Relief

Woke up early in the morning and went all the way back to Fuyunju just in time for lunch, Wu Li had already prepared a table of food and wine waiting to entertain them.

This table is full of delicacies from mountains and seas, and there are all kinds of big fish and meat. From the hot-selling spin-fried lamb sausage in Changmen, to the frozen fish head in Zhouqiaotou, to the roasted pork skin and dripping crisps in Chunzun Crystal carp and so on.The whole table was filled with the arrogance of spending a lot of money.

Xie Zhixu was dumbfounded, and asked Wu Li: "Did the government recover your lost purse?"

Wu Li rolled his eyes: "Can't you file a case under 40 taels? Chongjiang Rivers and Mountains, arrived at the small bridge and Liushui family in the south of the Yangtze River, Yueguanshan's escape plan was finally declared bankrupt, and was caught by his family's guards.

"Lao Yue and I discussed it. Anyway, we were discovered, so it's better to have a good meal before we go on the road. Who knows that Lao Yue really has no regrets after crossing the Yangtze River. He will never pay back his name if he fails. Faced with such a predicament, we must persevere, and his guards and I are waiting for him to serve dinner, and this man slipped away again without anyone noticing," Wu Li sighed hypocritically, "So many dishes can't be wasted, alas, look Come, our Tiancan sect disciples are born to shoulder the responsibility of cleaning up the mess, so cherishing each other is a beautiful story."

Liuliu said angrily: "You are crazy, what kind of Heavenly Disabled Sect."

Feng Zhichang glanced at her.Liu Liu immediately changed her tone of indifference: "Crazy, who cares for you."

Feng Zhichang endured it and did not give a second signal.

Xie Zhi pretended not to see, bowed his head to eat, thinking that Liu Liu, who has been performing immersive lines for a long time, can actually maintain a relatively good mental state, which shows that she is not an ordinary person.

During the dinner, Wu Li found the dagger pinned to Xie Zhixu's waist. He was very interested in hearing him tell about the fake Taoist priest he met in Qingying Mountain Villa, so he put down his chopsticks and held the dagger to study.

The so-called jack-of-all-trades, or Bai Xiaosheng, or Bao inquiring, precisely because they know everything about gossip and secrets in the world, they can often become key figures who leak secrets, so they always attract many parties to hunt down and kill them. Through, and even proposed to ban this profession.But for storytellers, people like Wu Li are indispensable because they often play a role in promoting the development of the plot at critical moments.

"I see." Wu Li put down his dagger and shook off his fan. The three big characters "Di Tianji" were painted in gold ink on the fan (seeing that the fan bones are expensive, I don't know where he got the money, maybe it was from Yueguan Mountain Maybe the money for the trip), "The fake Taoist priest you met is actually a real Taoist priest, and he is Lu Hui, the second disciple of Huangrenling in the Northeast. Lu Hui has a sharp mouth and a very cunning face, but he is not a villain The villain, because he often cheated and cheated in the name of the master, was punished by the suzerain Zhu Dexiang and expelled from the master. He must do a good deed every day and accumulate 360 ​​days before he can return to Huangrenling. As for this blood calculation, it is true It is a weapon listed in Huangrenling. It is rumored that there was an accident when mining the mine, and many workers died. The iron ore is very evil, and the weapons forged are very sensitive to the breath of human life. Lingyi used this ore to forge two weapons, one is the blood abacus in your hand, and the other was made by the emperor's order, a long sword called Mingxin, which the emperor gave to his close ministers Wearing it, if there is a second heart, the body of the Mingxin sword will be as red as red and refined in an instant. The Mingxin sword is now in the hands of Prime Minister Wang Gan, and it has been safe for more than ten years, and the blood abacus has never flowed out of Huangrenling. No one knows whether the rumors about this evil ore are true or not. Since Lu Hui temporarily lent you the blood abacus, why don't we come and try it, so that we can teach a brother and gain a knowledge that surpasses that of our peers, how about it?"

Even if you don’t go out like Xie Zhixu, you have heard the name of Huangrenling. This is a sect named after the gold and jade in the mountain. The geography is unique, Baoshan guards the mine, the forged weapons cut iron like mud, blow knives and break hair. They are the most popular among warriors. They receive as many orders as cow hairs every year and accumulate countless wealth.There is a popular saying in the market - the sword comes out of the Huangren Ridge, and the three-point blood is shown, and the art is not taught by the teacher, and the scarf is missing on the neck.This Zhu refers to Zhu Dexiang, the suzerain of Huangrenling. This sentence means that a person who has no martial arts at all, as long as he has the weapons of Huangrenling in his hand, even if he is against a master, he can take his head.It is enough to see that Huangren Ridge is famous far and wide.

It's just that in recent years, the weapons of Huangrenling have become less and less popular, and it is said that they are monopolized by the imperial army.

Since the Blood Abacus is a registered weapon in Huangrenling, it should be classified as not for sale and only for private use by sects, but it would fall into his own hands. Xie Zhixu was also very surprised, and couldn't help but ask Wu Li: "What do you want? Test? Kill someone to see if it will leave a blood count?"

Wu Li said: "Look at your elm head, tsk, don't we have ready-made ones here..." He winked at Xie Zhixu.

Xie Zhixu: "???"

Knowing that Chang Leng Leng flew a sharp eye knife, Liu Liu tore off a leg of lamb with his hands, and stuck out his tongue at Wu Li.

Oh, Xie Zhixu remembered, if someone with blood in their hands holds a blood abacus, the dagger body will also react.He told the truth: "The three of us touched it in turn on the mountain, and there was no change at all."

Wu Li blinked, put away his fan boredly, and snorted.

In the afternoon, I did not see Yueguanshan come back. Some innkeepers went in to clean it, and when they came out, they opened the two doors wide to show that the room was vacant for guests.

Xie Zhixu sat with Wu Li on the railing on the second floor to feed the fourth child in the backyard, and saw that everything in the room where Yue Guanshan used to live was neatly arranged, and all his luggage was gone.

"Brother Yue really left?" Xie Zhixu asked Wu Li, feeling a little regretful that Yue Guanshan hadn't had time to compete with the Liang family's golden knife and silver spear.Now that Liang Ting's situation is improving, Liang Zhen is in the mood to go out for a drink in the spring, and there should be a chance.

"Don't worry," Wu Li said, while forking a large piece of stewed beef with a long chopsticks, and threw it into Lao Si's big mouth, "Lao Yue will never give in. He is a real fighter. He can be defeated temporarily, but he will never give in." Will not be defeated. The wild fire is endless, and the spring breeze blows again, as long as the opportunity is given, he will come back."

Xie Zhixu couldn't help being awed, he didn't expect that Yueguanshan had been disliked by Wuli for so long, and before he left, he bought people's hearts with a meal.

The setting sun was burning orange and red, burning through half the sky, and the water in the mountain pond became bright and lively, shaking the boat of Mugui.As the wind crossed the river, it blew on the tiled roofs of thousands of houses, and with an inexplicable evil spirit, it frightened the crows flying all over the city.

The blue and black crow feathers covered the sky and covered the sun, as if they had received an order in this fiery red evening, they all flew to the west of the city with wings.

"What are you doing?" Wu Li asked in surprise.

Xie Zhixu was dragging the bed out of the room. Fortunately, for the convenience of management, the bed was made of light wooden structure, so it was not too strenuous to carry it.

The guest room vacated by Yueguan Mountain is next door to Feng Zhichang's room. It is located in a corner, and no one passes by the door. Xie Zhixu dragged the small couch to Feng Zhichang's door, and brought a thin quilt.

"I don't know why, but I always have an ominous premonition in my heart," he explained to Wu Li. "Today, I took my second senior brother to many places, and I was afraid of irritating him. I will guard the door tonight to prevent him from doing anything impulsive." Something irreversible happened."

Wu Li asked: "What irreversible things can happen?"

Xie Zhixu thought for a moment, lay down on the floor and pulled up a thin thread strung with five copper coins between the bed and the threshold.It is known that Chang's legs and feet are inconvenient, and he always has to use a wheelchair to walk. As long as he goes out at night, the wheelchair hits a thin wire, and five copper coins hit and make a sound, Xie Zhixu will wake up.

"I don't know, just think I'm thinking too much." Xie Zhixu replied.

Until nightfall, the door of Feng Zhichang's room was never opened.During the period, only the shop waiter came up once, and was shocked when he saw the customer sleeping in the corridor.

"Only for one night, sorry, there is a reason for it."

Fortunately, there were not many guests on the second floor, and the two successfully reached a mutual understanding.

There was a gentle breeze on a spring night, and a thin quilt was just right. Xie Zhixu was lying on the couch, the lights along the Shantang River lit up half of his face, and he knew that the front of the Changmen was silent, filled with a peaceful atmosphere of sleep .

What will happen?

He thought of the overwhelming crow feathers in the city at night, and Feng Zhichang's every move during the day outing in spring was like a revolving lantern, frame by frame reappeared before his eyes in the darkness, and the wick of fire under the paper skin was ready to start a prairie fire.

In the past, he lost all his martial arts skills, and he was not going well with his master's learning skills, even after studying for more than a year, he still failed to achieve anything.The master comforted him with the deeds of the second senior brother. The second senior brother was very weak. He was like him when he first started studying. Not a single bird can be seen within a hundred steps, and it has reached the supreme state of solitude.

It was such a superfluous person who was neither talented nor popular, and finally made a great reputation in the Tang Sect martial arts competition by virtue of his ingenuity.

Does refining poison also require ingenuity?Poison is something that anyone can do well as long as they are ruthless.Xie Zhixu told his husband what he thought.

The gentleman answered him—what do you know? Tangmen has been around for a hundred years, creating countless poisons and exhausting all the inspirations that can harm people. It is often possible to renovate on this basis. This is a manifestation of creativity; Being able to memorize one by one, learn comprehensively, and avoid copyright disputes is the embodiment of memory; the martial arts conference is held every four years, gathering masters from Sichuan, and Zhichang seizes the opportunity to fight to become famous. This is planned, It is a manifestation of foresight; by the way, he also signed a drug manufacturing contract with Tangmen, and the business is booming, making money and filling the treasury of the villa. This is a manifestation of business acumen.Isn't a rich man with a strong purpose, acting out of common sense and holding a grudge very smart?Isn't it scary?

Xie Zhixu turned over on the couch, facing the door, thinking that he was really stupid, maybe the second senior brother knew it well and was laughing at him behind the door.

He was so depressed that he fell into a light sleep restlessly.

In the dream, Wu Li first sat on the shoulders of the fourth child and called him, "Little Wu, you are not doing your job well, and you have not fulfilled your master's orders. You will never go back to Qiongshan again." He was terrified, afraid of being abandoned, and held the fourth child Hold on to the feet.The soles of the old four's feet spewed fire, burning his body scorched outside and tender inside.

Then the scene changed, Feng Zhichang was still sitting in a wheelchair above his line of sight, he seemed to be lying on the floor, looking up at Feng Zhichang's fingertips to pick up the thin thread with copper coins on it, and spoke contemptuously to him. He said, "Using this little trick to deal with me, it seems that the disciples of Qiongshan are not as good as the previous generation." In the dream, it was known that Liang Ting's voice came out, and the black scaled snake crawled out of his gray sleeves , showing pale, poisonous snake teeth.

He fell on the ground covered in cold sweat, and heard Feng Zhichang sneering above his head.

hehe hehe-

hiss - hiss -

"what!!"

Xie Zhixu was a carp standing upright, waking up in fright, his back was sticky and he was panting heavily.

The floor next to it creaked.

When he came back to his senses, he found that the sky was already bright, and the noise of the street market in the early morning could be heard.

What about the second brother? !

When he turned his head, he saw Liuliu standing awkwardly by the side of the couch, holding the quilt that he kicked off at some time in his arms, and seemed to want to cover him up.Behind Liuliu, the door is wide open, but there is no figure of Feng Zhichang inside.

Xie Zhixu lowered his head, and found that the string had been broken long ago, and the copper coins were lying on the ground: "..."

"The big thing is wrong!" Wu Li's voice came from under his feet, he ran up the stairs a few steps, saw that Xie Zhixu was still on the bed, rushed over, and said solemnly, "Liang Ting is missing! The Liang family is in chaos now. In a group, the government has put the whole city under martial law, dispatching thousands of officers and soldiers to search for people all over the mountains and plains, what happened 13 years ago has happened again!"

The blood rushed to the top of his head in an instant, Xie Zhixu's eyes went dark, his ears were filled with roaring, he couldn't even hear what Wu Li was saying.

He was as stiff as a stone sculpture, and looked at Liu Liu with his neck straightened, expecting to see an expression of guilt or contempt.

However, Liu Liu looked indifferent, as if nothing happened, put the quilt by Xie Zhixu's hand, turned around and entered the room, and closed the door.