The person wearing a bamboo hat is wearing ordinary coarse linen clothes. He is not tall, but he gives people the feeling of being as tall as a mountain.
There were two long strips of cloth on his back, one long and one short, and there was a cold aura coming out of them. They should be two weapons, but they were wrapped in cloth and could not be seen.
"Why are you in such a hurry to find me?"
The bamboo hat was slightly raised, and the face underneath was actually covered with a black scarf, but a pair of bright eyes flashed with a slightly sarcastic cold light, and his voice was condescending: "If it is for your son, then there is no need to speak... From beginning to end
, this matter is all because you want to climb up, and it has nothing to do with me at all."
After a slight pause, the man added sarcastically, "Fortunately, I happened to be back on business, otherwise you would have been in a hurry to find me, and you wouldn't have been able to meet me so quickly."
"Ma Hongjun missed. With the opponent's strength, there is no way he could miss."
Xu Ningshen, who looked significantly older and haggard than he had been a few days ago, glanced at this man and said with some resentment: "He fell into the hands of the other party. This is the real reason why I am in a hurry to find you."
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"Ma Hongjun missed?"
The man wearing a bamboo hat was slightly startled, and he was obviously very surprised. He began to ponder, but after just a few breaths, he shook his head and said: "Sorry, in this case, you can only run to Dragon Snake."
Becoming a bandit."
Xu Ningshen suddenly raised his head, his face suddenly turned cold, and he said sternly: "What do you mean?"
"You don't understand what I mean, but I understand what you mean." The man wearing a bamboo hat waved his hand to signal Xu Ningshen not to get excited, and said coldly: "You want to tell me, since even Ma Hongjun missed, then the other party
It's definitely not a small fish that can't make waves, but the more it is like this, the less I can do anything, because for the big thing I am currently responsible for, this thing is too small to allow me to make any mistakes. And Ma Hongjun also
All I know is that you will never implicate me."
"Even if I can help you kill Lin Xi and all the insiders, how big of a shock will it be with the people he affects now?"
The man wearing a hat looked at Xu Ningshen, his cold eyes suddenly filled with fanatical flames, "So don't think about threatening me to protect you now. You have no choice but to stand with me. I can guarantee that you will escape to
There is someone in the Dragon Snake Mountain Range who will help you, and I can also reveal some news to you. Someone above is already trying to touch Lin Xi... Now that Ma Hongjun is in his hands, as long as he says something, he will naturally do another great job.
So if nothing unexpected happens, I will also let him go to the Dragon Snake Mountains to give you the opportunity to avenge your son with your own hands."
Xu Ningshen was shaken all over. His face suddenly changed from dark to bright, and he couldn't tell what was in his heart.
The man wearing a bamboo hat looked at Xu Ningshen who was still hesitating. The fanatical look in his eyes became even stronger, "You don't need to give up for your small official rank in Yunqin. I'm going to the west... As long as we do this big thing
Well, as long as you stand with me, your future achievements will be beyond your imagination!"
"West?" Hearing these two words, Xu Ningshen suddenly thought of some rumors, and couldn't help but pause for breath. He opened his mouth, but for a moment he couldn't say anything.
The man wearing a bamboo hat looked at Xu Ningshen and said slowly and heavily: "Think about it for yourself, given your current situation, is it better to follow that old eunuch with perverted hobbies, or is it better to follow me firmly? You are a smart man.
, I don’t think you can’t figure it out... but you need to make a choice right away. Because I don’t want any accidents... I want to send you to the Dragon Snake Mountains right away.”
Xu Ningshen was silent for a moment.
His face turned paler. Suddenly, his body moved and he knelt down on one knee in front of the man wearing a bamboo hat.
He didn't say anything, but this kneeling had completely demonstrated his attitude.
"Okay...I will definitely do everything I promised you."
The man wearing a hat nodded.
From the Dragon Snake Mountain Range to now, Xu Ningshen has coerced him to do a lot of things. At this moment, Xu Ningshen completely knelt down under him, but he didn't feel much comfortable, because compared with the big things he was doing, it was nothing.
Seems so insignificant.
His head turned sideways involuntarily, facing the west.
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Lin Xi's forehead bulged slightly, glowing with a strange yellow color, as if there was a piece of light yellow hard armor on her forehead.
After a few breaths, his forehead returned to normal, but his entire neck bulged slightly again, as if another ring of light yellow hard armor had been attached to his entire neck.
Lin Xi shook his head stiffly, and the strange yellow color slowly dissipated. His whole body returned to normal, but his expression became more and more serious.
Jiang Xiaoyi and Mr. Zhang looked at the fat merchant who had already sat up, with very nervous and serious expressions.
The three of them had just heard a somewhat bizarre story.
The parents of Wei Xianwu, Shi San, and Ma Hongjun were all Longshe Border Guardsmen, and they were handymen who served the border army. Like all children who grew up at the border, the three of them naturally became frontier servants.
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On the way to transport some ordnance from one camp to another, the three of them and the only official sergeant at the time happened to encounter two practitioners fighting each other.
The only official sergeant was Xu Ningshen.
The fight between the two practitioners was very brutal, with one dead and the other seriously injured.
Moreover, before the dead cultivator was seriously injured and about to die, he had already shouted at the four of them who happened to be passing by, saying that the other party was a spy mixed in the army and a Da Mang cultivator.
At that time, the seriously injured person was also dying.
Ma Hongjun and the other three were just teenage handymen at the time, and had never seen a real bloody fight. In such a scene, they were of course frightened to death, and naturally they all relied on the sergeant at the time, Xu Ningshen, to make the decision.
Xu Ningshen said at that time that he would kill him to prevent accidents, and if the three of them were frightened, they would not watch.
The three of them were scared to death and immediately hid far away when they heard such words. However, the three of them happened to be smart people. After running far away, they felt that something was wrong.
What a great achievement it is to be able to capture a cultivator. Since Xu Ningshen had the courage to kill, how could he be afraid of an accident and kill him instead of quickly taking him back to the camp? Because the camp was not far away.
Moreover, the three of them had heard at least at that time that Da Mang practitioners would usually commit suicide if they could not survive. However, although the Da Mang practitioner was seriously injured at that time, he had no intention of committing suicide.
After they thought about it more and more, the three of them finally came up with an idea and asked Wei Xianwu to run back to the camp first. They agreed that if the other two people couldn't come back, it would be Xu Ningshen's murder.
After waiting for a while, the other two people saw Xu Ningshen coming back and immediately said that Wei Xianwu had returned to the camp. They expressed their suspicion and asked Xu Ningshen to take them to see the man's body.
As expected by the three of them, Xu Ningshen secretly negotiated a deal with the seriously injured practitioner.
In desperation, Xu Ningshen could only negotiate a deal with them in exchange for the cultivation methods he obtained.
At that time, the three men threatened Xu Ningshen, saying that they had told the secret to the others, and if anything happened to any of the three, someone would directly reveal the secret.
Xu Ningshen was just an ordinary sergeant at that time. It was not easy to deal with the three of them. In addition, he was also afraid of the practitioner himself. He was afraid that the practitioner would be silenced and did not dare to act rashly. The next three people were afraid that Xu Ningshen was with them.
He was playing tricks on the practice of trading, so he followed Xu Ningshen day and night.
As time went by, and after some dangerous marches and battles, the relationship between the four people became intricate and delicate, and they relied on each other.
Ma Hongjun's cultivation talent is the highest among the four, and his cultivation is the most powerful among the four, but his behavior is the most lawless. Once, he assassinated a colleague for a trivial matter and was sentenced to execution.
Xu Ningshen and others used their connections to find a scapegoat. From then on, Ma Hongjun hid in the dark. Because they all knew his temperament, even Wei Xianwu and others did not dare to use him for fear of causing big trouble.
come out.
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Jiang Xiaoyi stretched out his hand, and his entire palm slowly bulged, as if a thick layer of yellowish armor had grown.
"This method is just a way to use soul power. I'm afraid it will only be useful when you are risking your life."
Feeling the changes in her palms, Jiang Xiaoyi turned her head, looked at Lin Xi solemnly and said, "Lin Xi, do you think what he said is credible?"
Lin Xi frowned slightly, and did not immediately answer Jiang Xiaoyi's words. Instead, she looked at Ma Hongjun, who was sitting on the ground, trembling slightly, and asked, "Why don't you find out the identity of that practitioner?"
"I wanted to know at the time, but Xu Ningshen didn't say anything. He was afraid that the more people who knew, the easier it would be for problems to arise, and the three of us were too young at the time." Ma Hongjun still wiped his sleeves with his hands habitually, and said: "
Later, I was sentenced to execution in the border army and was rescued. We then knew that the person's status and ability were probably very important, so we felt that the less we knew, the safer we would be to work with peace of mind."
Lin Xi nodded, but turned around and looked at Jiang Xiaoyi and nodded: "Although his story sounds absurd, the more absurd the story, the more likely it is to be true, because if you have the intention
If you want to make up a story, you can make up a story that sounds very real... and it is probably not difficult to prove whether this is the method of Damang Thousand Demons Cave. There should be many among the border troops who have fought against the practitioners of Thousand Demons Cave.
people."
There was a soft "pop" sound, but Ma Hongjun, who was sitting on the ground, fell back softly.
His cultivation was completely destroyed, and he suffered too much torture in one night and one day. At this moment, it was like the interrogation was finally over. His mind relaxed, but he couldn't hold on anymore and passed out.
"What are you going to do?" Jiang Xiaoyi frowned and asked aloud. Because he also felt that the absurd story Ma Hongjun told was very likely to be true... and if what he said was true,
, there is a big shot in the Donglin Province or the Dragon Snake Army, who is Da Mang's hidden force!
"Just report it to the Anniversary Mountain Report." Lin Xi looked at Jiang Xiaoyi and said, "These matters are far beyond our current scope of authority."
Jiang Xiaoyi nodded and smiled bitterly.
I originally thought it was just a righteous assassination, but I didn't expect that there was such a deep water hidden behind it.
A figure like Da Mang Qianyin is indeed too far away for him and Lin Xi, who are freshmen in Qingluan's first year.
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(I really can’t be impatient. If I am impatient, I will write in a hurry, and some processing will be lacking...The writing will become more tangled and slower, so everyone should give me more time...)