and when Shen Zhong mentioned it, and it seemed that there were many things she didn't know about, she subconsciously asked.
"Young master, at that time, were you among the dense vines and grass growing up the cliff?" Shen Zhongyi did not answer Liu Qianwen's question directly, but looked at Nangong Haotian expectantly.
Nangong Haotian nodded and said seriously: "Yes, on the one hand, I hoped that the vines would block her iron sand, and on the other hand, I hoped to climb up the cliff to get rid of her..."
Shen Zhong suddenly clapped his palms and said: "At that time, Situ Meng shot out two handfuls of extremely poisonous poisonous sand from below, but all the poisonous sand was stuck on the stems and leaves of the vine."
Nangong Haotian and Liu Qianwen suddenly realized, "Ah, yes, but after those vines were cut off and fell, they all fell on her, and the poisonous sand also fell on her face?"
Shen Zhong nodded and said: "Yes, that's it. According to her own words, she was shocked at the time and hurriedly took the antidote under the wisteria. However, it still didn't stop her pretty face from turning into that look.
End."
Everyone looked sad when they heard this, and they all felt a little sad, because although Situ Meng had brought it upon himself, he was always someone related to Shangguan Xiaowan, and such a good girl became like this because of this strange combination of circumstances.
Nangong Haotian secretly said that it was a pity. Situ Meng's appearance could be said to be inferior to that of Shangguan Xiaowan. He didn't expect that he would become like this because of him. When he sighed, Nangong Haotian seemed to have some realization.
Aunt Jiujiu Shan asked sadly: "Shen Zhongyi, how did you know about this?"
Shen Zhong looked at the sky and sighed: "It's such a long story."
Liu Qianwen looked at Siye and suggested: "Anyway, sister Xiaowan already has a place to stay, and we may not encounter her on the way. Now let's ask Deacon Shen to sit down and tell us what happened!"
Nangong Haotian felt that it was reasonable, and he did have some things to ask Shen Zhongyi. If he left in a hurry, it would be difficult to come back to inquire.
So, he waved his hand and asked everyone to pick up a stone nearby and sit down. He nodded and said, "Okay, it's not too late to leave after listening to Deacon Shen's narration."
After hearing what Nangong Haotian said, everyone picked up a piece of bluestone and sat down, forming a semicircle with Shen Zhongyi as the center.
Before Shen Zhongyi got to the topic, he lowered his voice and asked nervously: "Young Master only knows that Shangguan killed Liu Qingqing, but does he know the reason for killing her?"
"The young master already knows, of course it is to ask her to work together to deal with our young master." Aunt Shan replied first.
Shen Zhongyi shook his head and said seriously: "That's not entirely true."
"What other reasons?" Nangong Haotian was also a little confused.
Shen Zhong looked around and then said nervously: "He also forced Liu Qingqing and all of them to kill our Dragon Slayer King! Fortunately, the leader of Shangguan Branch did not kill him. If he succeeded, would he regret it?
"
Aunt Shan and Liu Qianwen exclaimed in surprise. Nangong Haotian was just confused, but Wei Xiaoying could only listen quietly, because she was not involved in many things and could not intervene.
Shen Zhongyi approached Nangong Haotian and asked softly: "Young Master, do you know who the person is who is pretending to be our Dragon Slayer King?"
Nangong Haotian saw Shen Zhongyi looking nervous and serious, so he could only smile calmly and shook his head, saying that he didn't know the reasons.
Shen Zhongyi chuckled and replied forcefully: "She is Miss Shangguan Xiaowan, the daughter of the rudder of Shangguan Branch."
"Shen Zhongyi, don't talk nonsense." Aunt Shan said angrily when she saw that Shen Zhongyi actually mentioned Miss Shangguan.
"Wait a minute." Nangong Haotian hurriedly waved his hand to stop Aunt Shan, then looked at Shen Zhongyi and asked, "Are you talking about what happened last night?"
Shen Zhongyi was stunned by Aunt Shan's drink. When he asked about it, he quickly collected himself and nodded and said, "Yes, it happened last night."
"On what basis do you determine that the fake Dragon Slayer last night was Miss Xiaowan in disguise?"
Shen Zhongyi said sternly: "Although I work at the Tianxing Temple, I am very close to the Police Star Altar. I found someone breaking into the altar last night, so I was ordered to go over and provide support."
Liu Qianwen asked hurriedly: "Did you recognize Miss Xiaowan's voice?"
Shen Zhong shook his head and said, "I didn't hear it, but I thought it was based on Miss Xiaowan's pair of embroidered shoes."
Aunt Shan had begun to believe it. She rolled her eyes at Shen Zhongyi and said in a deep voice, "Where are the shoes Miss Xiaowan is wearing? Those are small sword boots."
Shen Zhongyi nodded hurriedly, smiled awkwardly, and said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, small sword boots. The smaller ones are based on Miss Xiaowan's pair of small sword boots."
Nangong Haotian ignored the two of them and asked thoughtfully: "What do Miss Xiaowan's sword boots look like?"
"Gold rim, red velvet, and rose-red velvet balls, embroidered with a golden plum blossom on each side." Shen Zhongyi replied directly after pondering for a while, looking very confident.
Aunt Shan asked in confusion: "Then how did you see it?"
Shen Zhongyi seemed to have thought of the scene at that time, and after a while he said seriously: "Because there were so many people at that time, Miss Xiaowan was only one person, so she had to use both hands and feet with weapons."
Liu Qianwen nodded solemnly and said, "You can't be wrong, it must be sister Xiaowan."
Aunt Shan asked in confusion: "But why didn't Miss Xiaowan mention this to my old lady?"
"I think there must be no time to tell you." Liu Qianwen expressed her thoughts.
Aunt Shan thought for a while, nodded and said, "Yes, when I woke up it was already dark, and when I opened my eyes I saw Miss Xiaowan standing in front of me."
Wei Xiaoying asked in surprise: "Why have you been fascinated for so long?"
Aunt Shan blushed and said bitterly: "Actually, Miss Xiaowan arrived early, but that damn old man and that cheap maid refused to come up with the antidote, so that's why." At this point, Aunt Shan also blushed a little.