"What's going on? What's noisy? The man in black seemed to be of no low status, and the guards around him saluted.

"These are the spies who have been caught, and the elder ordered me to wait for a good student to take care of them."

The man in black frowned and said, "Spy? Don't let them shout and disturb the rest of the wounded. ”

Wei Yi, who was pestering, was furious and scolded: "You dare! Do you know who Lao Tzu is? Damn, don't give us food or water, do you still treat us as human beings? ”

The guard said, "You still want to eat and drink?" If it weren't for the Great Elder's order to keep you alive, would Lao Tzu cut you with a knife, do you believe it? ”

Wei Yi saw that the guard's eyes were red and didn't look like he was joking, so he took a step back and hid behind Yang Yi and the others, and said in fear: "You... How dare you..."

The man in black waved his hand impatiently and said, "Okay, don't talk nonsense with him, if they make any more noise, they will shut their mouths." ”

The man in black was about to leave, but Yang Yi suddenly stood up and arched his hand: "This brother, please stay, I have something to ask about below." ”

The man in black turned his head when he heard this, glanced at Yang Yi suspiciously, and was about to speak, when he suddenly seemed to be trembling, and said in a lost voice: "You..."

Yang Yi preemptively said: "In Xiajia Baoyu, I got lost with my companions for a while, don't enter this place, the four of us haven't eaten or drunk all day, we are all hungry and thirsty, can you give us some food and water?" ”

As soon as Yang Yi said this, Wei Yi behind him sneered softly: "Hmph, you fool, aren't you looking for death, just now those wicked people said that they would shut our mouths." ”

Yin Yu'er and Fan Huai also looked worried, and Fan Huai even tugged at the corner of Yang Yi's clothes and said softly: "Jia Baoyu, don't say it, be careful of angering them..."

Just when everyone thought that Yang Yi was going to be unlucky, the man in black hesitated and nodded, "You come with me." ”

Yang Yi nodded, turned around and said to Yin Yu'er who looked surprised: "You wait for me here, don't make trouble, wait for me to come back." ”

Without waiting for Yin Yu'er and the others to reply, Yang Yi had already turned around and followed the man in black to the depths of the cave.

The man in black was in front, Yang Yi was behind, and neither of them spoke.

The more he walked deeper into the cave, Yang Yi's face became more and more solemn, because he saw that there were many people in the cave, not only the seriously injured, but also the old and weak, women and children, most of whom were snuggled in the corner of the cave in a decadent manner, and they basically hadn't eaten for several days.

Yang Yi followed the man in black for a while, and after turning two corners, he came to a small cliff cave in the middle of nowhere.

The man in black told the guards to leave for now, and ordered that no one should enter without his consent.

After the guards left, the man in black turned around, fell to his knees with a puff, and cried in a hoarse voice: "Your Highness! Your Highness, you're finally here! ”

Yang Yi hurriedly stepped forward to help the man up, and said with a wry smile: "Hall Master Xiao, hurry up." ”

It turned out that this person was Xiao Liang who captured Yang Yi from the imperial capital to the Valley of Flowers, Yang Yi remembered that Xiao Liang was still the hall master of the Yunzhou branch of Jiuxiao Mountain Villa at that time, and he hadn't seen him for many years since Pengcheng said goodbye, and he didn't want to meet him here today.

It was pitch black in the cave just now, and Xiao Liang didn't recognize Yang Yi at the first time, and it wasn't until Yang Yi claimed to be Jia Baoyu that Xiao Liang recognized him.

The wrong name of "Jiabaoyu", Yang Yi doesn't use it much, and not many people know it, but when he was in Cangyun Village, Yang Yi used this name, and Xiao Liang naturally knew it.

Xiao Liang is also a smart person, seeing that Yang Yi did not report his real name, he knew that Yang Yi was really secret, so he also pretended to be fine, and led Yang Yi to this remote place before he dared to recognize him.

"Hall Master Xiao has been fine all these years, but after a long absence, Yang Yi is very worried."

What Yang Yi said was not polite, Peng Cheng has been farewell for more than seven years now, things are people, and of course there will be some emotion when he meets the old man in this predicament.

Xiao Liang was helped up by Yang Yi and said with a smile: "Xiao Liang is very good, thank you Your Highness for your concern." ”

Yang Yi nodded, and asked again, "What about Hall Master Guo?" Is he in this cave? ”

Xiao Liang and Guo Mu are one of the few Jiuxiao disciples that Yang Yi knows, these two have an upright temperament and good ability, and they are the right-hand men of Monk Pukong during his lifetime.

Who knew that as soon as these words came out, Xiao Liang had a sad face.

"Brother Guo... Brother Guo has been killed..."

"What?" Yang Yi was taken aback and condensed: "What's the matter?" And what happened to this Nine Heavens Villa, and why are you trapped in this cave? ”

Xiao Liang sighed, and couldn't bear to tell the reason for the whole thing.

It turned out that since the disappearance of the monk Pukong, Jiuxiao Mountain has entered a state of mountain closure, and later the news of the death of the monk Pukong in Bingzhou was transmitted back to Zhuangnei, and Jiuxiao Mountain was even more chaotic.

The monk died too suddenly, and did not leave a last word about who would inherit the position of the owner, of course, when the monk died, he intended to entrust the villa to Yang Yi, but not many people knew about it, and Yang Yi was busy with the war in the south during this time, so he had no chance to come to Jiuxiao Mountain.

Because of this, there was a huge disagreement within the villa over the position of owner.

For the successor to the position of the owner of the village, everyone is divided into two factions, one is the master of the Xianfeng Hall with the widest popularity and the highest martial arts, Pan Qi, that is, the master that Yang Yi worshipped when he entered the village.

The other faction supports Qu Dong, the head of the Qingshui Hall, who has a very high prestige and has been respected by ordinary monks all the year round.

The two factions quarreled, and the situation became more and more intense, and later it even evolved into a combination of fists and feet, fighting each other, and the whole mountain gate was dark.

After Yang Yi listened to the general process, he was silent, and intuitively told him that this was not a simple matter of fighting for the position of the owner.

"Isn't there ever a rule in the village that will take over the owner?"

A famous sect like Jiuxiao Villa, Yang Yi absolutely does not believe that they have not drawn up a succession system, you must know that this is a sect that has been inherited for hundreds of years, if every time the owner of the village takes the throne, he will come out like this, I am afraid that Jiuxiao Villa will have disappeared into the dust of history long ago.

Sure enough, Xiao Liang sighed when he heard this: "Originally, according to the previous practice, the next owner of the village was appointed by the old owner himself, if the old owner did not have a testament, then the position of the great elder in the door was the owner of the village." ”

"Great Elder?" Yang Yi was puzzled: "Pan Qi? ”

Yang Yi had previously said obediently that Fan Huai said that Pan Qi was the great elder of Jiuxiao Mountain Villa, and when the owner of the village was not in the village on weekdays, everything was exercised by the great elder.

Xiao Liang nodded and said: "Yes, Pan Qi has been in the village for more than 20 years, and he is very old in the village, so it stands to reason that he should inherit the position of the owner of the village, but..."

Speaking of this, Xiao Liang's face was angry, and he seemed to be very sad and angry.

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