The empress gave the two of them the antidote and left the inn the next morning as if nothing had happened.
However, Qing Yuan and Hong Luan were puzzled as to why the empress had woken up so early and was actually waiting for them outside.
Also, where were the inn owner and the child?
The two of them had a headache as if they had been drunk.
After the three of them left, the unforeseen event in the inn was quickly discovered, and the warlord's men surrounded the inn.
However, the scene was a mess, and warlord Xun began to doubt whether it was Qi Zixiao. After all, with her status, how could she do such a thing?
However, an old man from the magistrate's office quickly cleared his doubts. From the boxes and medicine bottles scattered everywhere, as well as the waiter, cook, and the poultry and livestock in the backyard, it was obvious that the other party was testing medicine.
In addition, the traces left in the two rooms were similar to the smell in one of the medicine bottles. After testing the effect of the medicine, the whole process came to light.
Even warlord Xun couldn't help but say, "Sins committed by Heaven can be forgiven, but sins committed by oneself can't be avoided!"
However, despite saying this, warlord Xun no longer doubted the identity of that person. Both Yu Dao and Feng Er were at the Earth Wheel level, yet they died so easily here. The other party was indeed a Spirit Wheel expert as he thought.
In that case, it had to be the person he was thinking about.
At the thought of this, warlord Xun wanted to praise himself for being smart and quick-witted. If not for his quick thinking, the warlord residence would probably be gone by now.
He would go back and marry a concubine to calm himself down.
Although he thought this way, he knew that a big change was coming.
…
Tianyun Mountain stretched for hundreds of kilometers, and there were many rare treasures on the mountain.
The highest peak of the mountain pierced through the clouds as if it was connecting heaven and earth. Therefore, it was called Tianyun Mountain and was also the highest mountain in Tianjing Basin.
Ren Baqian already knew that there was an alliance in Tianjing Basin, but he only heard about it later.
However, some things were only heard later. This alliance was called the Hidden Alliance, and it had only been formed in the past 20 years.
The one who organized this alliance wasn't one person, but a group of people.
A group of people who had rebelled against the Hao Nation and were defeated by the aboriginals. They had no choice but to sign an agreement and be chased into Tianjing Basin.
Initially, those people rebelled against the Hao Nation for the sake of their ideals or power, but they ended up in such a state. Some of them refused to give up after entering the valley and formed the three major factions of Tianjing Basin.
A portion of them had no interest in fighting for power with them. Instead, they formed their own sects, wanting to pass down all their knowledge so that one day they could go out.
There were also some who were completely disheartened and lived in seclusion.
Many years later, a few of them ran around and gathered all the experts who lived in seclusion, forming the first Secret Alliance.
At that time, Tianjing Basin was also in a state of chaos. Various factions attacked each other and wanted to annex the other factions to form an independent faction. They wanted to unify all the people in Tianjing Basin before fighting the aboriginals.
During that period of time, the people in Tianjing Basin had no way of making a living.
After that, the Secret Alliance roped in the various sects and negotiated with the three major forces. That was how the current situation came about.
However, although the three great forces seemed to have stopped fighting on the surface, in reality, they were still playing dirty tricks.
After all, during that period of war, the three sides had also formed many personal grudges.
However, there was still a sense of righteousness. In the face of righteousness, all parties tried their best to restrain themselves. At most, there would only be some small disputes, but there wouldn't be any large-scale wars.
Currently, the Secret Alliance was nominally united with the three major forces and various sects to form an even larger alliance. They gathered their strength in Tianjing Basin and prepared for a future war.
After understanding the history of the Secret Alliance, Ren Baqian couldn't help but admire them.
He didn't admire the Secret Alliance, but Xi Wanya.
Such a large organization was created right under his nose, and he actually didn't know much about it. He could be considered a talent, a talent whose brain was full of muscles.
If he didn't make this trip, he reckoned that this group of people could really stir up some trouble.
After all, Tianjing Basin had been accumulating for so many years, and there were many practitioners.
There were tens of thousands of Man Wheel experts, hundreds of Earth Wheel experts, more than ten Spirit Wheel experts, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers. If there were so many ants, they could even bite an elephant to death.
If Tianjing Basin were to really become chaotic, Dayao would probably have to suffer a lot.
In particular, the northeast was at war with the Yun Nation. In the north, Great Xia was still unwilling to give up. In the southeast, there was the Chen Nation, which no one knew what they were planning.
With all these factors added up, Dayao was really doomed.
When that time came, he would have to go to the Sixty Thousand Mountains with the empress to farm and hunt, and his son would run around the village naked.
Thinking about that kind of life, Ren Baqian felt that it was better for them to die than for him.
Unlike at the Golden Ring Residence, when everyone arrived at the foot of the mountain, someone went up to report, and soon came down to bring everyone up the mountain.
They followed a small path, shuttled through the forest for a while, and finally passed through a col. What appeared in front of Ren Baqian was a farmland and a village.
It was the most ordinary kind of village in the mountains.
There were hundreds of sparsely scattered houses in the village, and there were crooked fences made of wood outside the houses.
Some of the courtyards even had bundles of firewood.
If he didn't know his destination, Ren Baqian would really find it hard to believe that this was where the Secret Alliance was located.
Weren't they all so-called experts? At the very least, they should be more outstanding, right? For example, like Huang Yaoshi who planted peach blossoms and played the flute when he had nothing to do. However, looking at this old lady who carried two tall firewood into the village, she was too down-to-earth.
"Are you surprised? I was also surprised when I came here for the first time. "Zhan Caixian bounced to Ren Baqian's side and looked up.
"Very surprised," Ren Baqian answered truthfully.
"However, the grandparents here are very nice people." Zhan Caixian grinned at Ren Baqian, bounced to the front, and said, "Grandma Hu, I'm here to see you!"
"Girl, you're here again …" The old lady looked to be in her eighties or nineties. She was carrying two tall firewood, but her movements weren't slow at all. She turned her head and smiled when she saw Zhan Caixian running over.
"Do you need help? I can help you carry a small bundle … "Zhan Caixian deliberately stretched out a finger and gestured, indicating that it was a small bundle.
"Girl, you are still so considerate. My waist really can't carry it anymore." As the old lady spoke, she quickly reached out and pressed all the firewood on top of Zhan Caixian's head.
"It's a small bundle …" Zhan Caixian quickly raised the firewood with both hands and watched as the firewood got lower and lower and was about to drown her.
Although it was firewood, it was very dense and weighed at least 500 kilograms. How could she lift it?
It could already be said that her skills weren't bad since she wasn't immediately pressed to the ground.
The people from the Golden Ring Residence quickly ran over to help, but by the time they rescued Zhan Caixian, her head was already full of firewood.
Ren Baqian didn't say anything and slowly followed behind everyone toward the village with Lin Qiaole.
At the entrance of the village, there was an old man with wrinkles all over his face, who was wearing traditional clothes, sitting in the shade and reading a book attentively.
Seeing everyone come over, he raised his head and smiled at them. Only half of his teeth were left in his mouth.
"Come, come, come. Someone help me see if there's a second half of this book. I have already flipped through it several times, but I don't know if there's a second half."
"Grandpa Qiao, I will help you in a while. I have read a lot of books these days, so maybe I have read it before," Zhan Caixian shouted while holding a bundle of firewood.
"You can't read it. You definitely haven't read it before!" the old man quickly said.
"Why can't I read it? How do you know that I haven't read it before? "Zhan Caixian wasn't convinced.
"Men can read it, but women can't! Girls can't read it either! "The old man shook his head.
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