The rivers and lakes ask the heart but not the way

The color of the tree is cloudy like smoke.

A ghostly figure flashed, and a cold sword intercepted it.

Li Gui jumped backwards as if suddenly frightened, but Jian Guang did not froze in the slightest, and went straight to catch up with the back, and saw that the tip of the sword was about to hit the ghost's throat, and the female ghost let out a piercing scream , somersaulting backwards in a weird posture, and at the same time raised his foot to kick the sword body, the golden blade cut the wind, the tip of the toe touched the tip of the sword and narrowly brushed the tip of the backward chin, the light of the sword crossed the body of the female ghost, and settled down in the distance.And the sword energy just now left a bloodstain on her face.

Wu Shuangzi was secretly startled, with his sword speed, there are no more than five people in martial arts today who can avoid this move. Although he lost his breath in the tree hole before, he only dared to use seven points of strength at the moment, but this temptress He landed his foot precisely, and he could clearly see the speed of his sword. The internal force of this kick passed through the sword body and his wrist was slightly numb. If he hadn't held the heavy sword in his hand, the tip of the sword would have already bent upwards, and it would not be able to hurt her a little.

"Wushuang Quick Sword!" The female ghost exclaimed in surprise, and then swung a steel whip as thick as a pinky finger, revealing a pair of terrifying ghost eyes on her disheveled hair and bloody face.

Wu Shuangzi only felt a chill coming from the whip, and the moves were fierce and aggressive, he didn't dare to be distracted in the slightest, he spat out the sword light, his eyes were as black as lacquer.

Seeing Wu Shuangzi's next move intending to wrap the steel whip around his left arm, and stab the opponent's Tanzhong acupoint with his sword in his right hand - that is an empty door, the Seventeenth Young Master hurriedly shouted: "Be careful, there is poison on the whip!" It doesn't matter whether the location of the tree hole is exposed.

Wu Shuangzi hurriedly changed his move, pointed his sword energy obliquely downwards, twisted the steel whip, and took a closer look under the moonlight. Sure enough, there was a row of barbs hidden under the whip body. The hooks were black and highly poisonous. It glows with silver light, but the black barb is extremely imperceptible.

The village chief and the housekeeper only dared to hide in the house, watching secretly through the window, and they didn't dare to make a sound. They didn't know martial arts themselves, and they couldn't see clearly Wu Shuangzi's sword skills. The ghosts fought together, with several ups and downs, countless cold stars were transformed from the tip of the sword, extremely exquisite, like the Milky Way in the sky falling into the mortal world, locking the female ghost firmly.The ghost dodges Youdou and gradually fails, so it can only rely on poisonous powder, hidden weapons and other surprise attacks to protect itself.

Wu Shuangzi saw her weak spot, straightened his long sword, and just when the steel whip was about to be shaken off, the female ghost suddenly laughed sinisterly, and swung it out with all her strength, the long whip unexpectedly dropped from her hand, and swung at Lao Ku The tree, with its strength, was clearly desperate.

Wu Shuangzi knew that she was slapping the other side: just wait for him to turn around to protect her, and she will take the opportunity to escape; if he ignores the whip, he can capture the unarmed temptress alive.But this whip condensed the seductress' lifelong skills, if it was hit, even the body made of iron would be smashed to pieces along with the dead tree.Seventeenth Young Master has always been witty. After revealing his position, he may not stay where he is, because he was so absorbed in the master's move just now that he didn't pay attention. In all likelihood, he has already left.

However, he dared not gamble.

Almost subconsciously, he raised his breath and flew towards the direction pointed by the long whip.The steel whip was as fast as lightning, and it made the sound of wind and thunder. If the sword was drawn to block it, the head of the whip could certainly change direction, but the tail of the whip would still continue to swing towards the dead tree.He made a decisive decision, faster than the steel whip, and flew to the tree, only a few feet away from the tree, he swung his sword back and picked out countless sword flowers. , he used strength to transform strength, sticking to it, the steel whip was entangled tightly on the sword body in circles, and he took three steps back to melt all the internal strength on the whip.

When he was still in shock, he looked anxiously at the tree hole, it was empty and there was nothing.Fortunately, he thought, even if it was too late to protect her just now, Ruoyu was still safe.

The female ghost has long since disappeared.

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The next day, the village chief's house.The butler was pouring tea aside, with an increasingly respectful expression.

Although the village chief had heard of Wu Shuangzi before, he had never seen him in person after all, and the battle last night forced the female ghost to throw down her weapon and flee in embarrassment. Concealed, fully revealed the cause and effect: "The two heroes don't know something. 20 years ago, when the old village chief was still there, a woman drowned in the pond at the entrance of the village." He seemed to recall the scene at that time, Shaking his head, he said, "What a tragedy, what a tragedy!"

"Is there no one to save?" Seventeenth Young Master was curious, the village chief seemed to have seen it, why didn't he call for help?

The village head remained silent.The housekeeper interrupted: "Everyone drowned her together!"

Wu Gezi was surprised.

The village chief said: "That woman is a widow in the village. Her family is gone, and she has no mother-in-law. She was a widow at a young age, and she lives alone in the west of the village. She usually carries rice and firewood, and is helped by neighbors. The two fell in love for a long time... Later they were discovered and soaked in a pig cage."

There is such a thing in the world!Wu Shuangzi and Seventeenth Young Master are really unheard of.The sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes are fond of love and hatred. Although there are rules and human relations bound by them, if you love, you will love, and if you hate, you will hate. There are some people who fight to the death for a girl. Things like widows keeping chastity are pedantic and ridiculous. It's disdainful, let alone such an unthinkable thing as dipping a pig cage.

Seeing their faces, the village head felt ashamed, and sighed: "If you want to come to our village, you can be regarded as the descendants of Mr. Wolong. They were all martial arts in the Central Plains. They have many chivalrous deeds, and they are also somewhat famous in the world. Fame! But ever since the people of Yuan Dynasty entered the customs, there was a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood—those Mongolian beasts slaughtered villages and cities when they encountered villages, and everyone who knew martial arts in our village died tragically! From then on, Zhuge The village fell into a slump, and the martial arts were broken. After hundreds of years, although the Ming Dynasty was prosperous again and the population recovered, the martial arts lost all, and eventually declined into a closed and lonely mountain village. The old village head was a conservative and stubborn People are the reason for the tragedy above."

After hearing this, Wu Shuangzi felt very sad: how much Chinese civilization was destroyed in the hands of foreigners in this way, the spirit of civil and martial arts was cut off in half, and the dross and bad habits have been tormented to this day.

The Seventeenth Young Master thought of the righteous deeds of "that person", and understood how strong and iron-boned "that person" said, and what was said in that era that "the great chivalrous man serves the country and the people". What a dry sky.

Both of them sighed at the same time.

The village chief went on to say: "The woman begged hard before she died, asking everyone to let her child go, but no one paid any attention to her, so she wailed for a long time and kowtowed, but still no one paid any attention to her, she burst into anger Cursing, swearing that she will not let anyone off if she turns into a ghost! The water has soaked up to her chin, and the swearing is still endless, and when she died, her eyes were shattered, and she looked very terrifying."

"What child?" Seventeenth Young Master asked.

The butler rushed to say, "She's with a wild man."

"What about the man?"

The butler wiped his neck with his finger: "I hanged myself, on a dead tree by the pond."

The village chief sighed and said, "That man is also a kind and righteous man."

"What about the child?" Seventeenth Young Master asked again.

The housekeeper waved his hand and said, "It was taken to the mountain by the son of the old village chief and disposed of. Maybe it was buried alive, or maybe it was fed to wolves. I don't know."

Wu Shuangzi took a sip of tea and said firmly, "The one who fought yesterday was not a ghost, but a human being." He already roughly guessed who it was.

"What a ghost!" said the housekeeper terrified, "When the woman was picked up, she was quite dead and buried."

It is indeed impossible for an adult village woman who does not know martial arts to become a master.

Wu Shuangzi thinks that most of the villagers have done something bad, and he is afraid, so he suspects that the ghost is lingering.

The housekeeper continued to persuade him: "It's really that woman, someone has seen it!" Although his expression was respectful, he said with certainty, "The son of the old village chief has seen it! He is the only one in our village who escaped from the female ghost! It was he who saw the human skin!"

Hearing the word human skin, Seventeenth Young Master couldn't help shaking again.

Wu Shuangzi held the hand of the Seventeenth Young Master under the table again calmly, but looked at the housekeeper and asked, "Where is that man? Can I see him?"

"Fuwang, he ran away and went to Wolong Town. However, it's easy to find him," said the housekeeper, "There is a brothel in the town called 'Tenderness Hall', and there is a brothel named 'Jinfeng' in it." , he must be there!"