Chapter 1: The Meeting of the Stone Pavilion

"Very good, let's act as soon as possible!" Jing Shui Yi hurriedly arrived on horseback, and immediately took out a good official uniform and many disguised items from his bag. Qiu Ling, who was waiting here first, watched him change his clothes, and put on the same wig, mask, and jewelry, at this time, Jing Shuiyi's face and body had completely changed to a person, and it was almost the same as when one of the corpses everywhere was alive.

Many crows were also waiting in the treetops not far away, and they were rightly obliged to clean the dead of the flesh of the dead in this wilderness, and they would not shy away from the passing visitors, but the man who stood there made their judgment of interest and stakes a decision contrary to their nature, and they regarded the thin young man as the most ferocious beast.

"Thank you, Qiu Ling, please solve this trouble for me. Jing Shuiyi completed his disguise, and even his voice had changed into the appearance of his target. Qiu Ling slowly stretched out his hand and said, "Master, this ...... you asked me to keep" A secret letter seemed to be taken from his hand by the wind, and it was steadily sent towards Jing Shuiyi, who took it over and checked it for a while, and nodded approvingly. But seeing that there were corpses all over the field, the limbs were like falling flowers and flowing water, and the torso was fragmented, but when the flesh and blood were flying, it was preferring that the person who started it would not be stained in the slightest, and that this letter would not be stained. There were all kinds of tigers, wolves and beasts lurking around, and the bloody breath caused hungry howls to rise and fall, but these overlords of the wilderness, the appearance of retreating, were no different from those crows at this moment.

"Thank you!" Jing Shuiyi thanked him solemnly again, and then ordered: "I'm going to bother you to take care of the aftermath here, I'm so annoyed by the beasts around me that I don't want to give them this blessing." ”

"Understood. Qiu Ling replied in a low voice, "Extremely intentional to spread the soil? Then he raised his palms lightly and whispered, and he saw the corpses all over the place suddenly changing, and the stumps and severed bodies all converged towards one point, but when he looked closely, he found that it was not these unphysique flesh and bones that were moving, but the place where they were located, and with that point of extension, the whole piece of land became like a living funnel, or a dead throat, swallowing the red and white of the yellow earth without missing a gap.

"There is a dark spring under the three zhang of this place, and these people who sacrificed for the surging tide of the dark tide are cleaned up by the stone-piercing water that does not see the light of day, and they are considered to have died as they deserve. Qiu Ling said meaningfully. The ground was calm again, and there was not even a trace of the dirt on it, Jing Shui rode away, and Qiu Ling fled into the chaotic earth, and he would still follow by his own means.

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The clouds are dense, the morning and dusk are difficult to distinguish, in a forest, although there is no wind and waves, blowing the emerald green floating, but there are chaffins flying low, and the surrounding snakes and insects come out of the hole. is so dull and depressing, as if it is a sign that if you want to break the deadlock in the world, you can only pour out a torrential rain of joyful killing.

And in this dreary forest, there is an even more dreary stone pavilion, which is full of many dull people, who think they are from an extraordinary background, and where they come from is not a secret, but after avoiding the possible rainstorm, out of this stone pavilion, no one can foresee their own future.

In the center of the stone pavilion, a dusty stone table, a lone candle stood on it, the faint flame, anyone present did not control the breath of the slightest disaster would be its catastrophe, but it was safe and easy under the gaze of everyone, neither like it was carrying any weight, nor like it had a trace of awe of the darkness around it.

Suddenly, the strong wind suddenly rose, and everyone was startled, and before they could come back to their senses, the flames that were surrounded by everyone, watched, and carefully cared for disappeared. Their hearts were filled with all sorts of emotions, panic, fear, apprehension, and confusion, as if they had forgotten about the assembly. The wind blew louder and stronger, ruffling their garments and scattering their beards, as if they were silent in a dreary mood, and the storm would be so embarrassing. However, after a while, the people had to hear a voice that pierced through their hearts, and they were awakened from their confusion by this voice as if they were drinking from the daze:

Troubled times,

A candle is lit up.

The strong wind blows away the obstacle,

Ascending to the sky is unknown!

The panic, fear, anxiety, and confusion were gone, and they came to their senses: the wind was strong, but not a drop of rain fell, and a thunderclap sounded. They imagined this, and the dim and dull dark clouds slowly dissipated under the strong wind.

At last a few people came out of the stone pavilion and looked at the sky that was changing so quickly, how luxurious their clothes were, how tall their bodies were, and how tall they were, could not be seen unless they were illuminated by the noon sun. And the people who stayed in the stone pavilion, looking at the birds and flowers around them at this moment, the wind and the sun, remembered the dull and dim things just now, and at this moment, only the candles were left floating on the ...... A wisp of smoke.

"What person!" The people outside the stone pavilion suddenly became alert to a tree, and the tree was really slowly walking out of a figure, a figure that everyone present had been waiting for for a long time.

"Master Pu!" everyone stepped forward politely, several eyes focused on this person, and several pairs of hands seemed to be attracted by this person, gathering towards him. But he didn't pay any attention to these greetings, and walked straight towards the few people in the pavilion who were not moving.

The people in the pavilion were amazed at his rudeness, but what they saw and heard in the past few days of this Pu Master only knew that he had a withdrawn temperament and was difficult to get along with. But when this Lord Pu came to the pavilion and took a seat, and the people in the pavilion saluted him, he still ignored it, but closed his eyes and rested.

"Presumptuous!" On the other side of the stone table, the long-bearded military attache who focused on armor stood up, and for a moment the literati looked frightened, and the warriors all showed their blades and swords rattling, all pointing at the Pu lord.

"Pu Yu!" The long-bearded military attache rebuked angrily: "You and I are the same as the imperial court officials of the Shengping Dynasty, and the officials of the feudal territory!

"Haha......" Master Pu laughed and opened his eyes, looking at the angry long-bearded military attaché, and his response was only to read back the two words that the latter had said to the latter.

"Imperial court officials!

As soon as the simple response was spoken, it made everyone shiver in their hearts, just because the voice of Lord Pu was the poetry that woke everyone up, and then they saw that the literati were relieved, the warrior hid the sword and the sword, and even the long-bearded military attache lost a bit of momentum.

"Sit down. Master Pu said flatly, his eyes closed again, but everyone's eyes were pointed at the long-bearded military attaché, and at this moment his momentum had disappeared with his anger, and he fell to his seat as if he had lost his soul under the gaze of everyone. "Ladies and gentlemen, do you still know that you are an official of the imperial court and a feudal official?" Lord Pu asked, "Then can you tell me where Shengping's imperial court is now?"

Everyone looked at each other, with different hearts, and was silent for a long time and could not give a definite answer, so Master Pu continued: "What are you talking about the imperial court officials, the feudal officials. But in the final analysis, the value and power of our wait are nothing more than the emperor's grace and the country's prestige! Who is so rampant that An dares to despise Sheng Ping and claim the destiny of heaven in vain?"

A pot-bellied old man next to him said: "Since I have arrived today, I naturally don't want to be the chaotic minister and thief, but there are still many people who have not been present, so I don't know if I am entangled in affairs or my position is unclear......"

When Lord Pu heard this, he laughed heartily, ignoring others. Everyone present was puzzled and asked, "Why is Lord Pu laughing?"

Pu Yu restrained his smile slightly, and then said to others: "You must know that our life of Bing Kuang to support the society is to feed the weakness of the family and the country, not the dangerous eggs of the nest, with me and waiting, the patriots of the people will not be cornered, and the emperor's grace of Sheng Ping will also be passed on to future generations of blessings, and the day when the chaotic ministers and thieves will never come out!"

"But ......" another hoarse old man said: "Shengping Imperial Family, no one has been able to have the spirit of an emperor in the first few years, and now it has been destroyed by the traitor Luo Jingming, even though Brother Pu's heart to serve the country is moving, but Shengping Imperial Fortune is already such a field, how do you and us save ......"

"Shut up!" Pu Yu suddenly stopped him, "You rotten on the wood, snakes and insects at the bottom of the well! Dare to think that you are about to enter the wood, spend the emperor's fortune in vain, and mess with my people's hearts! An can be so stupid?"

"Huh?" the old man was suddenly startled, his shoulders suddenly stiffened, his face was ten percent bloody, and he was about to fall to the ground from the stone bench. Fortunately, the person behind him quickly followed, and he held his body up. After the sound of care calmed down, the atmosphere suddenly became solemn, this Lord Pu once again became the focus of everyone's attention at this time, all the military attaches lit up their blades, and even the anger of the literati was no longer restrained, and the pot-bellied old man spoke on behalf of everyone: "Pu Yu, Feng Gong is an elder of your fellow villagers, and he has the grace to recommend and know you! You dare to confront the old man in front of everyone, this unkind, unrighteous and unfilial person, how can I allow you to guide you to be loyal!" The old man stood up, and his fat hand pointed at Pu Yu fiercely, "Colleagues, you should punish this thief together!

But after he finished speaking, everyone present was stunned, with their identity, there is only a distinction between the young and the old, but there is no difference between the superior and the inferior, no one is willing to be called by others, and they are not willing to bully more and less on such an occasion, so they are deadlocked. Pu Yu frowned coldly, not showing weakness to every accountability and persecution, but slowly withdrew from the stone pavilion.

Unexpectedly, seeing that Pu Yu seemed to be retreating, a tall and thin middle-aged man in the crowd stood up and shouted: "Come on! Don't let the thief slip away!" There was a commotion all around, and six black cloth masked figures each rushed out of the bushes and surrounded Pu Yu.

"Not good!" Pu Yu's heart trembled, and he faintly felt that the strength of these six people was extraordinary, and if he wanted to forcibly break through, I am afraid it would not be easy. The tall and thin man saw that Pu Yu, who was calm and relaxed, had to put his hand on the sword at his waist, put on a posture of preparing for war, and said proudly to Pu Yu: "Your colleagues may not want to do anything to kill, but my Tu Hongfei's personal guard does not have this taboo!"

Tu Hongfei said to the old man in the stone pavilion with a hoarse voice: "Gong Feng, it was you who revealed the true face of this thief, and you were also hurt by the ruthlessness and unrighteousness of this thief. And now he is inescapable, as long as your old man gives an order, Tu will immediately let the little ones cut out his heart and abdomen, and show you if his heart is black!"

"Alas! Feng Gong waved his hand and said: "The old man has thanked Master Tu for his kindness, but just his words are not enough to make me hate him so much." Let's ask Master Tu to let him go. ”

"Is this going to let the tiger return to the mountain?" Feng Gong!" Tu Hongfei looked sideways at everyone, but saw that everyone was in agreement, and asked him to stop. "Okay......" Tu Hongfei frowned, and waved his hand at the six guards with great reluctance, Pu Yu saw that the six people were a little relaxed, and he retreated to the way he came without any scruples, and the six people did not stop him, and let him leave.

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The horse, which had been resting for a long time, had only made a little more effort on the road, but the man on the horse's back had already lost his breath.

Pu Yu almost fell off the horse, but with the foundation of martial arts, he still landed smoothly, even if the pulse and breath jumped sharply and he had to gasp, even if the sweat had wet the human skin mask on his face, he still knew that this burden was on his heart, not a test of the physical strength of the martial arts practitioner.

The breath was steady, the sweat had just disappeared, and the person standing there had not changed his clothes, but he couldn't find any feeling of "Lord Puyu" from him, and the voice of inquiry came just right at this time, "Master...... It doesn't seem to be going well. ”

"It's a blessing to be hasty and ill-prepared, to be able to stumble on the predictable juncture. Jing Shuiyi slowly approached the horse, removed the water bag from the saddle, and before opening it, he noticed that there was not much left in the bag. I thought it was in front of the stone pavilion, but because of my nervousness, I didn't notice that I had drunk too much.

At this time, a full water bag was handed over from behind him, Jing Shuiyi took the water bag, and when he turned around, he saw Qiu Ling, he quipped: "You water ...... But from a dark spring underground?"

"Ha!" Qiu Ling laughed, but did not answer, Jing Shuiyi took the water bag, and did not drink it, but only tied it to the saddle to prepare for the road ahead.

Seeing this, Qiu Ling asked, "Master, what are you going to ......?"

Jing Shui replied: "Yun Qianfu, track the city." ”

"Do you want to continue to be this 'Pu Lord', but because of this defeat?" Qiu Ling continued to ask.

Jing Shuiyi nodded.

"Isn't this just adding to the trouble? Let's make an appointment in advance, and if we fail, there is a remedy. As soon as it receives the signal from its owner, the Gazelle can act immediately. And it was the time of defeat, and the master was also in danger, if he ordered me to take action, now we have escaped from this matter, and we can enjoy a moment of leisure. Qiu Ling wondered.

"Alas!" Jing Shuiyi let out a long breath, "The Shengping Dynasty has fourteen prefectures and forty counties, and there are eighty military and political dignitaries to rule over the localities. However, the number of people who went to the appointment in the stone pavilion was only twenty. It must be known that these 20 people are those who have the spare strength to attend appointments, those who can be good alone, and those who can seek to serve the country! At the beginning of the troubled times, the heroes were powerless, but the Si people were able to resist external and internal troubles and keep one side of peace; if the Si people were united in their hearts, they would reject internal and external troubles, and the world would be peaceful!

Qiu Ling nodded thoughtfully. Jing Shuiyi continued: "Our remedial strategy is nothing more than intercepting Pu Yu and his party, killing them all and completely stirring Sheng Ping into a pool of troubled water. This is called 'remedial strategy', but it is actually a method of jumping over the wall in a hurry, how can I remedy myself alone, and abandon my family and country and the people? This ......" Jing Shuiyi seemed to fall into deep thought.

"Master, has you found a foolproof solution?" asked Qiu Ling, whose eyes lit up.

Jing Shuiyi paced back and forth, and said in silence for a long time: "Although I couldn't speak freely in the stone pavilion, I conveyed enough of the wish of Kuang Fu to the royal family. Although I wanted to guide them to support the kings of the four directions, but in the current situation, I have to be flexible a little!"

"Qiu Ling is willing to hear about it!"

"You should know...... In fact, the Shengping royal family still has a lineage still alive!" Qiu Ling's eyes widened slightly, as if he had an answer in his heart, Jing Shuiyi continued: "If he returns, I will support Mingli in private, and those who go to the appointment today will regard me as a thief, and they will definitely reject him, and finally help the queen of the Quartet; Today's defeat is really a blessing and a curse!"

"Woo Ling...... But there was a sense of foreboding! Master!" Qiu Ling's eyes suddenly became deep, as if he saw some sign of the future.

Jing Shuiyi knew that Qiu Ling was a genius in magic, and it was not surprising that he had such an induction, but the current situation was urgent, and he needed to be decisive and decisive, so he suddenly stepped forward and easily sealed several acupoints of Qiu Ling, forcibly interrupting Qiu Ling's induction, Qiu Ling only felt paralyzed, unable to stretch out his hand and unable to take a step, and couldn't even open his mouth.

"Ha! I'm really annoyed that others are worried about my future!" Jing Shuiyi smiled and said: "I haven't used too much force, it only takes a moment for the acupoint to be unsealed, and this trip should be a vacation for you! You can go to find the fellow you met in Zhongzhou, and it would be good to study a little." I'll take care of the matter and pick you up from the Dragon Slayer. Don't read it!" As soon as he finished speaking, Master Pu's expression and posture returned to Jing Shuiyi again, he turned over and got on his horse, and left without looking back.

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In the early morning, Fengyu Mountain was shrouded in a burst of fog, and the top of the mountain, which usually has the most open vision, felt the fog most thick at this moment.

The Dharma Protector had just finished washing, and because his new residence was close to the top of the mountain, he still had droplets of water on his face that had not been wiped off after washing. However, what he didn't expect was that there were people here who were "the first to get there".

"Leng girl?" The unique black robe in the mist made Wang Protector quite impressed.

"Protector Wang?" Miss Leng seemed to be slightly surprised by his appearance, but the latter had already written her surprise on her face.

"Isn't her residence at the foot of the mountain? This is the convenience of dispatching the whole army to cooperate for her as a woman! Why did she get up earlier than me and rush from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain?"

"Protector Wang, what are you doing at the top of the mountain?"

"Oh, hahahaha......" Wang Protector smiled, "Of course he is waiting for our sect leader! Although this whole mountain is the base camp of our army, with the character of the sect leader, he is bound to fly through the clouds and fog and come in the wind and volley; in order to avoid the mortal dust, this mountain top is his only foothold!"

When he said this, in the eyes of the Wang Protector, there was self-absorbed piety and pride. And the cold girl was as if she had fallen into a dream, a sweet dream.