Chapter 54: Life and Death Are Phaseless
As the white-haired old man came out of the house, there was an old man in brown clothes who was a little younger than him, and as soon as the two of them stepped out of the door, two figures had already rushed out of the pavilion quickly, and Hou was on the side, anxiously but respectfully led the two elders to the pavilion, and the rest of the people in the pavilion naturally got up to greet each other and bowed their hands.
The old man in brown is Cheng Yin, the village chief of Taiji Village, and the white-haired old man is Weng Zhenhuai, a well-known divine doctor in Wudang, and the two are also the elders that the old man asked Jiang Yichen to visit on his behalf.
The group of people in the pavilion were the ones who had gone through a bloody battle at the three forks, and Jiang Yichen was among them. After everyone worked together to kill Jiang Zheng, they hurried to Taiji Village considering that their two seriously injured companions were in urgent need of medical treatment.
After everyone arrived in the village, the villagers were also very concerned, the village chief Cheng Yin helped carry the wounded to the home of Mr. Weng Zhenhuai for treatment, and he also became Weng Lao's assistant. A group of people were worried about the safety of their two companions, and they were afraid of disturbing the villagers too much, so they waited quietly in the pavilion in front of Weng's hometown, waiting for the results of the treatment.
During this period, the sturdy monk named Zhangsan mourned for the drizzle, got up and wept in front of the sky, folded his hands, and recited Buddhist scriptures.
Seeing this, Jiang Yichen and Cardinal stepped forward to care, and the people who had been silent before just passing each other's names were able to communicate with each other and comfort each other.
The two deputy masters of the Wuxiang Gate have disappeared in the past two months, and the door masters have suddenly disappeared in the past two days. The door suddenly lost the person in charge, when the dragons were leaderless, today suddenly suffered a catastrophe, the bandit leader of Danxia Villa and several masters of Changshengzhuang broke into the door, deliberately provoked trouble, and raised a knife to kill people without saying a word, the battle of nearly 100 people in the two nests of bandits, the momentum was huge, obviously prepared, Wuxiangmen was originally not manpowered, and was caught off guard, fortunately, the Daoyi League seemed to know the news here, and rushed to ten people to help, so that all the people in the door were not annihilated.
There were more than 20 people in the Wuxiang Gate, and they fled all the way to the fork with the people of the Daoyi League, until Jiang Yichen came to help, and only three people remained, in addition to the strong monk Zhangsan, there were also seriously injured Shi Cheng and Situ Zhong, who slashed at Jiang Zheng's back at the last moment.
The ten members of the Moral League were also damaged, and the survivors were the red-clothed girl Cardinal, the black-clothed man Xun Leopard, the seriously injured Wang Shide, and the two musketeers and one assassin who finally worked together to give Jiang Zheng a blow, Han Shimeng, Xie Shichao and Kong Chuan, a total of six people.
"Weng Lao, Cheng Lao, what happened to Brother Wang and Xiao Shi?" It was Zhang San who spoke, and since he came to the pavilion, his brows have not been relaxed.
"There is no vital injury, just excessive blood loss, it is no big problem, just rest for a few days. Weng Lao raised his hands lightly, signaling everyone to be relieved.
"That's good, thank you for your help. Zhang San was about to thank him, but was stopped by Cheng Yin.
"Hey, it doesn't have to be like this, what's the situation in your door now?" Cheng Yin asked back.
"In the door...... The two deputy masters in the door have not seen for some time, they are uninhibited by nature, or they linger in the beautiful scenery of the mountains and rivers and forget to return, it is not too worried about the people of the door, until the two days even the door master is nowhere to be found, the people in the door feel that something is strange, but today the door suddenly suffered this change, in addition to the three not in the door of the main and deputy door masters do not know the life and death, there are four people in the twenty in the door, only me, Situ Zhong, and Xiaoshi three people. Zhangsan's eyes were gloomy, and he replied with a sad face, then turned to the cardinals and the swift leopard, and bowed again, "It's really a misfortune for my family, and it has also dragged down the friends of the Moral Alliance."
"This is not a fault of nothing, the matter has come to this point, the third brother must not blame himself, or find out why the bandits of Danxia Villa and Changshengzhuang suddenly became troubled. "It was the cardinal who spoke out, although she was young, but she was the head of the Daoyi League in Wudang, and the identity of the swift leopard on the side was the same as Murong Jing, he was responsible for the transmission of information in Wudang and Xijiang County.
"Yes, why are these bandits doing this, do you know what to do?" Weng Zhenhuai looked at Zhang San, Zhang San is one of the protectors in the Wuxiang Gate, maybe he will know more information.
"Or covet my door's "Meditation and Forgetfulness Method". Zhang San thought for a moment and then returned.
It is no wonder that Wuxiangmen is derived from the Xiaoyao faction in the past, although it is attached to the Kyushu Alliance, but the concept of the door is closer to Taoism, advocating that there is no self and no phase, and there are not many like-minded people in the rivers and lakes, and there are not many people in the door, because they rarely participate in the miscellaneous affairs of the rivers and lakes, and they are also estranged from other gangs. It is rumored that the Venerable Master Shen Qian, the master of the founding sect, practiced the method of sitting and forgetting his mind to the supreme realm, and he was able to qi slave swords and transmit sound into the secret, and after running the internal strength, the internal force was even more endless, and he did not fall behind after fighting several masters alone for three days and two nights. It's a pity that the Venerable Master Shen Qian likes to be alone, and when he is old, he accepts the three brothers of the Gu family as disciples and grants them such a mastery of mental methods. Therefore, the Wuxiangmen has always been forgotten by the world, and this encounter is a sin of Huaibi......" Cheng Yin said with a light stroke of his beard.
"Wuxiangmen has been in the neutral sect of the green pine forest for more than ten years, although the Wuxiang Sitting and Forgetting Heart Method is famous, it is not easy to practice, and it is only a middle vehicle in the wood system, and the bandits of Danxia Mountain Villa and Changshengzhuang have not been in Wudang for a year or two, if they have evil thoughts, why don't they do it for a long time?"
"The little leopard has some clues, and there are no outsiders here, but it doesn't hurt to say it. Cheng Yin tasted the meaning of Xun Leopard's words, and immediately asked back.
"There should be a mastermind behind the scenes who is secretly controlling this situation, and the specific force is not clear for the time being, but according to what I have explored, it may have nothing to do with the Netherworld Sect and the Twelve Heavenly Evil Sects. Seeing that the village chief Cheng Yin said this, Xunbao no longer concealed it at the moment and spoke bluntly.
"Regardless of the bandit masters here, those little minions are all agile and powerful, and this is probably the trick of the Netherworld Sect. The cardinal analyzed.
Listening to everyone's analysis, Jiang Yichen, who was silent, fell into deep thought, yesterday Jinyi Wei went to Wudang to ask for the mental method of unsuccessful, and was expelled by Xuchen Zhenren, today there is this unphased door, because of the matter of the mental law was tragically surrounded and annihilated by bandits, what is the connection between this? After a moment's hesitation, Jiang Yichen still explained yesterday's Wudang incident to everyone present, so as to help everyone sort out the relationship and have a clear idea.
"According to Jiang Shaoxia, maybe there is also the participation of the imperial court?" Zhang San's eyebrows raised, Wuxiangmen and Wudang faction can be described as half a catty, Wudang is completely closed, Wuxiangmen is slightly better, but it comes from the concept in the door, there is little communication with the outside world, and the news is even more closed, he doesn't understand why the imperial court will go around searching for the martial arts and internal strength of various sects, and it is even more difficult to figure out that the imperial court will collude with the evil sect and use the hands of bandits to deal with them.
"I'm afraid it will be difficult to escape the involvement, can the central law of the door be lost after this battle?" It was Weng Zhenhuai who spoke, after listening to a few words from everyone, he couldn't help but show sadness, he is now in his old age, and he has rarely participated in the affairs of the rivers and lakes, but in recent years, there have been many incidents in the rivers and lakes, he has also heard of it, and he has guessed in his heart that the court intends to stir up the situation, and the current situation is more confirmed his thoughts, the government has no way, but frequently intervenes in the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and the world will be in turmoil.
"No, when we evacuated the green pine forest, it was set on fire. There are not many brothers in the door, but the shortest time to get started is also several years, and they all know the method by heart, so they can study it at any time, so if there are only three people left in the door, then the method is only in the minds of the three of us. Thinking of the same people who have been with each other for many years, they died one by one, and they were as resolute as three zhangs, and their eyes were hazy with tears again.
"Condolences. After hearing this, Weng Zhenhuai didn't say anything more, patted Zhangsan's shoulder a few times, and comforted him.
"Today's things still need to be considered in the long run, it's getting late, and we will plan tomorrow. If you don't want to go into the house, you should rest early, and I will ask people to bring some quilts, so that you don't catch a cold in this weather. Cheng Yin on the side said.
Everyone did not refuse, and after saying goodbye to the second elder, they spent the night in the pavilion.
The night was long, but it was difficult for Zhang San and Situ Zhong, who had just been wiped out, to sleep, before the time came, the two crept out of the pavilion, each secretly led out a horse from the stable, and then walked out of the village entrance, going up the road, before going far only to see a person in front of him with a big hat covering his body and lying on the boulder, the big hat looked a little familiar, and the person seemed to have been waiting for them there?