Run the rivers and lakes

Fu Yuan rushed to the top of the mountain, squatted down and carefully inspected the two peaceful corpses on the ground, then turned to his subordinates and asked: "Master Yu didn't seem to be killed by Xu Wudao, but was attacked by another person.— —Did you see anyone else when you came over?"

The subordinate nodded furiously: "Yes, Wei Shu is here, still holding a bloody sword in his hand."

Fu Yuan suddenly protruded two slender and flexible fingers from his sleeves, and carefully pulled away Yu Yigu's bloody and sticky clothes, revealing the wounds on his flesh.Fu Yuan looked left and right at the wound, then put his finger on the tip of his nose and smelled it, and shook his head slowly.

"It's not Wei Shuxing." Fu Yuan concluded, "The shape of the wound is not caused by his sword, it's more like a knife with a slightly curved tip. Moreover, this position can kill with one blow, and the weapon is obviously poisonous. How could someone like Wei Shuxing use poison?"

The subordinate wondered: "Then who would it be?"

Fu Yuan raised his eyes, thoughtfully: "I don't know, maybe... Wei Shuxing knows."

The faint and cold moonlight sprinkled on the road, like treading water and carrying wind, Wei Shuxing and Liu Yunsheng walked out of the mountain all the way, but the way forward was blocked.

It was a carriage that stopped them.The two stopped and looked at the strange carriage in front of them.

The horse pulling the cart seems to have fallen into a doze, as quiet as a carved piece of wood.The whole car was motionless, and the curtains were so smooth that there were no wrinkles.

The air was as quiet as freezing.

"It's so strange." Liu Yunsheng broke the dead silence, "It's like waiting for us here specially."

Wei Shuxing frowned slightly, and was about to go around, when he saw a person suddenly appeared behind the sedan chair.

This person was less than six feet long, wearing a coarse cloth soap robe, his face was covered with burns and scars, intertwined and mottled, his facial features could not be seen clearly at night, he looked a bit hideous.

He clasped his fists in salute, his voice was shrill and mocking, like the sound of a broken porcelain jar being dragged on the ground: "You two young heroes, my master has been waiting for a long time."

Wei Shuxing took a look at him and asked, "Who is your master?"

The man turned around and climbed into the carriage, so lightly that there was no sound at all.The horse's eyelids seemed to lift, but apart from the wind blowing mane, there was no other sound.

He carefully lifted the curtain, only to see a person sitting in the carriage.

The man sat upright with his eyes closed, as motionless as a mountain.

His black hair is tied with a high crown, and only his temples are covered with frost.His long eyebrows are tall and handsome, his jaws are full and his bones are full, like ancient jade in Qing Dynasty, with a leisurely and distant appearance.A few fine lines on the eyes are like a white wall with slight blemishes, harmless and adding to the vicissitudes of life.

"Master, master, wake up."

After hearing this, the man's drooping eyelashes trembled a little, and he opened his eyes in a daze, yawned casually, and asked outside: "Fen? What time is it? Have you arrived?"

"Master, look outside." The person called Ah Fen said.

The man slowly got out of the car and straightened his robe.Wide-sleeved black gown, girth girdle, with white fur hemming, and pega beads on the waist, which contrast with the silver pattern of lotus branches on the girdle edge, making it look like a heaven and man, inlaid with luster.

Immediately, the man took out a brocade fan from his sleeve, spread it out with ease, and shook it leisurely.

Wei Shuxing had a subtle sense of familiarity with this movement, and cast a sidelong glance at Liu Yunsheng.Liu Yunsheng noticed Wei Shuxing's eyes, and said helplessly in a low voice: "Can you stop thinking that all the fan holders in the world are related to me, and I'm not a fan seller..."

The man spoke suddenly, with a deep and pleasant voice: "Who is Wei Shuxing?"

Wei Shuxing was startled when he heard the words, and said: "It's the junior, I don't know if the senior is..."

The fan closed with a snap, and the man suddenly stepped forward, staring at Wei Shu for a long time, his pupils were as moist as lacquer, and there was a soft light of compassion.

After a long time, he smiled: "Good boy, you are so old, uncle almost doesn't recognize you."

"You are……"

Wei Shuxing suddenly guessed who the person in front of him was, and there was an inexplicable feeling in his heart, both the excitement of meeting familiarity and the alienation of long absence.To him, the person in front of him might just be a hazy tall figure in his childhood, but it was a part of his rare and warm memory. Even after a long time, the memory of this person still left a deep impression on him.

"...Second Uncle."

Luo Jiuyuan patted Wei Shuxing's shoulder lightly, and said softly, "It's been hard work all the way here. With uncle here in the future, you don't need to worry about anything else."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Liu Yunsheng again, hesitating slightly: "This is..."

Liu Yunsheng cupped his fists with his fan hanging down, and lowered his head slightly: "Junior Liu Yunsheng, it's..."

Luo Jiuyuan looked him up and down, interrupted him and said, "Are you from Yunshan?"

Liu Yunsheng raised his head suddenly, stunned, and said dumbly, "Senior Luo, why..."

Luo Jiuyuan rubbed his chin and laughed loudly: "Only the young disciples of Yunshan would dress as if they were going to be buried all day long, and they would also carry fans."

Liu Yunsheng: "..."

Although seeing Luo Jiuyuan, Wei Shuxing was full of surprises, but the problem in front of him had to keep him suspicious and vigilant.He hesitated for a moment, then asked with a straight face: "Second Uncle, Luo Cheng is your apprentice?"

"Yeah." Luo Jiuyuan replied, and then seemed to have sensed something was wrong, and frowned a little, "It's strange, I asked him to pick you up, why don't I see him now?"

"..." Wei Shuxing's face darkened and he didn't speak.

Although Luo Jiuyuan seemed to be ignorant, Wei Shuxing always felt something strange. ——At least in my impression, Luo Jiuyuan has always been a person who has the ability to control the situation. If Luo Cheng really did something, can he really not know anything?

Luo Jiuyuan saw what was on Wei Shuxing's mind, narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked, "Did he do something? But it doesn't matter."

Immediately, he seemed to feel a little distrust in Wei Shuxing, and added comfortingly: "Shuxing, you have to know that the second uncle will never hurt you."

A square inch of moon shadow surrounded him, Luo Jiuyuan's brows were covered with a soft and sincere gleam, and he gently pressed the back of Wei Shuxing's hand.

Wei Shuxing couldn't help recalling the vague memories of Luo Jiuyuan in his childhood. He vaguely remembered that he was a young romantic knight, high-spirited and omniscient. Look far into the sky.

Even though Luo Jiuyuan had left for 20 years and never came back, it is unknown what has happened and how much has changed, Wei Shuxing still does not want to doubt him.

Wei Shuxing moved his hand away calmly, and said with a serious expression: "The hidden weapon used to plot against my father is a Sichuan poison called Lengqing. Luocheng used the same poison to attack Yu Yigu."

Luo Jiuyuan naturally knew Yu Yigu's identity, and also guessed what Wei Shuxing was suspicious of. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I will send someone to find Luocheng, and then I will personally ask him what he has to do with this matter. But if you want Suspecting that the elder brother's death was caused by Luo Cheng, why did he do this?"

Wei Shuxing stared at Luo Jiuyuan and said, "Because he is a descendant of the Yang family who survived Qinglan Villa."

Luo Jiuyuan was silent, but he was noncommittal, directly avoided the answer, and said: "...Let's not say whether he will do this, I am afraid he does not have the ability, and he alone, even if it is a sneak attack, will definitely I can't help your father."

Qiu Xiaoba hid in a tree not far behind them, covered by thick leaves, and could vaguely hear their conversation.Just as he leaned his body forward slightly, and tried to hear the leaves more clearly with his fingertips, he suddenly heard Luo Jiuyuan say: "Do you have any other friends brought?"

Wei Shuxing was slightly taken aback, and replied, "There is still Feiyu, but..."

"It's not Feiyu, I mean him."

Luo Jiuyuan suddenly looked at the place where Qiu Xiaoba was hiding, and Qiu Xiaoba was so shocked that he was about to flee.The surrounding leaves were suddenly lifted up and fluttered chaotically in the air, as if a chilling wind had blown.Before Qiu Xiaoba could react, Luo Jiuyuan closed his fan, his figure swayed slightly, and then he rushed to him, like walking on the wind and leaves.

Qiu Xiaoba drew his bow forward, stepped on a branch and retreated backwards, but Luo Jiuyuan was even faster, a leaf pointed at his chest, and all the broken branches and leaves turned into sharp blades, and rushed out.Qiu Xiaoba spat out a mouthful of blood, his body fell more than ten feet away like a kite with broken strings, his hands and feet were cut, and a broken leaf and branch pierced into his body, the blood soaked through his clothes and fainted layer by layer.

Qiu Xiaoba resisted the deep pain of his flesh being torn apart, raised his hand with difficulty, and before Luo Jiuyuan came over, he shot an arrow with a rope at the distant rock with all his strength, and then grabbed With the rapidly shortening rope, he was dragged by the mechanism on the arrow.

Seeing Luo Jiuyuan on the ground raised his head, spread his fan and swayed in front of him, but did not catch up again, Qiu Xiaoba couldn't help but thank Fu Yuan for taking the initiative to stuff this reformed arrow into his quiver, and let him retrieve one. Life.

The rest of the bandits in the cottage were defeated, and either died in battle or were caught and tied together. In the end, even the hiding places of women and children were found.

Fu Yuan called for people to carry the bodies of Yu Yigu and Xu Wudao back.When he returned to the cottage, he heard his subordinates report, thought for a while, and ordered: "Send someone to guard first, don't hurt them, if someone is thirsty or hungry, find something to eat and drink for them."

Except for the matter of Yu Yigu, Fu Yuan thought that the task at night was going well, until he went back to find Wang Junyu, he felt that God had slapped him hard.

The guards died all over the place, Wang Junyu disappeared, and Gu Feiyu disappeared.

Fu Yuan's eyes almost went dark, but he still forced himself to calm down and began to investigate the surroundings.

The guard's neck was cut, and it looked like he was killed with a single blow from a hidden weapon.The surrounding vegetation was withered and uneven, there were palm prints on the trees, and the ground was a mess, with many broken blades and hidden weapons left.Fu Yuan squatted down, stretched out his fingers and scratched on the ground, some fine powder stuck to his fingertips.

The subordinate looked bewildered, and cautiously shouted: "Guardian Right, this..."

Fu Yuan rubbed off the powder, sighed, and said: "Young hall master may have been plotted against, the other party is a good hand with hidden weapons."

He walked to the net that bound Gu Feiyu before, picked up a very abrupt stone that fell beside him, grabbed it and rubbed it, his brows were furrowed even more tightly, thinking: "This person He didn't come to rescue Gu Feiyu, he came for the Young Hall Master. If he came to rescue Gu Feiyu, there is no need to knock her unconscious with stones."

The subordinate asked hesitantly: "Then... why is Gu Feiyu gone?"

Fu Yuan looked up at the tall tree behind the bushes, and walked towards it. Behind a tree not far away, he found a small piece of crushed grass.

"Someone hid behind the tree and trampled the grass." Fu Yuan rubbed the roots of the mountain, and concluded, "There should be two people, one of them plotted against the young hall master and took him away, then this person went and took him away. Gu Feiyu."

Although he guessed the general process, Fu Yuan still didn't know who did it, so he couldn't help feeling a little headache.Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration and said to himself: "Wait, why did that person go to such great lengths to stun Gu Feiyu first? She shouldn't be a threat... Could it be that he didn't want Gu Feiyu to see her?" alone?"

"Could it be that he knew Gu Feiyu..."

Fu Yuan was still thinking hard, trying to find some connections and clues.Suddenly, I heard the bushes rustling, and someone came over, panting heavily.

"Who is it!" Fu Yuan shouted loudly, and looked in the direction of the voice, almost not overly frightened.

Qiu Xiaoba supported the tree, covered in blood, except for his blood-stained lips, his face was deathly pale.He saw Fu Yuan, opened his mouth, and spoke out with difficulty: "Fu..."

Before he finished speaking, he finally couldn't hold on anymore, his legs gave way, and he fell forward.

Fu Yuan couldn't calm down, he took two steps at a time, hurriedly stepped forward to catch Qiu Xiaoba, held him in his arms, and shouted irrefutably at the subordinates beside him: "I'll take him back first, before I come back, here It's up to you."

The subordinate was frightened and trembled: "Okay...okay..."

Fu Yuan hugged Qiu Xiaoba and got into the carriage, and shouted at another subordinate: "Come and drive, hurry up!"

Wrapped in Fu Yuan's arms, Qiu Xiaoba tried his best to lift his eyelids to look at him, his lips were trembling, and he squeezed out a weak and vague syllable: "I..."

Fu Yuan stroked his face tremblingly, his eyes turned red instantly, and said in a hoarse voice: "Just hold on a little longer, just a little longer, I won't let you die, don't scare me..."

Before Qiu Xiaoba lost consciousness, what he thought was: It's so strange that he also showed such a crying expression.