Early in the morning, Dugu Jue said goodbye to Mrs. Murong, and Aunt Bi and Jiaojiao were by her side. He told Mrs. Murong that Shen Ran had a deep affection for him and even rescued him many times, but he did not dare to forget the revenge of killing his father, and he would never be tied up by his children's private affairs. It's just that the stakes are very high, and he must find out the truth, this matter is since Jiaojiao listened to what Ye Wuxian said, so he will leave Tumi Villa, go to Lingjiang Garden to ask Ye Wuxian for verification, and then go to Mengxi Garden to confirm each other.

Mrs. Murong persuaded: "That Ye Wuxian once tried his best to rescue the five major sects when they were in trouble in the village, why did he deceive us?" Thinking that the Shen family is powerful, if Jue'er goes here, if you find out that Shen Chong is really the enemy who killed her father, can you have the certainty of revenge with your own strength? Why don't you stay in the village for a few more days and discuss a foolproof plan together? ”

Aunt Bi also said: "Yes, Jue'er, you just returned to the village, you should recuperate and rest, why rush for a while?" The hatred of the previous generation of the Dugu family, after all, after many years, you really don't have to rush into danger! "The feeling of care is beyond words, even more than Mrs. Murong.

Dugu Jue replied: "Madame, Aunt Bi doesn't know, Ye Wuxian once poisoned me in the famous sword event, although there is no confirmation of this matter, but he is the most serious. Then he framed me in front of the Central Plains Martial Arts at the main altar of Mingjiao, which was a blatant framing of me. The child did not dare not believe what he said, nor did he dare to believe it all! ”

"Brother Dugu is anxious to find out the truth and avenge his father and ancestors, and Sister Jiao can deeply understand it." Murong Jiaojiao walked in front of Dugu Jue and said with an affectionate face: "But the Shen family is full of clever weapons, it is too dangerous for Brother Dugu to go alone, Sister Jiaojiao is willing to accompany Brother Dugu to go with him, even if he can't help, at least he has a companion to discuss." Okay? ”

Dugu Jue refused: "Sister Jiao, this matter is dangerous, although your martial arts are not weak, it is still difficult to resist the Shen family's organs." You can rest assured, if there is a crisis, my brother is confident that he will be able to get out, and if my sister goes, my brother will be inconvenienced. ”

Murong Jiaojiao thought to himself, this is because I am in the way! But she loved Dugu Jue deeply and didn't want to contradict him, so she was silent.

Mrs. Murong knew that she couldn't persuade Dugu Jue, and remembered the Xuantie Sword that Dugu Jue brought back to Zhuang this time, and said:

"Jue'er has to go, that Xuantie sword can sharpen iron like clay, don't hide it in the village, you take it with you, maybe it can help you."

After Dugu Jue received the Xuantie Sword in the Wind Thunder Field, he thought that he was just keeping it on his behalf, and when he challenged the various sects, he had never used it. When Mrs. Murong mentioned this sword, Dugu Jue thought to herself, the Xuantie Sword is indestructible, and it is worthy of the help of several masters, so she nodded yes.

The swordsman took the Xuantie Sword, Dugu Jue leaned back the Xuantie Sword, tied the Ziwei Soft Sword at his waist, and after giving his hand to Mrs. Murong, Aunt Bi and Jiaojiao, he didn't say anything more and left categorically.

The next day, Aunt Bi found that there was no one in Murong Jiaojiao's room, and there was a letter on the table, so she immediately reported the letter to Mrs. Murong.

Dugu Jue traveled day and night, and came to the Lingjiang Garden of Zhenjiang Mansion in less than half a month, unexpectedly, Ye Wuxian heard his arrival, and actually welcomed him into the mansion in person, with an extremely enthusiastic expression.

Before Dugu Jue could speak, Ye Wuxian said: "The old man first apologized to Dugu Shaoxia, a few years ago at the main altar of the Demon Sect, the old man falsely accused the young man of colluding with the Demon Sect and insulting the reputation of the young man, but it was really out of misunderstanding. The old man later learned that Shaoxia had saved the Demon Sect's envoy Feng Lei Ye, and became a righteous brother with him, at that time, the Demon Sect had not yet rebelled against the imperial court, and the young man and Feng Lei Ye were heroes and sympathetic, not to mention colluding with the Demon Sect. Later, seeing that the main sects of the Central Plains martial arts surrounded and suppressed the main altar of the Demon Sect, the young man was worried about the safety of his righteous brother and went to visit, so he misunderstood and fought with the major sects. ”

Ye Wuxian's words made Dugu Jue originally full of anger, and he had nowhere to come out, he originally planned to question Ye with Ye Wuxian's framing of him at the Mingjiao General Altar, and then further reprimanded and questioned him that the Shen family's killing of his father and ancestor must be framed, but he didn't expect Ye Wuxian to admit his mistake to him first, and understated the accusation of him at the Mingjiao General Altar, and said that he and Feng Leiye were heroes and righteous fellowship, so Dugu Jue had to return the courtesy, and politely replied: "Ye Daxia is serious, I did fight with various sects at the Mingjiao General Altar, and everyone watched it, so it was not a false accusation. Then the conversation changed and asked: "But I didn't come here today, dare to ask Ye Daxia, it is said that Ye Daxia accused the Shen family of Mengxi Garden of killing my parents and ancestors, what is the evidence for this?" To tell you frankly, I have been walking with Miss Shen for more than a few years, and it is really difficult to rely on Ye Daxia's one-sided words alone! ”

Ye Wuxian pretended to be stunned: "How did the young man know that I said about the Shen family?" ”

Dugu Jue then told Ye Wuxian about Murong Jiaojiao's transformation into Mo Guyan that night.

Ye Wuxian stroked his palms and sighed: "Providence! This is providence! I didn't want to revisit the past, and I wasn't sure that Shaoxia was the son of General Dugu Zhan back then. If it is really the son of General Dugu Zhan, the old man is afraid that the Shen family will harm the young man again, and he must persuade the young man to stay away from the Shen girl, but he may not be able to tell the young man about the past, but because of the Murong girl, the young man will know about the wronged life experience, presumably it must be General Dugu Zhan in the heavenly heroic spirit, protect the young man! ”

"Why don't you want to tell me about the past? What is the difficulty of Ye Daxia? Dugu Jue stared at Ye Wuxian, wanting to see a flaw in his gaze that he was lying.

Ye Wuxian looked worried: "What's the old man's difficulty? Just because the Shen family has inherited clever weapons, hidden thunder, clever sleeve crossbows, and a group of well-trained Sanling musket team, the old man was only afraid that the young man would go to seek revenge and be killed by the Shen family. ”

Dugu Jue couldn't see any strange look from Ye Wuxian, so he had to ease his tone and asked: "Please rest assured that Ye Daxia, I am not a reckless person, if I want to go to the Shen family for revenge, I will be fully prepared." I implore Ye Daxia to give everything he knows, and give him everything in detail, if his life experience is wronged, he will be grateful to Ye Daxia for the rest of his life! Then he bowed to Ye Wuxian and wanted to salute.

Ye Wuxian hurriedly stopped, supported Dugu Jue and said: "The young man is serious, and he can't do this big gift!" Since the young man has probably learned the outline of the enmity between the Shen family and the Dugu family from the mouth of Miss Murong, the old man will tell the young man about the past from the beginning! ”

Dugu Jue didn't say a word and listened carefully. Ye Wuxian continued: "Shaoxia's distant ancestor pushed the Dugu Xin general of the Northern Zhou Bazhu Kingdom, his three daughters all became queens, the Dugu family was extremely prosperous in that year, and the Tang Dynasty gradually left the government, and the descendants branched out, and passed to the Xixia Kingdom, and was the grandmother of the founding lord of the Western Xia, so the grandfather of the Shaoxia, General Dugu Yi, was also an important minister of the Western Xia. During the Zhenzong period of our dynasty, the state politics of the Western Xia Dynasty was disordered, and the Empress Dowager Liang controlled the government, and General Lonely Yi and the minister Li Qingce excluded the power of foreign relatives, and Emperor Huizong of the Western Xia was able to govern in person. It's a pity that the power of the relatives is very strong, and soon they counterattacked, and Emperor Huizong was imprisoned by the Empress Dowager Liang. At that time, General Dugu Yi led the army to guard the border pass and was fortunate to avoid being slaughtered. However, the first emperor of Zhenzong of my dynasty took advantage of the vicious fight of the Western Xia court, and took the opportunity to send Shen Kuo to lead the troops to attack the Western Xia, and the Empress Dowager Liang in order to clear the dissidents, was commanded by General Dugu Yi, who had been guarding the border, to meet Shen Kuo, poor General Dugu Yi fought alone on the front line, but Liang to the rear cut off the supply of grain, grass and ordnance, plus Shen Kuo invented a lot of powerful machinery and weapons for use on the battlefield, General Dugu Yi unfortunately wiped out the whole army and died on the battlefield. Therefore, Shaoxia's grandfather died at the hands of Shen Kuo. ”

This period of the past, Dugu Jue has learned from Murong Jiaojiao's mouth, so he groaned: "The two kingdoms are at war, each is its master, my grandfather is loyal to the Western Xia Kingdom, the horse leather shroud, Lone Zhong is both sad and strong, but it is not to mention that Shen Kuo plotted to kill my father." ”

Ye Wuxian nodded and said: "Shaoxia is well aware of the matter, what he said is very true, the two armies are fighting, life and death are in peace, and the death of General Dugu Yi cannot be counted on Shen Kuo's head, it can only be said that he was killed by the Empress Dowager Liang!" But Shaoxia's parents died at the hands of Shen Chong, but it was caused by Shen Chong's treacherous and slippery frame-of! ”

Dugu Jue bowed his hand and said, "I want to hear it in detail." ”

A few years after the death of General Dugu Yi, Emperor Huizong died, and his son General Dugu Zhan, together with the subjects of Western Xia, had to eliminate the power of Empress Dowager Liang again, and finally let Huizong's son Emperor Chongzong succeed to the throne, so he became one of the auxiliary ministers of the young emperor. Seeing that the Western Xia regime was gradually stabilizing, General Dugu Zhan remembered that his father died at the hands of Shen Kuo, and thought that if it wasn't for the Empress Dowager Liang cutting off logistics and supplies at that time, his father might not have been defeated by Shen Kuo. Therefore, he came to Jiangnan with his wife and children and several generals, wanting to find Shen Kuo to fight the winner openly and honestly, and to take revenge on his father. Speaking of which, Shaoxia's father did not mean to hurt people, otherwise, with his high position as the auxiliary minister of Western Xia, if he wanted to murder the Shen family, why did he do it himself? It is possible to send the masters of the Yipintang of Xixia to pour out their bags, although the Shen family's organs are skillful, they will be difficult to defeat the encirclement and suppression of hundreds of masters in the Yipintang. It's a pity that Shaoxia's father, General Dugu Zhan, is too bright and upright, he only thinks about a fair competition and leaves the Western Xia, but he didn't expect that the young emperor Chongzong of the Western Xia has not yet firmly held power. At that time, General Dugu Zhan had already come to Jiangnan, and he didn't know about the changes in the Western Xia court. When he came to Mengxi Garden, Shen Kuo was dead, and he wanted to leave, but Shen Chong, the son of Shen Kuo, was treacherous and cunning, and he was quite well-connected in my court. Shen Chong was bent on flattering the imperial court, so he praised General Dugu Zhan, his father and son paid their debts, and he was willing to test his martial arts on behalf of Shen Kuo and General Dugu Zhan. In fact, Shen Chong's martial arts are low, but he is as good at tricks as his father Shen Kuo, and he actually took advantage of General Dugu Zhan's defenselessness to set a trap, lure him into the trap, and kill him. And the head of General Dugu Zhan was cut off and presented to the foreign relatives of Western Xia by the imperial court. Shen Chong is evil, cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, and even the young man's mother and entourage are not spared. When the old man only knew that Shen Chong was a famous minister, he didn't know that he was really a treacherous villain, and he had befriended Shen Chong. Seeing this, he was extremely indignant, but at that time, the old man's swordsmanship had not yet been completed, and Shen Chong's gunpowder was extremely powerful, although he had the intention to save him but could not get it, seeing that Shen Chong killed General Dugu Zhan and wanted to further kill the general's wife, he could only fight desperately to resist for a moment, and one of General Dugu Zhan's wounded generals Fang De took the opportunity to escape with the young man who was still in infancy, but failed to save the young man's mother, and the old man still feels deeply guilty when he thinks about it. Speaking of this, Ye Wuxian fingered the crape myrtle soft sword on Dugu Jue's waist and said: "This crape myrtle soft sword was entrusted to me by Shaoxia's mother before she died, and it is said that it was given to Shaoxia's distant ancestor General Dugu Xin by the Northern Zhou Emperor, and it has been passed down to General Dugu Zhan for several generations. Shaoxia's mother saw that some subordinates were fleeing with Shaoxia, and asked me to find Shaoxia and pass this crape myrtle soft sword to Shaoxia. Because the old man made a move to block and let the young man escape, Shen Chong was extremely angry, but although he was strong, his martial arts were poor, the old man killed the Shen family, and since then he has broken with Shen Chong, and has not had any contact for more than 20 years. Over the years, the old man has always remembered the young man, and there was no news when he asked around, but he didn't expect the young man to be rescued by Gusu Murong, and then moved north to settle in Tumi Villa, no wonder the old man never found the young man. However, God has eyes, the general is heroic, the young man won the championship in the famous sword event, and the crape myrtle soft sword returned to the Dugu family, this is really providence! God saw the heroic posture of the young man on the high platform that day, and the swordsmanship moves seemed to have the figure of General Dugu Zhan back then, and then looked at the face of the young man, General Dugu Zhan of the very Xiao Dynasty, so he kept his heart, and wanted to wait for the grand meeting to ask the young man, but he didn't expect the young man to go with Shen Ran, and then there was a misunderstanding in the main altar of the Demon Sect. ”

Behind Ye Wuxian, Mo Guyan stood silently for a while, and after listening to Ye Wuxian's description of the past, Dugu Jue quietly glanced at Mo Guyan inadvertently, feeling that although he looked blank, he was thoughtful, and from time to time there was a trace of disapproving gaze, as if he did not agree with what his father-in-law Ye Wuxian said, and he was quite vigilant in his heart. Dugu Jue already suspected that Ye Wuxian might be the one who poisoned him at the famous sword event, and he didn't believe that Shen Ran accompanied him to walk the rivers and lakes with intention to kill him, so he was always half-skeptical about what Ye Wuxian said, but on the surface, he didn't show his face, just hugged his fists and thanked: "Thank you Ye Daxia for telling me that my parents are wronged, and I will say goodbye to this next, and I will report it later." ”

Ye Wuxian hurriedly stopped: "What does the young man want?" ”

Dugu Jue deliberately said: "Go to Mengxi Garden to find that Shen Chong and avenge the shame of my family!" ”

"No!" Ye Wuxian said: "Shen Chong's martial arts are low, but there are many traps, and the young man is confident that he can fight his thunder gunpowder with his body?" Hit his dozens of muskets with a soft sword? Why don't you live in my Lingjiang Garden, Xu Mou Tu? ”

"Ye Daxia's good intentions, Dugu Jue's heart. But with an enmity that does not share the heavens, how can you fake others? There is no room for hesitation! Even if Dugu Jue dies, he will avenge his parents' blood revenge! With that, Dugu Jue bowed to Ye Wushu again, and then turned his head and flew away.

Looking at Dugu Jue's figure sweeping out of the hall, Ye Wushu stroked his beard and sneered.

Dugu Jue left Lingjiang Garden, that is, to Mengxi Garden, where the Shen family lived in seclusion. Dugu Jue reported through the Shen family's family and officially posted to worship the village, and soon saw Shen Chong and Shen Ran's father and daughter open the door and come out, without any disciples or family members by their side, let alone the extremely lethal Ling Musket team guards.

When Dugu Jue saw Shen Ran, she had mixed feelings in her heart, and then thought that since the dyed sister had already returned to the Shen family, her father Shen Chong should know his intentions. In the face of Shen Chong, who might have killed his parents, Dugu Jue was still rude and waved his hands in respect, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he asked Shen Chong directly: "Lord Shen, more than 20 years ago, did you know a Dugu Zhan general from Western Xia?" Sword Spirit Ye Wuxian accused you of killing General Dugu Zhan and his wife, is this serious? ”

Shen Chong said slowly: "Shen is not an official in the court, and Dugu Shaoxia does not need to be called an adult. Indeed, twenty-five years ago, General Dugu Zhan and his wife visited the Garden, and originally intended to find their father to compete, but their father had already passed away at that time, so Shen received General Dugu Zhan... Many years ago, if the scene of the day was in front of him, Shen had already made a big mistake, and no matter how much regret he repented, it would be difficult to recover. ”

Dugu Jue's heart was shocked, and he asked, "So, you really murdered and killed my parents?" As long as Shen Chong said the word "yes", even if Ran Mei was beside him, he would have to fight Shen Chong to the death in order to avenge his family.

Shen Chong didn't answer, but said: "The young man will avenge his parents here, Shen knows it." But please wait a while, Shen wants to take Shaoxia to worship the tomb of General Dugu Zhan first, and then make a break, okay? ”

Dugu Jue has wanted to know who his parents are since he was a child? Where is it now? Hearing Shen Chong say that he was going to take him to his parents' graves, he wanted to kill Shen Chong for a moment, but he didn't want Shen Chong to die, but he didn't know where his parents' graves were, so he choked his heart. Then he said: "Dare to ask the seniors to lead the way!" ”

"Young man, please come with me."

Shen Chong took Dugu Jue towards a hillside near Shen's house, Shen Ran followed him gloomily, Dugu Jue wanted to look back and visit Shen Ran, but he couldn't help it. Shen Ran also wanted to look forward at Dugu Jue, but after thinking about it, he still didn't dare to meet his eyes.

There is a very exquisitely built cemetery on the hillside, there is a stele erected in the garden, the stele is engraved with the words "Haoqi lasts forever", and below it is "the tomb of the Dugu general Zhanzhan" in the addition of "lady" next to the word general, indicating that it is a tomb of joint burial. Shen Chong bowed to Dugu Jue in front of the tomb and said: "Shen doesn't know the name of Ling Ci, so the stele only reads the general's wife, please forgive me!" ”

Dugu Jue leaned towards the tomb, knelt three times and knocked nine times in front of the monument, for a long time, then got up and looked directly at Shen Chong, and asked again with a flaming gaze: "The predecessors just said that they made a big mistake back then, and please tell us, how did the predecessors cast the big cast, and did the father and mother die because of the agency set up by the predecessors?" ”

Shen Chong replied calmly: "Shaoxia's parents did die because of me, and Shen still feels deeply guilty, and he has no shame to mention it again." ”

Why? Dugu Jue shouted in his heart, why didn't Shen Chong answer positively? Is it because you are afraid of death? But he saw that Shen Chong's expression was calm, as if he regarded death as home, and he had decided that he would kill him to avenge his parents. If you are ready to die, why don't you want to elaborate on the scene? What does it mean that the first sentence is a big mistake, and the latter sentence dies because of him?

Shen Ran looked sad, walked up to Shen Chong, and asked anxiously: "Father, you refused to tell me the situation back then, and now that Dugu Shaoxia is here, are you still unwilling to tell him the truth?" I don't believe that your people will set up a mechanism to frame and murder General Dugu and his wife, please ask my father to tell Dugu Shaoxia in detail about the past anyway, right? ”

Listening to Shen Ran's question, Dugu Jue knew that Shen Chong refused to confide in his daughter about the past, what was his difficulty? Then he provoked him with words: "After the famous minister Shen Kuo, are the seniors really so afraid of death?" Now that you have confessed that my parents died because of you, even if I don't tell you the details, I will fight my predecessors to the death! Why did the seniors hide their heads so much and dare not tell what happened back then? ”

Shen Chong smiled indifferently: "I don't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me." Shen's death under the sword of Shaoxia is not unjust! ”

Seeing that Shen Chongjian didn't tell the truth, Dugu Jue angrily drew his sword and said angrily: "Do seniors really think that I don't dare to kill you?" ”

Shen Ran saw Dugu's soft sword out of its sheath, and immediately blocked in front of his father Shen Chong, shouting, "Don't hurt my father!" Father and daughter repay the debt, Brother Jue, you kill me, I will never blame you..."She had a sad face and stared at Dugu Jue with a gloomy expression: "Since there is no chance in this life, if you can die under your sword, your heart will be willing." ”

Looking at Shen Chong's sad face, Dugu Jue hesitated, he only wanted to provoke him with words, after all, Shen Chong's sentence "I don't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me." It seemed to mean that his parents did not die in Shen Chong, which made him suspicious in his heart, thinking about how to force Shen Chong to tell the truth. Now that Shen Ran is in front of Shen Chong again, how can he kill her father in front of Shen Ran when the truth is not known. Just as Shen was groaning, Murong Jiaojiao suddenly appeared, and stabbed Shen Chong with a very fast sword from the side, Shen Ran turned around and shouted: "Don't hurt my father!" Directly intercepted Murong Jiaojiao's sword with both hands, Dugu Jue was startled, and then saw that Shen Ran was wearing a pair of gold-wire gloves on both hands, the gloves were soft and tough, and they seemed to be invulnerable. Dugu Jue was quite surprised, Shen Ran had been with him for more than a year, and he had never seen her take out this pair of golden silk gloves. Of course he didn't think that this gold silk glove was originally made by Shen Ran's grandfather Shen Kuo, not only invulnerable, but also difficult to invade by fire and water, it was originally left by Shen Kuo to future generations to make gunpowder equipment just in case, Shen Ran did not carry it with him, and it has been stored in Mengxi Garden, so he has never seen it. At that time, he could not have imagined that this golden silk glove would be passed on by his disciples to the hands of Xiaolongnu, the heir of the Tomb Sect.

But seeing that Shen Ran was wearing a golden silk glove, and the internal force was used to break Murong Jiaojiao's sword blade, Murong Jiaojiao reacted extremely quickly, and immediately cast the Dou Zhuan Star Shift Reverse Shen Ran gesture, Shen Ran originally planned to shake off the broken blade in the golden silk glove, but under Murong Jiaojiao's extremely clever use of force, he instantly turned into stabbing his throat with the broken blade in his hands. Dugu Jue saw that Shen Ran was in danger, Ziwei flicked her soft sword, first shot down the broken blade in Shen Ran's hand, and then crossed Murong Jiaojiao's waist, forcing Murong Jiaojiao to take a step back, and the Douzhuan Star Movement technique had to be interrupted. Murong Jiaojiao's body faltered, changed rapidly, and turned to Shen Ran's back, and the palm edge slashed the back of Shen Ran's neck, but Dugu Jue's sword edge was faster, Murong Jiaojiao's palm edge had not yet touched the back of Shen Ran's neck, and the tip of Ziwei's soft sword was already pointing in front of Murong Jiaojiao's palm, if Murong Jiaojiao didn't withdraw his hand, it was equivalent to hitting the sharp blade of Ziwei's soft sword with his palm. Murong Jiaojiao quickly jumped back, glanced at Shen Ran, and knew that since Dugu Jue protected him, he couldn't kill Shen Ran. His heart was burning with jealousy, his eyes glared at Dugu Jue like fire, and he said hatefully: "In order to defend the daughter who killed her father and enemy, do you even want me to stab me to death with a sword?!" ”

Dugu Jue had no intention of hurting Murong Jiaojiao, and said warmly: "Sister Jiaojiao, don't misunderstand, how can my brother hurt you?" It's just that Shen Chong hasn't said anything about the situation back then, and he can't kill him for the time being, so Sister Jiao shouldn't be too anxious..."

Murong Jiaojiao didn't listen to what he said, and interjected angrily: "You made that fox spirit lose your mind, and you didn't even take revenge for killing your father and mother, what face do you have to stand in the world?" After saying that, he left angrily.

Murong Jiaojiao's words deeply stabbed Dugu Jue, she was right, if he didn't even dare to avenge his parents' revenge, what face would he have to stand between heaven and earth? However, firstly, Shen Ran sacrificed himself to block the sword for his father, and secondly, Shen Chong had not yet told the truth, and the family revenge must be avenged, but he could not be reckless and mistakenly killed, so he put the sword into the sheath and said to Shen Chong: "Three days later, I will come again." But I hope that my seniors will think about it during these three days, and if my parents do die at the hands of my seniors, I will take the lives of my predecessors after three days. If the seniors did not murder my parents and have unspeakable secrets, I implore the seniors to tell me the truth, I Dugujue is not a black and white person, and the seniors are in trouble, I will definitely help out! ”

Shen Chong was silent, and after Dugu Jue finished speaking, he glanced at Shen Ran, felt like a numb heart, and turned around and walked away.

After Dugu Jue left Shen's house, he stayed in the inn, and he always felt heartbroken when he thought of Shen Ran's sad face, so he used strong wine to get drunk to eliminate the depression in his heart, one altar after another, and soon he was slightly drunk. Dugu Jue suddenly pulled out the crape myrtle soft sword in his hand, the cold light flashed, a blow was swung out, hissing and breaking the wind, the body was smart, the sword moves were sharp, and he remembered that he was from the Huangshang camp to the sword to suppress the factions, and finally practiced this seven-style conceit of the world's unparalleled swordsmanship, all the way to the difficulty, all the way to the achievement, all thanks to Shen Ran by the side, originally intended to stay for life, but now because of the family feud fear will be separated like a business, all helpless mood surges up, although the heart is chaotic, but the sword dance in the hand is cold, everyone up and down the inn is shocked, Among them, several people in the rivers and lakes recognized Dugu Jue and shouted in a panic: "Sword Demon! He is the Sword Demon Dugu Jue!" Then he rushed out of the inn in fright.

At the same time, in Mengxi Garden, Shen Chong locked himself alone in a dark room, and no one was allowed to step in, even if his beloved daughter Shen Ran begged him outside the door to tell him about the past, Shen Chong, who was in the room, did not respond.

Shen Chong was not indifferent to his daughter's plea, he was really suffering, and he was thinking about how to face Dugu Jue when he came back three days later. Half a month ago, Ye Wuxian, who had been separated for twenty-five years, suddenly sneaked into Mengxi Garden late at night and secretly visited him. Ye Wuxian didn't say much about this trip, so he only asked for two things. The first thing was to warn Shen Chong not to tell Dugu Jue the truth about the year, and even asked Shen Chong to lure Dugu Jue into the trap and kill Dugu Jue to get rid of future troubles. The second thing is to tell Shen Chong that he is representing Tong Guan's intentions, if Shen Chong does not obey and provokes Tong Guan's anger, he will send someone to destroy the Shen family.

Shen Chong was alone in the room and wondered, the tragedy involved Tong Guan back then, Tong Guan has been powerful in the DPRK recently, if he told Dugu Jue the truth about the year, Dugu Kai must seek revenge against Tong Guan, wouldn't he kill Dugu Jue? Twenty-five years ago, Dugu Zhan and his wife died in the Shen family, and he has felt guilty to this day.

What's more, according to what Ye Wuxian said, the Shen family still has to be implicated in this matter. For more than 20 years, Shen Chong lived in seclusion in the Mengxi Garden of Zhenjiang Mansion, although he never let go of his family heirlooms, but he never took advantage of this to get involved in the rivers and lakes, and his purpose was also unwilling to provoke Tong Guan again, if Tong Guan was implicated in the Shen family because of Dugu Jue, it would not be a pity for him to die in half a hundred years, but thinking that his only daughter Shen Ran was still young, and there were still good years in her life, if she was also killed by Tong Guan... Thinking of this, Shen Chong decided that he couldn't let Dugu Jue know the truth no matter what, and would rather die alone than let the next generation suffer.

Three days later, Dugu Jue came to the Shen family as promised, but before entering the park, he had already found a group of martial arts people gathered in front of the Shen family's house. Dugu Jue was suspicious in his heart, but he still walked forward quickly, and Ye Wujue, who was in the crowd, saw Dugu Jue coming, and turned his previous sincere attitude, drew his sword and shouted: "Catch Dugu Jue!" He is the murderer who killed Mr. Shen Chong! Everyone immediately surrounded Dugu Jue.

Dugu Jue was stunned for a moment and asked, "Shen Chong is dead?" ”

Ye Wushu actually falsely accused him and said: "Dugu Jue, when you came to Lingjiang Garden before, the old man had already told him that Dugu Zhan challenged Lord Shen back then, was defeated by Lord Shen, committed suicide in shame, and his wife followed and died, it is really not Lord Shen's fault, I advise you not to come to Mengxi Garden to find trouble." Unexpectedly, you didn't listen to persuasion, but still came to the Shen family to seek revenge, and took advantage of the night to cover up and kill Mr. Shen Chong, a righteous gentleman, what a wolf ambition! It is rumored that you are a sword demon, and sure enough, you are as evil as a demon! ”

Dugu Jue knew that he had been framed by Ye Wuxian, and laughed angrily: "Haha, haha!" Sword Spirit Ye Wuxian lied, his face was not red, his breath was not panting, he really taught me Sword Demon Dugu Jue admired! Anyway, today let's see if it's your sword spirit or my sword demon alone! ”

The crape myrtle soft sword in his hand trembled slightly, the edge did not fall, and his body had swept to Ye Wuxian's back, and his footwork was so strange that he couldn't even see Ye Wuxian's eyes clearly, so he had to turn sideways and dance the long sword in his hand urgently, and shouted at the same time: "Martial arts scum, everyone will be punished!" "That's right, it's really asking for help. Mo Guyan couldn't hear it, and immediately drew his sword to help, and the heroes saw that Dugu Jue forced back the sword spirit Ye without injury with just one move, and thought that fighting alone was definitely not Dugu Jue's opponent, so it was better to take advantage of the situation to besiege and kill the sword demons hated by all the major sects in one fell swoop. So the heroes rushed up and besieged Dugu Jue together.

Dugu Jue's body did not move, and the crape myrtle soft sword in his hand was like a soft sword to respond to the heroes, and he still had a lot of money. He didn't see Shen Ran, he was concerned about Shen Ran's safety, and asked, "What about Shen Ran?" Where is she? ”

Mo Guyan angrily reprimanded: "Thief! You have killed Lord Shen, don't you even let go of his daughter? ”

Dugu Jue was happy and angry when she heard this, and she was happy to listen to the meaning of Mo Guyan's words, and her sister was not in danger of her life; The angry thing is that Mo Guyan's words are as poisonous as Ye Wuxian, and he dares to accuse him of wanting to hurt his sister. Despite this, Dugu Jue still managed to hold his composure, and he used the purple Microsoft sword to fight with the heroes, not only gaining the upper hand, but also showing mercy under the sword, and did not hurt anyone, because he thought that if he accidentally injured one person before he found out the truth, it would be even more solid Ye Wuxian's false accusation against him. Dugu Jue was not afraid of Ye Wuxian's frame, but he was eager to find out where Shen Ran was, if the group of heroes was so entangled, when would he be able to get out of trouble and go to find Shen Ran. But it is precisely because Dugu Jue doesn't want to hurt people, even if his swordsmanship is higher than that of the heroes, it is difficult to break through the siege of the heroes and enter the Shen family for a while. Dugu Jue knew that if he continued to fight, if he didn't hurt people, he wouldn't be able to enter the Shen family, if he hurt people, the group of heroes would be more urgent, and he would be ruthless, even if he killed all the heroes, wouldn't it make Ye Wuxian, Mo Guyan and others more proud.

Seeing that it was difficult to enter the Shen Mansion for a while, Dugu Jue decided to get out for the time being. He used his swordsmanship with all his might, the sword blade in his hand pretended to rush towards the Shen Mansion, but Ling Bo took a slight step under his feet, but turned around and retreated sharply, and finally broke through the encirclement of the heroes, flew away, and in mid-air, he turned around and glanced back at Ye Wuxian, the eyes of the two intersected, Dugu Jue's eyes were full of killing intent, his eyes were blazing with anger, and Ye Wuxian was not angry, and his eyes were deep and unpredictable.

Dugu Jue left the Shen family's mansion, returned to the original inn, made a pot of tea, and waited quietly for him to know that someone must be chasing and killing, he wanted to take this opportunity to catch a few people and ask what happened to the Shen family.

Sure enough, he soon saw Hengba angrily leading the Ling Musket Team and the family members towards the inn, and beside him, there was a group of martial arts people who had just attacked him outside the Shen family's gate, but Ye Wushu and Mo Guyan were nowhere to be seen. Hengba took the Ling musket team and rushed into the guest house first, his face was full of anger, and he shouted and scolded Dugu Jue for being ungrateful, and when he was poisoned, Shen Ran treated him, and he actually killed Shen Ran's father in turn. Dugu Jue turned a deaf ear, he was slightly happy when he saw Hengba coming first, because he knew that Hengba was impulsive, but his martial arts were not very good. So when he used Hengba to scold angrily, he subdued Hengba with extremely fast skills, and blocked in front of him, the Ling Musket Team and the accompanying heroes, seeing Hengba fall into the hands of Dugu Jue, did not dare to act rashly. Dugu Jue dropped a sentence: "Less accompaniment." Immediately carrying Hengba, he rushed up, broke through the roof with his sword in the air, rushed out of the inn, and flew away with all his light skills. Although the heroes and the Ling musket were chasing behind, Dugu Jue's light skills were far above the heroes, and after a few miles, they had already thrown off the heroes and the Ling musket team.

Dugu Jue dragged Hengba into a dark alley, he put down Hengba, first asked Shen Ran about his safety, and then asked what happened to the Shen family. Hengba spat at Dugu Jue, Dugu Jue flashed, and then said to Hengba with a sneer: "You are not my opponent, you should talk back obediently, otherwise, since I can kill Shen Chong, can't I kill you again?" ”

Hengba was extremely angry and said, "Admit it? Sure enough, you killed the master, and the junior sister still didn't want to believe it. ”

Dugu Jue heard Hengba mention Shen Liang and confirmed that Shen Ran was fine, so he first put his mind at ease, and then asked Hengba: "People call me Dugu Jue a sword demon, since I am a demon, what do you believe if I say anything?" You keep saying that I killed Shen Chong, what evidence do you have? ”

Hengba said: "If the sword demon dares to do it, what kind of sword demon is it?" It's just a shameless villain! What evidence, you ask, do I have? I saw it with my own eyes, what more evidence do I need? What's more, there are Ye Daxia, Mo Daxia and all the heroes are all witnesses! ”

Dugu Jue doubted: "What did you see with your own eyes? ”

"Is there a fake?" Hengba was so angry that he was desperate and began to curse Dugu Jue in a series of ways, Dugu Jue knew that although Hengba acted recklessly, he was a man of temperament, and since he said that he saw it with his own eyes, he would not lie. So for the swearing of Hengba, Dugu Jue not only did not stop the reply, but listened quietly. Hengba scolded for a while, and Dugu Jue finally heard an idea of what had happened in the Shen family in the past three days. It turned out that after Dugu Jue left the Shen family three days ago, Ye Wuxian and Mo Guyan came to the Shen family with a group of high-rollers, saying that they wanted to help the Shen family repel Dugu Jue, but for some reason they were sternly rejected by Shen Chong, and Ye Wuxian, Mo Guyan and others had to leave.

Then in the middle of the night last year, the sound of a fight suddenly came from Shen Chong's room, Shen Ran and Hengba were both awakened, and immediately rushed to Shen Chong's room, and saw a back figure with the same body shape and clothes as Dugu Jue was skimming the wall. Shen Liang and Hengba hurriedly entered Shen Chong's room, but found that Shen Chong was already dead, judging from the scars on the corpse, the person who killed Shen Chong must have been an extremely sharp fast sword, and judging from the direction of the sword, the swordsmanship made by this person was very similar to the family heirloom swordsmanship of the Dugu family. Shen Ran and Dugu Jue have been together for more than a year, although they know that Dugu Jue has created his own swordsmanship, but he still cherishes his family swordsmanship, and occasionally he will still practice it, Shen Ran has seen it several times, and compared and confirmed the many sword marks on his father's body, it is indeed very similar to the swordsmanship of the Dugu family.

Shen Ran and Hengba were grieving, when they suddenly heard Ye Wushu and Qunxiong shouting outside the door: "It's him!" He is the sword demon Dugu Jue! Shen Ran and Hengba opened the door when they heard the sound, and saw Ye Wuxian and the group of heroes outside the door, and after inquiry, Ye Wushu told them that although Shen Chong strictly refused them to help, they all admired Shen Chong's personality very much, so they did not stay away, but guarded near Shen Mansion a little. Unexpectedly, he ran into Dugu Jue and swept out of the Shen house, although the group of heroes wanted to stop it, but Dugu Jue did a lot of good work, coupled with the fact that he should have surveyed the terrain near the Shen house in detail before, the group of heroes chased a few steps, and let Dugu Jue escape between the alleys in an instant.

Hengba said: "Senior sister listened to Ye Daxia's words, and actually said that she didn't believe that you killed the master, but Ye Daxia and the heroes said well, plus the scars on the master's body were caused by your Dugu Jue's swordsmanship, and finally the senior sister had to accept the fact that you were a murderer with half a doubt!" Then he continued to curse Dugu Jue: "Three days ago, you deliberately pretended to let go of the master because you were greedy for your sister's sex, just because you didn't want to do it in front of your sister, so you deliberately made a three-day appointment." You despicable villain, you actually want to use the middle of the night to secretly kill the master, and then pretend to be serious during the day to come to the door to challenge, when the master is dead, you pretend to be innocent, in order to deceive the heart of the junior sister, it is really a wolf ambition, I really can't think through, how can the junior sister like such a vicious person as you! ”

When Dugu Jue heard this, he knew that if he continued to listen to it, it would be just more useless curses, so he let go of Hengba, flew on the tile, and left quickly. Hengba saw that Dugu Jue actually let him go, but he was also stunned, he wanted to catch up and go forward to avenge his master, but thinking that his light skills and martial arts were not as good as Dugu Jue, he didn't say that he couldn't catch up with him, even if he caught up, he couldn't help Dugu Jue without the help of the Ling Musket Team beside him, so he cursed and went to the Shen family.

After Dugu Jue let go of Hengba, he flew all the way to the riverside outside the city, looked at the moonlight patrolling on the river, and calmly recalled what Ye Wuxian said to him in Lingjiang Garden, Shen Chong's expression and words in front of his father's grave, and Ye Wuxian's false accusations against himself in front of the heroes outside the Shen family. It has been confirmed before and after that it is difficult to tell whether Shen Chong is the enemy who murdered his parents, but Ye Wu injured both ends of the head and mouse, and it is an obvious fact that he lied and framed him and Shen Chong. Now that Shen Chong is dead, if he wants to find out the truth, he can only find out on Ye Wuxian. After thinking about it, Dugu Jue left the riverside and headed towards Lingjiang Garden. He knew that there might have been many martial arts heroes waiting for him in Lingjiang Garden, and it was even more likely that there were also masters sent by Tong Guan to help Ye Wuxian, this trip could be said to be extremely dangerous, but he had to go, because only from Ye Wu's wounds could he find the murderer who killed his parents and Shen Chong.

But when Dugu Jue came to Lingjiang Garden, he found that Ye Wuxian and Mo Guyan were not in Lingjiang Garden, and only the group of blindly excited martial arts heroes who were waiting for him during the day. When everyone saw Dugu Jue, they immediately surrounded him again, first scolding him for colluding with the Demon Sect and being friends with Huang Shang, who was already a public enemy of martial arts, and then reprimanded him for killing Shen Chong again, such a scum in the rivers and lakes, what face does he have to live in the world. Such foul language is not much different from tyranny. Dugu Jue didn't bother to pay attention, and immediately pulled out the crape myrtle soft sword without saying a word, this time he was no longer merciful, a burst of sword light flashed, and more than a dozen Jianghu high-rollers close to him were all hit by swords in their wrists, and the weapons in their palms fell to the ground one after another. Dugu Jue stared at everyone with his head held high, and said lightly: "If I want to kill you, it will be as easy as a hand!" It's just ridiculous that you claim to be chivalrous, but you don't distinguish between right and wrong, and it's not worth killing me at all! ”

Dugu Jue turned around and left, he didn't perform light skills, walked slowly, with a sneer on his face, and sure enough, as he expected, the group of heroes behind him saw that he had just revealed that sharp swordsmanship, and no one dared to catch up. These people are full of chivalry, but none of them dare to fight with their lives, which makes Dugu Jue shake his head and sigh, deeply ashamed.

Dugu Jue left Lingjiang Garden and came to Mengxi Garden, he guessed that Ye Wuxian and Mo Guyan must still be in the Shen family, and sure enough, he saw Ye Wushu and Mo Guyan talking to Shen Ran and Hengba. Hengba was foaming at the mouth and telling Shen Ran that although he was restrained by Dugu Jue, he still scolded Dugu Jue to the point of embarrassment, and left in shame, and stomped his feet and sighed: "I hate that my martial arts are not as good as the sword demon, otherwise I will definitely cut off his head and pay tribute to the master's spirit!" ”

Hengba was talking wildly, not noticing that Dugu Jue had already appeared behind him. Dugu Jue looked at Hengba indifferently: "I didn't expect that the invincible hand's martial arts are not so invincible, but the cowhide is very invincible!" I Dugu Jue has a clear conscience, how can I be ashamed of myself? How can you go away in shame? ”

Hengba saw Dugu Jue suddenly appear and sneered, immediately retreated a few steps, and then drank the Ling Fire Rifle Team in front of the Zhuang Zhuang to fire at Dugu Jue, Dugu Jue knew that the Ling Fire Gun was not trivial, and immediately rushed into the Ling Fire Gun Team first, and before the gunners fired, they picked off the Ling Fire Gun in their hands with a quick and sharp swordsmanship. At this moment, Shen Ran walked out of the door and walked straight to Dugu Jue. Dugu Jue stopped the long sword in his hand, and looked at Shen Ran's crying and swollen eyes and Xiao Thin's face, extremely distressed. Shen Ran stared at Dugu Jue for a long time, and finally spoke: "Brother Jue, did you really kill my father?" ”

Dugu Jue is arrogant and arrogant, and he is never subject to gossip. The person he doesn't care about, no matter how insulting it is, doesn't care about it, but if the person he cares about, even if he has the slightest suspicion about him, he will feel a lot of pain. Now, Shen Ran's gentle questioning had deeply stabbed him, and Dugu Jue thought to himself, if even Ran Mei was suspicious of him, why did he need to defend himself for more words? With grief and anger in her heart, she was arrogant, and she replied: "If Sister Dye thinks that Ling Zun died at my hands, he died at my hands, why bother asking?" ”

Shen Ran's eyes wept and said: "My father has done good deeds all his life and has never held grudges with others, although I don't know the details of why Brother Jue's parents were killed in my house back then, but I know that my father is extremely guilty about this matter." But since I came home from Tumi Villa, I have asked many times, but my father has not been willing to explain it to me. Although my father didn't say it, I firmly believe that with my father's character, he would never frame and murder anyone, Brother Jue, can you believe me? ”

Dugu Jue listened to Shen Ran's sincere words and sad tone, and his heart softened, so he said to Shen Ran: "I believe it!" If you have a father, you must have a daughter, and if you can have a kind daughter like you, Senior Shen is definitely not a wicked person, sooner or later, I will definitely find out who murdered my parents back then, and I will also find out who assassinated Ran Mei's father last night. ”

Shen Ran listened to Dugu Jue's words, and did not kill her father, her heart was wide, and she wanted to ask again, but Ye Wushu and Mo Guyan had already drawn their swords, and they were the first to block between Shen Ran and Dugu Jue. At the same time, dozens of swordsmen wearing various strange costumes appeared beside them, and Dugu Jue could see at a glance that these swordsmen were the same people as the swordsmen who ambushed him in Lingjiang Garden back then, and they were obviously sent by Tong Guan, disguised as high-rollers from the rivers and lakes to help Ye Wuxian. He thought, all the swordsmen are not low in martial arts, but they are not afraid, and what they are worried about is their well-trained and coordinated sword formations, which are really a bit tricky. Seeing that Ye Wuxian came forward, Hengba immediately ordered the Ling Gun team to surround him again, and the muzzle of the gun was pointed directly at Dugu Jue. Ye Wuxian pointed at Dugu Jue, and said seriously: "The old man took pity on Dugu Shaoxia's parents who committed suicide, and only then told you about the past, it was to relieve the distress in Shaoxia's heart and let go of senseless hatred, but I didn't expect Dugu Shaoxia to kill Mr. Shen Chong ruthlessly, the name of the sword demon is really true, the old man wants to seek justice for Mr. Shen Chong today!" After speaking, without waiting for Dugu Jue to answer, he immediately swung his sword and stabbed him, and Mo Guyan and the group of swordsmen immediately followed.

Mo Guyan's swordsmanship, Dugu Jue already knew it, and it was not difficult to deal with. Ye Wuxian was careless and almost injured under Dugu Jue's sword before, this time he exerted his full strength, his body shape was erre, the sword style was weird, suddenly agile, suddenly slow, there was no flaw between the movements, Dugu Jue couldn't help but sigh while resisting, the title of "Sword Spirit" is worthy of its name. Dugu Jue thought to himself, if it was two years ago, even if there was no Mo Guyan and the swordsmen by his side, only Ye Wushu would have been defeated, but after the old monk instructed him in footwork and learned martial arts with Huang Shang, his original sword-breaking style could break all the swordsmanship in the world, but even so, because the swordsmen really formed a knife formation, and with the ghostly swordsmanship that helped Ye Wuxian, it was still difficult for Dugu Jue to find a gap for a while. What's more, there is also the domineering Ling Musket Team watching and delaying, and Dugu Jue is under siege, which is really dangerous. In the middle of the struggle, he suddenly heard Shen Ran shouting for everyone to stop, Dugu Jue immediately took a step back when he heard the sound, but Ye Wushu and Mo Guyan completely ignored Shen Ran's dissuasion, and only wanted to put Dugu to death, the sword in his hand did not stop, and Dugu Jue had to move forward and fight again.

Shen Ran saw that Ye Wushu and Mo Guyan had to put her Jue brother to death, and the Ling Musket Team was only willing to obey Hengba's orders because they believed that Dugu Jue had killed Shen Chong, and shouted loudly in a hurry: "Ye Daxia doesn't want to listen to the little girl's advice, is he in a hurry to kill people and kill people?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Ye Wuxian immediately slowed down his sword move and took a few steps back, Mo Guyan and the swordsmen saw Ye Wuxian retreating, and they also stopped the sword in their hands. Ye Wuxian turned around and reprimanded Shen Ran: "Miss Shen is grieving the loss of her father and is dizzy, but when she says that Ye wants to kill people, does she mean to falsely accuse Ye of being the murderer?" Talking like this, doesn't it chill the enthusiasm of the heroes of the world to avenge Mr. Shen Chong? ”

Shen Ran felt that he had said too much, so he bowed his head and apologized to Ye Wuxian: "The little girl is anxious for a while, what she said is not right, Shang Ye Daxia forgive me!" ”

Ye Wuxian snorted and raised his head proudly.

Seeing that Ye Wuxian, Mo Guyan and the swordsmen had stopped, Shen Ran apologized to Ye Wuxian again, and was furious, ordering the Ling Musket Team to fire immediately. Dugu Jue could have used the blade of his sword to knock down the muskets in their hands again, but he knew that they mistakenly believed that they were killing Shen Chong and wanted to avenge their master, and they didn't want to hurt them, but just this one, the Ling Musket team had already spread out a few feet away, and Dugu Jue couldn't shoot down the Ling Muskets in their hands one by one in an instant. Dugu Jue knew that life and death were only in an instant, so he simply put his sword into the sheath and said proudly: "I Dugu Jue said that I didn't kill Shen Chong, but I didn't kill Shen Chong, do you believe it or not?"

Seeing that Dugu Jue had stopped, the Ling Musket Team proudly collected their swords, looked at each other, and didn't know whether they should take advantage of this time to fire at Dugu Jue. However, he was still reckless, rushed to Dugu Jue, threw a punch and cursed: "I'll kill you thief!" Dugu Jue was very tired of Hengba, and when he was angry, Hengba punched him in the chest, he couldn't help but have a murderous heart, and he flashed Hengba's straight punch with a slight turn, and then Ziwei's soft sword came out of the sheath, killing the one that had been lying on Hengba's neck from behind. At this moment, someone suddenly shouted: "I believe it! ”

Dugu Jue stopped the long sword in his hand, and everyone looked, "I believe it!" These three words actually came from Shen Ran's mouth. I saw Shen Ran rushing out from behind the Ling Musket Team, walked in front of Dugu Jue, and turned to everyone: "I have known Dugu Jue for more than a few years, I know that Dugu Jue can kill people, but I will never kill people and dare not admit it!" Therefore, Dugu Jue said that he didn't kill my father, and my father was never killed by Dugu Jue! ”

Dugu Jue stared sideways at Shen Ran, and found that although she spoke in a resolute tone, there was still a trace of doubt in her eyes. Dugu Jue sighed, let go of Hengba, and turned away.

Ye Wuxian, Mo Guyan and the swordsmen heard that Shen Ran, who was Shen Chong's biological daughter, had come forward to speak for Dugu Jue, but they were silent again, and Hengba's face was even more frosty.

Dugu Jue glanced back at Shen Ran, the two looked at each other speechlessly, and they both felt that this time they were parting, and if they saw each other in the future, even if they were not enemies, they would never be friends, and they would be strangers from now on. Shen Ran felt a pain in his heart, couldn't bear to look at it anymore, turned his head, and slowly walked into Shen's house.