They rushed for another two days before arriving at River Tomb and went to visit the Horse God Whip.
Although Peng Zhengyi was no longer a bodyguard, most of the escorts in the agency were close to this generous and heroic deputy head of escorts. Hence, there would often be escorts who would visit him and talk to him about Jianghu matters. He knew that Shangguan Wanqian was the owner of the Dragon Abyss Sword and that Xu Zhutao had once helped her. This person and Yu Luosha were Xu Zhutao's friends, so he did not dare to neglect them and personally led the two of them to the small courtyard where he lived alone. After some conversation, Peng Zhengyi told the two that Xu Zhutao had once gone to Sunset Horse Farm to kill Gong Ao and earned the title of Prince White Horse. He had also returned to Jiangling to visit him once, but no one knew where Xu Zhutao was now.
Peng Zhengyi said," I heard that the North-South Greenwood Alliance is about to start a war. I think Brother Xu will definitely go and watch the show. If you two go to Jiujiang, you might be able to find Brother Xu."”
"We heard about the war between the Northern and Southern Greenwood Alliance on the way here. It's just that we want to find Xu before the war starts.”
Peng Zhengyi said," I'll have to ask the two of you about this. Brother Xu is famous now. It shouldn't be difficult to find out his whereabouts in Jianghu."”
When Shangguan Wanqian and Yu Luosha bid farewell to Peng Zhengyi, it was already dusk. The two of them returned to the restaurant where they had stayed. When they entered the lobby, they found that there were many people sitting there. The two of them found an empty table and sat down. While they were eating, they heard some of the diners in the hall discussing the upcoming war between the North and South Greenwood Alliance. Not long after, they heard someone shouting,"Have you heard of the Twin Dragon Swordsmen of Wudang?”
Another person echoed loudly,"The martial arts world has different talents, each with their own unique abilities. One unique talent is like two dragons, three outstanding talents and four dusts." Who hadn't heard of it in Jianghu? Hey, brother, what did the Double Dragon Swordsmen do this time?”
"It's not a big deal. It's just that some time ago, there were rumors in the martial arts world that the person who killed Gong Ao was a young and handsome young hero who was eight feet tall…"
"Who doesn't know about this?" someone interrupted loudly. What did it have to do with the Double Dragon Swordsmen?”
"But Lin Yinghao, the Wandering Dragon Swordsman of the Twin Dragon Swordsmen, said that he killed Gong Ao on the street outside Fengxiang Restaurant!”
Someone said," Wandering Dragon Swordsman Lin Yinghao was ranked fourth on the last Martial Arts Outstanding Talent List. He's young, handsome, and skilled in martial arts. It's not surprising that he really killed Gong Ao!”
" But a few days ago, a brother brought back news from Anlu saying that the person who killed Gong Ao was the White Horse Prince, Xu Zhutao. Guess what happened."”
"Then who killed him?" someone asked. Old Tie, don't keep me in suspense. Tell me more!”
"I'm sure everyone has heard about the matter of the Northern and Southern Greenwood Alliance inviting their own experts to help, right?" A few days ago, someone from the Northern Green Forest Alliance heard that Lin Yinghao had killed Gong Ao with his own hands, so he went back and reported to Ma Fangling, the daughter of the leader of the Northern Green Forest Alliance, Ma Huateng. He also suggested that Ma Fangling invite the Twin Dragon Swordsmen of Wudang to help. Ma Fangling then asked someone to meet the Twin Dragon Swordsmen at the Six Ru Inn in Anlu City. Guess what happened next!”
Everyone in the hall listened to him quietly. Who knew that this old man would keep them in suspense again? Suddenly, someone shouted impatiently,"Don't keep me in suspense. Hurry up and say it!"
Yu Raksha and Shangguan Wanqian sized up the burly man called Old Tie. He looked to be in his forties, had a mighty appearance, and a dignified appearance. There was a sheathed long knife hanging at his waist. He looked like a person from the underworld.
Old Tie continued," Ma Fangling saw the Twin Dragon Swordsmen. They were indeed talented. She said that she wanted to invite the two of them to help the Northern Green Forest Alliance. Who knew that the Wandering Dragon Swordsman would raise a condition?"”
When everyone heard Old Tie stop talking, they shouted,"What condition? Old Tie, tell me quickly!"
Old Tie continued slowly," Swordsman Long You raised a condition. He said that after they help the Northern Green Forest Alliance defeat the Southern Green Forest Alliance, they will marry the Fire Phoenix. Everyone, please take a guess. Will the Fire Phoenix agree?"”Everyone started scolding him. It was a pity that Old Tie didn't tell a story. A few people jeered,"Hey! Did the Fire Phoenix agree?" Some people jeered,"I heard that the Fire Phoenix is as beautiful as a flower and has high standards. She definitely won't agree!"”
Shangguan Wanqian and Yu Luosha were also curious. Gong Ao was clearly killed by Little Xu, but why did the Wandering Dragon Swordsman come out and say that he was the one who killed him?
At this moment, Old Tie shouted again,"Quiet! Everyone, be quiet!" "Then tell me quickly!" Everyone quieted down. Old Tie continued,"Just as the Fire Phoenix was hesitating, a very ugly woman stood up and said that Gong Ao was not killed by the Wandering Dragon Swordsman, but by the White Horse Prince Xu Zhutao. Moreover, the White-Horse Prince was sitting not far from Ma Fangling.”
"Then who killed him?" Everyone shouted.”"Yeah, who killed him?"
"That ugly woman only asked Wandering Dragon Swordsman a few questions before she exposed Wandering Dragon Swordsman's tricks." First, he asked him when and where he killed Gong Ao. Second, he asked him how many owners there were at Sunset Horse Farm. Third, he asked if he had the divine steed given by Sunset Horse Farm as proof. Everyone, why did that ugly woman ask these three questions? That was because the Sunset Horse Farm had given two white horses to the two knights who had helped them after defeating the Purgatory Valley. That was how Xu Zhutao got the nickname of the White Horse Prince!”
"So the one who killed Gong Ao was the White Horse Young Master?"”
" It was the White Horse Prince, Xu Zhutao, who killed him," Old Tie said." Ma Fangling and Old Senior Xin of Cloud Scouring Hand can testify to this."”"How did Wudang produce such trash?" Someone else cursed.”"That's right. Wudang Sect is a prestigious sect. How could they have such a disciple?”
" The Twin Dragon Swordsmen used to be inseparable," Old Tie said." But I heard that the Flying Dragon Swordsman and the Wandering Dragon Swordsman have parted ways!"”
Shangguan Wanqian and Yu Luosha only found out that Xu Zhutao had gone to Anlu City after hearing this. They could not help but feel glad that they had returned to Fengxiang Restaurant.
"Auntie, so that guy went to Anlu City. Then we…" Shangguan Wanqian said.
" Let's rest tonight," Jade Raksha said." We'll rush to find him tomorrow. I didn't expect this kid to be so famous."”
"Auntie, I want a nice nickname too!" Shangguan Wanqian said.”
"Then you have to work hard," Jade Raksha said.”
"Auntie, why is there an ugly woman beside that guy? Sister Zhao is clearly a fairy-like beauty!" Shangguan Wanqian asked.”
"Maybe Fairy Zhao is deliberately disguising herself as an ugly woman. How would I know?"”
After the two finished eating, they went to wash up and bathe.
The next day, Shangguan Wanqian woke up early, but she was no longer dressed like a village girl. She even asked her aunt to help her tie her hair into a double knife bun, put a jade hairpin on her head, and wore a white gauze dress. She was bright and moving, and she looked completely different.
The two of them hurriedly finished their breakfast and set off on their journey. Both of them rode fast horses and could reach Anlu City before dark. Shen Shi and the others arrived at a forest on the southwest side of Anlu City. They were a little tired from rushing all the way, so they slowed down and walked slowly. At this moment, they saw three young women running into the forest in front of them. Two of them were holding a woman in a green dress. All three of their clothes were stained with blood. The woman in the green dress seemed to be seriously injured. Not long after, he arrived in front of the two horses.
"What's wrong, ladies?" asked Jade Raksha as she dismounted from her horse.”
"We were chased by the Demon Cult, and Eldest Senior Sister was seriously injured!" said a woman.”As she spoke, she cried and helped the eldest senior sister to the ground with another woman. There was a sword wound on the eldest senior sister's chest that was still bleeding. Her face was pale and she was unconscious.
"Hurry up and bandage her up! Did you bring any medicine for her wounds? Quickly stop her bleeding.”
The woman in purple put down her sword and quickly took out a porcelain bottle. Seeing that everyone present was a woman, she no longer had any scruples. She tore off the clothes on her senior sister's wound, then tore off her sleeve to wipe away the blood. Then, she sprinkled the medicine on the wound. The wound was under her right breast. At this moment, a snow-white breast was exposed. The woman in purple sprinkled the medicine on the wound and tore off her right sleeve to tie up the wound. At this moment, her fair and slender arms were also exposed.
Jade Luosha took out a porcelain bottle and handed it over.""This is the Nine Flower Dew Pill. Hurry up and let her take three pills. I'll circulate my qi to help her heal.”
The purple-dressed woman poured out three vermillion pills from the porcelain bottle, and immediately, a fragrance wafted over. Knowing that it was a healing medicine, she didn't say anything more. She pried open Big Sister's cherry mouth and fed her the pills. Only then did she have the time to say,"I'm Tao Siyong from Emei. The injured one is my eldest senior sister Xiang Jingyu. This is my junior sister Qin Xiangning.”
Jade Rakshasa did not answer. She helped Xiang Jingyu up and sat behind her while circulating her energy to help her heal.
Shangguan Wanqian, who was beside him, had already dismounted and replied,""That's my aunt. I'm Shangguan Wanqian.”
"Is Miss Shangguan from Shangguan Castle?" Qin Xiangning asked.”
"That's right," Shangguan Wanqian said. Why did you fight with the Demon Sect? Didn't the Demonic Sect disappear a long time ago?"
"We were ordered by our master to go down the mountain with the four young masters of Kunlun to investigate the news of the people of the Demonic Sect. We were accidentally discovered by others, so we fought." The Demonic Sect had the advantage in numbers. Our Senior Sister was injured because she protected us.”
"That's strange. How did you know that someone from the Demonic Sect was here?" Shangguan Wanqian asked again.”
Qin Xiangning cried." We didn't know at first. Someone reported the news of the Devil Sect to our Sect Leader and the Sect Leader of Kunlun. So, the Sect Leader sent the three of us and the four young heroes of Kunlun to go down the mountain to investigate." We've been investigating this place for several days and only found traces of the Demon Sect today. Unexpectedly, Eldest Martial Sister was seriously injured.”
At this time, the injured Xiang Jingyu finally woke up under the healing of Jade Rakshasa's cultivation. Her pale face also regained some color. She blinked her beautiful eyes to confirm that she was not dead. It seemed that someone was healing her. She opened her cherry mouth and asked in a hoarse voice, Junior Sister, am I not dead?"
Tao Siyong said," Senior Sister, you're not dead. You're heavily injured. We brought you here. It was Sister Shangguan who saved you!”
At this moment, Jade Rakshasa put away her palms and stood up. She was also sweating profusely. One had to know that to heal someone, one had to circulate all the internal energy in one's body to inject the aura into the other party's body. Then, one had to guide the aura to travel through the many acupoints of the injured person. If there were internal organs or fractures, one had to use the aura to guide them back to their original positions. Therefore, healing someone was no different from experiencing a great battle. Those who did not have enough internal energy could not use the aura to heal someone. When Xiang Jingyu heard this, he wanted to get up and greet her, but he was held down by Jade Rakshasa.
"Are the three of you the Three Beauties of Emei?" asked Jade Raksha.”
"Yes, the other two are my junior sisters, Tao Siyong and Qin Xiangning."”
Jade Rakshasa sized up the three of them one by one and found that they were all young and beautiful women in their twenties. She nodded and said,"As expected of the Three Emei Talents. What about the four people from Kunlun?”
Tao Siyong said," The Gang of Four lured the enemy in another direction. They must have escaped by now. We were too slow because of Senior Sister's injuries."”
"How many people did the Demonic Sect send?" Jade Raksha asked again.”
Tao Siyong said," We don't know exactly how many people have come. They seem to be gathering. We were discovered before we could figure out the number of people. I think there must be very powerful people among them."”
"What's their purpose in coming to the Central Plains this time?" asked Jade Raksha.”
"I'm ashamed that we haven't found out yet," Tao Siyong said.”
Jade Raksha said," That bottle of Nine Flower Dew Pills is for you. Your senior sister must take three pills every day. Take one at midnight, noon, and midnight. Take it for seven days." Do you still want to enter the city?"
"Thank you, Sister Shangguan, for saving my life!" We don't dare to enter the city again. There are too many Jianghu people in the city. We're afraid that we'll be targeted by the Demonic Sect again. We'll find another remote place to recuperate.”
"You've considered everything thoroughly. As expected of Eldest Senior Sister," said Jade Raksha. Then you'll have to be more careful this time!”
Tao Siyong and Qin Xiangning bowed to Jade Rakshasa and helped their senior sister up.
It was already the end of the night. Shangguan Wanqian and Yu Raksha mounted their horses and galloped towards the west of Anlu City. They only dismounted when they reached the city gates. From afar, they saw a majestic palace in Anlu City. It was resplendent and beautiful. The two of them were puzzled. The Imperial City was clearly in Northern Zhili, so why would there be such a magnificent palace here?
The two of them led their horses forward and found a stall by the roadside to ask about the location of the Six Ru Residence before walking towards the north of the city. When they reached the entrance of the inn, there were already sharp-eyed shop assistants who came to help lead the horses to the stables. When the two of them entered the lobby and saw that there were quite a number of people sitting there, they asked the innkeeper if there was a guest named Xu Zhutao staying there. The innkeeper said that there was no such guest. Shangguan Wanqian asked the innkeeper to check the records again, but the innkeeper could not find Xu Zhutao's name even after checking for more than ten days.
"Stay here first," said Jade Rakshasa."You can't be impatient.”As she said that, she pulled Shangguan Wanqian to find an empty table to sit down and began to order food and wine. During the meal, she heard some of the Jianghu people in the hall discussing the matter of the North-South Green Forest Alliance. Jade Raksha thought that the whereabouts of the Demon Sect were mysterious. It seemed that not many people knew that the Demon Sect had appeared. She also wanted to spend some time tomorrow to ask about Little Xu. As long as he was still in the city, it would not be difficult to find him.
The next day, the two of them woke up early. Shangguan Wanqian dressed up carefully and went downstairs with Yu Luosha to the lobby for breakfast. Shangguan Wanqian thought that the shopkeeper did not know Xu Zhutao, but the waiter might know, so she called the waiter to order some food and asked,"Second brother, have you ever had a person called Xu Zhutao stay here?”
" It's him," Shangguan Wanqian said." The white horse, Young Master Xu. Didn't he come here before?"”
The shop assistant said," Young Master Xu did come to my shop some time ago. After he helped Miss Ma out of trouble, he had breakfast with Miss Ma and Senior Xin here and left. However, I heard that a guest mentioned that he saw Young Master Xu in the Tower of Pines and Cranes in the west of the city. Miss, you might as well go to the Tower of Pines and Cranes to take a look."”
Jade Rakshasa took out a piece of silver and gave it to the shop assistant, saying,""Thank you, Second Brother. Hurry up and bring the food. We're in a hurry.”
The two of them checked out of the room, took their luggage, and led their mounts to the Pines and Cranes Building in the west of the city to look for Xu Zhutao. It did not take much effort to find him. Xu Zhutao was practicing his Internal Strength in his room after breakfast. When he heard the knock on the door, he thought that it was the two beauties of the dead who had come to look for him. When he opened the door, he was surprised because Shangguan Wanqian was no longer dressed like a village girl. She was wearing a white gauze dress and had her hair tied up in a bun with a jade hairpin in her hair. She looked fresh and refined, bright and dazzling. Xu Zhutao was stunned for a while before leading her into the room.
Xu Zhutao was pleasantly surprised." I didn't expect Aunt Shangguan and Miss Shangguan to come looking for me. I haven't seen you for a long time. How are you two?"”
Shangguan Wanqian smiled sweetly like a blooming spring flower and said,""I thought you didn't recognize us when you looked at us just now!”He was very pleased with himself. It turned out that dressing up like this could attract this kid's gaze even more.
"I haven't seen you for a month. I didn't expect you to be the famous Prince Charming. You're really something!"”
Xu Zhutao scratched his head and said," How can a firefly's light compete with the bright moon? My reputation is far from my aunt's. No matter what, my aunt is my role model." Why are the two of you here?"
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