Thundered!

A silver flash of lightning pierced the sky, briefly illuminating the rainy night. But then another flash of silver light flashed one after another, like an angry silver snake dancing in the air.

In the midst of lightning and thunder, the heavy rain poured down, as if pouring the endless water in the heavenly river, without the slightest intention of stopping, and it had lasted for a full hour.

Ten miles away from Tianfeng Ridge is Hunyuan County.

Hunyuan County belongs to the territory of Sili, which was placed in the Western Han Dynasty, because the Hunhe River originates in the county, so it is named Hunyuan County.

In later generations, because of the collection of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism, the famous 'Hanging Temple' is located here, and is well-known in China. But that's three hundred years later.

The surname Zhang is the surname of Hunyuan County, and the Zhangfu compound in the west of the city is quite famous in the county.

In the place against the wall at the back door of the Zhangfu compound, there are several baskets for disposing of food and household garbage, and a few gong buckets full of 'night incense'. There are often beggars who dig through baskets and dispose of garbage directly. And the 'pouring night incense' doesn't need to knock on the door, when passing by, just put the gong bucket on the cart and pull it away.

At this time, there were two little beggars in ragged clothes on the diagonal side, hiding in a simple hut made of haystacks. The simple shed is too simple to completely shelter from the heavy rain, and occasionally raindrops fall.

But even so, the smaller beggar slept soundly.

The older little beggar looked to be thirteen or fourteen years old, and he sometimes stretched out his hand to block the raindrops that were about to fall on his younger brother, and sometimes he was engrossed in staring at the back door of the Zhang Mansion compound.

Their brother is a little beggar in Hunyuan County, and the two depend on each other for their lives and live a life without food.

But recently they met the noble man in their lives, 'Xiao Hai Ge', who gave them a group of beggars ten baht per day, which solved their food and clothing problems.

And the price they need to pay is also very simple, they just need to pay attention to the Jianghu warriors who come to the county every day, and then give the news back to Brother Xiaohai.

The little beggar is very smart, he knows that things should not be so simple, for the sake of his younger brother, he wants to get the rich reward that Brother Xiaohai promised.

He quickly gained the trust of Xiao Haige through his actions and obtained more information. What Xiao Haige really wanted to find was someone from the Changshan Sword Sect, and he happened to know that the second son of the Zhangfu compound in the west of the city was a disciple of the Changshan Sword Sect, and he would often come back to save his relatives.

Therefore, the little beggar stared at the main gate of the Zhangfu compound during the day, and squatted at the back door at night. The emperor paid off, and this unusual rainy night finally gave him a harvest.

Stomp, stomp!

The rapid footsteps slapped against the stagnant water on the ground, and even in the midst of the heavy rain, the little beggar still caught the sound.

Looking up, four embarrassed figures carried a person, braving the relentless heavy rain and rushing towards the back door of the Zhangfu compound. This made the little beggar's heart beat rapidly, and his breathing became very rapid.

"Xiaohu, wake up," the little beggar shook his sleeping brother and whispered, "Xiaohu, wake up quickly." ”

The younger brother, who was called Xiaohu, woke up in a daze under the shaking of his brother. Sleepy-eyed rubbed his eyes and said, "Brother, are you going to eat?" ”

The elder brother didn't explain, but directly twisted Xiaohu's cute little head and said, "Look." It just so happened that Xiaohu also saw the backs of several people who stepped into the back door of the Zhang Mansion compound.

"Whew!"

The elder brother hurriedly covered Xiaohu's mouth at the moment when his younger brother Xiaohu was about to exclaim, and whispered in his ear: "Xiaohu, you continue to keep an eye here, I will inform Brother Xiaohai that you must not leave here." ”

After Xiaohu nodded in agreement, the elder brother let go of the hand covering his mouth. He stepped back, grabbed a corner of the haystack, and got out, and soon disappeared into the night.

The inn where Lu Hai lived was not far from the Zhangfu compound, and it was only five streets apart. Lu Hai is the little beggar and noble Brother Xiaohai, and he is also the rather shrewd apprentice Xiao Hai that Zhao Yun saw in the Huisheng Medicine Hall a month ago.

Lu Hai was very fortunate to be appreciated by Zhao Yun, the second young master of the main family, and he secretly vowed to live up to Zhao Yun's expectations and do his best to do the errand that Zhao Yun gave him.

He was very restless tonight, and couldn't sleep all night, as if he had a premonition that something was going to happen. But then he guessed that it might be because it had been many days and there was no news, and he was afraid that he would live up to Zhao Yun's expectations.

Lu Hai wanted to calm down, so he took out a copy of "Lu's Spring and Autumn" given to him by Zhao Yun and looked through it.

Knock knock!

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and a flattering voice came from outside the door: "Master Lu, the villain saw that you were still with the lights on from the window, have you not rested?" ”

Zhao Yun gave Lu Hai a lot of operating funds before he left. During this time, he chartered this inn, and he was also very generous to the beggars, and the little guy had already regarded him as a young man with a lot of money.

Lu Hai stopped looking at "Lu's Spring and Autumn", looked up at the door, and saw the figure of the little girl on the white window paper of the door.

He was very puzzled, in the middle of the night, and it was pouring rain, what could the little guy do at this time would come to him.

But Lu Hai still politely got up and went over to open the door, and asked, "I haven't slept yet, is there anything wrong with being so late?" ”

When the door opened, he paused. He found that there was not only one servant outside the door, but also a wet little beggar standing behind him.

Lu Hai subconsciously blurted out and exclaimed, "Xiaolong? What are you doing here? "He knew this little beggar, and he was a clever ghost who did things for him, and he was very close to him.

Before the little beggar Xiaolong could reply, he heard the little beggar say flatteringly: "Master Lu, the little one remembers your instructions, as long as he comes to you, no matter what time it is, he will bring it directly to see you." ”

No matter how Lu Hai looks at it, he is only seventeen or eighteen years old, but in terms of appearance, the little guy should be a few years older than Lu Hai, but he has a Lu Ye, so he really calls Lu Hai grandpa.

Lu Hai is also an understanding person, and the little guy is obviously asking for merit and reward, so he took out a piece of broken silver from his bosom and threw it to him. Sure enough, after taking the broken silver, the little guy said hello and left happily.

Although Xiaolong was anxious, he still waited for the little guy to leave before he said, "They're here, Brother Xiaohai, they're here!" ”

Xiaolong's words were unclear, Lu Hai didn't react for a while, and when he saw that Xiaolong was soaked, he said, "Why are they coming?" Hurry into the house and wipe it, so as not to get the wind .....," before he finished speaking, he finally reacted, "Xiaolong! Are you saying that you met someone from the Changshan Sword Sect? And not one? ”

Xiaolong nodded heavily, and a simple gesture had already answered all of Lu Hai's questions.

Lu Hai's original anxious mood was swept away, and he said excitedly: "Xiaolong, come, let's talk about it in detail first." ”

Zhangfu compound in the west of the city, inside the house.

In the guest room, after Lan Shu and the others escaped, they braved the heavy rain to come to the Zhang Mansion compound, and at this time they had already removed their clothes that were stained with blood and sludge and changed into clothes.

The secret passage on the cliff behind the Changshan Sword Sect was too steep, and the rain was too slippery, so unfortunately several disciples fell to death. Only five of them survived this fierce battle.

Wang Kun habitually paced, and Lan Shu knelt on the side and read a scroll of bamboo slips with a candle. A seriously injured disciple, naked and wrapped in gauze, lay unconscious on the couch, and a disciple was taking care of him next to the bed.

Boom!

"Damn! We survived, and we didn't think about revenge, and now we were so humiliated! ”

Wang Kun finally stopped, his right fist slammed the 'soft' flesh on the pillar, and he kept complaining.

Lan Shu's gaze left the bamboo slips, looked at Wang Kun and said, "Senior brother, don't be so impulsive in front of your disciples. Now that the bones of the senior brother are not cold, you don't lose your mind because of such a trivial matter. This was originally a kindness from your disciple Zhang Xiao, but now there is no way to do it. ”

Lan Shu's heart is not as calm as he seems to be, he has a habit, as long as the emotions in his heart reach extremes and may explode at any time, he uses the method of reading books to suppress this impulse.

An hour ago, when they fled down the mountain, hesitating where to go. Wang Kun's disciple Zhang Xiao volunteered to go to the Zhangfu compound to recuperate first, and after several discussions, he felt that it was feasible, so he came here in the rain.

But who would have thought that when Zhang Xiao's father saw the miserable situation and despair of several people, he was afraid of getting into trouble, so he would drive everyone except Zhang Xiao out of Zhang's mansion. In the end, at Zhang Xiao's insistence, Master Zhang took a step back and asked them to rest for a night, and they would leave early tomorrow morning.

Just because the injured disciple was too seriously injured, if he didn't treat it in time, he would die on the spot. Now every disciple is the hope of their Changshan Sword Sect, and they can't afford to lose. In the end, even though they felt humiliated, for the sake of their disciples and the sect, they still decided to stay overnight.

"Disciple, okay, I will terminate the master-apprentice relationship with Zhang Xiao tomorrow." As soon as Wang Kun heard Lan Shu mention his disciple Zhang Xiao, he thought of Zhang Xiao's father, and suddenly a nameless fire broke out.

Lan Shu knew that Wang Kun was duplicitous, shook his head and said, "Senior brother, don't talk angry. ”

At this moment, the door of the guest room "squeak! With a bang, he opened in response. I don't know when Zhang Xiao, who came to the door, walked in, and I don't know if he heard the conversation between the two of them.

When Wang Kun saw that it was Zhang Xiaoshi who came in, he snorted and didn't overdo it.

Or Lan Shu said: "Zhang Xiao, you don't have a good rest in your room, come here, is there something wrong?" There was some resentment in his words.

Zhang Xiao opened his mouth and said: "Master, uncle, I heard a report from the porter, saying that there was a person from outside the door who wanted to see my disciple of the Changshan Sword Sect, so the disciple came to tell me." ”

After hearing this, Lan Shu and Wang Kun were shocked, and they looked at each other in unison.

Vicissitudes!

Wang Kun drew his sword out of its sheath and said, "Senior brother, this must be the pursuit of the bandits, I will go over and kill him now!" ”

"Senior brother, don't be impulsive," Lan Shu frowned and pondered, "Such a heavy rain has already washed away our traces, and the bandits are categorically nowhere to be found. Also, if it was really the bandits, they wouldn't let the porter come and report it, so that we would be vigilant and rush in. ”

Speaking of this, Lan Shu looked at Zhang Xiao again and asked, "Did that person say anything else?" ”

Zhang Xiao seemed to think of something, and replied: "Uncle Hui, the person outside the door did ask the porter to bring a sentence, saying that it was 'If someone from the Changshan Sword Sect asks who wants to see them, he will say that it is from Changshan Zhaoyun'." ”

"Changshan Zhao Yun!"

Lan Shu and Wang Kun were shocked, blurted out in unison, and Lan Shu stood up in shock, not even noticing that the bamboo slip in his hand had fallen.

The entire Changshan country is so big, they didn't know how to find Engong, but they didn't expect his people to find it themselves.

The first to come back to his senses was Lan Shu, and he hurriedly said, "Pass! Let that man in! ”

Although it is not clear why the reaction of the master and uncle is so big, Zhang Xiao, who has something on his mind, did not pay too much attention to it, and responded, "Yes!" Then he respectfully withdrew.

Lan Shu thought in his heart, why was this Zhao Yun so clear about the whereabouts of himself and the others, was this a deliberate conspiracy, or something else?

Although it is not clear yet, it is believed that the mystery will be revealed soon.