Chapter 20: The Strange Old Man

Mo Puzhi was extremely shocked when he heard that the new eunuch said no. Emperor Wen has been killing people in the past few months, and everyone who has been involved with the Wang family and Prince Kang has been arrested one by one. At first, he thought that Emperor Wen was going to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, but then he found that Emperor Wen had become very extreme, and some courtiers were slightly disobedient to the holy will, so he arbitrarily asked the Criminal Department to arrest and imprison the criminal department on a charge of rebellion, and even execute him. The people in the court were also panicked, and he tried his best to support the political situation in Dongyue, and tried his best to arrange some people with lofty ideals to enter the court, but gradually found that he and Emperor Wen were getting farther and farther away. He had no choice but to return to Mofu, and several students didn't speak again when they saw Mo Puzhi coming back dejected.

This year's snow is particularly heavy, after two days, the weather gradually clears, the days of snow are even colder, Mo Puzhi sat alone in the study, thinking of Mo Buyu and Mo Liu, when the Wang clan rebelled, he found that Emperor Wen secretly cultivated Long Yuan, and these two children seem to have some status in Long Yuan, quite reused by Emperor Wen, he is a little worried, I don't know if this is a blessing or a curse. A cold wind outside the window blew into the house, he shivered, got up and closed the window, and suddenly saw the branches of the plane tree not far away, he vaguely felt that there was someone, and then he thought about it, the whole person was very disappointed and helpless, turned around and sat at the desk again for a long time.

Mo Buyu and Mo Liu stared at Wang Pingyao for two days, and found that there was still no movement, and Dong Yun and Sun Lin were the same at the ferry, and the four of them were a little upset. In the evening of the same day, in the swordsman camp of the Wet Whiskers, a team of sergeants went out on patrol and met a strange old man in black robes, the sergeants were about to come forward to interrogate, the old man's body moved, disappeared in an instant, the sergeants were surprised, searched around, there was no trace, and they could only go back to the camp to report to Jin Huiqun.

Jin Huiqun was thoughtful, after listening to the sergeant's report, he felt that something was wrong, this old man appeared at this time, it was just to answer the rest of the Wang family, he asked someone to quickly notify Dong Yun and a few people. Dong Yun received the news and asked Sun Lin to continue to squat, and he immediately returned to the camp. After listening to the specific descriptions of the sergeants, he vaguely felt that this black-robed old man was related to the old man Sun Lin met.

A few years ago, Dong Yun and Chen Fan went out of the valley and met a master of Jiuli on the border of East Vietnam and Southern Chu. Chen Fan used his strength to tune out the qi of the five elements in the surrounding area, firmly locked the opponent's body, and then attacked again, but in the end, the person was still seriously injured and fled, that scene Dong Yun still remembered vividly, and he concluded that the old man was also from the Jiuli clan. If the person who responds to the rest of the Wang clan is really this old man, it will be very tricky, which means that the Wang family and the Jiuli clan are implicated, and then think of Mu An in front of the White Tiger Gate at that time. He did not return to the ferry, but went directly to Wang Pingyao, since he came to pick up the rest of the Wang family to leave, then the two parties must meet, now Wang Shumi and Cui Ji are nowhere to be found, he can only stare at Wang Pingyao, in order to break through.

Sure enough, Dong Yungang met with Mo Buyu and Mo Liu, and Mo Buyu informed him that an old man came to find Wang Pingyao and his gang. Mo Buyu briefly described the appearance of the old man, which was roughly the same as what the patrol sergeant said. Dong Yun was even more sure, this time it was no longer as simple as chasing down the remnants of the Wang family, if the old man was really a person from Jiuli, then the disciples of the Guigu Qimen would definitely spare no effort to eradicate them. Dong Yun asked Mo Liu to go back to Jin Huiqun and ask for another team of swordsman battalion sergeants to guard the perimeter in case the opponent escaped, and at the same time asked a sergeant to hurry to the ferry to let Sun Lin come over. Mo Buyu was a little puzzled why Dong Yun was in such a hurry, their target was the Wang family's account book, so it would be difficult for them to obtain the account book. Dong Yun didn't explain too much, and Mo Buyu saw that he didn't want to say more, so he could only respond. Mo Liu immediately turned around and left, rushing to the swordsman camp camp.

It was already dark, and everyone waited quietly for someone to come. But just a moment before Mo Liu left, a fighting sound suddenly sounded in the courtyard of Wang Pingyao's house, which caught Dong Yun and Mo Buyu off guard, the two glanced at each other, and rushed over without hesitation. Before he could see the scene in the house, he bumped into a person sideways, Dong Yun was afraid of corpse poison and didn't dare to greet him, he pushed it away and didn't say anything, and he dodged to the other side at the same time.

The man flew sideways and slammed into the door panel, and after falling to the ground, his neck was crooked, and he was foaming at the mouth with layers of foam, and he was unconscious. The two didn't pay much attention to the person who fell to the ground, and immediately looked into the house, only to see an old man in a black robe surrounded by black gas, three or four vegetable farmers with blades in their hands protected Wang Pingyao in the center, and gradually retreated.

The black-robed old man noticed Dong Yun and Mo Buyu, but he didn't turn around to pay attention, but slowly approached Wang Pingyao and the others. Wang Pingyao is in his twenties, but he has always been ill and rarely goes out to walk, at this moment there is no blood on his white face, and the whole person is still trembling, as if he is very afraid of coming.

Dong Yun and Mo Buyu saw that the two sides had been fighting for a while, and they were very puzzled, was this old man in black robe not the one who answered. I can't take care of so much at the moment, Mo Buyu knows that as soon as Wang Pingyao dies, the account book will be even more difficult to find, and Dong Yun really sensed the strangeness of this old man, and the heavy corpse qi before came from the old man.

The two of them immediately jumped up, and the two long swords flashed out, stabbing directly at the black-robed old man. The old man's eyes were still firmly locked on Wang Pingyao, and when he sensed the long sword coming behind him, he waved his hand casually, and a thick black gas with the smell of corpses collided towards Dong Yun and Mo Buyu. Dong Yun turned his wrist, and the sword body circled several times one after another, forming a sword shadow, stabbing the black qi open, silently on the side, throwing out the sword flowers, crashing into the black qi one by one, and also tearing open the gap. The two of them condensed their qi, protected their bodies, and passed directly through the central opening of the black qi.

The old man saw that the black qi was broken by the two of them, and the long sword stabbed straight at his back, he could only turn around, put his hands out, and grabbed the two long sword blades at the same time. A stream of black gas enveloped the long sword, and Dong Yun and Mo Buyu were shocked. The long sword was restrained, Dong Yun and Mo Buyu condensed their left hands, and slapped the old man's face at the same time. As soon as the old man's hand was forced, the two of them suddenly became unstable, and then a huge force rushed out from the sword, and the two of them were directly bounced away.

Before the two of them could stand firm, the old man's figure suddenly moved, disappeared in an instant, and in the blink of an eye, a thin hand firmly pinched Wang Pingyao's shoulder, Wang Pingyao's whole face was pale, and he wanted to resist, but suddenly the old man slammed on the back of his neck, and he was instantly unconscious, and several vegetable farmers around him who were holding blades wanted to turn around to save him, but the old man's body was surrounded by black gas, and several people touched the black gas The moment they touched the black gas, their faces were festering, and the people immediately fainted. After Dong Yun and Mo Buyu stood still, they only saw that Wang Pingyao's side was shrouded in black gas, the two of them walked two steps forward quickly, the black gas suddenly disappeared, Wang Pingyao and the old man disappeared, and the four vegetable farmers on the ground foamed at the mouth and fainted.

Outside the door, the sergeants of the swordsman battalion rushed one after another, and when they saw a few people foaming at the mouth, they couldn't help but feel sick. Dong Yun and Mo Buyu looked around, exuding their divine sense, wanting to sense the whereabouts of the old man and Wang Pingyao, but the surroundings were empty, and there was no trace of the two of them.

Dong Yun was a little unwilling, he ran out quickly, carefully looked around, and vaguely found that there were a few broken tiles falling on the southeast side of the house, there was no snow on the broken tiles, obviously he had just been stepped on, he shouted loudly to the house, and the two of them quickly chased in the southeast direction.

Not long after the two left, a light blue figure sighed not far away, and then rushed out, following the two from a distance.

While chasing after him, Dong Yun spread out his divine sense, trying his best to expand the sensing range.

Sun Lin was rushing towards Wang Pingyao's foothold at the moment, when a black shadow suddenly flashed in front of him, he vaguely felt a corpse gas, stared at it, and a pale face came into his eyelids, and he suddenly found that this was not Wang Pingyao. Without thinking much about it, Sun Lin hurriedly jumped up and chased after him, and at the same time sacrificed two Xun hexagram qi with both hands, quickly pushed it out, and flew straight behind the black shadow. When the old man with a black shadow saw a hexagram of qi coming, his figure was stunned, he turned around, his big sleeves waved out, and two clouds of black qi crashed into Sun Lin's hexagram.

Sun Lin saw the black shadow make a move, he didn't dare to be careless, he had suffered the loss of a tall old man before, at this time, his whole body gushed out, protecting his body, his hands formed a sword finger shape, followed closely behind the hexagram, and his hands sacrificed layers of sword rays, penetrating two black gases. After the old man saw Sun Lin's methods, he snorted softly, he slowly raised his hand, the black gas in his hand was strong, and a corpse smell came from it. Sun Lin approached the old man, feeling nauseous, but his figure did not hesitate at all, and the sword fingers of both hands were waved out frequently. The thick black qi in the old man's hand suddenly gushed out, turning into several balls, and while blocking Sun Lin's sword, more black qi collided towards Sun Lin from all directions.

Unexpectedly, Sun Lin could only speed up his body and dodge the black qi that hit him one by one. After persisting for a long time, the old man once again waved out a cloud of black gas, and suddenly Sun Lin was a little embarrassed, he tried to avoid bumping into it, and his body changed frequently, but he still couldn't dodge, and his left shoulder was hit by a cloud of black gas, and the whole person suddenly staggered, stood unsteadily, and retreated for a while.

After barely standing still, he felt that the black qi on his left shoulder and the qi of his body protector were constantly intertwined, and he tried to improve his qi to resist the corrosion of the black qi.

Dong Yun and Mo Buyu had already caught up, and seeing that Sun Lin and the old man had been fighting for a while, the two jumped and stopped in front of Sun Lin, Dong Yun hurriedly turned around and asked, "Are you okay?" ”

Sun Lin nodded, Mo Buyu saw that some black gas on Sun Lin's left shoulder was gradually dissipating, knowing that he had been hit by this old man's move, he was quite angry, he stepped forward quickly with his sword, and stabbed out with a sword. Sun Lin seized the time to dispel the evil qi on his left shoulder.

The old man saw Dong Yun and Mo Buyu chasing after them again, he threw Wang Pingyao aside, stretched out his hands, gushed out black gas, and met the two of them.