That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 401

When was the ghost palace established?No one can say for sure, but the approximate time should be before and after the founding of Da Qi. After all, before the founding of the country, the world was in a state of chaotic war, and only at this time can it be possible to hide the truth.

Xu Beiyou didn't rush to ask, but said: "First of all, this question is not one of the three questions. Madam can answer it or not. How should I address Madam?"

The middle-aged beautiful woman smiled and said: "My surname is Meng, and my name is Dong Fei. I was from Dongdu in the early years. Later, Emperor Xiao led the army to rule Dongdu. The elders of the family fled Dongdu and fled all the way to Jiangdu. After all, all the elders in the family are gone now, only my mother and son are left. Mr. Xu doesn't need to send someone to check the Meng family's heel, if you can't find it, it's a fake name, but after a long time, it will become real name."

Every family has scriptures that are hard to recite, and everyone has unspeakable suffering, it's just that they can't bear it.

Xu Beiyou was not interested in learning about Meng Dongfei's past experience, but he suddenly remembered that the Great Qi Martial Patriarch Emperor Xiao Lie had a conversation with Xiao Huang, which seemed very interesting to Xu Beiyou.

Xiao Huang used the sword, because of his rough experience in his early years, he claimed that his mind was difficult to calm down, and he had a big injustice in his chest.

Emperor Wuzu asked him: "Wife and children are separated, is it painful? Is it painful to sell your sons and daughters? Is it painful to have a broken family? Is it painful to die without a family? , What kind of?"

Xiao Huang replied: "There are millions of sufferings in the world, my own suffering is of course nothing, but others can be numb and bear it, but I, Xiao Yu, can't bear it, and why should I bear it?"

If there is grievance in the heart, use the sword to level it, which is similar to what Shangguan Xianchen said, "All things in the world are nothing but a matter of a sword".

Xiao Huang uttered the true meaning of the sword sect's way of swordsmanship, and was highly praised by his master, Gongsun Zhongmou, so Xu Beiyou was deeply impressed.

Concentrating his thoughts, Xu Beiyou said bluntly: "Since Mrs. Meng is willing to answer Xu's question, then Xu will bluntly say that he wants to ask, and please tell Mrs. Meng truthfully."

Meng Dongfei didn't speak, but nodded slightly.

Xu Beiyou emphasized his tone slightly, and asked: "Xu's first question, who are the principals in the ghost palace?"

Meng Dongfei didn't hesitate, and said bluntly: "The biggest person in charge of the Ghost King's Palace is naturally the Palace Master, but usually the Palace Master Shenlong sees the head and sees the tail, and rarely appears. I have seen Xu Jingwei and Kong Yixiao, there are also the four guardians of the law and the twelve landlords, and the concubine is one of the four."

Xu Beiyou nodded and asked, "What is Xiao Lin's position in the Ghost Palace?"

Meng Dongfei said softly: "The hierarchy in the Ghost King's Palace is strict, and Xiao Lin is the only one who can interact with the Palace Master on an equal footing. Although he has no clear identity, we all call him the Deputy Palace Master in private. If not, it’s all in his charge.”

Xu Beiyou pondered for a while, and then asked: "Xu's second question, is the matter of Daoist Qi Xianyun related to you?"

Meng Dongfei hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: "This matter is handled by Xiao Lin himself. Although I don't know the specific details, I have vaguely heard it mentioned by other Ming Lords. It should be that someone from the Taoist sect wants to take this Master the lives of disciples."

Xu Beiyou frowned slightly.

It's not enough for a Confucian school to be involved, but a Taoist school is also involved, and when you think about the attack on Xiao Zhinan, maybe someone in the court is also involved, this ghost palace is too powerful.

Xu Beiyou didn't rush to ask the third question, but fell into deep thought.

Jianzong, if it was the Jianzong back then, he would naturally not have to take the ghost king's palace seriously, just like today's Taoists, knowing that the ghost king's palace is not a good person, they are still willing to seek skins from tigers, because Taoists know that even if this ghost king's palace has a huge power It's hard to do nothing to them, even if the head master ascends, there are still more than thirty earth immortal masters in the Taoist sect, who look down on the world.

But the current Sword Sect is not good. After Gongsun Zhongmou and Shangguan Qinghong died in battle, there is only one Zhang Xueyao left, and a large part of the reason why Zhang Xueyao is willing to hand over power is to rely on Xu Beiyou to support the sect.

In all fairness, Xu Beiyou's aptitude can only be regarded as an upper-middle choice, far below the level of a top-notch choice, and it is not worthy of the sect master's insistence on accepting Xu Beiyou as a disciple. The reason why Gongsun Zhongmou accepted Xu Beiyou as a disciple He is a disciple, which has a lot to do with his status as the adopted son of Han Xuan.

With the power of the imperial court, the power of the officials in the court naturally also increased. After Han Xuan took office as the second assistant of the cabinet, Xu Beiyou's status took a turn for the worse. Those officials in Jiangdu, Jiangnan and even the Anweifu gave him three points, not because he was Jianzong The young master, but because he is the only adopted son of Mr. Han Ge, and he will be the coffin bearer for Mr. Han Ge when he dies in the future.

Since the opponent dared to attack the majestic princess, he would not be too concerned about Han Xuan who was behind Xu Beiyou, and now that Jianzong couldn't give him too much support, Xu Beiyou's situation was very delicate, as if he had returned to the beginning all the way south He was alone when he came to Jiangdu.

Xu Beiyou was silent for a long time, until the woman got a little impatient, and finally asked his third question slowly, "What is the picture of the ghost palace?"

Meng Dongfei froze suddenly, as if she didn't know how to answer Xu Beiyou.

After a long time, she smiled, "To be honest, Mr. Xu, our ghost palace is to use people's money to eliminate disasters. Others pay for it, and we contribute. Let's take the matter of Qi Xianyun as an example. The real person bought the girl's life at a price of one million silver and one hundred catties of fine gold, and then the deputy palace lord personally beat the girl to death, and her body sank in the East China Sea. .”

Xu Beiyou smiled, "Is it that simple?"

The woman smiled sincerely, nodded and said, "It's that simple."

Xu Beiyou threw the boy in his hand to the woman, "Mrs. Meng, go slowly, I won't send you off soon."

Meng Dongfei took over Meng Suilong, without a word of nonsense, directly into the air.

Just when the mother and son were about to disappear into the sky, the woman suddenly turned her head and smiled at Wu Yu.

Xu Beiyou seemed to have expected it, he had already stretched out his hand to block Wu Yu's body, and then saw a cluster of blood burst from his palm.

Wu Yu's face changed, and he held his hand and asked with concern: "Brother, your hand?"

"It's nothing serious." Xu Beiyou shook his head, and then explained: "Meng Dongfei used the sword in his pupils to injure people with the power of the sword, but this method originated from our Sword Sect, and it happened to be me See the clues."

While speaking, Xu Beiyou's palm had already healed, and after wiping off the blood, there was no sign of being injured at all.

This is where the mystery of the Earth Immortal Realm lies. On the day when Taiyi rescued Ku Tianzun, Xu Beiyou cut off his arm. As long as he lost a little cultivation and time, he could also regenerate the severed limb.

Wu Yu breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Brother, is what that person said just now true?"

Xu Beiyou said calmly: "The first two questions should be true, but the last question is false. It is true that the ghost palace uses people's money to eliminate disasters, but I always feel that they are actually using this as a cover to secretly Quietly laid out, just like the matter of the Li family, it seems that Li Zijian invited Kong Yixiao to quell the internal strife in the family, but Xu Jingwei on Li Qingyu's side is also a member of the ghost palace. Breaking through the mess, but this is just the Li family, and there are others we don't know or have not encountered, so how many should there be?"

Wu Yu murmured to himself: "Grass snake gray line, can the pulse be thousands of miles away?"

(End of this chapter)