We walked around the corner of the promenade and saw a figure in a blue dress holding a blue oil-paper umbrella in the depths of the moon gate at the end, looking at the ripples splashed by raindrops in the pond.Seeing us appear, she was a little nervous, and there was a sense of distress in her eyes when she looked at us, then she picked up the corner of her skirt and left in a hurry.

It seems that it is really hard to talk about people in broad daylight. When it comes to her, she really appeared. My brother-in-law looked at the direction where she left thoughtfully, and I said aside: "The girl is sad, why don't you chase after her to see her?" Look, that's your future bride."

Before he could speak, I chased him out.I followed Miss Zhang's not far or near, walking across halls and courtyards, her footsteps were in a hurry, her blue shoes were spotless after walking in the mud for so long, finally she walked into a courtyard and entered the second room inside. A small building, and gently closed the door.She never looked back.

It rained for several days in a row, and it cleared up on the third day.I had a good night's sleep last night. I opened the door and breathed in the fresh morning air, feeling very good.The servants in the villa were already coming and going, sweeping the dust and preparing the banquet.

According to my brother-in-law's vision, today is the day to settle the accounts, and it seems that I have to cheer up.

The banquet was set in the afternoon, so I came first.Walking up the stone steps, I found that the green garden was full of red datura flowers.The flowers are full, bright red in color, and have a shocking beauty that makes people unable to move their eyes away for a while.A faintly astringent fragrance permeated the air.I looked at the other people with normal expressions, but I instinctively resisted this smell.

Someone patted me on the shoulder, I turned my head and saw Zhao Yi smiling at me, then I bent down to look at the flowers and said, "This flower grows very well, but it blooms in this season, so it looks a bit abrupt."

I took a step back, kept a distance from the flowers, and said, "The host likes it, so we have to do as we please."

The guests came gradually, and they were all the faces that can be seen in the guest courtyard on weekdays. These people were bold and informal, and they sat down to eat and drink before the host arrived.Zhang Yizhi was the last to appear. He pushed aside the crowd, walked towards his brother-in-law, and said, "Brother Li, what do you think?"

Brother-in-law said: "I can't agree."

He laughed loudly: "It's okay, Brother Li has no intention, and I won't force it, so let's take the seat."

We sat on both sides of Zhang Yizhi, he raised his hand, and the servants filed in from both sides, serving wine one by one.He toasted to the left and right, and said in a loud voice: "Life is like a dream, how much is it for joy, autumn goes and winter comes, and the face of a person is peach blossom. Everyone, please."

This wine is clear and sweet, and it blends with the fragrance of flowers all over the courtyard. The strange harmony makes people want to stop.

Afterwards, maikos were invited to dance. The maikos covered their faces with white veils and twisted their waists like water snakes.They flicked their long sleeves, making people confused for a while, and then someone said something funny, and everyone burst into laughter.Zhang Yizhi turned his head and said something to Zhao Yi, Zhao Yi was fascinated.Among the guests was the swordsman in gray robe, with a gloomy face, drinking one cup after another, like a lonely soul.A table of wine was almost finished, and someone praised Zhang Yizhi's piano skills.He was very excited, and taking advantage of the strength of the wine, he ordered someone to fetch his qin.

He walked out of the pavilion, sat alone among the flowers, put the qin on his lap, looked at Handai in the distant mountains, and played a song called High Mountain and Flowing Water.The sound of the piano is long, as if it wants to draw people's thoughts out of the brain, leaving only a blank space, and the heart seems to be floating on the clouds, peaceful, but has lost all control.

Then there was a sound like sawing wood in my ear, which was particularly abrupt and piercing.This voice totally messed up the tune, no, something went wrong.I wanted to see what was wrong, but my head was too heavy to lift, and my heart was still carried away by the music, farther and farther away.

At first I was still struggling, but then I thought I'd just go to sleep like this, it's also very good, I won't have any more troubles.

Suddenly, there was a trace of coolness from the fingertips, as if someone had pricked my fingers. The slight pain in the fingers and the fast-spreading coolness brought my sanity back to clarity.I don't know whose white sleeves brushed past my eyes. I looked up and saw my brother-in-law was looking at me, his eyes were clear and vigilant, as if he was asking how I was doing.

I said I was fine, and then looked at the banquet. Everyone else was there, but Zhao Yi was no longer on the seat. His zombie-like domestic servant was lying on the ground in pain, trying to get up.I was taken aback and said, "Where are the others?"

The sound of the zither was cut off, Zhang Yizhi walked out of the flowers, and looked at us coldly with his sleeves up: "Brother Li is worthy of being Brother Li, he can resist my mandala formation."

The brother-in-law confronted him and said: "Since you are making a dangerous move, you should have thought of this possibility."

It seems that this mandala flower array uses the fragrance of flowers as medicine, and the sound of the piano as a lure to lure people into illusions.Standing behind my brother-in-law, I finally understood why he dragged me to study medicine, toxicity, and potion matching a few nights ago.I haven't slept well for several days in a row. I don't think I have worked so hard in the Xingxiu school. I thought he was going to change his career to become a doctor.

Zhao Yi's domestic servant realized that Zhang Yizhi was playing tricks, and flew out, still very fast, but he was poisoned, staggered, and exerted all his strength to grab Zhang Yizhi's arm, his eyes were so stiff that he seemed to be digging. Out of his heart, hissed: "Tell me, where is he?"

Mentioning the disappearing Zhao Yi, Zhang Yizhi's eyes showed a stern look: "Don't even try to find him again, he won't appear again." He tried to break free from the servant, but his face turned red. The strength of the man's grip on his arm was gradually increasing.Zhang Yizhi looked to his side, and soon someone went up and kicked the servant away, his muscles and bones were broken, and one of his arms was broken.Zhang Yizhi's expression was stern, the man understood, and went straight to the vital point of the paralyzed face.The brother-in-law stepped in the middle, defusing the man's killing move.

Zhang Yizhi said: "I have always been unwilling to confront Brother Li head-on. Since you insist on meddling, don't blame me for being ungrateful." He stepped back, and the gangsters who were sitting with us stood in front of him. A row, one by one, stared at us with indifferent expressions, completely unlike the way they were laughing and having fun before.Zhang Yizhi said: "Brother Li's martial arts are very strong, but there are so many people here, two fists can't beat four hands, has no one taught you this truth?" He took a few steps back and ordered: "Take them all down."

Those people drew out their weapons one after another and rushed towards us. Behind us was the rockery piled up with stones from Taihu Lake, and there was no retreat.My brother-in-law glanced at me, I nodded and tried my best to kill him.These people's moves are killer moves, leaving no room for them. I responded with all my strength, and regretted not bringing my horsewhip, and whipped them away one by one.

The brother-in-law swept away several people with one move, and approached Zhang Yizhi.But a figure in a gray robe floated out quickly and stopped between them.The gray-robed swordsman nodded to Zhang Yizhi, Zhang Yizhi was very relieved to see him appear.He stopped in front of my brother-in-law, his eyes were firm, and the color of his eyes gradually became transparent, turning gray and white, and I shuddered for a while.With a flash of silver sword light, he had already made a move with Yujian.

My brother-in-law was concentrating on dealing with the gray-robed swordsman. I kicked this one over, and then went to hit that one. I was in a hurry, thinking that all the people from Wuxi Villa would rush up. Just me and my brother-in-law, plus one who can walk two steps Dizzy facial paralysis, I'm afraid I can't handle it.Just at this moment, one person rushed into the mob circle first, I saw a green snake pattern on his cuff, he was in a bad mood, this is the symbol of the Green Bamboo Gang, it's really a bad year to make things worse.

Zhang Yizhi was overjoyed when he saw him, and said, "How many people are here? Catch them!"

The man nodded, raised the spear in his hand, and it was Zhang Yizhi's man who slashed at him.Zhang Yizhi's expression changed, and he said, "What are you doing?"

The man took advantage of the chaos and shouted to his brother-in-law: "Joe...we are here." More and more people in the costumes of the Green Bamboo Gang rushed in, beating Zhang Yizhi's subordinates.I understand that these people are disguised by disciples of the beggar gang, and it seems that they are all under the command of their brother-in-law.

The situation suddenly developed in our favor.

The man in gray seems to have come here just for his brother-in-law, and he won't let him go.He received a palm from his brother-in-law and knelt down on the ground, but his expression became more and more gloomy. The sword in his hand was forcibly divided into two.He attacked his brother-in-law with swords in both hands, the sword light filled the sky, leaving no room for breathing.The brother-in-law confronted him with bare hands, and after more than ten moves, he slapped him with one palm, and the gray robed man was thrown far away, spitting out blood.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Yizhi turned around and left in a hurry under the guard of his servants.I was afraid that he would escape, so I led a few disciples of the Beggar Clan to chase him.

They ran very fast, and I and a few beggar gang disciples followed them, turning one corner after another, and it was not easy to walk wherever they went, the more we walked, the more mottled the surface, we walked through a small gate short , but entered a bamboo forest, the bamboo branches were high and low in the wrong way, blocking all sight.I saw them walking straight in here, so I had no choice but to follow in, but there was no way inside, so we could only walk by feeling. We walked around for a long time, but couldn't find the exit at all, and Zhang Yizhi had long since disappeared.

The surrounding bamboo branches are slender, the sun shines on the bamboo leaves, the eyes are full of green, we are stuck in the middle, we can't tell the direction at all, I am sweating on my forehead, I thought to myself, does he still know Qimen Dunjia?

Just when there was nothing I could do, a pair of hands lightly pressed my shoulders, I turned around, and saw Miss Zhang's family.She was not afraid of me, but said to me: "Follow me." Although I didn't know what her intention was, I had no other choice but to follow her.She led us around several turns, chanting silently, as if remembering the number of steps, and finally came to the end of the bamboo forest, with a smooth gravel road ahead.She pointed to the road ahead, and we wanted to chase, but she held me back, put a small white bottle into my hand, and said softly, "This is the antidote."

What kind of antidote is this?Whose antidote?

She turned and left, but no one stopped her, so I had no choice but to stuff the little white bottle into my clothes and continue chasing her.Along the road ahead, we came to a small courtyard surrounded by low walls, and entered the only very ordinary small house in the courtyard.There is only one bed and one desk in the room, but there is no dust. It seems that someone cleans it from time to time.The people who lived here must have lived like ascetics.

A clever Beggar Sect disciple turned the bronze mirror hanging on the wall, the bed slowly moved away, and a secret door appeared under the bed, which seemed to be the entrance of the tunnel.Looking in from the outside, it was pitch black.Just as I was about to go in, I was stopped by someone. Looking back, my brother-in-law had already rushed over. He said, "I'll go in with you."

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