dark fragrance of eternal night

The killers were about to move forward when they suddenly heard a horse neighing outside the wall, which then turned into the neighing of several horses, one of which was particularly loud and distinctive.Chang Huan's eyes lit up, and a clear whistle came out of his mouth.As if in response, not far away, there were several whistling sounds.

These voices soared straight into the sky, full of internal energy, there were as many as five or six people.The faces of the killers changed, they looked at each other, and rushed over together.

Knowing that the backup was outside, Chang Huan didn't want to fight. With a sway of the long sword in his hand, he threw himself out of the wall, and the dark cloud was outside. Seeing him coming out, he stood up, shouted happily, and ran towards him come over.

Chang Huan landed on his toes, and immediately used his strength to jump up again. When the group of killers chased him out, he was already sitting firmly on the back of the dark cloud.

Those killers were about to move forward, but they saw a few horses rushing out of the forest.The faces of the people on the horseback were all covered with black veils, but they were all tall and straight, looking very young.

The first person was the one in black robe and black armor, with a golden crown on his head. He was handsome and arrogant, holding an extremely huge and broad ancient sword upside down in his hand, showing awe without anger.Although she is not as pretty as Chang Huan, she has a dignified aura of a king.

The Lord of Heyang Palace who was originally outside has long gone. These few people who suddenly appeared have good internal strength, and they are all murderous. When these killers saw each other, they knew that they were invincible. Withdrew, but where to escape.

"Master!" Chang Huan immediately bowed to Zhao Fang to salute. He was about to speak, but was interrupted by Zhao Fang. He waved the giant sword in his hand, and the shadow guards behind him rushed up and surrounded the killers. stand up.

"Hmph, it's these blood moon killers again, get rid of them first, and let's talk about your business later."

Zhao Fang said, with a sneer on his face, he raised his sword and joined the battle group.

"Master, one of them knows how to use hidden poison weapons."

Before Chang Huan could remind him, a killer dropped a handful of poisonous needles.

Zhao Fang didn't dodge either, and drew a circle with the huge sword in his hand, and the strong internal force bounced all the poisonous needles out. The needles as thin as a cow's hair caught the killers off guard, and they all fell to the ground.

The shadow guards were about to go forward to take their lives, but they saw these people twitch a few times, and they were all out of breath.

Zhao Fang stepped forward and tore open a person's chest. Sure enough, he saw the tattoo of howling wolves under the moon. He stood up and kicked him fiercely, cursing: "These bastards die rather quickly, and they can't be caught every time." Live."

After scolding, she turned around and asked Chang Huan, "Suiji, what's wrong with you, where have you been these days, and it took so long to send a signal to contact you."

Guiying on the side said: "Yes, boss, you suddenly disappeared these days, making everyone anxious, and even the master came here from Eternal Night City, what happened to you!"

Chang Huan was moved, but it's not easy to tell the whole story of what happened these days, so I can only pick some places and briefly explain to Zhao Fang.

Zhao Fang frowned and thought for a while, then said, "This matter is a bit weird. According to what you said, the Haoqi League is indeed related to Blood Moon, but it seems that they are not in the same direction. Let's go back to Eternal Night City first and discuss it before we talk about it."

Everyone got on their horses, ignored the corpses of those killers, and rode their horses towards Eternal Night City.

When passing through Changnan Mansion, Chang Huan deliberately went to the previous inn, but the young shopkeeper and the slippery waiter didn’t know where they went. The inn had been closed for several days. I asked the neighbors, but there was no one there. Knowing the origin and whereabouts of the shopkeeper and Xiao Er, Chang Huan could only give up.

The ink jade flying swallow order presented by Yan Shanyue was hung on his chest, but he didn't know where he was. Those few days in the other courtyard were deeply imprinted in Chang Huan's mind, and he never forgot it.With many thoughts in his heart, he galloped all the way to Eternal Night City.

Anping is not far from Changnan, and a group of people galloped day and night, and arrived in Anping within two days.

As soon as they entered Anping, several people suddenly felt that something was wrong.In the small town that was originally peaceful and peaceful, for some reason, there are many martial arts fighters with swords and swords.

Riding a horse and walking slowly on the streets of Anping, I felt that there seemed to be eyes staring at them everywhere, and those eyes cast on them included exploration, suspicion, curiosity, and hostility.Zhao Fang frowned, feeling a little unhappy.

How did Anping gather so many people from the rivers and lakes?Could it be that there is another hero post, planning to kill Eternal Night City?

When Zhao Fang thought about it, a murderous aura came out of his body. Although the giant sword on his back was sealed in its sheath, it sensed the master's mood and became excited, sending out a slight vibration.

Seeing this, Chang Huan gestured to Gui Ying and Ren Ying who were beside him with his eyes, and the two of them urged the mounts under them twice to protect Zhao Fang's side.

Zhao Fang squinted at them both, and muttered, "It's a lot."

Chang Huan whispered behind him: "Master, although we are officials and they are citizens, we should try our best not to cause conflicts if we can afford them. The rivers and lakes are deep, so we don't want to get involved easily."

Zhao Fang pursed his lips and snorted coldly: "It doesn't matter whether the water is deep or shallow, if he insists on diving into the thunder pond honestly, I will drain the water and let him go ashore!"

All the shadow guards snickered, and if the master stayed with Yin Zi for a long time, he would say "Lao Tzu" one by one.

Just as he was talking, a group of people suddenly appeared from the corner of the street in front of him. People from the rivers and lakes walking or sitting on the side of the road, regardless of gender, old or young, stood on the side of the road with a very respectful expression.

Zhao Fang reined in his horse and saw the group of people walking towards him.The young man in white who was protected in the middle like stars holding the moon, was acquainted with Ye Shaoyan, the young owner of Mingjian Villa.

Although I had seen him before at the city of Eternal Night, I and Mo Ran had covered their faces with masks at that time, so we couldn't be considered as acquaintances.Besides, Zhao Fang has always been willful, and it is always others who give way to him. How could he go around the road?Zhao Fang raised his eyebrows and drove the horse forward.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" Seeing that Zhao Fang and his party were blocked in the middle of the road, the young people who cleared the way immediately stepped forward to negotiate, "Are you blind? The young master is here, you still Hurry up and get out of the way!"

Zhao Fang chuckled, turned to Chang Huan and said, "Look, this is the first time someone dares to play tricks in front of me."

Chang Huan shook his head helplessly.

These young people approached, and when they saw Zhao Fang and his group, they were startled.They have seen many people in the world, but they have never seen such an imposing man.Xuanyi brocade belt, black hair jade crown, extremely handsome appearance, although with a bit of foreign features, but looks noble, not arrogant.

The black horse under him was taller than ordinary horses, with pointed ears, a long snout, and a pair of eyes staring fiercely ahead.The owner looked extremely arrogant, and the horse was also extremely fierce.

Looking at the people around him, they are all young, with handsome or heroic facial features, no matter which one is taken out, they are all first-class talents.Especially the one behind this person, in a cyan satin shirt, with skin as white as snow, she is of a foreign race, but she is breathtakingly beautiful.

Several people looked at each other. In memory, no matter which family they belonged to, there was no such outstanding group of young people.

"Xiao Wu, don't be rude!"

Ye Shaoyan leaped out, called those young men back, and bowed his hands to Zhao Fang, saying, "I'm sorry, the younger generations in the family don't understand the rules, please forgive me if I offend you. Ye Shaoyan, who is named Jianshanzhuang, I don’t know how the young heroes are called!”

Zhao Fang curled his lips, but just snorted lightly, and ignored it.This made the surrounding people a little angry.

You must know that Mingjian Villa has a high status in the Jianghu. For Ye Shaoyan's generation, because he is humble and low-key, he handles things fairly and justly, so his popularity has become higher in recent years than his predecessors.

Even if the previous family was not thoughtful, Ye Shaoyan came out to apologize in person and intended to make friends, Zhao Fang's attitude is indeed very contemptuous.No matter how good his self-cultivation was, Ye Shaoyan was a little annoyed.

Suppressing his anger, Ye Shaoyan was thinking about how to speak, when he saw the huge sword behind Zhao Fang's back, his heart was shocked, and he immediately pointed to the sword and said, "Aren't you the brother who broke the Jiujue sword with one sword that day?" Taiwan?"

Now everyone was in an uproar.

The Kongtong faction's Nine Absolute Sword has always been domineering, and Lu Zhenren is also one of the top five powerful characters in the Kongtong Faction, but last year he was beaten by a man who broke the Nine Absolute Sword with a single move while the sword was still in its sheath, and vowed not to leave the world. It was quite a sensation in the Jianghu at that time, but no one would have thought that it would be such a young unknown man who broke the Nine Absolute Sword so easily.

Ye Shaoyan got off the horse, stepped forward and cupped his hands to Zhao Fang, and said, "When I left that day, I have been thinking about my brother. I never thought that I would be able to see the real face of my brother today. Fortunately! I like to make friends with heroes all over the world. I wonder if I can invite my brother?" have a drink?"

Zhao Fang nodded slightly and said, "I'm not from the rivers and lakes, you and I are not on the same side, so there's no need to be so polite."

Ye Shaoyan also felt a little bored when he hit a soft nail, but he had never seen someone like Zhao Fang, he admired and longed for him, and he made up his mind to make friends.The more Zhao Fang ignored him, the higher his fighting spirit.

Seeing that Ye Shaoyan was blocking the road, Zhao Fang didn't intend to get out of the way, so he frowned, wondering why this person is so ignorant.

There was a stalemate between the two, but at this moment, a team of yamen servants ran over through the crowd.The one who took the lead was Tie Feng, the newly appointed chief catcher of the Anping government office.Zhao Fang had been to Anping when the Anping government office was being rebuilt and the new governor took office, so Tiefeng knew Zhao Fang, and when he saw someone blocking the road, he hurriedly stood between the two of them.

"It's really inconvenient for the government to take care of what you Jianghu people have, but if Master Ye makes things difficult for the young master, the government will have to come forward. Please forgive Master Ye."

Young master? !Ye Shaoyan was taken aback.

Tie Feng nodded: "He is the Young Master of Eternal Night City, Marquis Shunyi, and also the Great General Xuanwei appointed by the Emperor himself."

Zhao Fang rubbed his chin, feeling that this head catcher really has a big mouth.

Ye Shaoyan's complexion darkened, and the eyes he looked at Zhao Fang became a little complicated, and the people in the rivers and lakes around were a little agitated. It seemed that everyone's eyes were bright and they wanted to go forward, but they stayed where they were because of some fear.

Zhao Fang felt a little strange.Even if he had a good reputation, these out-of-this-world people don't need to be so excited, it's just that Ye Shaoyan's expression seemed a little mysterious, Zhao Fang sneered, it was interesting.

Ye Shaoyan looked at Zhao Fang, stepped aside silently, and waved for people to move out of the way.Zhao Fang led Chang Huan and the shadow guards through the city swaggeringly, and went back to Eternal Night City.

As soon as Zhao Fang left here, people surrounded Ye Shaoyan.

"Young master, what should we do now?"

Ye Shaoyan turned pale, shook his head and said: "I didn't expect him to be General Xuanwei, this is a bit difficult. This man's martial arts are unfathomable, and the guards around him also seem to be first-class powerful characters. If you fight hard, you can only ask for it with kind words."

"But that general is so arrogant, even if he asks for it, he may not agree to it. Should we let us come back empty-handed?"

Ye Shaoyan sighed and said, "If he resolutely refuses to agree, this matter will indeed be very difficult."

All the way without hindrance, Zhao Fang and his group returned to Eternal Night City. Just as they dismounted, they saw Mo Ran holding Bai Jingxuan's hand waiting for them outside the door.

"Mo Ran!" Zhao Fang was very happy to see him, stepped forward to hug him, and said, "When did you guys come back?"

Mo Ran and Bai Jingxuan have been out to listen to the news of the blood moon, traveling along the way, and haven't been back to Eternal Night City for a long time, and they are also very happy to see Zhao Fang.It's just that there was no time to exchange pleasantries, so Mo Ran dragged Zhao Fang to meet Zhao Chen.

"We heard a big news on the way, so we rushed back to Eternal Night City overnight. This matter is of great importance, and we need to discuss it with the prince."

So Zhao Fang and the others were dragged by Mo Ran to meet Zhao Chen before they even had time to wash their faces.

Zhao Chen was playing chess with Sha Yan, Yin Ziruo was watching the match, and he was taken aback when he saw so many people rushing in.

"Ah, Xiaobai!"

Seeing Yin Ziruo jumping up and rushing over with joy on his face, Zhao Fang opened his arms and waited for the beautiful woman to enter his arms with a happy face, but unfortunately, the beautiful woman didn't even give him a straight look, she just jumped up and hugged Bai Jingxuan, shouting while jumping: "Oh , Xiaobai, you really miss me, young master!"

Zhao Fang lowered his arms, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot.Mo Ran gave a wry smile, and patted him on the shoulder lightly to comfort him.

Zhao Chen dropped the sunspot in his hand, looked at the crowd with a smile and said, "Hey, why are you all here together? Did something serious happen?"

Seeing that Zhao Chen stopped playing chess, Sha Yan, who was about to lose, breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly asked someone to take away the chessboard.

"Hey, who asked you to accept it!" Zhao Chen pulled Sha Yan back, with a look of anger on his face, "I will win with a few more moves."

Sha Yan raised her brows and said, "Whoever said that, obviously I want to win."

"You're cheating again!"

Sha Yan squinted at him, with a look on his face that I just cheated on you.

Zhao Fang coughed and said to Zhao Chen, "Father, it doesn't matter who wins and who loses, this chess game is not important, let's discuss the important things first!"

Zhao Chen muttered in a low voice: "Whoever said it doesn't matter, I can win if I win... this and that... hmph... dare to play tricks..."

Sha Yan shivered, and frowned at Zhao Chen's unwilling expression.

Mo Ran took out a post from his bosom, the post was bamboo green, and a flying swallow with its head up was painted in ink on the corner.

Hao Qi League's hero posts!Zhao Chen's face changed slightly, he took the post over and glanced at it, and asked Mo Ran, "Where did you get this post?"

Mo Ran replied: "Three days ago, I got it from a Qingcheng disciple. It is said that this post has been spread all over the Wulin five days ago. People from more than a dozen sects such as Dong, Emei, Kunlun, and Commoner have already rushed to Anping, and others who are farther away should be on their way to Anping now."

Zhao Fang took the post and passed it to Chang Huan after looking at it for a while. Chang Huan saw that his expression was not good and knew the seriousness of the situation, so he quickly took it over and read it. After seeing it, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time.

This post was written clearly and plainly, to the effect that the treasure of Yangui Town City, the Sumeru sword manual was stolen, and the thieves also injured Yan Shanyue, the city lord of Yangui City, the current leader of the Haoqi League.After tracking by the Haoqi League, it was confirmed that the sword manual was in Eternal Night City.

"Isn't this nonsense?" Zhao Fang looked around and said, "Our Eternal Night City has nothing to do with the Jianghu, what do you want him to do with the Xumi sword book! This sword book can defeat a million soldiers?"

Chang Huan turned pale, returned the post to Mo Ran, and said calmly: "Yangui City is in the south of the Yangtze River, thousands of miles away from our Eternal Night City, and Yan Shanyue was with me a few days ago, how could he get hurt?"

Zhao Fang frowned, and turned to Chang Huan inquiringly.

Chang Huan gave a wry smile, nodded and said, "I understand. Yan Shanyue and I met in the suburbs of Changnan City. There were many martial arts people present, and Yan Shanyue also said in person that I am General Xuanwei? One of the Thirteen Cloud Riders."

"So what?" Ren Ying behind her looked puzzled, "What does this have to do with that?"

"Everyone knows that the master of Yanyun Thirteen Knights is directly subordinate. If I stole the sword manual and hurt someone when I was with Yan Shanyue, everyone would think that this matter was instigated by the master. Yan Shanyue is the leader of Haoqi League , can also be said to be the master of the Central Plains martial arts. If we really hurt him, then our Eternal Night City will naturally form a bridge with the entire Central Plains martial arts. However, those people at the foot of the mountain may not be many who really come to seek justice. It must be a glimpse of the so-called Sumeru Sword Manual."

Chang Huan felt oppressed tightly in his chest, but he still gave a general account of what happened after he met Yan Shanyue.

Hearing what Chang Huan said, several shadow guards also knew that the matter was of great importance.

Although Zhao Fang had a heavy army in his hands, it would be very difficult to deal with the entire martial arts world.What's more, these people from the rivers and lakes are different from the enemy soldiers. They fly over the walls and shoot poisonous sand in the dark. Ordinary soldiers are no match for them.

Zhao Chen also felt a little troubled. If these people really attacked Eternal Night City, would they really want to send troops here?Although the people in the Jianghu are different from ordinary people, they are still the people of the Celestial Dynasty. In such a fight, the relatives will suffer, and the enemies will be quickened. How is it different from killing each other?

When Chang Huan mentioned that the Lord Heyang Palace had released him that night, he suddenly paused and took out the Blood Moon Roster from his bosom.Afterwards, He Yang brought Blood Moon's killer to stop him, and he was obviously also a member of Blood Moon, so why did he hand over Blood Moon's roster to himself?

Sha Yan was listening at the side, and suddenly said: "The leader of the majestic alliance, is the family treasure so easy to be stolen? Maybe that person deliberately set up a trap and took you away in front of others. Then plant it on Eternal Night City. It’s just why he wants to be detrimental to Eternal Night City?”

"What else can it be for..." Zhao Chen smiled helplessly, "It's just a crime to conceive a jade, and it's just for that treasure."

Sha Yan frowned, looked at Zhao Chen, and shook her head slightly.

Chang Huan was shocked. It's not that Sha Yan hadn't thought about it, it's just that she didn't want to think about it.

Last time, the Haoqi League widely distributed hero posts to instigate the sword test meeting, so that all sects and factions would target the head of the city lord of Eternal Night City. The excuse was that Zhao Chen was collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country.This time, the hero post will be sent to Eternal Night City for the crime of stealing treasure and hurting people, and Eternal Night City will inevitably be in chaos.If Yan Shanyue had that thought, she would definitely take this opportunity to do something.

Standing in a daze, the previous scenes flashed in his mind like a revolving lantern.Were those seemingly sincere whispers turned out to be calculated hypocrisy?

Under the attention of everyone, Chang Huan took out the sealed roster from his arms.

He handed over the roster to Zhao Fang who was closest to him, and his body was so sore as if he had lost all strength.My mind is in a mess, and nothing that other people say can enter my consciousness.He just wanted to find a place where no one was around, alone, and stay quietly for a while.

The body moved before his own consciousness, Chang Huan suddenly turned around, pushed everyone away, and rushed out the door.

Holding the famous book in his hand, Zhao Fang looked at Chang Huan's leaving back in a daze. He didn't know why he lost his composure. Only Zhao Chen frowned slightly, and his face became a little gloomy.

"? What's wrong with Ji?" Yin Ziruo put one hand on Bai Jingxuan's shoulder and looked out the door, "His face is so scary, and..."

Bai Jingxuan stroked his chin, then raised his eyes to look at Mo Ran.

Mo Ran thought for a while and said: "It seems that his relationship with Yan Shanyue is not bad, maybe he felt that he was being used by others and was hit."

Zhao Fang glanced at the thin book in his hand, and suddenly called out: "This is not the roster of Blood Moon!"

It turns out that the wolf-shaped pattern howling at the moon on the cover has disappeared, replaced by four vigorous and powerful ancient characters, clearly and plainly written - "Sword of Sumeru"!

Zhao Chen's face changed slightly, and he looked up at Zhao Fang: "What's going on?"

Zhao Fang looked at the book over and over for a long time, and said in amazement: "That day? Ji showed me the roster, and it was clearly marked with a blood moon. After that, I asked him to put it away... But this book is obviously that one, It's just that the cover has changed."

"Unreliable method of framing." Sha Yan took the book and touched the surface of the pages with her fingers, "We have a strange herb in Xixia called Shaye, and the paper made from it has a certain characteristic, take a look... "

Sha Yan asked someone to bring a basin of clear water and a bowl of milk, and first smeared the entire cover with milk. After a while, the words "Xumi Sword Manual" gradually disappeared, and Sha Yan dipped the pen again. Qing Shui wrote a large "Zhao" on the cover, and then slowly baked it over the fire. Sure enough, after a while, the "Zhao" written by the water was reflected and turned into a thick black, like ink. Books are generally clear.

Sha Yan threw the book on the table and said: "The characters on this can only be kept for three days, and they will disappear after three days. The original characters are written with special dyes. Although milk can make them invisible, they can only be seen." Hiding for three days, when the characters written by Qing Shui disappear, the original characters will appear again."

Zhao Chen raised his eyebrows and said, "Yo, it's really a good thing. With this kind of paper, even if you write some secret information, you don't have to be afraid of it being leaked."

Sha Yan shook her head and said, "Do you think this paper is easy to get? Sha leaves grow in extremely cold places on the top of the snow. They are very rare, and they are even more precious when used to make paper. Even in Xixia's palace, such Sha leaves are very rare." There are only thirty sheets of leaf paper, and it is even more unlikely that there are folks. Tell me, where did you get this Haoqi League? And you also know how to use the papyrus?"

Zhao Chen sneered and said, "It's Xixia again. It seems that Li Zeshan is still unwilling to let go. I thought the civil war had already made him burnt out."

Bai Jingxuan thought for a while and said: "Not necessarily. If Li Zeyan reached an agreement with Haoqi League, maybe he came up with this idea too. Although I have read the papyrus in ancient books, there are very few of them. People from the Central Plains don’t know that there is such a rare thing in the world. Cong Ran knows, but he doesn’t know where to find it.”

Zhao Chen nodded and said: "What Xiaobai said is correct. Li Zeshan's ambition is in the world. Although Xixia is in chaos now, with his ability, it will be a matter of time before he becomes the king of Xixia. After winning Xixia, if he If he wants a larger territory, he has to rely on external forces. How could he give up that treasure so easily... If Haoqi Meng really forms an alliance with Li Zeyan, it won't be long before those Jianghu people are about to rush Come up and look for this so-called sword manual...then they will take advantage of the chaos to find my treasure map..."

Zhao Chen smiled suddenly, and said to Sha Yan, "I have an idea, but do you know how to erase the calligraphy you left just now?"

Sha Yan looked at him with cold black eyes, and also laughed: "Yes, but I also want to see what bad idea you have!"

Zhao Chen raised his eyebrows with a smirk on his face: "Then you answer me first, and give me ten pieces of this papyrus later."

"Do you think the palace belongs to my family? Give it away if you say it..." Sha Yan sneered, "That's the secret treasure of the palace, there are only thirty pieces in total. Don't say that I am a deserted minister of Xixia now, even if I am still a treasure. When he was king of the state, he might not have the ability to show it to you."

Zhao Chen curled his lips: "Stingy... I don't believe you can't get it!"