Eternal Sword

Chapter 485 Yizhou
"Brother Chen, please follow me."

Chang Sunhe walked out of the cave first, and pointed towards the sky after Chen Tang came out.

Chen Tang looked up.

I saw a black dot the size of a fingernail hovering in the sky, shuttling through the depths of the clouds, appearing and disappearing. If you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't notice it at all.

Chen Tang suddenly realized.

At the beginning, when Changsun Ming found him in Qingzhou, he mentioned to him that the Changsun family had business dealings with the Wusun Kingdom.

The people of the Wusun Kingdom were best at training hawks and once gave him a goshawk.

Chen Tang asked, "Is it the goshawk of Brother Changsun?"

Chang Sunhe nodded and said, "Master Ming was worried about you, so he sent this goshawk here. On the one hand, it can help find someone to track you, and on the other hand, it can also give you an early warning."

Chen Tang felt warm in his heart and asked, "How has Changsun been these past two years?"

Zhang Sunhe said, "Young Master Ming is fine, but his family asked him to stay away from the court. He has been practicing hard under General Murong for the past two years. His cultivation has improved a lot, and now he has entered the fourth level of enlightenment."

Chen Tang was silent for a moment, then asked, "How is the political situation in Beiqian? Black Dog... Oh, are Yuan Qingmo and the Princess okay?"

"Ugh."

Chang Sun He shook his head and sighed, "It's hard to describe the political situation in Qian State. It's turbulent now, and people's minds are changing. Perhaps the current emperor is young and doesn't understand the politics of the court, and there are complaints from both the court and the people."

"Fortunately, the King of Wei is in charge of the Qilin Department. He is upright and honest, and is the backbone of Northern Qian. He is called the 'Black Qilin'. Now in Qian, anyone who mentions the King of Wei has to praise him as a famous Qilin scholar and a pillar of the country."

"As for the eldest princess...she lives deep in the palace, so I haven't heard any news about her."

Chen Tang nodded.

No news, at least it proves nothing happened.

As for the current political situation in Beiqian, Chen Tang was not surprised.

At the beginning, when he had contact with Yuan Taiping several times, he felt that this child had some evil nature.

Now, Yuan Qingshan and his wife burned themselves to death to offer sacrifice to heaven, and no one can suppress him. He ascended the throne at a young age and holds supreme power. He will definitely act recklessly and without any scruples.

Chen Tang recalled Yuan Qingmo's bitter and somewhat dejected face.

Black Dog has always been reluctant to set foot in the court.

The reason why he returned to Beijing to take over the Qilin Division was because of the changes that happened in Yanyu Village, and Yuan Qingshan’s sincere invitation.

Now, hearing Chang Sunhe talking about the pillar minister and Mo Qilin, who have a very high reputation in Beiqian, Chen Tang could roughly guess that Hei Gou must be unhappy.

But he may have fallen deeper and deeper into trouble and cannot help himself.

Zhang Sunhe said, "Brother Chen, the situation outside is tense right now, why don't you go hide with me for a while."

"Alright."

Chen Tang nodded.

He has nowhere to go now, so it's a good opportunity for him to find a place to settle down.

In the morning light, Chang Sunhe looked at Chen Tang a few more times and said in amazement, "Brother Chen, your disguise skills are really amazing. It saves us a lot of trouble."

"We use the surname 'Sun' in Nanxia, ​​and my alias is Sun He. Brother Chen, you'd better come up with an alias as well. For the time being, I would like you to be my personal bodyguard. It's just a title, and you don't have to do anything."

"Just call me Chen Jing."

Chen Tang thought about it and gave a name.

The pseudonym Murong Haitang is definitely not convenient to use.

Many people in Nanxia already know his origins, and once he uses this name, he will definitely attract attention.

He was accepted as a lay disciple by the Zen Buddhism and given the Buddhist name "Ming Jing". This pseudonym came from this.

Chang Sunhe brought Chen Tang to the official road and headed to a ferry on the riverside.

At the ferry terminal, there was a cargo ship belonging to the Sun Family Company.

After the two men boarded the ship, Chang Sun He simply introduced himself to others and brought Chen Tang to a separate room with a personal bodyguard he had hired from the martial arts world.

Chen Tang's identity was special, and Chang Sunhe didn't intend to let others know. "Brother Chen, you can rest here."

Chang Sunhe said, "I'll tell the servants not to disturb you."

"Good work."

Chen Tang bowed and thanked him.

The merchant ship glided upstream along the Xia River for nearly a month. It boarded the ship from the Yuezhou ferry, passed Jingzhou, and finally arrived in Yizhou of Great Xia.

The Sun family business was not large, and they only sold silk and tea, and also did some trade between the north and the south. Several of their stores were in Yizhou.

Within a month, Chen Tang's injuries had already healed.

He spent most of his time in his room, practicing his skills, hoping to go one step further and open up the seventh orifice.

But more haste, less speed.

The more anxious he was, the more he failed to break through. He was missing an opportunity.

After arriving at the ferry in Yizhou, the merchant ship docked. Chang Sun He and Chen Tang and others got off the ship and went to the tea gate to rest. The housekeeper directed some servants to start moving the goods off the ship.

At this time, the weather has turned cooler and the autumn wind is bleak.

The tea ceremony business is extremely hot.

The riverside ferry is bustling with people of all walks of life, and most of them choose to take a rest at the Tea House.

I stayed on the cargo ship for a month and had no idea what was happening in the world.

The tea ceremony community is the most informed.

Chen Tang was just about to find out.

Shen Zhiyuan and the others should have escaped danger, and the matter of the Drunken Eight Immortals will definitely spread.

I don’t know how Zuixianlou will react.

At the tea ceremony door, they ordered a pot of tea. Before Chen Tang and his companions could ask about it, they heard the wanderers gathered at several tables around them discussing the matter.

"What do you think? Is the story about the Drunken Eight Immortals true or false?"

"I think it's fake. Many bigwigs in the martial arts world have drunk Drunken Eight Immortals. If there was something wrong with this wine, they would have come out long ago. But I haven't heard of any prominent figures coming out now."

"What kind of person is Senior Zui Weng? How could he do such a cruel thing?"

"I heard that Elder Sun, the head of Medicine King Valley, came forward and said that there was no problem with the Drunken Eight Immortals."

Chen Tang looked calm.

Zuixianlou is too powerful, and Zuiweng is a martial arts master. It would be difficult to shake their position based on this news alone.

However, listening to these people's conversation, there was no news about the hidden medical master Mo Ming.

I don’t know whether Song Wu has brought him to Taoyuan Valley safely.

"These are just rumors. I heard that this matter is related to Chen Tang. Shen Zhiyuan believed this person and said such a ridiculous thing."

"Yes, it is said that Chen Tang is from Beiqian, and may even be a Beiqian spy. He has ulterior motives and came here to cause trouble in our Daxia martial arts world."

The people at the other table frowned and said, "No way, I heard that he was being hunted by Bei Qian and had no way to escape, so he ran to our side."

The people here sneered and said, "It's all a self-torture trick. You are too easily fooled. This person is highly regarded by the Emperor of Beiqian and was even named 'Lion-Tiger Arhat'."

"The Sword Pavilion holds him in such high esteem. Could it be that the Sword Pavilion has also been deceived?"

Several groups of people were arguing with each other over this matter, and the atmosphere became increasingly tense.

An old man said in a deep voice: "Stop arguing. There is no need to hurt the harmony over a dead person. I heard that this person was targeted by the Dongyi tribe and buried at the bottom of the river."

Since they were not on the same page, the two groups sneered at each other and stopped talking.

At this moment, someone suddenly said, "The Jade Flute Fairy has come out of the mountains. Have you heard about it?"

　Just a few days after stabilizing, it became weak again. The subsequent plots are a bit stuck and not very smooth, sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)