Chapter 241: West Lake Plum Village
Hangzhou.
By the West Lake, there were suddenly two more figures.
Dressed in a dark green loose robe, with a wine gourd hanging from his waist, he walked and stopped with his hands behind his back, as if he was enjoying the beautiful scenery around him in winter.
At this time, the West Lake is far less crowded than the tourists of later generations, but it is also a rare good place for sightseeing.
It's just that it's still winter at the moment.
In addition to the blue waves of the lake as always, the weeping willows on the shore are all bare, and there is no life in sight.
There is less spring, more loneliness and emptiness.
The person hanging the wine gourd was Cao Jun, and behind him, there was also a Lin Pingzhi wearing a red robe with a sword hanging from his waist.
After thinking about the cliff, when Lin Pingzhi and Cao Jun were alone at this time, their fear and panic were far greater than their previous friendship.
Cao Jun didn't care.
Others practice martial arts, but he cultivates immortals.
Even if Lin Pingzhi is a little dissatisfied in his heart, and wants to turn over as a serf and sing, I am afraid that it will be a little difficult in his lifetime.
After the two arrived in Hangzhou, they inquired all the way, first abandoned the boat and landed, and then went around for a long time before they came to a house with winding paths.
This large courtyard looks at the white wall of Zhumen from a distance.
When I got closer, I saw that there were two big characters of "Meizhuang" written outside the gate, and there were four small characters of "Yu Yunwen inscription" signed next to it.
"This should be it."
Although Cao Jun is not very proficient in calligraphy, he is built in the depths of the West Lake, and he loves dancing and writing and playing Yasao so much, it must be the four friends of the south of the Yangtze River.
The former gang director of the Sun Moon God Cult was locked up inside.
But how do you get in?
This Jiangnan Four Friends is also at the level of an elder of the Sun Moon God Sect.
Twelve years ago, under the order of Dongfang Undefeated, he was responsible for guarding the imprisoned prisoners in Hangzhou West Lake Meizhuang, and in the past 12 years, he has hardly left the door and stepped forward, devoting himself to studying martial arts and piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.
The boss Huang Zhonggong loves music and rhythm.
The second child is black and white, and he loves the art of Go.
The third bald pen Weng, a lifelong study of cursive calligraphy, is said to contain knife intent in calligraphy.
As for the fourth, also known as Danqingsheng, he has 3 major habits in his life, one of which is alcoholic, the second is good Danqing, and the third is kendo.
If there is anything special about these four people, it is that the boss is blind, and the fourth child has selfish intentions and has always been obsessed with the star-absorbing Dafa that can be done by me.
Now that Cao Jun only brought Lin Ping forward, if he broke through, there would be some damage if he wanted to take it down, which Cao Jun did not want to see.
It seems that only as in the original book, outwitted.
"Bang bang bang!"
Cao Jun thought for a moment and directly knocked on the gate of the manor.
"Who!"
Soon, the door opened.
A middle-aged man dressed in a subordinate costume sticks his head out of the crack in the door.
"Who are you? Why are you here? ”
"In the head of the Songshan faction, Zuo Lengchan, standing next to me is my fellow disciple Xianhe Lu Bai, who has heard the name of the four friends of Jiangnan for a long time, and has come to ask to see him."
"Songshan faction? Left cold Zen? But Zuo Lengchan, the alliance leader of the Wuyue Sword Sect? ”
"Exactly!"
"No, no, no, my master and the Wuyue Sword Sect have never interacted, and the well water has always been not the river water, so it's better not to see it......"
"This ......"
This time I came to Hangzhou West Lake, and I didn't come to do good deeds, so I naturally prepared the identity of the back pot in advance, but I didn't expect the other party's shelf to be so big, Zuo Lengchan's identity was not good, and I directly invited them to eat behind closed doors.
Seeing that the door was about to close, Cao Jun didn't bother to continue to pretend to be a master.
Directly put his hand against the door, reached out and took out a simple manuscript from his arms.
"After a long time, I heard that Jiangnan Siyou Qinqi calligraphy and painting are proficient, this time I came here specifically to see the second master of Guizhuang, this is the secret book of the Huashan Sword Sect 'Rain', you take this thing and report it."
"You wait for ......"
After the little guy took the manuscript, he hurriedly turned the two pages, and saw that there were some exquisite secret weapon techniques, and their second owner had always studied the secret weapon techniques deeply, and he must be interested.
Xiao Wu glanced at the two of them again, and saw that one of them was the head of the Wuyue Sword Sect, and he was also a person with status, so it was not good to throw the other party out of the door like this, so he was going to invite the two to sit in the gatehouse.
Unexpectedly, there was a sudden sound of weapons fighting inside, and the little guy's face suddenly changed, and he didn't care about Cao Jun and the others, so he closed the door and ran directly inside.
Cao Jun looked back at Lin Pingzhi, and the faces of the two of them also changed, could it be that there were other visitors in this village?
Or is it someone who has broken in?
It's a good opportunity.
Cao Jun's purpose is to come here for the star-absorbing Dafa in my hands, as for whether I can do it dead or alive, and do it with him? It is much more flexible in its approach.
Now that there is a change in front of you, there is no need to continue to stick to the rules.
All roads lead to Rome.
It's not his style to be out there all the time, let's talk about it first.
Cao Jun waved his hand to Lin Pingzhi, and the two jumped lightly and jumped onto the wall.
The little guy who had said goodbye before was hurriedly running inside, Cao Jun and Lin Pingzhi drew a scoop with a gourd, silently followed behind them, and after a while, they came to a courtyard.
I saw that the courtyard was dark green, and some unknown trees and bonsai were planted everywhere, and some branches were full of budding flower bones, which was completely different from the bleak scene by the West Lake.
Next to the trees, there are also rockeries.
The rockery was built next to the pool.
There is a cloister in the pool.
At the end of the cloister is a gazebo.
The sound of the battle from the previous collision of weapons came from this pavilion.
The little guy ran to the end to take a look, only to find that he had made an oolong, and he was nervous for a while.
It turned out that the previous sound of weapons colliding was their four Zhuangzi Dan Qingsheng and the visitors learning swordsmanship.
"What's the matter? So flustered, disturbing me and the guests' Yaxing? ”
Seeing this, several people in the pavilion stopped, and looked at the little guy one after another, with a look of displeasure in their eyes.
One of the scholars, wearing a Wensheng scarf, is Dan Qingsheng, the owner of the four villages of Meizhuang.
"I ......"
Facing the punishment of his own owner, the little guy's speech suddenly became stammering, and before he could come back to his senses, there was a hearty laugh behind him.
"Songshan sent Zuo Lengchan, brought a meeting gift, and came to ask to see Guizhuang Er Zhuangzi."
Cao Jun and Lin Pingzhi walked over in the stunned eyes of the little guy, and the rain of flowers and rain that they had previously handed over to each other was taken back by Cao Jun, and then handed to Dan Qingsheng, the owner of the four villages in the pavilion.
After the other party took it, he just glanced at it slightly, and he couldn't help but let out a burst of exclamation, "This is the secret book of the Huashan Sword Sect?" How did you get it? ”
"I am the leader of the Wuyue Sword Sect, and I have always liked to protect the descendants of the Huashan Sword Sect, in order to express my gratitude, it is not difficult for them to sacrifice the Dugu Nine Swords, what is a mere Sword Sect cheats?"
Although the four friends of Jiangnan are not involved in the rivers and lakes, they still know about the battle between the Sword Sect and the Qi Sect in Huashan.
This book is exquisite, and it doesn't seem to be fake.
The other party only flipped through it twice, and then remembered that this manuscript was not given to him, but to the second owner of the village, Hei Baizi, smiled awkwardly in his eyes, and quickly closed the book, "Since the master of the Zuo League has arrived, it is a distinguished guest, and please sit in the pavilion, I will go and call the second brother." ”
Si Zhuangzi Dan Qingsheng left the two of them and left, and the atmosphere in the pavilion became cold for a while.
The guests who had been competing with Dan Qingsheng before were also looking at them.
Cao Jun kicked back without any heart.
The man who looked at him was thirty or forty years old, dressed in a Confucian robe, but the beard under his forehead was very luxuriant, like a tuft of weeds that had been chained, and he looked a little out of place.
Next to him, there was also a pretty twenty-eight girl.
The girl's face was covered with a thin gauze mask, and the corners of the mask revealed a touch of white skin and good facial features, and she was a beauty at first glance.
She was also carrying a sharp sword in her hand, and she must have been the one who had just competed with Dan Qingsheng in swordsmanship.
"Are you really the Left Alliance Master of the Wuyue Sword Sect?"
The two groups of people stood facing each other, standing on both sides of the pavilion, and the Confucian man in the robe took the lead and couldn't help it, and asked Cao Jun and the others to find out their heels.
When Cao Jun reported himself to his home before, he called himself Zuo Lengchan of the Songshan faction, no wonder the other party asked this question.
"According to legend, the leader of the Left League is over forty years old, with broad shoulders and a broad body, and a powerful face, I see that Your Excellency is so young, it must be an impostor, I don't know what the purpose of coming here is?"
Cao Jun was taken aback for a moment, his eyes that had been pretending to sleep flashed with a gleam, and his gaze returned to the two of them.
Unexpectedly, he concealed the four friends of Jiangnan, but he exposed his stuffing on an unknown passer-by.
Since the other party didn't point it out in front of Dan Qingsheng, he must not want to have a fight with them.
Cao Jun suddenly lowered his voice and asked rhetorically, "Who is Your Excellency?" ”
The Confucian robe man replied: "I am Yue Buqun, the head of the Huashan faction, this is the little girl next to me, I can't recognize you pretending to be someone else, but you are pretending to be Zuo Lengchan, we are both from the Wuyue Sword Sect, and we often meet and exchange, how can you not see through it?" ”
Cao Jun almost laughed out loud at the moment.
These two people must have ghosts.
It's just that in the original book, Xiang Wentian, the bright left envoy of the Demon Sect, and Linghu rushed to West Lake Meizhuang, and even rescued them from it.
Could it be that these two people are from the Demon Sect?
Cao Jun quietly glanced at the Confucian robe again.
Seeing that the other party had a dark face, he must also be a person who often runs the rivers and lakes, with a pair of exposed hands covered with calluses, and a long sword loosely around his waist.
Cao Jun glanced at the other party's demeanor again, and four funny big characters suddenly popped up in his mind - Mu Monkey and Crown.
This guy looks like a reckless person, it is difficult to get into the elegant hall, even if he is wearing a Confucian robe, he does not have the appearance of a scholar, but he still pretends to be a gentleman Jian Yue Buqun, isn't it smiling and generous.
If it weren't for the four friends of Jiangnan in this Meizhuang who didn't ask about the world for many years, how could they deceive them?
I didn't expect to meet my own family this time.
Liar to liar, it's hilarious.
Seeing that there was no one around, Cao Jun slammed over without being intimidated, "Presumably Your Excellency is not Yue Buqun, right?" As far as Your Excellency is concerned, if it is said that it is a person who kills pigs and dogs in the market, no one will doubt how to be a 'gentleman's sword' with the style of a humble gentleman? ”
The Confucian robed man was also taken aback.
Obviously, he didn't expect the other party to reveal his fake identity in a word.
He quietly glanced at the masked girl beside him, and a hint of caution flashed on his face.
"Who are you guys?"
Cao Jun was still guessing the true identities of these two people, but he didn't expect the other party to care more about their heels.
Cao Jun saw that this Confucian robed man was so nervous, and he looked like a thief, his eyes suddenly moved, and he said with a wit: "My true identity, I can't say it and I'm not afraid of scaring you, I am Xiang Wentian, the left envoy of light in the Sun and Moon God Sect, and I have killed countless people in my life, and I came here this time to meet the old gang leader." ”
This time, not only the Confucian robed man, but also the masked girl on the side, was also taken aback.
"You fart, just your little white face, how can you be Xiang Wentian?"
The man in the Confucian robe was suddenly furious and cursed, but he didn't expect to be stopped by the masked girl next to him.
It turned out that Dan Qingsheng, the owner of the four villages who had left earlier, returned to the pavilion.
He first saluted Cao Jun and the others, and suddenly his face changed, and he said to the Confucian robed man and the masked girl in a daze: "Although my swordsmanship is not as good as yours, but there is still a swordsmanship master in our Zhuangzi, and his swordsmanship must be above you, do you dare to go to compete with him in the sword, if you lose in the sword competition, then the lone book and famous painting you took out before must be left in the village." ”
"What if we win?"
Dan Qingsheng's eyes turned around the four of them, and they were groaning, when the Confucian robed man hurriedly patted his chest and received: "If we win, the things will still belong to you, but we want to listen to the wonderful sound of your big lord." ”
"That's easy to say."
A glimmer of light flashed in Dan Qingsheng's eyes, and he suddenly turned into a limp and said to Cao Jun face to face: "Two distinguished guests, would you like to go and meet this swordsmanship master together?" ”
Cao Jun was stunned, and countless thoughts faintly rose in his heart.
There is only one swordsman in this plum village, and that is the one who is locked up at the bottom of the West Lake.
So easy to see and let me do it?
Cao Jun always felt that there was fraud in it.
The big man in the Confucian robe and the masked girl on the side were desperately glaring at him, and the subtext in his eyes was self-evident, making him quickly agree.
Judging from Cao Jun's tentative reaction just now, nine out of ten of this Confucian robed man is Xiang Wentian, as for this masked girl, who can mix with Xiang Wentian and not lose at all, there is only one person in the smiling and proud rivers and lakes, and that is the only daughter who can do anything, Ren Yingying, the holy aunt of the Demon Sect.
Cao Jun unconsciously secretly calculated the combat effectiveness of the two sides.
Cao Jun + Lin Pingzhi VS Xiang Wentian + Ren Yingying.
If the company is still trapped in the water prison, the chances of victory on Cao Jun's side are almost 9 percent.
It's just that now there is another variable of Jiangnan Siyou.
The situation is a bit more delicate.
You can only take one step at a time.
Cao Jun is not a person who looks ahead and thinks backwards, anyway, his purpose is to let him do what he wants, and he will talk about it after seeing the other party first.
At this time, Ren Wuxing was imprisoned for 12 years, and his skills were seventy percent useless, even if there were variables, he was not afraid.
After getting Cao Jun's nod in agreement, Dan Qingsheng didn't say much, and led the way directly in front.
After passing through countless stone chambers along the way, I came to a low-lying stone gate.
There was also a deaf and dumb gatekeeper in front of the stone gate.
Dan Qingsheng took one last look at the four of them, and came to a mechanism in front of the stone gate with an expressionless face, he took out four keys from his robe in turn, and inserted them into the gap of the mechanism one by one.
Boom Boom!
The stone door, which had been closed, was suddenly opened.
A damp breath rushed in front of you.
The four of them closed their eyes and quickly looked behind the stone gate.
I saw that there was a low-lying pool inside, as if a hole had been pecked in the rock, and in the middle of the hole hung a cage in the air, in which an old man in gray clothes and white hair was tied with iron chains.
The old man was unkempt, and his back was to everyone, and he couldn't see his face clearly for a while.
Dan Qingsheng made another gesture of invitation to everyone, "This is the master of swordsmanship in our Zhuangzi, as long as you beat him with a sword, you can leave safely." ”
Cao Jun suddenly felt that something was wrong, and asked casually, "What if you can't win?" ”
"Can't win? Then I'll be with him in there for the rest of my life! Hahaha! ”
The situation changed in the blink of an eye.
Dan Qingsheng saw that the four of them had entered the water prison, and deliberately fell to the back, and suddenly stretched out his hand to slap the mechanism, and the stone gate quickly fell.
The four people who went in front of them became turtles in the urn in a blink of an eye.
Cao Jun's previous premonition finally came true, and he still shouted behind him without giving up, "Si Zhuangzi, these two people are from the Demon Sect, and we are just people from the Wuyue Sword Sect, and they have always been inseparable from the Demon Sect, so if you deal with them, why do you want to bring us in?" ”
"People from the Wuyue Sword Sect? Are you fools when we are? That Zuo Lengchan has thick eyebrows and a big beard, a wide body and a wide body, I have seen it a few times when I was young, it is not good for you to pretend to be anyone, and you actually pretend to be Zuo Lengchan. ”
"Since you're here, don't struggle, this water prison is surrounded by solid rocks, and there is only one exit from the stone gate, you are pretending to be Zuo Lengchan, and you must also be a suspicious person, this is the decision of our four brothers after discussion, you can stay in it with peace of mind."
It turned out that the reason why this Dan Qingsheng had been away for so long was not to call the second Zhuangzi Hei Baizi, but because the four brothers gathered together to discuss countermeasures.
Dan Qingsheng told the other three points about the identities and appearances of the four people, and after a little discussion, the four of them immediately came to the conclusion that these people were all impersonating and their motives were unknown.
But apparently it has something to do with the one locked up in the water prison.
Treat him as a black cat and a white cat, and then put it in and interrogate it clearly.
Just when everyone was shocked, several black crossbows suddenly appeared on several stone walls behind them.
The bow was ready, and there was a cloud of black smoke in front of the arrow.
Soon, a loose rain of arrows covered several people.
The four of them are all strong in martial arts, and they are only a rain of arrows, so naturally they can't help them.
It's just that this rain of arrows is also famous.
The arrows that were knocked down or dodged scattered on the stone wall, or fell directly into the water, and soon a puff of smoke was formed.
There was no ventilation in the water dungeon, and the only vent was behind the stone door.
After a while, the four people who had inhaled the smoke became staggered.
Cao Jun's early mobilization of spiritual power and sealing his mouth and nose was also an expedient measure, if he didn't breathe for a long time, he wouldn't be able to bear it.
Among the four, Lin Pingzhi and Ren Yingying, who had slightly shallow internal strength, took the lead and couldn't bear it.
Before a stick of incense had been sold, it fell to the ground.
Cao Jun was still struggling to support himself, and when he saw this, he also fell to the ground like the two of them.
Xiang Wentian, who only has one tendon, is still meditating alone in the smoke, delusionally trying to resist with internal force.