Chapter 1198 Investigating the Traitor
After hearing Liang Yan’s words, Li Xiran felt even more ashamed. At this time, he lowered his head and did not dare to answer the question.
Liang Yan suddenly smiled and said: "Speaking of which, this girl is somewhat similar to me. She deliberately tried to trick you into getting the 'boundary-breaking talisman' in order to escape one day. , out of our control tsk tsk, If she is really my disciple, she will definitely be able to pass on my mantle."
"Master."
Li Xiran thought he was laughing at her, so she gave a weak cry and peeked at him. , but didn’t seem to see the mocking look.
"Haha, I'm joking for my teacher."
Liang Yan patted Li Xiran on the shoulder and said softly: "You and your senior sister each have their own merits, and your achievements in the future will be limitless, as long as you stick to your own path. "
"Yes! "
Li Xiran nodded, but he was a little more curious about this "senior sister" whom he had never met before.
“There is something careless about Ji Hang as a teacher.”
Liang Yan sighed softly at this time and said: "I thought it would be safe if I left this girl in the Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce, but I didn't expect that she was secretly planted with poison, so that she had to turn against us. If I hadn't happened to be in the forbidden area, Killed Song Huaiyu, I'm afraid the one she used was not The 'boundary-breaking talisman' you gave was Sun Buer's 'empty-breaking talisman', which was finally sent to the Luowang Chamber of Commerce."
"Being poisoned?"
Li Xiran said slightly. He was stunned for a moment, then reacted, his face extremely surprised.
"Master, you mean inside the Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce?" Li Xiran asked in a lowered voice.
“Yes, there is a traitor in Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce!”
"Impossible!"
Li Xiran couldn't hold back for a moment and blurted out, but she immediately realized something was wrong and immediately lowered her voice and said: "The management of our Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce is very strict, especially in Guangling City. These monks are all old subordinates of the Chamber of Commerce, and everyone is loyal and will never do such a thing."
"Huh! Nothing is impossible. "
Liang Yan sneered: "Human beings will have weaknesses, and what Sun Buer is best at is understanding people's hearts! Instigating opponents' subordinates, planting traitors, and sneaking in in disguise are all his favorite methods. Means! There must be someone like Sun Buer among the Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce!"
Li Xiran couldn't help but open his mouth after hearing Liang Yan's analysis, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.
"You stupid apprentice, you still trust others too easily." Liang Yan shook his head and sighed: "Only with the support of the big tree of the Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce can you be safe and sound. But if one day, the big tree of the Chamber of Commerce falls, Yes, yours The path of cultivation is dangerous.”
“The Chamber of Commerce will not fail. Besides, there are still masters.”
Li Xiran muttered softly, showing a rare hint of naivety. color.
"As a teacher, I can't always be by your side. You must learn to grow. The future path of cultivation must be in your own hands." Liang Yan suddenly said with a serious expression.
Li Xiran and Liang Yan had known each other for a long time. They had always been friends before. Although they later became master and disciple, they still had an unexplainable feeling in their hearts.
Therefore, she was not very reserved in front of Liang Yan, nor did she have any master-disciple etiquette. Liang Yan did not get angry because of this, but still treated her like a friend.
The two have been together for many years, and until today, Liang Yan felt the severity of his master for the first time.
Looking at Liang Yan's serious expression, Li Xiran couldn't help but pursed his lips. After a moment of silence, he bowed seriously and said:
"Disciple understands, thank you Master for your teaching!"
“Yeah.”
Liang Yan nodded slightly, and then said calmly: "Then I will test you as a teacher. Since you know that there is a traitor in the Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce, how should you find this person?"
" This”
Li Xi After thinking for a while, he slowly said: "Ji Hang lives in my house, and there are restrictions around it. Even monks in the Tongxuan realm cannot sneak in. Anyone who can instigate Ji Hang and bewitch her will inevitably It's someone who has visited me before. Just ask. Let me ask my guards to see who has been here before. After narrowing down the scope, we can investigate them one by one."
After hearing Li Xiran's analysis, Liang Yan looked noncommittal and smiled:
“You The method does have merit, but the person who caused the instigation may not come in person. It is also possible that he has a high status in the Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce and uses a guard to enter the courtyard on his behalf. In that case, how can you check? ”
"This"
Li Xiran looked confused and opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to answer.
Liang Yan smiled slightly and said: "This person can hide so deeply in the Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce, so he must be very cautious in his actions. After Ji Hang's incident is exposed, he will definitely do everything possible to erase the legacy he left behind. It’s difficult to investigate head-on. Why not think about what he will do next?”
"What will he do next?" Li Xiran murmured and said, "As the master said, the next step must be to secretly erase the evidence of his crime so that no one will doubt him, and then Keep lurking.”
“Not bad.”
Liang Yan nodded and said: "Maybe only Ji Hang knows this person's true identity. If Ji Hang suddenly appears at this time, do you think he will be anxious?"
"Ji Hang? Master's "It means" Li Xiran is obviously still a little unresponsive.
"Humph, although Sun Buer arranged it very well, it's a pity that he didn't expect me to kill Song Huaiyu, and by some mistake, Ji Hang escaped from his control. Now the whereabouts of this little girl are unknown. , but it is a big worry for those who are lurking!”
"That's it!"
Li Xiran seemed to have thought of something and rushed to speak: "Even if this lurking traitor has cleared up all the evidence of his crime, if Ji Hang is found by us, he can still testify. Him!”
At this point, a look of confusion appeared on her face again, and she asked: "But the 'Border Breaking Talisman' is transmitted randomly, and we don't know where Ji Hang is?"
Liang Yan smiled. He smiled, reached out and tapped Li Xiran on the forehead, and said slowly: "There is no need to really find Ji Hang. All we need to do is make the traitor think that we have found him."
Seeing that Li Xiran still didn't understand, Liang Yan said again: "Immediately issue an order to use the power of the Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce to go out of the city to search for Ji Hang in ten days. Later, he secretly released the news, saying that he had found traces of this girl. Didn't you exchange tokens when you and Ji Hang became sworn friends? Order a few close guards to bring her tokens back and make the news bigger so that everyone in the chamber of commerce will know."
"Oh!"
After hearing this, Li Xiran showed a look of sudden realization and quickly shouted: "Disciple I understand, this move is called "Invite You into the Urn"! This traitor will definitely not let Ji Hang be caught by us, so he will take action in advance, and we will deliberately leak Ji Hang's location, but in fact he will ambush nearby. Whoever comes from the Chamber of Commerce is the traitor!”
"Okay, I've learned how to answer quickly." Liang Yan smiled, but shook his head slightly and asked: "After Ji Hang's incident, we all guessed that there was a spy within the Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce. If you were the traitor, wouldn't you Do you have any doubts? How can you dare to act rashly when the situation is unclear? ”
Li Xi However, he poured a basin of cold water on her face, and her bright smile froze on her face, and she said humbly: "That's right. Xiran thought it was simple. This traitor is a cautious person at first glance. Now that he is on the cusp of the storm, he will definitely not He will take action easily."
"It should be said that this person will not take action personally, but he can borrow the help of others." Liang Yan said lightly.
“Borrow someone else’s hand?”
"Have you forgotten that the Luowang Chamber of Commerce is behind this person?"
Liang Yan narrowed his eyes and continued: "After the news that Ji Hang's whereabouts was discovered spreads, this person will definitely report to the Luowang Chamber of Commerce. Ask for help and ask Sun Buer's people to capture Ji Hang for him, so that his identity will not be exposed."
"So you are leading. When replying to the letter, don't tell the specific location where Ji Hang's whereabouts were found. Then call all the people who may come into contact with Ji Hang and assign them unified tasks to capture Ji Hang somewhere. But remember, The specific location that everyone gets must be different!”
Hearing this, Li Xiran reacted immediately.
The woman's face showed a trace of excitement, and she said slowly: "It turns out that as long as we send people to monitor secretly, we will see where people from the Luowang Chamber of Commerce will appear, and those who get the corresponding mission location will , is the traitor hidden in our Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce!”
"You're not stupid."
Liang Yan smiled slightly and said: "Now that you know, let's start as soon as possible. Find this traitor in the chamber of commerce as soon as possible, so that you and I can feel at ease."
"Yes!"
Li Xiran nodded excitedly, saluted Liang Yan, then hurriedly opened the door and walked out, obviously planning to carry out this task.
Liang Yan saw that she did not stay at the Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce after she left. If the traitor is not eliminated, it will not be good for her to stay here. She might as well go back to the inn.
He pinched the secret, and the figure disappeared again
The next morning, a portrait was posted in the Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce in Guangling City, and all the monks were tasked to go out of the city to search for people. A little girl named "Ji Hang".
The Chamber of Commerce is a relatively loose organization, and the tasks announced are usually bounty tasks. Only those motivated by profit will carry out the tasks.
This mission is no exception, but the publisher is a bit special, she is the eldest lady of the Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce, so the reward is very generous, causing a large number of monks to rush to do it.
For ten days in a row, the Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce set off a wave of search for people. Unfortunately, no matter how many monks came out, they could never find any trace of Ji Hang.
It was not until the tenth day that a small group of monks returned, claiming to have found traces of Ji Hang in a valley and brought back Ji Hang's personal belongings.
After the news came out, Li Xiran immediately stopped the large-scale manhunt, and instead summoned twenty-three powerful ministers from the Chamber of Commerce and asked them to go to the Chiyan Mountains to conduct a secret investigation.
However, these twenty-three people did not know that the specific location and departure time given to each of them were actually different!
It was a dark and windy day and night, and the sparse moonlight penetrated the clouds and shone on a muddy mountain road.
On the mountain road, a tall and thin figure is rushing.
This man was wearing a black robe, with a black face and white hair, and a long stick on his back. He looked a bit like a secular warrior, but he could move forward more than ten feet with every step he took. He was obviously not an ordinary warrior. .
Suddenly, the figure in black robe stopped.
“Who?”
His voice was very alert. In the dark night, he glanced around, seeming to find something unusual.
The quiet mountain road was empty, and there was no sound to respond to him.
"You haven't shown up yet, do you want me to 'invite' you to come out?"
The figure in black robe bit the word "please" very hard, and slowly reached behind his right hand to pull out the long stick on his back. Pulled out.
At this time, a sigh came from the dark night, and then a woman's voice slowly sounded:
"Uncle Hei. I didn't expect that this person was actually you."< br>
Hearing this voice, the body of the black-robed figure trembled slightly, as if he couldn't believe it.
As soon as he finished speaking, a man and a woman came out from the corner at the end of the mountain road.
The tall man walking in front, wearing a long gray gown, is Liang Yan; and the woman in Taoist robes behind him is naturally Li Xiran.
"Little Miss? Why are you here?"
A ray of moonlight passed through the clouds and shone on the dark mountain road, revealing the face of the figure in black robe. It was actually Liang Yan's first time in Guangling. When we visited the Chengwenxiang Chamber of Commerce, we saw the guard commander at the door, Uncle Hei!
"Uncle Hei." Li Xiran sighed softly, with complex expressions of disappointment, confusion, etc. on his face.
She was unwilling to speak, but Liang Yan said with a smile: "Fellow Taoist clearly received the order to come to 'Red Rock Mountain' to search for Ji Hang. Why didn't he fly in the air and still pace slowly here? Could it be that Aren’t you afraid that Ji Hang will run away?”
The black-robed old man The reporter glanced at Liang Yan and said coldly: "I have my own way. The Chiyan Mountain Range is such a large area, and Ji Hang may have left his original position long ago. Lao Hei, is there any problem with me wandering around? ? It's you, huh! Don't think you are an outsider. I am so lucky to be able to rule over our Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce! I, Lao Hei, have been working for the Chamber of Commerce for hundreds of years, and I don’t want to be fooled by you!”
“Hahaha!”
Liang! Yan was not angry, he laughed and said: " Fellow Taoist is so relaxed, I'm afraid he already knew that Ji Hang was already taken away by someone else, right? , but a hint of joy flashed deep in his eyes.
"Hmph, fellow Taoist, why do you have to pretend? Not long after Ji Hang's whereabouts were informed to you, the Luowang Chamber of Commerce secretly sent monks to search. Didn't you leak the clues about Ji Hang?" Liang Yan said lightly.
“Nonsense!”
The old man in black robe glared and said angrily: “In the Chamber of Commerce, we know that Ji Hang has twenty-two enshrinements in Chiyan Mountain, not just I'm a bastard! Why do you think I leaked the news?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Xiran sighed and said:
"There are indeed twenty-two people who know that Ji Hang is in Chiyan Mountain, but they know that Ji Hang is in Cangsong Cave in Chiyan Mountain. But you are the only one, Uncle Hei!”
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(End of this chapter)