By a large fish pond in the Zen temple, the old monk of the iron arrow gently coiled the Buddhist beads in his hand with one palm, and held a fishing rod in the other palm, his eyes were cloudy, and his posture was lazy, like an old cat napping in the afternoon.

What is surprising is that there is no bait on the fishing rod of the old monk with iron arrows, but only a little weeds tied to it, like weeds pulled up from the side of the road

Behind the old monk of the iron arrow, he suddenly smiled and held some weeds in his hands, bent a little, and stood silently behind the old monk of the iron arrow without saying a word, like a guard.

"Tell me, where have you been in the past half month? Why did you still have some sword wounds on your body when you came to see me today, who did it? ”

Although his posture was still so lazy, the tone of the old monk of Iron Arrow obviously became a little different when he said this.

Suddenly, he hesitated, and after a while, he finally decided to speak, and said, "The apprentice was ordered by the Jinsi to take a team of people to a county seat in Shangzhou" Speaking of this, Suddenly, he hesitated again

"Keep talking"

But the old monk of the iron arrow didn't care so much, and replied flatly

Suddenly, he closed his eyes with a smile, breathed a long sigh of relief, as if he had made up his mind, and said, "Assassinate the prince of Zhou Wangfu, Zhou Budo"

At this time, when he heard this, the eyes of the old monk who heard the iron arrow here flashed instantly, but unfortunately he suddenly smiled and was facing away from him at this time, so he didn't see the change in his master's eyes

Seeing that his master did not react, he suddenly smiled and put his heart down, and continued, "In that county seat, the apprentice met the disciple of the old man of the Li family, Kumu, and the royal family worshiped Ji Wuying, and the apprentice fought with that bitter wood twice."

"How did it end? You win? ”

The old monk of the iron arrow stretched his waist and changed his posture to continue fishing

And suddenly smiled bitterly, and said, "The first time I fought, I fought with that bitter wood in close quarters, but I completely fell into disadvantage."

"This is nature, no matter how the old bald donkey says, it is also my Nanli Sword Saint, how can the bitter wood who taught him also learn some of his tricks, and the younger generation is afraid that he will not be able to match him, you defeat nature, so what about the second time?"

Suddenly, he smiled and blushed, smacked his lips, and replied, "The second time was a sneak attack by the apprentice, and the three beads of arrows started, but he was dodged by the bitter wood, and finally the apprentice used the five arrows of the master, and cooperated with the team of the Jinsi to defeat him..."

"And then, you're still hurt?" The hand of the old monk holding the Buddha beads suddenly exerted force, and the pinched Buddha beads were broken into powder, but only one bead was intact and fell into the pond.

Suddenly, he smiled and saw his master behaving like this, and hurriedly knelt down, and said in fear, "Apprentice, apprentice doesn't know that the bitter wood's kendo has reached its peak, and the apprentice obviously didn't have such strength when he fought him for the first time."

"Humph!"

The old monk of the iron arrow got up unhurriedly, turned around and looked at the sudden smile lying on the ground with angry eyes, and said angrily, "How do you know? How do you know? ”

The old monk of the iron arrow flicked his sleeves, and the wind suddenly blew everywhere, and it blew violently, so that the bitter wood could not bear it, as if someone had punched him hard, and he was violently knocked away, until his body smashed into an old tree, and his body fell

At this time, Su Di smiled as if he felt that several bones in his body were discounted, and he climbed up quite hard, and took a few breaths of air with great effort, but the eyes that looked at the old monk of the iron arrow remained the same

Suddenly, his eyes shrank, and he shouted at the old monk with all his might, "It's the fugitive's mistake, the fugitive shouldn't be judged by his own stupidity!" “

The iron arrow old monk's original angry smile slowly faded, and finally regained his original cloudy and godless gaze, sat down cross-legged slowly, stretched out his empty hand to the sudden smile, and said flatly, "Come here, tell me what's going on."

Suddenly, he smiled and saw that his master was discouraged, nodded, and didn't care about the injuries his body suffered just now, and slowly walked to the old monk of the iron arrow, and slowly told the old monk of the iron arrow

And the other side

Inside the Imperial City of Jinling City

Qing Tan, who was dressed in an official uniform, stopped Zhou Dunyi, who had just gone down to the court, and the two walked to a no-man's corner of the imperial city, and before Zhou Dunyi could ask, Qing Tan spoke first

"Lord Zhou, have you determined which force is the group that harmed my senior brother and almost lost his life?"

Zhou Dunyi was still thinking about what happened to Qingtan calling him, but when he heard this, his brows furrowed, and he replied unhurriedly, "As far as I found out at the beginning, the people and horses sent to Shangzhou in Jinling City in these two months, one team is the Tianzihao leader of Jinyiwei, and the order they received at that time was to go to Shangzhou to find the three-legged golden toad for His Majesty, but according to the reports reported in recent days, they will only arrive at the junction of Shangzhou in these two days, so it should not be them, and the other team of people and horses is led by the Jinsi suddenly smiled, They were ordered to go to the border of Shangzhou to explore the enemy's military layout, and they had already returned to Beijing a few days ago."

Hearing this, Qingtan thought for a while, and finally said with some uncertainty, "In that case, the most likely thing is to laugh at them suddenly?" ”

Zhou Dunyi nodded, he also thought so, after all, Jinyiwei's reports have always been handed directly to the front of the palace, and he can't be faked, and as the prince of the previous generation, he naturally understands these things

Now it seems

The person who is most likely to attack Wu'er (senior brother) is suddenly laughing nine times out of ten

Zhou Dunyi and Qingtan both thought so

But then, Zhou Dunyi looked at Qingtan and asked with some confusion, "Why don't you suspect that Miss Qingtan was the hand of the forces outside Jinling City?" Do you suspect that it was ordered by someone in Jinling City? ”

When Qing Tan heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and finally said something that he was not sure about, "After all, after all, the only ones who know the whereabouts of the prince and their whereabouts are those in Jinling City, aren't they..."

The two of them were a little uncomfortable when they heard these unconvincing words, and Zhou Dunyi finally had to sigh helplessly, and said, "I'll send people to various places to investigate the forces that have gone to Shangzhou in the past two months, everything is still inconclusive, it's better to be safe."

Qing Tan nodded a little embarrassedly, and added, "The person who can make my senior brother seriously injured must be a master, so I can see that the prince can also screen out some people when he investigates."

"Hmm"

After Zhou Dunyi snorted, Qingtan hugged Zhou Dunyi and said, "That little girl will teach His Majesty swordsmanship first, and the prince will go first."

In the imperial city, after the two left, a slightly grim cheek appeared from the side, looked at the figure that had gone away, sneered a few times, a gust of wind blew, and when I looked again, the place was already empty.

And at this time in the Zen temple

After listening to the words of the sudden smile, the old monk of the iron arrow nodded lightly, and then looked at the eyes of the sudden smile

"You only noticed the battle you fought with Kumu that day, but you forgot one thing, how did those two corpses come about? Who killed him? ”

Suddenly, he smiled and didn't think about it, and replied, "That's naturally a bitter wood killing, I personally felt the remaining sword qi on those two people a few days ago, and there is no doubt that it is bitter wood." ”

When the old monk of the iron arrow heard this, he immediately laughed, pointed a finger and said with a smile, "You kid, you have been used and you don't know yet, if it weren't for your poor physical condition now, the old man would have let you suffer that blow a long time ago."

Without waiting for a sudden smile to respond, the old monk of Iron Arrow pulled up the fishing rod from the edge of the pond, took down a dead fish from it, pointed at the fish and smiled at the sudden and said, "You boy, just like the fish in the pond, you are still not smart enough, you only see the appearance in front of you, but you don't see that behind those appearances, is there some conspiracy, and in the end it is used and still enjoys it, without knowing it, have you just said to the old man that the bitter wood looked puzzled when he saw the two corpses?" Hahaha, that old boy is like this, although now outsiders are afraid of him and afraid of him, but have you ever heard of what my old boy did but didn't dare to face it? ”

Suddenly, he smiled and nodded, he naturally understood that the old boy in his master's words was Nanli Sword Saint, the old man who had a sword enmity with his master.

After seeing this, the old monk of the iron arrow nodded with a smile, and continued, "That's right, others don't know, I don't know? That old boy hates the most in his life and dares to be the person who dares not to be, do you think that the apprentice he accepted, or that he will change the belief he has always insisted on for the sake of a favorite apprentice? ”

At this point, the old monk of the iron arrow was also like asking himself, and in the end, although he was still smiling, he also said a little lonely, "No, if he does that, he will not be him, nor will he be the Nanli Sword Saint who is powerful enough to shake the world." ”

Looking at the sudden laughter, the old monk of the iron arrow waved his hand and said, "You go down, think about this matter, who used it, don't worry about the matter being exposed, Zhou Dunyi and the old boy, I will apologize on your behalf."

"Yes, Master"

Suddenly, he smiled and saluted