My enemies became my companions

Chapter 399 Are you Xiaolongnu?
Lu Ying was wearing a pig face mask and followed Chen Yi closely.

Entering this brothel named Wangyue Tower, the scene of pavilions, towers, carved railings and painted buildings, and a garden with a small bridge over the rushing water came into view.

After walking across the wooden bridge, Lu Yingcai discovered that the railings were all made of mahogany, which gave a glimpse of the prosperity of Shantong City in the past.

What is even more regrettable is that the Western Jin Dynasty seized Hanzhong.

A city that was once prosperous due to the trade of Shu brocade fell into such a situation overnight and could only become an insignificant border post.

The Jinmen Mountain Road leading to Hanzhong has been abandoned since then.

When Lu Ying came to his senses, he saw Chen Yi talking to someone, and then someone led him to an attic.

She quickly picked up her skirt and followed.

It was her first time in a brothel. She was curious and shy about it, and didn't dare to stay too far away from Chen Yi.

After entering the attic, Chen Yi sat down. Lu Ying was supposed to sit next to him, but he felt repulsed by him, so he moved away with a pig-like face.

Chen Yi didn't care. The people who could talk about things in Wangyue Tower had not arrived yet, but the prostitutes in the building did come up to entertain him.

Lu Ying's eyes slowly widened.

A woman with slim shoulders and a slim waist leaned over. Chen Yi hooked her into his arms and flirted with her. His palm moved secretly, sliding across her soft skin, like a veteran in the love field.

How come he is... so skilled!

Everyone in Lu Ying was stunned for a moment.

For some unknown reason, she felt unworthy of her master.

No, aren’t they aunt and niece? What am I thinking?
Lu Ying hurriedly muttered to himself, using ethical principles to avoid the real thought in his mind - when Chen Yi and Zhou Yitang walked together, they were inexplicably a perfect match.

Seeing Lu Ying was uneasy, Chen Yi smiled and said, "Not used to it? Are you nervous?"

Lu Ying, with a pig face, came back to his senses and said, "So what?"

Then, Lu Ying saw that he was still skillfully playing with the prostitute, and as if to divert his attention, he said:

"Why did you buy this mask?"

"Um...Have you heard of The Return of the Condor Heroes?"

"what?"

"It's a storybook. The protagonist in the story thinks that he had too many bad relationships when he was young, so he wears a mask. Inspired by this, I also wear a mask." As he said this, Chen Yi teased his senior sister, "I'm afraid you like me."

"You are too self-indulgent." Lu Ying snorted coldly, "Did you hear about the middle-level supernatural power Wang Chongyang from this storybook?"

"Yep."

"What story does this book tell?"

"I'm waiting for someone now. It's okay for me to tell you." Chen Yi casually pushed away the prostitute and pulled the chair over.

When Lu Ying saw this scene, he felt inexplicably relieved and inadvertently moved closer.

Since he is the nephew, and I am considered the first disciple of my master, I am his elder. Which elder in the world would like the younger generation to behave in a romantic manner?
"The story begins at the Tomb of the Living Dead at the foot of Mount Zhongnan..."

Chen Yi told the story in a leisurely manner, revealing all the love, hatred and emotions in it. It was just a brief talk, but Lu Ying was fascinated by it.

She sat upright at first, then gradually leaned her neck forward and inadvertently cupped her cheeks with her hands, as if she was immersed in the story.

When she heard the part about Yang Guo's broken arm, she seemed to be startled and said:

"Are you Little Dragon Girl?!"

"What?" Chen Yi was interrupted.

Lu Ying said as if he had discovered a great secret: "Yang Guo has a broken arm, and so does our master. They were originally disciples of the Dao, but were deceived by Xiao Longnu and became heretics. Tell me, what do you, this nephew who showed up out of nowhere, want to do to our master?!"

Chen Yi opened his mouth slightly, and was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say.

Lu Ying said angrily:
"You are so shameless, and... you even insinuated and fabricated me, saying that I am Yin Zhiping!"

At first, Lu Ying was indeed moved by the story, but she was a Taoist priest, and the story sounded a little strange to her, but the story was so fascinating that she couldn't help but indulge in it.

But when she heard the part about Yang Guo's broken arm, she immediately couldn't sit still. When she came to her senses, she looked at the whole story from the Taoist's perspective and found that it was completely different!

Xiaolongnu looked pure and innocent, but on second thought, wasn’t she the snake girl who first seduced Yang Guo and then Yin Zhiping?

Does he look like Chen Yi now? Very similar!
What's more, it is common for scholars to compare themselves to women, so Chen Yi can't be said to have no malicious intentions!

"This is not a storybook at all. You wrote it yourself." Lu Ying stared at Chen Yidao, acting like a senior sister.

Chen Yi was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and didn't know how to explain it.

Just at this moment, the owner of Wangyue Tower walked into the building.

Chen Yi didn't want to argue with Lu Ying and turned to look at the owner of Wangyue Tower.

"The Mixed Water Knife sisters, sister, right?"

The shopkeeper sat down opposite Chen Yi.

There were subtle footsteps between the floors, and Chen Yi said calmly:
"it's me."

"Not like."

"What's the difference?"

"The sisters are from Western Qiang, have tattoos, and wear earrings."

"Then who am I?" Chen Yi asked.

A sinister smile flashed across the shopkeeper's face, and the footsteps between the floors suddenly stopped, as if they had already taken position.

The lecherous prostitute sitting next to Chen Yi was still smiling sweetly, but her body was slightly bent.

All the servants and maids in the building stopped and stepped back, groping in their wide robes...

Wow, wow, wow!

They are all cold knives!

"You are a thousand households."

Lu Ying's face turned pale instantly, his hands trembled constantly, and he was extremely alert.

Like a flower in the greenhouse of Yinjian Mountain, she saw for the first time the dangers of the world. The brothel was full of flowers and laughter, but in the blink of an eye, it was filled with swords and sabers.

At this moment, a big hand covered me, warm and generous.

She turned around and looked at the man.

The man said without blinking, "You shouldn't have exposed me."

..............................

Inside the county government compound.

Jiang Shangli, with his head drooping and his neck hunched, slowly returned to the courtyard.

A servant immediately took off his outer robe and said:
"My Lord, what are you doing..."

"It's tiring to deal with big shots." Jiang Shangli sighed.

He went to meet the big shot of Magpie Pavilion again. Jiang Shangli felt that his life was half as bad as before because of his majesty and bearing.

Especially the newly appointed leader, who seemed gentle and elegant, but in fact every word he said was like a knife, and every move he made was a stab, hitting Shan Tongcheng's vital points.

As for the other people, Jiang Shangli only dared to glance at them and didn't dare to look at them for too long. However, he had a deeper impression of the woman named Donggong who was protected by this group of spies from the Magpie Pavilion.

"Magistrate Jiang, this order is from Lord Xi Que. We have always obeyed the palace. Whether Magistrate Jiang will be transferred or exiled in the future will just be a matter of a word." said the new seat master.

"I dare not neglect it, but there is no money in the county government account, and there is a serious shortage of staff in the government office. Even the border maintenance has no money to spend. There is a shortage of manpower. I am afraid it will be difficult to cooperate to find out where the people are." Jiang Shangli paused and said, "Master, I promise that I have tried my best. I wish I could dig three feet into the ground. If I use this energy to do something else, I will find my mother who died in the chaos that year."

He still remembered that Miss Donggong sighed at this time: "It's not easy to find your mother now."

In the courtyard of the county government office, a servant hurried over and handed over a towel.

Jiang Shangli took the towel and wiped it across his neck. It was all wet. He muttered, "More wet than the courtesan in Wangyue Tower."

Not long after they sat down, someone outside reported that Qin Tu had arrived.

Jiang Shangli perked up. Right now, things in Shantong City were feeling quite unpredictable. He would not be able to rest for a single day until these things were done.

Qin Tu trotted into the door and called out, "County Magistrate..."

"Sit, sit, there are no outsiders here." Jiang Shangli pushed the chair and said.

Qin Tu pulled over a chair and sat down.

Jiang Shangli looked at him and saw that he was not injured, so he asked, "How did it go? Is it okay?"

Qin Tu said earnestly: "Not bad, I fought him twice."

"Then I guess he's not that powerful. What's the specific situation?" "I've tried it. He's not from Mount Taihua, but a martial artist." Qin Tu paused and said, "But I don't know which family he's from. He also asked me a lot of questions."

Jiang Shangli nodded and said, "What?"

"The matter of Chongyang Guanjian Pond."

"It seems that it has nothing to do with the Lone Smoke Sword," Jiang Shangli paused and said, "nor does it have anything to do with the spies in the city."

"Who knows? Doesn't Lone Smoke Sword want to go to the Sword Pond to observe? If not, why would he be hunted by his enemies?"

Jiang Shangli recalled those Jianghu stories and sighed:
"A little bit of rice is a favor, a big bit of rice is a grudge."

It is said that when the Lone Smoke Sword was traveling around the world and visiting various major sects, he accidentally realized a move of Broken Sword at the top of Kunlun Mountain. This move was realized when he was appreciating the clouds in Kunlun Sect, so he wrote it down, named it Kunlun Broken Sword, and gave it to the leader of Kunlun Sect.

This move is called the Broken Sword. It is an incomplete move and has great disadvantages. The leader of Kunlun Sect placed it idle in the Sutra Library. However, many years later, the leader's son became very interested in this move and traveled thousands of miles to visit Guyan Sword. The latter was moved by his sincerity and taught him the complete move.

It was originally a beautiful story in the martial arts world, but who would have thought that later on, the leader's son would become the leader. As his martial arts skills had not improved and he was stuck at a bottleneck, he actually asked for the complete sword manual from Guyan Sword in the name of the sect!
When his request failed, he mobilized all of Guyanjian's enemies to hunt him down, and eventually chased Guyanjian into Shantong City.

After a brief thought, Jiang Shangli returned to the topic:
"What's the name of that Taoist?"

"I don't know." Qin Tu said honestly.

Jiang Shangli pondered for a moment and asked, "What trick did he use?"

Qin Tu recalled carefully and said, "I can't explain it clearly, but I attacked him with my claws, and he punched me in the stomach."

Jiang Shangli couldn't imagine the specific details.

He knew that Qin Tu was just a rough man and couldn't explain it clearly. In fact, he didn't need to ask too much. He thought that the man who could fight with Qin Tu, a runner, must not be a powerful one.

But out of caution, he thought about it and asked, "What were you doing when this fist hit you?"

His legs were stretched out in a relaxed posture.

"I was lucky, and he was also unlucky. Just when I was about to attack again, he punched me in the stomach." Qin Tu gestured, "It was just a little bit more, I attacked again."

Jiang Shangli raised his head and asked suspiciously, "How many breaths? How many breaths exactly?"

"Maybe half a breath..."

"and then?"

"Then he knocked me down, and just as I was about to get up to fight back, he put the sword to my neck."

"Where are his feet placed?"

Qin Tu gestured, pressed between the chest and abdomen and said, "Here."

"Is this called two moves?" Jiang Shangli suddenly stood up straight.

"...I counted, maybe three moves..." Qin Tu felt a little guilty, but still patted his chest and said, "He's just lucky."

Jiang Shangli pressed his face, was speechless for a while, and finally could only shake his head.

He said unhappily, "This is a master. I almost got passed you by."

Qin Tu was a little embarrassed, and kept trying to make amends: "It doesn't seem that high, he is really a master, he defeated me with just one move."

"Do you think I should try him again?"

"That's right, that's right. I think this person is just pretending. May I ask if the county magistrate has any ideas? Or do you want to do it yourself?"

"There is."

"Who?"

Jiang Shangli said, "You go."

Qin Tu's eyes widened as he said, "Damn it? I can't beat him!"

Jiang Shangli sighed:

"So it's better for you to die than for me to die."

After a long while, Jiang Shangli frowned with a sullen face and a deep frown on his face.

After a long time, he asked:

"Where did this person go?"

"It seems...Wangyue Tower, with a woman by his side."

Jiang Shangli was startled and asked, "Isn't that the base of Lifeng Pavilion?!"

Qin Tu also remembered and said, "County Magistrate, didn't you talk to the people from Lifeng Pavilion a few days ago..."

"He has a woman with him, he can't be a prostitute..." Jiang Shangli slammed the table and said, "He wants to kill people, how many people?!"

........................

"Seventeen."

Chen Yiqing counted the bodies.

There were seven men and ten women in total, all of them were assassins from the Lifeng Pavilion hiding in the Wangyue Tower, and all of them had excellent martial arts skills.

But unfortunately, they all died here today.

Lu Ying, who was standing by, turned pale, and when he took a step back, he touched the broken mark of the sandalwood chair.

She still remembered that after Chen Yi's impersonation of the Hunshuidao sisters was exposed, he threw a chair on the shopkeeper's face, wood chips flew, and the chair legs broke into pieces. He pushed a broken leg and pierced the person's throat.

Before the leader died, he flapped his hands and recalled what Chen Yi said before he took action:
"You shouldn't have exposed me."

Lu Ying practiced both Taoism and martial arts at Yinjian Mountain. He knew that these assassins were all people who walked on the edge of a knife and had killed several people on their hands.

But in Chen Yi's hands, it was as easy as killing a chicken.

The sword moved like a dragon or snake, and wherever the blade went, it left a trail of afterimages. The sound of blood splattering seemed to still echo in Lu Ying's ears.

"Everyone has been killed." Chen Yi casually grabbed a piece of broken curtain and wiped the blood off the sword.

Lu Ying stood there frozen, not reacting for a long time.

Chen Yi patted her shoulder and said, "Lu Xiangu, what's wrong with you?"

The Yinjian Mountain practices both Taoism and martial arts, and is not a sect that has never seen blood. Lu Ying is the first disciple of Jianjia, and even though there are many corpses in front of him, he should not be so frightened.

She came to her senses belatedly and asked, "How did you get these swords?"

Chen Yi stretched out his tone and asked, "Oh?"

Lu Ying recalled those scenes, and the sword light seemed to still linger before his eyes.

That is the living sword of Yinjian Mountain...

He is only five or six years older than me, but it seems that every sword he strikes is extremely skilled...

Chen Yi noticed Lu Ying's expression.

Yin Jianshan practiced both Taoism and martial arts, but Lu Ying was good at Taoism but not martial arts. He had reached the Jindan stage at the age of seventeen, but his martial arts career was still only at the ninth level.

As Jianjia's first disciple, I naturally feel guilty.

Now that I see that he has mastered the use of the Living Sword to perfection, it is normal to feel envious.

She has no hatred or grudge against him in either life. If she wants to ask for advice, Chen Yi will not refuse her. After all, she is the eldest senior sister.

Lu Ying's lips hummed slightly.

Chen Yi was ready to make some jokes with a smile and then teach him a lesson.

But he heard her say:

"Aren't you... lonely?"

"Lonely?" Chen Yi was stunned.

He used his own strength and the Human Sword to kill ten people, but Lu Ying asked him if he felt lonely?

Before Chen Yi could figure it out, he suddenly heard some sounds, like footsteps coming.

Chen Yi turned around and said:

"Oh, there are still some fish that slipped through the net."

Before he finished speaking, a sword was about to be drawn, and a frosty sword light appeared in the pavilions and towers dyed red by blood.

The sword energy is rampant, and the three-foot sword is sharp and fierce.

A sword was pointed at his face, and the man suddenly bent his knees and knelt down.
"Wait a minute, hero! I am Qin Tu, the one you fought with before!"

(End of this chapter)