The Heavenly Abandoned Palace

  The people around gathered more and more, even the windows on the second floor of the wine building by the street were all opened to look down.

  Li Yan stood leisurely with his hands behind his back, his eyes narrowed, and said: "Brother Yan is right here. If you can snatch it from me, then come and try. In my presence, no one has ever been able to take anything."

  Wow! The onlookers were all shocked. This was openly defying the young lady! This kid is too daring!

  Something interesting is going on!

  Yan Sanbai's eyes twitched, Li Yan, this is purely a case of "not being afraid of big things"!

  As expected, Chen's slender eyebrows immediately rose, but just as she was about to speak, a young swordsman who looked steady and calm behind her pulled her back and whispered in her ear: "Little sister, don't be rash. Look at his attire, what if he is the King of Luoyang?"

  Chen Xixi turned around and took another look at Li Ye. The King of Luoyang was famous throughout the land, and his portraits were bestsellers everywhere. Many people imitated his dress and demeanor to win the hearts of young women, so who could say that this person in front of him was actually him? How could it be such a coincidence?

  Chen Qiuliang swung her whip, seemingly not taking the matter to heart at all. With a proud tone, she said: "If you can win against me, then Yan Gege will naturally be yours. The winner is king and the loser is a bandit. I'll compete with you once, do you dare or not?"

  The onlookers were suddenly stirred up.

  "Rape! Someone's raping a man!"

  "Good job, big sister!"

  "Go for it, big sister!"

  "Hurry up and pick me up, little brother!"

  …………

  Yan San saw that things were not going well, what's the big deal about fighting over a man? One man and two women fighting over him, the man is Wang of Luoyang, and the woman is still the eldest daughter of the Chen family in Yingchuan. If it really happens, this matter will spread throughout the country within a few days.

  Heavens! Yan Sanbai felt himself getting dizzy, and hastily stood up. "Two gentlemen, please calm down, all within the four seas are brothers, whether it's a battle of wits or a fight, neither is very good."

  The young man behind Chen Yuyi also advised: "Little sister, don't be reckless."

  Miss Chen looked at Yan Sanbai with shining eyes, "So Brother Yan has agreed to marry into my Chen family?"

  "No, no, no, I never said that." Yan Sanbai hastily waved his hand, and everyone burst out laughing at the same time. The embarrassed look on his face was really delightful to see.

  "Hmmph." Chen Xixi pouted and hummed, like a little girl complaining, which was also cute. Then she tempted him, "If you marry into my Chen family, the entire Chen family will be yours, what's not good about that?"

  Yan Sanbai touched his nose, unsure of how to refuse. Chen Xiangxian then provocatively looked at Li Yan and said, "What do you say?"

  The people of Yingchuan County all helped to shout, calling out "Big Sister is mighty", and also urged Yan Sanbai to hurry up and get married, making people laugh and cry. Of course, there were also many people teasing Li Yan, this red-clothed young man wearing a bamboo hat mysteriously, everyone was curious, could it be true that he's the King of Luoyang? Hahaha...

  At this moment, under the curious gaze of everyone, the young man reached out and took off his bamboo hat, his phoenix eyes scanning the entire scene. "If I, the king, am willing, the entire Luoyang Wangfu will be yours, how would you react?"

  Everyone was stunned - Oh my god, it's really Wang Luoyang!!!

  Everyone suddenly looked like they were collectively enchanted, especially the big girls and little girls. They glanced to the left at Yan Sanbai, and to the right at Luoyang Wang, and were so happy that they almost fainted. Even the eyes of those Jianghu people couldn't help but become serious.

  Chen Xixi's eyes widened in surprise, and her face immediately turned red with anger as she exclaimed, "You're cheating!"

  Li Yan shrugged and spread his hands. The smile in Dan Feng's eyes, which seemed to say "This king is invincible under the heavens, what can you do to me?" was infuriating.

  Zero Ding supported his forehead - The king of their family was rampant in the countryside, this kind of thing, he was most skilled.

  Yan Sanbai stood behind Li Yan, trying hard to conceal his own existence, hoping that the storytellers of tomorrow would let him off.

  The calm young man standing behind Chen Xixi couldn't help but smile wryly, and stepped forward to cup his hands in greeting to Li Yan: "My junior sister is still young and ignorant, please don't blame her, Your Highness. I am Xu Changjin, the eldest disciple of Qing Shan Jian Zong, at your service."

  "I learned from Chun Ting Guan, and I'm half a Jianghu person. Brother Xu doesn't need to be so polite." Li Yan treated him with Jianghu courtesy as he was also a Jianghu person; otherwise, his status as the prince would have restricted his actions, which would have been troublesome.

  Xu Changjin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and this Prince Luoyang was easier to talk to than he had imagined. He smiled and said, "Your Highness is a carefree person, why not come with us to the Chen residence for a cup of wine, as an apology?"

  Li Yan happily agreed.

  Li Yan left, and Yan Sanbai naturally had to go too, couldn't help but agree. Li Yan turned his head and winked at Yan Sanbai, this action was too deadly, provoking the big girls and little girls next to him into another round of chaotic shouting, so Yan Sanbai could only force himself to get on.

  After they left, the crowd slowly began to disperse, with people chatting excitedly in twos and threes, while those Jianghu people seemed to be considering more important things, gathering together, their faces sometimes serious.

  The Chen family's mansion is located in the east of Yingchuan County, this extremely large high gate courtyard has been standing here for over a hundred years, like the Yan family, it is a truly powerful and aristocratic family. The only difference is that Old Master Chen is much smarter than the Yan family, he is low-key enough to avoid the disaster that happened more than a decade ago. Now that the Great Zhou imperial family is prosperous, although the Chen family is not as powerful as before, a thin camel is bigger than a horse, and its foundation still exists.

  The royal family and these places have been at odds with each other on the surface, but in reality, the contradictions have always existed. So Li Yan came to Yingchuan many times, but never deliberately contacted Chen's family, too troublesome.

  Upon learning of the arrival of Wang from Luoyang, Old Master Chen personally came out to greet him. However, he was already advanced in age and could only stand for a while leaning on his cane before showing signs of fatigue, so he soon returned to rest. After all, the formalities had been observed, that's all that mattered. Nevertheless, as he was leaving, he specially paid his respects to Yan Sanbai, which, given his status, made people feel honored and surprised.

  After he left, Yan Sanbai and Li Ye exchanged a glance, then looked at Xu Changjin and Chen Xiangxiang together - something was fishy.

  Xu Changjin and Chen Xuxu's faces also turned serious, Xu Changjin stretched out his hand and said: "Both of you, please follow me."

  A group of people arrived at the main hall, Yan Sanbai was waiting for them to make an explanation, but Chen Xixi suddenly bowed and gave Yan Sanbai a big bow, "Brother Yan, Xixi has something to ask of you!"

  "Don't be like this," Yan Sanbai hastily helped her up, "whatever you want to say, just say it."

  Xu Changjin patted Chen Xiangxiang's shoulder and said, "Have you two noticed that Yongchuan suddenly has a lot more Jianghu people?"

  Yan Sanbai nodded slightly, "Does Brother Xu know the reason?"

  "I'll tell you two in detail." Xu Changjin invited everyone to sit down and ordered someone to bring tea. Although he was not a member of the Chen family, the Chen family's servants listened to him very much, and Chen Xiangxiang did not show any dissatisfaction. Yan Sanbai watched with his eyes and had already thought about it in his heart.

  Chen Xiangxiang's father, Chen Shiwu, the current head of the Chen family, had studied at Qing Shan Jian Zong and later took Ning Xiang, the daughter of the sect leader, as his wife. Their daughter was Chen Xiangxiang. Therefore, the Chen family has a very close relationship with Qing Shan Jian Zong, which is also one of the reasons why the Chen family did not fall apart like the Yan family. Now that Yan Sanbai has arrived, the old master has come out, but Chen Shiwu and Ning Xiang are nowhere to be seen, and Xu Changjin is in charge instead, it can be seen that something must have happened to the Chen family.

  That behavior on Fang Cai Street might have a different meaning then.

  "To be honest with you, Chen Shifu has been missing for half a month now. His wife went out to look for him but there's still no news from him, it's really worrying." Xu Changjin said.

  As expected. Yan Sanbai asked: "Are you hoping I'll help find someone?"

  "Yes, just this time there may be great risks, so we don't insist either."

  "Brother Xu said it doesn't matter."

  "It happened like this, about half a month ago, Chen Shibo and our sect's Qingye Shibo obtained some clues about the Demon Cult's Tianqi Palace, so they went out to investigate. But after they left, there was no news from them, and Shibo's mother was worried, so she went out to look for them many days ago, but unexpectedly didn't return either. Our Qingshan Sword Sect received a letter from Xuxu, so we planned to come and help find them, but when we arrived at Yingchuan, we found that there were many more Jianghu people here, I don't know who leaked the news about Tianqi Palace." Xu Changjin said.

  Li Yan heard the name of Tianqi Palace and came with interest, "Isn't the Tianqi Palace of the Demon Sect in the Tianqi Mountains? Why are they all gathered in Yingchuan?"

  "It's said that over a decade ago, the Cult Master Chu Kuangren suddenly disappeared, and various heroes from all over gathered at the Tianqi Mountains to attack the Tianqi Palace. After expending great effort, they finally took down the palace, causing the cult to disintegrate. Chu Kuangren was never seen again, and everyone thought he was dead. However, a piece of news was suppressed by the leaders of various sects at that time - the most important sacred fire and martial arts manual of the cult were not in the Tianqi Palace, which turned out to be empty. Some people suspected that the true lair of the cult might not have been there after all."

  "This is interesting," Li Yan leaned back in his chair, propping up his chin and asked: "Now that we've found this Tianqi Palace, it must not be in the Tianqi Mountains, right? Let me guess, with all the heroes gathering at Yingchuan, could the palace be... Eagle's Beak Ridge?"

  Yingwu Ridge is a unique mountain range near Ying River, named after the eagle-beak-like peak on one side.

  Xu Changjin was not surprised that Li Yan had guessed it, nodded, "Now that so many people have gathered in Yingchuan, they are probably all here for the possible martial arts secret book hidden in the Tianqi Palace. Because Shifu and the others were the first to set out, now everyone is staring at our Qingshan Sword Sect and the Chen family. Not to mention whether they believe that the two Shifus have already gone missing, even if we ignore them and enter the mountain to search for people, it will probably bring a lot of trouble."

  "So, I understand," said Yan Sanbai. If Yan Sanbai were to step forward and help find Chen Shanwen and others with his identity as an imperial envoy investigating the case, it would indeed dispel many people's doubts and also be a great guarantee in terms of military strength. After a pause, he added: "However, I still have one more thing to ask, Master Chen, where did you get this news about another Tianqi Palace from?"

  "It's Lang Huan Ge." Xu Changjin said: "After the incident, I tried to find a way to look for the people of Lang Huan Ge and ask about the news of my masters, but perhaps because of my identity, they never appeared again, so that we have no clue about this matter and are very passive. Yan brother, this time going to Ying Wu Ling to find Tian Qi Palace, to be honest, I don't have any confidence in my heart, you think about it and give me an answer tomorrow morning."

  Yan Sanbai nodded, and Xu Changjin let them stay at the Chen's house first. After that, he bid farewell to arrange some matters in Eagle's Beak Ridge. After returning to the Chen's house, Chen Xiangxiang became much more well-behaved, but after Xu Changjin left, she regained some of her coquettish mannerisms.

  "Brother Yan, you must help with this matter. It's said that the true Tianqi Palace is filled with intricate mechanisms and formations, and ordinary people can't enter. If we don't go, Zhenzhen will really be unable to see her parents again. And what Zhenzhen said on the street just now was all true."

  "Miss Chen, don't look for happiness in me anymore, I will carefully consider helping you."

  Chen Xixi finally showed a hint of a smile and turned around to help Xu Changjin with his work.

  In the empty main hall, only Li Yan and Yan Sanbai were left. Li Yan looked over curiously, "Do you know her? You're calling each other 'brother' so intimately."

  "A year ago when we met for the first time, Miss Chen was originally a lively and cheerful girl, she is quite close to everyone." Yansanbai explained with some difficulty.

  "Never mind, you're as stubborn as a mule. Even the most sociable person can't get through to you. You'd better tell me first, how did you end up in Yingchuan again? Last month I heard from people on the road that you had gone north."

  Yan Sanbai touched his nose, "It was Pangpang who brought me here, it seems to have smelled the scent of autumn cicada's child insect on you."

  The author has something to say: The new story is not yet fully framed, and it's written a bit slowly...

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