Murong Bai did not go back to the inn first, but went to Youxiangju.
These days, nothing major happened at Li Chu's place or at Xueyitang. Li Xin'an completely relaxed and basked in the sun in the yard for several days.
Murong Bai stepped into the courtyard, closed the door, and sat directly on the steps, facing Li Xin'an from a distance.
Li Xin'an was lying leisurely on the couch where Pei Min had been lying. When he heard someone coming in, he rubbed his sleepy eyes and raised his head from the few warm sunshine at noon in autumn.
"Bai Mumu, you are back..."
Li Xin'an said feebly: "How about Iron Blood Hall?"
Murong Bai didn't answer him for a long time. Li Xin'an closed his eyes again and looked at the door in surprise. He saw that Murong Bai's face was pale, he was sweating profusely, and his whole body felt like he had been wading in a river.
He hugged his right arm tightly, leaned against the doorpost, and frowned.
"You're hurt!"
Li Xin'an flew up and arrived in front of Murong Bai in the blink of an eye.
He knelt down and gently pressed Murong Bai's right arm. Murong Bai was pressed so unexpectedly that cold sweat poured out and he groaned.
"Li Yongchang did it? What method did he use!" Li Xin'an said coldly with a gloomy face:
"I will avenge you!"
"It's okay, it's just a dislocation."
Murong Bai shook his head and said: "I think Li Yongchang is not a very good person, but he does have some skills. He has mastered the heavy sword of Tie Xue Tang, and his momentum is so great that it can even lift the earth! According to
In my opinion, there are few rivals in the world."
"Did you fight him head-on?" Li Xin'an asked with a stern look in his eyes.
"Yes... I used the Flying Fire Firefly to neutralize his charged blow. Although relying on the "Haoran Sword Code", my own meridians were not seriously affected. But after all, my body is still not as strong as his. Fortunately, it was just a dislocated arm. Otherwise, my face would be
It’s a big loss.”
"Are you stupid?" Li Xin'an said angrily, "I have obviously seen the heavy sword of the Iron Blood Hall, and Li Yongchang is a strong man who has been famous in Chang'an for a long time. Whether it is strength or experience, geographical location or people, he has all the advantages.
He's older than you, he can just pretend to be cool, so why do you have to go head-to-head with him?"
Murong Bai stared at Li Xin'an's angry face, and raised the corner of his mouth with difficulty, "Ha... you have taught me a lesson. When one day you can forcefully take over Li Yongchang's epee, I will scold you."
"I'm not as stupid as you." Li Xin'an carefully helped Murong Bai up and helped him walk into the house.
"If I want to deal with him, there are plenty of ways."
Murong Bai let out a long sigh and said: "Li Yongchang, among the masters I have seen in my life, can already be ranked at the top of the second grade. Ordinary second grade high-ranking people may not be able to win against him."
"Such a person actually dominates a small city in Chang'an!"
"I really can't imagine how strong the top people in Chang'an City must be."
"You have seen the best in the world. No matter how strong they are, how much stronger can they be?"
Li Xin'an sighed, "In Chang'an City now, the military fortune is actually in decline."
"In the past ten years, no local from Chang'an has broken through the second level and entered the first level."
"Is this so possible?" Murong Bai said in surprise, "Chang'an is a land of outstanding people and the capital of the country. With the blessing of heaven, it should be a prosperous military fortune."
"I don't know why. I think back then, there was a Guizhen Realm master who was in charge of swords, guns, swords and sticks in Chang'an City. For our swordsmanship, the one who was in charge was Water Dragon Sword Immortal Nanxun."
"It's just that in the past ten years, Mr. Zhong first left Chang'an with the Water Dragon Sword Sect, and the masters of the Guizhen Realm of the Sword and Stick Sect also passed away one after another. Only the Spear King Ding Zhenfa is left to support the facade of Chang'an."
Murong Bai nodded, "I have heard about this situation. Senior Ding once came to Murong Villa as a guest. I went to visit him not long after I came to Chang'an. Unfortunately, the senior is still in seclusion, so I couldn't see him."
"Senior Ding is also declining, and it's hard for him to support himself."
Li Xin'an said: "Originally, apart from the four of them, there are still thirty first-grade Yuanhui realm masters in Chang'an. There are also several unknown powerful people in the palace. But Senior Zhong Nanxun seems to have opened a new one when he left Chang'an.
Following the precedent, a large number of masters have left Chang'an. Now, there are only eleven first-class masters left in Chang'an."
"Originally, I thought that Mr. Zhong's return from Fan Yang would bring some new atmosphere to Chang'an martial arts. But Mr. Zhong's state of mind was greatly affected. He came back for more than a month, but there was no news from the Water Dragon Sword Sect.
Now that I have come out, it seems that I can really feel at ease being His Highness's swordsmanship teacher."
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"When the old man returned from the border, he was faced with this situation and thought about it for a long time. I asked him what was the reason for the large loss of warriors in Chang'an, but he said nothing."
"His Highness has also investigated this matter many times, and even invited Si Tianjian and experts from Longhu Mountain, but I have not been able to find out the reason. His Highness has never mentioned this matter since then."
The more Murong Bai listened, the more solemn his expression became. The loss of military fortune has been the only possibility since ancient times.
The country is about to be overthrown, and the military fortunes are tilted. God's will is not in the Tang Dynasty!
Li Xin'an obviously didn't know about this, otherwise he wouldn't be so calm.
The reason why Mr. Pei Min and His Highness Li Chu didn't tell him was because this kind of thing could not be told.
Once those words pop out of your mouth, the secret is revealed.
Secrets cannot be revealed.
Murong Bai straightened his right arm with an expressionless expression, only to hear a "bang" sound, his arm was intact as before.
"There is no need to delve deeper into this matter. People are not dead. They can come and go as they please. This is normal."
He said slowly: "I gained a lot of insights from Li Yongchang, and I feel it is necessary for you to experience it too."
"Oh, so good?" Li Xin'an said in surprise, "Come on, come on! It's not fun to practice swordplay alone, and I happen to have itchy hands."
Murong Bai briefly moved his arms, raised his sword and went out.
Li Xin'an was eager to try, but did not attack first.
Whoever strikes first will suffer, and whoever strikes last will gain the upper hand. This is a principle taught to him by his master, the swordsman Pei Min of the Tang Dynasty. Li Xin'an has always regarded this as a guideline, even though in the fight with Murong Bai, Murong Bai always struck first
, and Li Xin'an was always beaten to the ground.
As usual, Murong Bai stepped forward first.
Li Xin'an was keenly aware that Murong Bai's behavior was somewhat different from usual.
He raised his sword to block Murong Bai's downward slash, and suddenly there was a huge force on his wrist that he had never felt from Murong Bai before.
This is probably what Murong Bai Tie Xue Tang and his team gained.
"interesting……"
Li Xin'an's offensive gradually became more fierce, turning against the guests, disrupting Murong Bai's rhythm.
"I want to see what you got in the Iron Blood Hall!"
A quarter of an hour later, he was lying on the ground like a dead dog, and no matter how much Murong Bai persuaded him to cry or laugh, he would not get up.
"Brother Li, don't do this childish thing." Murong Bai stood aside and said at a loss.
"I don't care, you are bullying others!"
Li Xin'an buried her face in her arms and shouted vaguely: "What's your heavy sword? It's clearly a machete! An axe! A sledgehammer!"
"The heavy sword of Iron Flag Gate is indeed like this. In the world, I am afraid that only Mo Dao can compare with it."
"That's terrible, Mo Dao's thing is not something that ordinary people can practice."
Li Xin'an said aggrievedly: "But... hiss... Bai Mumu, you are too shady. If you are angry at others, don't take it out on me."
"How could I mean this..." Murong Bai couldn't help but pick up Li Xin'an when a familiar voice suddenly sounded.
"Hall Master, Mr. Murong, your subordinates are back!"
The two of them heard the sound and looked over, only to see Yuan Sheng kneeling on the ground with one knee clasped in his fist, and he didn't know when he appeared here.
"Yuan Sheng? When did you come back?"
Li Xin'an stood up from the ground quickly, with a stern look on his face, as if nothing had happened.
Yuan Sheng said in a deep voice: "I have been back for more than an hour."
"Why, a case in Shangzhou has involved you for so long?"
"This matter..." Yuan Sheng gritted his teeth and said, "There is another hidden reason in this matter. Someone interfered with this matter, so the time was delayed. And... I couldn't kill the target. Please punish me, Master!"
"Has someone interfered?"
Li Xin'an took a deep breath and said coldly: "Come into the room and talk."
The three of them walked into the room. Yuan Sheng was about to kneel down when Li Xin'an waved his hand, "No need. Please tell me what happened in detail."
"yes."
Yuan Sheng thought for a moment and slowly said:
"My subordinate's mission this time is to assassinate a businessman who forced girls into prostitution. He usually went to a brothel to have fun. At that time, he had no guards around him."
"My subordinates came to the brothel an hour in advance to ambush, waiting for the businessman to enter.
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After he arrived, his subordinates watched him enter the room with the two girls in his arms."
"There were many people and many eyes, so my subordinate's intention was to get rid of the unimportant people first and then kill them. So he lit a fire in the woodshed in the backyard of the brothel."
"Originally, things progressed as I expected. The clients and prostitutes fled one after another. But just when my subordinates were about to push open the door and go in to kill the businessman, they were suddenly stopped by a young man."
"The man is about the same age as the Hall Master and Mr. Murong, and about the same height. He carries a long green sheath sword on his waist, and is dressed in green clothes. He looks very luxurious, and he should be a child of a wealthy family."
"He asked me why I set the fire. I originally wanted to deny it, but he saw through my lies and pointed out the fact that I was the killer."
"How could he be so capable? How could he tell?" Li Xin'an said in surprise.
Murong Bai frowned. The dress of the person described in Yuan Sheng's words always made him feel like the same person.
Moreover, it is also in Shangzhou.
"You keep talking."
"Yes." Yuan Sheng licked his dry lips and continued: "My subordinates stopped arguing and fought with him. The man was not very strong, probably at the beginning of the third rank. But he
Beside him, there were two second-grade first-level guards. His subordinates were defeated and had no choice but to escape in embarrassment."
"I thought he would give up, but unexpectedly, there were still his people outside the brothel. I snatched a horse and fled, and they were chasing after me. Until I escaped from Shangzhou City, they still
Chasing after me."
"There was no other way. I could only escape in the mountains for three days. For some reason, they suddenly disappeared last night, and I was able to return to Chang'an."
After listening to Yuan Sheng's words, Li Xin'an fell into deep thinking.
"Young master from a rich family, the green sheath long sword should not be ordinary. Two second-grade guards, although he himself is not strong enough, the strength behind him should not be weak, and he should have a place in the world."
"But I haven't heard of such a person in Shangzhou City..."
"Bai Mumu, have you heard of it?"
Li Xin'an poked Murong Bai next to him, but the latter did not answer. He couldn't help but look over curiously, and saw Murong Bai's confused look on his face, muttering "No way... It's impossible...
…”
He touched Murong Bai's forehead and tried his own again, feeling a little hot.
"Are you sick? Are you suffering from a fever?"
Murong Bai turned his head and stared closely into Li Xin'an's eyes, and asked: "Brother Li, do you know who is leading the Ye family's visit to Beijing this time?"
Li Xin'an shook his head, "I am not responsible for this matter, I don't know."
"But I vaguely remember Mr. Su mentioning that the person coming is a leader of the younger generation of the Ye family."
"Qingchu..." Murong Bai looked complicated, smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Brother Li, I know why the Ye family suddenly disappeared in Shangzhou City."
"Why?"
As soon as Li Xin'an said the words, his expression froze instantly.
He looked at the astonished Yuan Sheng in disbelief and murmured: "No way?"
"They are going after Yuan Sheng."
Murong Bai nodded heavily, "The leader of the Ye family this time should be Ye Qinglan, the seventh son of Ye Mengsong, the head of the Ye family."
"How do you know?"
"I'm too familiar with him..."
Murong Bai closed his eyes and looked a little ferocious, as if he was recalling the painful past.
"He is my distant cousin."
"Ha...ah?" Li Xin'an was stunned.
"His mother is my mother's cousin and also my cousin."
Murong Bai smiled bitterly and said: "Some time ago, the head of the Ye family...my cousin and my aunt had a big quarrel, so she brought Ye Qinglan to Murong Villa."
"During that time, I suffered a lot of persecution from him."
Li Xin'an was very interested, "Quick, tell me!"
"Ye Qinglan is the seventh son in the family. He is far away from the position of the head of the family, so there is no big pressure. However, he has a temperament that does not compete with others, so everyone in the family is used to him."
"But... he is really curious, or in other words, he is always nosy and brings trouble to the Ye family."
"As he grew older, for some reason, Ye Qinglan suddenly became known as the number one dude in Jiangnan East Road. He didn't care about it himself. On the contrary, he really became a dude and ruined many members of the Ye family.