"There was a special person who checked. There was no problem with the dinner.”Belic cupped his hands at King Jing and continued,""The ones responsible for escorting them are the Northern Yan Forbidden Army. They are on duty at night and there are people patrolling very closely. (1 am to 3 am), a group of unidentified people wearing black cloaks and holding black longswords arrived.”Bai Liqi suddenly panicked a little when he said this. "These people's martial arts are very high. We didn't even hear the warning from the patrol post before they attacked. The men in black are well-trained and usually form groups of three to four people to kill. In just a moment, the three hundred Northern Yan's forbidden soldiers and envoy group were killed. Although my martial arts are poor, I can protect myself, so I ran out.”
"Black clothes, black cape, and black sword?" King Jing seemed to have thought of something, but he couldn't grasp it. "Are there any other characteristics?"
"There's one..." " I've seen small silver sword-shaped patterns on the right sleeves of these black-robed swordsmen," Bai Liqi said hesitantly." Some are more, some are less."”
King Jing and Xiao Chu exclaimed in unison,""It's the Hidden Sword Sect!"
The Hidden Sword Sect, located in the Hidden Sword Mountain Range of Northern Yan, was the most mysterious Jianghu force in the world. Even the all-knowing Langya Pavilion knew very little about this Hidden Sword Sect. Other than the two things that scared the royal family of Northern Yan to give up the mountain range and the city, there had been no movement. No country had deployed spies in the city under the jurisdiction of the Hidden Sword Sect that could accommodate 230,000 people, but there was still no information.
The royal families of Dayu, South Chu, North Yan, and Daliang had all visited the Hidden Sword Sect. However, the only person who came out to receive them was a white-haired man who called himself an elder. The sect master of the Hidden Sword Sect had never shown his face in front of outsiders. No one knew whether the sect master of the Hidden Sword Sect was tall or short, fat or thin, or how good his martial arts were. They did not even know if he was a man or a woman.
During this period, Lin Chen, the master of the Langya Pavilion, had personally visited the Hidden Sword Sect and stayed there for half a month. After returning to Langya Pavilion, Lin Chen did not mention anything about Hidden Sword Sect. The Hidden Sword Sect was becoming more and more mysterious and low-key. Occasionally, the residents of Zhongtian Snow City in the Hidden Sword Mountain had seen them a few times. They all said that the people of the Hidden Sword Sect wore black clothes, black cloaks, and held a black sword. Their right sleeve was embroidered with a silver sword pattern.
"I think so too." " Yuzhou is only a five-day journey by horse from the Hidden Sword Mountain," Bai Liqi said." We can reach Yuzhou in four days if we ride fast and set up an ambush.”
"But why did the Hidden Sword Sect attack the Northern Yan envoy?”Xiao Chu shook his head and asked,"How many sword patterns did you see embroidered on their sleeves?" Think about it carefully. This is very important!"
Bai Liqi thought about it carefully and said with uncertainty,""I think it's seven. Yes, seven."
"Seven?" Xiao Chu nodded.
"Brother Xiao, what do you mean by this? Could it be that the sword pattern on the sleeve had some meaning?”Mei Changsu might have heard what Beric had said before, so he was not surprised. Seeing Xiao Chu's strange expression, he asked.
Xiao Chu saw that King Jing was also looking over. Xiao Chu slowly said," About a year ago, when I opened a medical center, there was a person from the Hidden Sword Sect who was poisoned by a very strange poison in South Chu. He had been treated for a long time, but he still couldn't be cured. In the end, he came to Jinling to find me. From this person, I learned some things about the Hidden Sword Sect. The Hidden Sword Sect was mysterious to the outside world, but it was strictly hierarchical internally. From bottom to top, it was divided into ten levels. Every level up would have an additional sword mark on the sleeve. According to that person, the Hidden Sword Sect Master had ten golden sword marks! Bai Liqi saw that the seven sword marks should be the external deacons of the Hidden Sword Sect, the lowest level elders.”
"I see. I didn't expect the Hidden Sword Sect to have such a strict hierarchy.”Mei Changsu was secretly speechless. Even though the Jiangzuo Alliance was in the fourteen states of Jiangzuo, they still managed their members in the way of the hall. Compared to Hidden Sword Sect's layered management, it was indeed a little loose.
"That person also said that the higher-ups of the Hidden Sword Sect, who are above the eighth sword mark, are all living in seclusion like ordinary people, except for three elders who are in charge of the Hidden Sword Sect every month. Once the Hidden Sword Sect gave the order, they would gather at the Hidden Sword Sect from all over the world!”Xiao Chu continued with interest,""When he was hospitalized in my clinic, I inquired about the incident in the Northern Yan palace two years ago. He told me that the person who infiltrated the Northern Yan palace and plucked the Northern Yan emperor's dragon beard was the Nine Sword Biao Left Emissary of the Hidden Sword Sect!”
"The Hidden Sword Sect is very strict with the outside world. How could that person tell Teacher so much?”
"Although the Hidden Sword Sect is strict with outsiders, they do not avoid their disciples from telling outsiders some so-called secrets that are irrelevant. In fact, after saying so much, that person still did not tell me who the sect master of Hidden Sword Sect was, and who the Left Emissary was.”Xiao Chu was not disgusted by King Jing's question. Instead, she nodded at King Jing and said with a smile,""He even stayed in my clinic for half a month, but I didn't even know his name.”
"Yes." King Jing nodded and believed it, but his heart was shrouded in doubt."Why did the Hidden Sword Sect kill the Northern Yan envoy? Colluding with the people of the court for money and power? No, the Hidden Sword Sect had a large city under its jurisdiction, and it collected countless taxes every year. Now, it was already the world's largest sect, and its reputation and status in the martial arts world could not be surpassed.”
"Unless the Hidden Sword Sect wants to interfere in the court's affairs.”"This mysterious Hidden Sword Sect might appear in front of the world in the near future," Mei Changsu said with a smile.”
"Interfering with the royal court? Was he interfering with the royal court of that country? Liang? Dayu? Or Northern Yan?" Xiao Chu also started to think.
The three of them and Bai Liqi sat until it was late at night, but they could not find anything useful. They could only go back to their respective homes.
Five days later, the diplomatic mission to Great Yu and Northern Yan sent back good news and bad news. Because of the fierce internal conflict between the Crown Prince of the Northern Yan Kingdom and the Third Prince of the Imperial Family, who had a lot of connections, the Northern Yan Kingdom did not have the intention to punish them. They ordered the Ministry of Justice to send people to investigate the case of the Northern Yan diplomatic team being intercepted and killed in Yuzhou. This was indeed good news. When he heard this, Emperor Liang even had two more glasses of wine during lunch.
However, the memorial in the afternoon was not as good.
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