The autumn breeze is blowing, the moon and stars in the night sky of the capital are scarce, and the cold moonlight is sprinkled, adding a bit of coldness out of thin air.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and every place in central Beijing is closed.

But in a glorious mansion in the southwest city of Beijing, it is still brightly lit, and the mansion is heavily guarded, as if facing a great enemy.

By the light of the lantern at the door, you can see that the plaque above the gate reads the word 'Zhangfu'.

At this time, in the main hall of the mansion, there were several people sitting, the leader was an old man in a red robe, with a kind of majesty that had been in the top position for a long time.

This person is the owner of Zhang's mansion, and he is also the first assistant of the former dynasty, Zhang Haiduan.

He has been in the DPRK for many years, and it is naturally impossible to successfully mix to the position of first assistant and retire safely.

Although Zhang Haiduan has retired now, he can also be called a protégé in the court, and there are many relatives in Zhang's mansion who are still officials in the court, so it is not an exaggeration to say that it is extremely brilliant, and Zhang's mansion is enough to be regarded as the top group of wealthy families in this capital.

On the first two sides of Zhang Haiduan, there are several younger men, these people are the core of Zhang's mansion, among which the highest status is Zhang Haiduan's eldest son Zhang Renlong and second son Zhang Renfeng.

At this time, Zhang Renlong's face was solemn, and he looked at Zhang Haiduan, who was in the main seat, and said in a deep voice:

"Father, the news has been clarified, Xichang blocked the capital and searched everywhere for the case of the emperor falling into the water, and it is said that the mastermind behind this matter is King Xin."

"King Xin has been planning for a long time for this matter, and this time he also recruited a group of good hands on the rivers and lakes to enter Beijing to assist, and wanted to take this opportunity to 'change the sky', but he was found out by the West Factory, at this moment King Xin has been arrested, handed over to Dali Temple for trial, and the West Factory has taken advantage of this matter to further expand its prestige, and its position in the court has been close to the Dragon Villa, and all officials are afraid of it like a tiger."

When Zhang Haiduan heard this, he frowned slightly, and said, "In this way, the people from the West Factory came two days ago, not for that incident?" ”

"It's not."

Zhang Renlong shook his head: "That thing has been in our Zhang Mansion for many years, and no one has ever known about it, even if the West Factory has hands and eyes, it will never be possible to find us." ”

Zhang Haiduan bowed slightly, and his heart suddenly relaxed a little.

The 'thing' that Zhang Renlong said is actually the 'Rama's body' that everyone on the rivers and lakes wants.

In the past few hundred years, there have been rumors on the rivers and lakes that whoever can get Rama's body will be able to practice peerless magic skills and dominate the rivers and lakes.

Although Zhang's mansion belongs to a family of the imperial court and has little to do with the rivers and lakes, Zhang Haiduan's second son Zhang Renfeng is a martial idiot, and his yearning for the rivers and lakes is no less than the eldest son Zhang Renlong's pursuit of the power of the imperial court.

Walking the rivers and lakes three years ago, Zhang Renfeng accidentally got this treasure that everyone on the rivers and lakes dreamed of, and then brought it back to the house and worked hard to understand it.

Although Zhang Haiduan is not in the rivers and lakes, he also understands how much temptation this thing has for the people of the rivers and lakes, and knows the truth that 'the husband is not guilty and is guilty', once people know that Rama's body is hidden in Zhang's mansion, it will definitely cause the entire Daming rivers and lakes to shake, and even if Zhang's mansion is backed by the imperial court, it will definitely be in trouble.

At first, Zhang Haiduan wanted to hand over this hot potato, but after thinking about it, the second son Zhang Renfeng was so obsessed with martial arts, if he could really comprehend Rama's body, practice divine skills, and become a figure like Rama eight hundred years ago, Zhang's power would inevitably expand further, and even if he didn't have his protection, he would be brilliant for dozens or hundreds of years, so he gritted his teeth and hid this matter, and let Zhang Renfeng toss this thing by himself.

However, in private, he is also extremely careful, once there is any big movement in the capital, he will associate it with this thing, and then let people pay close attention, for fear that this matter will accidentally leak out and bring big trouble to Zhangfu, and there is a feeling of a cup bow and snake shadow.

This time, the blockade of the capital by the West Factory and the door-to-door search had already made him tremble, and he did not relax a little until he found out the true purpose of the West Factory.

But in the past three years, he has been carefully guarding this secret, but there has been no movement on Zhang Renfeng's side, which makes Zhang Haiduan feel extremely tired.

After pondering for a moment, he frowned and looked at his second son, Zhang Renfeng, and asked:

"Renfeng, how did you understand that thing? If you really can't understand it, it's better to throw it out and fight for those Jianghu people, so that we can get out of this matter. Otherwise, it would be too tiring to be a father all the time. ”

Zhang Renlong also looked at Zhang Renfeng and persuaded:

"Father is right, second brother, what our Zhang Mansion is looking for should be power, as long as you hold great power and gain a firm foothold in the court, what do you want and can't get it? Why bother to pursue the ethereal path of martial arts? And add to the trouble for this! ”

When Zhang Renfeng heard this, he frowned slightly, and was about to defend himself, when a calm voice suddenly sounded from outside:

"What Mr. Zhang and Master Zhang said is right, since you can't understand something, it's useless to keep it, it's better to hand it over and let it be kept in the next place."

Hmmm-

The atmosphere was silent for a moment.

Immediately, everyone in the mansion was startled, and when they looked up, they saw a tall and cold-looking black-clothed swordsman walking slowly from the door, and many night guards around Zhang's mansion did not notice it at all.

Zhang Renfeng was the first to react, stood up from the chair in an instant, looked at the black-clothed swordsman with sharp eyes, and said coldly:

"Who are you? Dare to break into my Zhang Mansion late at night! ”

The black-clothed swordsman looked calm, and he didn't hide his identity, and said lightly: "Yan Thirteen." ”

……

The next day, instead of warming, the weather became colder.

The sky was overcast, the clouds were very low, and a heavy rain seemed to come at any moment.

The repercussions of King Shin's rebellion have not yet fully passed, and there are few pedestrians on the streets in the capital, especially in the southern part of the city.

But the world doesn't stop spinning because of someone or something.

Although the disturbance caused by this matter is big, now that the danger has been lifted, the major yamen of the imperial court are still operating normally.

West Plant.

Unlike the outside world, the yamen is very lively.

In these few missions, the West Factory has suffered heavy losses in manpower, and there were originally more than 1,000 elite masters, but at the moment they are less than half, and they are in urgent need of fresh blood, and Yuhuatian handed over this matter to the deputy governor Tan Luzi to be fully responsible, so in the past few days, Tan Luzi has been busy with this matter.

The channel for recruiting people in the West Factory is also very simple, and you can transfer people directly from Jinyiwei.

Although the West Factory and Jinyiwei belong to the same level of establishment, according to the division of rights, Jinyiwei is just a horse under the hands of the West Factory.

After all, a casual ordinary fan in the West Factory has much higher treatment and rights than Jinyiwei, and can even benchmark the general flag of Jinyiwei, no one wants the same position, but he has to be ridden on his head.

So now that there is an opportunity, many people want to enter the West Factory, and the internal competition of Jinyiwei is in full swing these days, and all the major households want to stuff people in.

But Tan Luzi is not accepted by everyone, there are more than 1,400 people in the West Factory, and the emperor is not at ease, and there are not so many positions to manage, so Tan Luzi's principle is that it is better to lack than to abuse, and the West Factory must recruit people who must be elites.

Especially the fan who is responsible for the task, at least he must have second-rate or more martial arts skills, and he must have a clean background to ensure loyalty.

"Stomble—"

The yamen was filling in the information to review and recruit people, and Yan Shisan slowly walked into the mansion with an object wrapped in black cloth in his arms, and there was a faint smell of blood on his body.

Yan Shisan's identity is no secret in Xichang and Jinyiwei, everyone knows that he is a capable general under the command of Gonggong Yuhuatian, so when they saw this, they respectfully got out of the way and bowed.

Tan Luzi also noticed that Yan Shisan was coming, and glanced at the black cloth wrapped object in his hand, a little curious, but he didn't ask more, and arched his hand politely: "Yan Daxia is back." ”

Yan Shisan's face was calm, nodded, and said, "What about the Overseer?" ”

"The Overseer has been in retreat in the backyard for the past few days." Tan Luzi replied.

Yan Shisan bowed slightly, then ignored them and walked straight to the backyard.

Not long after, he came to the retreat room of Yuhuatian, and saw two Xichang fans guarding the door, and when he saw him coming, he hurriedly bowed and saluted.

Yan 13 nodded and said, "I want to see the Overseer." ”

"Yes, Yan Daxia, please wait."

The two fans didn't dare to slack off, and Yuhuatian never explained that no one was allowed to disturb him, so he immediately turned around and knocked on the door of the quiet room:

"Lord Qiqi, Yan Daxia asks to see."

There was a slight silence in the room, and then Yuhuatian's voice sounded from inside: "Come in." ”

"Yes!"

The two fans saluted respectfully, then pushed open the door, turned to Yan Shisan, and bowed his hand: "Yan Daxia, please come in." ”

Yan Shisan did not hesitate, and stepped straight into the quiet room, only to see that the lights inside were slightly dim, and on the futon in the center of the quiet room, a white man sat cross-legged, with a faint white true qi flowing on his body, and it seemed that he was exercising.

Yan Shisan didn't bother, just stood in front and waited quietly.

After a long time, the figure on the futon moved, the white vapor on his body slowly absorbed into his body, and all the qi returned to calm, followed by slowly opening his eyes.

"Hoo ......"

Yuhua Tian exhaled, and a trace of satisfaction and expectation flashed in his eyes.

After a few days of retreat, he not only thoroughly cultivated the 'Divine Movement of Changes' to perfection, but also improved his skills again, and he had clearly touched the barrier between the Grandmaster and the Great Grandmaster.

Next, as long as he figured out what conditions were needed to break through to the Grand Master, he could try to break through.

I believe that this time will not be too long......

Suppressing his thoughts, Yu Huatian looked up at Yan Shisan who was standing in front of him, and when he noticed the black cloth package in Yan Shisan's arms, a trace of essence flashed in his eyes:

"Found it?"

Yan Shisan nodded, didn't say much, and directly handed the black cloth package to Yuhuatian.

Yu Huatian also had some expectations for this thing, and took the package and untied it, and the half-dried corpse came into view.

The half of the dried corpse had completely withered, and it was impossible to see its original appearance, but it was very well preserved, but only the upper part, and the part below the waist was missing.

The upper half of Rama's body!

A trace of heat flashed under Yu Huatian's eyes, holding the corpse in both hands, his true qi poked out, and wandered around the dried corpse.

But the next moment, his brow furrowed slightly.

People die like lights go out, this Rama has been dead for hundreds of years, and it is naturally impossible for there to be any true qi left in his body, so what Yuhuatian investigated was the meridians and major acupoints in Rama's body, hoping to be able to see his exercise route, so as to infer his former realm and the number of exercises he practiced.

But after probing around, Yuhuatian was a little disappointed.

The exercise route of this Rama's body is no different from that of most martial artists, except that the imprints left by the three major acupuncture points of Shenfeng, Lingxu, and Destiny are deeper, and it is obvious that these three acupuncture points are the main practice routes of the exercises he practiced.

Other than that, nothing can be seen.

But his meridians and various acupuncture points are much wider and thicker than ordinary people, which shows that Rama's skills were indeed very strong back then, at least much stronger than the current Yuhua Field.

The lowest level, I'm afraid it's also a great grandmaster.

But that doesn't mean much.

I didn't find the so-called peerless magic skills, nor did I find the method of 'making up for the defects and regenerating and regenerating' that Yuhuatian paid more attention to.

Yu Huatian frowned, a little puzzled.

This Rama's body has been circulated in the rivers and lakes for hundreds of years, and I don't know how many people in the rivers and lakes want to get it, and there are even some great masters who have been famous for a long time.

If the secret of Rama's body was fake, it would not have been possible to keep it down for so many years, and there have always been people who have been trying to get it.

So why is this upper half of the body so ordinary?

"Could it be that the real secret is hidden in the lower half of the body? In other words, it is necessary to obtain the complete body in order to see the secrets......"

Yu Huatian thought about it, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that his guess might be correct.

After all, the missing part that Rama made up for back then was located on the lower half of the body, and the key acupoints and meridians were also there, and now that the most critical lower half of the body is missing, it is natural to see how Rama's lower half of the practice route is different from that of ordinary martial artists.

Perhaps, the key lies in the lower half of the remains.

Of course, there is also a possibility, Rama's body actually does not have any so-called peerless divine skills, Rama back then, it is likely that because of his own profound skills, martial arts broke through to a certain level, and then directly relied on his own ability to regenerate and complete the mutilated body, so his body after his death will not have any defects.

Both of these speculations are not impossible.

But what exactly is the case can only be determined when the lower part of Rama's body is found.

Yu Huatian took a deep breath, put the body aside, looked at Yan Shisan, shook his head and said:

"I can't see anything in the upper part of the body, let's put it away first, and if I have a chance in the future, I will find the lower part of the body."

Yan Shisan was not surprised, he had already investigated the body when he got it, and he didn't see anything either.

In his opinion, this so-called Rama's body may be a hoax at all.

And, even if it was true, he didn't bother to pursue it.

All he wants is the way of the sword!

Yu Huatian glanced at him and asked, "There was no accident when you got this half of the body, right?" ”

Yan Shisan said calmly: "No, Zhang Fu has been getting this body for three years, and he also didn't understand anything, and after killing a few people, they obediently took it out." However, the Zhang Mansion was not destroyed, and the news that this half body was in the hands of the Overseer is likely to leak out in the future. ”

"There's nothing to worry about."

Yu Huatian shook his head: "Whoever dares to rob it, kill it directly, if you are lucky, you may be able to use this upper half of the body to lead out the lower half." ”

As he spoke, he shook his head, didn't pay any attention to the matter, and instead looked at the sword in Yan Thirteen's hand, and asked, "Fourteenth sword, what do you think?" ”

When Yan Shisan heard this, his eyes were a little more serious, and he said: "I have found the direction, only one last opportunity is missing, I will definitely be able to comprehend this sword!" ”

Yu Huatian bowed slightly: "If you want to be fast, you can't reach it, kendo is different from other martial arts, the foundation of kendo and the state of mind are indispensable, there is no need to rush, take your time." ”

"I understand."

Yan Shisan clenched his long sword and nodded seriously.

This kind of martial arts that can only be comprehended by one's own state of mind, others can't help, at most it is to provide a direction, and if you have a direction, you can only rely on yourself.

The essence of the fourteenth sword is to die and reincarnate, and Yuhuatian named it 'Shengjian'.

Yan Shisan is also going to take this path, but whether he can comprehend it or not depends on himself.

Yu Huatian didn't say anything more, stood up and walked towards the door, but as soon as he walked out of the door, there was a rush of footsteps in the distance.

A spy from the West Factory walked quickly, saluted respectfully to Yuhuatian, presented a secret letter with both hands, and said:

"Enlighten the Overseer, a secret letter from the head of the stall!"

Yu Huatian took the secret letter, spread it out and took a closer look, and his eyes suddenly narrowed slightly:

"Shaolin Temple ......"

He turned his head and looked in the direction of Songshan, his eyes flashing with a dangerous light......

——

Rama's body is just a foreshadowing for the time being, it is related to the protagonist's breakthrough through heaven and man, and it is not needed for the time being, but it just happens to involve the drizzle of the black stone, so I will get the upper half in advance and bury a foreshadowing in advance.

(End of chapter)