Tian Yuan Xian Ji

Chapter 803 Merchant Ship Hijacking Incident
The three of Tangning escaped for more than two days, and finally reached the source valley.

The majestic city outline encloses a land with a radius of more than a thousand miles. Giant cannons are displayed on the city wall, and people come and go inside and outside the city outline.

The three of them entered from the bottom of the city wall. Inside, there were row upon row of attic shops, criss-crossing roads, crowds coming and going, and it was quite lively and bustling.

The three of them walked to a towering attic, the door plate was engraved with the five characters of Quanyang Spiritual Equipment Shop, and the hall inside was decorated with carved beams and painted buildings, which was quite luxurious.

The huge crystal palace lantern hangs down high, illuminating the whole hall extremely brightly. Inside the hall, rows of cabinets are neatly arranged, and spiritual weapons with many functions are spread out on the cabinets. At this moment, there are more than ten monks working in each row of cabinets in the hall. Select goods in advance.

"What are your orders, senior?" The three of them stepped into the hall, and a beautiful woman greeted them.

"We came here by order to see Uncle Wei Chu," Guan Chao said.

"Senior, follow me." The woman led the three of them up to the second floor of the attic, came to a stone room, and knocked on the stone door.

"Come in." A gentle voice came from inside.

The woman opened the door and entered, but saw a middle-aged man with a broad forehead and a broad face sitting cross-legged on a futon in the room.

"Senior Wei, the three seniors of Guizong want to see you."

"Go!" The man opened his eyes and waved his hand.

The woman retreated in response and closed the stone door.

"Disciple pays homage to Master Wei." The three bowed and saluted.

"Sit down!" Wei Chu got up slowly from the futon, walked to the top seat and took a seat, and said with a smile, "You must be here for the robbery of the merchants!"

The three sat down as promised, Guan Chao replied: "Uncle Master is right, we were ordered by Uncle Xue Jian to investigate the clues, may I ask Uncle Master if he knows the ins and outs of this matter?"

Wei Chu smiled slightly: "I'm only in charge of the business of the store, as for transportation and other matters, I don't care. Before you came to me, you must have already contacted Xiao Xianzong! They are responsible for the investigation, I know Certainly no more than them."

Xiao Han said: "Master Xue Jian and Liu Yuan went to Xiao Xianzong, and we just came from Rhinoceros Horn Mountain. We only know the simplest things, so we come to seek help from Master Uncle. You have been in Yuanquan Valley for so many years. Presumably, we should understand some matters that we don't know, so I implore Master Uncle to enlighten me."

Wei Chu smiled and said: "I just heard about this matter, and I didn't formally participate in it. Since you have come all the way, you can't make a trip in vain. Let me tell you that I know that part!"

"Thank you, Uncle, for your understanding."

"You guys first talk about your speculations and ideas about this matter, and I will add it to see if there is anything that can help you find clues."

Guan Chao took the lead and said: "Obviously, this is an organized and premeditated operation. The other party only dispatched four people to ambush Xiao Xianzong's mysterious spirit ship in the Yuanyang Mountains, which shows at least two points."

"First, they understand the rationing of personnel on the Xuanling ship, otherwise they would never dare to dispatch only four Nascent Soul cultivators to rob the Xuanling ship. If there are cultivators who transform the spirit on board, they will simply die."

"Second, they know the route of the Xuanling ship, because the Yuanyang Mountains are not the only way for merchant ships to pass, but they are ambush there, which shows that they know the precise route of merchant ships."

"Judging from these two points, I think Xiao Xianzong may have some secret work inside."

Wei Chu nodded slightly: "It's not surprising to know the route of the mysterious spirit ship, because every time the merchant ships they transport spiritual weapons take that route, but knowing the personnel ratio must have obtained the exact information in advance."

Xiao Han said: "Dare to ask my uncle, does Xiao Xianzong use the same merchant ship every time to transport our goods?"

Wei Chu said: "That's right, they use the "Guanshan" mysterious spirit ship to transport our spiritual weapons every time. In fact, each merchant ship has a fixed purpose, and unless there are special circumstances, the merchant ship will not be replaced. "

"This is also one of the reasons why we use their merchant ships to carry goods. Each warship has a fixed purpose. The headquarters really can't use extra merchant ships to transport goods on this route. For Xiaoxianzong, Build a good relationship with us and promise to deliver the goods for us."

"In addition, many of our spiritual weapons are exported to Xiao Xianzong, so we will leave this business route to them."

Xiao Han nodded and said: "Since the other party clearly knows the personnel allocation and route of this merchant ship, they must also know that the merchant ship is carrying our goods. Besides, this merchant ship is used to transport goods every time, so they are not targeting Xiao Xianzong, but us."

Wei Chu said: "It is precisely because of this that the headquarters will send you down to investigate, otherwise it will be fine to hand it over to Xiao Xianzong."

Tangning mused, "This disciple and Senior Brother Xiao have slightly different ideas."

"Let's talk about it, one person counts the short, and two count the long!"

Tang Ning said: "I don't think that the perpetrators came here specifically to target us. If they were targeting us, then they didn't need to be cruel to Xiao Xianzong's disciples. After Xiao Xianzong's disciples abandoned the ship and fled in all directions, they directly looted the goods. Just go, why bother to chase and kill those fleeing disciples!"

"This is the Xuanyang Pavilion. It is possible to run into Xiao Xianzong's monks by chance at any time. Logically speaking, the longer an ambush like this goes deep into the enemy's rear, the greater the danger."

"Why did they take such a big risk and even go after the fleeing Nascent Soul cultivator? I think the two sides must have enmity, otherwise they wouldn't be chasing and beating like this."

"If it is only aimed at us, there are not a few merchant ships transported by the headquarters. It is unreasonable to choose this ship."

"The disciple thinks that they may have conflicts with us, but they must have enmity with Xiao Xianzong."

"Well." Wei Chu nodded and said: "These words are not unreasonable. There will not be more than five people who dare to rob our goods in Xuantang City, Jiang Family, Liu Family, Qiankun Chamber of Commerce, Fengyun Chamber of Commerce, and others. It is the Nether Sea Organization."

"Among these five factions, only two meet the requirements. One is the Fengyun Chamber of Commerce. Some time ago, due to the acquisition of spirit beasts, the Xiao Xianzong and the branch of the Fengyun Chamber of Commerce in this city caused a dispute."

"The second one is the Nether Sea organization. Xiao Xianzong and the local Nether Sea organization have never dealt with it very well."

"You can start investigating from these two aspects, and maybe you will gain something."

"As for other aspects, I can't help you. You can go to the management office of Fangshi to ask the disciples of Xiaoxianzong. This place is also in charge of Xiaoxianzong. Maybe they can tell you some useful clues."

Guan Chao said: "We don't know anyone here, can Master Uncle send someone to lead us there?"

"Come here." Wei Chu yelled, the voice fell, and the woman outside pushed the door in: "What is the order of Senior Wei?"

"Go and call Lin Yuan here."

"Yes." The woman left in response, and not long after, a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes arrived.

"Uncle Wei." The man bowed and saluted.

"This is the disciple sent by the headquarters to investigate the robbery of the goods. You lead them to the management office to ask the Xiaoxianzong people to inquire about the situation and see if there is any clue."

"Yes."

"Then don't bother the uncle, and the disciple will leave."

The three got up and left the attic, and after a short walk, they came to a majestic hall.

Sitting in front of the desk inside were several disciples dressed in Xiaoxianzong's costumes, sorting out the files.

Lin Yuanxing approached one person and said, "Fellow Daoist Fei, please introduce us. We want to meet Senior Zhang."

The man looked up at several people: "Come with me!"

After finishing speaking, he led a few people to the second floor of the attic, where a middle-aged man was sitting cross-legged on the futon.

"Master Uncle, these are fellow Taoists of Taixuanzong, I need to see you." The man surnamed Fei saluted.

The middle-aged man opened his eyes and frowned slightly: "What's the matter with you?"

"Senior Fei, these three seniors were ordered by the headquarters to investigate the attack on the merchant ship of the Guizong, and I hope seniors can give me advice." Lin Yuanji said.

"What do you want to know, I have already told the senior brothers of this sect what I should say."

When the three of them heard this, they knew that he must know some inside information.

Guan Chao asked: "I don't know who the perpetrator is this time? Presumably, seniors must have inferences in their minds, please let me know."

"Inference?" The man surnamed Zhang sneered, "How can this kind of thing be inferred? There must be real evidence! Otherwise, how can others admit it."

"The other people that the seniors mentioned?"

"I'm not the person involved, and everything I say is empty talk. If you want to ask, ask the survivors at that time! Fei Ming, call Qin Qing here."

"Yes." The man at the side responded and left.

Seeing him leave, Xue Jian said, "Senior, we came here specially for the robbing of the noble merchant ship. This is not only your business, but also ours. Today's words come out of your mouth and into ours. Er, no one else knows about it, so why didn't senior say it clearly? If some powerful forces are involved and the noble sect is afraid of it, we can do things that are inconvenient for the noble sect."

The man surnamed Zhang did not speak.

Tangning continued, "I heard that the Guild of Commerce has some unhappiness with the Fengyun Chamber of Commerce and the Nether Sea Organization recently. I wonder if this is true?"

The man glanced at him, and said slowly: "You guys are quite well informed. Two months ago, this sect did have some friction with the branch of the Fengyun Chamber of Commerce in this city."

"What is the unknown? Can seniors speak clearly?"

The man said: "It's not a big deal. The Fengyun Chamber of Commerce has a large spirit beast breeding farm in this pavilion. It's a place! It's in the southwest area of ​​this pavilion. It belongs to the area under the jurisdiction of the sect. For them, it’s due just next year.”

"Benzong went to negotiate with them, but they said that this piece belongs to them and an agreement was signed. These historical issues can't be clarified in one or two sentences, because this matter caused friction between me and them."

Xiao Han said: "Then what about the end! Did the noble sect take back this piece of jurisdiction?"

The corner of the mouth of the man surnamed Zhang raised slightly, with a half-smile on his face: "This is thanks to your lord, under the mediation of your senior, the Fengyun Chamber of Commerce finally returned the jurisdiction to us. Of course, we also compensated them for this. A considerable spirit stone."

(End of this chapter)