The Demon Soul is Coming

() Liu Sang looked at Qiu Danyang, and said: "Sir, you deliberately mentioned this Chu Tiannan, do you want to start with him?"

It was Mo Mei who answered: "It's also a coincidence. Chu Tiannan has a daughter named Chu Jiaojiao. Chu Jiaojiao has a husband-in-law who has been betrothed since childhood. He is the hero of Jiuyue City in Caobei. Qing, although not as good as the Chu Clan, Lu Xiong is the banished son of the Lu family. The Chu Clan is a great lord, and it is a good match for a concubine of the Chu family to match the banished son of the Lu family. But now, because Ding Beihou The death of Dingbeihou, several sons of Marquis Dingbei killed each other, Lu's family also suffered misfortune, but Jiuyue City is far away from Nanyuan, and there are wars everywhere, this news has not yet spread to Chu's family, if brother Sang can replace Lu Xiong, Pretending to take refuge in Chu Tiannan, or from Chu Tiannan, we can figure out how to deal with Cao An's gang." . .

Qiu Danyang said: "The Cao An Gang is doing water transportation on the surface, but secretly they are doing some shady business. The Chu Clan knows about these transactions but they don't recognize them. Although the Chu Clan pretends not to know, the Cao An Clan secretly still has to hand over the money to the various departments on a regular basis. Xiang Huahong and hidden taxes are all managed by Chu Tiannan, so Chu Tiannan must have a ledger, and he must have a certain understanding of the internal finances of the Cao An Gang. If he can find out the ledger, he can follow the vine , there is a great possibility to find out the details of the Cao An Gang and disintegrate it."

Liu Sang said: "But wouldn't Lu Xiong really appear? Besides, Chu Tiannan and his daughter wouldn't recognize him?"

"Don't worry about that," Xiang Tiange said with a smile, "Although Xiaomei has never met Lu Xiaodi before, I know him very well. Although Lu Xiaodi comes from a family, he is a nerd, and he has longed for the Mohist school of debate since he was a child." , was extremely disgusted and resistant to his own family background, and was not good at talking with others. When he was young, he was locked in his room for many years to read and read by himself. Later, he quietly left home and went to my Mohist school to study. Now it is my school. Lu's family naturally doesn't want others to know about such an unfilial son, so they only say that Lu Xiong's good books are good. He doesn't want to go out of the house, and don't let people know that he has run away from home." . .

He continued: "According to Lu Xiong, he and Chu Jiaojiao did meet once when they were young, but Chu Jiaojiao was unruly and willful. He is a bookworm, and the two of them are extremely disgusted with each other. There is no relationship at all, but Marriages between aristocratic families are all decided by the elders. These juniors have nothing to do with themselves, and Chu Jiaojiao is unlikely to recognize him now. The Lu family has always been attached to Dingbeihou. In this civil war in Caobei, the Lu family took the wrong position Forced to flee, Lu Xiong heard that when he asked several Mohist brothers to rush to meet him, his family had already died of bandits on the road, and Lu's family was not well populated. This time, only Lu's younger brother was left alone. .”

Liu Sang said: "Since Lu Xiong is already an Mohist, why don't you let him go to Nanyuan, instead ask someone to pretend?"

Sighing to Tian Ge: "Because he can't drink!"

Liu Sang: "Huh?"

"Just kidding," Xiang Tiange said with a smile, "we want someone to pretend to be a nerd, but Brother Lu is a real nerd. Let him steal the account book and find clues. This fact is too embarrassing for him. Besides, he He has no power to restrain the chicken, and once something happens, he can't get out. But it's not easy for others to pretend to be him, because everyone knows that he is a nerd, has read a lot of books, and has done a lot Poetry, I have a little bit of talent. Most of the Mo Xia brothers who are at the helm of my Mohist school don’t read many books. Even if they read a lot, they are basically related to practical things such as astronomy, geography, farmland and water conservancy. It's really not a strong point, and the age must match. What's more, although he is now an expert in my school, he always comes from a family, and not everyone understands the rules of the family. How can it be easy to find a teenager who is sixteen or seventeen years old, understands the customs of aristocratic families, reads a lot, and can protect himself to a certain extent?"

Liu Sang smiled wryly: "So you found me?"

"If I don't want you, who can I look for?" Xiang Tiange said, "You are the vassal of the Marquis Mansion. I think you already know the rules of the aristocratic family. You are about the same age. In terms of knowledge, someone who has received three welcomes and four invitations in the Xuewen Academy, I'm afraid The real little brother Lu is no match, and he knows martial arts, so it is easy to do some sneaky things, and it is easy to escape from the Chu family at critical times."

Qiu Danyang smiled: "More importantly, brother Liu has the resourcefulness to enter a tiger's den alone, not everyone can do it."

"Wrong, what's more important," Xiang Tiange patted him on the shoulder and said with a hearty smile, "he's pretty good at drinking."

Uh... this seems to be the most important thing to her.

Liu Sang said: "The question is, since the Lu family has a marriage with Chu Tiannan, who can guarantee that no one in the Chu family has really seen Lu Xiong?"

"Just don't worry about it," Qiu Danyang said, "Qiu knows a little bit about the art of disguise, and it was three years ago that my younger brother left Lu's house to study Momen, that is to say, even if someone has seen him before, It was also three years ago, and it is common for teenagers to have some changes in appearance, as long as there is a slight resemblance, no one dares to question it."

Xiang Tiange said: "I have already contacted Lu Xiaodi, and Lu Xiaodi has agreed to this plan. He will draw his own appearance, and write down the various relationships of the Lu family in detail. The rest is up to you. Adapted to the circumstances."

Liu Sang said: "But what if Chu Tiannan really arrests me to marry Brother Lu's fiancée?"

Xiang Tiange said with a smile, "Look at this." He took out a sheet from his bosom, "Early before I came to Jiang Falcon, Brother Lu asked me to bring his letter of divorce along the way and prepare to send it to the Chu family. It is precisely because of this that when Mr. Qiu mentioned Chu Tiannan, we suddenly thought of this idea. I heard from my younger brother that Chu Jiaojiao was savage and had a big temper. He was extremely disgusted at first, so he left home Apart from running away to study, I also don't want to marry this kind of marriage, now that Lu's family is ruined, his parents are dead, and he has no intention of marrying his savage fiancée."

Liu Sang thought slightly, thinking: "This plan is indeed feasible. Even if the Cao An gang cannot be disintegrated in the end, you can also enter the Chu Clan and have a better understanding of the Chu Clan. Even if the lady successfully integrated Xu Dongjun, I rushed back again, thinking It is still impossible to occupy Zhijiang and conquer Nanyuan, only by starting from the inside of the Chu Clan and using secret tricks, can we have some chance of winning."

Looking at Qiu Danyang and seeing him brushing his beard with a smile, he was obviously not afraid of his refusal. It was a little uncomfortable to be seen through so easily, but it was related to the development of Ningyun City, so it was obviously not the time to be arrogant.

Just as he was about to agree to come down, the boat stopped suddenly, and Xiaomei couldn't stand firmly, so he was supported by him.

A Mohist hurried in.He whispered: "Brother Xiang, Miss Xiaomei, it seems that something happened ahead. Someone blocked the boat."

Several people looked at each other, and came to the deck together, and saw Hu Cuier, Gui Yuanyuan, and Xiaohuang were also here.

This river is originally a branch of Zhijiang River, and the river course is not too wide.ahead of them.A few boats stopped there, and the boats were full of warriors with swords.

Xiang Tiange snorted, "These are members of Cao An's gang."

The Cao'an gang has basically controlled the water transportation in the upper and lower reaches of the Zhijiang River, and they will run into each other here.There was nothing strange at first, but at this time, many boats were stopped by the Cao An gang, and after that, a large merchant ship ran aground on the shore, and a group of gang members were removing the corpses from the boat.

Xiang Tiange asked an Mohist to inquire about the news, and the Mohist quietly left.Sneaking into the crowd watching on the shore, it didn't take long before he came back quietly and said in a low voice: "That ship is a merchant ship used by the Cao An gang to transport silk cloth, but everyone on board has been killed. The goods transported They all disappeared, these past few days, it seems that there have been more than one or two such incidents in the Zhijiang area, and the boats that were robbed were all the boats of the Cao An Gang."

Xiang Tiange and Mo Mei looked at each other, before the Momen made a move, did someone already do it first?

Several leaders of the Cao An gang led several groups of big men to jump onto the blocked boats, and one leader shouted: "Search the boats one by one."

Immediately, chickens fly and dogs jump, and there is a lot of crying.

Mo Mei said angrily: "Since other people have even robbed the goods, why are they waiting here to search them? These people are simply bullying others by taking advantage of their power."

Xiang Tiange picked up a wine gourd, gulped a few sips, and said with a smile: "This kind of thing has happened too much, and I can't get angry."

A Mohist stepped forward: "Brother Xiang, what shall we do?"

Although he has heard a lot, Liu Sang still feels that calling a woman "big brother" is strange to his ears.

Xiang Tiange said: "Don't conflict with them yet, let's retreat."

The cargo ship retreated quietly against the current.A leader of the Cao'an gang found that there was a boat about to escape, and shouted: "Stop." Relying on his skill, he led a group of gang members armed with knives and guns, and rushed up to grab the bow of the boat.

The cargo ship suddenly accelerated its retreating speed. These people did not expect that the ship was obviously moving backwards against the current, and the speed was so fast. They all flew into the air and fell into the water. In such a cold winter, they all turned purple from the cold.

The cargo ship miraculously turned around in place, turned its bow to the upstream, did not set sail, did not do anything else, and went away so suddenly that Cao An's boats could not catch up...

***

On the merchant ship stranded on the shore, an old man stood by the cabin window, watching the fast-moving ship.

The three captains of the Cao An ship stood behind him, bloodstains were everywhere in the cabin, the bloodstains were spread out, and the place was in a mess, from this one can imagine that those who died must have been tortured in various ways during their lifetime.

One of them looked at the passing cargo ship across the old man's shoulder, and asked in surprise, "Why is that ship so fast?"

The Cao An boat was originally in charge of the water transportation in the Nanyuan area, and all the ships they used were high-quality ships, which could handle even a water battle with the army. The cargo ship obviously looked unsurprising, but when it turned around in Linjiang, there was no wind and no wind, Several ships chased after them, but none of them could catch up.

The old man put his hands behind his back and said coldly: "It's so simple and unpretentious, but it hides exquisite mechanisms. The boat must have come from Momen. The bottom of the boat is equipped with the Mohist's original flywheel, with the ink core as the core and magnet wood as the bone. Others can't imitate it even if they want to."

A leader said angrily: "Seeing that the situation is not good, they ran away immediately. They clearly had ghosts in their hearts. These incidents must have been done by them. Momen wanted to build a sub-rudder in Youyi City, but we destroyed them in various ways. So with hatred in my heart..."

The old man shouted: "Do you believe this?"

The leader remained silent.

The old man said indifferently: "What my Cao An Gang did secretly, I can hide it from others, but I can't hide it from the Momen. Even if the Momen has the intention to destroy my Cao An gang, it is not surprising, but this kind of murder and robbery will torture people in various ways." , The way to make him die in pain, they still can't do it."

He sneered and said: "Although the Mo Sect is spread all over the eight continents, it is difficult for a strong dragon to overwhelm a local snake, and they value the so-called chivalry too much, so they restrain their own hands and feet. My Cao'an Gang has become the largest gang in Nanyuan, and the Mo Sect has no foundation here. , It’s nothing to worry about. On the contrary, those people who targeted my Cao An gang recently used more poisonous means and more ruthless attacks than us, and they hid in the dark so that we couldn’t even touch their tails. Far more troublesome than Momen."

Another leader said: "Sangong thinks. Who are those people?"

The old man's eyes flashed, and he said slowly: "The Blood Prison Gate."

The three leaders were moved at the same time: "Blood Prison Gate?"

The old man said: "Recently there have been rumors in the rivers and lakes that the Blood Prison Gate has returned. I didn't believe it at first, but now it seems that it is true. The pain and torture these brothers suffered before their death are indeed the eighteen boys of the Blood Prison Gate. The method used to kill and kill in the past. And this new blood prison gate seems to respect the "dark devil" who has suddenly become famous recently, and unites with various underground third-rate gangs. Form a "dark alliance", but this is just It's just a claim, but in fact, it should only be raising the banner of the 'Dark Demon', whether it has anything to do with the Dark Demon is actually hard to say."

He also said: "At present, there seem to be two leaders in the Blood Prison Gate, one is the main one. It is called the blood princess, and the other is the assistant, and it is called Mr. Zhen, but no one has figured out the origin of these two people. Clear. I only know that Mr. Zhen is vicious and vicious, and I heard that the E Mansion in Falcon City, Zhenjiang, Xihai, was destroyed recently. It was he who did it. More than 100 lives in the family, all died tragically, even dogs and chickens were not spared. The blood princess is even more mysterious, no one has really seen what she looks like."

A leader asked puzzledly: "Since no one knows what she looks like, and she is so mysterious, how do others know that there is such a person, and that her name is 'Blood Princess'?"

The old man said indifferently: "This kind of 'rumors' were leaked unintentionally or on purpose, some are true and some are false, like when Mr. Zhen claimed to be in the name of a dark demon when he destroyed the whole family of E Mansion, he did everything else Come in secret, go in secret, others will know about it after the fact, but this matter is deliberately made out, and the surrounding neighbors have heard about it. "Blood Princess", mysterious and unpredictable, some people heard her voice, some people saw her shadow, but it's hard to figure out who it is, I'm afraid there is such a person, because she controls everything behind the scenes, no matter how careful, It's also impossible to be completely invisible, so it's better to just make yourself mysterious and make others suspect, true and false, and mixed news, so she can hide deeper. What's more, such a smart person, although Acting extremely low-key, but always showing off, the name of 'Blood Princess' should be given out intentionally by her."

The three leaders looked at each other, all stunned.

One said: "San Gong, what should we do now?"

"It's nothing to be afraid of," the old man sneered. "No matter how much they toss, it's just a small fight. Although it caused us some small troubles, it can't touch the root of my Cao An gang. Thinking about it the other way around, it's just Because they are not strong enough, they can only use this vicious trick to kill a few people, rob a few ships, and give us a few headaches. If they really have the strength to destroy our Cao An gang, why do they do such small tricks? From now on, let the brothers cheer up, support each other, respond to each other, let them take advantage of the opportunity first, and then mobilize all the forces we can use to dig them out by the roots and see how long they can jump .”

When the three of them heard the words, they all admired...

***

In the middle of the night, Momen's boats sailed down the river without a sound, and entered the Zhijiang River a day later.

Liu Sang asked Hu Cui'er to bring Gui Yuanyuan back to Ningyun City first. On the one hand, he could tell Xia Yingchen that Xia Yingchen knew that Zhao Wu had gone to Lingwu Mountain, and that he had something to go to Youyi City. On the one hand, the three Palace Masters, Cui'er and Zhao Wu, have been away from the Toad Palace for so long, someone must go back and preside over it.

Lu Xiong's portrait, tokens and information were quickly passed on, and Lu Xiong was indeed talented, and he painted his own portrait vividly. Qiu Danyang faced the portrait and helped Liu Sang change his appearance.

Liu Sang originally thought that what he used would be something like the "human skin mask" mentioned in those martial arts novels, but it turned out that he used a special glue, which was carefully applied on Liu Sang's face. After three hours, I just said yes.Liu Sang looked in the mirror, and he was indeed very similar to Lu Xiong in the painting.

Qiu Danyang said: "This face-changing liquid is made of jade red glue. After it dries, it is difficult to wash it off even with water. Although the illusion of fox art can also change the face, but since it is a magic method, it is always difficult to wash it off. It will be seen through by experts, but my Yirongye, because it is real, covers the human face with glue, and fits tightly with the human face, whether it is laughing or crying, it will not be affected, even if it is a master who observes carefully enough , is also difficult to see through."

Liu Sang said with a smile, "Sir, you are indeed talented."

When they came outside, Mo Mei and Xiao Huang were waiting there, looking at him, even though they knew he was Liu Sang, they couldn't recognize him for a while.

Xiang Tiange drank wine at the other end and said with a smile: "Interesting, interesting, and the real little brother Lu, there are seven or eight points similar to each other. If the two walk together, they will be like brothers."

Qiu Danyang came out and said: "After all, it's changing face in front of a portrait. If it's in front of a real person, it will look more like it. Fortunately, since the people of the Chu family haven't seen Lu Xiong for a few years, let's just let it go question."

Xiang Tiange said: "Another matter, brother Lu sent a message saying that everyone will only use the name 'Lu Xiong' in the future, he has changed his name and surname, and will no longer be called by this name in the future."

Liu Sang said: "Is there no need for this? It's impossible for others to pretend to be him all the time..."

"It has nothing to do with this," Xiang Tiange said, "Little brother Lu is sad because of the death of his parents. When we heard the news, he agreed to help. But after agreeing, he suddenly thought that since someone else can be Lu Xiong, Lu Xiong can naturally be someone else. People in the world, you can be me, and I can be you. I, the Mohists, say "love all life", isn't it because the people in the world are originally a family, and they divide each other by force. Is there a conflict? So what if he is Lu Xiong? So what if he is not Lu Xiong? Why not change his name and surname, abandon the past and concentrate on Mohism? He even sent obituaries to those brothers who knew him in the Mohist sect, saying that Lu Xiong had passed away. die."

Uh...why do you feel like you've been fooled by reading?

... (To be continued.)