The waning moon is in the west, and the night has passed. Zhan Wuxian returned to Peach Blossom Village alone, he did not go to the earthen house where Wu Zixu was held, but went directly to Luoying's house. When he entered the door, his wife Mo Wuya was still waiting for him, an oil lamp, the lamp trembled slightly, and a burst of comfort swelled in Zhan Wuxian's chest. Seeing that her husband had returned safely, Mo Wuya walked over and held Zhan Wuxian's hands, looking at him with both eyes, his eyes full of worry and joy.

Mo Wuya looked behind Zhan Wuxian and asked, "Didn't find it?" ”

Zhan Wuxian shook his head.

"Did you find any traces?"

Zhan Wuxian shook his head again: "No body was found, not even a piece of shredded clothes." ”

"If you don't find it, maybe it's still alive, but there's hope. It's just that poor Luoying, this child, just got married, and such a disaster happened. ”

After a pause, Zhan Wuxian said in a deep voice: "Until now, I feel that I am really useless, and I have wasted my teacher's hard work to teach me a martial arts spell. ”

Mo Wuya was surprised: "Why do you say that? ”

Zhan Wuxian said: "When my teacher passed on my martial arts, he said that those who learn martial arts should hoe the strong and help the weak, solve the danger and help the poor, and when the road is uneven, they should help each other." But since my debut, first the Confucian Mansion was destroyed, and the whereabouts of Kong's father and daughter are unknown, but I can't do anything; If you eat the wounds of your beloved wife, I can't heal you; And these simple villagers have been taken captive by strongmen, and I can't save them. What is the use of all the kung fu I have learned? I have the hope of a teacher. ”

Mo Wuya looked at Zhan Wuxian affectionately and comforted: "Shirt, why do you blame yourself, what a hero you have been since your debut, heroes in the world are obvious to all." In defending the country, you kill the enemy and save the heroes of the following countries; In this Peach Blossom Village, if it weren't for you, how could you save those many villagers. No matter what others think, you will always be the most amazing in my heart. ”

Hearing his wife say this, Zhan Wuxian deeply held Mo Wuya in his arms. At this time, his heart was surging, and he had countless things to say to his wife, but he didn't know what to say. I want to say thanks, but I feel that gratitude is too pale; I want to say gratitude, but I can't express my feelings. Zhan Wuxian could only put his arms around his wife to express her affectionate gratitude and gratitude to him, all without saying anything. He was willing to give everything for her, even his life.

Mo Wuya said again: "There is no perfect thing in the world, no matter how high your martial arts are, you can't do everything well." Although you didn't save all the villagers, you did your best. You're the best in my heart, and Youyi may still be alive, so don't mind. ”

Zhan Wuxian said: "Yes! I also arrested one person, maybe that person knows the reason for the incident, and knows if Youyi is still alive. I'm going to ask. ”

"Mr. Zhan, didn't you find Youyi?" Luo Ying asked, standing in the doorway.

Zhan Wuxian was shocked, with his martial arts, he didn't know when Luo Ying was standing at the door. I saw Luo Ying's face haggard, her eyes full of tears, and she looked at Zhan Wuxian and Mo Wuya in the room hopefully.

"This ......" Zhan Wuxian didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Is he dead?" Luo Ying asked in a trembling voice, tears welling up in her eyes.

Mo Wuya hurriedly said: "You Yifu has a great life. How can you die? It's just that he hasn't arrived yet, maybe he's lost and will be back in a few days. ”

"Really? Will he come back? ”

"Of course, Brother Zhan just told me, I don't believe you asked Brother Zhan."

Luo Ying looked at Zhan Wuxian.

"It's true. Well..... I saw with my own eyes that the two robbers fled without taking anyone with them. Zhan Wuxian said.

"I heard that, I guess maybe Youyi hid in some cave to hide from the robbers, and in a while, he will come back on his own." Mo Wuya continued.

Luo Ying burst into tears and smiled: "That's good, thank you Mr. Zhan, thank you big sister, I believe in you, I will definitely wait for him to come back." ”

Zhan Wuxin said: People are most likely to believe good news when they are desperate, whether it is true or false.

Zhan Wuxian hurriedly said goodbye to Mo Wuya and Luoying, and went straight to the earthen house where Wu Zixu was held. When I entered the door, Wu Zixu and Lu Shezhu were still sleeping in the house, the ropes were still on the side, and the wine jars were all over the ground. Zhan Wuxian was not angry, he left for less than a day, the two of them drank, and then thought about it, Wu Zixu did not run away, and things may not be what he thought.

Zhan Wuxian went over and kicked the two awake. When Zhu opened his eyes and saw Zhan Wuxian standing in front of him, he was scared into a cold sweat, and hurriedly got up and knelt down again: "Mr. Zhan, I'm ...... I...... This...... I don't know what to say about this ......."

Zhan Wuxian said: "I told you to take care of the prisoner, but you are drinking with him here, what if he runs away?" ”

He bowed his head and said, "Mr. Zhan, I'm ...... I was wrong. Punish me. "He said that he had actually planned to worship Zhan Wuxian as a teacher, so he said that he was willing to be punished.

At this time, Wu Zixu said: "Mr. Zhan, I know that you are a master in the world, and your skills are profound, but you can't punish others casually. As the saying goes, the teacher is famous, and the punishment is well-founded, you let the little brothers take care of me so that I don't escape. The little brother also did his duty, and did not leave this house a step, and I did not escape, and he did not do any wrong, so why should you punish him? ”

Zhan Wuxian laughed and said, "Haha......, it's wrong for me to say that." Let me ask you, where does all this wine come from before you leave this house? If he promised to watch over you, why did he untie you, and why is he so drunk here? You say you didn't run away, what if your accomplices suddenly come back and take you away and kill him? If such a thing happens, won't you die in vain? ”

"This ...... This is just your assumption, not a reason. Wu Zixu said.

"Good! Let me ask you again, you are a strong man who burns, kills and loots in the village, and no one has been found yet. And now that you are here and you are calling you brothers, what are your intentions? What do you want to do with so many captives? ”

"I ...... I was also forced to be helpless, in fact, I was against them doing that, but unfortunately they didn't listen to me. ”

Zhan Wuxian saw that Wu Zixu was ashamed, and said: "I think you had the opportunity to escape but didn't do that, so it can be seen that you are not a very vicious person." Tell me who you are? Why did you come here to kidnap the villagers? The two who escaped are not ordinary people, they will do evil magic, who are they? And to whom? ”

"Okay." Wu Zixu said: "I'll tell you all about it now. I am a native of Chu, and my father is Wu Hao, a doctor of Chu. The two who escaped were the ghosts and charms among the four corpse demons under the command of Chu Gongzi. They were kidnapping the villagers in order to refine a kind of secret army, and I don't know what it was. I heard that the spells of refining secret troops are extremely vicious, and they can only be refined by living people, so the king of Chu has an order not to arrest people outside the country, so Gongzi sent his men to the border of Chu to arrest people. Because my father has always been upright in the court and opposes villains being pets, I was forced to come this time just to drag my father into the water. ”

Zhan Wuxian said: "I'm not interested in the intrigue in your court. However, the four corpse demons were killed by the Yellow Emperor in ancient times, why did they appear at this time? ”

"It was Childe who brought them back to life." Wu Zixu said: "I heard that Gongzi can collect corpse qi and resurrect them with corpse gathering skills. ”

"So they kidnapped the villagers in order to refine the corpse beasts and dominate the world?" Zhan Wu Xiandao.

"Corpse beast pawn? I don't quite know. But my father has always opposed King Chu doing this, but King Chu didn't listen, and said: With the strength of today's Chu State, it is not as proud as King Zhuang back then, and now if you want to dominate the world, you can only use extraordinary means. I think the extraordinary means that King Chu said are the corpse beast pawns that Mr. just mentioned. Sir, I came here with the charm this time, and I was really forced to be helpless. If I don't come, my son will harm my father if he strikes the enemy, and only when I come can I prove that my Wu family also supports the establishment of the Chu State as a corpse beast pawn. Wu Zixu sighed: "Alas! Every time I go to catch a living person, my Wu Zixu's heart is like a knife, and when others do it, I have to hide far away, and I have never caught a person. My heart is gone, and the charm has long known it, so they threw me out as a human shield. ”

After listening to what Wu Zixu said, Zhan Wuxian said: "The son has been killed by me, and I believe that the Chu State will not be able to refine the corpse beast." ”

Wu Zixu exclaimed: "It turns out that the great hero of the world last month was Mr. Zhan, who defeated the enemy in the Great Patriotic War and killed him!" Xu was able to see the honorable fan, which was really a blessing for three lives. However, I heard that Childe's defeat of the enemy has been trained into an infinite cycle of lifeforms, which cannot be killed, and Childe's defeat of the enemy can be resurrected at any time. ”

"Will there be such a thing?" Zhan Wuxian also exclaimed: "No." Even the five hidden saints with the highest magic skills today, the people closest to the immortal gods did not dare to say that they were immortal. After Zhan Wuxian finished speaking, he said in his heart: Childe really has this ability to defeat the enemy? It seems that nine times out of ten, Youyi was captured by Wei and Mei.

"Who are the Five Hidden Saints? Their martial arts skills are higher than sir's? Wu Zixu asked.

Zhan Wuxian didn't answer, thinking there alone. At this time, the three of them were speechless, and the earth house was surprisingly quiet, and they could hear the sound of peach petals falling to the ground outside the house. Although the people are small, they are very sensible and can see people's hearts. This time, he came back without shirts, and he never showed a smile on his face from beginning to end, guessing that he didn't find Brother Youyi. Listening to Zhan and Wu talking about the enemy, the ghost, the charm and the corpse beast pawn, he guessed that Youyi was likely to be more auspicious than lucky. Thinking of the usual Youyi and Luoying's kindness to him, his heart swelled with great sadness and indignation, and he wanted to avenge Youyi.

"Sir, can you teach me kung fu?" Yu Shizhu suddenly said: "I want to avenge Brother Youyi." My father died early, and it was Brother Youyi who often took care of me, bought me delicious food, and didn't let others bully me. His voice was a little choked.

Zhan Wuxian looked at Yu Shizhu, and when he saw this child for the first time, he felt that he was different from other children, not only was he agile when fighting, but he also had a lot of courage all over his body, and he was a talent that could be created. So he said, "Okay, I'll teach you." But you learn to do not do evil, and you don't bully the weak. And you have to honor your mother and be a man with affection and intention. If not, I won't spare you. ”

Yu Shizhu hurriedly knelt down: "The disciple must listen to the master's words and be a man who stands up to the sky and the earth and has affection." Master, disciple has a matter of affection and righteousness right now, please ask Master to agree. ”

"Say!"

"Can you let go of Brother Wu Zixu."

"Why?" Zhan Wuxian said: "He is the murderer who killed several lives in Peach Blossom Village, and you still plead for him?" At this time, Zhan Wuxian had already intended to let Wu Zixu go, and he asked because he wanted to know how to answer.

"Master just said that he wants me to be a person with affection." "Brother Wu Zixu has already said that he was forced to come, and he did not participate in the captivity, burning, and killing, and he has always opposed it, which is the truth. I think Brother Wu Zixu is an upright person, and he gave us an antidote, this is love, I should thank him. When Master went out just now, I had already made good friends with Brother Wu Zixu, and friends had to talk about righteousness among themselves, so the disciple had the courage to ask Master to let Brother Wu Zixu go. ”

"Haha...... what a love and righteousness." Zhan Wuxian laughed and said, "Okay, I promised you to let him go." ”

"Thank you, Master, thank you, Master."

Wu Zixu walked over and bowed deeply: "Thank you Mr. Zhan for not killing." If Mr. Zhan has a useful place to gain Zixu in the future, I will never give up and go all out. ”

Zhan Wuxian said: "It's easy to say." You just said that Childe defeated the enemy and practiced an infinite cycle of lifeforms, what kind of spell is it? ”

Wu Zixu said: "I also occasionally heard my father say that when the son was born, there was an oil lamp printed in the palm of his hand, and everyone was surprised, and secretly said that he was a monster, and only the king of Chu regarded it as cherished." When the son defeated the enemy when he was nine years old, an old man in a black robe fell from the sky in the thin-waisted palace and took the enemy away. Ten years later, Gongzi suddenly appeared in the Slender Waist Palace, at this time he had already practiced a body of evil arts, and he had beaten all the masters of Chu in the world, and he had never encountered an opponent. The king of Chu was very happy, so he ordered Gongzi to dismiss the enemy as a general and lead the army to compete for hegemony with the major powers of the Central Plains. Although Gongzi is full of evil arts and invincible in martial arts, it is not his strength to command thousands of troops and horses, and among the invading countries, especially the Wu State, there are fewer victories and more losses. So Gongzi suggested that Chu establish a secret army, an immortal army with the same characteristics as Gongzi's enemy, which may be the corpse beast pawn that Mr. said, to refine the corpse beast pawn at the same time, that is, corpse qi and living people. The four corpse demons were refined from the corpse qi collected by the prince in the ancient battlefield at the beginning. ”

"So Childe can be resurrected after defeating the enemy?"

"Yes!"

"Such an evil demon and demon technique, it is so miserable in the refining, and I don't know how many people will be killed." Zhan Wuxian said silently: "Do you know how to crack the immortal body of Gongzi's enemy?" ”

"Zixu is ashamed, although he has been secretly investigating, he still knows nothing." Wu Zixu said: "I just heard from the doctors in the DPRK that there is no way to crack the immortal body of the prince to defeat the enemy. ”

"There is no such thing as a magic without weaknesses, let alone an evil one." Zhan Wuxian said: "I will slowly find out the immortal technique of the childe to defeat the enemy." I will let you go back to Chu State, and you should pay attention to where the captured villagers are being held, and it would be best if you could rescue them. I think that it will not be long before the state of Chu will attack other countries and dominate the world, and I don't know how many innocent people will be slaughtered by the war. Maybe one day I will go to the state of Chu to find a way to crack the art of defeating the enemy and immortality, and maybe we will meet again. ”

"Zixu must live up to Mr. Zhan's trust." Wu Zixu turned around and said to Zhu Zhu: "I'll go first, you have to follow Mr. Zhan to learn kung fu, maybe one day our brothers will meet again." After saying that, he bowed to Zhan Wuxian, and then turned around and left after saying goodbye to Zhan Shu.

Zhan Wuxian sent Zhu Zhu home and went straight back to the house, saw his wife at the door, and briefly said that he let Wu Zixu go, but he did not mention that the son had the immortal technique and the situation of refining corpse beasts, he was afraid that his wife would worry about him if he heard it, and he would be annoyed. Zhan Wuxian said that Youyi was probably arrested in the Chu State, but this matter is not yet confirmed, and you have to find it again to know. Mo Wuya listened, and looked towards Luoying's room, only to see the shadows of the trees between the windows, and the window was foggy, Luoying's room was hidden in it, I don't know if it was because the water outside the window was heavy or his eyes were too moist. Mo Wuya sighed and said, "Poor child. ”

Zhan Wuxian said: "The matter has come to this point, and there is no point in adding troubles. I'll look for it again tomorrow at dawn, and if I can't find it, we won't have to force it anymore. Your poisonous wounds can't be delayed, so let's leave for the country of Feathers as soon as possible to find the fruit of Jianmu and heal your injuries. Mo Wuya had no choice but to agree.

In the next three days, Zhan Wuxian went out early and returned late, going to the mountains around Peach Blossom Village to look for memories, he searched almost every cave and cliff, sometimes to find a hundred miles away, there was still no trace of memories. In the end, Zhan Wuxian concluded that Youyi XIX was taken captive to the state of Chu. Time can't be delayed, Zhan Wuxian told Grandpa Luo his thoughts, and Grandpa Luo sighed: "Ying'er is a hard-working child. Mr. Zhan has really worked hard for a few days, and Madame's injury is serious, so you should leave as soon as possible. Ying'er, I'll go talk to him. Zhan Wuxian nodded and said goodbye to Grandpa.

The next day, the stars and moon faded away, and the east saw white. Zhan Wuxian and Mo Wuya set off, they didn't want to disturb the villagers. When I arrived at the entrance of the village, I saw that the front was already full of people, some of them were helping the old and the young, some were carrying bamboo baskets, and some were carrying bags full of things for eating, drinking, and application. It turned out that in the past few days, Zhu Shuzhu had been staying outside Zhan Wuxian's residence, and wanted to learn martial arts in Zhan Wuxian's free time, but he had been busy with Zhan Wuxian for the past three days, and he didn't dare to say anything about learning martial arts. It wasn't until last night that he overheard the news that Zhan Wuxian and his wife were leaving, so he hurriedly told the whole village. One day when the villagers were about to leave, they all came to see off Zhan Wuxian and his wife.

He ran over and said, "Master, when can we meet again?" ”

"We'll meet if we meet." Zhan Wuxian said: "Although you call me master, I haven't taught you a trick and a style of kung fu." I know you've been waiting for me outside the house for the past few days, and I can see that you're a loyal and considerate child. As he spoke, he took out a piece of animal skin, which was full of characters and patterns: "You are still young, and you don't have any foundation in martial arts. This is a few superficial kung fu tips that I have written in the past few days, and I will give them to you, according to the above exercises, your kung fu will improve by itself, but remember not to bully others. ”

He took the animal skin, was so excited that he lay on the ground and knocked his head a few times.

Mo Wuya looked at the villagers, his face was full of vicissitudes, but he was the only one who didn't see Luoying. Mo Wuya said in his heart: We stayed at home for a few days, and we are most familiar with Luoying. From the first time I saw her as an innocent little girl, in less than a day, she suddenly suffered misfortune and became a depressed person, which is really unpredictable. I should have comforted her a few words before leaving. So he asked, "Why don't you see Sister Luoying?" ”

Grandpa Luo replied: "Since I heard Mr. Zhan say that Youyi is still alive, Ying'er has gone to the peach tree on the mountain every morning and evening, saying that she wants to wait for Youyi to come back. Alas! This child is so pitiful, I tried to persuade her several times, but she didn't listen. ”

Zhan Wuxian and Mo Wuya looked at each other, their hearts were sad and sad, and they didn't know what to say to Grandpa Luo, whether it was relief or persuasion. Although Zhan Wuxian rescued most of the villagers and reunited their families, he still did not save the memories, so that the people he knew most well in this village could also be affectionately together. Despite their own efforts, they still have different paths. Since ancient times, there have been many hardships in the world, and lovers are not allowed to become lovers, maybe it is about memories and falling heroes.