Yang Ji lowered his head and searched, and quickly found a box from Tang Duogang's arms.
"Lightning Pills."
Yang Ji murmured to himself and opened the box. There was only a black pill about the size of a thumb, which was round and unpretentious in appearance.
However, when Yang Ji took a closer look, he was shocked. The pill was actually suspended in the box, without touching the bottom of the box at all. It was so light that it seemed as if there was no force on it.
"What a strange pill."
Yang Ji secretly said.
This was the first time he had seen this kind of elixir. Thinking of the writing on the box, Yang Ji thought thoughtfully:
"This expert from the Tianyin Sect is so fast. Could it be because of this elixir?"
Tang Duogang's last attack was incredibly fast. If Yang Ji hadn't fled forward at all, but hid on the left side of the wall's cylinder mouth, he would have been chased by Tang Duogang long ago.
The sound of horse hoofbeats became more and more urgent. Yang Ji didn't have time to think too much. He quickly leaned down and searched again. As a result, he found another small cloth bag from Tang Duogang's waist.
When I opened it, I found a bag full of sand. The sand was half dark gold and half black. It looked like gold but not gold. I didn’t know what material it was made of.
Yang Ji searched again and found another very secret box from Tang Duogang. In addition to three thousand taels of silver notes, there were also two huge beads, one blue and one red, exuding a faint aura.
light.
"What is this?"
Yang Ji was secretly surprised.
He knew about night-light pearls, which had been recorded in some miscellaneous books, saying they were priceless and could emit light at night. But he had never heard of "night-light pearls" being "blue" and "red", and one was cold to the touch.
One feels slightly warm to the touch, which is very unique.
"We'll talk about it when we get back."
Yang Ji quickly took these things into his arms. The imperial court had court rules and confiscated all items as soon as they arrived. When they arrived, these things would not be his.
"Hooves clatter!"
The roar of horse hooves was deafening, and the soldiers of the imperial court had arrived. They grabbed Tang Duogang's belt and lifted him up.
"Um?"
The moment he grabbed Tang Duogang's belt, Yang Ji's heart moved, and he suddenly felt something strange about the touch on the bottom of his hand.
"There's something weird about this belt."
A thought flashed through Yang Ji's mind.
Opposite, the imperial army has arrived. There are more than ten people in the group, all wearing black armor and carrying long swords. The leader is a "strong man" with a beard.
"What's going on? Who are you? You dare to commit murder on the street!"
The bearded man put his hand on the sword. He pulled it out halfway and stared at Yang Ji with stern eyes. Behind him, more than a dozen martial arts warriors from the imperial court stepped over the broken wall and locked their eyes on Yang Ji. It seemed that as long as he dared
Escape is immediately a thunderous blow.
"My lord, I have just discovered a leader of a cult. I was afraid that he would escape and cause trouble again, so I took the risk to kill him!"
Yang Ji dragged Tang Duogang's body, crossed the broken wall, walked out of the darkness, and threw the body into the street with a clatter. At the same time, he took back the belt without leaving any trace.
"The leader of the cult?"
The bearded man's pupils shrank and he looked at the corpse on the ground, not noticing Yang Ji at all.
"Yang Ji, he is Yang Ji!"
A martial arts warrior suddenly pointed at Yang Ji and shouted.
It was not clear in the dark, but in the lights on the street, everyone immediately saw Yang Ji's appearance clearly. Only a few people knew about the actions during the day that General Qin carried out the encirclement and suppression based on Yang Ji's intelligence.
However, to the martial arts warriors in Pingchuan City, Yang Ji is more famous for his reputation as the number one martial arts student. And the bloody incident in the martial arts palace.
Yang Ji not only saved Captain Li Yi and many soldiers in the chaos, but also in front of everyone, when Captain Ding's two arrows failed, he shot an arrow into the iron head of the leader of the Sixth Village of Heifeng Pirates.
Ling Yanying almost threw the famous leader of the Black Wind Bandits to death!
You must know that one of the two is the famous second-in-command in the Pingchuan City army, and the other is the scheming leader of the Six Villages who travels across the border.
It's incredible that Yang Ji, a young martial arts student, can shine on such an occasion!
The incident is also related to the highly respected Captain in the army. So Yang Ji is already an extremely famous figure in the army.
"It turns out to be Young Master Yang."
Hearing that it was Yang Ji, the bearded man's attitude immediately changed:
"Since it is Mr. Yang, the matter will be easy to handle. However, I don't know how Mr. Yang was sure that he was a cultist? We can also explain this matter to the superiors."
"There are three green flames on his wrist, which should be the symbol of Tianyin Sect. You bring him back and tell the captain. He will know it as soon as he can identify it."
Yang Jidao.
The bearded man nodded, and with a wave of his hand, several martial arts warriors picked up Tang Duogang's body and hung it on the back of the horse. Then a group of people got on the horse and drove away with the clatter of hooves.
The streets and alleys returned to calm in the blink of an eye.
Yang Ji turned his head and glanced to the right. Not far away, the drunk man was dazed and standing there swaying. Suddenly Yang Ji stared at him, and he suddenly shivered, his face full of
Standing there in fear, the drunkenness disappeared immediately.
Yang Ji smiled and ignored him. When there was no one around, he walked around the inn and checked in Tang Duogang's room. After confirming that there was nothing else except a bit of broken silver, he immediately left quietly.
.
The streets were brightly lit, and except for the patrolling martial arts warriors, there weren't many other people.
Yang Ji took out the belt, swung his sword, and immediately made a gap.
"Sure enough, there is a mezzanine."
Yang Ji found the place that felt strange to the touch, reached out and tore the gap wide, and immediately a special piece of parchment was revealed from inside.
After Yang Ji made sure there was nothing else inside, he threw away the belt, leaving the "sheepskin" in the sandwich.
"It's so secretive that I don't even know what it is?"
Yang Ji secretly said.
Spreading out the parchment, this mysterious thing collected by Tang Duogang was immediately revealed in front of Yang Ji. It was a peculiar painting, dotted with dots, filled with many large and small, irregular figures.
Black dots.
"The Secret of the Sword Sect!"
Yang Ji read out the small ancient seal characters at the bottom of the parchment.
"Could this be a treasure map?"
Yang Jiqing frowned, thinking deeply. There were many scattered lines on the parchment, which were obviously lines drawn by humans later.
These lines are densely packed and messy, and the color and thickness of the lines are different. The styles are also different. It seems that more than one person has handled this parchment.
"It seems that this Tianyin Sect master is not the first to get it."
Yang Ji secretly thought in his heart.
The color of the parchment was slightly yellowish and speckled, showing that it had been aged for some time. Yang Ji secretly guessed that the master of the Tianyin Sect might have obtained it in a somewhat unfair way.
Although he doesn't know how many owners this parchment has passed through, judging from the traces drawn on the parchment, Yang Ji is sure of one thing, that is, there is obviously not much progress in these.
In other words, this so-called "Secret of the Sword Sect" is still a secret.
Unknowingly, he soon arrived outside the courtyard. Yang Ji still had no idea about the dense black spots above. After eating some snacks, he hurried into the study.
From dark to dawn, Yang Ji lit a lamp and stared at the black spots on the parchment all night, but still could not see anything interesting from the parchment.
"Sword Sect, Jian Sect, what kind of sect is this? And what do the black dots on this parchment represent? Are they mountains, rivers, communities, or routes?"
Yang Ji rubbed his eyebrows, puzzled.
Except for the four words "Secret of the Sword Sect", there were only black dots, large and small, in disarray. Yang Ji had never seen such a treasure map before.
Yang Ji tried to find the answer from the parchment itself, but no matter whether it was burned or soaked in water, it had no effect. The parchment was still the same parchment.
"What exactly is this map? Or is it not a treasure map at all, but some kind of communication medium?"
Yang Ji secretly said, feeling a little irritated.
But think about it, if this picture was really that easy to understand, and if it changed hands with so many people, people would have figured out the secrets in it long ago. It would not be the turn of the Tianyin Sect, let alone myself.
Looking outside the window, it was already dawn. Yang Ji's heart moved and he suddenly noticed.
"Go and ask Lu Ling. She has more contacts with people than me. Maybe we can find some clues."
Yang Ji thought in his heart.
He did what he thought of, and Yang Ji quickly rushed to the City Lord's Mansion. The guards of the City Lord's Mansion followed Lu Ling and had already known Yang Ji. When they saw it was him, they let him in.
In the city lord's palace, Lu Ling, after washing up, dressed in a goose-yellow outfit, was bravely starting the day's morning training on the training ground.
"Yang Ji, why are you here?"
Seeing Yang Ji. Lu Ling was surprised.
Yang Ji was not polite and directly told what happened last night. At the same time, he took out the treasure map on parchment. In Pingchuan City, Lu Ling was the person Yang Ji had known for the longest time and had helped him a lot.
Less busy is his guide in martial arts.
If there is one person in this city whom Yang Ji can definitely trust, then that person must be Lu Ling.
Lu Ling glanced at Yang Ji in surprise, and then took the drawing. She had to admit that she was really surprised by what happened to Yang Ji after they broke up last night.
"This is indeed a treasure map!"
Lu Ling glanced at the parchment and confirmed Yang Ji's guess. However, the next moment, things took a 180-degree turn:
"However, there have been as many as eighty treasure maps with the words 'Secret of the Sword Sect' on them in the past. And almost all of them are fake."
After a night of painstaking study, this was the result. Yang Ji gave Lu Ling a complicated look, with mixed feelings that were difficult to explain in a single word.
"Haha, there are so many treasure maps in this world, just one of them."
Lu Ling laughed and said:
"However, don't be discouraged. The legends of Jian Zong are not entirely false. At least I know that in the Imperial Capital of the Han Dynasty, there is an extremely powerful man who has obtained the orthodoxy of Jian Zong."