Pinghai County has never been forgotten by the world.
In fact, for these three and four generations of Jianghu people, whenever someone mentions Jianghu, the word "pinghai" can never be avoided.
"Pinghai" is almost synonymous with Jianghu to a certain extent.
Therefore, the apparent calmness in Pinghai County since the Hundred Flowers Conference is only the result of the tacit understanding of all forces to cultivate their health and rest, and it does not mean that the place will remain peaceful forever.
A flat sea may become turbulent again at any time, and may even become a place where winds and clouds rise.
Just like today, the sound of horse racing originating from a few people in Tingyu Pavilion late at night aroused some people's alarm.
But the big shock in the early morning seemed to have popped up an entire hornet's nest.
Afraid of missing out on profit-making opportunities or worrying about imminent disaster, all parties are finally willing to reveal their long-dormant power to find out.
This is why Luo Piaoling selects carefully when dealing with the Red Sect, but the more the better when arranging support personnel.
Because Luo Piaoling knew very well that compared to going deep into the tiger's den, the various unforeseen crises when retreating were more terrifying.
Luo Piaoling can be cruel enough to let the people in the pavilion die a worthy death, but he will never let them lose their lives when unnecessary.
At least for now, he will never allow any unnecessary sacrifices in the cabinet.
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Compared with the identities and purposes of Dongqing and Xi, who came to meet Jiang Yichen, Guan Dadao and his party had an extra layer of disguise.
Otherwise, it was all to better hide Jiang Yichen's identity.
The killer Night Owl has left the Sichuan and Guizhou areas and joined Tingyuge. The fewer people know about it, and the later it is known, the higher Jiang Yichen's freedom of movement will be.
Guan Dadao's combat power can be ranked among the top five in Tingyu Pavilion, and he is quite famous in the world today.
However, his appearance is plain and unpretentious. Unless he is playing with the big knife, there are really no conspicuous features that can make people recognize him at a glance.
If you can pretend to be an officer or a farmer, and cooperate with a disguise master like Jiang Yichen, it's most likely to be fake.
Therefore, Guan Dadao only took Bian Zhou with him on this trip, and he was going to pick up his companion Jiang Yichen as a traveling barefoot trader.
The two parties agreed on a place half a mile away from a clear stream that was almost ankle deep.
Although Jiang Yichen had put on clean clothes, walking through the mountains, forests and grass fields, Jiang Yichen would inevitably get some flowers, mud, leaves and soil on his body.
Fortunately, these details only complete his identity.
After all, barefoot traders often travel across mountains and rivers, so if they were spotless, clean and beautiful, it would be suspicious.
As long as Jiang Yichen, who is wearing a bamboo hat, coarse linen clothes and mango shoes, meets Guan Dadao and hides the dark dumb sword in the pole, Pinghai County will naturally have more merchants.
Just as Jiang Yichen was about to step into the water with his right foot, his ear suddenly moved.
Abruptly retract your feet and bend your knees, and turn your whole body over with the left foot as the fixed point.
The body leaned back, the tip of the right toe pointed a little toward the stream surface, and in an instant it swept back three feet.
Originally behind me, but now directly in front of me, a man with a sword was chasing me and stabbing him!
Perhaps he was too tired after a long night of fighting. When Jiang Yichen noticed something strange, the assassin was already within three feet of him.
Fortunately, Jiang Yichen didn't react slowly and avoided it easily.
At that moment, he was eager to escape and had no intention of fighting, so he did not expend his energy to open his eyes to see clearly the appearance of the person coming.
He planned to get rid of the other party first, and then join Guan Da Dao and Bian Zhou.
Jiang Yichen and the visitor were flying over the clear stream one after another.
When floating in the water, the distance traveled by the stones after hitting the water was constantly shrinking. However, every time Jiang Yichen's toes lightly touched the surface of the stream, the distance between his body and his body was getting wider and wider. In the blink of an eye, he was rushing downstream of the clear stream.
Out twenty or thirty feet.
The visitor also saw Jiang Yichen's advantage in Qinggong and knew that if there was no clever way to intercept him, Jiang Yichen would run away and immediately waved his sword to save him.
Between the slashes of the long sword, two rays of green sword light, one on the left and one on the right, cut forward like lightning, slashing towards Jiang Yichen's shoulders!
There is another strange sword energy that comes first, as if there is a poisonous scorpion hiding in the stream, swinging its tail and barb Jiang Yichen's back!
Jiang Yichen's face changed slightly, and he vaguely felt a hint of familiarity in the techniques used by the opponent when he performed his sword moves.
But the situation did not allow him to think too much. He suppressed his unnecessary thoughts and danced quickly with his toes on the surface of the stream. He ducked, staggered, swung his legs, and twisted his waist, barely avoiding the three swords that came at him almost at the same time!
However, as the other party wished, his feet were submerged in the stream, and for a while he could no longer escape using Qinggong.
The Clay Bodhisattva has three points of fire energy. Jiang Yichen felt annoyed and wanted to finish off the enemy without doing anything.
However, the opponent took advantage of the situation, pursued the victory, and launched another attack.
Jiang Yichen's dark sword had just unsheathed, and there was already a dazzling sword light in front of him. The sword was divided into hundreds of shadows, and the sword flowers were scattered at random, like a wall of light pressing towards him.
Between the two moves of this move, the attack turned into a full attack, and the attack was accompanied by defense, until Jiang Yichen was pressed so hard that he had no room to breathe.
Jiang Yichen finally came to his senses after his mental state had become slack due to excessive physical exertion. He realized that his enemy was a master among masters, and he was also a master of swordsmanship.
Jiang Yichen hurriedly used the Heavenly Will Art and the Heavenly Fantasy Sword to set up defense, but was defeated by the opponent forcefully after a short time.
Seeing the empty door in front of him wide open, the opponent offered another killing move. Jiang Yichen was either dead or crippled, and heard a cry from the shore!
"Old Six!"
Upon hearing this, the assassin suddenly stopped drawing his sword, and his murderous intent disappeared.
First, he looked at Jiang Yichen doubtfully, as if he was silently reciting something.
Then he shook his head and chuckled, clasped his fists at Jiang Yichen and Guan Dadao, who was running towards him, and apologized. He jumped ashore and disappeared into the mountains and forests.
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After Guan Dadao picked up Jiang Yichen who was covered in cold sweat, the swordsman who had almost killed Jiang Yichen and finally let Jiang Yichen go appeared on a hillside where he happened to be able to observe the condition of the clear stream.
On the hillside, in addition to the silver-haired swordsman with a wide forehead and narrow eyes, there was also a purple-clad woman with slender hands, and a young book boy who seemed to have slow eyebrows and dull eyes.
The three of them were Gu Xinhun, Su Shou and Luo Bo from Hongchen Inn.
Su Shou and Luo Bao, who had changed from the shop waiter to a bookboy, had previously seen everything that happened on the Qingxi River. The two of them were full of questions, but they did not hide anything in front of Gu Xinhun.
Su Shou would never question Lone Heart Soul's decision, but he was extremely curious about the identities of the other three and asked: "Is it Tingyuge?"
You don’t necessarily need to get closer to see the excitement. Standing at a distance may be able to capture clues that are easily overlooked from another angle.
For some reason, the three people at Hongchen Inn did not choose to join in the fun at the front line. Instead, they climbed up and looked into the distance as bystanders to see if any fish had slipped through the net.
Unexpectedly, I discovered someone who was moving around strangely.
Just a random try, and I found out the truth.
The merchant was indeed in disguise.
The middle-aged businessman who just shouted "Lao Liu" loudly was unable to save him because he was far away.
However, the tone of the call sounded like someone was looking for someone rather than rescuing someone. Could it be that he was still trying not to reveal his identity at that critical moment?
All the signs just now indicate that this is something unusual.
Su Shou and Luo Bo could probably guess that only the people in Ting Yu Pavilion could make Gu Xinhun choose to stop at this time.
Gu Xinhun nodded and confirmed, and said: "Guan Dadao is here to pick him up. Guess who the young swordsman they are picking up is?"
Su Shou knew that Gu Xinhun wanted to test the carrot, so he pursed his lips and said nothing.
Seeing Luo Lao frowning and thinking, seemingly not guessing the direction, he reminded: "Although I also find it incredible, this swordsman should not appear in the east at this moment."
After hearing this, Luobo thought for a moment and said in disbelief: "Killer Night Owl?"
Gu Xinhun nodded and asked Su Shou with a smile: "He has no chance to take action. How did you tell?"
Su Shou said: "There are only a handful of swordsmen who are so good at Qing Gong that they can force out your master's martial arts. After thinking about it, he is the only one."
Luobo asked: "Why did Killer Ye Xiao, Hei Wuchang, and Daoyi Alliance Jiang Yichen also join Tingyuge?"
Gu Xinhun said: "This is why I didn't understand why Guan Dadao called the other party 'Lao Liu' just now. Guan Dadao didn't shout 'Leave someone under the sword' or 'Stop', but he called 'Old Liu' to pretend to be looking for someone."
, the main purpose is to protect Jiang Yichen’s whereabouts."
"If I remember correctly, Dong Qing, who escorted Luo Piaoling all the way and Meng Chaoge's trip to the north and returned to the south, became the fifth guardian of Tingyu Pavilion, and the young master of the Lu family who Luo Piaoling returned from Youjing was the seventh guardian. Then
The mysterious identity of the Sixth Protector is still unknown."
"Is this 'Old Six' telling me that the blind swordsman who accompanied everyone in Tingyu Pavilion to send Niu Kelian and his daughter to Lingnan has already become a member of Tingyu Pavilion and is the sixth guardian of Tingyu Pavilion?
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After listening to Gu Xinhun's analysis, Su Shou already agreed with it 70% to 80%, without any doubt.
Luobo realized that Gu Xinhun had missed a blind spot and said, "If this is true, who in Tingyu Pavilion can pretend to be a night owl and disturb the peace of Sichuan and Guizhou?"
Guxinhun, Sushou listened to the words and pondered for a long time but had no clue.
Luobo then put forward a hypothesis and said: "Is it possible that Tingyu Pavilion has kept the position of the sixth protector vacant, waiting for the critical moment to let the temporary alliance have a fellow sect identity? It's so confusing... so that he can talk to the master like a master.
Why don’t the friendly people in Yuge bother you?”
Gu Xinhun smiled and affirmed: "It's not impossible. However, I hope it's not the case."
Carrot asked: "Why?"
Gu Xinhun said: "If it is as you expected, doesn't it mean that Luo Piaoling not only saw us going south, but even deduced that the time when we came to Pinghai County was almost different from the time when they launched their operations in Pinghai County, so there is such a reason
Be on guard.”
Carrot took a breath, he obviously didn't expect this level either.
Su Shou focused on the four words "carry out action".
Before he could ask the question, Gu Xinhun said: "Yes, the reason why Jiang Yichen didn't have the chance to use his sword was not because of lack of strength, but because the opponent was too tired."
Luobo was startled again, covered her mouth and said in surprise: "Did that strange movement really come from Yu Ge?"
Gu Xinhun said: "We can't escape the relationship."
At this time, Su Shou asked for no reason: "Do you believe that Luo Piaoling calculated the vision that day in Xunfeng Valley?"
"Half and half." Gu Xinhun's answer was specious, and he added with a wry smile, "These scheming people have dirty hearts~"