Verse 5: Cause and effect

The two sat on the edge of the door, and Mo Junyan spoke eloquently. First Shi Xian passed on his merits, then he fought Shi Duzhong, and then he heard about the Donglin Party, and then the bloody battle of the General's Mansion, Mo Junyan was articulate, and he remembered very well, almost all the details were not left behind. When he talked about the group of black-clothed people, he couldn't help asking: "Master, those black-clothed people are strong in martial arts and ruthless, what is the way of coming from?" Yang Muyun was silent, thinking in his heart: "He really took a thunderous way." I've hinted at Shi Xian, and I think he has some arrangements. ”

Mo Junyan saw that Yang Muyun was silent, so he continued to tell: The black-clothed people surrounded him in batches, and after Shi Xian broke bravely, he asked him to relay the events of the night, and then the black-clothed leader caught up in the grove, but fortunately Yu Meng arrived in time, and the two deceived each other and stayed in the inn to recuperate. Speaking of suspecting that someone was following him when he left the shop, Mo Junyan suddenly came to his senses: "Ah, I know, it's the bad Taoist priest named Yu Ziyin." No wonder when my sister and I were in the Jingshi Market, we always felt that someone was following, and it was an illusion at the time, but as soon as I got out of the inn, the Taoist priest learned about it from the second child. ”

His reasoning was good. Since the two of them were inadvertently seen by Yu Ziyin when they entered the store, Yu Ziyin coveted Yu Meng's beauty, but because there were many people in the city, it was inconvenient to do it, which made Xiao Er secretly pay attention to the movements of the two. People in the market love money, this job is not forbidden, and second, it is easy, so why refuse. After that, Yuziyin followed the two, and when the two were alone, it was best to lure them naturally, and if they didn't agree, they would be kidnapped in the countryside.

"This Yu Ziyin is a senior brother of the Diancang faction, and his martial arts are much better than the two of you, the next time you meet, you have to be careful. Yang Muyun said: "This time, I see that I let him go in front of Brother Dye Yu, and next time he does something unjust, he will definitely take his life and clean up the portal on behalf of the deceased." He saw that it was the first shift, so he asked Mo Junyan to enter the house to rest.

Mo Junyan pushed the door in, and secretly thought, "Seeing that Master's brows are tightly locked, there must be something on his mind?" Then he saw Yu Meng lying peacefully in the middle of the bed, and his thoughts came to her again. He stepped forward and sat on the edge of her bed, watching her eyelashes tremble slightly, and the occasional "pout" on her lips made people feel pity. He was stunned for a moment before returning to his room to rest.

Early the next morning, Yang Muyun asked Mo Junyan to take care of Yu Meng carefully and then went into the city.

In the afternoon, Yang Muyun also returned. Mo Junyan helped boil the medicine, and when the medicine was boiled, Yu Meng had woken up, but he refused to drink the medicine because of the bitterness.

"What is this thing, it's so bitter, don't give it to me. "This is a medicine that invigorates blood and replenishes qi, it won't be bitter, senior sister, you haven't drunk it yet, how do you know it's bitter." ”

"It's thick, it's still black, it smells weird, it must be bitter!" "Senior sister, take a sip and try it." ”

"Don't, you lie to me. "Good medicine is bitter, how can the body be good if you don't drink it?"

"I don't want to drink, I don't want to drink. If Jun is sick, he will definitely not drink it......!" Mo Junyan was good at persuasion, and said that when she was well, he would help her buy sugar gourds, first bitter and then sweet, but Yu Meng didn't buy it, the two of them had been grinding softly for half an hour and still didn't know, Yang Muyun was impatient with the two of them, so he went out for a walk. When he came back, he didn't know what method Mo Junyan used, but he coaxed Yu Meng to drink the medicine.

In this way, the injuries of both men have been fine.

In the past few days, Mo Junyan has been trying to persuade Yu Meng to drink medicine, and he has really racked his brains and changed his methods, but he is afraid that it will be nothing more than a competition with a master. At this time, although Yu Meng had not recovered, his complexion was already ruddy, and he couldn't help but start worrying about Shi Xian again. Although he didn't say it, Yu Meng knew it when he saw that his brows were slightly locked, so he smiled and said, "Xiaojun, now that the master is here, even if we bump into that group of people in black, it's not a big deal, it's better to go back to the general's mansion and take a look." ”

Mo Junyan hesitated slightly: "But senior sister, your injury hasn't healed yet......"

"Hmph, what is this little injury? Why don't we compete with the sword now, and see if you can beat me!" Yu Meng raised his chin and smiled with a smile in his eyes.

Mo Junyan glanced at Yang Muyun again, Yang Muyun knew what he wanted to say, sighed and said, "I know that you don't give up, it's good to go over and take a look." ”

The three of them then entered the city and stayed outside the general's mansion, only to see a ruin. Mo Junyan asked someone from the left to ask, but everyone was at a loss, saying that they were fine on the first day, and they became like this overnight.

Yu Meng was annoyed and said, "Such a big mansion in the General's Mansion was burned to ruins overnight, such a big event, how could you not see anything!"

The man said: "We are not full and have nothing to do, squatting next to his general's mansion in the middle of the night to watch the excitement." ”

Yu Meng blamed him for colliding and making a gesture to fight, Mo Junyan hurriedly stopped him, and the man was busy running away, nagging to himself, saying that the current girl's family is very domineering.

They asked a few more people, only one of them said an old man: "It seems to be five or six days ago, that night my wife and I went to bed early, at night I heard a loud noise on the roof tiles, clanging empty, so noisy that my old man couldn't sleep, my wife also woke up, we both said, could it be a big mouse coming...... "The man is old, verbose, but there is no focus, listening to Yu Meng irritable, willow eyebrows upside down, puffing up cheeks, if it is not for his old age, I am afraid that he would have been a burst." Mo Junyan watched from the sidelines, and couldn't help but sweat for this old man, and said in his heart: "Senior sister is a child's personality, no matter how you say it." ”

The old man babbled on and on about many inconsequential things, and said that he was afraid that the rats would come into the house and bite the furniture, but at last he got up and lit a candle. The old man looked around, but he didn't find the big mouse, and the sound of the roof stopped. I was about to go back to bed, but I heard a sound again, and it was a lot more real, like the sound of human footsteps. ”

Mo Junyan had already thought that the footsteps were obviously made by the people in black when they were walking towards the General's Mansion at night. Then he listened to the old man continue: "The old man was curious, but when he went out to look, he saw a big house in the distance, and he shouted in his heart, "Ouch, the water is gone!" Fortunately, my wife saw that I had been gone for a long time, so I couldn't rest assured, and when I came out to take a look, I saw that I fell to the ground and couldn't stand up, so she hurriedly helped me into the house. The old man was still complaining, saying that the man was immoral and pushed himself down.

Yang and Mo knew that it must have been done by the group of people in black, perhaps because they were afraid of killing people and causing more trouble, so they didn't kill them. Yang Muyun said: "Old man, you must not say anything about this in the future, for fear of provoking revenge." ”

After the old man left, Yu Meng said: "Hmph, the first few must have seen it, but I was afraid of causing trouble, so I said I didn't know." Yang Muyun said: "Laymen are afraid of getting into trouble, it's understandable, Meng'er, why are you so careful." ”

Yu dreamed that his teacher helped them speak, flattened his mouth, and said no more.

Jun Yan said: "Since this is the case, I can't ask if there are still people in the general's mansion if there are still people alive." He turned his head and asked, "Master, what should we do now?"

Yang Muyun said: "Shi Shuai's martial arts are so strong that the world is difficult to match, if he dies here, it is really a misfortune for martial arts and even the Ming Dynasty." I thought there was room for relaxation in this matter, but I didn't expect it to turn out to be like this. Anyway, this matter is very involved, and you shouldn't have been allowed to get involved in it, but it's a pity that Junyan has been exposed, and besides, Shi Shuai gave up his life to entrust him, and the old man can't stay out of it anymore. ”

It just so happened that several yamen arresters also went to the general's mansion, thinking that they were also investigating the fire case.

"Come with me. Yang Muyun said softly. The three of them quickly hid in the alley, and seeing that there was no one around, Yang Muyun said: "The huge general's mansion is on fire for no reason, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse will inevitably send the six doors of the General Administration of the Beijing Division to investigate thoroughly, but now it is just a few arresters who are coming, it is really unimaginable." It can be seen that this matter will be suppressed, do you think, who in the court has such great ability?"

Yu Mengzi didn't care about the government, so he pursed his lips and said, "How do we know, Master, don't sell Guanzi." "Mo Junyan has been in the General's Mansion for more than half a month, although Shi Xian has not talked to him about the rights and wrongs of officialdom, but after all, he is a handsome man in the imperial court, and he always mentions it more or less, and Mo Junyan pays more attention, so he said: "Could it be that Dongchang and Jinyiwei are people?"

Yang Muyun bowed his head and said, "Not bad." The black-clothed people Yan'er met were all good at the brocade guards. Under Fang today, although Emperor Tianqi is the Son of Heaven, he is not familiar with government affairs, and the power has fallen into the hands of Wei Zhongxian, the nine-thousand-year-old of Dongchang, and other henchmen. This Wei Zhongxian is above 10,000 people alone, except for him, who dares to touch the world-famous Wuqing Marquis Shixian?"

Mo Junyan said: "But why did he target Shi Shuai?"

Yang Muyun said: "One Wuqing Marquis is a faction of Donglin, and he has a disagreement with Wei Zhongxian. Second, he is a veteran of the two dynasties, and he holds a thing in his hand, and his power is better than the Danshu iron scroll given by Taizu and Chengzu back then, so Wei Zhongxian had to get rid of it first and then quickly. Three, but because of a big battle that broke out not long ago between Ji LN Yuan and Houjin Khan Nurhachi. Wei Zhongxian devoted himself to the post-Jin peace negotiations, but the battle ended with our Ming victory, and the envoys he sent were also angrily scolded by Nurhachi and returned, so the peace negotiations fell through. Wei Zhongxian was dissatisfied, and asked Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, to impeach and falsely accuse Shi Shuai and other people of the main battle faction, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse did not distinguish between right and wrong, and actually scolded Shi Shuai, so the general was worried that the holy lord was unknown, and he was afraid that the Ming Dynasty would be cut off from the hands of Wei Zhongxian and the Later Jin people. Wei Zhongxian didn't know the situation, now that the fire has burned the General's Mansion, it must be that he took advantage of the problem to play and strike first, so as to get rid of the thorn in the flesh in his eye. ”

Yu Meng said: "This emperor is really, he obviously won the battle, but he still has to listen to the words of the eunuch and scold the hero, it is really hopeless." ”

Yang Muyun sighed: "At the beginning of the Emperor's accession to the throne, he was still young and in many dangers, so he was attached to the nursing mother Keshi. Wei Zhongxian clinged to the Hakka clan, so he also won the trust of the emperor, and the two worked together to eradicate dissidents, both inside and outside the palace, in the hands of these two. The minister folded up, but it did not reach the hands of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, but it first came to Wei Zhongxian's eyes, and after Wei Zhongxian finished reading it, he took advantage of the emperor's work to enter the gods, and then handed it over. The emperor was bent on casting the palace model, even if Wei Zhongxian said that Ning Yuan's victory was Ning Yuan's defeat, he would not be suspicious. ”

Yu Meng smiled: "This person is really funny, a good emperor is not right, but he likes to be a carpenter." ”

Yang Muyun said: "I heard that Shi Shuai also admonished Emperor Apocalypse many times on this matter, but Emperor Apocalypse was obsessed with this skill, not only did he not listen to it, but scolded Shi Shuai angrily. Alas, it is not surprising that people have their own aspirations. Think of the words of Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the flower and bird paintings of Song Huizong, which are all excellent. It's a pity that they were born emperors, but they are good at these side skills, and they all mistook the people of their families and countries. ”

Mo Junyan said: "Master, how do you know this?" Yang Muyun said: "I have a little friend, who is from the same family as Shi Shuai, and his martial arts are exquisite, which goes without saying, and he also has deep insights into court affairs. In July last year, I met him in Wuxi, but I never thought that I would encounter an incident on the way, and it would be delayed. Later, when I heard that he was going to Ningyuan, I thought that national affairs were important, so I gave up the idea of meeting. ”

Mo Junyan listened a lot, and the doubts in his heart gradually unraveled, and asked, "Then what does Shi Shuai want to ask Master?" This question was very critical, and Yu Meng didn't feel it.

Although Yang Muyun is strong in martial arts, after all, it is not involved in the rivers and lakes, and as a martial arts hero, he imitates the trip of the staff and politicians, which is definitely not what the head of Kunlun wants. What's more, this is a partisan dispute in the imperial court, which has been going on for a long time, and it is not something that the Kunlun faction can interfere with, Shi Xian must understand this, so what does he want to ask Yang Muyun?

Yang Muyun took a long breath and slowly explained: "I said that there is a thing in the General's Mansion that is more valuable than the Danshu Iron Scroll, if it falls into the hands of Wei Zhongxian, then there will really be no one in the court who can fight against him." ”

"What is so precious?" Yu Meng muttered to himself, while Mo Junyan recalled scene after scene with Shi Xian, and the picture flashed like a bolt of lightning: "'This sword is the glory of Shi, and it is also the glory of this sword, or the defeat of Shi's life......"

"That sword, it's called Seiage. ”

"Sure enough, it's Chengying!" Mo Junyan exclaimed in surprise, and then said in his heart: "It's the black long sword that Shi Shuai wanted to give me...... By the way, he said a lot of inexplicable things at that time, which I didn't understand at the time, but it turned out that there were so many ins and outs. Suddenly, he had another thought: "Shi Shuai wanted to give me 'Chengying' at that time, but what was he for?

Yang Muyun noticed that Jun Yan's expression was different, and he was surprised: "You have seen it in the General's Mansion, but you don't know where it came from. Hmm, could it be that Shi Shuai has already told you?" Mo Junyan came back to his senses, nodded, and told Shi Xian about the origin of Chengying that day and wanted to give away the sword, but he insisted on refusing, so he said that he would give Shuanghua instead.

Yu Meng took out Shuanghua from the baggage, glanced at Jun Yan, and said in his heart: "It turns out that this sword still has this story." She knew that this sword was obtained from the general's mansion, so she had a lot of good feelings for Shi Xian, so she was even more enthusiastic, hoping that she could also help a little.

Yang Muyun listened to what he said, and said in a deep voice: "'Jiao divides the shadow, and the goose forgets to return', seeing the shadow is like seeing the first emperor." In this way, what he has entrusted with it is already clear. ”

Yu Meng suddenly realized: "Ah, I know, he wants Master to find this sword, don't let it fall into Wei Zhongxian's hands, right?"

Yang Muyun nodded, and then sighed: "I'm afraid, I'm afraid it's too late." You fled in a hurry and didn't bring Chengying with you, since Wei Zhongxian burned down the General's Mansion, how could you still keep Chengying in the ruins? When you two were recuperating from your injuries, I thought about Shi Shuai's entrustment, and I also went to the General's Mansion. I searched through the ruins several times, but sure enough, there was no sign of Cheng. ”

Mo Junyan said: "If I knew that Shi Shuai was bitter at the beginning, I would definitely not refuse." Hey, it's all my fault. He slapped his thigh and regretted it.

Yang Muyun said: "Yan'er, don't blame yourself first, I can't blame you for this." First, Wei Zhongxian's quick action was really beyond everyone's expectations, on the one hand, he falsely accused the Donglin party, and on the other hand, he sent people to attack the general's mansion. I heard that a few days ago, Donglin celebrity Gao Panlong also committed suicide in the pond. He snorted and continued: "Second, I have hinted at Shi Shuai with the words of the chessboard, and with his wisdom, he will not be puzzled, and he should take precautions. Can...... Alas, I think he didn't expect this day to come so quickly. ”

The three of them returned to the cabin, and Yang Muyun ordered the two to pack their baggage and immediately return west to Kunlun.

Mo Junyan expected that the master must have a plan, how to give up, and asked at the moment: "Master, what about you when we go back to Kunlun?"

Yang Muyun thought secretly: "Now if you want to get the whereabouts of Chengying, you have to start with Wei Zhongxian. Wei Zhongxian has been known as the 'first in the world' in martial arts in recent years, and Yang wants to meet for a while, and see if it is rumored by the rivers and lakes. He knew that Yu and Mo were not afraid of tigers, and if they knew that they wanted to sneak into the palace, they would definitely be eager to try and couldn't follow. He went deep into the dangerous place, saw the opportunity to act, it was not difficult to get out, the two of them had not yet arrived in martial arts, and when they encountered Wei Zhongxian or his subordinate masters such as "Wu Biao", they would inevitably be tied to their hands and feet, and they would be distracted to take care of it, and it would be difficult to cooperate in major matters.

Moreover, Mo Junyan is currently the only person who knows the truth of the case in the General's Mansion, and Jin Yiwei is bound to issue a pursuit order to hunt and kill him comprehensively, and it is the best policy to go back to Kunlun to avoid it for a while, and it is just right for the two of them to experience it on their own when they return all the way. Although Yu and Mo are not first-rate in martial arts, they are more than enough to walk in the rivers and lakes.

Yu Meng pouted and said coquettishly: "Master, if you act alone, it's not very lonely, it's better to let the two of us accompany you." ”

Yang Muyun said: "Hmph, just the two of you can only get in the way." He paused and said, "Come with me into the house, I have something to say." ”

When the three of them entered the house, Yang Muyun took out a painting scroll from his baggage, and a piece of jade jue was painted on the paper, which seemed to be divided and combined, like the upper and lower quarters of the moon. Yang Muyun sighed and said slowly: "This is an ancient piece of Xuanyu, called Yin Yang Jade Jue. Mo Junyan stared carefully, and thought to himself: "Master Ya is not good at Danqing, but this painting is extremely exquisite, and it is not inferior to the master's handwriting." ”

Yang Muyun handed the scroll to Mo Junyan and said, "You can keep this scroll and don't lose it." If you have the chance to meet someone who holds the jade jue, you can inform him about the general's mansion and ask him for help. ”

Yang Muyun said, suddenly sighed, slowed down, and then continued, "From here, there is a post house a few miles to the west, you rest for one night, buy two good horses and go back to Kunlun, go to Shocking God Peak to find your master, and ask him to return to the sect to preside over a major event." Well, it would be best if you could find your third uncle on the road. He also confessed a few words, nothing more than not to easily reveal your identity on the road, but if the road is uneven, you must draw a knife to help, you must know how to adapt to changes, and do not violate chivalry.

Yu Meng and Mo Junyan heard that he had no intention of laughing, Yu Meng didn't dare to be coquettish anymore, although he didn't want to, but he didn't dare to disobey the teacher's order, so he could only pack up and go west with Mo Junyan.

After the two of them left, Yang Muyun stood in front of the wooden house, staring blankly at BJ City in the distance.

It was almost dusk, and the wind blew off a few leaves, and one foot stepped lightly on the leaf, making a slight sound.

Yang Muyun didn't look back, just took a long breath: "You're here." ”

The mysterious man seemed to feel his heart, and sighed softly, and replied, "Yes, I am here." ”