After the new rain in the empty mountains, the weather is late in autumn. The pen "fun" pavilion www.biquge.info only to see the mountain shadows stacked on top of each other, repair the fence forest, the hidden stream spring through the rock through the wall and fly down the cliff, the water vapor rises and is full of the fragrance of grass and trees. The twilight is getting thicker, looking up and not seeing the canopy, the clouds and mist are melting, sometimes wandering on the top of the cliff, sometimes leaning into the valley, several ape cries come from the secluded place, and the mountain color is even more obscure. At this time, Hengyu and Gao Ye were sitting outside a thatched hut halfway up the mountain eating dinner. It was nearly noon when the boat arrived in Yiling Prefecture that day, and I heard the boatman say that it was going to cross Xiling Gorge any further. The beach in the gorge is dangerous and rapid, and non-local ships dare not cross the gorge. So the two asked the boatman to go back to Gong'an County first, abandon the boat and go ashore, and walk all the way to Guizhou along the plank road by the river. The two of them traveled quickly, rushed to the county seat of Guizhou before dark, and after staying overnight, they found a small cottage in the southwestern suburbs of Guizhou according to the guidance of the alliance leader, and stayed in a family. Last time, the leader of the alliance and his entourage also lived in this house, and the host's family was hospitable and hospitable, and there were delicacies and game every day these days. Now it's about to start autumn, the mountains are already cool, and it has rained a few times, which is very comfortable and pleasant, if you don't have a task, you really want to stay lazy for a long time.

Two months ago, Chunlin Villa spread the news that the old sect master would sit at the opening meeting on the first day of July and publicly meet with heroes and heroes from all walks of life. Such an event is held once a year at most. Every time the day is approaching, the martial arts people will come to hear the wind, the mountain is very lively, good kung fu can take this opportunity to ask the old master to teach martial arts, and those who are not good also take the opportunity to see the excitement and admire the style of the grandmaster. But not long ago, the Xihai League came and kidnapped the owner of the village, and the people of the villa were uneasy, and the second owner and the chief manager were also ordered to go out, so I don't know if this mountain worship meeting can be held as scheduled for a while.

After Hengyu and Gao Ye settled down, they disguised themselves as mountain people and walked around the villa for days, and now they have a clear understanding of the terrain and houses around the villa. From the cottage where they were staying, follow the path through a narrow valley to reach the side of Chunlin Villa. The villa is backed by the mountain and the lake, the pavilion is beautiful, it is a grand scene in the mountain, and there are five other courtyards scattered in the nearby mountains and forests, which also have their own characteristics, or adjacent to the deep stream of the cave, or stand on the top of the cliff, the idea is ingenious, it is not difficult to see that they are all from the hands of skilled craftsmen. To the outside, it seems a little incredible. This Chunlin Villa neither rents land nor does business, where does it come from such a huge property? So there are different opinions, some people say that the owner of Zhu Zhuang comes from a wealthy family for generations, and the family assets will not be used up in several lifetimes. Some people say that those who avoid lawsuits and enemies in Chunlin Villa are martial arts masters, and they will give a lot of money as a thank you gift after being protected by the owner. Others say that the villa is independent on the surface, but in fact, it also runs some shady businesses secretly. All kinds of rumors are circulating in Jingchu Martial Arts, but no one knows which one is the truth.

Just yesterday, the two of them had nothing to do in the evening, went out for a walk, and sat idly on a big rock at the fork in the road leading to the villa to discuss the next step, and saw a group of people walking slowly in the direction of the villa. Looking from afar, I saw a person walking in front of him in white clothes, holding a feather fan, followed by two Tsing Yi boys holding dust and incense cages, and one step later was a young man with a long sword on his back, and five or six people who looked like family members. The two of them looked at each other, wasn't that Zixia monk Lu Changqing.

Speaking of this Lu Changqing, he is a legendary figure in Jingchu martial arts. This person became famous very early, and now he is only in his thirties, and founded the Sansi Institute in Dahongshan between Jingmen and Suizhou. Lu Changqing was born in a family of poetry and books, his family was well-off, and when he was a child, a wandering Taoist came to the township to spend the night in Lujiazhuang, and Lu was hospitable and hospitable. Seeing that Lu Changqing was talented and intelligent, and his bones were strange, he moved the idea of accepting apprentices, so he stayed in the mountains near Lujiazhuang for a long time and taught him a good martial arts. That's six years. Lu Changqing studied both civil and military, not only learned a skill, but also won the township examination, and gradually became famous. But he is not keen on fame, he is naturally fond of idle clouds and wild cranes, roaring mountains and forests, after the death of his parents, he did not start a family, he sold his ancestral property, and found a beautiful place in Dahong Mountain to build a academy, calling himself "Zixia Jushi". In addition to teaching, he also accepted two apprentices who practiced martial arts. The eldest apprentice is He Dacheng, the "Jingshan Hero" mentioned by Mr. Storyteller when he stopped for dinner at the dock a few days ago, and the second apprentice is called Wu Tonghai, who is not famous, and is the young man who followed Long Shao that day. Seeing Lu Changqing and the others coming this way, Heng Yu and Gao Ye hid in the forest. When the group walked over, Hengyu also whispered: "They must be going to Chunlin Villa." We'll take a look from afar. Gao Ye nodded and said, "Okay." Hey, just now I heard the following call him master, could it be that he is the 'Jingshan Hero'? ”

The two looked at them again, and Hengyu said, "Why is there so much difference between the appearance of this master and apprentice." I saw this Lu Changqing, light shirt and cloud shoes, handsome and elegant, wearing a dark pigment yarn scarf, with sandalwood beads wrapped around the waist, walking leisurely, the feather fan swaying gently, full of elegance, and He Dacheng in the back is a wide-fronted tiger-eyed, poorly dressed, strutting, and no different from ordinary heroes in the rivers and lakes. If they hadn't heard about it beforehand, no one would have regarded these two as a family.

Let's say that Zixia Jushi and his entourage really went all the way to Chunlin Villa. When they arrived at the door, a servant had already come out to answer and respectfully invited the group into the villa. Watching them enter, Gao Ye said: "I see that we know the situation around here almost now, when will we go in and explore?" Hengyu also looked at the sky and said: "You see it's going to rain, when the rain stops, let's go at night." I don't know where the fourth senior brother is being held, so let's start with the five separate courtyards first. After about a cup of tea, I saw Lu Changqing and the others come out of the door again, and under the guidance of the servants, they went along the path towards a courtyard. Gao Ye said: "It seems that they may have to stay for a while, I don't know which other characters are guests here." ”

The next night, when it was dark, the two changed into night clothes and quietly touched Chunlin Villa. According to what I said yesterday, I went to various courtyards separately, and agreed to meet in the Jade Toad Courtyard by the lake after the third watch.

The moon is hanging high, the cool breeze is blowing, the bamboo shadows in the mountains are swaying, and it is almost the second watch in the blink of an eye. Hengyu was still full of curiosity at this time, and walked with bated breath on the path to the Ningbi Pavilion in the back mountain. More than ten feet away in front, there was a man walking in front. It's none other than Zixia monk Lu Changqing. Ningbi Hall is located in seclusion, this is the middle of the night, what is Lu Changqing going to do there! Just now she found in the Liuxia Pavilion in the front mountain that Lu Changqing and his entourage were staying there, and the apprentices were asleep, she just wanted to leave, but found that Lu Changqing slipped out of the room lightly, went out of the side door and went all the way to the back mountain, so she followed.

Before I arrived at the Ningbi Pavilion, I saw the lights floating on the wall from a distance. Soon, I saw a small door open by the courtyard wall at the end of the path, and Lu Changqing entered sideways. Hengyu also hurriedly quickened his pace, stayed by the wall, listened carefully, and there was no sound, he jumped into the wall, and then disappeared into the shadows. Inside the wall was a small garden, and in the corridor outside the flowers, a maid carrying a lamp was leading Lu Changqing towards the pavilion at the other end of the corridor. Look again, there are several palace lamps hanging in the pavilion, an incense burner on the stone table, a yaoqin, and a high-haired beauty is getting up to greet her.

The lights were very bright, and the woman's description of Hengyu could still be seen clearly. The woman is about 20 years old, with an apricot face and peach cheeks, eyebrows like smoke and willows, beautiful eyes and affectionate, and lotus flowers like the wind. Dressed in a moon-white gauze dress, a water-red silk silk skirt, a silk golden phoenix hairpin on his head, and a pair of mutton fat jade bracelets on his wrist. The end is curling Tingting, the world is different.

Hengyu became more and more curious, lowered his body in the shadow of the flowers and trees and touched the pavilion, squatted behind a strange stone, and could see the situation in the pavilion from the crack in the stone. At this time, the woman told the maid to stand down. When the maid walked away, Lu Changqing actually stepped forward and took the woman into his arms. Hengyu was speechless, it turned out that Lu Changqing had sneaked out in the middle of the night to meet his lover. It's embarrassing. But after thinking about it, if this woman is from Chunlin Villa, Lu Changqing's courage is too great. It turned out that the rumored gentlemen of the world still behaved like this, and listened to what they said, so they listened attentively.

The woman sighed coquettishly: "As soon as you leave for three months, there is no news, teach me to have a word of suffering." Lu Changqing said: "Recently, I have been entangled in mundane affairs, but I haven't forgotten you for a day, little mercy." The woman said angrily: "Hmph, you didn't come this time just for me." Lu Changqing rubbed her waist lightly with one hand and said, "Little mercy, why don't you understand, I also made a special trip to the ends of the earth for you." The woman chuckled and turned around and got out of his arms, and said, "Changqing, don't coax me with rhetoric, you came this time not because my husband was taken captive, you took the opportunity to come and make a relationship with the old sect master." ”

Hearing this, Heng Yu was really surprised. It turned out to be the woman of the owner.

Lu Changqing smiled: "I see, you wish your husband couldn't come back." Tell me, how should I come up with this strategy? If you say a word, I will obey my orders. ”

The woman covered her mouth and smiled: "Then I want you to kill people and set fires, but you can't go." ”

Lu Changqing stretched out his hand to pull her closer and whispered a few words softly. I saw the woman sneer, raised her hand and hit him on the chest, but Lu Changqing grabbed her, pulled her back into his arms, leaned over and kissed her.

Hengyu was still speechless, looked down and looked away, and after a while, he looked up and saw Lu Changqing picking up the woman and going to the small building, only then did he poke out from behind the stone, and looked around, the garden was not big, except for the small building, there was only one main hall. The woman didn't look like a martial artist, I don't know if she was the wife or concubine of the owner. Hengyu had no intention of exploring again, and flew over the wall towards the front mountain.

After sitting under the wall of the Jade Toad Courtyard for half an hour, Gao Ye ran down from the path on the side, and exhaled closely: "Ah, it's really not peaceful here. ”

Hengyu also asked softly, "What do you say?" ”

"I first went to the Tingfeng Pavilion, where there lived two heads from out of town, I didn't know them, and they all rested, I turned around and didn't find anything unusual, so I went to the stone drum hall on the top of the mountain. It's still brightly lit. I didn't dare to rush in, so I groped around for a long time, found a thick shade outside the courtyard wall of the back door, and then sneaked in. Gao Ye looked excited, and continued: "There are actually a lot of guards in there, and I finally found the place where the lights were on, and secretly took a look inside, which scared me." ”

"What? Say it. Hengyu was also refreshed by him.

"There was a man on the ground, his face was blue, his eyes were so wide that his eyeballs were about to burst out. Rolling on the ground with his head covered, he looked in pain, but he couldn't scream. There was a Taoist priest standing next to him. The Taoist priest was holding a porcelain vase in his hand and was carefully observing the man on the ground. Then there was a single dragon sitting next to him, as if he was watching a play, still drinking tea. I heard the Taoist priest say, 'Wait, it's not over yet.' I continued to watch, and after a while the man seemed to be exhausted and unconscious, but was lying on the ground convulsing. At this time, the Taoist priest poured out a few small pills from the bottle, broke the man's mouth and sent them down. After a while, I saw that the man was no longer smoking, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead. The Taoist priest called two guards and said to carry the man back. When I heard him say this, I knew that the man was not dead, so I followed the guards at a distance, and saw them carry the man through a small gate with a large iron cable. I was so curious that I waited outside the door, and finally waited for a gap where no one was there before I climbed through the wall. When I went in, I realized that it was a prison cell. I turned around and found that the people who were locked up were half-dead people, and it seemed that the Taoist priest had been testing poison with living people. ”

Hengyu also said: "What kind of scum is so vicious, did you go to see it later?" ”

Gao Ye said: "Of course. I looked at the cells and turned back to the main hall. The Taoist priest and Dulongan are still drinking and eating. I heard Dulongyan say that because of the Xihai Alliance coming recently, he and his subordinates may be a little inconvenient to move, and they can't help the Taoist priest to get people to come again for the time being. Listening to the meaning of the Taoist priest, a person who practices martial arts can use it five to ten times according to the depth of his skills, saying that it is enough for the time being. ”

Hengyu also wondered: "Why is Dulongyan taboo Xihai Alliance?" Did you have a holiday with us before? ”

"Perhaps, this may only be known to the Alliance Leader and Mr. Qi." Gao Ye nodded and continued: "By the way, the Taoist priest's surname is Wan, you can ask if there is such a person on the rivers and lakes when you go back." Wan Daoist called Dulongyan the lord of Di Ling, I don't know if it was the lord of Chunlin Villa or the doorman who came here to avoid trouble elsewhere. I listened for a while, and came out when the hour was near. Nothing else, but Dulongyan said that he had important things in the villa these days. Sister, you say, will it have anything to do with the fourth senior brother? They wouldn't use the fourth senior brother to test the poison, would they? ”

Hengyu thought about it and said, "Probably not." Their owner is in our hands, where dare to mess around. In this way, we will check the Jade Toad Courtyard now. If you don't have anything, go back, have a good rest, and go to Chunlin Villa tomorrow night. I'm afraid that the old sect master lives inside, and if you bump into it, you must not be hard. ”

After the discussion was made, the two acted immediately. There is nothing abnormal in the Jade Toad Courtyard, and there are also a few guests who come from afar. After the two went back, they spent the next day in the house to recuperate, and in the evening, carefully packed their equipment, and took advantage of the twilight to come to Chunlin Villa.