Embrace the blade

Later, when it was getting late, Jiang Lanze was led back to Jiang Li's room, he poured out the grievance and grief accumulated in his chest, and fell asleep on the bed in a daze after being tired from crying.

Jiang Li pulled half of the quilt from under Jiang Lanze's body, and wrapped him tightly into a ball. Seeing that he was fast asleep, his brows were relaxed in his dream, and he finally felt relieved.When he went around the screen and went to the outside room, Qi Zhaoxi was slowly cutting the candle wicks, the fire light was reflected between his eyebrows, and then he looked up with a smile, and the fire light danced in his eyes.

"You really look like an older brother." Qi Zhaoxi said.

"No, I don't know how to take care of people, and I don't know how to comfort them." Jiang Li sat down next to him, still not quite getting used to it, and said, "Without you."

"Fantasy words are not rare in this world, but pure truth is precious." Qi Zhaoxi put down the candle scissors and said with a smile, "I have to correct you a little bit, I never take care of people, only you are an accident."

Jiang Li slightly bent the corners of his lips, and said "Mmm".

"Since he is sleeping with you, why don't you go to sleep in my room?" Qi Zhaoxi asked.

"Okay." Jiang Li looked back at the shadow behind the screen, and said, "But wait a little longer."

Naturally, Qi Zhaoxi had no objection, took Jiang Li's hand, spread it out and looked at it carefully.He has been tense for Guiyun Villa during the day, and his clenched hands have hardly relaxed, but at this moment, the fingerprints carved on his palms have also faded away without a trace.Qi Zhaoxi looked at it for a while, then suddenly said in a low voice, "Jiang Li, let me ask you a question."

"Ok?"

"Do you really have no regrets?"

"What?" Jiang Li was confused.

"In order to keep the "Longevity Secret", I gave up Guiyun Mountain Villa, and let the Shanhe League created by the old leader Jiang become someone else's. No one will know about the sacrifices, and no one will be grateful. Is it really worth it?" Qi Zhaoxi asked.

Jiang Li thought about it seriously, and said, "Shanhe League does not belong to Guiyun Villa, otherwise grandfather would not have set the rule of three joint trials."

Qi Zhaoxi was slightly taken aback.

I just heard Jiang Li continue: "Father once told me that when he called on all the sects to encircle and suppress the Qishamen, grandfather must not be the most powerful figure in the whole world, but he was the only one who was lobbying for it, regardless of the consequences, so after that On the steles donated by various sects, it is written not 'Holding the Sword to the Righteous Way', but 'Holding the Heart to the Righteous Way'."

"..." Qi Zhaoxi was speechless for a moment, lost in thought.

Jiang Li looked into his eyes, and said again: "You said earlier that the word 'Xia' is not worth it, and those who are really infected will suffer, just like Cheng Juxian and Qin Zheng did not end well, I have been thinking How to answer you."

Qi Zhaoxi asked: "Then have you come up with an answer now?"

"Not really." Jiang Li paused for a moment before saying, "I just think that even if you told them the ending they would face in advance, Cheng Juxian would still keep his promise and go to the Western Regions to find his friend's wife and children. I will not ignore Chen Changfeng, who is trapped in the Prajna Sect. Keep your mind and make a decision, and not be shaken by external objects, this is exactly the meaning of the name of the No Doubt Sword."

Because they were afraid of waking Jiang Lanze up, their voices were kept very low, but Jiang Li's words were soft but firm, as if ice had fallen to the ground, every word sounded.

Qi Zhaoxi subconsciously felt that this kind of "no doubt" was really stupid, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say them out. He pondered for a while, only the candlelight trembled slightly, reflecting his unpredictable expression. At the end, he smiled softly. After a while, he only said, "I understand."

His laughter made Jiang Xin's head move, but he couldn't explain why, so he lowered his eyes, and took Qi Zhaoxi's hand back, interlocking his fingers, the warmth of the palms pressed against each other, the two fell silent for a moment.

The cold wind made the dead trees in the courtyard rustle, and there was a sound of footsteps outside the room, someone knocked on the door, and asked respectfully, "Jiang Shaoxia, are you asleep yet?"

Jiang Li got up to open the door, outside the door stood Jiang Wanli bowed, holding a dimly lit yellow lantern in his hand, and smiled at him, "Uncle Jiang Zhongyue invites you to go to the ancestral hall, please come with me."

"Ancestral hall?" Jiang Li couldn't help being surprised.

The ancestral hall is a separate courtyard, located in the depths of Guiyun Villa, outside the courtyard there are disciples of the same family in rotation, outsiders are not allowed to step in, so Jiang Li has lived in the villa for nearly half a month, and still does not know what the ancestral hall looks like.

Jiang Li tightened his fingers on the door slightly, and asked, "Why?"

Jiang Wanli didn't want to prevent him from asking such a question, so he couldn't figure out the meaning. He guessed and replied, "Of course I have something to say. It's inconvenient to have too many people in the daytime, so I have to invite you late at night."

Jiang Li didn't answer any more, Qi Zhaoxi had already walked behind him, and smiled: "It's windy at night, I'll go with you."

Jiang Li raised his eyes to look at him, his throat twitched slightly, but before he could speak, he heard Jiang Wanli express his disbelief: "I'm afraid this is inappropriate. Hero Qi is an outsider after all, and according to the rules, he must never enter our ancestral hall."

"Since I can enter, then he is not an outsider." Jiang Li said.

His tone has always been seldom ups and downs, but Jiang Wanli always suspected that he could hear a bit of bluntness from this sentence. When he rolled his eyes, he stopped arguing and said with a smile on his face: "If you insist like this, then please invite Qi Daxia Let's go together too, presumably the uncle will be willing to make an exception for Jiang Shaoxia."

The flirtatious words betrayed human affection again, Qi Zhaoxi laughed in his heart, and then walked out. When he was about to cross the threshold, he lowered his eyes and caught a glimpse of a few gravels that were brought into the room while walking, and kicked them away. After that, he closed the door and followed the guiding lantern flickering in the dark night.

For the first time, there were no disciples on duty outside the courtyard of the ancestral hall. Jiang Wanli explained that Master Jiang Zhongyue sent the people away on purpose, and then asked the two of them to unload their swords.It is a disrespectful act to carry a weapon, and they had no reason to refuse, so they left the sword outside in cooperation and were admitted to the hospital.

The courtyard is deep and wide, with tall and dense green pines and cypresses planted on both sides. The road paved with stone slabs in the middle leads directly to the half-open gate. You can vaguely see that the inside of the ancestral hall is extremely dark. It seems that only two or three candles are lit. , covering most of the candlelight.

They stepped into the ancestral hall, and before they stood still, suddenly there was a jingle from above, and a large net fell down, and it was tightened as soon as it touched the body. In the blink of an eye, Qi Zhaoxi only pulled Jiang Li to his side, It was too late to wrap it in his arms, and there were icy tingling pains all over his body, only to realize that this net made of twisted thick hemp rope was covered with blades as thin as cicada wings, and the sound just now was the collision of blades.

"Don't move." Qi Zhaoxi firmly pressed Jiang Li's struggling arm, "This is a net for hunting wild animals. It is the strongest. The harder you move, the deeper the cut, even a big wolf can have its veins cut. cut off."

Jiang Li clenched his teeth, stopped moving, and stared at the rock-like back in front of him.The other party had just taken three sticks of incense and lit them, and bowed to the incense burner. Jiang Li noticed that the lit candles were placed in front of the spirit tablet of Jiang Luming's old leader, and the tablet was glowing faintly. Many tablets were knocked down for some reason, and they were submerged in the darkness, which matched the majesty of Jiang Luming's spirit master in the middle.

Jiang Wanli, who was behind, also stepped into the hall and closed the gate. The inside of the ancestral hall became darker and quieter for a moment. Qi Zhaoxi heard many breathing sounds hidden in the darkness, at least a dozen people. Man manipulates the net.

"What are you going to do?" Jiang Li asked out loud.

The man turned around slowly, it was Jiang Zhongyue, his usual serious expression became more gloomy, and he said: "Everyone, tonight is the time for us to strangle and escape the remnants of evil, and complete revenge for the old leader."

Those voices in the darkness echoed: "May your soul be comforted by the blood of the traitor!"

Jiang Li couldn't comprehend everything he heard: "Traitor? Revenge?"

"Jiang Jingming and Jiang Xingzhou gathered a group of traitors to murder the old leader! And you," Jiang Zhongyue pointed at Jiang Li, "you destroyed the Guiyun he left behind!"

"Escape from the remnants of evil?" Qi Zhaoxi didn't miss this word, and vaguely felt that he had grasped the key to the clue, "You mean Jiang Li escaped from the chaos in Luoxia Valley? Then you are luring Ji Xiuming to betray Guiyun Villa To the mastermind behind the Prajna Sect?"

"It's not the betrayal of Guiyun, it's revenge for the traitor." Jiang Zhongyue corrected, he raised his right arm, and many people, whether openly or secretly, raised their right arms, and wisps of white appeared in the dimness, which was the tie of each of them. The white ribbon on the right arm, "It's not me, it's us."

"It was I who was willing to be planted with Gu poison to deceive the trust of the Prajna Sect. I told the right protector Yi Buzhi the method of breaking the formation that I learned from Ji Xiuming, and went into the valley with them, and witnessed with my own eyes the group of people hiding in the valley. The traitors were slaughtered." Jiang Wanli walked to Jiang Zhongyue's side, changed his usual groveling demeanor, looked straight at Jiang Li, and smiled, "Jiang Shaoxia, I was the first to recognize that you escaped. That night in Jiuzhou At the foot of Mount Yuan, I called your name and made you fall into Yi Buzhi's thousand-layered cave of human gu. How about killing your own father? When Jiang Jingming killed his father, he must have never imagined that he would also Will die at the hands of my own son!"

"So it's you!" Jiang Li's eyes turned red and he trembled uncontrollably.

The hunting net was tightened instantly, as if afraid of him breaking free, the cold blade cut through the clothes bit by bit, cutting into the skin, and the smell of blood slowly diffused in the dark ancestral hall.

Qi Zhaoxi half-hugged Jiang Li with great effort, not only to suppress but also to comfort him. Even though the back of his hand was splattered with blood, he remained calm: "In this way, the so-called death of Alliance Leader Jiang Xingzhou is also an achievement of your revenge?"

"It's a pity that in order not to arouse suspicion, it took too long to save Jiang Xingzhou's life." Jiang Zhongyue said.

"You have long recognized that Jiang Li is Jiang Yunruo. The rumors against him should also be written by you? The "Longevity Formula" that can bring people back to life, and the resurrection of me in the middle of the night by stealing a corpse," Qi Zhaoxi said. , "Is it to force Jiang Li to take action, or is it just a foreshadowing, so that you can clarify the rumors in front of everyone in the mourning hall, completely cut off the possibility of him returning to Yunshan Villa, and then show your favor at night, and return to Yun's reputation one by one, coaxing everyone He handed over the "Secret of Longevity" by himself?"

Jiang Zhongyue glanced at him quite unexpectedly: "You are very smart."

Qi Zhaoxi laughed: "But I didn't expect that he would still choose to keep the "Secret of Longevity"."

"That's right." Jiang Zhongyue nodded, the hatred in his eyes seemed to chew Jiang Li up, "You are as damned as Jiang Jingming, just as greedy and selfish."

"Shut up! My father and the others had no choice but to kill my grandfather because of his grandfather's practice of "Longevity Secret", in order to keep the world safe!" Jiang Li couldn't bear it anymore.

"Nonsense!" Jiang Zhongyue was also furious, and his voice was like thunder, "Who is Jiang Luming, the old leader? In terms of firmness, who in the world can compare to him? How could he be mad? It's not Jiang Jingming and the others thinking To monopolize the "Longevity Formula", you can't see that the leader Jiang is teaching others without any secrecy, so you can make up such a lie!"

"you--"

"Back then, Jiang Jingming and Jiang Xingzhou had already decided to encircle and kill their fathers, and they were hypocritically making a decision to discuss it. I strongly opposed it at the time, and even drew my sword to fight, but did they listen to me? They were even afraid that I would disrupt their plot. Put me under house arrest! My son killed my father, and my disciple killed my teacher. How is this group of unkind and unfilial things different from animals? They deserve to die, they all deserve to die!"

The many upside-down memorial tablets on the altar, calculated according to their placement, were those who participated in the siege of the old leader, including Jiang Jingming and Jiang Xingzhou.

Jiang Li stared at Jiang Zhongyue through the mesh, the blazing anger was burning wildly in his body, even if he was bound by the hunting net and couldn't move, he couldn't restrain the urge to pounce on him: "You're just talking nonsense, my father is not such a person , don’t allow you to slander like this!”

"At a time like this, with this kind of person, what's the point, what's the point of being polite?" Qi Zhaoxi turned her head and whispered something in Jiang Li's ear.

Just as Jiang Zhongyue glanced at the upside-down spiritual seat, he sneered and said, "I only hate Jiang Jingming and the others for fooling the world, so that I have to put them in Guiyun to enjoy offerings. They should be expelled from Jiangxi just like you." Family, never get your hands on the Guiyun Villa of Jiang Luming's old leader!"

Jiang Li said, "Fart!"

The scolding was clear and loud, Qi Zhaoxi couldn't stop laughing immediately, but Jiang Zhongyue's face turned ashen, and said: "It seems that there is no need to talk to you anymore."

The hunting net tightened even more, the thin blades almost sank into the flesh, blood dripped from their feet and turned into a small dark red snake, meandering into the darkness, Jiang Li gritted his teeth, and suddenly clenched his hands The net knot, the sharp blade immediately tore through his palm, and a large stream of red overflowed between the fingers.

Qi Zhaoxi was startled, and was about to stop him, when suddenly there was a loud 'bang' from behind, and the gate of the ancestral hall was pushed open from the outside, and the harsh cold wind howled in, blowing away the strong smell of blood.

There was a shock in the darkness, and Jiang Zhongyue was even more astonished: "Lan Ze? Why are you here?!"

Jiang Lanze was standing in front of the door, and the cold wind whipped the boy's disheveled hair on his cheeks. He glanced at Qi Zhaoxi's back and raised his hand to touch his forehead.

He has a reddish mark on his forehead.Of the few gravels that Qi Zhaoxi kicked away before leaving the room, one hit the screen, three fell on the quilt, and one hit Jiang Lanze's forehead. The position and strength were extremely precise, just enough to put him Waking up from the dream, without knowing why, he put on his robe and quietly followed.

Jiang Lanze's gaze turned to Jiang Zhongyue, his eyes were dark and dark, and his voice was hoarse after crying: "Uncle, is what you said true?"

Jiang Zhongyue turned his face away and said, "This is the grievance of our previous generation, and it has nothing to do with you."

"It has nothing to do with me?" Jiang Lanze said, "My most beloved uncle killed my father, you tell me it has nothing to do with me?"

Jiang Zhongyue didn't want to say any more, and waved his hands: "Take the young master back to the room."

Jiang Lanze rushed into the ancestral hall, trying to tear away the hunting nets that trapped Qi Zhaoxi and Jiang Li, but before he could touch them, two people had sprung out from behind and firmly restrained him, he struggled desperately, but shook off He couldn't open it, turned his head to look with grief and hatred, the candlelight reflected people's faces flickering, Jiang Lanze couldn't recognize them clearly, but he also knew that they were all familiar people in the villa, and suddenly shouted: "Let me go ! Let me go!"

At this moment, a cracking sound overwhelmed all the chaos and noise, and the big hunting net was torn to pieces in an instant, and exploded in all directions. Before the candle, the wick fell on the altar, and the ancestral hall was completely plunged into darkness.

Jiang Wanli was the most vigilant. He drew out the long sword hidden in the ancestral hall earlier, jumped out of the ancestral hall first, and stood in the moonlit courtyard. Looking back, he saw Jiang Zhongyue being chased out by a clear shadow.

Even though Jiang Zhongyue also had a sword in his hand, his martial arts were not as good as Jiang Li's after all. He was already at a disadvantage after only two or three moves in the fight, but Jiang Li's momentum was overwhelming, and he shot straight at his chest and abdomen!

Jiang Zhongyue turned back his sword to resist, Jiang Li's fingertips hit the fine iron sword, and there was a "ding" sound, he was surprised, when he saw Jiang Li turned his wrist and grabbed his wrist, Without waiting for him to react, another long sword suddenly came out from the diagonal stab, and it pointed straight at Jiang Li's wrist, forcing Jiang Li to withdraw his hand and retreat, and the two sides separated for a while.

Jiang Zhongyue glanced hastily, and it turned out that Jiang Wanli came to rescue him. At this time, the two swords were facing a pair of unarmed palms, and the chances of winning were a little better, so they attacked together quite tacitly, and swung the sword horizontally like a cloud of mist. Scattering, a sword slashing obliquely is like splitting mountains and breaking seas, leaving no room for people.

Jiang Li almost bent his back and leaned back, the pupils of his eyes reflected the edge of the sword brushing across his face, he reached out to catch it, but he grabbed the long sword in his right palm regardless of the edge, at the same time, he followed along The momentum of the other sword turned around, and the corner of the clothes drew a graceful arc between the pines and cypresses. When it settled down, the other sword was also buckled in his left hand.

Before the blood drops hit the ground, Jiang Li exerted force with both hands, only to hear a clang sound, the long sword broke in his palm, and the broken iron flew, slandering the two people opposite him, and also cut his hairband, and his long hair flew into curls , being moved by the cold wind.

Qi Zhaoxi solved the entangled people in the ancestral hall, and it was at this time that he stepped into the courtyard, amidst the dim moonlight and the shadows of scattered trees, he saw Jiang Li's pupils were extremely bright, as if burning wildfire, and his palms were It should have been cut bloody, it can be seen that he wiped it on his clothes casually, and the scar on his palm was healing rapidly.

Qi Zhaoxi's heart sank, and he looked at his hair again, and saw a strand of black hair on his forehead turn into frosty white.

If it wasn't for the activation of the "Secret of Longevity", it would be difficult to tear through the tight hunting net.

If you want to stop this, you can't let Jiang Li kill the blood feud that caused all the disasters, it's really selfish, Qi Zhaoxi took a deep breath of cold wind, and turned to deal with the rest of the people who were chased from the ancestral hall, Lest they disturb the revenge that belonged to Jiang Li.

Over there, Jiang Zhongyue and Jiang Wanli only had the cutting blade left in their hands, and they had no advantage at all, so they cooperated with each other to change the virtual and the real. This is the experience of fighting the enemy accumulated by Guiyun Villa for many years. Alternate, elusive, Jiang Li did not deal with it easily when he first came into contact with it.

It was as if there were burning coals in his chest, and his blood was boiling, and he was completely impatient, and if he continued to fight like this, there would be opportunities to take advantage of.

Jiang Li watched Jiang Zhongyue's movement, and suddenly raised his foot to kick the broken sword in his hand, then ignored him, and approached Jiang Wanli who was about to retreat in an instant. Slapped away, the broken sword conveniently fell into Jiang Wanli's throat.

Jiang Wanli's eyes were wide open, his throat cracked, and he seemed to want to say something, but Jiang Li had no time to pay attention to him, because Jiang Zhongyue's charged attack had already rushed behind him, and it was too late to dodge, so Jiang Li raised his palm directly , ready to take the opponent's neck with this blow.

However, the punch was not as strong as expected, Jiang Li only felt pain, and there was no internal injury. He looked back in surprise, and saw Jiang Zhongyue's face was pale, and a blood red was slowly smeared on his chest.

Jiang Zhongyue looked back in disbelief, only to see Jiang Lanze standing in the shadow behind him, panting, clutching his broken sword, and stabbing him in the back of the heart.The young man was holding the sword hilt too hard, the phalanges on the back of his hand were protruding, and the veins were clearly visible. Even though his hand was covered with blood, he refused to let go. His complexion was even worse, as if he was having a nightmare.

"Lan Ze..." Jiang Zhongyue said with difficulty, "Do you hate me?"

Jiang Lanze looked up at him, only shed tears, but kept silent.

Jiang Zhongyue looked sad, exhausted his last strength and sighed: "Your father wants you to be happy...so do I..."

Jiang Lanze finally couldn't bear it anymore, let go of the hilt of his sword, and staggered back two steps.

Jiang Zhongyue lost his support and fell limply on the ground. His body twitched a few times, and then he was silent again.

"..." Jiang Li withdrew his gaze, and turned to look at Qi Chaoxi who was not far away. He had just grabbed a long sword, raised the sword in his hand, and wiped out the last person.

Jiang Li exhaled slowly, feeling the flames in his chest gradually extinguished, the cold wind blowing through instantly, his fingers were as cold as ice, and his whole body was so cold that he could hardly move, but Jiang Lanze did not show any warning. Grabbing his hand, Jiang Li was taken aback for a moment, then was dragged by Jiang Lanze and strode towards the ancestral hall.

Jiang Lanze wiped his tears with his sleeves, and dragged Jiang Li to the futon of the ancestral hall. He stepped forward to lift up the downed spirit tablets one by one, then knelt down on the futon, facing the ancestors, He said in a hoarse voice: "Uncle said that he expelled you from Guiyun, then I will recognize you back, and tomorrow I will tell the world that I and you have sworn brothers and you are my brother, the man from Guiyun Villa." .”

Jiang Li stared blankly at the spirit master above, his mother Zhou Jingtong was enshrined in the Guiyun Ancestral Hall because of her early marriage contract, right next to Jiang Jingming's place.

Before he could respond, Jiang Li's heartbeat suddenly stopped, his eyes suddenly became dizzy, and he knelt down on the ground, his mind was lost in chaos, unable to think, only felt that his blood and bones seemed to be filled with ice balls, it was so cold Trembling uncontrollably, but then he was pulled into a hug, he looked up in a daze, saw Qi Zhaoxi's worried face in the haze, couldn't hear what he was saying, Jiang Li tried his best to say something to him, But involuntarily sank into the warm darkness.