May 10, North, Black Coffin Forest.

The Black Coffin Forest is located between Mocheng and Ningchuan Prefecture, where the mountains and forests are quiet, few people come, and it is a paradise.

But since three years ago, the Chu Villa in seclusion here came out of the mountain with the momentum of thunder, cleared the remnants of the secluded mansion, and pacified the grievances of the rivers and lakes.

And this rumored Chu Clan Villa is hidden in the depths of the Black Coffin Forest.

Chang An and Zhuang Zhiyu, who were in the dust, were standing outside the black coffin forest at the moment, they had been waiting here for several days, but they had not entered the forest for a long time.

Zhuang Sleeve Yu's delicate face was full of gloom, she was already carrying a heavy arrow box behind her, and she was very tired, and now she didn't know what to wait for here, she was already exhausted

"Sir, we've been resting here for days, what are we waiting for?"

Chang An was dressed in purple brocade, holding half of a silk book, and was carefully studying the incomplete paintings on the silk book.

I saw two words written in blood on the top of the painting, not two words, but one and a half to be exact.

It is a complete "Peng" and only half of the word "Lai", and the other half should be on top of the other half of the torn silk book.

And below the word Penglai, there is a painting, on the painting, it seems to be a map, starting from Youzhou, extending eastward, until the East China Sea, on the edge of the East China Sea, there are five towering cities, which are completely different from today's map.

The map after the East China Sea was torn away, and I don't know what else is further east, but on the edge of being torn off, Chang An can vaguely see some edges and corners, I don't know what.

The information left on this half of the silk book is really limited, Chang An frowned slightly, he has been reading this half of the silk book for the past few days, but he has never been able to understand it, why Liang Gong left this silk book, the only thing he can know is that this may refer to the legendary ancient god realm, the map of Penglai Island.

But what does this have to do with the disappearance of Liang Gong? To do this, he had to wait for a message, news from Taiyang City.

Looking at Zhuang Sleeve Yu's sad face, Chang An turned pale and patted her arched back seriously, making Zhuang Sleeve Yu scream.

"Stand up straight!"

Zhuang Sleeve Yu straightened her waist in pain, she looked at Chang An aggrievedly, and said coquettishly

"Mr. ......"

"Goo-goo"

At this time, a carrier pigeon flew in the sky and landed on Chang An's shoulder, Chang An smiled slightly, and took off the letter paper on the pigeon's leg.

Zhuang Zhiyu poked his head and leaned over

"Sir, what are you writing?"

Chang An frowned and muttered to himself

"Bridge of Sighs... Zhou Xi'er...... There is still no news of Liang Yi. ”

In the middle of the day, he tore the letter paper in his hand to shreds.

Zhuang Sleeve Yu's delicate face showed great doubts

"Mr. ......"

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"Xiaoyu, let's go."

"Think beautifully!"

A childish voice came from the black coffin forest.

In the woods, the leaves fluttered.

"Bell!"

In the darkness of the forest, the sound of the long sword clanged suddenly, and then, the edge broke through the darkness and hit Chang'an's door.

Chang An smiled slightly bitterly, shook his head, and the wall of internal strength was stimulated, and his fingers were put together, facing the sword, but seeing that the long sword was gently resisted by Chang An's two fingers, he could no longer move in an inch.

In front of him, there was a child holding a long sword in his left hand, looking at him angrily, but the long sword in his hand seemed to disobey the command, and could no longer be stabbed, let alone withdrawn.

"You let go!"

The child glared angrily and shouted.

Zhuang Zhiyu stood aside and pointed at him and said

"You're a little kid again."

The child was fierce, and bit Zhuang Sleeveyu's finger, which frightened Zhuang Sleeve Yu and immediately retracted his hand.

Chang An said with a smile

"At your age, it is rare in the world to be able to cultivate the internal strength of the Kuofu level, and when you step into the grandmaster level, it will not be too late to challenge me again."

Unexpectedly, the child sneered, and suddenly took out a dagger from his arms with his right hand, coldly, and thrust it into Chang An's abdomen.

Chang An shook his head helplessly, and gently flicked away the child's long sword with two fingers, and the child was caught off guard and took a few steps back.

Zhuang Zhiyu said angrily

"That kid, you come every day, what the hell do you want to do."

The child scolded angrily

"You two want to enter the door of my Chu family, don't think about it!"

Zhuang Zhiyu said suddenly

"Hey, it turned out to be the Chu family, just right, take us in, my husband has something to find the owner of your family."

The child suddenly said sarcastically

"I know you, Chang An, you lost the pearl of my Chu family, and you still have the face to come to my Chu family."

Chang An smiled bitterly again

"Master Sanzhuang, I came to apologize."

The child's face was stunned

"Do you recognize me?"

Chang An said

"I heard that Chu Yuchao of Chu Villa has a younger brother Chu Yulou, who is only nine years old, and he has already reached the level of Kuofu, and he is a genius who is rare in the rivers and lakes for a hundred years, so it must be you."

Chu Yulou's face was gloomy

"Since you know that I am the little uncle who watches the fish, why don't you get out of here quickly, I don't welcome you in Chu's Villa!"

Zhuang Zhiyu looked at Chu Yulou with a surprised expression, she really couldn't imagine that this leather child in front of her was actually a master of the Kuofu level, although he came to harass them every day, but because Chang An easily repelled him every time, Zhuang Zhiyu mistakenly thought that the child in front of her was just a doll who could embroider his legs.

She looked at Chang An and asked in a low voice

"Sir, this kid is so powerful."

Chang An nodded

"Not only that, it is rumored that this Chu Yulou is more talented than his eldest brother, he is proficient in all eighteen weapons, and he is also a rare opponent with a left-handed sword, although we have only seen him use a sword, but his other kung fu should not be weaker than his swordsmanship."

Zhuang Zhiyu gasped and looked at the child in front of him incredulously.

When Chu Yulou saw that the two of them ignored him, they chatted about the sky, and he was immediately furious

"Hey! Get out of here if you know each other, otherwise you will alarm my eldest brother, and you won't be able to eat and walk away. ”

"Third brother, don't be rude!"

In the woods, a dull and powerful voice came.

But seeing that Chu Yulou heard the voice, he suddenly stood aside obediently like a little chicken cub who was pinched by the neck.

In the forest, a middle-aged man with a lofty spirit walked out slowly, but saw that his steps were steady, wearing a blue-gray robe, and a pair of tiger eyes were bright, and he swept towards Chu Yulou slightly, and forced Chu Yulou to shrink.

Chang An saw the middle-aged man, bowed his head and saluted, and said in a deep voice

"I've seen the owner of Chu Zhuang."

The person who came was Chu Yuchao!

Chu Yuchao looked at Chang An and nodded slightly

"The master of the Chang family has worked hard all the way, and please go to the village to rest."

"Big brother!"

On the side, Chu Yulou said urgently.

But Chu Yuchao glanced at him coldly, and then held back his words.

Immediately, Chu Yuchao's complexion changed again, and he said to Chang An kindly

"Master Chang, please."

Chang An said with a smile

"Then thank you to Master Chu."

Immediately, Chu Yuchao led Chang An and the others into the black coffin forest.

As soon as they entered the forest, Chang An and Zhuang Zhiyu felt the cold wind blowing in their faces, and Zhuang Zhiyu unconsciously hugged his shoulders.

"Why is it so scary here?"

Zhuang Zhiyu said.

Chu Yulou on the side sneered

"I'm afraid."

Zhuang Zhiyu looked at his smug face, and he was angry

"What is there to be afraid of, no matter how scary it is, I have been with my husband."

Several people walked for a long time in the black coffin forest, sometimes to the east, sometimes to the west, turning nine twists and eighteen turns, and finally in the depths of the forest, they saw a mountain villa located on the edge of the cliff.

"This Chu Clan Villa is actually on the edge of the cliff, which is really scary."

Zhuang Zhiyu sighed.

Chu Yuchao smiled slightly

"My Chu family has lived here for generations and rarely goes out, so it is normal for some differences compared to the outside world."

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"In this case, three years ago, why did the owner of Chu Zhuang go out of the mountain."

Chu Yuchao said

"There have been some changes in my Chu family, and I was originally asking for help from the outside world, but I happened to meet Chang Gongzi leading the heroes of the rivers and lakes to fight against Youfu, so my Chu family offered their modest efforts to help the heroes of the rivers and lakes sweep away the remnants of Youfu."

Chu Yulou said proudly

"My Chu family is full of talents, and at the beginning, I just dispatched a few masters in the village, and I wiped out the remnants of the secluded mansion."

Chu Yuchao glanced at him and said lightly

"Presumptuous, the master of the Chang family and the young man of Mobei joined forces to fight the sword god, and withstood all the pressure in the world, in front of the master of the Chang family, what can you be proud of."

Chu Yulou suddenly lowered his head obediently again.

Chang An asked again

"I don't know what happened to the Chu family, or is the owner of the village anxious to marry Ling Yan into my Chang family, is it related to this change?"

Chu Yuchao's face froze

"Master Chang, let's go into the village and talk."

Chang An nodded slightly, and continued to move forward with Chu Yuchao, they continued to go up along the slope of the cliff, and it didn't take long for them to come to the mountain gate of the Chu Clan's Villa.

The mountain gate is more than ten zhang high, and above the mountain gate, the two big characters carved in the stone of "Chu's" seem to have a very high sense of oppression, which makes people breathe a little unwell.

"Owner!"

Under the mountain gate, the two disciples in the village had solemn faces and saluted to Chu Yuchao.

Chu Yuchao nodded slightly, and then led Chang An and the others to continue walking.

Passing through the mountain gate, continue to go up, until you are about to reach the highest point, you can see the Chu Villa standing in the world, isolated cliffs.

At this time, it is evening, the sunset afterglow is reflected on the main gate of the villa, and the plaque of the main gate is above the four gilded characters of Chu's villa, which seems to have more ancient charm.

In the manor, there are countless pavilions and pavilions, and in the various courtyards of the manor, green pines and cypresses, rockeries and strange stones, dotted in the meantime.

After they entered the manor, it was as if they had suddenly entered the market, between the courtyards, people came and went, and the people passing by looked at Chang An and Zhuang Zhiyu curiously, bowing their heads and whispering.

"This is Chang'an, right?"

"Yes, I heard from the people who came back from outside the village that Chang An has been outside the village for the past few days, and today he was personally welcomed in by the owner of the village."

With Chang An's ear, he naturally heard it clearly, and he smiled bitterly, he didn't expect that he was so famous in this isolated mountain villa.

Of course, there are naturally people in the village who are hostile to him because of the matter of Chu Guanyu.

"Bang!"

Just as a few people walked outside a small courtyard, a palm force came out of the courtyard and was firmly imprinted two feet outside Chang'an's body.

Chang An looked over, and a man looked at him coldly, and then walked back to the courtyard.

Chu Yuchao said apologetically

"This is the cousin of the fish watcher......"

Chang An waved his hand, signaling that he was okay

"I deserve it."

About half an hour later, Chang An and the others came to a courtyard where no one was around.

"Master Chang, this courtyard is quiet, you can rest here for one night, and we will talk about business tomorrow."

Chang An walked into the yard, only to see the yard, lush green grass, the afterglow of the sunset reflected the sparkling pond in the yard, on the willow trees by the pond, willow branches swayed with the evening breeze, falling scattered willow leaves.

"It's a great place indeed."

Chang An smiled.

"In this way, the master of the Chang family has a good rest, and I will come back tomorrow."

After nodding to Chang An, Chu Yuchao left the courtyard.

"Sir, this place is so beautiful."

As soon as Zhuang Zhiyu entered the yard, he lay down on the grass excitedly.

Chang An said with a smile

"You're tired these days, so go back to the house and rest early."

Zhuang Zhiyu sat up suddenly, but the arrow box on her back was too heavy, and all of a sudden, she was dragged back by the arrow box

"Sir, what are you doing?"

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"I naturally have something to do."

Zhuang Sleeve Yuxiu raised his eyebrows and said coquettishly

"I'm going with my husband."

Chang An gently touched her head

"You forgot what you promised me when you came out?"

Zhuang Sleeve Yu suddenly deflated.

Late at night, the night sky is full of stars.

Chang An, who was dressed in black, suddenly jumped onto the high wall of the courtyard, and then, his body jumped on the various courtyards extremely fast, but in half an instant, he had already jumped out of the Chu Villa, and then continued to run down the road.

Until he saw the deep black coffin forest, he still did not slow down and plunged into the forest.

He stood on a tree, jumping from tree to tree, as if searching for something.

Suddenly, he stopped, his gaze rested on a tree, and he leapt to the ground and walked over to it.

On the body of the tree, there is a small memory, which is the word "wine" carved with a sword.

Chang An touched the word and smiled slightly

"Come out."

But I saw a figure slowly walking out of the forest.

"Brother Chang, this black coffin forest is really difficult to walk."

Immediately, the figure threw out a pot of wine at Chang An.

Chang An took the wine and laughed

"Brother Wan, I haven't seen you for a long time, and you're still so greedy."

The person who came was dressed in white, looking like a chic swordsman, it was Chang An's friend, like Chaoyang.

"Hahaha, when Brother Chang An saw the wine, didn't his eyes light up."

The two looked at each other and laughed.

"Gollum."

After a few sips, the two sat side by side under the tree.

"Brother Chang An, you asked me to come, what is the so-called matter?"

Chang An's face froze

"I can't hide it, I came to this Chu Villa this time to investigate a case."

Wan Chaoyang asked

"What case makes Brother Chang An so concerned."

Chang An poured another sip of wine

"Brother Wan has heard of the Gu family's extermination case."

"I've heard, could it be that the murderer of this murder case is hiding in the Chu Villa?"

"I don't know about this, but I always feel that this Chu Family Villa is inextricably linked to the Gu family's extermination case."

"Oh? Where does this begin? ”

Chang An's eyes were slightly condensed

"I can't say this now, it's just a feeling, the fact that I married Miss Chu has made me feel very strange until now."

Wan Chaoyang said

"So, you have to come to the Chu family?"

Chang An said

"Not only that, when the Gu family was destroyed, it was rumored in the rivers and lakes that Chu Yuchao had rushed to the north overnight, which is hard to make people feel that he has nothing to do with the Gu family."

Wan Chaoyang nodded

"There is indeed a problem."

"But, no matter what, we're going to get drunk this year."

Chang An laughed

"That's nature!"