chasing cicadas

During the few days of Chinese New Year when there is no need to practice martial arts, the masters of the Jianwu Hall even gave out red envelopes. The disciples who got the money and had nothing to spend spread out a few tables of mahjong for melee.Qiao Wangzi put the orange in his mouth, tapped the card in front of him with his fingers unhurriedly, thinking that he hadn't seen Zhu Ranmo for a long time.

The fireworks outside also lit up the night sky of Shenwugu. Qiao Wangzi sat in the yard and took out a folded paper from his close-fitting pocket.

Qiao Wangzi opened the paper, skipped the top seven words written by herself, and silently read the letter that she had already mastered by heart:

"Master Shaogu said that he doesn't want to read this story. He has ordered the Jianwu hall, you can go there to practice Shenwugu martial arts from tomorrow. May you always be healthy and live up to the rain transformation."

Another firework suddenly rose into the sky.Live up to the skill of transforming rain... At the end of the last stroke of the character, he picked it up a little, and he actually remembered Zhu Ranmo's handwriting a long time ago.

Qiao Wangzi sighed and leaned against the wall behind him.It has been more than half a year since I received this note from Zhu Ranmo.

Shenwugu is not big enough to make the life trajectories of two ordinary disciples completely parallel, which shows that Zhu Ranmo intentionally or was asked not to meet with him.

He straightened up and wanted to go, and his clothes ripped as if they were stuck in ice.Qiao Wangzi took a closer look, and a fresh bloodstain was printed on the wall, because a thin layer of frost had formed due to the cold weather.

Qiao Wangzi's heart trembled violently. Looking carefully, there were also traces of dragging corpses on the ground. The footsteps seemed to be not far away from him.

By no means a godless person.Nearby is the residence of the disciples. They are all busy celebrating the New Year, and even if they move their hands in a moment of excitement, they can't get away with it.

It can only be that people from outside came in, organized and conspiring to kill people in Shenwugu.However, people outside the valley would not take the risk to kill this group of young disciples. Some unlucky guy must have met the killer who was sneaking into Hua Tianbi's or even Hua Zhenyun's residence to cause his death.

Reason told Qiao Wangzi that he should go back to the room as if nothing had happened, get into the bed and lie down quietly, of course holding the sword in his arm.There are so many people with good martial arts in Shenwugu, and Guzhu and Shaoguzhu are even masters in the world. Even if they were killed without defense, what effect would it have on him, Qiao Wangzi?

The rustle of paper rubbing against each other through layers of clothing.Master Shaogu still has Zhu Ranmo, and Zhu Ranmo wants to live.The blood suddenly became clear, and it became foul-smelling, making him suffocate.Can't let Zhu Ranmo die, his Shen Wugu will be destroyed by Zhu Ranmo's death.Want to see, want to hold on, and never let go.

He felt his legs moving in a certain direction, he didn't want to think about it anymore, his hand holding the hilt of the sword was trembling slightly.

Zhu Ranmo looked at the dozen or so men in black who rushed out for a while, cursing inwardly, what kind of fireworks did they come out to watch!

"Who are you?" Zhu Ranmo dealt with them while looking for opportunities to rescue soldiers.

"He's not Hua Tianbi, don't waste time." A man in black said, swinging his sword to attack.Zhu Ranmo was hit by a sword on his right shoulder, and he retreated, trying his best to stab the sword in his palm with extremely fast techniques, weaving a web of light.The attacks of the men in black were bounced off lightly by the sword net.

Suddenly, the sound of Guqin drifted closer, and the internal force contained in the sound of the piano was so powerful. After several more sounds, the nine men in black knocked him down.

The leading man in black was shocked, and suddenly a burst of sword energy came from behind, this attack was overbearing, with a hint of cold air.The man in black was caught off guard by that man's attack, so he had to turn around and jump backwards. The figure in front of his eyes was empty, and his mind was shocked again. He finally knew who it was.

"Hua pillow cloud."

A man in a white brocade robe came out of the darkness. There were fine lines around his eyes, but his beauty was still shocking.He walked all the way, as if lighting up all the lights.

Even though it was not the first time that the leading man in black saw Hua Zhenyun, he couldn't help but take a few more glances.But I really looked at him, and my mind went blank for a while because of the charming and icy coldness in this man's eyes.

"Master Jiangmen, we haven't seen each other for a long time. I remember that you were the one who helped me when I was trapped in the heavy rain. After so many years, it seems like it was yesterday."

"You still have the face to mention!" The man in black looked like a knife gouged out on Hua Zhenzhou's face, "You and Ye Congyun received the favor of my sword-making gate back then, but turned around and stole the Jiling sword, killing me 29 times No matter you or Ye Congyun, we must die to comfort the wronged souls of Jianmen!"

Hua Zhenyun moved his lips: "Ye Congyun is dead."

"Of course I know he's dead!" The man in black laughed a few times, "I can see his body clearly, I dug him out of the grave! I'll cut him as many times as he killed! "

Hua Zhenyun just dodged his figure a little, and avoided the man in black with a sword.Unexpectedly, in the next second, the head of the man in black was cut off from the neck, and the blood spurted to the corner of Hua Zhenyun's clothes.

Zhu Ranmo dropped the sword, tears streaming down from the corners of his eyes.

Hua Zhenyun looked at Zhu Ranmo coldly, he cried cleanly, only big tears flowed down, he was a trained weeping expert.Moreover, he appeared near Hua Tianbi's residence in the middle of the night. Based on his understanding of his son, the identity of the person in front of him was almost ready to be revealed.He let his son wander, but...

"How do you know how to chase the cicada's mind?"

"I don't know what the mind is."

"I don't know." Hua Zhenyun suddenly started to attack, and the sword in his hand slashed at Zhu Ranmo's neck.

Suddenly, two swords robbed Hua Zhenyun's sword from different directions at the same time.

"Master Shaogu?" Zhu Ranmo, who escaped from death, was shocked when he saw two people shielding him from swords.

Qiao Wangzi and Hua Zhenyun confronted each other with their swords for a moment, then withdrew their strength, put away their swords and stood in front of Zhu Ranmo.

Hua Zhenyun glanced at his son, then turned to look at Qiao Wangzi coldly.I didn't expect this kid to be able to block his tricks.

Hua Tianbi glanced at the dead head of the head of Shangjiang on the ground, and finally fixed his eyes on his father.

In fact, the facial features of the father and son are not particularly similar. Compared with the lingering sickness on his brows, the father is full of vigor and ruthlessness. Didn't care too much.Yes, Hua Tianbi originally had two elder brothers.His elder brother was born on the prosperous day of the prosperous year and the moon, and died at the age of three; the second elder brother was born on the day of Tiangou Tun, so Hua Zhenyun named him "Mintong", but the child did not last a hundred days.As for himself, even though he bears the false name of a martial arts genius, he can only live every day.

He was afraid that his father would find out that Zhu Ranmo had secretly learned the art of chasing cicadas, so he quickly said, "Father, the two of them are Ye Congyun's apprentices."

Zhu Ranmo suddenly showed a sarcastic smile: "Master Hua Gu, you can't kill me."

"It's ridiculous, I can't kill anyone in the world?"

"Master Shaogu."

Hua Zhenyun narrowed his murderous eyes, and called the subordinates who came with Hua Tianbi: "Put them both into the dungeon."

Hua Tianbi was very worried, and wanted to plead with his father again when everyone dispersed, Hua Zhenyun waved his hand to stop his words: "You have little experience, don't you know that the more magnificent the appearance, the more dangerous the inside. That kid just now You heard what I said, with a look of confidence, relying on your skin to cover you up."

"I didn't see that Qiao Wangzi knew how to chase cicadas before. Of course, this person can't be kept. It's just... until the master doesn't lose interest, the little bird will be raised in the cage. Now Zhu Ranmo is the gold that I raised. Canary, whether to be let go or die in the end, please wait for your son to get tired of it before deciding."

"If one fun is gone, you will naturally find the second fun. Ye Congyun hurt you like this. I have done my best to keep them these few years."

"Father! Speaking of the grievances between you and Master Ye, you are the first to be at fault. He treats you as much as I treat Ranmo! If you kill him, it means that I am dead too."

Hua Zhenyun was so angry that his liver and gallbladder were torn apart. He thought of the mocking smile on Zhu Ranmo's face just now, and felt like he was burning inside.Zhu Ranmo's determination to control Hua Tianbi and his son's words dug out the past that he was unwilling to face in his life.

He and Ye Congyun were originally three points closer than their compatriots, but as they got older, Hua Zhenyun could see Ye Congyun's yearning and anxiety from the rendezvous eyes.This kind of madness is no stranger to Hua Zhenyun. He knows that he is an extremely handsome man, but apart from his appearance, his family background, endowment, and talent are also exceptionally outstanding, so that he is attracted to people who are obsessed with beauty and only Beautiful people have a natural disdain.Hua Zhenyun once tried to give Ye Congyun a cold shoulder, but was annoyed to find that this would only make the younger brother use his own mind to impose more unexpected emotions on himself in the sleepless late night.Occasionally, Hua Zhenyun would show affection to Ye Congyun out of pure friendship, but Ye Congyun regarded his soft-heartedness and capricious nature as a means, so he indulged in the worship that was divorced from reality without hesitation.

Their master usually prefers Ye Congyun, who is talented and hardworking, but the son-in-law's No. 1 choice is still Hua Zhenyun. Naturally, Hua Zhenyun will survive by exchanging blood.Although Master's daughter is not an ideal type of wife, Hua Zhenyun still agreed on the spot.Ye Congyun ran into his room and almost smashed everything that could be smashed, Hua Zhenyun didn't feel sorry for those things, let him make trouble, and occasionally said a few words in a calm tone, Ye Congyun couldn't refute any reasonable words, finally He cried out in pain.

Hua Zhenyun didn't take this matter to heart. After getting married, he began to wait for the day when he would be in charge of Shenwugu.At this time, Ye Congyun ran out again, saying that since he was destined to be exchanged, he wanted to see the prescription for the exchange, so that he would know if he died.Because of unexplainable guilt, Hua Zhenyun stole the key to the treasure house of prescriptions.What's even more difficult to say is that Ye Congyun actually stunned Hua Zhenyun with medicine and asked him to exchange blood with his master.Gu Zhu, who was held captive and unable to move, watched his life flow to his son-in-law little by little, and was so angry that he died on the spot.

Hua Zhenyun couldn't tell the real cause of his father-in-law's death, so he had to say that Ye Congyun deceived his master and killed his ancestors, and lied to the outside world that he had not recovered from the poison.He asked Ye Congyun for medicine but was rejected, and the two of them lost their words and started fighting.

"I cared about my love for many years, but Ye Congyun refused to turn back and gave me a sword in the chest. In order to endure his love, I have been tortured by wounds for more than 20 years. I would rather die than die. Just because I rejected the love, now What is wrong with me? Accepting other people's admiration is not wrong? Or is it a crime to arouse other people's admiration? As long as you do anything out of "admiration", you can reap sympathy and love without restraint. Do you forgive me?"

Hua Zhenyun's heart ached like a wound was open, and his son couldn't distinguish between black and white, and the rotten past that had been buried in his heart for many years was blown to pieces.

Hua Tianbi looked at the heartbroken expression of his father who seemed to have no desires and desires all the year round, and felt even more novel under the remorse, and even forgot Zhu Ranmo for a while.He stood up and supported Hua Zhenyun's arm, and asked, "Father, what's wrong with you?"

Hua Zhenyun quickly calmed down, but his voice was exhausted: "I found the prescription for changing blood. It turned out to be hidden in the heart of Jilingjian by Ye Congyun. I have handed it over to Shengditang, and it will be prepared in about two days. .Now there are just two people who know how to chase cicadas, so decide for yourself which one you want to exchange blood with.”