Chapter 8: The Truth Revealed
In an inn in Jiahe City, Nangong Yunfei and Xia Huaiyuan were in a hurry, they waited for news every day, and they were disappointed. The dart master of the Bagui Dart Bureau searched for half a month with hundreds of soldiers, but there was no trace of Ma Yucheng. Other Jianghu guests are chasing people here, but they are chasing treasures, and the jade watermelon has too much to do with them and must be recovered.
At this time, a young knight pushed the door in, it was Zhang Wuying, the shadowless saint. Nangong Yunfei and Xia Huaiyuan didn't know him, nor had they heard of his name, so they were wary of him, no matter how he introduced himself, their expressions were very unfriendly.
Zhang Wuying didn't care, untied the package on his back, gently put it on the coffee table, and said lightly: "You don't have to be wary of me, I just sent what you are looking for, let's go." After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave.
"Wait!" Xia Huaiyuan said to stay, because he felt too familiar when he saw the package. Nangong Yunfei didn't know that this was the package that Xia Huaiyuan handed over to Ma Yucheng, but he heard the sound from Zhang Wuying's words, and hurriedly went over to untie the package.
The package seemed to have been rewrapped, and the bulging midwinter in it was densely bound by silk threads, layers of oil paper, layers of cotton wool, and it took Nangong Yunfei a long time to open it completely.
Emerald watermelon! It is the long-lost emerald watermelon. Xia Huaiyuan and Nangong Yunfei hurriedly closed the doors and windows and looked at Zhang Wuying in surprise.
"Where did Brother Zhang get it?" Looking at the lost and recovered treasure, Nangong Yunfei was in disbelief. Xia Huaiyuan also looked at Zhang Wuying with anticipation, eager to understand the inside story.
"Let's have a cup of tea first. Zhang Wuying was not in a hurry, and sat down for a long time, Xia Huaiyuan let out an "oh", and then remembered that he had been neglecting the guests, so he quickly made a cup of tea and held it with both hands.
"You have all wronged the smoke-wave angler, and it was indeed two masked men who robbed the treasure that day. Zhang Wuying took a sip of tea and told the story of that day, Xia Huaiyuan and Nangong Yunfei were like listening to legends. And Zhang Wuying knew more secrets than that, and the next words surprised them even more.
Zhang Wuying said that it was the Pingnan Chamber of Commerce that intercepted them in Death Valley, and the Pingnan Chamber of Commerce had a great background, and from the name of the word "Pingnan", it should know their ambition and purpose. is a person who wants to go against the Pingnan Chamber of Commerce, and he knew that the Pingnan Chamber of Commerce would not be quiet, so he asked him to keep an eye on this heavy treasure along the way. It was also the man who told him the size of the jade watermelon, so he prepared a round stone first. And the Lingnan stick king family has another secret, the Qiu family is not dead, and this unsolved case will be closed by the Qiu family themselves in the future. If the Central Plains Martial Arts blindly pursues and kills Ma Yucheng, it will inevitably consume strength, which will be more beneficial to the Pingnan Chamber of Commerce.
"My business has been done, the word has arrived, and I will not bother. Zhang Wuying drank the tea in the cup and floated away. Xia Huaiyuan and Nangong Yunfei stood on the spot in a daze, stunned by these news. Of course, they couldn't figure it out, so they simply didn't want to, and it was the right thing to try to secretly send the jade watermelon to Lin'an.
This time, they remained quiet, and let the Bagui Dart Bureau and the Jiaozhou soldiers continue to search for Yanbo angler Ma Yucheng in Qitianling, and Xia Huaiyuan and Nangong Yunfei also continued to pretend to sit in Jiahe, but secretly sent a message to the Nangong brothers and Sima Xiangyun, asking them to sneak to Lin'an secretly with jade watermelons. This is inconspicuous, and no one on the rivers and lakes has noticed. After Nangong Yunlong and the others successfully handed over the treasure to the Ministry of Rites and returned to Jiahe, Xia Huaiyuan recalled the people and announced that the bodyguard task had been completed, and even the commander had been kept in the dark. Nangong Yunfei posted another post on Wulin, announcing that the Qiu family's annihilation tragedy had another hidden secret, and it had nothing to do with Ma Yucheng, and the rivers and lakes gave up the pursuit of Ma Yucheng.
Xia Huaiyuan and Nangong Yunfei were amazed by Zhang Wuying's elusiveness and omniscience, if they knew the background of this matter, they would not be surprised. Zhang Wuying has always only been in the stealing world, and rarely participates in martial arts. This time, it was Tianqi Gate that asked him to make a move.
There is a purple Qing man in Tianqi Gate, called Yun Waizi, named Bai Yu Toad, who crossed the sea from Qiongzhou into the Middle Earth and founded the Southern Sect of Taoism. This person can understand the mysteries of heaven and earth, judge the blessings and misfortunes of the world, can pinch and calculate, and knows everything. When the jade watermelon was shipped from Jiaozhou, he was preaching in the Lin'an Royal Taiyi Palace, and he was deeply valued by the royal family. He calculated that the jade watermelon was in great trouble, and entrusted many martial arts people to take care of it along the way. is the Yanbo Angler and the Taihu Lake Woman, and he also trusts each other, but the trustee doesn't know the reason. He calculated that the treasure would be robbed by Liu Rufeng and Wei Zongying, so he arranged for Zhang Wuying to prepare a round stone of the same size in advance, wait in that remote town, and act when the opportunity arises. Zhang Wuying didn't know that the Ziqing people were behind him, but he was invited by the Tianqimen Jiannan Hall to go out of the mountain, how could the rivers and lakes know the details in the middle.
The purple innocent people also counted that Ma Yucheng would be wronged and aggrieved, but he didn't say it, this is the ordeal that Ma Yucheng deserves, and he must eliminate the disaster by himself, and others can't help him. Rolling red dust, no one can avoid the wind and rain of life, Bai Yuchan is a man of the Tao, he understands that the heavenly machine can be known, and it cannot be revealed, and if he leaks the heavenly opportunity, he will be punished by heaven, so he knows that Ma Yucheng is wronged, but he must let him suffer this grievance. It wasn't until the jade watermelon should be returned that Zhang Wuying revealed a bit of truth.
The jade watermelon arrived in Lin'an, and the Bagui Dart Bureau was regarded as handing over the dart and returning to Guizhou. The Jiaozhou soldiers also completed their mission and returned to the history of the assassination. The Nangong family and a group of people did not return to Cangzhou immediately, they felt sorry for the smoke and wave fisherman, and wanted to find him and apologize in person. Nangong Yunfei expressed this meaning to Yuan Yunni, the Taihu heroine, but Yuan Yunni smiled faintly and said, "It's okay, you guys prepare a banquet, I will definitely find him." ”
She was convinced that Ma Yucheng was in the Three Immortals Cave, and hurried to the cave.
These three immortal caves are very peculiar, there are three holes in total, the inside is very vast, there are holes in the holes, overlapping repeatedly, up and down can be divided into five layers. Yuan Yunni had tried Ouyang Harrier's strength, and he didn't dare to provoke him easily, standing outside the cave and shouting Ma Yucheng, saying that the suspicion was cleared, and Nangong Yunfei wanted to apologize in person.
But Ma Yucheng went to the depths of the Three Immortals Cave to practice, but he didn't hear her shout. It was Ouyang Harrier's voice that came out of the cave: "Come in." ”
Yuan Yunni cautiously entered the cave, Ouyang Harrier sat on the third floor, and Yuan Yunni looked up, a little embarrassed.
"It's all sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes, don't be restrained, come and sit. Ouyang Harrier greeted her very easily. She jumped up, still feeling a little guilty in her heart. Ouyang Harrier said again: "Why are you staring at me like this? ”
Yuan Yunni smiled bitterly, and although he was still a little restrained, he still sat down. Ouyang Harrier pointed to a porcelain altar and said, "Being able to enter my Three Immortal Caves can be regarded as fate." Take this with you when you leave, it's a gift from me. ”
Yuan Yunni hurriedly got up and said a blessing, and said humbly: "Don't dare to accept it in vain." I haven't asked my sister for her name yet. ”
"Ouyang Harrier. Ouyang Harrier only said three simple words, and Yuan Yunni jumped up from his seat in shock: "Wulin Flying Harrier!" She had long heard that Ouyang Harrier lived in the Three Immortal Caves, but when she saw that Ouyang Harrier was only in her twenties, she didn't think it was Ouyang Harrier, or she didn't think that Ouyang Harrier lived in this Three Immortal Cave, guessing that there was probably a Three Immortal Cave elsewhere. At this time, I heard Ouyang Harrier report to his family, not only was he surprised that he couldn't get rid of a single move that day, but he was also surprised by the martial arts boss's technique of residing in his face, a thirty or forty-year-old, Leng left her face at the age of twenty, and secretly thought that there was a chance to ask her for advice.
Ouyang Harrier laughed and said: "That's the love of friends in the rivers and lakes, but in fact, she is a very gentlemanly old girl, and she doesn't even dare to marry the Sword King." Then he pointed to the porcelain altar and said, "Later, I will bring this altar with meadow, which will be of great benefit to you." ”
Yuan Yunni looked at the porcelain altar in surprise, cutting tendons and washing the marrow of the flower dew, the martial arts only heard of its name, who could drink a drop? And Ouyang Harrier wanted to give her an altar, which was amazing. This tendon washing pulpourri is a special drink for the Ouyang sisters, others don't know how to configure it, and ordinary people can't see her sisters, let alone such a secret wine.
Why is Ouyang Harrier so generous? During this period of time, getting along with Ma Yucheng day and night is very different from the usual feeling of being alone in the barren mountains and wild caves. There is an opportunity to go out of the rivers and lakes, and Yuan Yunni and Ma Yucheng are her chances. She understood the situation outside and knew that Yuan Yunni must invite Ma Yucheng to go back on this trip, so she gave up a jar of Baihua Brew.
"Thank you sister for giving me such a blessing. Yuan Yunni said another blessing. Ouyang Harrier shook his hand and said, "Don't be polite, just be kind to the apprentice of Jade Lao'er in the future." Her words made Yuan Yunni so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth, but she didn't expect Ouyang Harrier to call Ma Yucheng's master Lao'er.
Yuan Yunni talked about everything, in fact, Ouyang Harrier had already known about it, but he still listened patiently and said: "I haven't been out of the rivers and lakes for more than ten years, and I will also go to see the handsome men of the Nangong family." ”
Yuan Yunni carefully beat the tendon washing pulpourri into a package and carried it well, and when Ma Yucheng came back from practice, the three of them headed towards Jiahe.
Nangong Yunfei and the three of them not only had the opportunity to apologize to Ma Yucheng in person, but also had the honor to see Ouyang Harrier, and they were overjoyed. The people of the Nangong family were all happily seated.
Everything that should be said was said, Nangong Yunfei remembered Ma Yucheng's murder weapon theory, picked up the wine glass, and invited his brothers to toast Ma Yucheng together, but said in his mouth: "Let's bring the murder weapon to have a drink!" The three ladies on the table, Yuan Yunni and Sima Xiangyun, naturally knew what the murder weapon was referring to, and they wanted to laugh but were embarrassed to laugh, and their faces were flushed. Ouyang Harrier had never heard of any murder weapons, thinking that Nangong Yunfei said that the one with the murder weapon meant the one with a sword, gun, sword and halberd, so he also stood up with a wine glass. The Nangong brothers originally wanted to be silent, but they didn't expect Ouyang Harrier to make a mistake and laugh. Nangong Yunlong made a gesture for Ouyang Harrier to sit down and said, "It's none of your business." Yuan Yunni and Sima Xiangyun couldn't hold it back any longer, lying on the table and laughing.
Ouyang Harrier looked left and right, although he still didn't quite understand, but he roughly guessed some eyebrows from everyone's happiness. Fortunately, Yuan Yunni and Sima Xiangyun are both married daughters-in-law, and Sima Xiangyun is a mother of two children, so it doesn't matter. Ouyang Harrier, an old girl who had never been out of the pavilion, was generous, insisted on holding the wine glass, smiled at Sima Xiangyun and Yuan Yunni and nodded: "Come, let's have a toast in the corset!" As a result, Ma Yucheng, who was a little embarrassed, was also happy, and a glass of wine had just been poured into his throat, and when he heard Ouyang Harrier's words, he didn't laugh out of a smile, and was choked with tears by the wine.
The five brothers of the Nangong family, Yun Peng, Yun Fei, and Yun Tian have all married wives and had children, but the eldest Yunlong and the second Yunteng are good rangers, and they have no family so far. Today, I had a table of wine with Ouyang Harrier, and the brothers both loved her talent and martial arts, and they couldn't bear to be separated. After the banquet, he invited Ouyang Harrier to visit Cangzhou Feiyun Castle. Who is Ouyang Harrier? That is the admirer of Wu Tianxiong, the sword king of the dead, and it is precisely because of his arrogance that he has been so far, how can he be easily shaken by the children of the family?