Chapter Twenty-Four: Out of the Mountain
The wind on the rivers and lakes is getting tighter, from Yanzhou all the way to the north, along the way the official roads and roads have sent a large number of people to check, black and white do not know what agreement has been reached, except for the small fights that do not become the climate, and the bigger battles are gone for a while, but there are many martial arts people scattered, all of them have swords and swords, and the people are frightened when they see it, for fear of attracting death, and they go home and close their doors after the end of business every day, and even those pleasure seekers and thieves are shrinking up. On the contrary, it has made many smoky and miasma places show a rare tranquility.
Some readers who heard the news inevitably felt angry and ridiculous, the clear law and strict laws could not restrain those wicked thieves, and justice and righteousness could not let black and white stop making peace, but let a big devil pointed out by a thousand people do it.
These things have been spread widely, and Xue Hongbi, who is hiding in Shui Yunze and concentrating on martial arts, still has no idea.
Fu Yuanyu didn't know whether he hated his scolding that day, or if he couldn't do personnel at all, since he started to practice martial arts, Xue Hongbi has had a miserable life every day, especially he has a hard bone, even if he is half-dead by Fu Yuanyu, he never begs for mercy, sometimes even Yin Mei can't bear to see his miserable state.
Today is the twenty-second day of the winter month, and it is exactly a month since Xue Hongbi came to Shui Yunze.
The weather is cold, the sky is cloudy like lead, even at noon it is dark, Yin Mei stood on the shore with a thick cloak, frowning and looking at the lake in front of her, she grew up here, knowing that although the lake is small but extremely deep, there is a dark passage under it that communicates with the big river, if you dive too deep, it is easy to be swept in, and no one knows where she died.
Xue Hongbi entered the water at the end of the day, he was half shirtless, and two heavy stone balls were tied to his feet, without a reed pipe, he said hello to her and jumped down, except for the first few ripples, he didn't even pick up a bubble, Yin Mei waited and became more worried, afraid that he had drowned below, but Fu Yuanyu did not allow her to go to catch people.
Seeing that noon was approaching, Yin Mei finally couldn't help but go into the water, but before she could put down the clothes in her hand, the calm lake suddenly rippled water, and a wet head emerged from the center of the lake, like a human-shaped water monkey.
"Thank you, Sister Mei."
Xue Hongbi climbed ashore and untied the stone ball on his feet first, and then took the clothes handed by Yin Mei and draped them on his body. He was born on the day of the winter solstice, and he turned fourteen years old on the seventh day of the winter month, and it was naturally impossible for him to change his appearance in just one month, but the young man really grew up fast, and he practiced martial arts diligently these days, and his originally thin body became stronger.
"If you don't come out again, I'll have to leave." Yin Mei poked him on the shoulder, and found that there was only a thin layer of flesh under the skin, and he was inevitably a little distressed, although he studied martial arts hard, Yu Wufang was better than Fu Yuanyu to be a master, so as not to toss people to death.
Xue Hongbi was slightly surprised: "Where is Sister Mei going?" ”
Yin Mei said: "I was originally working outside, and this time I was just ordered by my master to come back to live." ”
Hearing this, Xue Hongbi took off her coat again and said with a smile: "That's good, I'll catch two more fish, cook a good dish at noon, and practice it for Sister Mei." ”
In the past month, the two have become a lot closer, Xue Hongbi has not talked about brothers and sisters since she was a child, and she doesn't even have a serious playmate, the bright and cheerful Yin Mei is like a big sister to him, she is leaving now, he is inevitably reluctant in his heart, but it will not be revealed to be embarrassing.
Xue Hongbi quickly went into the water and caught two big fish up, strung them with straw ropes and carried them all the way back, Fu Yuanyu was packing suitcases and cages in the yard, and when he saw them coming back, he looked at Xue Hongbi a few times first, and said with a smile: "Congratulations, you have entered the first realm." ”
It is extremely difficult to get started in the early stage of the Yang Book of "Intercepting Heaven Gong", and the threshold of breathing and internal breath conversion alone is enough for most people who have just entered the martial arts to sink into the sand, not to mention repeatedly struggling on the edge of life and death to understand the operation of true qi.
After being tossed for a month, Xue Hongbi's hatred for Fu Yuanyu can be said to be increasing day by day, but he is also exquisite, the more he can find that although this old devil is ruthless, he is serious about teaching him, and even the mystery and the secret and the door of the exercise cover are not hidden, so this hatred has become complicated again, he has also pointed his nose and scolded, and the two of them get along with each other back to the lukewarm state before, but how much beware of estrangement has been added in the middle, only each other knows it.
Xu knew that Yin Mei was leaving, and the atmosphere of this lunch was quite harmonious, except for Fu Yuanyu's frequent dishes for the crazy woman, the dishes in the bowl were piled up with spires, and his eyesight and hands were good, and the "pagoda" not only did not collapse, but it did not even shake.
Xue Hongbi has seen many such scenes in the past month, and she is no longer as curious as she was at the beginning, so she went to talk to Yin Mei, but learned that not only she was leaving, but also the crazy woman was leaving.
"Master has a letter, let me send Aunt Bai back to my hometown first."
Xue Hongbi was stunned, couldn't help but look at the crazy woman who was eating quietly, and asked in a low voice, "Where is her hometown?" ”
Yin Mei hesitated before saying: "It's inconvenient to say now, you will always see it if you have fate, anyway, it's a far away place." ”
"She hasn't been back for so many years, is there any family at home?"
"Yes, it is to send her back to her relatives."
Yin Mei said this, Xue Hongbi felt even more strange in her heart, if the crazy woman still had relatives at home, how could she be taken care of by Yu Wuflawless an outsider for many years? Especially listening to the meaning of this, it is not that her relatives dislike her crazy and disabled, nor that the two sides have cut off their messages, then there should be other hardships, what happened?
Xue Hongbi scratched his ears and cheeks with curiosity, but he always knew the measure, and no longer asked Yin Mei questions, but asked her some questions about his fists and feet, and he finished the meal happily.
Sure enough, when he and Yin Mei finished cleaning up the kitchen, Fu Yuanyu also packed the madwoman's salute, many of which were warm clothes and medicinal herbs, which made Xue Hongbi feel that the place was not only far away, but also very cold.
The children of the rivers and lakes do not have those endless sorrows, Yin Mei carried all the salutes onto a canopy boat, and Fu Yuanyu also personally hugged the crazy woman, and the crazy woman who was extremely quiet today finally realized something after getting on the boat, but grabbed Fu Yuanyu's hand and refused to let go, muttering something that no one could understand, and her pale and beautiful face was full of confusion.
Fu Yuanyu shook her hand hard, picked up a cloak and put it on her, and tirelessly coaxed her gently, until she broke into a smile, he reached out and gently pressed the back of her neck, and the crazy woman fell asleep quietly in his arms, her eyebrows stretched, and the corners of her mouth were still smiling.
He put her on the small couch in the cabin, carefully folded the quilt, and then reluctantly got off the boat, and said solemnly to Yin Mei: "This is a long way to go, you have to take care of her...... She woke up scared to cry, so I put some of my own knick-knacks in the box, you remember to coax her, and in two days she would forget about me. ”
Yin Mei probably didn't think that this powerful big devil would have such a side, he was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses, and also solemnly responded to him, waved his hand at Xue Hongbi again, shook the oar and went down the river.
Until the shadow of the boat was completely lost in front of him, Fu Yuanyu was still standing on the shore and watching, and the whole person seemed to have become a stone statue that had weathered the storm.
Xue Hongbi endured it for a month, and now she is finally able to ask, "Who is she?" ”
"She's ......"
Fu Yuanyu's cold expression slowly melted, he looked at the direction where the boat disappeared, and he was still holding the colored thread bracelet that the crazy woman had knitted for him, the bracelet was clumsy and strange, and the color was red and green, which hurt his eyes, but he had never taken it off since he put it on.
In the cold mist, he slowly closed his eyes and said in a low voice: "Her name is Bai Zhiwei, and she is the woman I love the most in my life." ”
Xue Hongbi was stunned on the spot.
He has a good memory since he was a child, and he still has an impression of what happened when he was four years old, so he naturally won't forget what Fu Yuanyu said a month ago, especially at that time in his mouth, the name "Bai Zhiwei" can be compared with Yu Wuflaw and Ji Fanshuang, and compared with the two famous murderers, Bai Zhiwei, who is known as the "Taisu Divine Doctor", is obviously biased towards the right path.
Because of this, Xue Hongbi never dared to believe it.
Taisu Divine Doctor Bai Zhiwei is one of the three beauties of martial arts that year, the appearance is alluring and the heart of the Buddha, the rumors in the rivers and lakes are different, but no one says that Bai Zhiwei is not half of it, she is not the concubine fairy who saves the suffering, but she uses a hand of medical skills to fight for her life with Yama, and saves countless lives in her life, and dares to rush to the border pass to save the dead and help the injured when the enemy army attacks the city.
It's a pity that the heavens haven't blessed the good guys.
All the legends about Bai Zhiwei came to an abrupt end twelve years ago, so many things happened that year, no one knows what happened to her, only that no one has seen her since then, some say she died, some say she retired, but no one thought that she would become crazy and stupid, hiding in the depths of this water with a half-body disability, and living in a state of confusion for all these years.
In an instant, Xue Hongbi's mind was filled with that ignorant and stupid face and those thin and weak legs, and what had happened in the past few days flashed like a marquee, slowly fixing on Fu Yuanyu and Yu Wufang, who was dumbfounded for a while, and couldn't guess this tortuous and complicated relationship at all.
Eventually, he just asked in a dumb voice, "How did she become like this?" ”
"Because of me." Fu Yuanyu's voice was so light that it seemed to be blown away by the wind, "Twelve years ago, she was beaten by me three times and one whip, and she escaped from death, but her martial arts were wasted, her spine was broken, and the blood in her brain was difficult to clear, and she couldn't walk or know anything from now on. ”
Xue Hongbi has seen Fu Yuanyu smash the golden stone with one palm, and he has also seen him break people and horses into pieces with one whip, and those who can survive with three palms and one whip from him must have deep internal strength, but they only survive.
He said that Bai Zhiwei was the woman he loved the most, and he destroyed her with his own hands.
Fear was like a poisonous snake writhing behind her back, Xue Hongbi subconsciously took two steps back, and asked in a low voice, "Why is she sorry for you?" ”
As soon as the words came out, Xue Hongbi knew that something was wrong, in the past month, Fu Yuanyu has treated that crazy woman with great care, unless she is a blind person, no one will mistake him for cherishing everything, if she has already betrayed, how can it be so with Fu Yuanyu's character?
"On that day, you asked me how many things in this life I have a clear conscience, and how many people have not failed ...... I've thought about it for so long, and I can finally answer you today. Fu Yuanyu finally looked at him, "There is no one, and there is no one." ”
Bai Zhiwei didn't feel sorry for him at all, only Fu Yuanwei owed her deeply.
When he was questioned by Xue Hongbi, a junior, Fu Yuanyu was not annoyed, but at that moment, he recalled his life, thousands of figures came and went, but none of them stayed by his side.
He really never did anything with a clear conscience in his life, nor did he keep a person who was not let down by him, even when his dear parents who gave birth to him and raised him were alive, he never reciprocated the slightest kindness, and then the son wanted to raise him but did not wait for him, but only to sweep the grave with the blood of the enemy, but the blood was not only for the soul, but also to pave the way under his feet.
The person who loves him is trampled on by him, the person he loves is worse than death because of him, the apprentice who was raised by his own hands has turned against him, and the once loyal subordinates are now disobedient, and even the best friends who shared life and death in the past are separated by the end of the world, and it is difficult to return.
Fu Yuanyu is not only the world's No. 1 devil, but also the world's No. 1 negative person.
Xue Hongbi saw him laugh suddenly, only to feel creepy, almost suspecting that he was also crazy, but fortunately, this smile was fleeting, Fu Yuanyu restrained his joy, anger and sorrow, and said expressionlessly: "Have you memorized all the exercises I taught you?" ”
At this moment, Xue Hongbi didn't dare to provoke him at all, and replied obediently: "It's all back." ”
I don't know if Fu Yuanyu doesn't know how to teach his disciples, or if he is impatient with him, the content of the yin and yang volumes of "Intercepting Heaven Gong" was poured into Xue Hongbi's mind like a duck by him at the beginning, regardless of whether he can memorize and comprehend it by heart, and he is not afraid of his confusion, he insisted on letting him memorize the whole set of exercises backwards, and once something went wrong halfway, Fu Yuanyu directly took action to abolish the pure yang internal force that Xue Hongbi had cultivated with great difficulty, forcing him to start all over again.
The only thing that puzzled Xue Hongbi was that Fu Yuanyu once said that "Heaven Intercepting Gong" had ten realms, but the two volumes of exercises taught to him stopped at the ninth level, he didn't think that Fu Yuanyu wanted to hide his secrets, but he was inevitably curious.
However, Fu Yuanyu didn't give him the idea of solving his doubts, and after the exam, he said, "Go back and pack your things, we'll leave tomorrow." ”
Xue Hongbi was stunned: "Where to go?" ”
Fu Yuanyu didn't answer, he just turned around and looked into the distance on the line of water and sky, the cold wind blew from the surface of the lake, like the hand of the dead brushing his cheeks, with a bone-eating chill and nostalgia.
Xue Hongbi couldn't help but raise his head and look with him, all the grass and trees in his eyes were water, and the fog-locked mountains could be faintly seen in the distance.
On the other side of the mountain, what is there?
Thousands of miles away from the mountains, some people hurried to the mountains in front of them in the wind and snow.
Far from the city, the surrounding grassland is covered with glaciers, and the perennial snow collects into the sea, overwhelming people's hearts.
Seven horses, seven people, the first was a young man, the pitch-black man rolled in the wind like waves, he held the reins in one hand, and held a brocade box in the other, and his eyes fell on it from time to time, for fear of a slight mistake.
He looked no more than twenty years old, but he had a face like a knife and an axe, and even though he had been traveling day and night for several days, his body was still as straight as a gun, and even if the wind and snow swords came to him, he could not bend down.
The snow broke like a qiong in the horses' hooves, and they soon arrived at the bottom of the mountain, and before they could be reined, they were already blocked by guards in thick leather armor, who looked different from Jingren, but spoke fluent Zhongyuan dialect.
The young man had already expected it, and motioned to his entourage to step forward and hand out the seal letter, and said: "In Xia Zhanyu, from the Qihuang Mountain Martial Arts League, I came to meet the master of Bushan on the order of the family teacher, and I have important matters to discuss, please report it!" ”
The guards checked the seals and looked at each other a few times, and one of them immediately returned to the mountain, he was already wearing a gray and white robe, and a few ups and downs merged with the snow road, and there was no trace of him in the blink of an eye, and there were no footprints left on the ground.
Seeing that a gatekeeper was so light, Zhan Yu's heart was slightly cold, and he was more in awe of this legendary master of the cold mountain, and secretly made a gesture, and the six people behind him also settled down.
Fortunately, the man walked fast and came back quickly, and after about a stick of incense, he came out like a dexterous ferret again, and said, "The mountain lord is practicing swords in Guluan Peak, please." ”
Although Zhan Yu is young but quite courageous, he only took one person to accompany him up the mountain, the horse's hooves raised all the way to break the snow and ice dust, the more he went up, the more strange rocks he saw, and the terrain became more and more tortuous and complicated, if no one led him, I am afraid that he might not be able to find the way up and down the mountain when he turned to death.
Halfway up the mountain, they had no choice but to abandon their horses, perform light feats with the guides, climb a bowl of thick iron ropes to the top of the mountain, and accidentally kick down a rock in the middle of the way, and only heard the echo for a long time.
No wonder the predecessors said that Hanshan is the first danger outside the gate of heaven.
Zhan Yu is Fang Huaiyuan's eldest disciple, and he is also the person who is most expected to become the next head of the Linyuan Sect, and this time he will go to Hanshan with the Ten Grace Orders, it may not be a test and opportunity that Fang Huaiyuan intends to give him.
Hanshan covers a large area, there is a valley, three peaks and four waterfalls in the middle, the lonely peak is the highest place of terrain, not only can pick the sun and moon with one hand, the wind, snow and thunderstorm are also the most loved here.
There was a light snow today, broken like a drizzle, but it couldn't hide people's faces.
However, there is heavy snow covering the sky at the top of the lonely luan.
As soon as Zhan Yufu stepped on this place, he was blinded by Feibai first, almost thinking that he was snow blind, and when he pulled up his big eyes and looked at it, he found that there was still light snow under the sky, but there was a person practicing swords on the snow in front of him.
In the snow, Zhan Yu couldn't see the man's face clearly, only to see him shirtless in this extremely cold place, his long hair was tied behind his head with a cloth belt, and the long sword in his hand moved as he wished, without a fixed swordsmanship move, more like a flowing sword dance, and the Xuanniao tattoo that occupied most of his back almost came to life, and he was about to burst out.
The cold wind and snow were all attracted and gathered by the energy brought by the long sword, and the snowflakes as thin as rice grains brushed against the blade of the sword, one into two, two into four, and the snowflakes became more and more, forming a whirlpool around him.
As if sensing the sound of footsteps, he let go of his hand by turning around, and the long sword burst out like an arrow, nailed to a stone on the edge of the cliff, and the sword body did not even tremble, but the stone surface cracked silently.
Only then did Zhan Yu see that it was actually a bladeless wooden sword.
"Hanshan and the Central Plains Martial Arts have already made an agreement, what did Fang Huaiyuan ask you to do?"
Picking up the white fur coat that fell on the ground and draped it over his shoulders, the man finally turned around, and his eyes were like cold stars breaking through the sky, which shocked Zhanyu's heart, and he couldn't help lowering his head and didn't dare to look directly, but his heart couldn't help but beat up.
He knew that this man was already forty-eight, and he was not young in any case, but his martial arts were unbeatable, and his internal strength was pure and unfathomable. Just looking at its face, if it weren't for the frost on his temples, some people would believe it if he was in his early thirties, but unfortunately the white wall was flawed, the other party was missing one eye, and the white cloth obliquely covered the left half of his face, making the already pale face more and more haggard.
People who don't know just look at the appearance, they will only think that he is a half-blind and sick man, how can they guess that this is the lord of the cold mountain who has guarded the gate of heaven for twelve years?
If he hadn't been blind and was a real Jing person, I am afraid that the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance would not have fallen on Fang Huaiyuan's head back then, and because of this, Zhan Yu heard some Jianghu guests talking behind their backs, he respected his master very much, and he was inevitably unhappy when he heard these gossips, and this time he took over the task to see what kind of person this lord of the cold mountain was.
He finally saw it.
The Blood Sea Snake Fu Yuanyu, the famous sword Zang Feng Bu Hanying.
Mountains and rivers meet, and the sun and the moon are different.