Wei Shiqi entrusted Lan Xiang to Zhang Jinghe and asked her to take care of him. He would explain it to the leader. Zhang Jinghe agreed with a smile. Today is different from the past, and Wei Shiqi can accept her favor. , how difficult it is, of course she is happy to see the success.
Looking up at the sky, Wei Shiqi went straight to Changying Temple to meet with Deng Yuantong, the acting head of the Immortal Capital.
Seeing Deng Yuantong again, Wei Shiqi did not beat around the bush and told him frankly that he had a magic weapon in his hand called "Eight Female Immortals Le Ping". Unfortunately, he did not know the complete formula and could not use it. I happened to meet Li Xianglan in Tonglu Town and mentioned that the "Eight Fairy Leping" was originally owned by the Hou Mansion of Luocheng. The Hou family had three sons, the eldest son Hou Jiangdong and the second son Hou Jiangbo. The third son was said to have died young. He suspected that they were from Xiandu. Outer disciple Hou Jiangcheng therefore brought Li Xianglan to identify him, but unexpectedly Hou Jiangcheng disappeared.
Deng Yuantong smiled bitterly. He didn't intend to make public about the Hou Jiangcheng incident, but he didn't intend to make it public, but he didn't expect that it would end up involving him anyway.
He cleared his throat and said: "I know the origin of Hou Jiangcheng very well. He was indeed the third son of the Hou family in Luocheng. His death at an early age was just an excuse to hide his identity. He was born with a vision, and he was born with a vision. Full of black hair, full of white teeth, perfect nails, neither crying nor fussing, fortune tellers said this was a sign of the reincarnation of an evildoer who would overwhelm his father and mother. Hou Ying wanted to drown him cruelly, but Mrs. Hou did not want to harm her own flesh and blood. The personal maid took the little girl out of the house and looked for someone to adopt her. Unexpectedly, she was kidnapped by a busker on the way. A group of thieves tortured the maid until she was half dead. Finally, she was sold into a brothel. The little girl was killed by a lame cook. He wanted to go, pull out his hair, knock out his teeth, keep him as a cat and dog, and name him 'Toothless'."
"Hou Jiangcheng has a tough life, and he survived all this. After growing up a little, he could walk. He followed the lame man to boil water and cook. The entertainers did not treat him as a human being, but beat him and scolded him if he moved. He had a good meal and a hungry meal, and suffered a lot. If he had not been protected by the lame man, he would have died early. He was dead. When he was seven or eight years old, Hou Jiangcheng's hair slowly grew out, but his teeth never moved. He answered the word "Toothless" and smiled all day long, even if he was beaten or scolded, he would not be annoyed. Mixing in with thieves and living a careless life."
"One day, they were sleeping in the wild and it was raining heavily. The busker was too lazy to get up and asked Hou Jiangcheng to cook a pot of hot soup and drink it. To warm his belly, Hou Jiangcheng braved the heavy rain to catch a few fresh fish. He fell like a mud monkey and shivered from the cold. He finally lit a fire and cooked a large pot of fish soup. He couldn't even finish half of it, and was completely covered in it. The thieves grabbed the pot of fish soup and drank it. The more they drank, the more delicious it became. There were still a lot of poisonous mushrooms left at the bottom of the pot. The thieves fell down one by one, their hands and feet were numb and they couldn't move. A knife was used to slit the throats of each of them, and blood flowed all over the floor. Only the lame man was left to ask questions."
"The lame man was so frightened that he told all his life experiences. Afraid that he wouldn't believe it, he even took out a little boy's swaddling clothes with the words "Hou Jiangcheng" embroidered on it. Hou Jiangcheng let the lame man live and begged along the way, asking for news and looking for the locals.After searching for several years and going around and around, I finally found her in a village by the Ximing River. The maid had married a cook to fill a house, and she also gave birth to a pair of children. Only then did he know that he was the youngest son of Lord Hou Yinghou, a high official in the capital. "
"Hou Jiangcheng stayed in Zhuangzi for a few days. By coincidence, he happened to be bumped into by Junior Brother Liu Baizi. Seeing his strange bones, Junior Brother Liu was moved and showed him the roots. Bones, I didn’t expect that they were an excellent qualification for the thirteen innate apertures. If Junior Brother Liu found a treasure, he immediately introduced him to the Immortal City and personally instructed him to absorb vitality, open acupoints, unblock meridians, and form the Tao Fetus. Who would have expected that everything went smoothly in Hou Jiangcheng, but something went wrong in the process of condensing the Tao Fetus, and in the end he only Can fall into the outer gate and do hard labor. ”
“It’s not necessarily a good thing to have good bones. The higher you are praised, the harder you fall. After this setback, Hou Jiangcheng’s temperament changed drastically. He was unknown in Qiupao Valley, not showing off or revealing anything.” , daily leading the horse team to and from Tiandu Peak, transporting rice, noodles and vegetables, and is taciturn. It wasn't until Qi Yunhe passed away that he began to instruct and test his disciples and practice the basic Taoist methods. Over the years, everything was going smoothly and he didn't make any big mistakes. "
Wei Shiqi noticed something. Among the thieves and men, Hou Jiangcheng was smiling all day long. He didn't get angry even if he beat or scolded him. When he arrived at the outer gate of Xiandu, he was taciturn and calm. He was really Did he suffer a setback and change his temper, or was he good at hiding it and never revealed his true side?
"About a month ago, the Sanqing Palace was robbed at night, and they were found dead after the incident, except for Hou Jiangcheng? One person is missing. Maybe he is the thief, or maybe there is another thief who harmed Hou Jiangcheng just to deceive others. "
Wei Shiqi asked: "What is missing from the Sanqing Palace? "
Deng Yuantong was silent for a moment and said: "The leader fell in the Chixia Valley with no bones. Fortunately, the Seven Birds Sword is safe and sound. Taiyi Sect is not a swordsman, and there is no greed for these flying swords. After returning to the Immortal Capital, Since then, the Seven Birds Sword has been kept in the Sanqing Palace. The thief... didn't touch anything and only took away the Seven Birds Sword. However, this matter was kept secret. Except for a few people who knew about it, none of the disciples knew about it. "
"Is there anyone in Sanqing Hall at that time? "
" Fu Baoyuan was on duty in the palace. The thief knocked him unconscious with one palm, and neatly broke through the three restrictions imposed by Elder He, and took away the Seven Birds Sword. I feel inferior to this level of cultivation..."
Wei Shiqi thought for a moment and asked, "So, what are your plans, senior brother?" "
Deng Yuantong smiled bitterly and said: "What are your plans? The Immortal Capital is in a troubled time, and to be honest with my junior brother, I have too much to worry about at the moment, so I can only wait for the dust to settle before trying to find a way to retrieve the Seven Birds Sword. ”
Wei Shiqi knew the implication of “Troublesome Autumn”. Kunlun was brewing a big change. The current plan was to stay quiet rather than move. After all, Deng Yuantong was only the acting head. If the Immortal Capital could promote the success of Feiyu Sect, Merging into the Five Elements Sect, even if he just stays out of it, will help Deng Yuantong secure his position as the leader. After all, the leader Pu of the Five Elements Sect asked Wei Shiqi to write that letter, which was an active expression of goodwill..
"In that case, leave the matter of Hou Jiangcheng to me."
A smile appeared on Deng Yuantong's face, "Okay, then I'll trouble you, junior brother."< /p>
"Then Li Lanxiang has some relationship with the Luocheng Marquis Mansion, which may come in handy in the future. She is gifted with two acupoints and her bones are not bad. It would be better for her to join the Immortal Capital and become a trial disciple first. ."
"Very good, this group of trial disciples don't have any outstanding talents, and they are worth cultivating." Deng Yuantong agreed.