Chapter Twenty-Three: The Wind and Cloud
Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where the rivers and lakes are, there are always rumors, these rumors are varied, from sectarian disputes to anecdotes, whether they are underworld or white, they are willing to listen to it, and then add to the rumors after they are full of wine and food.
However, these noisy and chaotic rumors have been suppressed in recent days, and only one news has spread throughout the martial arts - the demon Fu Yuanyu has reappeared in the rivers and lakes, and the Replenishing Heaven Sect has issued a soul-chasing order, and the sect leader Zhou Jiangyun has taken the Yin Book of "Intercepting the Heavens" as a reward, regardless of life and death, regardless of good and evil, and discuss it with the heroes of the world.
At first, this news did not cause much splash, after all, although Fu Yuanyu's whereabouts have been mysterious in the past twelve years, he has not disappeared, whether it is the government or the martial arts, the pursuit of him has never been broken, but it is a pity that every time he returns, everyone chokes their wrists, and secretly says in their hearts that the old devil's name of "the first in the world" back then is really true, even if there are people who are consumed by interests, they have gradually stopped thinking, after all, ants still spare their lives, let alone people?
However, the Mending Heaven Sect immediately issued a soul-chasing order to all parts of the rivers and lakes, and also exchanged the Yin Book of "Intercepting the Heavens" for Fu Yuanyu's life, for the people of the rivers and lakes, the martial arts of the world can be more moving than the utilitarian beauties, not to mention that the "Intercepting the Heavens" is only for the cultivation of the sect masters of the Replenishing Heaven Sect in the past dynasties, and Zhou Jiangyun will undoubtedly give up the position of the next sect master. This news spread quickly, and not only countless evil demons and foreign Daoists heard about it, but even the White Dao Sect was in an uproar, and there were countless people who secretly plotted it.
In this way, the rivers and lakes are full of ears and eyes, and soon someone found the traces of Fu Yuanyu in Yunzhou, and called friends to pull dozens of people to go to besiege and kill, thinking that it was good luck, but the whole army was wiped out, and when others hurried to arrive, they saw dead corpses all over the ground, and many people left deep bones on the whip marks, which corresponded to the murderous name of the snake whip.
For a time, the entire martial arts were in a commotion, some people were frightened, some people were resentful, and some people were so excited that they couldn't help themselves, there were a lot of black and white people involved, which can be said to be widely implicated, alarming up and down, and the general rudder of the martial arts league in Qihuang Mountain also quickly got the news, the current alliance leader Fang Huaiyuan sent people out to inquire about the truth and truth, and on the other hand, he restrained the disciples who were fluctuating in their minds, and at the same time flew pigeons to pass the book, and invited the major heads of Baidao to come and discuss the matter.
The major heads have heard of this for a long time, knowing that the matter is not trivial, after receiving the message, they set off overnight, and rushed to Qihuang Mountain as quickly as possible.
On the rivers and lakes, no matter black and white, there are many sects, it is not easy to be the head of a faction, not to mention the power of one party, but the responsibility has always represented the power, when the martial arts league was established, in order to promote the first generation of the alliance leader, the various sects of the white road are also fighting for the head of the bloodshed, so the four major sects of Linyuanmen, Wangshumen, the beggar gang and the Haitian gang jointly came forward to preside over the martial arts conference, after an open and fair civil and military competition, and finally it was the head of the Linyuan Gate at that time, Fang Yulou, who became the first generation of the alliance leader, and treated the Baidao sects equally. A lifetime of admiration is worthy of it, which can be described as highly respected.
Fang Yulou was seriously ill five years ago, and before his death, he held a second conference to select the new alliance leader, but he didn't think that this candidate would fall on his son, Fang Huaiyuan became famous at a young age, and participated in the siege of Wahuang Peak in the twenty-third year of Pingkang and the seventh year of Yong'an, and his reputation was outstanding, his achievements were remarkable, and his martial arts were also very strong, and Zhou Jiangyun was on a par, and he overwhelmed the crowd at the martial arts conference, becoming a well-deserved second-generation martial arts alliance leader, and also led Linyuanmen to stand on a new peak.
However, there are only two generations of tiger fathers and no dog sons, Fang Huaiyuan is forty and nine this year, it stands to reason that it is time to cultivate an heir, but his only son Fang Yongyan is sick and weak, although there is no shortage of disciples with good qualifications, but they are still inexperienced, and no one can take on the heavy responsibility of being in charge, let alone competing for the position of the leader of the alliance, other sects are comforting on the surface, and secretly rejoicing in their hearts, after all, everyone was originally on an equal footing, and the two alliance leaders from Linyuanmen pressed them, and now it is time for feng shui to take turns.
Everyone present had different thoughts, Fang Huaiyuan didn't realize this, after everyone took a seat, he took out a stack of information for everyone to circulate, and it was a summary of the news that the disciples of the Martial Arts League had heard recently, starting from Fu Yuanyu's appearance in Nanyang City to kill many secret agents in Tingyu Pavilion, to the last time he appeared in Yunzhou to kill thirty-eight people from the rivers and lakes, the words were full of bloody wind and blood, which was shocking.
Wang Chengjiao, the leader of the beggar gang, was the most hot-tempered, and after reading it, he couldn't help but shoot the case, and scolded angrily: "This old devil is really murderous and lawless!" ”
Poor Dao thinks that there is something else hidden in this matter. Since the great change in the seventh year of Yong'an, Fu Yuanyu has not only become the big devil who everyone in the rivers and lakes has been punished, but also a key criminal in the court who participated in the rebellion, even if he is strong in martial arts, he cannot be the enemy of the whole world, so he has been hiding and hiding over the years, and rarely confronts us head-on, let alone such a blatant killing. ”
Wangshumen is located on the coast of the East China Sea, although the door only accepts female disciples, but all women do not let the eyebrows, the current head Xie Ange is a female crown, the cultivation of many years of extraordinary mood, even if you see such a tragedy, you can quickly stabilize your mind, calmly analyze the clues.
Hearing this, Jiang Tianyang, the leader of the Haitian Gang, frowned and said: "Many people have seen with their own eyes, there are also snake whip marks on the corpse, and the human and material evidence are all there, Zhou Jiangyun is even willing to take out the secret book of "Intercepting the Sky", is there still a fake?" ”
Xie Ange said: "According to the poor Dao's opinion, these things are inseparable from Fu Yuanyu, but they are not necessarily all done by him, just imagine that in just one month, from Yanzhou to Yunzhou, the region is separated by nearly thousands of miles, and there are many victims, among which there are not only black and white masters, but also court officials and secret agents of Tingyu Pavilion, if Fu Yuanyu does it alone, I am afraid that three heads and six arms are not enough." ”
Either this devil has an accomplice to help, or someone imitates Fu Yuanyu's martial arts path to set up a blame.
"If you want to talk about the person who knows Fu Yuanyu best, there is no one in the world who is better than Zhou Jiangyun, but he issued a soul chasing order first, and offered a reward for "Intercepting the Sky" later. An elderly white-bearded old man frowned, "As for the accomplices...... Fu Yuanyu has been notorious all these years, who else will risk the world's condemnation to help him kill innocents indiscriminately? They have been silent for twelve years, and now what is the purpose of the killing spree? ”
"Because he's not long dead."
Fang Huaiyuan, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke, and in the face of everyone's suspicious eyes, he slowly exhaled a breath, took out a letter from his arms and put it on the table, and said: "I heard that Yuge sent someone to send this secret letter today, asking the Wulin League to call on the heroes of the world to fight against the thieves...... It is the poison of chemical power that cannot be cured, if Fu Yuanyu wants to live, he needs to dissipate his strength, otherwise he will die of all the meridians. ”
With Fu Yuanyu's temperament, he would rather die than be a wasted person, although he doesn't know what method he has used to prolong his life so far, he has always reached the limit, rather than continuing to be a mouse with his head and tail and dying in the gutter that no one knows, it is better to throw away everything and finally kill happily.
After everyone read the letter, they all felt a chill rushing to the heavenly spirit from the soles of their feet, Fu Yuanyu was the devil who made the people in the rivers and lakes frightened, and now this devil is crazy, which makes people even more frightened.
“…… This matter should not be delayed, and a decision must be made early! Wang Chengjiao looked at Fang Huaiyuan, "What does the alliance leader mean?" ”
"These murders are indeed strange, I heard that Yuge promised to assist local governments to find out about this case, but the top priority is to kill Fu Yuanyu, the devil, so that he will not kill innocents indiscriminately again, and the harm will be more extensive." Fang Huaiyuan's fingers tapped on the tabletop, and a ruthless color flashed in his eyes, "No matter what the truth of the murder is, at the moment, black and white must be of a unified voice, saying that it was Fu Yuanyu's doing." ”
Xie Ange frowned: "We already take it as our responsibility to eliminate demons and defend the Dao, so we don't need to ......."
Jiang Tianyang interrupted her: "Master Xie, with the accumulated crimes committed by Fu Yuanyu, he deserved to die twelve years ago, and it is already incompetent for me to let him survive so far." ”
Xie Ange was silent, and the others also moved slightly.
"A month ago, listening to the rain pavilion found out Fu Yuanyu's whereabouts, laid many traps in Nanyang City early, and teamed up with Zhou Jiangyun to set up an ambush, but the result was still that this devil escaped, and he also took the lives of a landlord and dozens of good hands." Fang Huaiyuan sighed, "Hearing that the Yuge Pavilion has lost such a big person, it can only be ashamed of Fu Yuanyu's blood, since the Heaven Mending Sect is useless, it has to be replaced by another method." ”
Wang Chengjiao asked, "Listening to the Yuge, do you want us to come out of the white way?" ”
"Let Bai Dao make a move is only one of them, as for the second ......" Fang Huaiyuan said this, his face sank like water, raised his hand and clapped his hands three times, and a woman in purple holding a brocade box walked out of the back hall.
In front of everyone, Fang Huaiyuan opened the brocade box, and there were six tokens inside.
"They think that we are incapable of killing this demon, and we need to turn to outsiders for help." Fang Huaiyuan put the brocade box on the table, his tone was light, but it made people hear a little sarcasm for no reason, "Ten major sects and ten grace orders, I heard that Yuge has already said that the six sects of the underworld are moving, and now we are missing the four tokens in our hands." ”
Everyone's expressions changed, and many people showed indignation, but no one directly refuted it.
How high is Fu Yuanyu's martial arts?
The legends of the rivers and lakes are often exaggerated, but everyone here has experienced the battle of Wahuang Peak twelve years ago, and no one will say that Fu Yuanyu is not worthy of the sentence "Alone in martial arts, the first in the world".
The pursuit and killing over the years has proved one thing, if you want to deal with this old demon, you must not win more, you have to have a person who can really compete with it to make a move, in order to complete the final killing, and looking at the rivers and lakes, there is only one person who is qualified to be the enemy of Fu Yuanyu's life and death, but that person is only half of the Jing people, and he went away twelve years ago, and made an oath of "ten orders out of the mountain".
There was silence in the chamber for a moment, and even the sound of breathing was faint.
After a while, Wang Chengjiao was the first to speak: "My beggar gang agrees." ”
With a good start, Jiang Tianyang followed closely and said: "I, the Haitian Gang, also agree." ”
Fang Huaiyuan, as the leader of the Martial Arts Alliance and the head of the Linyuan Sect, was able to say this to his face that he had proved his attitude, but the last token of the White Dao fell on Wangshumen, but Xie Ange had not yet spoken, and everyone inevitably speculated in their hearts, and they couldn't help but look at it.
Xie Ange closed his eyes, looked at Fang Huaiyuan, and said, "Master Fang Alliance, there is still one thing to ask about the poor Dao. ”
"Thank you, but it's okay to say it."
"According to the intelligence, Fu Yuanyu went to Nanyang City to take away a remnant of the Nine Palaces, that is the son of Rainstorm Pear Blossom, who is only thirteen or fourteen years old this year." The fingers in the robe were quietly clenched, and Xie Ange's face was silent, "If Fu Yuan is ambushed, how will Fang Meng deal with this son?" ”
"Since he is a traitor, he can't be dealt with by the rules of my rivers and lakes, so he should be handed over to the Listening Rain Pavilion." After a pause, Fang Huaiyuan persuaded, "I know that the head of the Xie family is a person outside the party, and he always has pity, but this son is a traitor, and he recognizes Fu Yuanyu as his father-in-law, and it will become a big disaster in time." ”
Xie Ange looked at Fang Huaiyuan for a while, a trace of disappointment crossed his eyes, and he took out a token from his waist seal, and said softly: "Wangshumen, agree." ”
The token landed on the table with a muffled sound that was neither light nor heavy, as if a drum was beating in the heart.
Now that there is a decision, the next thing is to arrange the action, led by Fang Huaiyuan, the major leaders discussed how to lay it out, and there was a lot of controversy in the middle.
No one noticed that after the purple-clothed woman who gave the brocade box was ordered to withdraw, she quickly stayed away from the eyes and ears of others, and went down the mountain along a hidden path, where a fast horse had already been prepared, and she wore the stars and the moon all the way, and rushed to the nearest agarwood town to Qihuang Mountain overnight.
This town was originally not big, because of the proximity to the Wulin League, although there are many people who come and go to the rivers and lakes, but few dare to act recklessly, but it is more peaceful than other places, so that the local people can live and work in peace and contentment, and it has become extremely prosperous in the past few decades, and it has become quite famous in the entire Zhongzhou.
The woman in purple dismounted and entered the city, and went around to the door of a small courtyard in a secluded place, and the guards saw her showing her token, and immediately opened the door to let her go, and at the same time sent additional people to scatter around, beware of people following and snooping.
In the courtyard, a petite girl is sitting in the pavilion embroidering the upper of her shoes, she wears the fox mask that can be seen everywhere in the market stalls, and her goose yellow dress is as tender as a flower, which makes her more youthful and lovely. However, the plain embroidered shoe in her hand splashed a few blood spots, and the silhouette of the finger scratch could be faintly seen on the tip of the shoe, as if someone had grabbed her shoe before dying, leaving these mottled blood marks, no matter how cute it was, it became terrifying.
The woman in purple walked up to her, looked at the blood stains on her shoes, and said, "Since it's dirty, just throw it away." ”
"No, this is what my mother did when she was alive, how can I disappoint her for a cheap life?" The girl said angrily, "Look, although this bloodstain is not easy to wash, but I embroider it with a red thread to cover it, isn't it much better?" ”
The woman in purple said: "Ren is bright on the outside, and dirty on the inside." ”
The girl's eyes behind the mask were smart and cunning, but with innocent cruelty: "Are you talking about yourself, Jade Flawless?" ”
The woman in purple raised her hand to wipe it under her chin, tore off a human skin mask as thin as a cicada's wings, and suddenly changed from a young woman with a mediocre appearance to a beautiful woman with a terrifying complexion.
She threw away the human skin mask casually, and said lightly: "Whether it is a thing or a person, even if you deceive the world with your whitewash, you can't fool yourself." ”
The girl sighed angrily, "You really hate him." ”
Yu Wufang asked rhetorically: "If your mother doesn't hate him, how can she take her life and poison him?" ”
"It's different, my mother hates him because of grudges, but you love him." The girl added a needle to the upper of the shoe, and the red thread passed through the white satin, like blood penetrating the snow, "Love is a word, love and hate have always been the most dilemma, I am afraid that you hate him now, and when you see him, you can't do it, and bite me back." ”
Yu Wufang sneered: "How old are you, do you know what love and hate are?" ”
"I don't know, I don't want to know, that's too dangerous."
A red plum blossomed slowly on the upper of the shoe, and the girl's voice also had a light smile, but that smile only made people's hearts chill: "You've seen Fu Yuanyu, right?" ”
Yu Wufang's eyes were slightly cold: "So what?" ”
"I'm curious! The rivers and lakes all say that there is love and hate between you, he bears your love, you cut off his hand, and half a lifetime of kindness and righteousness once turned against each other, even if twelve years have passed, he sees you, how can he not kill? The girl raised her head, "If he has an old affection for you, how can you be so ruthless that you would rather serve the Yuge than kill him?" ”
Jade Flawless asked rhetorically: "Is it important?" ”
The girl finally put down her needlework and said bluntly: "If you can't win my trust, don't think about leaving today." ”
"What a big breath!" Yu Wufang sneered, "Even if Ji Fanshuang didn't make a big fuss in front of me back then, when you inherited the name of 'Gu Shooting Immortal', can you be more capable than her?" ”
In an instant, two killing intents collided in the pavilion, and the killers hiding in the shadows were so shocked that they all held their breath, almost excited by this piercing murderous aura.
Fortunately, Gu Shooting Immortal was just a temptation, and Yu Wufang didn't really want to tear her face, and after a moment of-for-tat, they invariably restrained their killing intent and resumed their words and smiles.
"When my mother was alive, she once said that she had three major regrets in her life, one of which was that she couldn't really fight with your predecessors." Gu Shuxian poured a cup of tea for Yu Wuxian with her own hands, and there was no lack of sighs in her tone, "There are many women in the world like stars, but the only people who can compare with her back then are you and Bai Zhiwei, the latter is soft and unbearable, and you are trapped by love and stagnant, which makes her very lonely, after all, how wonderful is this unpredictable world, how can a man be beautiful in the front?" Over the years, the clavicle Bodhisattva has disappeared in the rivers and lakes, and many people have learned that their predecessors are not only alive, but also want to reappear in the rivers and lakes, and I am very happy in my heart! ”
Speaking of that year, Yu Wufang's expression was slightly softened, and he said: "No matter how beautiful the words are, it is not as good as doing things well to make people feel at ease, if you don't believe me, I will show you the results, but ...... Since I have paid the price, you must also pay for it. ”
Gu Shuxian asked with interest, "Tell me about it?" ”
"I heard that Yuge wants Fu Yuanyu's life, I want to too." Yu Wufang looked at her only exposed eyes, as if he wanted to see her heart through the mask, "I give you Fu Yuanyu's life, and you help me become the master of the Storm Tower, is this deal still cost-effective?" ”
Yan Quan is dead, the Shocking Wind Building is now a plate of loose sand, and the Floating Cloud Building has bitten off a lot of benefits from this piece of fat, but it is limited to this, after all, the pavilion master is not a fool, he tolerates the Quartet to compete for power and profit, but will not allow one to dominate, if this deal can be made, not only will the Floating Cloud Building take a big advantage, but also in exchange for a new ally, Yu Wufang is much more interesting than those stinky men who are old and stubborn, why not?
Gu Shooting Immortal's fingers accidentally pressed on the tip of the needle, and the blood beads seeped out at once, she stained the blood on the red line, and asked softly, "Are you really ruthless?" ”
"I have loved Fu Yuanyu and exhausted the love of my life."
The teacup in his hand was silently crushed, Yu Wufang lowered his eyelashes, and said indifferently: "There is only one human heart, and if he tramples on it, he has to fill it with his life." ”