Twenty-two, Grimace Man

After Du Yuhang and Wen Xiaoying and his wife mixed into the Qianhong Courtyard, they broke off contact with Jian Huaizhen and Jiang Shaoheng. Jian Huaizhen and Jiang Shaoheng knew the ability of the people in the candle shadow to shake the red, but they didn't take it too seriously.

On the other hand, Ji Kaihan also took Jian Polang back to the tea forest in Wuyi Mountain. The two of them galloped all the way, and soon came to the foot of Wuyi Mountain. On the way up the mountain, Ji Kaihan's doubts disappeared a lot, and many villagers on the mountain knew Jian Polang, and they rushed to greet him and ask him about Jian Wenying and his wife, which shows that Jian Wenying and his wife have a very good reputation here.

Jian Polang smiled a little shyly: "My parents usually help the villagers here, and they all know us." ”

Ji Kaihan smiled, silent, and carefully observed the way, but did not find anything strange. And when he arrived here, absorbing the aura between heaven and earth, Jian Polang also seemed to be smart and clever, and he was not as stupid as Ji Qihan and the others were when they first saw him. Ji Qihan felt secretly surprised, but he couldn't tell what was strange, so he had to observe Jian Polang's every move more carefully.

The two walked for more than an hour and arrived at the tea forest. The tea forest is indeed a good place, surrounded by white tea trees, birds singing and flowers, and occasionally colorful butterflies flashing their beautiful wings flying by. At this time, it was already close to dusk, and when I looked up, the smoke of the cooking stove all over the mountains and fields curled, and occasionally there were one or two chickens and dogs barking, just like a paradise.

Ji Qihan couldn't help but sigh: "It's really a good place!" Brother Wen Ying and his sister-in-law retreated here, far away from the hustle and bustle of the world, but their minds were bright and tight. ”

While speaking, the two had already walked into the tea forest. Passing through the white tea trees, there is a hole in the small garden. An exquisite attic stands in front of a few peach trees, with brightly colored fruits hanging from the branches. Beneath the trees, there is a shallow and flowing stream, and various mountain flowers and wild grasses are planted along the stream. It's just that in autumn now, the mountain flowers and wild grasses are gone, but the scattered small flowers on both sides of the attic are blooming just right, and the pale yellow flower bones are beautiful and elegant in the melting autumn sunshine.

Jian Polang took Ji Qihan and continued to walk back, bypassing the attic and coming to the back. Behind is a very empty open space, which is made into a terraced pattern, and the layers are very smooth. Walking further back, what greeted me was a lonely and angry grave, with no grass growing on it, looking lonely and desolate in the west wind, and there was not even a tombstone in front of the grave.

Ji Qihan was slightly stunned, and felt sour in his heart: Presumably this is the burial place of Jian Wenying and Princess Luoxue. Jian Wenying I is a hero, and Princess Luoxue is even more golden, after the death of the two, they were buried in this remote wilderness, and the tomb was cold and desolate, which really made people sigh.

When Jian Polang saw the lonely grave, he knelt on the ground with a thud, tears gushed out, and cried: "Daddy and Mom, don't worry." I have found my aunt, and she treats the child well and trusts the child. Don't worry. Seeing his true feelings, Ji Qihan couldn't help but sigh: I'm afraid that the inference of the three of them before was wrong. If Jian Huaizhen and Jiang Shaoheng saw Jian Polang's situation, they would never suspect that he was not the son of Jian Wenying and Princess Luoxue.

At this moment, Ji Qihan suddenly heard the sound of fallen leaves falling on the ground not far away. At this time, it is the autumn season, the blue clouds, the yellow leaves, and the fallen leaves fall on the ground, which is originally a very common thing, but it is just ---

Ji Kaihan's martial arts cultivation is definitely not comparable to ordinary people. He clearly heard that the fallen leaves had fallen to the ground after being rubbed against someone's clothes. So, there are actually people in this tea forest!

Without thinking too much, Ji Qihan immediately jumped up and chased towards the place where the person was hiding. Sure enough, there was a loud crack, and someone flew out of the bushes. When Ji Kaihan chased after him, he found that there was a shadow not far in front of him who was desperately moving forward. Ji Kaihan smiled slightly, and was about to chase after ---

But he heard Jian Polang shouting "oops", and when he looked back, he found that he was holding a dart in his hand. Jane breaks the waves. Exclaimed: "It's dangerous! The dart almost hit me in the eye. ”

Ji Qihan looked ahead, although the black shadow was a little vague and carefully estimated, it could still catch up. However, if this is the time when the enemy is turning the tiger away from the mountain, then Jian Polang may be in danger. Thinking of this, Ji Xianhan turned around and walked back, took the dart in Jian Polang's hand and looked at it, but he couldn't see any clues. He sneered, "Sure enough, someone is staring at us all the time. ”

"Uncle Ji, what should we do now?" Jian Polang looked at Ji Qihan a little blankly and asked.

Ji Kai laughed coldly and said, "Find out their lair and find out if it has anything to do with the crown prince." If it is related, then it is best to rescue the prince. If it doesn't matter, destroy their lair and avenge your parents. ”

Jian Polang was suddenly solemn and said, "I listen to Uncle Ji for everything." Uncle Ji said that if I was asked to do something, I would do it. ”

Ji Xianhan nodded and said, "That's very good." ”

Ji Lianhan and Jian Polang lived in the tea forest. On the first day, Ji Kaihan just went out to greet and chat with the villagers, but did nothing. The next day, it was still the same. Jian Polang couldn't help but sit still. He asked suspiciously, "Uncle Ji, you came to the tea forest with me to look for clues, why didn't you do anything?" ”

Ji Qihan disagreed, and said, "Aren't we doing something?" ”

Jian Polang thought for a moment and asked, "Uncle Ji, are you suspected of killing my father and mother, hiding among the villagers?" ”

Ji Kaihan slapped his hands and laughed: "I really didn't think so." The villagers of the tea country are simple, and at a glance, you can see who is what kind of person, and how can they hide an immortal master who can kill your father and mother? ”

"Then why do you linger every day?" Jian Polang was full of doubts and asked.

Ji Kaihan held up a clay bottle of wine in his hand and said with a smile: "Life must be happy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon." Since I have come to the tea country today, I naturally can't return empty-handed. This Wuyi Mountain is a fairyland-like place, otherwise how can it attract your parents to come? I just want to enjoy it for a few days. ”

"You ......" Jian Polang's face turned pale with anger, "Uncle Ji, the imperial aunt asked us to come here to investigate the affairs of my parents and the crown prince, how can you only care about pleasure and forget?" ”

Ji Qihan took a big sip of the wine in the bottle and laughed: "Where have I forgotten? It's just that the enemy is dark and I am clear, and the enemy does not come to us, so what can we do but wait? What's more, I have been living in the mountains and forests for decades, and I have been used to it. Your imperial aunt just invited me to come. I'm willing to help her, it's a lot of affection. If you don't help, then it's nothing. You still don't say more, swept away my drinking Yaxing. After speaking, he took another big sip, and said while drinking: "You don't see, the water of the Yellow River comes up from the sky, rushes to the sea and does not return; You don't see it, Gao Tang Mingjing is sad and white-haired, and the morning is like green silk turning into snow at dusk......"

Ji Kaihan drank a clay bottle and another pot, and unconsciously drank a lot. He was so drunk that he fell to the ground, unconscious.

Jian Polang was so angry with him that he didn't know how to deal with him for a while. It was getting late, so I had to go back to my room and lay down to sulk.

Unconsciously, more than an hour passed, and the moon moved to the sky, and the moonlight was like water, sprinkled among the white tea trees. The moonlight leaked in through the window of the attic, leaking on Jian Polang's face, shining on his face as if a layer of mercury had flowed on his face.

The night is very quiet and heavy, and I don't know which girl, on the tea mountain, sings a mountain song leisurely:

"Sister, go pick tea.

In the mountains, there are snow-white camellias, charming butterflies, and personable lovers.

The lover came from outside the Guan, walked through ninety-nine mountains, and crossed eighty-eight rivers.

Just to come to this tea mountain and marry my beautiful girl.

Sister, go tea picking.

I met my lover in Chashan......"

The singing is melodious, and the sound gradually fades away, but it is long and unforgettable.

When Jian Polang heard the singing, a very strange look appeared on his face, and he sat up from the bed suddenly.

He stepped on the quiet moonlight and walked out the door gently. walked very carefully, as if he was afraid of stepping on the ground. Walking in front of Ji Qihan's window, he deliberately glanced in from the front of the bamboo window, Ji Qihan was still drunk and unconscious, and he slept soundly.

He walked more and more carefully, as if he were afraid of alarming him. Soon, he walked out of the tea forest and continued to walk up the hill alone. At this moment, he quickened his pace. The mountain path is rugged and hidden among the tea trees, and if you are not careful, you will fall down and break your bones. Jian Polang didn't care at all, and seemed very impatient.

After nearly half an hour, a clearing appeared in front of him. In the clearing, there are elegant little yellow flowers, and under the moonlight like water, there is a graceful girl.

The milky white moonlight flowed on the girl's body, and flowed on the tips of her long hair that fluttered in the wind, like a thin veil, like mist and smoke, and was unstoppably beautiful. Jian Polang looked at her from afar, with a look of longing in his eyes, but it quickly dimmed again.

"You're here." The woman looked back. She was masked, and she couldn't see clearly.

"You...... It's okay. Jian Polang's voice was slightly astringent and asked.

The woman stood in the moonlight, her figure ethereal, and said, "It's okay." Some days I haven't seen you, and you've lost weight. ”

In Jian Polang's words, there was a little joy. He seemed to be comforting her, and he seemed to be comforting himself, saying, "I'm all right, you don't have to worry about me." Are my mom and dad okay? ”

"Don't worry. I will definitely take good care of them. Your mom and dad ....." A shy tone flashed in the woman's voice, "Sooner or later, it's also my mom and daddy, isn't it?" ”

Jian Polang's eyes suddenly became overflowing, and he nodded, "Yes." ”

The woman suddenly turned upright: "Is your trip to the capital going well?" Jane Huaizhen and them, do you doubt you? ”

Jian Polang was a little dazed on his face, and he said firmly: "You didn't doubt me." It's just that I have no way to kill her, let alone get close to the emperor. Bishop Men, I want to bring the princess and aunt to this Wuyi Mountain. I thought she would come when she heard about my mom and dad's death. Unexpectedly, she just ordered her friend Ji Qihan to come. She herself sat in the capital and stabilized the country for the emperor. ”

Before the woman could say anything, a loud laugh came from behind her, loud and loud that sounded particularly harsh in the quiet night, reaching into the sky. Immediately after, a grimacing figure flashed in from behind the tea tree. The man wore a hideous grimace, no face to be seen, and was very tall and strong, one hand was not a human hand, but it was made of fine iron, and it looked bright and translucent in the moonlight.

"Door Master." The woman glanced back at him, bowed slightly, and stepped aside.

Jian Polang was a little panicked, and he said eagerly: "Door master, when are you willing to let my father and mother go?" ”

"Don't worry, your parents are going to release it sooner or later, but it's not so fast. As long as you are willing to obey my orders, don't say that your father and mother are safe and sound, it is Xiaoyang, and you can also take it away. "The voice of the grimace man, sometimes low, sometimes loud, sometimes like a man, sometimes like a woman, very hideous and terrifying.

Jian Polang lowered his head and asked, "What do you want me to do?" ”

The grimace man laughed twice, but the laughter was very weird, like the wailing of a night owl, which was completely different from Fang Cai's loud laughter: "Ji Xianhan is also a person with a great background, this person has a quirky personality and strong martial arts, and he is the son of Ji Gang, the commander of the Jinyi Guard in the Yongle period in the past, and has a very good relationship with Zhu Huaizhen. Tongjiang Shaoheng and Fang Xiaoxia can be described as her right-hand man. If you can get rid of this person, it will be worth your trip. ”

"You want me to kill him?" Jian Polang's tone seemed very hesitant.

"Kill him? By you? It's hard, I'm afraid. But the good thing is that he doesn't have a guard against you. You put a thousand days of drunkenness in his usual meals, and as long as he is poisoned, this seat has a way to deal with him. The Grimace said smugly.

Jian Polang was very hesitant, and his face was as pale as ice in the moonlight: "I heard that Uncle Ji ignores the affairs of the rivers and lakes and the imperial court, why do you need to kill him completely." "Obviously very unbearable.

The woman on the side suddenly spoke: "The master of the dignified Charm Sect has to wait for others to be poisoned before he can deal with people, which is really despicable and shameless." ”

The ghost-faced man shouted angrily, raised his ghost claws, and slapped it on the masked woman, and the masked woman was shot a few feet away by him like a flying flotsam. She fell to the ground and let out a groan, apparently injured. The grimace man said coldly: "Xiao Yang, you'd better be smarter, I'm just giving you a lesson." If you dare to talk nonsense or obstruct the great affairs of this seat, I will not use only three points of strength. When the time comes, I will let you die without a place to be buried. His voice was cold and terrifying, and the woman known as Xiao Yang let out a painful moan.

Jian Polang hurriedly ran to Xiao Yang's side, hugged her, and asked eagerly, "Xiao Yang, Xiao Yang, are you okay?" ”

Xiao Yang held on and said forbearingly: "Brother Polang, I'm fine." I'm sorry, it's me who is incompetent, and I am the one who has caused you. You don't have to worry about me, after you rescue your mom and daddy, leave quickly. The farther you go, the better, I'm an ominous person, don't get close to me, don't ...... again" Speaking of this, Xiao Yang spat out a mouthful of blood, and the blood spread over the veil on her face, looking red and terrifying.

Jian Polang raised his fist and hit the ground hard, he gritted his teeth and said: "I promise you to use a thousand days of drunkenness to induce Ji Qihan, but you also have to promise me not to abuse Xiao Yang, and not to deal with my father and mother, otherwise, I will not do anything for you again." ”

"Okay, I promise you. In your mind, Xiao Yang is a treasure, and in the eyes of this seat, it is not as good as a root mustard. As long as you can charm Ji Xinhan, this seat will give Xiao Yang an antidote, let her go, and let her fly with you. When you think of helping this seat kill Zhu Huaizhen, I will definitely let your father and mother go. As long as Ji Qihan is captured and killed, and Zhu Huaizhen hears the news, I don't believe that she won't come here. Everyone in the Zhu family is going to die! The Grimace said viciously.

Jian Polang stroked Xiao Yang's shoulder, tears flowing in his eyes: "Xiao Yang, you listen to me, you must take good care of yourself, you must live." Don't worry, I'll get things done as soon as possible to save you. Soon you will be freed from the clutches of the devil, and my father and mother will be able to come out. As a family, we can live a happy life. ”

Xiao Yang closed his eyes and said softly: "I know, Brother Breaking Waves, I'll wait for you." As soon as she finished speaking, the Grimace man stepped forward and grabbed her, and the two of them quickly disappeared into the endless darkness. Jian Polang looked at the place where they disappeared, looked at it for a long time, sighed long, and slowly walked down the mountain.

By the time he returned to the tea grove, the night was already a little dark. He walked to Ji Kaihan's window first and looked, Ji Kaihan was still sleeping soundly with the wine jug, he didn't expect that Jian Polang had gone out.

Jian Polang sighed and walked back to the attic quietly alone. Originally, he didn't think about telling Jian Huaizhen, Jiang Shaoheng and Ji Qihan the truth of the facts. However, Jian Huaizhen said that he wanted to sit in the capital and refused to come to the tea forest, which extinguished all the enthusiasm in Jian Polang's heart.

Jian Wenying attaches great importance to and trusts this sister, but Jian Huaizhen refuses to go to the tea forest because of the incident that has not yet been born in the imperial court, and only lets Ji Lianhan come, which makes Jian Polang very cold. Later, Jian Polang also thought about telling Ji Lianhan the truth. However, after getting along along the way, he felt that Ji Qihan was a very unreliable person.

Everyone said that Ji Xianhan's martial arts were high, but Jian Polang never felt that his martial arts were high, and he felt that he was very unreliable, so he said that when he came to this tea forest, he didn't seem to care about how to track it down, but only went to mingle with the villagers every day and buy wine from the villagers. When asked him about the matter, he would only say that there was no clue to track it down, and that it was better to wait for the enemy to come to the door. How can such a person be relied upon? If he tells him the truth, not only will he not be able to help himself, but I am afraid that he will also anger the ghost face of the ghost sect and cause him to be unfavorable to his parents and Xiao Yang.

After weighing the weight, Jian Polang decided to solve the problem by himself.

A good night's sleep. After deciding what to do, Jian Polang's heart suddenly became clear. As long as he does what the grimace said, he will definitely be able to rescue his parents and Xiao Yang, and the family will be reunited at that time.