Situ Yilan sat alone under the window of Xiaoxuan, and the earlier fight didn't seem to spoil her mood.
In her eyes, even if the attacking party seems to be extremely powerful, it cannot enter her vision at all.
They are just rivers and lakes who rely on their strength to eat. In a way, these people are not so noble compared to the coolie porters on the pier...
Under the bright lights, there are two things side by side on the table, one is a long sword with an ancient shape, and the other is an opened wooden box, revealing a utensil the size of a fish tank inside, the main body is made of crystal, and the outside is a hollow bronze dragon body wrapped around it Wrapping, the two are perfectly combined, making this strangely shaped vessel reveal a mysterious and gorgeous beauty.
At this time, Situ Yilan was holding the vessel and watching it carefully under the light, while the strange man in black robe just stood there with his arms tied, motionless...
Situ Yilan has been sitting here looking at this thing for more than an hour, but she still found nothing, so she put it down resentfully, her eyebrows frowned, and now she has been unable to figure out some problems.
"It's getting late, girl, let's rest." The weird voice of the black-robed man sounded.
Situ Yilan breathed a sigh of relief, and said slowly: "Old Hei, time is running out, if you can't find out the secrets here before handing it over to the Aristocratic Family Alliance, I'm afraid the elders in the clan will be very dissatisfied, which will make you It is difficult for us to fight for a more favorable position among the eight great families."
"This time Miss Yilan found the burial place of the Dragon God's Minister Gu Ming from the ancient books. It is already a great achievement in itself, and it is already a great achievement to crack the mechanism and obtain these two things. Miss Yilan Why worry about the clan elders?"
Situ Yilan smiled miserably, and said: "These are indeed credits, but they are not enough to make them stop criticizing me. I am afraid that after a while, they will bring up the marriage with the Nangong family again... That Nangong Shijing you also I see, success is more than failure, let me marry him? Don't even think about it in this life!"
The black-robed strange man sighed helplessly. As the children of the aristocratic family, their fate was in the hands of the patriarch, so how could it be their turn to decide for themselves? It is too difficult for Situ Yilan to control her own destiny.
"The eight great aristocratic families are also fighting endlessly. Under the leadership of the 'Sword Demon' Beiming Wudi, the Beiming family is the only one. In order to fight against the patriarch, the Nangong family may have to unite..."
'Sword Demon' Beiming is invincible!
Just the appearance of this name made Situ Yilan feel tremendous pressure, and even breathing became a little difficult.
I have always tried my best to avoid this name, because this name not only puts heavy pressure on people outside the Eight Great Families, but even within the Eight Great Families, it is also a heavy psychological burden.
The Eight Great Aristocratic Families are just an alliance in a broad sense. In fact, they are just a group of interest groups dividing social resources. It is mainly caused by marriages that have lasted for thousands of years, but in fact there are still internal differences. In order to avoid conflicts between the families, he was included in the alliance because of his huge power after being attached, but because of his status as a foreigner and his hostile relationship with the Li family in Longyou for thousands of years, he was slightly isolated within the eight major families. up. Of the other seven major families, only the Gusu Murong family, an earlier foreign family, was willing to accept the Helian family.
However, there are sources claiming that the Murong clan originally from Xianbei and the Helian clan from the Tuyuhun tribe of the Di tribe were both tribes of the Murong tribe of Xianbei hundreds of years ago outside the territory, but they separated later and were originally the elder brother of the concubine. It was Tuyuhun who led the tribe to leave the Murong tribe of Xianbei, developed for a hundred years, and became an independent tribe.
The eight great families have a long history, tracing back to their origins, and they all have extremely long and complicated historical ties with each other.
Situ Yilan lightly stroked the "bronze glazed cup" and the ancient sword in front of her.
The original scabbard has been severely eroded, and the current scabbard was remade by a blacksmith in Changlong Mansion, and the spike was replaced.
With a clang, the long sword came out of its sheath, and the blade was as cool as water. Under the light, there was a thin layer of glow on the body of the sword.
Two small seal patterns are etched on the sword, and the inscription: "Bixia".
It turned out to be the "Bixia Sword", one of the eight keys to the "Bronze Dragon Pagoda", which was handed down by the legendary "Dragon God" Ao Lie to the eight ministers of Gu Ming.
Before the "Dragon God" shattered the void and returned, he bestowed the eight forged swords on the eight ministers of Gu Ming. If you get six of them, you can open the gate of the "Bronze Dragon Pagoda", except for the most mysterious "Dragon Temple". In addition to the "Supreme Dragon Sword" that requires the artifact level, the eight secret chambers in the "Bronze Dragon Pagoda" all correspond to a sword, which contains the unique knowledge of martial arts thousands of years ago, and countless gold, silver and jewels.
As a direct descendant of the "Dragon God" Ao Lie, Xianlongdong has three precious swords in his hands. After hundreds of years of extensive collection, he finally got five long swords, and the sixth long sword is Ao Ziqing's Bi Xiao. Jian, thus uniting with Qu Guihong, and killing Ao Ziqing's family, causing a confrontation with Ye Qingxuan.
At the same time, Xianlong Cave also found the seventh long sword—the Biluo Sword in Ye Qingxuan's hand.
And what appeared in Situ Yilan's hands at this time was the final eighth sword - the Bixia Sword!
Among the eight great families, the Situ family and the Nangong family with the lowest martial arts inheritance are the most concerned about the "Bronze Dragon Pagoda". After all, it is rare to see a family with a superb martial arts inheritance like the Beiming family.
The Situ family and the Nangong family are both good at business and wealth, especially the cloth business of the Nangong family spread all over the country, even the silk and satin used by the concubines in the inner courtyard of the imperial palace are also supplied by the Nangong family.
It is not too much to say that the Nangong family is the richest in the world.
This is also the reason why the Situ family tried their best to win over the Nangong family after they found out that they could intervene in the affairs of the "Bronze Dragon Pagoda".
By means of marriage and joint study of martial arts, what the Situ family is looking at is the wealth of the Nangong family.
As for the "bronze glazed cup" on the other side, it was also a key protection item found in the tomb, and in some respects, the protection specifications exceeded this "Bixia sword".
Although finding the "Bi Xiao Sword" is considered to be the completion of the task, Situ Yilan has always been very interested in this "Bronze Glazed Cup", and felt that this thing must have a close relationship with the "Bronze Dragon Pagoda", otherwise it would not be rejected. The owner of the tomb attaches so much importance to it, even if he is buried, he holds it tightly in his arms.
But what exactly does it do
Situ Yilan gently stroked the surface of the "bronze glazed cup", from the blue dragon pattern to the bottom of the cup, where there was a groove, which was an equilateral octagonal groove.
There should be something to plug in here...
Perhaps, the answer lies in the lost thing, and that thing, at the base, should be an octagon...
Situ Yilan's eyes lit up, and she suddenly asked in a low voice: "Old Hei, there are rumors about the 'Bronze Dragon Pagoda' in the Jianghu. Is there anything that is octagonal, or does it contain artifacts related to octagonal shapes?"
The black-robed strange man paused for a while, thought carefully, and then said: "We have sent people to verify most of the rumors about the 'Bronze Dragon Tower' in the world, but we found that most of them are just fake... However, there is only one rumor that has not been confirmed in the future, but it has been widely rumored in Jianghu for a long time... "
"What is it?"
"It is Jiang Shuihan, the son of Jiang Tao of the Dajiang League. It is said that there is something in his hand that is the key to opening the 'Bronze Dragon Pagoda'... and it is said that he also got several martial arts from the 'Bronze Dragon Pagoda' back then. Jiang Tao easily broke through his innate talent, and he himself has made great progress in martial arts, and he has become a famous young master in the world."
Situ Yilan was startled, and asked anxiously, "What is it!?"
The black-robed man patted his head, and recalled: "It seems to be... Huh?" The black-robed man clapped his hands suddenly, and exclaimed: "Miss, this old servant remembered, it's called 'Bronze Eight-sided Drum'!"
"that's it!"
Situ Yilan slapped the table excitedly and stood up, the ecstasy on her delicate face was beyond words.
At this moment, the black-robed man suddenly turned around and shouted, "Who is it!?"
With a jerk, he slid over a distance of three feet, and rushed straight to the hanging window on the side of the boat, and printed his palm on the edge of the window!
boom!
A black shadow broke through the window first and rushed in, but it was a thin, tall assassin with a mask masked in a black scarf. He stabbed forward with two daggers in his hands, one running towards Hei Lao's palm and the other towards the opponent's throat. .
Jie Jie Jie, there was a burst of strange laughter, the assassin shouted: "If you are on alert, if you are sensible, quickly give the sword and the glazed cup to the old man. The old man is soft-hearted, and I can leave you a whole corpse!"
"Looking for death!" The black-robed geek's hands were filled with black light, and he quickly hit the opponent's vital points, but the person in front of him was as slippery as a loach, with strange and fast movements, without any wind noise, right in front of him. Floating back and forth, but let the heavy hands that he was bound to hit the opponent miss several times. After a while, Old Hei felt sweat on his forehead and was terrified in his heart.
Coming out of the mountain this time is really shocking. I don’t know when so many masters appeared in the rivers and lakes. They don’t have the slightest sense of familiarity, but their skills are so solid and tough. The young man earlier was This is the case, and so is the masked man who appeared at this time.
"Old Hei, you can't let him go, kill him!" Situ Yilan pulled out the Bixia sword, quickly put the "Bronze Glass Cup" into the box, carried it on her back, and rushed straight at the masked assassin in black. He came, and at the same time kicked the stool under his feet away, and made a loud roar on the hatch as a warning.
"There are assassins!"
The sound of clothes ripping through the air came from all around.
The masked assassin faced the attack of the black-robed monster and Situ Yilan, although his attack was weak, but his movement skills were still superb. After a while, he saw that he couldn't see the result, laughed a few times, and said: "Okay, As expected of a master of the Situ family, his subordinates are really good, let's say goodbye today, we will meet later."
After speaking, she turned around and retreated. Situ Yilan and the black-robed strange man were unable to stop them for a moment. They watched helplessly as each other jumped out of the window, fell into the water with a splash, and disappeared.
"Don't leave the traitor!" Situ Yilan was very angry, and was about to set out to chase, but was stopped by the black-robed strange man, and said, "Don't chase after the poor, be careful of fraud!"
boom!
At this moment, the door of the room was knocked open, and a group of masters rushed into the room.
"I'm guilty, Miss Lai Situ is frightened!"
The eight officers who came here are all members of the Nangong family. They have been by Yu Tianguan's side all the time. Fortunately, Situ Yilan was not hurt, otherwise their heads would have to be moved.
"It's okay, you go down."
Situ Yilan sighed inwardly, even with these people by her side, she didn't feel the slightest sense of security.
"What happened?"
An impatient yell came, Nangong Shijing only put on a robe, and rushed up, revealing smooth and smooth thighs, obviously there was nothing in the robe.
Situ Yilan turned her head in disgust, and Hei Lao hurriedly replied: "I just met an assassin..."
"What? That thing..." Nangong Shijing's face immediately changed drastically. This thing that is related to his future must not be lost, otherwise the patriarch will not be able to explain it.
Situ Yilan hated Nangong Shijing's behavior even more, and said coldly, "Don't worry, the things are still there."
"Oh, this is good, this is good..."
The surrounding officers bowed their heads one after another, and even they felt ashamed of their master's performance.
He also said that he is an ally with the Situ family, and he doesn't even care about the other party's life and death, only thinking about things, anyway, she may be your future wife, so you have to say hello first, even if it's face-saving.
It's just that Nangong Shijing made good use of the aristocratic style of the family's children, and asked anxiously directly: "Damn it, these two things are very important, why doesn't the clan send a master to guard..."
Situ Yilan saw that he was talking unrestrictedly, talking more and more in front of his subordinates, so she couldn't help but coughed as a reminder.
Nangong Shijing was taken aback for a moment, but he understood that Situ Yilan's gesture was a reminder, but he didn't understand the real meaning of the cough, instead he turned his head blankly and said to the black-robed man, "Ah, Old Hei, I'm not saying you're not good at martial arts..."
Situ Yilan rolled her eyes, and interrupted directly: "Okay, don't talk about it." He directed to the officer behind Nangong Shijing, "You have nothing to do here, you go down."
At this time, Nangong Shijing realized that Situ Yilan told him not to talk too much in front of his subordinates, so he couldn't help but smiled awkwardly, then shook his head, and shouted violently: "You guys, go, torture everyone on this boat Fan, see if the people on the boat did it..."
Situ Yilan sighed: "The assassin has jumped into the water and escaped, I don't think he is still on the boat!"
"Oh..." Nangong Shijing pursed his lips in embarrassment, thought for a while and then shouted: "Then you also go to question and see if there is any suspicious person here, maybe there are assassin's accomplices!"
This time Situ Yilan didn't stop her.
The assassin was able to touch the boat, most likely they followed their whereabouts all the way, and finally hid on the boat. To assassinate and seize the treasure, it is to confirm whether the group of oneself succeeds, otherwise it is not necessarily a single person, but a group of masters who will surely kill.
"Yilan, who do you think will find out about our actions?" Nangong Shijing said worriedly.
"It doesn't matter who discovers it. The important thing is how to keep things. The top priority is until the experts from the clan come to help." Situ Yilan said.
Nangong Shijing just hated this woman who was so smart and calm, making his man's dignity always feel trampled on.
The black-robed stranger said: "It will take three days at the latest for the clan to send experts to help, and the ones who can arrive as soon as possible are just the experts stationed nearby, and their strength is not outstanding. On the contrary, it is easy to expose their whereabouts and even be taken advantage of by the enemy!"
"Then why don't we turn back and let Yu Tianguan and Chang Quan send troops to escort them!"
"It's hard to get things done with a mob." Situ Yilan said.
"Then let's disguise ourselves and run away?" Nangong Shijing asked again.
"It's not a safe solution. We are afraid that we have fallen into the enemy's surveillance at this time. If the enemy recognizes our identity, it will not only be dangerous, but it may be difficult to keep our things..."
"Then what do you say?" Nangong Shijing was a little annoyed.
Situ Yilan moved slowly in the room.
The strange man in black robe and Nangong Shijing followed Situ Yilan back and forth with their gazes, and there was a sudden pause. Situ Yilan turned around and asked, "Old Hei, what do you think of the martial arts of those people on the deck?"
The black-robed geek said pertinently: "It's not bad. Among them, there are at least three of them who have the skills of the young people before, and there are two more, even I can't see through them..."
"So powerful!?" Situ Yilan was taken aback, unexpectedly getting such an astonishing answer.
"What are you asking them for?" Nangong Shijing questioned, "Don't you suspect that they are the assassin's accomplices?"
Situ Yilan snorted coldly, and said: "If they are the masterminds, then just kill them directly. We are not their opponents at all."
"Then you mean..."
"I want to hire them to be our bodyguards, to protect us until the reinforcements from the clan arrive..."
"No!" Nangong Shijing denied, "These people don't know the basics, what if they have other plans? Are we not leading wolves into the house?"
"If we did it, we would have died long ago. I think they are just quacks at the right time..."
"It's hard to guarantee that they won't see Lie Xinxi and turn against each other!"
"We just need to say that it is to protect your and my safety, and there is no need to mention these two things..."
"Do you think they will agree?" Nangong Shijing had some doubts. After all, not long ago, a little conflict broke out between them.
Situ Yilan proudly said: "No one can refuse the kindness of the Eight Great Families, and they dare not. Letting us owe them a favor is far better than offending us..." In Situ Yilan's eyes, Ye Qingxuan's compromising attitude before It is a clear proof of unwillingness to fight against the Eight Great Aristocratic Families.
Although Nangong Shijing was not happy in his heart, but for his own life, he finally nodded with difficulty.