Chapter 298.

It was useless to go to the government office with the head of a character like the owner of Zuo Dao Zhuang.

People like him don’t go on unusual wanted posters.

Trying to rely on ordinary knife catchers, or ordinary people to provide clues, would basically be a pitfall.

Therefore, to redeem this head, Jiang Ran could only go to the Sword Enforcement Division of the Jin Yang Province.

Although the Sword Enforcement Division’s office was mostly in a hidden place, Jiang Ran, as a sword hunter, was able to find his way there.

All the way around, after a few grain and oil stores, and two trips to the clothing store, and finally along the narrow path in the alley, stepped into an empty courtyard.

This courtyard seems to be empty, however, Jiang Ran’s eyes just a turn, already know, surrounded by hidden a lot of manpower.

The main hall door was open, and a Buddha statue was offered inside.

Jiang Ran took three long and two short, five incense, did not point, also did not insert into the incense burner, but placed in a corner of the table.

Then he heard a voice suddenly come from outside the door:

“Who are you, and why did you break into my house?”

Jiang Ran shook his hand and threw the Knife Catching Order over.

The man picked it up with a probing hand and glanced at it before bowing:

“So it’s Swordsman Jiang.”

Of course there was no name on the knife catching order, but there was a secret mark on it.

Jiang Ran had received the order in Cangzhou Prefecture, and at that time, Guo Chong, as the Prefect of Cangzhou Prefecture, only had the right to nominate one person, and that person was Jiang Ran.

Thus, the man in front of him understood Jiang Ran’s identity just by seeing the Cangzhou Prefecture’s secret mark on the knife catching order.

“You’re welcome.”

Jiang Ran smiled and gently lifted the head in his hand:

“Is the steward available?”

“Swordsman Jiang, please follow me.”

The man came to the front and first returned the knife catching order with both hands.

Then he walked around the offering table and lifted the curtain of the inner hall.

After walking all the way through, it was to the backyard, and then the man led Jiang Ran to a water well:

“Please go down to the well, Swordsman Jiang.”

“……”

Jiang Ran laughed dumbly:

“Where you guys are located, it’s really secretive ……”

“The Sword Enforcement Division has been eyed by many, so naturally we have to be careful.”

The man let out a bitter smile, and his words carried a bit of helplessness.

Jiang Ran didn’t hesitate, and with a sway of his body, he stepped right on top of the bucket.

That person, on the other hand, hurriedly reached out and grabbed the rocker, gently placing Jiang Ran down, and when he waited for the position to be almost right, he asked from above:

“Has warrior Jiang ever seen a portal?”

In fact, without him saying it, Jiang Ran had already seen an iron gate on the inside of the water well.

With a casual push, the iron door opened with a creak.

Jiang Ran took a step out and went inside the iron gate, shouting to the top:

“Already in.”

“Jiang Warrior just follow the road ahead, the steward is at the end, I’ll excuse myself.”

After the man overhead finished speaking, Jiang Ran watched as the bucket creaked and rose up.

Jiang Ran looked up twice, shook his head, closed the iron door with his hand, and walked inside while also pondering the man’s words.

The Sword Execution Division is being eyed …… so it has to be careful?

By what people?

Since it’s a red eye, it’s most likely to come from within the court.

But this is so secretive, I’m afraid it’s not just to prevent people in the court.

Jiang Ran muttered two sentences in his mind, then pondered, but also did not put on the heart.

How the court and he actually did not have much to do with it.

And as the position of the Demon Sect’s youngest father, there was actually a grudge against the court.

Just, not to mention the things Jiang Ran until now is also a half-understanding, even if all understand the whole picture, whether to take revenge, and still in between.

Although this body is indeed the last generation of the devil and the holy woman to give …… can raise their own is broken Dongliu.

This has never met the parents of the grace, how to deal with, but also to see the situation and then make a decision.

The heart is flooded with these thoughts, along the channel all the way forward.

At the beginning, the channel is still damp and cold.

Later, it felt dry.

A little further, vaguely there is already a warmth, he mentally measured the distance, as well as the direction, looked up to see the top of the dark passageway overhead, his mind suddenly realized:

“It turns out that the Sword Execution Division is under the government office.”

After walking a short distance in this manner, he saw that there was another portal.

Jiang Ran was about to reach out and push open the portal when he heard someone say:

“The Heavenly Que has been playing a big trick within the Willow Courtyard, but unfortunately, our people have already been captured before they could get close enough to check it out. Until last night, only then returned …… saying that someone saved them.”

The owner of this voice was quite old, but his attitude was very respectful.

Only the person who spoke to him did not open his mouth, so he continued:

“I heard that the Devil Cult also has traces nowadays, but I don’t know …… how we should deal with it?”

Jiang Ran raised an eyebrow, feeling that this was not a suitable conversation to continue listening to.

There was something wrong with this conversation!

Just as he was about to push the portal open, he heard a somewhat familiar voice speak:

“The Devil Cult may not necessarily be the enemy, let’s first see what they want to do before we say ……”

Jiang Ran raised an eyebrow.

He had heard this voice before, and twice.

The first time was outside the Cangzhou Prefecture, and the second time was in that village near the Red Maple Villa.

It was this person who had taken Shi Pingzhang out from under his own hands!

It was the man in the sedan chair!

Thinking about this, he no longer hesitated much and directly pulled open the portal, and before the person entered, he had already opened his mouth and said:

“Do you know where the people of the Devil Cult are?”

The two people who were talking, simultaneously raised their heads, and their gazes landed on Jiang Ran’s body.

And Jiang Ran naturally looked towards these two people.

These two people stood one on top of the other, and the one standing was a small old man in his sixties, bowing slightly with a humble attitude.

The eyes that looked at Jiang Ran, on the other hand, frowned slightly.

It seemed to be reprimanding him for not knowing the rules.

The person sitting there, however, was greatly unexpected by Jiang Ran.

This was actually a woman dressed in red.

Seeing that her age was probably less than thirty, her appearance was elegant, only that her sitting posture was not dignified, sitting cross-legged on the chair, and also gently shaking her legs.

Looking up at Jiang Ran, her eyes were also filled with dismay:

“It’s you ……”

“Come less.”

Jiang Ran waved his hand:

“When I went to the grain and oil store, how I went to the readymade clothes store, and when I entered the withered well, I thought you all knew exactly.

“And now you’re pretending that you don’t know it’s me who’s coming, do you think I’m a three year old child?”

He carried the head of the Zuo Dao Zhuang Master, casually pulled out a chair, and looked at the woman:

“I just didn’t expect that it would be you, I recognize your voice.

“But I didn’t expect it to be a woman, this voice is too …… much.”

Jiang Ran did not know how to describe it for a moment.

The woman, on the other hand, smiled:

“Masculine?”

“No, it’s neutral.”

Jiang Ran remembered, generally calling this voice neutral.

“Neutral?”

The woman thought about it for a moment, but smiled, “Somewhat interesting.”

“How dare you!”

That little old man reacted at this moment and couldn’t help but look at Jiang Ran angrily:

“How dare you, do you know what you’re talking to?”

Jiang Ran glanced at the little old man with some dismay and asked the woman:

“Has he always been this brave?

“Does he know who he’s talking to?”

The little old man was even more furious at his words, but he didn’t wait for an attack, when he heard the woman give a cold shout:

“Shut up!”

“Do you hear me, I told you to shut up!”

The little old man finally found a suitable opportunity to point his hand at Jiang Ran, and then he was bossing him around.

“This palace told you to shut up!!!”

The red-clothed woman’s face went black, and there was an indescribable majesty in her voice.

“Huh?”

That little old man froze, looked back to the woman in red, and subconsciously knelt down:

“Yes …… subordinate should die.”

The woman in red then looked at Jiang Ran, helplessly shaking her head:

“I’ve made young warrior Jiang laugh.”

“Funny indeed.”

Jiang Ran reached out on the table and casually picked up a booklet, picking it up twice and putting it back:

“It’s impossible for all within the Sword Execution Division to be intelligent.

“But this kind of foolish and rude people, placed in the Sword Enforcement Division of the Jin Yang Province, this is intended to chill the hearts of the sword catchers?

“If you don’t want this Sword Execution Division to exist, more people like this would naturally be better.”

The woman in red gave Jiang Ran a somewhat surprised look.

These words were already considered to be in the right place.

She nodded lightly and glanced at the little old man:

“Go down.”

“This ……”

The little old man looked at Jiang Ran and seemed to be somewhat hesitant.

The woman in red sighed:

“Young warrior Jiang is right, this kind of foolish person really shouldn’t be sitting in such a position.

“If he wants to be unfavorable to me, not to mention you alone, even if ten or a hundred are sitting here, what’s the use?

“Disgraceful, why don’t you roll down?”

“Yes.”

Knowing that the master was moved to real anger, he didn’t dare to say anything more and hurriedly retreated.

Only after waiting for this person to leave did the woman in red look at Jiang Ran:

“You know my identity?”

“You’ve called yourself this palace, and obviously have no intention of hiding it.”

Jiang Ran smiled:

“To say the least, it’s my fault, the first two times I met with the Eldest Princess, I didn’t know the Eldest Princess’s identity, much to the point of being abrupt.”

“And how do you know that I am the Eldest Princess?”

The woman in red froze again.

“The current Son of Heaven has two daughters, and their ages don’t match up.

“In addition to this, I heard that the sister of the current Prince of Heaven, who likes to wear red clothes, has practiced a good martial arts, and even more aspires to the Jianghu ……

“Then I will dare to make a guess.”

“What a dare.”

The Rapunzel raised her head slightly and looked at Jiang Ran with a haughty expression:

“Since you know the identity of this palace, why don’t you kneel down and bow?”

Jiang Ran cocked his head and looked at her, suddenly smiling:

“Does the Eldest Princess know why Jianghu is Jianghu? A jianghu idler, what do you know about the rules of decency?”

“Hahaha.”

After hearing this, the Eldest Princess suddenly laughed heroically:

“Well well well, really worthy of being you …… Since you are out of the palace, the three words of the Eldest Princess will never be mentioned again.

“You can just call me …… Lord Shan.”

Shan was the national surname of the Golden Cicada Dynasty.

There is nothing wrong with calling Lord Shan, but Jiang Ran looked at her twice and skimmed his mouth:

“Your party’s words were not said earlier, not said later, but waited for me to come.

“Was it deliberately said to me, wanting me to help you guys catch someone?”

The conversation between the Eldest Princess and that little old man just now was very problematic.

Just as Jiang Ran had said, it was impossible for them not to know when he came here.

It was even possible to calculate how long it would take for Jiang Ran to walk here …… Since this was the case, it was highly likely that Fang’s words were meant for Jiang Ran to hear.

There were only two kinds of intentions.

The first is just like what Jiang Ran is saying now, wanting to let Jiang Ran know that the devil religion is in the Jin Yangfu, and then come to the door to catch people.

And the second …… is that they may have found out that Jiang Ran and the Devil Cult have some involvement, but they can’t sit on the ground, so they intentionally try to test it out.

If Jiang Ran has a ghost in his heart, he will certainly listen to the door.

From there, he would decide what to do so as not to reveal the cracks.

Jiang Ran’s choice to pre-empt and directly enter the door was to break this step.

Now that he had asked such a question, on the one hand, he could dispel their suspicion of Jiang Ran to a certain extent, and on the other hand, he could also probe the truth to see how much they had grasped about the situation of the Devil Cult, and whether they had been exposed by Mr. Tang.

Although the other party will most likely not tell Jiang Ran the truth if they still have doubts about him, it will also allow Jiang Ran to do what he wants to do.

However, it would also allow Jiang Ran to have a clear picture in his mind.

After that, how to formulate countermeasures, then there is room for maneuver.

The least, fish death net broken only, with this Princess face to face, will he still be afraid of not?

Just so, the future of this knife catcher how to do …… is a problem.

But the car to the mountain, he is not the only knife catcher this road can do.

After all, he still has a knife catching task to take.

Although that task seemed ribbed, Jiang Ran always felt that there seemed to be potential in it that could be tapped.

Even if this path doesn’t work,……, the big deal is to leave the Golden Cicada Dynasty.

Between the five countries, which one is not a place for him to stand?

In an instant, Jiang Ran had already made all sorts of plans in his heart.

Just waiting for the next words of the woman in front of him ……

However, the Rapunzel’s words were still beyond Jiang Ran’s expectations:

“Young Scholar Jiang, how do you view the Demon Cult?”

Jiang Ran froze:

“What’s there to view? It’s nothing more than people who can be killed.”

“I don’t think so.”

The Eldest Princess sniffed but gently shook her head:

“The Devil Cult is the most bizarre sect I’ve ever seen, and everything it does comes from the heart.

“Those who do evil, naturally do great evil and will never be tolerated.

“But those who do good are so sincere that they can’t help but be moved.

“If both are treated as the generation of evil, a net …… is not a little unfair.”

Jiang Ran looked at her with a somewhat odd expression:

“Do you know what you are saying?”

The eldest princess let out a bitter smile:

“This is indeed the words of treason …… but it is also the thoughts of this palace from the bottom of my heart.

“In the past in the palace to understand the devil religion is ultimately shallow some, walking the jianghu to see people see more and more things, but is born a different idea.

“Jiang young warrior you are knowledgeable generation, on the devil think should also have their own views.”

Well-informed?

Jiang Ran’s heart was a little happy after hearing this.

Unexpectedly, after being told every day that I’m ignorant, this is the first time in my life that I’ve heard someone say that I’ve seen a lot of things.

Worthy of being the eldest princess! She has vision and insight!

Just for her words, Jiang Ran couldn’t say it outright and just said:

“The Eldest Princess is joking, I’m a jianghu martial artist, what do I know about demonic cults?

“I’ve heard little about them, let alone seen them.

“To them I only care about how much bounty is on the Sword Execution Division’s list.”

“……”

The eldest princess was helpless for a while:

“Ever since Chu Nanfeng smashed the Demon Sect’s main altar a hundred years ago, the Demon Sect has seemed like a legend.

“But in recent years there have been gradual rumors that the fire that is the Demon Sect is burning up again in the Jianghu.

“Young warrior Jiang is now in the Jinyang Province, so I think he will have the opportunity to see them, and then we will study …… exactly how we should treat this Demon Cult.”

Jiang Ran frowned slightly:

“So, the Eldest Princess means that she wants to cast a net over them?”

“Those who are evil should be eliminated, if they are good ……”

The Rapunzel thought for a moment and laughed:

“Truth be told, this palace would like to get close to them.”

“This ……”

Jiang Ran let out a bitter laugh:

“The Eldest Princess is indeed a very person, but Jiang still wants to warn that this move is to seek skin with a tiger.”

“This is supposed to be this Palace’s specialty?”

The Rapunzel smiled faintly:

“Accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, before and after these two tigers have watched this palace grow up.”

“……”

Jiang Ran was speechless for a while, he didn’t even know how to take this, so he had to change the topic:

“Speaking of which, after the Eldest Princess took away Shi Pingzhang, shouldn’t she have gone to busy herself with things over in the Li Kingdom?

“How did you suddenly come to the Jinyang Mansion?

“By the way, I once saw Qing Yuan at the Autumn Rhetoric Stage, and after he found out about you, he left in a hurry, but I don’t know if he ever sought you out?”

“So it’s you who are nosy!”

The eldest princess couldn’t help but give Jiang Ran a cross look:

“This palace wanted to make things happen on its own, but as a result, Qingyuan Daozi inserted a bar across the board, and this palace said how he knew about Shi Pingzhang’s matter …… originally revealed it from you.”

“…… Ahem, in the next and Qingyuan at first sight, also did not take this as what hidden things.

“If the Eldest Princess had told me earlier that I must not speak to the outside world, I would not have ……”

Jiang Ran said here laughed, although not clear among the mystery, but not half a bit of shame.

The eldest princess crossed Jiang Ran a glance, between the flow of eyes, but it is leaked a few flavor:

“Qingyuan Daozi meddles in the affairs of others, has now gone to the country of departure.

“Since you and he are like friends at first sight, let’s hope that he can return safely.”

“Leaving the country ……”

Jiang Ran frowned slightly.

He still remembered that Shi Pingzhang was the one who was injured by the number one expert of the Leaving Country, Bai Yulou, and escaped all the way to the Golden Cicada.

Now he and Shi Pingzhang went to the Li Kingdom together …… but he didn’t know if he would face this Bai Yulou?

Thinking of this, Jiang Ran’s heart was a little worried.

Although and Qing Yuan just a one-sided relationship, but this Taoist son to their own but extremely sincere, really is a rare Jianghu.

Jiang Ran was also impressed by him and didn’t want anything to happen to him.

Just now Jin Yang House many matters, he really can’t leave for a while.

Moreover, even if he can go, the country is not a small country, want to find a person and how easy it is? Rashly go to find how to harvest not to mention, there is the possibility of bad things for him.

Thinking of this, he gently shook his head, feeling that the only thing he can do is to hope that he is safe and sound.

“As for this palace ……”

The Rapunzel spoke here, more or less in a disinterested manner:

“This palace came to Jin Yangfu, originally to find someone.

“There is a son or nephew in the family, who was ordered by his own father to travel the rivers and lakes, and as a result, this bastard boy ran to the border city to hang out, and is not afraid of being captured and slaughtered by the people of the Green Country.

“I came here, is to bring him home …… but did not expect this kid also do not know where to hide, this palace are fast to the whole Jin Yang House turned to find, also did not find him ……”