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Pei Taiyue stepped onto the dark plank road again.

This is the place near the Yangtze River in Qutang Gorge. The cliffs on both sides are not towering, but they can also be called steep.Therefore, as early as a hundred years ago, there was an official plank road.

He had been here before and built a simple defense on the three or four feet wide plank road to resist the attacks of water thieves.That battle lasted for seven days and seven nights, and the blood of the dead stained the bamboo boards under his feet. He insisted on taking advantage of the favorable location and led the young and strong villagers to kill the group of vicious and vicious water thieves. Step into Jiangliuji.

However, at this moment, it was eerily quiet here.The sky above his head was starless and moonless, and even the river below his feet was silent.Pei Taiyue walked on this familiar plank road, and the old bamboo and wood under her feet creaked and creaked.

Countless black shadows surrounded him, holding torches in their hands, they couldn't see their faces clearly, but they were all smiling ferociously.

"Dare to escape? Heh, this time we must break his hands and feet."

"It was the villagers who you risked your life to protect who betrayed you, haha..."

"Huh? So you still cry?"

"Besides fighting, let the brothers teach you something else..."

Pei Taiyue had to step back step by step, and the black shadows were not in a hurry, they just surrounded him vaguely, like a cat teasing a mouse.

He reached out and pressed the hilt of the sword at his waist, but found nothing.He lowered his head in a daze, and saw a pair of hands that belonged to a 15-year-old boy. They were fair and slender, without the calloused hands later on, and without the ugly scars left by cruel torture.

Hei's shadows gathered more and more, almost like a wall surrounding him impenetrably.The wanton laughter echoed in the night wind, he knew that what they said was true, he was betrayed and tortured in the thieves' water prison, life would be worse than death.

——Why is this happening?

He asked himself why this happened.Master once said that the world is based on two sides, the roots are yin and yang, and good and evil are divided in the middle.Everyone knows that goodness is goodness, but it is not good; if there is goodness, it is not good, and if there is no goodness, it is natural.

So he shouldn't have meddled in the affairs of the world. Everything here is just a cycle of cause and effect?

"I want... to kill you!"

He roared loudly, but those black shadows suddenly disappeared.Pei Taiyue suddenly remembered that this group of water thieves had been wiped out long ago, leaving him with no chance of revenge.Because of this, he thoroughly remembered the name Li Hanzhou, the young and promising conductor of the Haoqi League, who learned from Yang Ning of the Tiance Mansion, with a red-clothed and silver-armored spear in his hand, and a disciple of Ten Thousand Flowers in black was always by his side.

He raised his head in a daze, and lost his aim for a moment.At the end of the plank road, the fire was ignited, and the whole village was like a huge pine light.

On both sides of the burning street, there are some familiar faces.The wrinkled old village chief was the first person who came to him for help. The old man in his early years was full of tears, and he bowed to the bottom, begging him to do his best for the village.Beside him, the one in sapphire blue was Aunt Liu. He stayed at her house back then and slaughtered the old hen that laid eggs for him.There is also Uncle Yu, who is wearing rusty armor. It is said that he once joined the army when he was young, and he is also a figure who has one enemy against a hundred. Now he lives in seclusion in the village...

Yet no one spoke, and no one moved—for all were dead, and the dead neither spoke nor moved.

Pei Taiyue walked forward slowly, gradually remembering more details.On that bloody night, he cut off the head of the silent old village head and died in his bedroom; Aunt Liu was stabbed through the heart by him in order to protect her daughter; Desperately, in the end he was injured and couldn't move, and was burned alive in the village...

"I killed you."

He spoke softly.

A drop of water dripped on the ground under his feet, and soon it turned into steam and dissipated in the scorching air.He raised his hand blankly and touched his face, and found that he was crying for some reason.

At the end of the long street, someone was waiting for him.Black clothes, long black hair, and a smile on the corners of his brows and eyes, he stretched out his hand towards him.

Pei Taiyue walked towards him in a daze, and held his hand hesitantly.Chu Loufeng led him slowly out of the fiery scene, but at the last moment, he pushed him back!

"Soldiers are tricky, Daoist Pei, I'm sorry."

He fell violently, falling towards the endless void behind him.Chu Loufeng looked at him condescendingly, with the corners of his lips still curled up, his eyes reflecting the starlight in the sky.

A large piece of darkness flooded up again, and Pei Taiyue suddenly woke up.

It was still dark when he opened his eyes, full of damp smell, and the sound of dripping water could be heard faintly, it should be in a dungeon somewhere.Pei Taiyue groped for a while, and found that she was lying on a cold stone bed with shackles on her hands and feet, but her injuries had been treated simply.

As for his eyes, he probably hit the back of his head when he fell from the cliff, and it may also have something to do with Chu Loufeng's medicine.But Tang Ruhui didn't kill him, so he should still have the heart to win him over, or coveted the information line in his hands.

Pei Taiyue analyzed everything calmly. In the absolute darkness, he actually felt a kind of unprecedented relief, as if he had let go of a burden that he had carried for many years——

He is a good man with a kind heart, a white way of the world who hates evil like hatred, a disciple of Zixu who eliminates demons and defends the way, and is a "hero" in the mouth of the villagers in Jiangliuji... However, he killed so many people, and he is disdainful for doing the righteous way. He joined the Valley of the Wicked and became a shame that Shimen would never mention.

He had thought that this would be the torture of his life, and that the fire that had been burning in nightmares for nine years would also burn forever.But now, Pei Taiyue knew that she would never have this dream again.

In Qutang Gorge nine years ago, he was betrayed twice by the villagers of Jiangliuji. Since then, there has been no more Daxia Pei in the world, and there are many evil princes in white clothes and blood swords in the Valley of the Wicked. Nine years later, he was still here, and he was once again betrayed. The most trusted person has betrayed twice, and he has nothing to lose, nothing to retreat, his heart is empty, but he has no fear anymore.

Pei Taiyue laughed lowly, and then the laughter gradually increased, even almost crazy.He curled up on the cold stone bed until he choked up with laughter, and he didn't know whether he was laughing at others or himself.

——He once thought that Chu Loufeng would be his salvation, but he didn't expect that that person just gave him a hand, allowing him to vaguely see a ray of light beyond the darkness, and then pushed him back even deeper.

There were footsteps coming from outside the stone prison. There were two people, one with unfathomable martial arts skills, and the other seemed a little restless.Pei Taiyue supported the stone couch, slowly propped up her body, and sat against the wall.

"Daozhang Pei seems to be in good spirits," said Tang Ruhui, "This place is humble and the hospitality is not good."

"Commander Tang is here in person, and I'm sorry to welcome you," Pei Taiyue said with a hint of sarcasm, "I hope you will forgive me."

Tang Ruhui snorted coldly, and did not answer his tone: "You must have an explanation for your private transfer of troops."

"If you want to pay with your life, I will never complain."

Pei Taiyue answered resolutely, but in fact, this matter happened strangely, and it was easy to guess that it was actually Chu Loufeng's doing.However, it was Pei Taiyue who recommended him to enter the valley, and after that he fled with others for so long, it was too easy to convict him.But Tang Ruhui didn't expect that Pei Taiyue, who was as calm and self-possessed as Pei Taiyue, would suffer such a complete failure one day.

He stared at this person thoughtfully for a long while, but suddenly found something was wrong, and couldn't help reaching out his hand and shaking it in front of his eyes twice - but Pei Taiyue didn't respond.

"your eyes……?"

Tang Ruhui was surprised and delighted, but he couldn't show it too clearly.Pei Taiyue sounded ridiculous, and replied lightly: "I can't see it."

His tone was calm, as if he was talking about irrelevant people and things.Tang Ruhui breathed a sigh of relief, but the person beside him yelled in disbelief: "What's going on?!"

It turned out that the person was Tang Fei, Pei Taiyue shook his head and remained silent.Tang Ruhui coughed, his tone was much more relaxed than before, and said: "Ming people don't talk dark words, Daoist Pei, if you are willing to join me, I will definitely keep you safe for the rest of your life."

"Commander Tang, what did you say? Haven't I always been under your lord's command?"

"Heh, now that things are up to now, the Taoist priest doesn't have to use his tongue." Tang Ruhui's tone was a little chilly, "You know what I mean."

"Commander Yan doesn't want to have anything to do with the people of Tangjiabao, and he doesn't want to participate in the civil strife in the Valley of the Evil. Your lord should be very clear," Pei Taiyue's voice also cooled down. "I'm a useless person now, and I can't stand your different eyes. Please go back, my lord."

Tang Ruhui sneered: "It's up to now, I'm afraid it's not up to you."

"In the previous civil strife, although it was hurt, it was a loss for both sides. It's okay to hide your strength and bide your time. Besides, the Haoqi League is now in full swing. In just three months, it has lost several cities in a row. If you don't want to be beaten all the way by Li Hanzhou When we arrive at Fort Coldwind, we will make a decision, and Commander Wang Tang will take it seriously."

"Okay...Okay!" Tang Ruhui laughed back angrily, "Pei Daoist is so righteous, but I don't know who led the wolf into the house?"

Pei Taiyue's body trembled slightly, as if she had been poked into a soft spot, her already pale face turned even paler.After a long time, he said softly: "This matter did happen because of me, but I will never betray the Valley of the Wicked."

He said this firmly, Tang Ruhui also slowed down his tone, and said: "The Taoist priest is a sensible person, don't want to toast or eat fine wine."

"Master!" Seeing that the two of them were about to collapse, it was Tang Fei who interrupted eagerly, "Anyway, we don't want to fight now, so why rush it for a while? Besides, the Taoist priest is still injured..."

Hearing this, Tang Ruhui glanced at Tang Fei: "Did he give you something sweet, or did he promise you something?"

Tang Fei choked up suddenly, unable to utter a word, but Pei Taiyue bent her lips, half joking and half mocking: "Most of the criminals under your command were taught by me, I don't know if your lord is going to treat me to dinner." fine wine?"

Tang Ruhui snorted coldly and walked away, but Tang Fei stopped at the door of the cell and said timidly, "I...I want to stay and persuade him..."

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The heavy iron door "bang!" was heard, and only Pei Taiyue and Tang Fei were left in the dungeon.They sat in relative silence for a while, and it was Pei Taiyue who broke the silence first: "You and Tianci are back? I also heard a little about the treasure of the Chen family before. It's a great luck that you escaped."

Never expecting the other party to ask such a question, Tang Fei's face turned pale in an instant. Fortunately, Pei Taiyue couldn't see it now, otherwise he really didn't know what expression to use to face it.He stretched out his hand to rub his eyes, and said in a shy voice: "Yes, we... are back..." He was afraid that Pei Taiyue would continue to ask, so he continued, "If Master promises to keep you safe for the rest of your life, then he won't." To add insult to injury, you really can’t give him the intelligence line led by Yan?”

"It's not a matter of whether I live or die," Pei Taiyue shook his head, "Commander Yan is kind to me, how can I go against his wishes."

"Isn't it even an expedient measure?" Tang Fei hesitated, "It's okay to pretend to be false..."

"If you can be deceived so easily, then it's not Commander Tang." Pei Taiyue groped and patted the back of the young man's hand, which meant to comfort him, "You don't have to be in a dilemma, this matter...is all my fault .”

"But……"

"Actually, I'm not afraid of torture. At least that means I'm still valuable, and Commander Tang won't take the killer lightly." Looking somewhere, "I must... get out alive."

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