Chitose words

One day later, the outline of the towering and winding city wall of Zhaoge City was already in sight.

After less than half a year, Xie Zhao, Ling You, and Han Changsheng actually returned to this famous and colorful capital of the Southern Dynasties.

The difference from last time is that this time they don't have Yu An'an, who is knowledgeable, sensible, gentle and amiable, but they have Bo Xi, the deputy envoy of Hulu, who has a calm temperament and excellent martial arts who has entered the Mahayana realm.

On that day, Bo Xi realized that his appearance might attract attention when entering Zhaoge City and bring unnecessary trouble to everyone, so he followed Xie Zhao's example and wanted to find a mask to wear.

It’s just that Xie Zhao’s silver-white fox-faced mask looked weird at first glance, but upon closer inspection it was barely pleasing to the eye. However, Bo Xi had to buy a mask with a sinister face in Lanling County in a hurry. .

This grimace mask has a green face and fangs. It doesn't look scary during the day, but when you see it at night, it's really shocking.

Fortunately, the companions along the way were either the soldiers from Langya Pass or the Imperial Guards from Zhaoge City. The brave men and women in the army had long been brave, and they were just masks with grimaces, no matter what.

At first, Li Zhuo was indeed observing their behavior carefully and calmly.

But later it was discovered that they really seemed to be just people in the world, and were not interested in their military defense at all. After seeing the shape of the weapon on Ling He's waist, and hearing Peng Xiao explain in private that Ling He was actually a disciple of Lao Junshan, he completely let down his guard.

At this time, Ling You rode his horse and drove it close to Xie Zhao's horse. Seeing that there were no outsiders around, he asked softly:

"We are about to enter the city, what are our plans?"

Li Zhuo had been keeping an extremely close eye on them all day yesterday, so in order to avoid arousing suspicion and being feared by others, the few of them almost never talked in private or discussed the way forward.

Now that Lan Suning has committed suicide, the line regarding her has been severed.

But the "young master" is still at large, plotting some evil plot.

Their attack on Peng Xiao was clearly just the first step to stir up trouble in the temples of the Southern Dynasty.

But now this move not only failed, but also cost his sister's life. Now that they have paid such a high price, I am afraid they will not let go easily in the future.

So that being the case, what are the descendants of the former King Yong of Western Xinjiang going to do next?

Xie Zhao slowly shook his head and said softly: "They are acting strangely and elusively. I still need to smooth them over."

Ling You was slightly startled when he heard this, and subconsciously blurted out:

"Don't you even think of their next plan?"

Xie Zhao smiled and sighed: "In everything, you must know the cause of something and the fundamental purpose of a person before you can infer his trajectory.

If it is just because the Xie family of Xunyang went west to help the Fenglan royal family to quell the chaos that year, the Lan family and sister hate the people of the Southern Dynasty so deeply, I think there is something strange in it. "

Ling or frowned.

"What if they are really so petty?"

Xie Zhao shook his head. “Even if their siblings are as petty as a needle, the first person they want to stab should be the contemporary emperor and royal family of Xijiang Fenglan.

Ignoring the 'rightful owner' of the blood feud, but targeting the Southern and Northern Dynasties first, isn't this putting the cart before the horse?

Therefore, I suspect that there may be some hidden secret, or that a third person may have secretly intervened to influence the judgment of the siblings. "

Ling You was shocked when he heard this.

"You mean the person behind this incident is not Lan Suning? Is there someone else who gave them advice and induced them to act according to his wishes?"

Xie Zhao sighed and said: "Actually, I don't know either, so these are just my baseless guesses and premonitions."

She shrugged lightly, her brows furrowing with slight sadness.

It's a pity that she was wearing a mask, so Ling Or couldn't see her expression and demeanor at this time.

Xie Zhao said softly: "To be honest, I thought we had caught the little tail of the mastermind in Xijiang Fenglan.

But it wasn't until that day, when we were intercepted by the unknown peerless master on the mountain road outside Xunyang County, that I realized that I had thought too simply before. "

They originally wanted to help Ling You along the way, and work together to find out the truth about his life experience and the murder of his biological mother.

However, the events unfolded one by one, and the threads of the past were gradually pulled out.

They went from Shen Mansion in Ruyang, to the home of Bai Mengxian, the governor of Zhaoge City, to the Yuwen Department, the head of the thirty-six tribes of Hanyong, Hulu Holy Altar, the Imperial Court of the Northern Dynasties, and then to the capital of Fenglan in Western Xinjiang. Shedun City, and finally returned to Kyoto Zhaoge in Tianchen, Southern Dynasty.

The objects of suspicion also ranged from the Yuwen Department at the beginning, to the former helmsman of the Northern Dynasty Imperial Court, to the unknown people behind the scenes, and to the descendants of the former King Yong of Western Xinjiang. In the end, it became even more confusing. It seemed that even In the past, King Yong and others in Western Xinjiang may not be the real leaders.

Things have developed so far that they have far exceeded Xie Zhao's initial estimation.

The identity of the "third person" she suspected was still deeply hidden behind her was actually unclear now.

He used the unyielding and resentment in the heart of King Yong of the Lan family in Western Xinjiang to affect the ups and downs of the four realms of the world. What is his ultimate goal?

And what can he get from it?

These sparse clues are now as hazy as looking at the moon in flowers and water in the fog. It is so difficult to describe where the chess piece after the third person intends to land. Plan what you want.

But one thing is almost certain, that is, this person is menacing and has malicious intentions towards the Southern Dynasty.

Because whether it was the plan almost twenty years ago, through Lan Suning to propose a plan to Tuoba Xiao, the late Emperor Hanyong of the Northern Dynasty, and to use the true blood identity of the "Shaoguang Mace Immortal" Leng Hanyan to make a fuss, trying to provoke another North-South War; or Later, he planned to intercept and kill Peng Xiao, with the intention of causing discord between Emperor Tianchen and the powerful ministers, and reviving the temple turmoil in the Southern Dynasty.

——All these signs can show that the "third person"'s layout in the Southern Dynasties is so malicious. It is not just an accidental involvement of Tianchen, but it is imperative and targeted.

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A cold sharpness flashed in Xie Zhao's eyes.

Even her three uncles, the world-famous "Three Heroes of the Xie Family", died mysteriously on the frontier battlefield within two years, which revealed a different kind of weirdness and coincidence.

To this day, it is difficult for Xie Zhao not to doubt whether the deaths of her three uncles were part of the plan behind the "third person".

If that were the case, it would be really terrible.