Although Murong Ling was still sad about her master's departure a few days ago, she couldn't resist her curiosity. After all, this was her first time going out and coming into contact with someone other than her master. What made her even more excited was that she had met the legendary man.
"What is this? It's red and so cute." Murong Ling ran to an old man selling candied haws and asked.
"Miss, this is candied haws. It costs two copper coins per skewer.”The old man chuckled.
"Alright, I'll have a skewer."
Murong Ling ate as she walked, thinking about what her master had said about the capital.”How should she go? She still wanted to go around and play! However, he didn't have much silver left. It was better to find Shang Shujie as soon as possible.
As night gradually approached, Murong Ling found a place called "Guest House."”At the inn.
"Waiter, give me a room."
"Alright, sir."
"Wait, serve me some side dishes first. I'll go up after eating.”Murong Ling suddenly felt a little hungry.
"Okay, wait a moment." The waiter ran away diligently.
Murong Ling looked around and sized up the people who were eating. After living a different life from the Lost Forest for the past few days, she had slowly become familiar with the lively life of living in the crowd.
At this moment, a man wearing a black windbreaker and a cloak entered the inn. The moment he entered, he emitted a dangerous aura. His right hand held a sword tightly, and he refused to put it down even when he was sitting. Everyone else avoided him, but there was one person who was always different.
"Big brother, I am Murong Ling. How should I address you?”Murong Ling tilted her head and asked.
"Waiter, prepare a superior room and send the food to the room.”The man in black ignored Murong Ling's question and followed the mistress into the room.
"Hmph, you're so mysterious. There must be something wrong. I told you to ignore me, so I'll let you have a taste of my power.”Murong Ling said indignantly and continued to eat. Eating was the most important thing.
The moon is dark and the wind is high. It's the time to do bad things. Haha!
Murong Ling quietly snuck into the black-robed man's room and slowly approached him with her superb lightness skill. She nimbly picked up the sword beside him. Just as she was about to leave, the man in black grabbed her hand.
"Put down your sword if you want to die." His cold tone was very scary.
"If you tell me to let go, then I won't lose face.”Murong Ling turned her hand and easily escaped his control.
Surprise flashed in the black-robed man's eyes. Before he could react, Murong Ling flew out with a whoosh. Just as the man in black was about to give chase, a few masked men appeared outside the window.
"Who are you?"
"We're here for the Liuxi sword.”
"Hmph, who sent you? Don't you know that I'm the Prime Minister's subordinate?”The man in black revealed his identity.
"Cut the crap." The masked man began to attack him.
Although the black-clothed man's martial arts were not weak, the martial arts of the masked men could not be underestimated. Moreover, it was a few against one, and the black-clothed man was gradually at a disadvantage.
"Tell me, where is the Liuxi sword?" A sword was placed on the man's neck.
"Then you can ask the King of Hell." With that, the man in black committed suicide with the sword on his neck.
"Big brother, I didn't find it."
"Damn it, how are we going to explain this to Master? Find out who he had interacted with before.”
"Yes."
The next day, the city was abuzz with rumors that the Prime Minister's men had died here and that the higher-ups had sent people to investigate. During this period of time, only people were allowed to enter the city and not leave the city. This caused everyone to be anxious, and the commoners dared not speak out.
Shangguan Ruoyu and the others heard the news as soon as they entered the city.
"Sigh, how unlucky. We're not allowed to leave the city now. How can we do business?”A merchant in the inn complained.
"Yes, the Prime Minister's men are dead, of course we have to investigate.”
Shangguan Ruoyu's hand paused for a moment before she continued to drink the tea.
When he heard the words " Prime Minister." Yue Qingyuan glanced at Shangguan Ruoyu. Seeing that she didn't show any unusual behavior, he felt relieved. It seemed that she didn't do anything impulsive when she heard the name of her enemy.
"Anu, go and find out what's going on.”Shangguan Ruoyu whispered.
"Yes, Sister Yu."
At night, Yue Qingyuan saw that no one was paying attention to them outside. He closed the door and returned to his room to listen to Anu's investigation.
"Anu, how is it?" Yue Qingyuan asked carefully.
"Zhang Zhongshou's men met with misfortune here, and the soldiers are searching everywhere.”
Shangguan Ruoyu thought for a while and said slowly,""There's something fishy about this matter. Coming here alone, it's obvious that Zhang Zhongshou had something for him to do in secret. Now that he's dead, he's searching everywhere with great fanfare.”Shangguan Ruoyu smiled, her eyes full of confidence.
"He's looking for something." Anu said fiercely.
"Then what is he looking for?" Yue Qingyuan thought about it.
"No matter what it is, it must be something very important to him. As long as we find it before him, it will be a heavy blow to him.”Shangguan Ruoyu said.
"What should we do now? Stay here.”Anu hesitated. After all, he had planned to go to the capital from the start, and that was his ultimate goal.
"Let's continue to the capital. It's been so many days, but we still haven't found the murderer. Presumably, the murderer is no longer here. I want to get rid of Zhang Zhongshou as soon as possible and avenge the Shangguan Clan.”
"Little Yu, don't worry. We'll help you.”
"Thank you." Shangguan Ruoyu was touched. They were risking their lives to help her!
Suddenly, there was another person in the room.
"Who are you? What did you hear?”Yue Qingyuan's eyes were filled with killing intent.
"My name is Murong Ling.”Murong Ling smiled.
"Humph, you hide a knife behind your smile.”Yue Qingyuan instantly placed his sword against Murong Ling's neck.
"Hehe, I don't know that Zhang Zhongshou. Don't use a knife or a sword.”Murong Ling stuck out her tongue and cleverly used her lightness skill to escape from Yue Qingyuan's sword.
The others were shocked. They didn't even see her move clearly. Who was she?
"Miss, who are you?" Shangguan Ruoyu regained her composure and asked.
"Sister, you can just call me Ling 'er. Sister, you're so beautiful.”Murong Ling smiled until her eyes narrowed into a line.
"Ling 'er, why are you here? Did you hear what I said just now?。”Shangguan Ruoyu said gently.
"Sister, I heard what you said, but don't worry, I won't tell anyone.”
"Hmph, how can we believe you?”Anu still didn't think she could be trusted.
"This is for you." Murong Ling leaped up and took out the sword she had snatched from the roof beam a few days ago.
"Liuxi Sword." Shangguan Ruoyu cried out in surprise. Although she had never seen the Liuxi sword before, her master had always asked her to look at the pattern of the sword. Moreover, she immediately noticed the word "Liuxi" on the sword.”Two words.
"What? Little Yu, you said it was your family's Liuxi sword?”Yue Qingyuan couldn't believe it.
"That's right, it's the Liuxi Sword." Shangguan Ruoyu took the sword, her eyes glistening with tears.
"Oh, so it's yours. Then return it to its rightful owner.”Murong Ling said generously.
"Ling 'er, what's going on? How did you get this sword?”
Murong Ling sighed and told them everything.
"So that's what happened. Then why did you trust me and be willing to give me this sword?”
"Aiya, big sister is so beautiful. She must be a good person. Moreover, I want you to take me to the capital as a favor.”
Yue Qingyuan couldn't help but think that this favor was huge.
"What is Ling 'er doing in the capital?”
"I'm going to the capital to find someone. My master is dead, and I'm alone.”Murong Ling couldn't help but feel sad when she thought of this.
Shangguan Ruoyu felt that she was in the same boat as her. She grabbed her hand lovingly and said,"Ling 'er, I'm Shangguan Ruoyu. You can call me Sister Yu. Come with us to the capital. This is Yue Qingyuan and this is Anu.”
"Brother Qingyuan, Brother Anu." Yue Qingyuan nodded slightly, but Anu tilted his head unwillingly," Little girl. Murong Ling didn't mind. After all, they were about the same age, so she couldn't help but have a childish temper.
"In that case, Ling 'er, you stay here first. We'll leave the city at night. Zhang Zhongshou is searching for the Liuxi Sword, and another group of people has appeared. We need to find out the whole story as soon as possible and reach the capital as soon as possible.”
Yue Qingyuan and Anu went to pack the things they needed for the journey while Murong Ling and Shangguan Ruoyu packed their bags.
"Sister Yu, is that Prime Minister really that bad?”
"Although it was the Emperor who ordered us to be raided, if it wasn't for Zhang Zhongshou's framing, our family wouldn't have ended up like this. I will definitely kill him to avenge my Shangguan family and let the Emperor clear the name of the Shangguan family.”Shangguan Ruoyu's eyes were firm.
"Don't worry, Sister Yu, I'll help you!'
"Hehe, Ling 'er, this is a dangerous thing. We've met by chance, so how can I let you fall into a dangerous situation?”Not only her, but she would not let anything happen to Brother Qingyuan and Anu. If someone had to be sacrificed, it would be herself.
Murong Ling didn't mind. She had already made up her mind to help her anyway.
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