Chapter 40 Not Exaggerating

Sensing that there was something in these words, Shang Shuqing seemed to be a little worried that her brother would suffer a disadvantage, afraid that her brother would agree in a hurry, so she hurriedly asked, "A little grievance? I don't know if the master can make it clear?"

Lan Ruoting nodded when he heard the words, he was also worried about this.

Niu Youdao said indifferently: "It's not really a grievance. It's just that the resources that the prince can use are limited. I may do some unscrupulous things to achieve my goal. I hope the prince can cooperate. Don't blame me. .”

Shang Shuqing: "The so-called soldiers never tire of deceit, so it's understandable for Daoist to use some means here, but if it's too offensive, it's easy to trap my brother..."

Niu Youdao raised his hand to interrupt: "Don't worry, the princess, and the prince can also rest assured. Niu hereby promises that he will never let the prince bear the reputation of harming nature and reason, and will not make the prince unbearable. In short, let's go." I will not do anything harmful to the lord, if I violate this promise, the lord will never admit that I have anything to do with it."

Having said that, the few people felt a little relieved, but they still couldn't believe it. How could Feng Lingbo borrow troops?

Lan Ruoting, who was silently thinking, said: "Master Dao, I'm afraid it's inappropriate to stay in Guangyi County for too long. I don't know how the court will react. And the Song family, Master Dao killed Song Yanqing, but stayed In Guangyi County, the goal is too obvious, and the Song family is afraid that they will do something unfavorable to Master Dao."

"It's easy to deal with the imperial court. The sacrifice of dozens of personal guards, the prince can be a little more sentimental. He mourned and worshiped, and he was reluctant to leave for a long time. It is reasonable to stay for a few more days." Niu Youdao He didn't feel guilty about the death of those personal guards at all, "As for the Song family, they are going to solve this matter, I have my own way to deal with it!"

Shang Chaozong nodded, "According to what Daoist said, I don't know when I will leave, how should I prepare for this trip?"

Niu Youdao: "It's not too late, we set off for the county city overnight. In addition, please send twenty smarter personal guards to accompany me, and I need some property, ten thousand gold coins!"

"Ten thousand gold coins..." Shang Chaozong and Shang Shuqing showed embarrassment. This is really not a small amount. This amount of money is enough for hundreds of people to spend a few years.

The two brothers and sisters can't figure it out, why do you need so much money, is it possible to use this money to change people? Although 10,000 gold coins is quite a lot, it is obviously not enough to exchange them for a team that is enough to gain a foothold in Cangwu County. People and horses.

Lan Ruoting smiled wryly and said: "To tell the truth, if we come to Cangwu County, it should be no problem to collect 10,000 gold coins. At present, the sum of the money on hand is less than 1,000 gold coins. It is really impossible to get 10,000 gold coins."

Niu Youdao waved his hand, "Forget it if you don't have one. Money is a trivial matter. I'll find another way when I get to the county town. First, give me a hundred gold coins as an emergency."

Several people looked at each other, even for their background, 10,000 gold coins is not a small amount. I don't know how this person went to Guangyi County to get 10,000 gold coins. Is this going to be a robbery with skill or a preparation? to grab? Don't make troubles in Guangyi County to annoy Feng Lingbo. People who can spend such a sum of money are definitely not ordinary people in Guangyi County, and it will definitely not be easy.

It’s true that he couldn’t get 10,000 gold coins. Just now, Lan Ruoting somewhat doubted that Niu Youdao wanted to take away his belongings and abscond. When he heard about 100 gold coins, he immediately depreciated it by a hundred times, and immediately realized that he was a villain. The heart measures the belly of a gentleman, and the skill of others is not enough to spend so much effort for a hundred gold coins.

Seeing what Shang Chaozong meant, Lan Ruoting nodded and said, "Master Dao, wait a moment, I'll go pick it up right away, and arrange for an accompanying person by the way."

Niu Youdao immediately explained: "Remember, avoid Qu Wu and his party, don't let them find out, and give me some time to maneuver."

"Understood!" Lan Ruoting cupped his hands and hurried away to arrange the matter.

And the Shang brothers and sisters were really curious about how Niu Youdao borrowed people, and finally Shang Shuqing couldn't help asking: "Master Dao, can't you reveal it?"

Niu Youdao hehe said: "It's not clear yet, the specific situation can be adjusted as needed, we'll see when the time comes."

Shang Chaozong was a little worried about the fact that he didn't tell the truth again, but he had seen the other party tell his back with a single word before, and he saw that Niu Youdao had extraordinary insight, so he took a high look.

Yuan Gang, who was silent at the side, suddenly said: "Master Dao, those two of the Shang Qingzong confessed that the presiding officer Yuan Fang is a bear demon."

"Uh..." Niu Youdao turned around in astonishment, "Demon? Fairy?"

Shang Chaozong answered: "That's right, the people below have checked it out. The real host Yuan Fang has passed away. The current host Yuan Fang is a little bear picked up from the mountain by the monks of Nanshan Temple two hundred years ago, and now he has gained some knowledge. , changed into Yuanfang. This Nanshan Temple has nothing to do with Shangqingzong, it was Song Yanqing who came to fight with it before, forcing the bear demon to succumb."

Niu Youdao's eyes flashed, goblin? Or a bear demon? He is seriously interested. Although he knows that there are monsters in this world, it is the first time he has encountered them. He has never seen them before. Naturally, he wants to see them. Yuan Gang's reminder just now obviously has the same interest and wants to see them too. . However, he has other important things to do now, not the time to slowly study the monster, so he had to tell him: "My lord, don't let this goblin go, wait until I get back and have a good chat with him."

Shang Chaozong smiled and said: "Okay, keep it for the Taoist!"

After a while, Lan Ruoting came, presented a money bag, and arranged for twenty men and horses.

After the two sides conspired again, Shang Chaozong and others came out of Nanshan Temple and deliberately made some noise to attract people's attention, not only to attract Qu Wu and his party, but also to attract the imperial court who might be watching secretly Eyeliner, everything he did was to cover Niu Youdao's departure.

And Niu Youdao led Yuan Gang and twenty troops down the mountain quietly in the dark.

Outside the Nanshan Temple, there were several braziers, the flames were blazing, and Shang Chaozong and others seemed to be burning paper to pay homage to the sacrificed personal guards.

On the way, a personal guard came and reported in a low voice beside Shang Chaozong: "My lord, you have left smoothly."

"En!" Shang Chaozong nodded slightly, threw the paper money into the brazier one after another, and at the same time looked at Lan Ruoting beside him and said, "I don't know whether what he said is true or not, let alone whether it can be done, and I can't understand it even if I ask it. To tell the truth, people have no idea what to hear.”

Lan Ruoting hesitated and said: "This person looks sophisticated in handling things, Chengfu really doesn't look like a person of this age, it seems that he doesn't want people to find out about himself in everything, he doesn't feel like a person on the right path, really I don’t know why Mr. Dong Guo’s eyes accepted such a disciple. But the princess seems to trust him quite a bit.”

Shang Shuqing: "Looking at all aspects of the situation, if he has problems, he won't kill Song Yanqing. Brother, sir, we don't have much choice now, and it doesn't hurt much to let him try."

Shang Chaozong threw a stack of paper money into the brazier, watched the flying ashes rising, and sighed softly: "We'll wait and see!"

Inside the city walls, the lights were dim, a figure came from the street, walked outside a restaurant, looked up at the signboard, it was Chen Guishuo.

The man came forward to greet him warmly, "Guest officer, how many are there?"

Chen Guishuo ignored him, pushed him aside, rushed to the counter, and stared at the old shopkeeper behind the counter.

The old shopkeeper looked up, was taken aback for a moment, and then turned his head to the clerk who came up to pester him, and the clerk had no choice but to back down.

It was late, it was almost closing time, and there was still a table of customers upstairs. The old shopkeeper looked around, made a gesture of invitation to Chen Guishuo, and led Chen Guishuo to a secluded room in the back hall .

As soon as the door was closed, the old shopkeeper looked at Chen Guishuo up and down, "What's the matter?"

In fact, Chen Guishuo didn't know who the old shopkeeper was, and he didn't even know the other party's name, but he had come here to get supplies when he followed Song Yanqing through here, and he probably guessed that this restaurant might be arranged by the Song family here. It's not surprising that the rich and powerful of the Song family have such an arrangement.

In fact, even though he and Xu Yitian were disciples of the Shang Qing Sect, they were gradually absorbed by the Song family as eyeliners. The Song family promised a future, and even if the Shang Qing Sect collapsed, they would not be afraid. It is impossible for him not to report Song Yanqing's murder to the Song family.

"Something went wrong." Chen Guishuo sighed as he slumped on the chair.

The old shopkeeper frowned, "What happened?"

Chen Guishuo shook his head heavily and said, "My brother Song Yanqing is dead."

"Ah!" The old shopkeeper was taken aback, and asked anxiously, "What's going on?"

"We went to Nanshan Temple..." Chen Guishuo explained the incident in detail, and after being questioned by the old shopkeeper, he said: "You should find a way to pass the news back to the capital, and I have to rush back to the Shangqingzong Tell me, help me arrange a horse, it is best to help me get an identity, so that I can transfer at the station along the way!"

The old shopkeeper quickly arranged this series of matters, and they handled them extremely quickly.

After people sent Chen Guishuo away, the old shopkeeper went to the secret room of the restaurant and quickly wrote a secret report. Afterwards, he caught a bird of prey with a dark body and two golden wings from a side cage, and stuffed the secret letter into the In the small hollow tube on the raptor's foot.

This bird is named 'Golden Wing', and it has extraordinary flying speed and endurance. The most amazing thing is that this bird can find its own eggs no matter where they are, and no matter how far apart they are, they can identify the exact direction to find them. Therefore, the female 'Golden Wing' is domesticated and used to deliver letters, which is expensive. As for male birds, they don't have this ability, they can only be used for mating, and they are not worth much.

After packing the letter, a piece of cloth covered the 'Golden Wing' in his hand. The old shopkeeper hurried out of the secret room, came to a room with no lights, opened the window, tore off the cloth, and put the 'Golden Wing' Swinging out the window, the bird quickly flapped its wings and disappeared into the vast night...

At dawn the next day, Shang Chaozong and others left Nanshan Temple, and once again came to worship in front of the tomb of the bodyguard who died in battle, with a sad look on their faces.

This is just to match what Niu Youdao said, and it will be delayed here for a few days.

When the golden light of the rising sun broke through the mountains, a bodyguard came to report and told that Niu Youdao was arranging the accompanying bodyguards at intervals, and wanted to build a temporary communication channel between the Guangyi prefecture and the Shang Dynasty, and maintain the relationship with the people here. Good news.

The reason is simple, a horse galloping for a long distance is unbearable, and it is necessary to change horses to maintain the efficient pace of news transmission. Niu Youdao has obviously planned this in advance.

Lan Ruoting nodded slightly when he heard the news, "It's not exaggeration, this person is really not simple!"

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