The members of the Xuan Night Sect, who were detained by the forbidden army, confessed the addresses of all the branches of the sect in various places within three days.
This incident soon shocked the jungle.
Jianghu people are guessing the attitude of the imperial court, whether they want to completely rectify the Jianghu gangs, or whether they want to make an example of them.
Sects that have made it big in both the black and white worlds are basically not banned by the government, because of the interests of both sides.
Jianghu people can intervene in things the court is not convenient, such as gambling and prostitution industry, are basically some of the big yakuza gangs behind the scenes to make profits, which is also one of the financial income of the local government.
Another example of speech control, Daqi did not have a dedicated royal secret service organization, the successive emperors are still more concerned about their own enlightened and generous image, and sometimes there will be a number of folk who are not the aspirations of the Confucian students to get together.
Breeding some anti-Communist rhetoric academic, but not to the point of violating the law, this time there will be some gangs, inexplicably began to look for these academic organizations in trouble.
Anyone who understands black and white can guess who's behind this.
Therefore, in any era, Jianghu gangs can grow big, there are basically only two reasons: one is the behind-the-scenes politicians of the indulgence, mutual use of the relationship between the common profitability of the gangs to maintain the life of the gangs, and the second is the incompetence of the court, can not be suppressed.
Daqi obviously belongs to the former, the gangs in the jianghu is also considered a hidden subsidiary of the court, so people in the jianghu are guessing: the reason why the Xuan night faction was dug up three feet, eighty percent of the greed what shouldn't be involved in the interests of too ugly, only to be the imperial court to make an example of the chickens.
So, this sudden movement, actually led to the various large and small gangs began to frantically liquidate the income of the various industries, and take the initiative to the government to pay the "missing tax", in order to protect themselves.
So you don't guess what's in the mind of the top, who would have thought that the Royal Forbidden Army suddenly mobilized to besiege a small gang just to search for the little companion of a certain prince's family ......
On the third day of the siege, the leader of the Xuan Night Sect and the leader's daughter were arrested in the woods behind the mountains on the outskirts of the capital.
Shortly afterward, the whereabouts of the young companion were inquired into--
Xue Yao has been sent by the master of the gang to escort back to the capital yesterday, but on the road by the mysterious green-clothed highlander robbed, the driver alone back to the branch to report, the master of the gang arranged three elders out to track, has not yet received a return.
Thus, the forbidden army received new orders, and the mission changed from clearing the Xuan Night Faction to searching for the man in green.
The mind of the top can be more mysterious and unpredictable by the day.
"Seventh brother, think carefully again, have you offended any jianghu masters in the past year or so!" Old Six had been out of the palace until now, prodding his younger brother to introspect every day.
Lu Qian sat in the circle chair, still closing his eyes and gazing, and did not answer.
"Say something you!" Old Six was impatient.
"Said no." Lu Qian opened his eyes and looked at Sixth Brother, a rare hint of fierce impatience in his gaze, "Master knows just a little light kung fu, which expert can he afford to offend?"
This was actually Lu Qian's misjudgment of his own sword skills.
Over the past year or so, he had practiced a set of sword techniques known for its many variations, not to say that it was invincible, but at least it was hard to meet an opponent.
However, the only masters Lu Qian had seen were the Sword Saint and Sect Master Xu, these two unparalleled masters were able to defeat him within eight rounds every time they exchanged blows, so he thought that his swordsmanship couldn't be up to par, and only his lightness, which rivaled the Sword Saint's, was quite passable.
Sword Saint is very sad about this, this kid only spent more than a year of "amateur" time, rely on the amazing talent, practiced with him on par with the light power, which can not let the master feel proud of gratification.
The Master, who was slapped to death on the beach, was so distraught that he wrote the abandonment letter in a fit of rage.
Originally, he wanted his disciple to show filial piety to coax him, but he didn't realize that his disciple packed three jars of honey and went down the mountain, never to return!
The Sword Saint flew a pigeon to complain to his eldest disciple, saying how how how much the youngest disciple had broken his master's heart, and that his master was so angry that he wanted to shut down.
The eldest disciple was taken aback after reading the letter, thinking that the previous letter from the Xuan Night Sect was not a snub to him, and that he really did have a junior disciple.
So the eldest apprentice disciple put down all the things at hand and went on fire to scout for the youngest disciple who was captured by the Xuan Night Sect, to personally take out his anger on his master.
These were the private matters of the Sword Saint's family, no one inside or outside the Imperial City knew the inside story, and Lu Qian had no knowledge of it.
The one who showed the most anxiety was still Old Six, since the seventh brother returned to the palace and said that he had lost Yao Yao, Old Six had slept less than four hours in total over the past three days.
"Arresting those who wear green shirts when they see them isn't a solution either." Old Fifth frowned and looked at his two younger brothers, "If this continues it's going to cause public anger."
"Already eliminating suspects." Lao Liu said, "Those who don't know martial arts have been released, and it's only in the past two days that arresting the man in green is still somewhat useful; in a couple of days, I'm afraid that the suspects will change their clothes."
"If you ask me, this expert is either trying to blackmail us, or he's got the wrong guy... Ah Yao is so well-behaved, where did she get her enemies?" Old Five said, "It'll be fine, let's wait patiently for a few days, someone will always come to us."
The phrase "Ah Yao is so well-behaved" in his words instantly caused countless images to flash through Lu Qian's mind, who had his eyes closed in meditation.
It's all about the little companion's doe-eyed expression with a little bit of aggression.
A lot of things don't get the attention of the people involved when they happen, but instead come alive after experiencing loss.
The young companion's face, remembered, was translucent white as if tainted by moonlight, and her eyes looked at him just as wetly, with a touch of unreasoning anger.
Once upon a time, Lu Qian felt that the little companion's anger often came abruptly and without reason.
Until this moment, he suddenly read the helplessness and dependence in those eyes, and suddenly comprehended the anxiety that trembled under the calm expression on the day he left the palace, when the little companion had helped himself to pack his traveling gifts in a serious manner.
Xue Yao always seemed to like to be roundabout, in a way that made people take him for granted, so that others wouldn't abandon him, so that they wouldn't find out that he was an extraordinarily annoying person with a lot of things to do.
He was different from Lu Qian, never dared to ask for care openly and honestly, and only dared to steal some care to keep himself warm in all kinds of sideways ways.
Lu Qian's straight-forward personality since childhood had kept him from really reading his little companion until this moment, when he was slightly enlightened and added some newly dug-up notes to every expression he remembered from his little companion.
Although he was still unable to understand his little companion's strange and roundabout way of expression, Lu Qian had already read the rushing aggression and dependence that was hidden underneath Xue Yao's strong and calm demeanor.
"I can't wait any longer!" Sixth Brother suddenly slapped the coffee table, "I'll go with the army to the south to look for them, that gang leader said A Yao was robbed in that forest, the suspect might be living near there, I'm going to search all the surrounding inns!"
"Good." Lu Qian stood up, "Go."
"Eh you guys ...... "The oldest five also stood up, unable to imagine that his own sixth brother would actually have such a capricious moment, and even more so, he didn't expect that the rational to the point of being unapproachable, the seventh brother, would have such an emotional moment.
Xue Yao's disappearance had caused his two younger brothers, who had very different personalities, to simultaneously display characteristics opposite of their usual ones and reach a surprising consensus.
This is truly a historic moment.
The three brothers came together to the woods where Xue Yao had disappeared, and started searching at the first inn to the south.
The driver of the car at the scene of the crime, said that the man in green was chasing him from the south, so his landing point, most likely south of here.
Fortunately, the men wearing green clothes are not too many, to the shopkeeper to inquire, within three days of the green male residents basically can not escape the scope of the search, however, Lu Qian did not find that among them there is a deep master of internal energy.
In the evening, the Fifth Prince ordered a bowl of tea at a roadside wine shop and let the two brothers sit down to rest their feet.
Old Six couldn't help his dissatisfaction with the seventh brother, "Since you can't protect A Yao, you should obediently take the guards with you when you go out of the palace, nowadays ......"
A strange man's voice came from behind him, "Two pounds of pig's head meat, pick the leaner ones."
Lu Qian suddenly raised his eyes, his ears flicked slightly, and the air currents surrounding his body acted like countless invisible tentacles, probing towards the person buying the pig's head meat behind him.
"Two more jars of Daughter's Red." The man added.
"Guests are having a feast at home?" The shopkeeper accosted.
"If the wanted notice is posted, that mysterious high person in case he is afraid of causing trouble, exterminate ......" the sixth prince recited worriedly.
Lu Qian interrupted in a low voice, "Look behind Master - is the man buying meat wearing green?"
Lao Liu was suddenly interrupted in his thoughts, and with some exasperation glanced sideways, suddenly opened his eyes wide and turned back to answer in a whisper, "It is ...... a green dress with silver silk piping and a white dark belt ...... "
Lu Qian interrupted, "What weapon?"
"Looks like a sword."
"As if?"
"Much longer than the average sword, he carried it on his shoulder."
Lu Qian didn't say anything.
The three brothers silently held their breath.
By the time the man who had bought the hogshead had hung the two jars of wine on the hilt of his sword, and had picked up the hogshead and turned--
"Do it." Lu Qian gave an order, and the three brothers instantly got up and rushed towards the man in green.
Old Six couldn't care less about being a gentleman and struck out to sneak up from behind in an attempt to take the man's weapon.
I didn't expect that the man carrying the bulky wine altar, a spinning body to avoid his sneak attack, surprisingly swimming from the siege of the three brothers to break out, light as a feather like toes pointing to the ground, escaping from the battle circle.
The man in green turned around, placed the wine altar hanging from his long sword on the ground, straightened up and lazily grumbled to the three brothers, "Walk carefully, if you spill the fine wine and good wine, only Buddha can forgive you for me."
Hundreds of royal guards behind them immediately stepped forward and surrounded the green-robed man.
"What a big mouth." Without saying a word, Old Five drew his sword and rushed forward, wanting to restrain the suspect himself.
However, in just four rounds, the sword in Old Five's hand was knocked to the ground.
The old six hastily stepped forward to pick up the sword for his brother, whispering to appease: "Fifth brother rest his anger, this guy's body tricky, refused to meet the battle head on, but never escape my Bagua Palm."
After saying that, Lao Liu turned to strike, however, the man in green got rid of his attack very sharply.
Old Fifth rushed forward to give Sixth Brother the respect, "Forget it Sixth Brother, let's let him off the hook, don't get generalized with these jianghu minions, let the guards tie him back for interrogation."
"Hmph." Lu Qian drew his sword and stared coldly at the man in green, "Master forbids him to be arrogant."
"Seventh Brother!" The oldest five and six were just about to dissuade him, when they saw Lu Qian bring his sword forward, accidentally stumbled by the stones under his feet, and instantly kneeled on one knee, giving the green-clothed man a big salute.
Man in Green: "......"
The oldest five and the oldest six rushed forward to help their brother, "Forget it ...... Let him go, let him go!"
The man in green originally also felt that the purple-clothed teenager's internal strength was deep and a bit of a come-on, but he didn't think that the road was unsteady, so he lost interest in the competition.
He lifted his sword and fished out the wine pot on the ground, darted and swept out of the encirclement, and soon disappeared.
Seeing that the other party had really fallen for the trick, Lu Qian stood up and leapt after him.
The party had already seen that this person's martial arts were unfathomable, and even more guards would not be able to stop him from escaping, so if they wanted to find Xue Yao's whereabouts, they could only think of a way to let the green-clothed man relax his guard and wait for an opportunity to track him down.
"Seventh Brother!" The old fifth brother and sister were stunned.
The first time I saw such a lightweight skill, surprisingly, in the twinkling of an eye, the seventh brother and the green-clothed man just disappeared out of thin air.
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"Uncle, it's your turn." A red-faced man knocked on the chessboard, stretched his neck and looked at Xue Yao, who was only wearing a thin lingerie, with a playful expression, "Don't be afraid, if you lose this game, you can take off your pants first, and we'll leave you a piece of clothing."
Xue Yao cupped the white pieces in her hand and looked at the chess board, her eyes darkened, her face reddened to the roots of her ears, and she felt that everyone in the room was secretly laughing at her.
That fantastical blast of derision was starting to ring in his ears.
These assholes are just deliberately humiliating him.
If I had known, I would have picked the bout and pretended to be injured so I wouldn't have to continue the bout.
Now that he had chosen to compete in Go, he had lost four games in a row, and if he lost two more, he would have to strip naked in front of this group of men.
Undressing in front of a man is no big deal though, it's not like I've never been to a bathhouse before, but the current situation is unique.
The group of men in front of them were all Sword Sect disciples, and eight-pack abs were the standard.
Xue Yao topped the name of the Sword Saint's closed disciple, once the clothes were off, there was only a piece of abdominal muscle, it was impossible to say that Lu Qian's eight lifetimes of face were going to be disgraced by him.
"Drop it Uncle Master." The red-faced hanyou urged playfully.
Xue Yao's index and middle fingers were holding the white discs and shaking them above the board.
Suddenly, a slender hand gripped the back of his hand and pressed the piece in his hand slowly and steadily onto the board.
Xue Yao froze and turned her head sideways, realizing that the man holding her hand was dressed as a store boy.
"What's wrong with you!" When the red-faced man saw that this move actually blocked his path to victory, he immediately went into a rage, waving his hand for the meddling store assistant to go away, and said to Xue Yao in a "generous" manner, "This move doesn't count! Please make yourself at home."
Xue Yao looked down at the chessboard suspiciously, and reached out just as he was about to retrieve the piece, when he heard a familiar voice from above his head -
"Falling without regret."
That familiar voice!
Xue Yao's heart stopped beating for a beat, slowly tilting his face sideways to meet those rippling teal-colored light pupils.
"You ......" Xue Yao's voice dropped in surprise.
"Do you need help?" Someone dressed as a store assistant interrupted the young companion's words and smiled to offer a helping hand, "One hundred Wen a game."
Xue Yao: "......"
Is the cost of the Emperor's substitute so fair!
His family's fat cub's Go level was astounding, and at the age of thirteen, he was already unbeatable in the world!
"What are you doing to help? Go do your job!" The red-faced man frowned and dismissed the "store assistant".
Lu Qian, dressed in a store assistant's clothes, tilted his head and inquired suspiciously, "Is the guest afraid?"
The red-faced man immediately stood up and scolded, "I'm afraid you can't afford to play! One thousand taels a game, dare you play?"
Lu Qian pursed his lips.
Xue Yao: "......"
What's going on? His rebellious boy seems to have become more handsome after a few days of absence. Damn it, how come he smiles just like the genuine Long Ao Tian? It's really strange. ......