sword sentient beings

Chapter 284 Unplanned

With a ray of skylight on the top of the grotto, Hua Qian saw the appearance of the young man. He was in his thirties, with good features and a thick body. He sat there silently and quietly. He should be a very calm and steady person.Although the clothes on his body are not gorgeous, you can occasionally see dark textures, which are obviously made of low-key and luxurious materials.

Is this Shi Chunqing?
Of course Hua Qian knew Shi Chunqing, although Wei Se didn't say it clearly, but as Mrs. Huarong's first right-hand man, he was very familiar with the information about Zhuoyu Villa.At least he knew the news circulating on the surface of the rivers and lakes, and he also knew the news circulating secretly.

He knew that his lurking organization was a turtle bandit, so he was not surprised at all by the "General" on the left and the "Shangqing" on the right. He also knew that Shi Chunqing was a traitor from Zhuoyu Villa. Since he became a traitor, he took this opportunity to come back and bite back. Isn't that normal?

Only...Shi Chunqing is already Shangqing?

The promotion is so fast.

Even if the tortoise bandit is a ridiculous little court in exile with indiscriminate rewards, but Shangqing is also a high position, right?Are there many people under his command?Shi Chunqing doesn't seem to be an outstanding talent, what kind of capital does he have to be able to occupy this position with only one betrayal?
Hua Qian lowered his eyes and calculated in his mind - how much is this target who has double blessings of rebellion and official position worth?

Just as he was thinking, Shi Chunqing stood up slowly and said, "Only the four of you are here? What's your name?"

He speaks and behaves extremely arrogantly, completely like a superior, several people obeyed, and reported their names one by one, but they were all fake names, and Hua Qian also reported the name of "Zhang Chengyi".

Shi Chunqing just asked, and obviously didn't care what their names were. He said indifferently: "Okay, you guys go back to the team. You are very lucky to be the only team that can make a difference in this trip at the last minute."

He spoke arrogantly, looking down on the other roads. Except for Hua Qianquan who didn't care, the others were somewhat dissatisfied, which naturally showed on their faces.

Shi Chunqing glanced at it, and said, "Don't you believe it? They think that the arrangement is perfect, but I know that most of the outer and inner routes will fail. They underestimate Zhuoyu Villa too much."

"Even those of you who only know a little bit, look down on Zhuoyu Villa. You think it's a sect with two or three kittens, and you think it's a bunch of useless nerds, or people like me who used to be useless. But the trump card of Zhuoyu Villa has never been a disciple. It is its special status. It is the only swordsmith sect available in Yunzhou. This guarantees that it is actually an important pawn of Marquis Gao Yuan, not a discarded pawn. "

He stood in the middle of the boulders and talked eloquently, like standing on a handsome platform to point out the country. Hua Qiancai found that he was not as taciturn as he appeared, but was very eager to talk.

"But why did the center ignore it? One is that Zhuoyu Villa has never shown excessive ties with the imperial court, and it does not even have a vacant position in the government. Why does it involve the power of the Marquis with its own sword? Two, here After all, it is Yunzhou, even if we know that we are going to fight against the Hou Mansion, the power we can use is limited, so we have to pretend that we don't know it, in order to feel at ease. Otherwise, why did Gui Tuimo recruit so many thugs?"

After thinking about it for a while, Hua Qian realized that the "center" refers to the small imperial court of the turtle bandits. Also, Zhuguo and Shangqing have all called it up. What's wrong with calling the center?
"In the past Zhuoyu Villa was alienated from Gao Yuanhou because Zhuoyu Villa took the initiative to distance itself. The owner of Xue Zhuang is a self-proclaimed person. He knows that as long as he waved to Gao Yuanhou, he can take advantage of the momentum, but he not only did not take the initiative. , but repulsed, many hermits have this problem, as if borrowing the power of the official to defile him, especially his second disciple Xu Zhongnan, who was disgusted by him because he became an official. The disciples he accepted before are also like this, one He is very arrogant, not favored by others, even if he has foreign aid, he refuses to seek it, for fear of losing his position. Even when the other party offers to help, he still pushes back and forth. Only in recent years, he has accepted a young disciple, which is different."

When talking about the little disciple, Shi Chunqing paused slightly.

"It's okay for this kid to say that he is talented and smart, but he has one advantage, that is, he doesn't see outsiders. If he wants to help people, he really helps. He asks people to be humble and doesn't shy away from human relationships. And he has a special status, so he can contact people naturally." Hou Gaoyuan of Yunzhou is a pillar of the District Procuratorate. And he also has an identity in the District Procuratorate of Jichun City, and Jichun City is his back garden. Zhuguo and Chuncheng are the fulcrums of the layout, which is like throwing oneself into a trap. Maybe silent No interest, the stronghold has become a sieve for people. So the way of pretending to be a guest will not work, maybe they even have the list."

Hua Qian thought: This is not bad, you have something.

"As for the way to climb the mountain outside, it's even more ridiculous. Can you climb to the Jade Jade Villa by climbing over the snow mountain? Jade Jade Villa is the landlord and occupies a favorable location. Without ten times more power, it is impossible to attack from the outside. And Still the same sentence, how can the thugs recruited from outside be credible? I know that the major general will drive back the outsiders as pioneers to fill the ditch and consume the power of Zhuoyu Villa, but as long as Zhuoyu Villa invites a few swordsmen from the district inspection department, What's the use of having too many knight-errants?"

"The internal and external roads are both impassable. Only I know the only flaw in Zhuoyu Villa. Only I can lead you to this great success. I even saved your lives, preventing you from going into a dead end."

Hua Qian's heart moved, and he secretly hoped that he would continue to talk and tell all his plans, then this task could be completed tonight.As long as he finds a flaw at night, seals Shi Chunqing's throat with a trick, and then takes the plan out, wouldn't he overfulfill the task?
Unexpectedly, Shi Chunqing glanced coldly at these new reinforcements, "That's all I have to say, you just need to wait at ease and listen to my orders. After three days, follow me up the mountain." Said he sat down again.No one spoke in the grotto.

Hua Qian had to go with other people to temporarily resettle. It would be a pity not to have the other party personally explain the plan, and it would delay the time and affect the task turnover.I thought to myself again: Three days?Isn't that the eve of the Sword Forging Conference?How long will it take to go up the mountain after three days?How do you say it seemed to arrive in the blink of an eye?
These three days can only be wasted here.I don't know what happened to other aspects?

……

"What's the situation now? Are we lost?" The black widow opened her mouth, took a mouthful of Feixuemo, and finally had to shut up, and these two questions were also very low-pitched.

At this time, the group of people had already walked through the mountains of Jiugao Mountain, walking above the snow line all the way.

This is already the third day.

Since starting from the Jiugao Mountain pass, the team of fifty people has traveled northward according to the planned route.It went smoothly at the beginning. After all, they are martial arts masters. They fly and walk on walls as light as a swallow.

However, above the snow line, the road suddenly became difficult.

The temperature plummeted, the mountains were steep and steep, and the snowy ground was difficult to walk on. Even warriors could not walk on flat ground.Not to mention the wind and snow blowing from time to time.

The strong wind will make it difficult for people to walk, and it will cool down the body rapidly. The blowing snow seriously hinders the sight.Although the internal force can keep out the cold, the internal force is not endless. In such severe cold, it disappears so quickly that even the stellar energy seems to be blown away by the wind.The group of people maintained their formation at the beginning, but gradually some people began to fall behind.And these people are not relatives and friends, and they rarely help those who are left behind.

After walking on the snow line for a whole day, there were already four or five people missing from the team.

Even the unfamiliar and competitive people realized that this could not go on like this.So the leading man in the bronze mask took out a rope and let the crowd hold it and move forward together.However, some undisciplined people refused to join forces with the knights who seemed to be falling behind at any time when they were walking hard. In the end, they were divided into five teams according to their strength. , The direct descendants of the copper-masked man were divided into another team, ten people in each team pulled a rope, and they shared good and bad.

Because of her clumsiness, the black widow was divided into three teams of knights, and her flower protector Li Laosan naturally crowded beside her.

After the division, everything was fine.The Sanren didn't abandon the knights on purpose, instead they joined the copper-masked man's direct descendants, sandwiching the three teams in the middle.The speed has also increased slightly.But it didn't take long to catch up with a snowstorm.

That blizzard was truly a nightmare, the sound of the wind filled everyone's eardrums, and the snowflakes filled everyone's vision.And because there was no warning, and they met suddenly during the march, everyone could only use their internal strength to move forward in the snowstorm, just to find a shelter from the wind.

At that time, the black widow seemed to hear a strange cry, but her mind was numb at that time, and her memory seemed to be blank. She only remembered that a group of people walked, walked, and walked, and finally found a leeward recessed place. , Wrap together to keep warm and shelter from the wind.

After more than half an hour, the wind and snow stopped for a while, and this team found that they could not find other teams at all.

It's just that you can't go up to the sky, you can't go down to the ground, and you can't see people in the middle.

very dangerous!
The crowd became more or less frightened, even though they were all Jianghu people who licked their blood with knives, they were not afraid of death, but fighting with people and the power of nature were completely two concepts.People who have been taught by snow mountains have to be in awe of nature.

At this time, someone shouted angrily: "Why did the leader lead the way? Why didn't you follow the team in front?"

The leader is a middle-aged chivalrous man with rich experience and one of the best martial arts in the team. He said: "Just now the wind and snow blocked, who can find the team? And..." He touched his forehead and murmured in his heart: Why do you feel so stupid at that time? the same?
"And what? Were you stupid at the time? Or was your soul seduced by the snow mountain monster?"

The black widow hugged her shoulders, and suddenly said: "Did you hear anything in the snowstorm?"

Everyone was quiet, and someone whispered: "It seems that there is..."

"Well, I heard that too."

"I heard it, but I can't remember what it was. My mind went blank."

"Ah, me too. I heard a strange sound and my mind went numb. I just walked forward in a daze."

"Really a monster? Phantom?"

There are times and places where it is inappropriate to talk about these supernatural things, such as at night, such as underground caves, such as the depths of snow-capped mountains.

Seeing that everyone was getting more and more frightened as they talked, and they were about to collapse, the black widow suppressed her panic and wanted to force herself to say something.

"Wow—"

A voice came from overhead.

The black widow straightened up and shouted, "That's the voice! It's in the sky!"

Everyone looked up together and saw an elegant figure in black and white.

"Crane?!"

(End of this chapter)