Chapter 1759: Nine Cities Investigation, Quick and Studious
The joint investigation by Qi Jing and Jiang Wang into the loss of Frostwind Valley has lasted for seven days, involving nine major human cities including Yanlao and Tieyan.
It can be said that it combed through thousands of miles of area like a comb.
But the strange real person who used Mei Xuelin to kill Jiang Wang and repel Ji Zhaonan was not found.
If a real person in the world deliberately conceals something, it is naturally difficult to find out. Every real person has his own legend, and it is not difficult to hide his cultivation.
But whether in the present world or in the civilized basin, Qi Jing is among the strongest forces in the world. The two countries jointly marked out an area and thoroughly investigated it. It can be said that if there is any doubt, it is almost impossible to hide it.
But after seven days of investigation, no result came out.
Of course, reasonable doubts arose from this-is there really a strange real person?
Could it be that one of the guards of the demon world secretly did it?
There are three real people in the world who are openly in the range of these nine cities. They are Pei Xinghe, the commander of the disaster-killing real people of Jing State, Han Que, the general of Chu State, and Helian Yuyi, the real person of the royal family of Mu State.
Among these real people, Pei Xinghe is the most famous, needless to say.
Han Que was the commander of the right wing of Chu State in the battle of the valley. It was the collapse of the right wing under his command, and the defeated soldiers rolled back the central army, which led to the loss of strategic value of Zuo Guanglie's feat of a surprise attack on Fengyang Mountain, thus leading to an irreversible tragic ending of the whole war. He escaped from the war by chance, and after the defeat, all his titles were stripped away. He entered the gate of all monsters and vowed to atone for his sins with his life.
He has a son named Han Li, who is good friends with Xiang Bei. Jiang Wang had seen him at Huangliangtai in Chu State.
And Helian Yuyi is another real person of the royal family of Mu State. He is the backbone of the royal family of Damu, the cousin of the Damu Queen, and the aunt of Helian Yunyun.
During the battle in Frostwind Valley, Han Que and Helian Yuyi had appeared on the battlefields they were responsible for, and they definitely had no time to stir up trouble in Frostwind Valley.
Although Pei Xinghe was not on the battlefield, he was meeting with the Qin messenger at that time. The Qin people certainly had no obligation to cover up for Jing State. On the contrary, even the fact that this matter was exposed showed Jing State's sincerity in clearing suspicion and avoiding strategic misjudgment.
On the Qin side, Gan Xie, the real person in charge of the Qin demon world battlefield, also publicly stated that sending the Qin messenger to Jing State's big city was to communicate the defense issues at the border of the jurisdiction.
The strange real person was not found, and all the real people in the open had evidence to clear suspicion.
Therefore, after this investigation, everything is still stagnant.
As Xiuyuan expected beforehand, the mysterious mastermind behind the scenes may have wiped out the traces and fled...
Gaoling City.
As one of the big cities in the northern part of the Civilization Basin of Jing State, Gaoling City is much more majestic than Tieyan City. The straight-line distance between the two is about 800 miles, which can be regarded as each other's horns.
"Jingzong." In a wine shop, Chu Zicheng, who was slightly drunk, said curiously: "The Wu'an Marquis of Qi State who had an accident recently, I heard that he was originally from your Zhuang State?"
Chu Zicheng, who was born in Ji State, has the cultivation level of the second palace and has no magical powers. In the foreseeable future, it is difficult for him to obtain magical powers. Not as good as the best, but better than the worst.
His public identity is that he is a talent from a civilian family in Ji State. Relying on his own efforts, he got extraordinary opportunities and cultivated to the inner palace realm step by step. Now he is serving in Gaoling City, tying his head to his belt and earning some cultivation resources-this is also the norm for many cultivators in small countries in the Central Region. Ji State itself has no opportunities to give him.
However, his actual identity is a member of Jing State Jingshitai. He was recruited at a very young age and secretly conducted intelligence work as a practitioner of Ji State.
Qiao Jingzong, who was sitting opposite him and drinking with him at the moment, was an inner court cultivator from Zhuang State. He ranked seventh among the very interesting Eight Talents of Xin'an. At the beginning of this year, he came to the Gate of Ten Thousand Monsters through the relationship of the Dao State and joined Gaoling City to serve.
Today's Zhuang State is of course much stronger than Ji State. But it is still far from enough to rely on oneself to make a living behind the Gate of Ten Thousand Monsters. It still has to rely on the banner of Jing State.
The two of them had met on the battlefield before, and they were familiar with each other, but they were not close friends. But friends, after drinking and chatting a few times, they became friends.
Friends are not an important word these days. Often friends know how to hurt you better.
After a war, he was still intact. It was natural for him to invite Qiao Jingzong to drink. When the wine was hot, it was also natural to talk about the latest hot topics.
Qiao Jingzong was originally from Qiao country. He could not see a way out in his own country, so he traveled to another country and found another wise master. As expected, he was highly valued in Zhuang country, and even his cultivation level was further improved. He was admitted to the inner court and was listed among the eight talented people in Xin'an, ranking higher than Jiang Liuyue, who was born and raised in Zhuang country.
At this time, he just held the wine glass and looked at Chu Zicheng with sleepy eyes: "What is there to talk about, that person?"
Chu Zicheng raised his glass and clinked it with him: "In the world of Tianyu, life and death are common. For people like us, there will be dozens or hundreds of deaths on the battlefield every day? Who will care? There have been many Tianjiao who have had accidents in Tianyu. Like the one from Jing country before... Only this Wu'an Hou had an accident in Shuangfeng Valley, and it caused such a big commotion. I can't hide my curiosity... Just chat casually."
Qiao Jingzong took a small sip and smiled: "I haven't been to Zhuang country for a damn long time. He was already gone when I went there. What the hell do I know?"
"It's just a casual chat. It doesn't have to be about what you saw or understood." Chu Zicheng smiled and said: "What others say is fine. For example, what do people in Zhuang think of him?"
"How else can we look at it?" Qiao Jingzong said: "If you dare to be angry, don't dare to speak."
"Oh?" Chu Zicheng asked, "How do you say this?"
Qiao Jingzong hesitated to speak, and shrank his neck warily: "Don't dare to talk nonsense, the people of Qi are very fierce now... That's all, let's not talk about this."
"Brother, you've aroused my curiosity." Chu Zicheng looked around and lowered his voice: "Tell me quickly! Is there anyone in the world who is guilty of gossiping? Be at ease. What Brother Qiao said today is true. Your mouth enters my ears, and no other person knows.”
Qiao Jingzong refused again.
Chu Zicheng persuaded again.
Probably because he drank too much, Qiao Jingzong finally snorted: "Actually, there's nothing to say. It's just about Zhuang Guo's Maple Forest City... You must have heard of it? His letter is very famous. Many people in Zhuang Guo feel that , he was the biggest beneficiary of the matter in Fenglin City. The killing of Zhang Linchuan a while ago made a huge fuss and uprooted the Wusheng Sect, just to silence Zhang Linchuan, just like him, Feng from Qinghe County. The people in Lincheng are the origins of the three major surnames in the area. What is the predecessor of Wu Sheng Cult?
"This...is actually like this!"
Of course Chu Zicheng knew these commonplace topics discussed by Zhuang Guo's senior officials. But he still looked shocked.
Then he said: "Then you should all be happy when something happens to him this time, right?"
"Hey, what should I say?" Qiao Jingzong said: "I have only been in Zhuang Country for two years. To be honest, I have no feelings for that big shot. I am not sure whether he is the culprit of Maplewood City. . So I can’t say whether I’m happy or unhappy, but maybe my colleagues are happy?”
"That's true. He and you have nothing to do with each other..." Chu Zicheng drunkenly agreed and poured him a drink. Suddenly he thought of something else: "By the way, I went to see you for a drink at the end of last month. You Why are you not here? It’s a waste of time for me!”
Although Gaoling City is a large city located in the demon world, there are also many restaurants and gambling houses, giving warriors who are fighting for life and death a place to relax their emotions. During the war, the soldiers were always in the military camp, and they followed military orders when they moved, sat, and lay. Those who have been rotated will also be provided with dormitories in the city. With Qiao Jingzong's cultivation level, he can already live in a single room in Gaoling City, and he can have great freedom of time outside of war.
Qiao Jingzong frowned heavily: "At the end of last month? What day?"
Chu Zicheng was half drunk and said vaguely: "I can't remember clearly... Twenty-eighth of the winter lunar month? Twenty-ninth?"
"Are you drinking too much?" Qiao Jingzong pointed at him and mocked: "We were still in the military camp those days! Although we are no longer on the battlefield, we must do morning exercises every day, and the curfew has not been lifted... You ask me to drink What kind of wine?"
The twenty-eighth of the winter lunar month this year is a relatively sensitive day. It was on this day that Marquis Wu'an of the State of Qi fell into the Frostwind Valley. The current investigation all over Zhucheng started from this.
"Look at my memory!" Chu Zicheng patted his forehead: "I forgot all about this! Then maybe I went to see you a few days later... but I definitely went there, and you were indeed not at home!"
Qiao Jingzong drank the wine and said with a smile: "Brother Chu also knows that I like to play around with money and don't often stay in my dormitory. Next time you come to see me, you have to make an agreement in advance in the military camp. Otherwise, you will miss the chance and blame me again." "
Chu Zicheng is a senior Jingshitai intelligence officer. Of course, he will not keep focusing on one topic to arouse the target's vigilance, so he smiled drunkly and said: "Then we have made a decision. After the next round of war is over, if we can all survive, then Come here to drink!”
"Okay!" Qiao Jingzong nodded first, then shook his head: "No, no, no!"
He squinted his eyes and smiled a little bit: "Hey, I almost forgot, there is a letter from the court, calling me back! I have had enough experience this year, I probably won't participate in the next round of war."
Chu Zicheng was stunned for a moment and said: "That's right! You can't lift your head for too long with your head on the waistband. Talents like Brother Qiao should be cultivated by Zhuang Ting Haosheng. Come on, Brother Qiao, let me toast you. Quan deserves to say farewell to you!”
"Brother Chu." Qiao Jingzong raised his cup and said sincerely: "When you return to this world, come to Zhuang Country to find me. I'll treat you to some authentic Qinghe wine and Daishan venison!"
For those who have been fighting in the demon world all year round, this is undoubtedly a very sincere blessing.
Chu Zicheng felt a little emotional for a moment: "Unknowingly, it has been three years since I came to the Demon Realm. These three years have been spent in Gaoling City. I have seen all the high and low buildings in the city. I almost forgot what my hometown looks like!"
His childhood life in the Kingdom of Ji, his secret training and assessment at the Mirror World Stage, and his life in the demon world in the past few years... sometimes he couldn't tell who he was.
He calmed down and clinked glasses with Qiao Jingzong: "With your blessing, I will work hard for two more years before returning to this world. Brother Qiao will definitely be a high official of the Zhuang Kingdom by then, so don't forget me."
"What are you talking about? We have been on the battlefield together. It is a life-long friendship. Who can forget who?" Qiao Jingzong raised his voice and said: "Come! I won't get drunk this time and I won't come back!"
The two were talking, laughing, and making noise. After talking some stupid words, looking forward to the future, and drinking for a while, we patted each other on the shoulders and left drunkenly.
It was such a peaceful day in Gaoling City.
These are two ordinary human warriors.
In front of the flag of the wine shop, two heroes who had fought the demons head-on on the battlefield walked on each side, scattered at both ends of the long street.
One walked slowly, and the other staggered.
But after turning his back, Qiao Jingzong's eyes became very cold.
And Chu Zicheng's eyes were frighteningly bright.
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Today is the seventh day of entering the Shiwan Mountains.
Jiang Wang gradually felt that something was wrong…
The situation in the mountains was getting more and more wrong.
Since the past few days, there have been many organized demon soldiers among the demons who entered the mountains. They swept across in teams, felling trees, strangling evil beasts, and clearing miasma.
Did something happen in Frost Wind Valley? —— Jiang Wang thought belatedly at this time.
It must be mentioned that the language of the demons is too difficult to learn, and its difficulty is not much less than Shi Dao Zaohai.
There are too many tribes and species in the demon tribe, and there are thousands of them. Although they obviously have a unified language, the innate influence brought by each species is fundamentally indelible.
For example, the voices of the feather tribe demons are generally very sharp, and the pig demons always speak with a grunt... The strange accents make their language always more or less deformed.
There is no problem for those demons to communicate with each other, but for a studious person who learns demon language from scratch, it is too much of a torture...
He has met so many demons these days, and none of them have the same accent!
As a result, he, a sensitive and studious Jiang, has studied hard for so many days, but he has not been able to get started. He can only barely understand a few simple phrases.
For example...
"Waste", "Go to hell", "Kill you", "Get away".
Learning any language starts with mastering its dirty words - Lord Jiang believes that this is also a great discovery in linguistics.
However, the language is not yet transparent, and it does not affect Jiang Wang's own judgment of the current situation.
If the little demons who entered the mountain earlier were more like free men carrying out some missions, he was already 90% sure that the targets of these little demons should be the strange insects in the mountain.
And these demon soldiers who recently entered the mountain were obviously cleaning up the environment, eliminating hidden dangers, expelling idle demons, and collecting war materials. As a veteran of the battlefield, he was already familiar with this smooth set of war preparations.
His war sense had been alarmed.
Those little demons who were not soldiers were driven to the farther mountains and forests, which just showed that in this area covering the Frostwind Valley, there was obviously a war about to break out!
And it was definitely not the mode of small groups of elite fighting each other in the Frostwind Valley earlier.
Who else could the demons fight near the Hundred Thousand Mountains?
The answer was self-evident.
In other words, the silent period of the Frostwind Valley might have ended early due to some accident! Just like it started ahead of time under the influence of that mysterious man...
When making this judgment, Jiang Wang felt an indescribable emotion in his heart.
He knew that if there was really a racial war in this area, it must have something to do with him.
Is it the Qi army coming to save him?
Is it the will of the great Qi emperor?
Or even a big move of the entire civilization basin?
At this moment, he could not know the specific situation, nor could he capture and kill which demon soldiers to torture for information, because the disappearance of soldiers in the army was the easiest to detect. Which army, which unit, which team is missing a soldier, will be discovered at the latest that night. After tracing the source, it will be difficult for him to hide.
At this moment, his injuries are far from healed. These days of treatment have only solved some skin injuries-for a Shenlin monk who is difficult to be injured, any wound requires a lot of precious medicine to heal, and the wound medicine he carries with him is also used for this. And with the injuries he suffered now, if he wanted to recover as soon as possible, he needed to stay in the Imperial Hospital and use special techniques and professional medical techniques to treat it. He had to ask a contemporary real person like the Imperial Physician to perform acupuncture.
There were so many unavailable conditions at the moment.
But he still made a bold decision -
He decided to sneak back to the vicinity of Frostwind Valley, see the situation there with his own eyes, and look for an opportunity to steal back to the Civilization Basin!