Outside Luoyang City, the Yellow River ferry.

The night has been cold due to snow in recent days, but not enough to freeze the river.

It would be the darkest time of the night, but with the moonlight and the reflection of the snow, it wasn't like you couldn't miss your fingers.

The last time the Northern Kou attacked Luoyang, they destroyed the post station at the Yellow River crossing, which was quickly rebuilt, but during these days, there was no one to garrison.

In what should have been an empty post yard, there would be a fire, not very bright, but well lit.

Che Hua sat by the fire, wearing only dirty clothes, and there were bloody wounds on his body, as if he felt uncomfortable from the cold, and shivered a little.

But the young man's state was not right at this time.

His eyes were staring straight at the fire in front of him, and there was no focus.

A thin face, full of dead silence, obviously a young man, but he looked dull, sitting by the fire, as if his spine had been broken.

It's not even as good as the old man sitting on the other side.

"Huh"

A blanket was thrown to Che Hua, who seemed to be a beat slower to react, and wanted to reach out to pick it up, but could only let the blanket fall at his feet.

In the light of the fire, he reached out and picked up the blanket and covered it.

This performance made the old man on the other side who rescued him from the cell of the Heluo Gang, and carried him over the city wall on his shoulder, and traveled more than ten miles in the night, very dissatisfied.

The latter took a puff of cigarette, exhaled a wisp of smoke, coughed, and asked:

"You young man, the old man heard before that you had the courage to assassinate Shen Qiu's family, I thought you were a good offspring with a lot of blood, but now I look at you, but I am very disappointed.

If you are like this, then the old man might as well not save you, and let you die in that cell. ”

"Thank you for the rescue."

The wood-like car Hua only then raised his fist and arched his hand to the old man.

The voice was hoarse and had no energy to speak of.

This is a desperate man.

The desperation that emanates from him doesn't need keen eyes to perceive clearly.

"Do you know who the old man is?"

The old man took off his hat, revealing half of his face, covered with old age spots, with gray braids, holding a cigarette pot in his hand, his eyes were not cloudy, his pupils were black, and he felt a little gray.

At first glance, it looks like an old man in Guanzhong.

"Yes."

Che Hua took advantage of the firelight to look at the old man opposite, and he said:

"Before the hero meeting, I heard about the old man, the old man is a strange man in the rivers and lakes, played in Luoyang City, selected four young people, taught martial arts, and then drifted away.

Uncle, it should be that He Lichuan hero, right? ”

"Hey, a little insightful, you're a good future life."

He Lichuan smiled.

He sat cross-legged by the fire, glanced at the cold moon above his head, took a puff of cigarette, and exhaled the spicy smoke peculiar to the tobacco smoked by the old man, and said to Che Hua:

"Then do you know why the old man came to save you?"

Cha Hua shook his head.

He said very frankly:

"Down there, I'm a penniless bottom of the rivers and lakes, I really don't know why my uncle risked offending the Heluo Gang and rushed to save me."

"Three reasons."

He Lichuan raised three fingers, and in the sound of the flames burning and crackling, he said to Che Hua:

"You people have all guessed the roots of the old man, so that the old man is tired of it, and the old man will now tell you about this future life."

He coughed and said:

"The old man is Ren Hao's friend, and he was also a member of the Tiance Army, this time before Ren Hao died in Jinling, he sent a letter to the old man, asking the old man to protect him in the vein of Wulong Villa.

The invitation of the deceased cannot be shirked, and in a few days, you will be able to hear the old man's name on the rivers and lakes.

The old man will be the first head of the founding sect of Wulong Villa.

I came from Jinling today to save you, because my friend made a promise in Luoyang to help you rebuild the Huashan faction, Ren Hao, a spittle and a nail.

The words he uttered, the wishes he made, must be fulfilled! ”

He Lichuan said in a deep voice:

"The old man rescued you, this is one of them, although Ren Hao is gone, as long as the old man is still there, the reconstruction of your Huashan faction is a sure thing!"

"Huh?"

Che Hua, who was already desperate in his heart, raised his head suddenly when he heard He Lichuan's words, and a flash of light appeared in his desperate eyes.

After the Huashan faction was wiped out, there were only two obsessions left to support his survival.

First, help the master and brother take revenge on the Holy Fire Sect.

Second, it is necessary to rebuild the Huashan faction.

As a result, Lei Ye, who promised to help him, and Ren Hao, the leader of the alliance, both died in battle, which made Che Hua completely desperate, and he suddenly saw hope again, and the depression in his body immediately dissipated a little.

"Second, the old man heard what you did."

He Lichuan glared at Che Hua, with a stern look in his eyes, and he said:

"Big man, if you want to take revenge, you go and fight to the death with the Holy Volcano thief, and if you die, you will be all loyal. But you, a young man, actually attacked a woman who was powerless.

This is the backbone of your Huashan faction?

This is how your master taught you to be a human being?

The old man told you the truth, the old man will help you, but if you have such a bad idea of revenge in your heart, the old man will abolish you here with his own hands!

lest you tarnish the name of the sages of Huashan in the future! ”

"Puff"

When Che Hua heard this, he fell to his knees.

He put his head on the ground and said in a hoarse voice:

"It's me who is wrong, uncle, I regretted it the day I came to Luoyang. The sword that stabbed at Miss Yaoqin was not to hurt her, and I was not afraid of the jokes of my father-in-law, and I was already determined to die at that time.

But he was cowardly in his heart, and he didn't dare to judge himself.

I just want to borrow this thing, but I have a dead life. ”

"Huh?"

He Lichuan snorted suspiciously.

He said:

"Shen Qiu, who did evil things, harmed the lives of his righteous compatriots, and destroyed the sect in the land of Xiaoxiang, what he did was clearly a demon of the left path.

In your later life, you still call him a hero of Heluo?

Could it be that Shen Qiu thinks everything he did was right? ”

That's a harsh thing to say.

It was as if the old man in front of him was very dissatisfied with Shen Qiu.

Che Hua didn't follow his meaning.

Instead, he retorted softly:

"My husband is biased in what he said.

I was taken back to Jianmen to learn swords by Lin Yundong, and when I set off, Lin and my senior sister had already returned to Dongting, and I also heard the senior sisters talk about the Wulong Villa that day.

They were all present.

They said that Shen Qiu Daxia was persecuted by traitors, was splashed with dirty water, and did it in a fit of anger, I was in Luoyang, and Shen Qiu Daxia fought thieves together, and I saw Heluo Daxia protect the life of a city.

That kind of battle to the death can't be disguised.

I don't believe the rumors of the people in the rivers and lakes, Shen Qiu's heroic ambition is just that without the protection of the alliance leader, those who have a heart are not good and intend to cause harm.

After the destruction of the Huashan faction, Zai Xia also experienced the warmth and coldness of the rivers and lakes.

Besides, Shen Qiu Daxia is not a weak champion this year, the young man is full of enthusiasm, and he can't see dirty water splashing, and what he does can be understood below. ”

"Hehe, you said good things for him!"

He Lichuan sneered.

He said:

"How can he justify his killing of the king of Huainan?"

"Southern Dynasty..."

Che Hua said this tonight, and he simply didn't hide it anymore.

He said:

"I was born in Guanzhong and grew up in Guanzhong.

To put it bluntly, if the Tiance Army revolts, he will also fight his Zhao family with the Tiance Army. My father and mother, who used to be a scribe of the Great Chu Dynasty, have told me about the Great Chu Dynasty since I was a child.

Before his father and mother died, they were scolding the Zhao family for usurping the throne.

In the lower Southern Dynasty, there was no good impression at all, and Shen Qiu Daxia killed the King of Huainan, and he was also shocked in his heart, but he was not disgusted. ”

"Heh, I didn't see it, you kid also has a backbone."

He Lichuan shook the smoke pot, his tone was a little gentle, and said:

"But you said it nicely, but you still can't change what you did, the old man asked you, why didn't you go to the Holy Volcano to find Yang Tao for revenge, but you wanted to harm Miss Yaoqin?"

Che Hua was silent for a moment, kneeling there, his face full of guilt, he clenched his ten fingers, put them in front of him, and replied in a dumb voice:

"Now that I think about it, most of the reasons I did that wrong thing were because I was not mentally strong, I made mistakes, and I couldn't complain about others.

But there is still a small point, which comes from the bewitchment of the person in the hidden building.

On that day, the Xiangyang Hidden Tower was broken by Shen Qiu, and those remnants of the defeated soldiers hated Shen Qiu, but they couldn't find Heluo Hero, and they were powerless to retaliate, so they used the evil thoughts in my heart to do harmful things.

I was taken advantage of by them, but my husband was right, even if there were thousands of reasons, I did something wrong, it was a fact that could not be changed.

Today's uncle's inquiry also made me regret it in my heart.

Since you have made a mistake, you have to admit your mistake, and today in front of my father-in-law, I have repaid this mistake and omission. ”

As he spoke, Che Hua knelt down in front of the flame and picked up a stone.

He put his left hand on the ground, and in the flickering firelight, he looked at the trembling hand in front of him, and the next moment, as if he had made up his mind, took a deep breath, lifted the stone, and smashed it into his finger without sparing any strength.

"Smack"

A strong blow came, knocking the stone out of Che Hua's hand.

There was another flash of light, and a short knife was stuck on the ground three feet in front of Che Hua.

"If you have done something wrong, you must seek forgiveness from the bitter master, I have heard what you said, it seems to make sense, but the old man does not believe it."

He Lichuan said softly:

"You said you were wrong, so let the old man see your remorse with his own eyes.

You still have to hold a sword in the future, and you can't cut off your whole hand, but you Chehua has hatred in your heart, such as wearing a flail and a tiger, roaring and hurting people, and if you can't cut off evil thoughts in the future, such wrong things will happen.

Just cut off your little finger and take it as a warning. ”

When Che Hua heard what He Lichuan said, he felt very close to him.

grabbed the short knife, and in the swaying firelight, without hesitation, he slashed at the little finger of his left hand, and blood splashed everywhere.

His body was trembling, and his fingers were connected to his heart.

Today's pain is to tell him this truth.

Every time you see a severed finger in the future, you should know what kind of fate it will bring if you don't go to the center of your heart.

"Good! Have guts. ”

He Lichuan threw a bottle of gold sore medicine, and looked at Che Hua, although he was in severe pain, he gritted his teeth and didn't make a sound, knowing that this young man had a stubbornness in his bones.

It's not the kind of person who steals and cheats, and only plays tricks.

It's a good job.

He touched his beard, watched as Che Hua threw his severed finger into the fire, and watched him apply gold sore medicine to his wound.

After the wound stopped bleeding, the old man took a puff of cigarette and said slowly:

"I've said two reasons before, and now I'm going to tell you the third. The old man needs you to help me. ”

"Uncle, please speak."

Che Hua's face was pale, but his fingers were broken, and the knot in the center of his heart was also untied, as if there was hope in his heart, he knelt there and said in a hoarse tone:

"If you can do it, you will never shirk it."

"You can do it."

He Lichuan sighed, he looked at the Yellow River flowing in the distance, and said softly:

"The old man just said that the old man and Ren Hao are close friends, and he also knows that my friend chose Shen Qiu as the heir to the mantle before he died.

But the world is unpredictable, and now Shen Qiu has taken an unrighteous and evil left path, which really makes the old man feel sad.

The old man couldn't watch it, and his friend and disciple sank like this.

Che Hua, do you know why Shen Qiu had to be embarrassed by the hidden building? ”

"I don't know."

Che Hua was tempted by Yinlou to assassinate Yaoqin, and his heart was already full of remorse, and he no longer had a good impression of Yinlou, a neutral organization.

He said to He Lichuan:

"But come to think of it, Heluo Daxia must have his reason for dealing with Yinlou."

"The old man told you clearly."

He Lichuan lowered his voice and said:

"The hidden building is not a good thing, Ren Hao was also investigating this matter before his death, and the old man knew about it.

Ren Hao's death is also somewhat related to the hidden building, the old man has secretly checked it, and now I will tell you that the people who sniped Ren Hao that day came from the hidden building! ”

"This..."

Che Hua was stunned for a while.

Although he hated the hidden building, he didn't dare to think that this organization, which had stood in the rivers and lakes for hundreds of years, really had such black material.

"It doesn't matter if you believe it or not."

He Lichuan waved his hand, and he said to Che Hua:

"The third thing, the old man asked you to represent the old man, the old man learned that he was doing something against the hidden building, went to find Shen Qiu, persuaded him, if he could persuade him to return to the right path, it would be the best.

If you can't persuade him to go back, you might as well help him.

After you finish this, the old man will grant you martial arts to help you rebuild the Huashan faction. ”

The strange man stood up and threw something out of his sleeve.

"With this, Shen Qiu won't hurt you."

Che Hua took it in his hand, and by the light of the fire, he saw that it was a jade plaque carved with five dragons flying, and only Wulong Villa had this thing in the rivers and lakes.

If it was said before, Che Hua was still a little wary of He Lichuan.

After seeing the jade plate handed down by the alliance leader, there was no trace of doubt in his heart.

When Che Hua raised his head, there was no longer He Lichuan in the courtyard of this post station, and Che Hua couldn't even feel when the strange man left.

He grabbed the jade plaque and shouted at the top of his voice;

"Why didn't my husband go and persuade him personally?"

"People are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves, and the old man also wants to go, but unfortunately, the world is not satisfactory. Go ahead, the old man will secretly protect you. ”

He Lichuan's voice came from afar, with a trace of regret that could not be relieved.

In fact, he couldn't make up a reason to make up this panic.

Just drop a meaningful sentence and let Che Hua make up for it by himself.

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"Can he do it?"

In the night outside Luoyang City, a few miles away from the Yellow River Station, Zhang Lan hugged the cat, looked at Shen Qiu who fell beside him, and said with a suspicious face:

"This person assassinated your wife before, and you are so generous? If it were Young Master Ben, he would definitely be crushed to ashes. ”

"I hate it too."

Shen Qiu put away his hat and said in a calm tone:

"So pull him into this matter, if he has a life to survive, and if he sees Penglai with his own eyes, he can become a usable person, and if he doesn't survive, he will vent his anger to my wife.

This person is actually not bad.

The most important thing is that he has a grudge against Yinlou, and his background is clean, so even if he makes a mistake, he doesn't have to worry about startling the snake. ”

"What the hell are you going to make him do?"

Zhang Lan asked.

Shen Qiu looked in the direction of Taihang Mountain, and he whispered:

"Doesn't Penglai like to bury treasures everywhere? Let's bury one this time, the ruins of Taihang Xianmen are opened, such a big thing, someone has to spread it all over the world, right?

We spread the news ourselves, and the hidden building will be suspicious.

But let Che Hua, the person who assassinated my wife, spread the word, the credibility is very high, and now it depends on whether God is on our side. ”

Shen Qiu let out a long breath, patted Zhang Lan's shoulder, and said:

"Don't Penglai people like to ask for immortals? Now let's drop the bait and see how big a fish can be caught. ”