Chapter 42 Shou Yin
After taking the lead in chasing for a while, the three of them slowly blended into the team, and then found an opportunity to break away from the team again when no one was paying attention, and returned to the original route.
Thanks to Ling Yuanbao diverting the large troops, when they moved towards the center of Buzhuang, the road was much smoother. The three of them walked along the hiding place, and then they felt like they were actually sneaking in.
The reason why she was asked to play the role of leading away the man in black was very simple.
First, her cultivation is high enough and she can definitely escape.
Second, she is not very intelligent and staying here may not be able to help.
In comparison, the two young men from Zhuxie Yamen are much more reliable.
While moving forward, Liang Yue also asked curiously: "How did you come here?"
Logically speaking, this kind of underground bank should have nothing to do with Zhuxie Yamen.
Could it be that the Nine Martingale spies opened this place?
"We interrogated the two spies we caught last time." Wen Yifan did not hide anything and answered directly: "They are hiding in Longyuan City. Their main task is to lure the criminals from the DPRK to Jiu Yang. "
Liang Yue said: "It turns out that this kind of person is doing this."
After the Battle of Tianxia, the Jiu Yang Wood Wolf Tribe existed in name only, and its territory has now become Yin. In the dynasty territory, there are actually eight divisions in Jiu Yang. Among these eight tribes, some are extremely hostile to Kyushu and boycott all artifacts and culture passed down by Kyushu, while others are actively learning from Kyushu.
The Canglong tribe, which is now the most powerful in Jiu Yang, was the first to learn from the Kyushu Dynasty. They built many cities in their territory. Among them is an ancient ruins city that has been built for hundreds of years. It is said that it is a complete imitation of the design of Longyuan City. The bustling place is known as "not inferior to the divine city".
Although this statement is definitely an exaggeration, this ancient ruins city has concentrated all the talents of the Nine Martingales, and may indeed be the leading city outside the Yin Dynasty.
Over the years, some criminals who committed crimes have considered escaping to Guxu City as their escape route. As long as you can escape with the stolen money before being apprehended, you can still live and drink wildly once you get there.
There are rumors about these things, but I didn’t expect that Jiu Yang would send someone to pick up these criminals.
“Yu Wenlong had helped them contact the criminal officials many times in the court, and he was very familiar with their stronghold, so they were worried that Yu Wenlong and Fengdie had revealed secrets. Your guess is absolutely correct, Yu Wenlong took the heart-destroying Gu himself, and Fengdie was killed by the spies."
"But during the interrogation, we also learned another information that they helped the criminal. The price for escaping is very high, and you have to pay a piece of gold silk." Wen Yifan said, "Since you are here, you should know about this, right?"
Liang Yue flashed the gold in his hand. Silk sighed: "That's one hundred thousand taels of silver!"
Those criminal officials paid an escape fee of 100,000 taels and were able to live luxuriously there, which shows how ruthlessly they plundered them when they were in office.
"Yes." Wen Yifan nodded, "This underground bank provides great convenience for criminals to escape. They can exchange the stolen silver into gold and silk and hand it all over to the Nine Martingale spies. When they arrive at Guxu City, the Canglong Department will deduct one hundred thousand taels and transfer all the rest to them. If necessary, the spies can come here to complete the exchange at any time."
"This is really hateful. "Liang Yue said.
When criminals run away, they must be traveling in a simple and easy manner, mainly concealing themselves. It is impossible for them to carry such a large sum of money with them. These underground banks have opened the door to convenience, which has indeed provided them with a lot of help.
When those criminal officials arrived at the Jiu Yang tribe, they must have hoped that Jiu Yang could defeat Jiuzhou, so that their crimes would never be held accountable. They will become Jiu Yang's accomplices, spare no effort to help Jiu Yang think of ways to deal with Kyushu, and become the vanguard of the attack on the Yin Dynasty.
No wonder Wen Yifan and the others came here.
This matter is indeed much more serious than a single corruption case.
"So we sneaked in here to check and found that there was indeed something fishy here. Now we not only want to get rid of this bank, but also want to dig out the people behind the scenes." Shang Yunhai continued.
While talking, the three of them had arrived in the middle of this Longsheng Clothing Village.
There is indeed a three-story attic in front of it. There are about seven or eight men in black guarding it. It looks like it must be keeping secrets. No matter how loud the movement was, the guards in black here did not leave.
The three of them temporarily concealed themselves and observed.
“This should be the place where they store important items!” Liang Yue said.
"Then you have to go in and take a look." Shang Yunhai said.
Wen Yifan said nothing. Her response was to point forward with both hands.
Chi chi chi......
The flying sword in his sleeve turned into eight rays of silver light, and the sharp sword energy whizzed through the air, directly piercing through the eight guards, without any one making a sound. After the eight sword lights circled for a week, they merged into a stream of light and went back into the sleeves.
The Xuanmen sword-controlling technique can penetrate a person without even a drop of blood being stained.
Then Miss Wen stood up and walked over calmly without blinking.
Liang Yue, who was following behind, secretly smacked his tongue in his heart: "So cruel."
People are cruel and the sword is also cruel.
There is a lock on the door of the attic. When touched, a faint golden light will emit, lingering around. It seems to be a magic weapon with formation inscriptions. Naturally, this couldn't stop Miss Wen. The sword flashed and with a clang, the two halves of the lock fell to the ground.
There is no skill in the whole infiltration process, it is all violence.
As soon as the door was opened, the scene inside shocked the three of them!
……
This attic seems to have three floors, but in fact it has only one. It is empty inside, but the dome is extremely high. There are more than a dozen wall pillars around, and an iron rope covered with talismans extends from them.
All these iron chains are connected to one place - in the center of the attic, lies a huge beast with a ferocious body. Its whole body is rough and purple-red, with large scales like armor. The bulge looks numb. The head is like a giant lion, with an extremely wide mouth, and the same nostrils. It is in a sleeping state at this time, and the white smoke it exhales condenses into clouds above its head.
It is nearly two feet high lying there. Once it stands up, the attic will be filled immediately.
"What a big... monster?" Liang Yue blurted out in surprise.
This was the first time he saw a monster with his own eyes.
Although it has always been said that there are gods, ghosts and demons in this world, since the completion of the enfeoffment of the four demon lands in ancient times, except for a few times when the Kyushu demons are troubled, it is difficult for ordinary mortals to see monsters.
People living in remote mountainous areas may be lucky enough to encounter wild spirits that turn into monsters once every few hundred years, but they will soon be ruthlessly exterminated by Xuanmen disciples.
The four-door hanging mirror in Shendu does not allow any monsters to pass through. It is strange for a child like Liang Yue, who was born and raised in Longyuan City, to have seen monsters before.
Of course, Wen Yifan and Shang Yunhai will not see monsters for the first time, especially Shang Yunhai. He was born in the Xuanmen Hualong lineage, and his sect is located in the Wild Beast Plains of the North, where the most indispensable thing is wild monsters.
But when he saw this one in front of him, he was still slightly surprised: "Shou Yin?"
"What?" Liang Yue sounded a little strange.
“If I read correctly, this monster should be a bloodline passed down from ancient times, called the Silver-Shou Monster.” Shang Yunhai explained: “This beast likes to swallow gold and silver to gather wealth. , but it will only be stored in a space in the belly. If someone can make it recognize its owner, then it can be allowed to swallow up treasures at any time, put it in during normal times, and take it out when needed. The ancient monks raised it without any mistakes. It is used to keep money, so it is named 'Silver Keeper'. In recent thousands of years, this beast has rarely appeared, and many people thought it was extinct."
"Maybe because people are short of it now. Money." Liang Yue murmured.
This big guy, at first glance, cannot be afforded by an ordinary amount of gold and silver.
It should be said or not.
This name sounds oddly auspicious.
“So it is the bank here?” Wen Yifan said even though he had never seen this beast before, he immediately reacted.
Shang Yunhai smiled, "It should be right."
Wen Yifan's eyes were sharp, and he immediately raised his flying sword, pointed his fingertips forward, and took action with the sword again.
Chi——
The sword light passed by and cut off a runic iron rope.
“Miss Wen’s sword-wielding skills are so strong.” Liang Yue said with emotion.
Since they met, he has never seen anything that can catch Miss Wen's sword.
"Of course." Shang Yunhai smiled and said: "I heard that junior sister was born with an immortal body and was listed on Youlin's list. This ancient sword Qingqiu is also famous in Xuanmen. How can it not be strong?"< br>
Qingqiu......
The long, narrow and plain white blade of this sword, and the sharp sword aura, really have a desolate feel to it.
As three or four iron ropes fell to the ground, the silver-guarding monster seemed to have some sense. It began to exhale hot air from its huge nostrils, and its eyes began to roll, as if it was about to wake up.
Wen Yifan continued to cut off the iron rope, as if he was not worried at all about the problem of subduing the monster after it woke up.
Just when everything was proceeding in an orderly manner, an angry shout suddenly came from behind: "You dare to touch my Silver Guard Monster, how brave you are!"
It was accompanied by a gust of evil wind.
Liang Yue turned around and saw a menacing man in black robe coming on the wind! The black-robed man wore a silver mask on his face and was obviously of a higher rank than the others.
Under him, three other huge black shadows were leaping forward, accompanied by a gust of evil wind and a low roar. The smelly evil wind made Liang Yue suffocate!
The murderous intention suddenly arrives.
“Ouch——”
(End of this chapter)