Overwhelming mountains and rivers

The two saw that it was useless to look at the Lushan Temple, so they decided to let it go first, and go back to start with the Bodhisattva Temple.

The two returned to the city intentionally avoiding Mushan, before dark, they still rushed back to the city before the city gate closed, and the two quickly found an inn to settle down.

Although the south of the Yangtze River was already in the spring breeze, it was still a little cold at night. Chu Xuanzhao opened the window and looked out, and saw that the moon was already in the sky.

The night wind blows the willow branches swaying in the shadow of the moon, and the sound of the branches hitting is especially obvious in the silent night.

He picked up the robe hanging on the shelf beside the bed, quietly opened the door, walked slowly to the next door, listened to the door, and felt that the man in white must be fast asleep, so he put the robe on Wearing a tie around his body and pinning a white jade fan around his waist, he left the inn step by step.

However, Chu Xuanzhao, who left, didn't know that the man in white who he thought was asleep was not in the room at this time.

Under the moonlight, the shadows of the trees whirled, and on the roof of the inn stood a man in white clothes and black hair, with a silver mask covering most of his face.The white clothes and long ink-like hair were blown slightly in the night wind, fluttering around, like an ink painting.

The man stood quietly, watching Chu Xuanzhao's leaving back quietly, seemed to be smiling, and stood for a while before turning around and going down the roof.

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"Landlord."

Places like Yuxianglou are no different than other places, the more people come and go here at night, so just as Chu Xuanzhao walked in, he was seen by the sharp-eyed bustard and welcomed into the private room.

"Send an order to the Anbu of Qianji Building, which is the nearest to Yuxiang Building, to ask them to focus on searching for various mass graves or barren mountains and wild places, and to inquire from many sources. Once they find a large number of corpses nearby, they will immediately send people to Chaoyang Inn to report to the king."

"Yes, landlord."

"Also, give me any news related to Lushan Temple."

"Yes, this subordinate is planning to report the matter to the landlord."

"What's the matter?" Chu Xuanzhao looked at Ling Zong and asked.

"The subordinates discovered that the Lushan Temple has been closed since half a year ago, and pilgrims are not allowed to enter. According to the Lushan Temple, it is said that the Lushan Temple is expanding and will not be opened again until the completion of the construction. But the subordinates feel that this matter must not be simple. That’s why I reported it to the landlord.”

"Well, I see." Chu Xuanzhao thought of what Mo Shiliu said earlier that there were no pilgrims, and this must be the reason.

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At the same time, the man in white who stayed at the inn also saw Biyuan who was found according to the secret letter in the pavilion.

"Pavilion Master, my subordinates have sent people to search for the group of killers, and found that they have shown signs of activity in Donggu County recently."

"Donggu County?" The man in white unconsciously tapped the table with his jade white index finger.

"Yes. Did the subordinate order someone to continue the investigation?"

"Continue to investigate. If you and Zhu Qing find anything, you can come to me immediately. Zhu Qing is a bit impatient. When I'm not around, you should watch her more, and don't let her be too reckless in everything."

"Yes, Pavilion Master, don't worry, we will be careful." Bi Yuan couldn't help showing a faint smile.

She and Zhu Qing have followed the Pavilion Master since they could remember. Although they are said to be subordinates, the Pavilion Master has always treated them as his younger sisters. Even tasks in the Pavilion are always based on their safety. first.Even when the old pavilion master was around, he treated them like children and never demanded anything.

After Bi Yuan left, the man in white was still secretly thinking about the news he had received.

There are only three counties under the jurisdiction of this state capital.One is Basong County mentioned by Mushan bandits, one is Wubian County, and the other is Donggu County mentioned by Biyuan.

But, what is the connection between them?The man had a hunch that Wubian County, which seemed to be the calmest, was the most problematic.

While the man was thinking, he heard the sound of the door opening gently from the next door, and knew that Chu Xuanzhao had come back. It was already late at night, so he took off his mask, went to the bed and lay down with his clothes on.

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When Chu Xuanzhao woke up the next day, the sun was already shining. He pushed open the door and saw a man in white sitting on a stone bench in the courtyard with a jug of wine in his hand. a wine glass.

"Does Pavilion Master have any plans for the future?" Chu Xuanzhao walked slowly towards the stone table and sat down.

"Wait." The man in white poured him a glass of wine casually.

"Well, it's the same on my side. The only thing we can do now is to wait." Chu Xuanzhao took a sip from the wine glass, and couldn't help but praise, "Good wine!"

"Nature is good wine."

"It's a pity that there are too few. I'll go to Xiaoer to ask for some, and I'll order some earlier." Chu Xuanzhao got up and left.

"Snacks are fine, you don't want wine." The man's light voice came from behind, mixed with a faint smile.

"What does Pavilion Master mean by this? Could it be that this little boy only sells wine to you, but refuses to sell it to me?" Chu Xuanzhao was curious.

"It's okay to tell you. This wine is not owned by the inn, but by this pavilion. When I first came here to track down the group of killers, I lived in this inn. Later, because I like quietness, I found another place .But expecting a lot of things to do here, I will definitely come again, so I stored a bottle of wine from this pavilion in this inn, so that I can drink it later."

"According to what you said, it's really only for you, not for me." Chu Xuanzhao sighed, raised his eyes to look at the man, raised his eyebrows slightly, and his eyes seemed to be twinkling like stars, "This wine, I won't drink it." Did the pavilion master brew it himself?"

The man looked at him, did not answer, but raised his hand to fill his glass again.

"That can't be said? Well, anyway, as long as I have something to drink." Chu Xuanzhao picked up the wine glass, turned his upper body and cupped his hands at the man, which meant that the glass was a toast, and the two of them drank together.

Unexpectedly, a gust of wind blew, and the apricot blossoms next to it drifted with the wind and fell to the ground, one of which fell steadily into the man's cup.

"It's a pity, such a good glass of wine." Chu Xuanzhao couldn't help sighing.

"The name of this wine is Xinghua Niang." The man turned around and spilled the wine on the petals on the ground.

"Tsk, I didn't expect the Pavilion Master to be so elegant. If I didn't know the mask on your face and your skills, I'm afraid I wouldn't believe that you are actually from the Assassin Pavilion."

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At noon on the third day, I finally got new news.

While the two were having lunch, a man in black with a dark red cross embroidered on the collar found Chu Xuanzhao.

"Report to the master, the subordinates visited many places and found a burial place in the forest near the border of Wubian County. It has not been fully excavated, and the number of people and the identity of the deceased are still unknown. When the subordinates came down, they had dug up more than ten corpses!"

Wubian County!

really!

The man in white thought of his premonition before, and immediately looked at Chu Xuanzhao.

"Okay, my king knows."

The black-clothed and red-embroidered people are the staff of Qianjilou Anbu, which is different from the Mingbu, which is dominated by brothels. Various tasks and troubles in the machine building.

Chu Xuanzhao turned his head to look at the man in white, just in time to see that the other person was also looking at him, he was stunned for a moment and then quickly returned to his senses, "Pavilion Master, after we have eaten, shall we go to the burial place to check?"

"okay."

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After eating in a hurry, the two rushed to the burial site with Chu Xuanzhao's subordinates.After walking for half a day, I didn't see a figure.Before he got close, he could smell a bit of a pungent smell.

Chu Xuanzhao looked at the white-clothed man beside him, and couldn't help but feel apologetic, "It's really a drag on the pavilion master. Because of my work, the tired pavilion master followed me to this kind of place."

"It's okay, you don't have to worry about it." The man in white replied lightly.

When the two looked closer, they found that their subordinates had already dug up many bones and piled them together to form a big pit, attracting a group of flies to roam around in this spring day.

"Not from the Bodhisattva Temple." The man in white said.

"Hmm." Chu Xuanzhao also noticed that these corpses were decomposed to different degrees, and rotten hair and tattered clothes could be seen. Although the clothes were torn, it could be seen that they were not monk's robes.

"Not from the Bodhisattva Temple."

Hearing this, Chu Xuanzhao felt a little disappointed. If so, then the clue was broken again. Thinking of this, Chu Xuanzhao frowned.

Keeping his expression in his eyes, the man in white said again, "But it's not unrelated."

When Chu Xuanzhao heard the words, he immediately turned to look at him.

The white-clothed man felt a little uncomfortable when he looked at him, and silently looked elsewhere, then pointed at the few corpses that were the least decomposed, and said, "Look at this wound, it's fatal with one knife. The person who killed them is the same as this pavilion. Those killers who are being traced are the same group of people."

Chu Xuanzhao followed his fingers and looked over. Sure enough, the corpses the man pointed to were almost all stabbed in the throat, and they were fatal in one blow. Only professional assassins with advanced and concise sword skills could not do it.

"Could it be the four or five hundred people who have disappeared?" Chu Xuanzhao thought of what the Mushan Bandit said.

"No. Most of these corpses are old and weak, women and children, but those who were taken away were men who were able to work." The voice of the man in white was a little low.

Chu Xuanzhao looked around, indeed, most of them were old and weak women and children.

"Desperate!" Chu Xuanzhao clenched his fists tightly, and the veins in his hands popped.

"It's really insane." The man in white couldn't help but have a cold tone.

After careful inspection, Chu Xuanzhao ordered his subordinates to rebury the body, and ordered his subordinates to carefully cover up the traces of turning over.

"These corpses seem to be ordinary people, who is in the way to be killed so tragically!" Chu Xuanzhao felt extremely depressed in his heart.

Looking at the piles of corpses of the people who were slaughtered, thinking of his old father who was easy to trust, thinking of the selfish King Lian and King Teng who was devoted to power but not means, thinking of the Tuojia Kingdom in the north that has been invading the border for many years, Chu Xuanzhao couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, is Dayuan really going into decline?

No, nothing will happen to Da Yuan, and nothing will happen!

Chu Xuanzhao looked at the people beside him, gritted his teeth, and settled down.Let's figure out this Jiangnan matter first, and it won't be too late to talk about other things after An Ran returns to the capital.

"Go back." The man said softly.

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