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They continued on their journey and reached Shakou Town. This was also the place where they decided beforehand to part with Elder Zhao. The area that the town occupied was not too big. The purpose of this kind of town was only to make it convenient for pedestrians to resupply and temporarily rest.
"Elder Zhao, be careful along the way." Situ Qingtian said to the Elder Zhao.
Patriarch should be careful, after all the assassins are targeting you. Although the assassins that came this time were all killed in one fell swoop, the mastermind behind the scenes is still not clear. We can't be sure if they will find another group of assassins to deal with you. Elder Zhao was still a little worried.
"There's no need for Elder Zhao. The clan cannot leave you right now. If we are fine, we will be careful on the way." Situ Qingtian said. He knew clearly in his heart that there were still many hidden dangers in the clan. At this time, they had to return to the Great Clan Elder's side to deter the unstable factors within the clan.
"Elder Zhao, please wait." Murong Fenghuang interrupted the words that the Elder Zhao was about to say, and then continued: "Please be at ease, Elder Zhao, there is a brocade sack here, please keep it safe. After leaving us for a day, please open it and do not say anymore.
Elder Zhao glanced at Murong Fenghuang, as if he had some doubts but also agreed to something, and without saying anything more, he immediately arranged for people to prepare for their return trip.
"Be good, and listen to Grandpa Zhao, understand?" Zhuge Feier comforted Little Lan Er who was still tightly grabbing onto her clothes without letting go.
The little girl did not say anything, she only shook her head, indicating that she did not want to leave Zhuge Feier.
"Don't worry, I'll be back in a few days. When the time comes, I'll bring Little Lan Er fun and a lot of delicious foods, okay?" Zhuge Feier said again, she was also a little reluctant, but even more helpless. After all, this child had never left her since birth, and helplessness could only mean that the journey was extremely dangerous, and that she definitely could not bring this little girl along.
Besides, it was one thing that he hadn't met the Situ couple, but since he had, there was no reason for him to stand back and watch. After all, he could only watch helplessly as his elder brother and elder sister, who cared for him, were placed in danger without a care for him.
The little girl still did not say anything. There were tears in her eyes and her small hands were holding tighter. It was said that children were the most sensitive. Although they did not know what the adults were going to do, there were many things that they vaguely felt that it was not good and did not wish for the adults to do them.
"Ah ?" "Yah ?" In the end, she still forcibly carried the little girl away. However, her hysterical cries caused one's heart to break.
At the same time, Gongsun Ze Tian also saw this scene with his mental power. This made him think of the girl who always followed beside him and was also known as' Lan Er 'in his previous life. He could not help but sigh with emotion, "I really miss her a little, I wonder where she is in this life."
Actually, what Gongsun Ztian did not know was that while he was focused on cultivation, this little girl called 'Lan Er' had already been decided to become his personal servant girl. As for whether or not it was his previous life's servant girl, 'Lan Er', he would think about it for himself.
Elder Zhao still brought his men and left quickly, only leaving behind ten experts to protect them, and the rest left without a single one.
Watching Elder Zhao's group leave, the Situ couple instructed the rest of the group to continue their journey. The road in front of them was not clear, and he still felt uneasy. The faint uneasiness spread throughout the team. Once again on the journey, other than the servants by Murong Fenghuang's side, the rest of the non-combatants had already left with Elder Zhao, this was to prevent them from being unable to take care of the weak ones.
There was a sand mouth and a new willow, but the terrain was also very strange. The surroundings of the sand mouth town were mostly sandy soil, but the new willow town was not the same, and there was a feeling of spring everywhere. Of course, the two towns were about a day apart, and there was no place for them to rest between the two towns.
Therefore, the pedestrians who walked from here all left Sharkou Town in the morning, and arrived at the New Willow Town in the evening. Of course, there were all sorts of things in the New Willow Town, and it was completely incomparable to the Sharkou Town.
Situ Qingtian entered the inn and checked his surroundings. After confirming that there were no hidden rooms or eavesdroppers, Situ Qingtian sat beside the madam and asked softly: My body's alright today, is there anything wrong?
"Darling, you're overthinking it. Everything is fine with me. However, aren't we going to be fine after this?" Murong Fenghuang said.
"Oh? Why isn't it good? " Situ Qingtian was surprised.
"I'm sure the person in charge will not give up on this opportunity. Since the target is you and me, then whose benefit is our death?" Murong Fenghuang did not directly say the answer, but guided him by saying one thing.
"He should be a side branch of the family. Third brother Situ Qingyun is not happy with the political situation, even if he is the Patriarch, he would not be able to get out of it. If I die accidentally and my two sons are still young, they will not be able to inherit the Patriarch's position. Situ Qingtian only needed to think about it a little more and he already had a general idea of what was going on and the outline of the entire matter.
"That's right. When the time comes, not even the Great Elder of the family will be able to help. But with just the side branch of the Situ Family, they won't have the guts to do so. I think there's still an even more powerful force behind them." Murong Fenghuang threw another bomb.
"You mean the Audience Hall? Sigh, this is such a troublesome matter! " Situ Qingtian was surprised.
"That's right. If I didn't hear about Mr. Zhuge, I wouldn't think so. At most, there would be internal conflicts within the family. But thinking about Mr. Zhuge's departure, I can conclude that I am still in the imperial court. But why would he pay so much attention to Situ Family? I don't understand this point! " Although Murong Fenghuang dared to judge that she was right, she couldn't explain it. Why did the Five Great Clans insist on dealing with just one Situ Family, although the Five Great Clans kept doing small things behind her back, when they met an enemy, they were all in the same boat. Everyone understood the so-called principle of mutual destruction.
I heard that back then, the founder of the Honglong Empire and the first generation master of the Situ Family were the same person, and she had a superb cultivation. She had arranged for generations for the Situ Family to guard the secret cave, waiting for a fated person to obtain the treasure within. Situ Qingtian recounted a secret that had been passed down in her family for a long time.
"Since so many years have passed, why don't you go in and use it?" Murong Fenghuang obviously did not know about this secret, and was even more confused as to why she would rather leave a treasure than to use it.
"Only the royal family and us from the Situ Family know the specifics of the secret information, but as for the existence of the treasures in the secret cave of the Situ Family, many large powers know about them, including your Murong Family, and we have a good relationship with the Situ Family, not to mention our family, many families have sent people to investigate, and even His Majesty has sent people to search the secret cave every year, but they did not find anything, not even a needle could be found, let alone a treasure." Situ Qingtian explained to his wife.
"Looks like there are still people in the imperial court who are determined to get this secret treasure." Murong Fenghuang immediately realized one thing, that there was someone who wanted to borrow the power of the Situ Family's secret treasure.
"It seems that it really is like this. Then this battle is destined to be unavoidable." Situ Qingtian also understood the meaning of his wife's words.
He couldn't help but express the emotion in his heart, "No matter how much you earn, it's useless. That secret treasure is in my soul, but it has now traveled through time, and it's not in a space. The Illusory Dragon Pearl in my mind has not disappeared, so would there be another Illusory Dragon Pearl in the secret cave? I'll go take a look when I get the chance. "
Situ Qingtian pondered for a while more, then said: "How about I get someone to send you and Fei'er away first. After all, you are currently pregnant, so it's inconvenient for you to face the enemy.
"That won't do. Their target is you and me. If I leave now, won't that give them a chance to kill me one by one?" Murong Fenghuang rejected her husband's suggestion.
"Then, go and call Elder Zhao back? I feel more at ease with him. " Situ Qingtian suggested again.
"Darling, don't worry, I have a plan. Let's keep going. What I said just now was not good, because tomorrow we will be passing a place called Tsui Feng Ridge." Murong Fenghuang remained silent.
"Cui Feng Ridge, that is a beautiful scenery, of course it is also a dangerous place. "This mountain is densely packed with trees, and there is only one path leading down to the bottom of the mountain. This is a place where people must travel at home to kill people and steal their goods." Situ Qingtian had read many books and he was extremely familiar with the geography of the Honglong Empire. Furthermore, the distance between this place and the old dwelling of the Situ Family was only a few days, so he naturally knew more.
"That's why I said we're in trouble. "Hehe." Murong Fenghuang began to giggle as she said this. His husband became serious like a little old man, obviously only around twenty years old, and wanted to act like he was fifty.
"Then why are you still smiling? Seems like Madam has already planned everything and is going to make a decisive battle a thousand miles away!" Situ Qingtian's heart was set. I'm not afraid of you sneak attacks, I'm only afraid of you not knowing when you're going to sneak attack. In fact, many things were like this. The unknown was the most frightening thing. If one understood the other party's intentions, then no matter how deep the enemy was hidden, it would not bring about any kind of mysterious fear.
Gongsun Ztian had the same thoughts as his mother. After all, he had experienced his previous life. He even knew that a certain prince wouldn't be able to fart in this world. Of course, he also found time to meet his mother in his dreams. Other than instructing her to prepare for the meeting, he also had to admit that he was the third child in her womb due to his mother's ravaging and interrogation.
The next morning, everyone left. However, no one noticed that they did not actually check out. Instead, they left behind a few people in the name of taking care of the aftermath. Although there were still dozens of carriages in the group, and the carriages were full of luggage, there was still a room in the tavern filled with luggage that was unloaded last night. Since the luggage was in the rooms, what was on the carriages?