Chapter 11: The Jungle

The so-called hanger refers to the hanged ghost.

Because of the rugged terrain and barren property, even before the bandits flowed over, there were not many people in Nanyang City who often went to Diancui Mountain, even if they were hunters and woodcutters who came and went, they had to go around the northwest corner of the mountainside, for no other reason, although there was a relatively dense forest there, there were many bad things.

A few years ago, when the world was more difficult, natural disasters and man-made disasters followed, especially in this remote place, the days of dire water were almost not over, there were many desperate homeless people who committed suicide, somehow they all fell in love with the treasure land of Feng Shui of Cuishan, and weaved grass knotted ropes in the forest to hang themselves on the southeast branch, exposing the corpses in the wilderness and no one collected, and the name of "Hanging Guest Forest" came like this.

Later, although the year was good, there were no fewer accidents in this forest, and the name of the great murderous land was spread like this, and even the mountain bandits rarely went to the hanging guest forest when they heard about it.

In late autumn, although the sun is high but not strong, the sunlight leaks in through the cracks in the branches, casting shadows of light and shade, the more you go to the depths of the forest, the more dim the light becomes, Xu was just a fire not long ago, although the trees here are only affected by the periphery, but the snakes, insects, rats and ants are still hidden from the head and tail, so that the huge forest is difficult to hear even the sound of insects, and it seems more and more quiet and treacherous.

Du Sanniang's hands were tied with two finger-thick ropes, and the end was wrapped three turns on the two big trees on the left and right, and the whole person was suspended in the air, and the most fatal steel wire crossed her neck and tied to the branch above her head, as long as she was weightless, this steel wire could cut off her head in an instant, how many people in the world could fight for their lives with Yama in an instant?

She was still wearing the red dress, her hair bun had been scattered, her messy hair covered a small half of her face, and blood stains could be faintly seen, her head was slightly drooping at this time, her eyes were half-closed, and she didn't know whether she was awake or half-faint.

There are two people on and under the tree waiting for each other, holding a long knife against the rope, once the situation is not good, they will draw their knives and cut down, ensuring that Du Sanniang's blood will be splashed on the spot.

There was a man sitting on the big bluestone in front of him, looking in his thirties, with a plain appearance and a faint expression, he was peeling an orange with his head down, he peeled it slowly and carefully, and there was not even a trace of white on the plump golden flesh, so serious that he seemed to be picking human skin.

The sun is getting higher and higher, and the hour is getting closer.

When the sun was in the air, the man peeled off the last piece of orange peel and split the whole flesh in two, half of it was filled into his mouth, and half of it was thrown out of the woods path in front of him.

Half an orange was too light, and it flew out seven feet away, and it was still full and intact when it was caught in the palm of one hand, and not a drop of juice broke out.

Fu Yuanyu tore off a petal and tasted it, praising it: "It tastes good." ”

"The 'red beauty' of the Chu River in Nanling is only ripe once a year, and most of them have to be sent to Beijing, and the horses gallop day and night along the way, so that the nobles of the north can taste this fresh and good taste." The man looked at the orange peel under his feet and sighed, "Ten taels of silver only cost three taels of citrus, the southern production area is fine, and how many people in the north can't eat this half of the orange when the sun rises and sets." ”

Although Fu Yuanyu had been rich and prosperous in his early years, he had too many hard days over the years, he cherished half an orange and sighed: "It would be nice if the people of the north could grow such citrus." ”

"That's not true." The man took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands, "Sect Master Fu still remembers the truth of 'Southern Orange and Northern Mandarin'?" The same orange tree, growing in Huainan, will grow oranges, transplanted to the north will become oranges, left and right these are not the common people who plant trees, is the condition for the survival of orange trees, is the soil of the queen of heaven under our heads and feet! ”

Fu Yuanyu heard the song and knew the meaning of the strings, and said: "I am the tree that violated the soil of the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven." ”

"Sect Master Fu's heart is like a mirror, then it couldn't be better." The man's face also showed a kind smile, "The government and the opposition are divided into two things in the world, and the rivers and lakes and temples are one family!" We all know that although Sect Master Fu was born recklessly, he has great ambitions, and his martial arts are the best in martial arts, and he was only deceived by the old thief of Song and went astray, and made a big mistake for him, which really made my lord regret it very much! Over the years, we have been ordered to track down the whereabouts of Sect Master Fu, wouldn't it be a great pity to spend the rest of our lives with infamy on the shoulders of someone like Sect Master Fu? It's not too late to find out! ”

He said it so sincerely, Rao is Fu Yuanyu heard too many rhetoric, and he couldn't help but applaud this person.

"What Your Excellency said is reasonable, but it's a pity that you are wrong......" Fu Yuanyu dusted off his cloth lightly, his expression was melancholy, "I am no longer a sect master." ”

Twelve years ago, the ten major sects besieged Wahuang Peak, and the left protector Zhou Jiangyun helped the righteous army to overthrow the demon Fu Yuanyu and became the fifth generation of the sect master of the Mending Heaven Sect.

"Although the Mending Heaven Sect is the leader of the underworld in the rivers and lakes, it is still a deep pool in the end, and staying in it for a long time with the talent of Sect Master Fu is like a dragon trapped in the shallows, it is better to go to the next level." The man smiled, "As long as Sect Master Fu changes his mind, my lord is willing to support you to make a comeback, and then the Heaven Mending Sect or the Martial Arts Alliance will just be in your pocket." ”

"That's a good point." Fu Yuanyu finally smiled, "What do you call Your Excellency?" ”

The man hugged his fist and saluted: "I am not talented, listen to Yan Quan, the owner of the Storm Pavilion Building." ”

Listening to the strict hierarchy in the rain pavilion, in addition to the pavilion master who dominates the overall situation, there is a fourth floor of wind and clouds, thunder and lightning, each department performs its own duties, the four building owners sit on an equal footing, and call the "four heavenly kings", the seemingly peaceful man in front of him is the frightening building master who is in charge of intelligence planning.

One of the four heavenly kings personally came to be a lobbyist for him, a prisoner who was scolded by thousands of people, and it was really a great sincerity.

Fu Yuanyu received this feeling, and after a little thought, he said, "Your surname is Yan?" Yan Songyue's son? ”

Yan Quan's smiling eyes suddenly turned cold.

Yan Songyue is the former owner of the Shocking Wind Building, and also one of the elders of the Listening Rain Pavilion, twelve years ago he was ordered to arrest Fu Yuanyu, but he was smashed by a palm, and the seven orifices bled and died without turning a blind eye.

Fu Yuanyu really has a good memory, but if he really wants to surrender, he will never mention this name.

"It seems that Sect Master Fu is determined to give up oranges and make oranges." The smile on Yan Quan's face slowly retracted, "The truth that those who know the times are Junjie, I think that Sect Master Fu should know it." ”

"If I heard that the Rain Pavilion really wanted to come and surrender, I shouldn't have sent you." The corner of Fu Yuanyu's lips smiled slightly, "I killed your father twelve years ago, and at least fifty percent of the open guns and hidden arrows I have encountered over the years are related to you, and if you and I don't say that the hatred is as deep as the sea, it is almost inseparable. ”

Yan Quan didn't feel annoyed when he heard this, but laughed again, and said, "If it weren't for the opposite position, you and I should have drunk and talked." ”

As Fu Yuanyu said, I heard that there are indeed many people in the Yu Pavilion who want to recruit this powerful big devil, but there is no Yan Quan among these people, he is planning to get this opportunity this time, and he has traveled thousands of miles to get here, nothing more than to completely cut off this road, Fu Yuanyu should be a heinous person, and there is no place to bury him, so as to be worthy of his hatred over the years.

After Yan Quan laughed, he glanced back at Du Juan and said, "Sect Master Fu came here alone to save this thief mother-in-law?" ”

Fu Yuanyu persuaded: "Although she is the same age as you, she has worked with your father, and she is also your senior, so it is better to be polite." ”

"If she hadn't turned back halfway, killed Xue Hai without authorization, snatched her son and defected, she would naturally not hesitate to say a word of honorific." Yan Quan's eyes were cold, "This thief is cautious and ruthless, my subordinates who died in her hands are not a hundred but eighty, and it is not an exaggeration to kill her alive!" ”

After a pause, he sneered: "It's that little evil seed, why don't you come to save his mother, it's really better to raise than to live?" ”

"No, no." Fu Yuanyu dusted off the corners of his clothes again, shook his head and chuckled, "It's just that Fu is a person who kills in the rivers and lakes, and he never likes to drag his feet with a burden." ”

As soon as the word "up" came out, Fu Yuanyu kicked under his feet and swept past Yan Quan, and landed on the top of Du Sanniang's head in the blink of an eye, rubbing his palms into a knife to cut the steel wire, and the sharp sound collapsed in an instant, the killers on both sides came back to their senses, and decisively gave up holding on to the rope, and the four knives came out at the same time, slashing at Du Sanniang without hesitation, the blade was fast and ruthless, and the cold light pierced people's eyes, and it only took a moment to cut a big living person into a stick!

However, these four knives together are no faster than Fu Yuanyu's two hands!

The moment the steel wire broke, Fu Yuanyu had already grabbed the rope that bound Du Sanniang's arms and dragged it down, even if it was a cow tendon rope that had been soaked in water, he couldn't help but be broken by his internal force, and in an instant, it all broke together, and the two of them fell to the ground under their heads and feet, and the danger flashed from under the two knives, and before the remaining two knives cut off his legs, Fu Yuanyu stood up with one hand, his fingers passed through the gap like willows, and grabbed the two blades on the left and right, but when he heard the crisp sound, only half of the blade was left on the handle!

At this moment, the aftermath of the word "has" was still echoing in Yan Quan's ears.

But instead of being angry, he laughed.

Fu Yuanyu was still standing in place, and the four killers surrounded him, but he didn't move an inch.

Du Sanniang lay on his back, her left hand over her shoulders on her heart, her right hand across her chest, one leg wrapped around his waist and abdomen like a poisonous snake, and her chest and back were close to each other, like a pair of lingering lovers.

However, there will be no lover in the world who twists the blade when the ears and temples are grinding.

There is a triangular needle between each of her fingers, a knife as thin as a cicada's wings in her mouth, a sharp cold light bursts out from the heel of her embroidered shoes, Fu Yuanyu's throat, heart, lungs, and waist are all where her blade is pointing, not to mention cutting into the flesh and bones, even if it cuts a little bloody skin, it is tantamount to being bitten by a deadly poisonous snake.

Fu Yuanyu didn't want to die yet, so he didn't move, he could only sigh: "The mouth of the green bamboo snake and the needle behind the tail of the wasp are all poisonous to the woman's heart!" ”

Yan Quan finally stroked his palms and laughed, and the laughter shook off the dead leaves of the branches a little.

"Sect Master Fu's words are wrong, although the cuckoo is a, she is still a beauty!" He smiled, "When you were crisscrossing the rivers and lakes back then, didn't you also say that 'peony flowers die, and ghosts are also romantic'?" ”

Fu Yuanyu thought about it for a while, and looked at Du Sanniang slightly: "After the destruction of the Golden Tower, you joined the Tingyu Pavilion, right?" ”

Du Sanniang held a knife in his mouth, so it was naturally impossible to answer him, but Yan Quan replied: "Yes, at the beginning, the Golden Mansion had already surrendered to Tingyu Pavilion, but it was slaughtered by Bai Li's thief mother-in-law, so that we lost a lot of help in vain, but fortunately, Du Juan alone can be worth a hundred and ten killers, and he can help us deal with a lot of hard bones over the years." ”

It's true that she has been wandering around all these years, but it is not the case when she is hunted and killed, Xue Hongbi once saw her return with serious injuries, thinking that it was difficult to chase the soldiers, but in fact, she went out to kill people and take her life, and every scar on her body was a curse when a person was dying.

However, the killer is like a prostitute, and the best years are only in a hurry, since five years ago, Du Sanniang noticed that his skills were stagnant, and the old injuries that had accumulated for many years were also frequent, so he slightly whitewashed and took Xue Hongbi to live in seclusion in Nanyang City, and continued the longest and largest task in her life - with this only bait, she fished out the remnants of the Nine Palaces hidden in the rivers and lakes.

Fu Yuanyu came too late, late to the fact that she had been the bait for twelve years, and he came too fast, so fast that she woke up from a good dream and was caught off guard.

Yan Quan approached, looked at Fu Yuanyu with four eyes, and said: "The Pavilion Master has an order, if Sect Master Fu can tell the names of the remaining Nine Palace Yu and who is where, and promise to return to the Yu Pavilion, not only can I let you go this time, but I can also revoke the wanted warrant and help you regain everything in the past." ”

Fu Yuanyu smiled: "Let me go, are you willing?" ”

Yan Quan had already restrained all those resentments, and said, "After all, he is the owner of the Stormy Building, and he is responsible in his position. ”

"What if I still don't agree?" Even if the key is in the hands of the enemy, Fu Yuanyu is not afraid, his eyes look around, and finally fall on the face of Du Sanniang, who is close at hand, "With these few people, what can you do to me?" ”

Before the words fell, with a "crackling" sound of bones, Du Sanniang only felt that her hands were empty, Fu Yuanyu's tall and thin body was suddenly shrunk and deformed, and the whole person twisted half a circle in her arms like a piece of paper, bent her elbow hit her chest, and at the same time rushed down three feet, her blade and poisonous needle pierced her clothes, but she didn't touch a single hair of him!

Fu Yuanyu swept his legs on the spot, and the nearest killer screamed, his legs were broken from his knees, and his body immediately fell to the ground, and then his head sank, Fu Yuanyu slapped on the top of his head with one hand, and his body was like a catkins rising from the wind, his left hand drew a circle to lock a palm in front of him, and his right hand raised a knife to split his head, and his body turned to throw people away.

Everyone was shocked.

Du Sanniang's eyes lit up, the two corpses had not yet landed, and the two poisonous needles in her palm shot out of the air, Rao is Fu Yuanyu only had time to avoid one when she heard the voice, and at the same time, her right hand turned around, and the last poisonous needle was sandwiched between her fingers at the last moment. As a result, his figure stagnated in mid-air for a moment, Du Sanniang had already grabbed the blade in his hand, kicked his feet, and approached Fu Yuanyu's side in the blink of an eye, and pointed the knife straight to the empty door under his armpit, the tip of the knife had pierced the robe, and Fu Yuanyu's palm was only halfway out!

Unexpectedly, Du Sanniang did not advance but retreated, the blade slid down, and her body flew down like a swallow, narrowly avoiding Fu Yuanyu and turning around, and at the same time backhand in her hair, grabbed a few steel wires as thin as cow's hair, and shot at Fu Yuanyu with a snap of her fingers.

"Aggressive" seven sounds, Fu Yuanyu moved and flew between the trees, there were seven more holes in the trunk, a trick was not finished, the crown above trembled, and four more people grabbed the barbed wire fence covered with thorns and fell from the sky, and at Fu Yuanyu's feet, Du Sanniang and the remaining killer pounced, bound to kill him There is no way to go to the sky and no way to enter the ground!

At this time, Fu Yuanyu reached out and pressed his waist and untied the belt and rope.

He was dressed in a black robe, and his belt was also black, at first glance, he looked completely integrated, but now he was tangled and untied, and when he raised his hand, there were sparks flying, only to know that it was not a rope at all, but a slender whip that hid his head and tail!

Yan Quan's face finally changed color, and he shouted: "Xuan Snake Whip, retreat!" ”

At the same time, he waved his hands violently, and one hundred and ten iron lotus seeds broke out of his sleeves, piercing through the trees and still castrating, if they hit people, they would undoubtedly be full of holes!

Iron lotus seeds, thorn nets, and life-killing knives, all three are ruthless, all three are fast, but none of them can be faster than that long whip!

An ancient book once said: "In the south of the black water, there is a snake that eats dust." ”

The legend of Zhiwei is naturally fake, but when Fu Yuanyu first got this weapon, he only felt that the tentacles were as cold as snake scales, and the whip head barb was like a triangular snake head.

The first whip flashed black, and the unbreakable thorn net was split in two!

The second whip of the wind phantom, four figures flew out diagonally, hitting their heads against the tree, and their skulls were shattered!

The third whip thunderbolt fell, Du Sanniang's pupils shrank suddenly, and she didn't want to catch the killer next to her in front of her, and at the same time, she flew back smoothly under her feet!

Fu Yuanyu's face did not change, the Xuan Snake Whip fell on his head, and the killer didn't even let out a scream, and the whole person flew out upside down, and the injuries from his left shoulder to his right abdomen were visible, almost in half!

When the snake comes out of the water, it is a poisonous dragon devouring people!

The one hundred and thirty iron lotus seeds that Yan Quan beat out were all swept down by the long whip, and Fu Yuanyu landed on the big bluestone with one foot, his face was cold, and his eyes were even colder.

"How many more people are there, let's call them out together." Fu Yuanyu's gaze swept around, "I'm not patient, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave you with a whole corpse." ”

Du Sanniang had a chill down her spine.

After Bai Li's death, she is a well-deserved number one killer, she has always been the only one who kills and kills, and she has not been so afraid of a person for a long time.

The smile on Yan Quan's face couldn't be hung up at all, he had never underestimated Fu Yuanyu's martial arts, so all of them were good at this time, but they couldn't walk in the other party's hands, and suddenly secretly scolded those bastards in Fuyunlou who were ineffective and lied in their hearts, clearly saying that this old devil was poisoned by the magic last year, and now that he is really fighting, not to mention the collapse of his skills, he is even more ruthless than twelve years ago!

With a sharp turn of thought, Yan Quan slowly exhaled a breath and squeezed out a smile at Fu Yuanyu again.

"Sect Master Fu's martial arts are world-famous, of course I don't dare to despise half a point." He raised his hand and struck three times, "Elder Lu, come out!" ”

Unhurried footsteps sounded, and two more people came to the forest path.

The richly dressed Master Lu took Xue Hongbi's hand and walked into the battle circle full of blood like a leisurely stroll, he pushed Xue Hongbi into Du Sanniang's hands, saluted Fu Yuanyu respectfully, and said, "Sect Master Fu, don't come to harm." ”

Fu Yuanyu's ink-black eyes slowly opened blood, but the corners of his lips rose: "Old turtle, are you tired of living?" ”