The next day.
Yunfeng City.
Along with the crowd entering the city, Song Yan and Chu Xue walked into Yunfeng City together.
According to the records of the Chu family, Yunfeng City is just a remote small city under Xuanyang Domain, one of the ten major domains of the human race.
Even if it is just a small city, the city wall is more than twenty feet high. Even the peak of the Divine Sea cannot easily climb the city wall.
"Wow, brother, this Yunfeng City is so prosperous."
Walking on the streets of Yunfeng City, looking at the exquisite buildings and the large number of people, Chuxue felt that her eyes were not enough. Her eyes were full of curiosity. She looked here and there quietly, her face full of excitement.
suddenly.
Chuxue pointed at two extremely strong minotaurs that were over two meters tall and carrying giant axes with two leaning horns on their heads and said, "Brother, look, what are those?"
"That should be a tauren!" Song Yan explained.
There are thousands of races in the Manggu Continent, and the human race is only one of the ten major races, and it is only ranked eighth.
The tauren belong to the lineage of the orcs. They are powerful but slow-minded, so they have a relatively low status among the orcs.
However, the orcs are also one of the top ten races, ranking ninth.
These two tauren were following a young man in green, who should be his bodyguard. Judging from his attire, the young man in blue should be a child of a martial arts family in Yunfeng City.
After spending nearly two hours wandering around the streets with Chu Xue, Song Yan took her to a restaurant.
Chu Tianxing had no clue about what happened, and so many years had passed. It was too difficult to investigate. However, he expected that there should be an organization specializing in gathering intelligence in Yunfeng City, but he didn't know anything when he first arrived in Yunfeng City. , but the restaurant is a good place to find out information.
I asked for a private room and ordered a table of special dishes.
After he had almost eaten, Song Yan called the waiter outside the door, threw him a five-tael silver ingot, and said, "Go to your shopkeeper and find it!"
"Hey, sir, please wait a moment."
The waiter put away the money with a smile and saluted Song Yan before bending and exiting the box.
After a while, there was a knock on the door.
"Please come in."
A fat old man pushed open the door and walked in. His eyes fell on Song Yan, and he clasped his fists and said politely: "I wonder what you want me to do when you summon me?"
"I wonder what the shopkeeper is called?" Song Yan asked with a smile.
"The little old man's last name is He."
Song Yan said again: "It turns out to be Shopkeeper He. I asked Shopkeeper He about something. I wonder which force in Yunfeng City is good at inquiring and collecting information?"
Shopkeeper He smiled: "Young Master really asked the right person. The one with the best information in Yunfeng City is Xiaotian Pavilion. As long as something happens within a thousand miles of Yunfeng City, Xiaotian Pavilion can't pry into it." Arrived."
"It seems that the shopkeeper understands. I won't beat around the bush. I need to know what Chu Tianxing, the former head of Fenghua Town, went through after he ran away from home at the age of sixteen? This is the deposit!" As he spoke, Song Yan threw out a He issued a 10,000 tael silver check and continued: "After the matter is completed, I will give another 50,000 taels, but the time cannot exceed half a month. Can it be done?"
Shopkeeper He glanced at the ten thousand taels of silver notes in his hand, but his expression became more enthusiastic and respectful, and he smiled and said: "Don't worry, sir, I will give you a definite news within half a month!"
In the following days, Song Yan stayed in this restaurant.
On the fifth day.
Shopkeeper He is here, and he also brings a black-faced man.
Song Yan glanced at the dark-faced man, who was in his early thirties with gloomy eyes. He had a long sword on his back, but there were two short swords tied to his two arms hidden in his sleeves, and there were more on his waist. It's bulging, and it should contain a hidden weapon, and the opponent's cultivation level has reached the late stage of Shenhai.
Shopkeeper He said quickly: "Mr. Song, let me introduce you to Mr. Wei, the third head of Xiaotian Pavilion!"
Song Yan nodded and said calmly: "Master Wei, you arrived today, but did you find the information I need?"
"Never!"
The black-faced man shook his head.
"If not, then what's the point of coming to me?" Song Yan's expression suddenly turned cold.
The black-faced man smiled and said: "I have two things to do here this time. First, who is Mr. Song? I hope Mr. Song can tell the truth. Second, you entrusted us at Xiaotian Pavilion to find out. The news is extraordinary, the previous price was too little, we have to increase the price!”
Song Yan's face became colder and colder: "Since you Xiaotian Pavilion knows everything, you must already know my identity, so why bother to ask again. As for the price increase, the 60,000 taels of silver I promised is already several times higher than the market price. How much more do you want to add!”
The black-faced man laughed: "Haha, yes, we have indeed traced the identity of Young Master Song. We just came to confirm. I didn't expect that Young Master Song would be in charge of a family at a young age. As for the price, it is only 600,000 taels." Well, Mr. Song only needs to pay us another five hundred and ninety thousand taels, and we can help you continue to investigate the news about your father!"
Six hundred thousand taels is equivalent to the Chu family's annual income.
Although Song Yan was not short of money, he did not like being blackmailed. He said calmly: "I will not increase the price, and you Xiaotian Pavilion must help me investigate this matter!"
The black-faced man was stunned for a moment, and then said with a sneer: "Mr. Song, I advise you to think about it again!"
"There's nothing to consider!" Song Yan shook his head.
"Snapped!"
The black-faced man slapped his hand on the table, and his eyes became cold: "Chu Fan, don't be ignorant of flattery. You are not someone you can mess with in Xiaotian Pavilion. If you are wise, I will give you 590,000 taels of silver." Go ahead, otherwise, you will not be able to leave Yunfeng City!"
"Oh, I want to try it!" Song Yan was not afraid at all.
"court death!"
The black-faced man's eyes turned cold, and his murderous intent increased. He suddenly raised his hands. Suddenly, two hidden swords shot out, turning into two rays of cold light and heading straight for Song Yan. After shooting out the two hidden swords, the black-faced man's right hand flew quickly. He drew his sword and touched his waist with his left hand.
But that's it.
The black-faced man's movements came to a standstill, and even the two hidden swords aimed at Song Yan stopped in front of him.
He stepped calmly, pointed a finger between the black-faced man's eyebrows, and injected a puppet magical power into his body.
When the space stagnation dissipated and returned to normal, the black-faced man was also enslaved by Song Yan.
"My subordinate Wei San'er meets the master!"
Song Yan did not ask him to get up, but let him kneel and asked: "Tell me, why does Xiaotian Pavilion raise the price?"
Wei San'er said truthfully: "Master, you don't know something. The people we sent to track down your father-in-law were intercepted and killed by mysterious masters, and none of them survived. Therefore, the master ordered to stop pursuing the matter, but after all, so much was lost. manpower, so I want to lose the master as soon as possible!"
After hearing Wei San'er's words, Song Yan's face darkened slightly. The people from Xiaotian Pavilion were actually intercepted and killed. In other words, their investigation was in the right direction.
Thinking of this, he said to Wei San'er: "Take me to see your boss now!"
Author's digression: First update (to be continued)