Deputy head

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The next day was the coronation ceremony of Wang Xi and Liu Sizhang, but in the middle of the night, Aunt Wei woke me up suddenly, and she told me to get dressed quickly and leave this place, while the old head and the mistress were in another room Discuss something with Uncle Wu and Sister Hua.

"He doesn't know anything, let him leave first, if it doesn't work, we... just obey God's will."

"Brother Wang! Do you know what this means?"

"Of course I know," the old master's voice paused, "The big deal is death. If you can do it, so can I. It's just you..."

"I am of the same heart as my husband." The mistress's voice was powerful, "No matter what, I will be with you."

I actually heard these words, and vaguely guessed that something was wrong, but I didn't say anything, just obeyed as before, listened to the instructions of the elders, packed up and left the Bronze Sect overnight.

I thought, after all, he is the head of the Bronze Sect. I have never seen anyone whose martial arts is higher than his.

But everything after that made me regret it.

The old head and mistress passed away that night, the eve of the coronation ceremony of Wang Xi.I fled, leaving them at the Bronze Pie.Wang Xi, who lost his parents suddenly, was facing foreign enemies and internal thieves, and almost lost his life.The culprit, Hua Yumen, hides his identity and chases after him, killing many members of the Bronze School. Wang Xi has witnessed all this with his own eyes, and can do nothing but protect himself.I can't imagine how he spent those days. I only know that when we met again later, he was wearing blood-stained clothes, sitting in front of the corpses of his family members and senior fellow apprentices, his eyes full of death.

Even so, even so, he still forced himself to look at me and asked, "Are you injured?"

Since then, I have understood that I am not qualified to wait for him at all, and I should not have appeared in his life in the first place.

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The only thing I can keep is the promise of "don't cry until he comes back", that's all. I haven't cried for many years, and now Wang Xi, who is seriously injured, makes me want to renege on my promise.

There was blood all over my eyes, and I seemed to have returned to that day when Wang Xi was sitting in the hall wearing a bloody coat, looking at me with empty eyes as if he had died once.

There was no room for further thinking, so I grabbed Liu Sizhang's front collar viciously and asked, "How did you take care of the leader all the way? How could he be like this?"

Liu Sizhang's eyes were loose, but he was still able to answer the question: "We met someone from Huayumen, I..."

"What did you do... You must have gone to fight the Huayumen, but why did you bring Wangxi? He was seriously injured! Have you thought about how many people you can deal with before you shoot? I clearly said... ...I clearly told you not to do it again!"

"Snapped!"

Ru Yun suddenly stepped between the two of us, and slapped me hard: "Not only Wang Xi was seriously injured, but Liu Sizhang was also poisoned. You can ask these useless words later. It's important to save people, get out of the way."

I covered the left side of my face that was beaten, and looked at her with my eyes open. Ru Yun just glanced at me, and immediately turned around and helped the two of them to lie down, fumbled for bottles and jars, and ripped off their blood-stained clothes with trembling hands. .

There was already a cry in her voice, and no matter how ruthless her tone was, she could not become hardened: "I asked you to call Sizhang, but I didn't let him come like this! Your damn salt snake is in the outer box, get out of here !"

I was in a trance.

She is right.

If I didn't use that method to tell Liu Sizhang to go down the mountain, Wang Xi wouldn't have left the Bronze Sect with him, and they wouldn't necessarily have met people from the Huayu Sect, and they wouldn't have become what they are now.

All mistakes are doomed from the beginning.

Stepping back step by step, I took a deep look at the two people on the bed, leaving behind a hair crown inlaid with beautiful jade and a note, I quickly left Huaihualou with the box in my arms.

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"Are you crying?" Rong Chengxun was dumbfounded, and pointed at me with two index fingers.

I wiped my eyes, and they were still a little wet, so I avoided the seriousness and said, "I found the salt snake you wanted."

Rong Cheng was quite surprised to see my unsuspecting expression: "It's really strange when you still have a sad face."

"I'm not a god of good fortune. I don't know how to smile every day." Seeing that he didn't borrow the box, I opened the lid and poured the snake on him. Rong Chengxun was startled and hurried to catch the snake. He stopped after cursing a few words.

I really can't laugh, no matter how numb I become, things related to Wangxi will always sting me with great pain.

Others may have something to do with me, but only Wang Xi...he is truly innocent.

My plan with Rong Chengxun is still going on.

After things got big, the series of things that followed happened so quickly that even if I wanted it to slow down, it couldn't slow down.

But I don't want it to be slow at all.

The Bronze Sect finally became the target of public criticism, and even the leader of the martial arts alliance came forward to question whether the elders of the Bronze Sect had hidden the remnants of the previous dynasty.

This question is really imposing, but in fact it is just asking whether the Bronze Sect hides a treasure that poses a threat.

The answer of the elders is naturally "no". Not only the elders, but all the people of the Bronze Sect will answer this way. The hill where the Bronze Sect is based is not high, and the slope is very gentle. The places that can be used have already been used. , every place in the Bronze School has been touched, if there is any treasure, it would have been discovered long ago.Unless someone can drill a hole into the heart of the mountain, there is nowhere to hide the so-called treasure.

In fact, the leader of the martial arts alliance wants to search, but this matter is related to the court after all. If he goes too deep, it will be difficult to explain to either side, so he can only give up resentfully, and there is no way to deal with the rumors of the whole world for a while.

After all, the leader of the martial arts alliance is still the style of the old-school martial arts people, paying attention to morality and restraining hands and feet, but I don't hate him.If people must be divided into bad guys and good guys, then he can be regarded as a good guy. When the Bronze Sect had an accident, he actually helped the Bronze Sect secretly. It was useless to do this, and it might even cause fire, but he did it anyway. If it wasn't for his help, the Bronze Sect and Wangxi might have disappeared.

It's also fortunate that he is a moral person, if he joins forces with Hua Yumen, then I won't show mercy to him.

As for the Huayumen, as I expected, they became the guarantors of the imperial court as they wished, and the whole sect is assisting the imperial court in searching for the treasures of the previous dynasty.

The most critical part of Rong Chengxun and I's plan is about to start.

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After Rong Chengxun detoxified the poison, my mood also returned to calm.

He looked straight at my face, and he was relieved when he saw me showing a slightly mean smile again, and then he showed disgust in his eyes, and handed me the old treasure map: "I have exchanged the two places. The distinguishing markers have been tampered with, and if there is no reminder, no one will think that there is a problem with this map."

I observed the treasure map carefully, and it was indeed a map made with care. The key landmarks are extremely blurred and can be barely recognized, but the corners of the map are all roughened, so it is impossible to judge the location based on the surrounding terrain. The level of ambiguity is exactly what I need.

"I'm not boasting, your craftsmanship is really amazing, no one can see that this is a fake picture, this texture, this old mark, tsk tsk!" I patted his arm, Rong Chengxun was unmoved, and another Started a topic: "Next, bury this treasure map in the Bronze Sect, and attract people to dig it..."

"No." I put the treasure map in the kit, "That's too slow, and now there is a faster and safer way."

Rong Cheng looked at me expressionlessly, as if asking a question.

"Wang Xi and Liu Sizhang went down the mountain a few days ago and got into a fight with the people from Huayumen. This can be completely turned into another matter."

Rong Cheng moved his face and said, "They went down the mountain? I didn't expect that, so you want to..."

"That's right, this is an opportunity." I nodded, "We can make things different - the head of the Bronze Sect fled secretly with the treasure map, but was bumped into by the disciples of the Huayu Sect, and the treasure map came into this world."

Hearing such an idea, Rong Chengxun did not praise me for being smart, but sighed: "How is Wang Xi?"

"How do you know he's injured? Have you seen him?" I was taken aback.

Unexpectedly, Rong Cheng shook his head: "I have limited mobility and can't run around. How can I see him? I just know you too well."

Having said that, he didn't stop, and continued: "If something happened, you would never have thought of such a sinister idea. Judging by your look yesterday, something must have happened."

Is that so... It seems that my city is still not enough.

Seeing that I didn't speak, Rong Chengxun took the initiative to take the kit with the treasure map: "Send this to the disciples of Huayumen, right?"

"Wait," I held him back, "it's too abrupt to send it over like this. Everyone must know that this treasure map was taken from the head of the Bronze Sect by the Huayu Sect."

"You don't have to think about these issues anymore," Rong Chengxun put away the kit, "In Huayumen, it's common to bully the weak and fear the strong, and those with a slightly higher level can crush the people below to death. Everyone is trying their best to climb up. As long as I put this on a certain disciple, others will spontaneously complete the matter, thinking that this disciple wants to take the credit for discovering the treasure map alone, and then he can achieve his goal without me doing anything."

"...Since you say that, I'm relieved."

He knows Huayumen better than I do, because he is a disciple of Huayumen.After Uncle Rong Cheng passed away, he joined the Huayu Sect. At that time, the Bronze Sect was struggling internally and externally. Everyone believed that he had betrayed the Bronze Sect and was weak and despicable. Therefore, Rong Chengxun had always been despised by the Bronze Sect. His name has long since completely disappeared from the Bronze Gate roster, and only I keep in touch with him secretly.

We all know that there is no innocent person in Huayumen.

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Ashamed to say, during this period of time, I didn't do anything else every day. I just walked around the streets, ate something good, drank some sweet water, and listened to people talking in restaurants to pass the time.

Today is also a day for eating and waiting to die. There are as many people in the restaurant as ever. I picked an empty seat and sat down. Opposite this man sat a quiet young man and a gorgeous and beautiful woman. I smiled at them and sat down naturally. .

Things went very smoothly, as Rong Cheng expected, I really don't need to worry about this matter, the group of Hua Yumen disciples who met Liu Sizhang soon spread the news.I just sat in the restaurant casually, and I could hear people talking about it.

"Have you heard that three Huayumen disciples died?"

"Yes, it is said that he was killed by the head of the Bronze Sect!"

"Why? I remember that the leader of the Bronze Sect has a good reputation. Apart from being romantic, he is also quite a nice person..."

"Are you fascinated by his handsome appearance? Knowing people, knowing faces but not knowing his heart, it is said that he absconded with a treasure map, but was discovered by Hua Yumen's disciples, and that's why he became murderous! Take him His subordinates killed three people in a row, and in the end it was difficult to besiege them, so they escaped!"

"Treasure map? Could it be the treasure of the previous dynasty that was circulated in the rivers and lakes some time ago?"

"Yeah, now the rumors have been confirmed! Everyone was eyeing the Bronze Sect, but now Hua Yumen has become the government's dog, and the government has also been involved. I heard that this month, I will go to the Bronze Sect to search the mountains. , now the Bronze School is over!"

"I wonder if we brothers can go in and make a fortune? Haha, drink and drink!"

"Son!"

The woman opposite me let out a low cry of resentment, as if she was about to get up to do something, but was held down by the calm-faced young master: "Stop messing around."

"But they..."

"It's just a few words." The young man was calm, he didn't even move his eyes, he just quietly drank the liquid in the cup, and his demeanor was elegant and generous, unlike ordinary people.

This is really no coincidence, luck from heaven.

"Young master, you have a good temper." I raised my head and smiled at the young master, "Girl, you really followed the right master."

"Who are you?" The glamorous woman looked at me blankly and warily, as if she was about to raise a knife to slash me in the next second, she was so violent.

But the son smiled at me: "I made you laugh, Yuyou has a quick temper, she often does wrong things with good intentions, please forgive me."

"Forgive me, forgive me," I waved my hand, "I heard that Hua Yumen's head Hua has three sons, all of whom are hardworking and hardworking sons, my lord..."

I paused, and continued: "But the fourth son who can't see the light?"

As soon as the voice fell, the woman's knife was placed on my neck. I could hide if I wanted to, but I still had to talk, so I didn't hide. The people around quieted down and looked at us with wide eyes. table.

"Oh, the girl has a bit of a temper." I squeezed the blade and pushed it back, "This is shocking everyone, let's talk in another place."

The young master cast his cold gaze on me and nodded slightly.