Chapter 21: The Plum Blossom Palace

The winter wind is so cold and biting that it makes people shiver.

Luoyang City, as the ancient capital of previous dynasties, is now only a state and county, but it has not changed its former prosperity. The cold winter can't stop people's enthusiasm to go out. The bazaar is still bustling with traffic, and the crowds of people coming and going are endless.

Suddenly, I saw two tall horses galloping from south to north from the market. Crowds of passers-by avoided it, causing a commotion. Some people couldn't dodge, were hit by horses, and smashed heavily on the stalls on the street, unconscious, and hit the eggs for a while. Ensuingly, there was a constant shouting and scolding, and the two black-clad knights seemed to have urgent matters to do, but they immediately turned their heads and stared at the scolding man. The scolder saw two pairs of cold eyes, although he was masked, but those eyes were not ordinary eyes, full of murderous aura, cold and abnormal, like a life-killing Shura, he was suddenly silent and did not dare to make a sound. Only then did the two black-clothed knights turn their heads, ride their horses and whip up, and then the scolding began to sound again.

The two knights rode their horses to a distance of twenty miles north of Luoyang City and dismounted, untied the reins and saddles, slapped each of them on the buttocks, and let the two horses gallop towards the distant meadow. The two of them began to walk and walked forward, turning back from time to time, looking cautiously behind them, as if they were afraid that someone would notice. After about a cup of tea, the two of them came to a large mansion, stopped, turned back again, looked around, and knocked lightly on the door when they were sure that no one noticed them. A crack opened in the door, and a gloomy voice sounded: "A few plums in the corner!"

The two didn't have time to think, and responded in unison: "The fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold." ”

The door of the house immediately opened, just enough for one person to enter sideways, and the two immediately entered. In the center of the house is hung a plaque with a gold medal, which reads: Plum Garden. Two large pink and white characters like plum blossoms.

In the courtyard, but see all kinds of plum blossoms, blooming vigorously, making people dizzy. The flowers are white and red, and the petals are smooth and transparent, like valuable crystals. There are also yellow, pink, gorgeous but not demonic, dazzling. A northwest wind blew, and I suddenly felt quiet and elegant. Look at that posture again, ancient and delicate. On the same tree, you can see plum blossoms in various forms. When the wind blows the leaves, you don't have to worry about the plum blossom petals will fall and break, the plum blossom is not delicate, but the colder, the more energetic and delicate. The ancients said that "the sword peak is sharpened from the edge of the sword, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold" is not exactly the sketch of the quality of plum blossoms?

In the center of the precincts, there is a gazebo. Under the gazebo, there are stone tables and stone benches made of marble, if you sit on the cool stone benches in the hot summer, there are fruits on the stone table, make a cup of herbal tea, and enjoy the scenery in the garden, how pleasant it is. It's just that in the cold winter, the cool stone bench is not so comfortable, cold and biting.

A beautiful guzheng melody sounded melodiously and tactfully, and from time to time, a crisp and soft voice sang a song, which was very pleasant. It turned out that there was a woman sitting on a stone bench, and a simple guzheng was placed on the table, and the strings of the piano made a beautiful melody under the plucking of the slender ten fingers. On the stone table, there was also a perforated pot-like vessel, and gray smoke wafted from the vessel, and the smoke carried a faint musky fragrance. But I saw that the woman was dressed in thin red, with a slender jade neck, a crisp chest like clotted white jade, half-covered and half-hidden, looming, and a pink plum blossom was depicted at the collarbone, which made people reverie. The tight plain waist is unbearable to hold. A pair of long, moist and well-proportioned legs are exposed to the knees, white and flawless. The beautiful lotus feet look so enchanting and seductive. This woman's outfit is undoubtedly extremely glamorous, but this glamorous Ye seems to be much inferior to her demeanor. The thin pink veil covered the face, but it couldn't cover the soft and seductive posture. A pair of big eyes that are seductive and smiling, smiling and charming, the water covers the ground and the ground is charming. The thin veil can vaguely see a slightly upturned red lip, as if it wants to attract people's fragrance. The whole looks like an endless fox charm from the bones, which can affect the man's nerves all the time. Behind the enchanting woman stood two men, one of them was black, as if he had come out of a cellar, he was thin, wide and fat, and his face was stinging fiercely, and the other was a man with a pale complexion, blood-red lips, tall and thin, who seemed to be smiling. Who knows? It is such a charming and beautiful woman who is harmless to humans and animals, and she is actually the female devil who everyone talks about in the rivers and lakes martial arts, a ruthless femme fatale, and Mei Hanxiang, the master of the Plum Blossom Palace. The two behind Mei Hanxiang are Xie Bi'an and Fan Wusheng, who are known as black and white impermanence in the rivers and lakes. The two of them are respected in the Plum Blossom Palace, they are the protectors of the Plum Blossom Palace, their whereabouts are secretive, and the people in the rivers and lakes have never seen the true faces of the two, because those who have seen the true faces of the two have gone to see the King of Yama, and they have been sucked dry of internal force and essence, becoming a dry corpse, and the death is miserable, so the people in the rivers and lakes are taboo to talk about the two. This plum garden is located in the bustling Luoyang City, who would have thought that this is the base camp of the famous killer organization Plum Blossom Palace?

Besides, the two black knights, led by a scrawny, wrinkled, lifeless-looking old woman, came to the gazebo. Don't look at this old woman's breathless appearance, she is ruthless, she is indeed vicious and abnormal, good at making all kinds of poison, killing people invisibly, and making people unguardable. A bowl of soup can erase people's memories, and the people in the rivers and lakes gave him the honorific title of Meng Po, and they stayed away.

Meng Po bowed slightly, coughed a few times, gasped heavily, and said, "The old man has seen the hall master." ”

Mei Hanxiang stopped playing with her slender jade fingers, nodded, and said, "Meng Po, are you okay?" The voice was charming and majestic, very seductive and indecent, which made people fearful.

As a member of the killer organization, there is no emotion to speak of. Not only that, the inside of the Plum Blossom Hall is also very cruel, there are bloody battles at all times, and the subordinates can challenge their superiors, no matter what means are used, as long as they kill the challenged, they can take the position. From the beginning of the establishment of the Plum Blossom Palace, such a law was set in order to maintain the wolf nature and cold-bloodedness of the members.

Don't look at Mei Hanxiang pretending to care about people, but her face is expressionless, her eyes are cold, and if she is slightly dissatisfied, she will torture people in every way, and finally die miserably in pain. regards human life as ants, so the people in the rivers and lakes gave him another name: the female king of Hades.

Meng Po watched Mei Hanxiang grow up, climbed to the high position of the Plum Blossom Hall step by step, and finally became the hall master of the Plum Blossom Palace, the number one killer organization in the rivers and lakes. Mei Hanxiang asked herself if she was okay? On the surface, she seemed to be concerned, but the implication was that if it was not good, she should quickly give way, don't occupy the pit and not, and let good people come up. Therefore, a smile appeared on Meng Po's wrinkled face, but it looked so gloomy that it made people shudder. Meng Po said: "If you don't work for the lord of the palace, the old woman can still hold on." ”

Meng Po paused, and then said: "Hall Master, the Wuwei Pavilion under His Royal Highness the Equality King of the Ninth Branch Hall has completed the fourth mission, and now he is here to resume his life. ”

Mei Hanxiang nodded, and Meng Po stepped aside. The two black-clothed knights stepped forward, knelt on one knee, lowered their heads, although Mei Hanxiang was charming and moving, but they didn't dare to look at it directly, and the two of them recounted the implementation of the task......

After the two finished speaking, Mei Hanxiang had a hint of a smile on her expressionless face, and said: "In this way, there are still fish that have slipped through the net, and the mission has failed......?"

Before the two of them could finish speaking, they stopped abruptly, only to hear a whining sound. I saw that the two of them had a black iron plum blossom in their mouths, their faces were covered with blood, and the two tongues were blurred with flesh and blood, falling to the ground, terrified......

And Mei Hanxiang and Black and White Impermanence and others seemed to be nothing, their faces were dry and unwavering, and they didn't care. After a while, two powerful men came up and carried them down like dead dogs.

Mei Hanxiang said quietly: "The Plum Blossom Hall never wants to be a waste that can't complete the task, but only makes excuses." The backyard is clear and watery, and the crocodiles haven't had a full meal for a while, just ...... it", Mei Hanxiang smiled coquettishly, and the two lives were like ants in her eyes, not worth mentioning. This is simply not Hades, but the devil.

Mei Hanxiang gently plucked the strings with a jade hand, and said coquettishly: "It seems that there is a problem with the ability of the Equal King Branch! Such a simple task can be done badly." Go, spread Lu Zi to swim over. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Xie Bi'an on his side. Xie Bi'an understood, got up and went to the Equality Branch. Mei Hanxiang plucked the strings again, and a beautiful melody sounded again......

Plum Blossom Palace, modeled after the underworld, has ten major halls: the first branch hall Qin Guangwang Palace, the hall master is named Wang Ben, in the plum blossom hall status respect, only obey the orders of the hall master Mei Hanxiang, even the left and right two envoys black and white impermanence have to give three points, martial arts is even more unfathomable, no one has ever seen its hands, because the people who have fought with it have become dead people, it is said that the strength is close to Mei Hanxiang, rarely appears on the rivers and lakes, so it has also become a legend of the rivers and lakes, martial arts people all respect it as the living Yama. The second branch of the palace Chujiang Palace, the hall master is named Li Yuwen, in the early years, Li Yuwen was a river and ocean thief who made the sea merchants frightened, begging for a living at sea all the year round, specializing in some robbery of merchant ships at sea, and never left a living mouth after success, killing people like killing chickens. Later, he was favored by the previous master of the Plum Blossom Palace, and was incorporated into the Plum Blossom Palace, and was in charge of the second branch hall, the Chujiang Palace. The third branch of the Song Emperor's Palace, the hall master is named Yu Jinjiang, this person is vicious and ruthless, not only kills people without blinking, but also has a unique habit, before killing the target, he likes to torture the target in every way, hanging upside down, gouging out eyes, scraping bones, and his eyes do not blink, cruel and bloodthirsty. The fourth branch of the palace is the palace of the official king, the hall master is named Lu Cong, this person is good at making a Mitsubishi knife, specially releasing human blood and drinking it, inhumane, people in the rivers and lakes give it another name vampire king. The fifth branch hall of the Yama King Palace, the hall master is named Kou Che, a big knife to open the mountain, dedicated to human blood to sacrifice, killing countless people, simply neat, all of them are hands up and down, and the people who died under his hands have all become headless corpses. The sixth branch hall of the king of Bian Cheng, the hall master is named Bi Yuan, tall, more than nine feet, an iron cone, the wheel will rise, the person will be slapped into a meat patty, the brain and blood are splashed everywhere, and the death is miserable. If there is a child crying at night, the adult will shout that Bi Yuan is coming, and the child will immediately dare not cry again, which shows his fierceness. Dong He, the king of Mount Tai in the seventh branch hall, has always been elegant, likes to chant poetry, hides a knife in his smile, has a honey belly sword, kills people invisibly, and the people in the rivers and lakes are called smiling tigers. The eighth branch of the palace city king hall, the hall master is named Huang Cheng, this person is insidious and cunning, lustful, specializing in picking flowers at night, I don't know how many good women have been harmed, and never leave a living mouth after the end, which is despised by the green forest. The ninth hall is the palace of the king of equality, the hall master Lu Ziyou, the martial arts are the worst among the ten hall masters, but this person is good at using poisonous tricks to harm people, and if he is not careful, he will catch his way, and he will not be blind to death, in order to achieve the goal by unscrupulous means, the viciousness is abnormal, and the people in the rivers and lakes would rather meet and die at the hands of other branch hall masters, rather than meet this person. The tenth hall of the Wheel King Palace, the hall master's name is Xue Hongyu, with a delicate and cute baby face, a petite and plump figure, and looks like a little girl who is still underage. Seeing such a lovely and seductive woman, the people in the rivers and lakes were not wary, so the heroes of the rivers and lakes who died under this lovely face did not know how many.

"Lu Ziyou, the palace of the king of equality, has seen the hall master. An eerie voice sounded, but when I saw a red face, even a pair of eyes were blood-red, and a pointed nose, I thought it was a ghost wandering in the world. It turned out that this person was Lu Ziyou.

"Mission No. 4, it's so simple, how did you Lu Ziyou lead the Equality Palace, and there are still fish that slipped through the net? If the employer knows and questions the ability of my Plum Blossom Palace, how will my Plum Blossom Hall gain a foothold in the rivers and lakes in the future?" Mei Hanxiang's crispy voice echoed in the plum garden.

"The subordinates are incompetent, and I hope that the hall master will give his subordinates another chance to make up for their mistakes. Lu Ziyou oozed cold sweat from his forehead and said. The entire Plum Blossom Hall and even the martial arts people in the rivers and lakes know that this charming hall master is more ruthless than the devil, and he failed to complete the task perfectly. Therefore, Lu Ziyou had to beg for atonement. Don't look at Lu Ziyou, as one of the ten branch hall masters of the Plum Blossom Palace, his status is respected, but in Mei Hanxiang's eyes, he is not even as good as an ant.

"Okay, I'll wipe my and clean it up by myself, and I'll give you a chance. Right now, I heard that the Hou family was rescued and taken away by the Wine Sword Immortal, and he didn't know where he was. The deity orders you to use no matter what means, to rummage to the ends of the earth, to solve the last fish that slipped through the net, to give the employer a satisfactory explanation, in order to prove the strength of the Plum Blossom Palace. Mei Hanxiang ordered casually while playing the guzheng.

Lu Ziyou breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had been amnestied, he expressed his determination, and in a flash, he disappeared in an instant and disappeared without a trace.

Lu Ziyou had just left, and a pair of men and women appeared under the gazebo out of thin air, one old and one young. The old man looked old, his forehead was full of wrinkles, his beard was white, a pair of eyebrows up to the bridge of his nose, like Maitreya Buddha, smiling, empty-handed, without any weapons. Shao still looks like a little Lori, a baby face, petite, red lips and white teeth, very beautiful, just two Luan peaks towering high on the chest, but it is incompatible with the baby face, a pair of small hands still hold a black iron chain, the end of the chain with a barb, the barb with a blade, the cold light is shining. This old man who looks kind and kind is known as the living Yama in the rivers and lakes, and Wang Ben, the master of the first branch of the Plum Blossom Palace. And the girl who looks cute and cute, like a little Lori, is actually Xue Hongyu, the tenth hall master of the Plum Blossom Palace, who makes the heroes of the rivers and lakes creepy.

Seeing the two of them, Mei Hanxiang's charming and lovely face showed a rare smile, and said, "Uncle Wang, sister Yu'er." You're coming. ”

Wang Ben bowed slightly, Xue Hongyu bent down, and Qi Qi saluted Mei Hanxiang, and said in unison: "Subordinate, I have seen the hall master." ”

Mei Hanxiang smiled slightly and nodded, which was regarded as a response.

Wang Ben opened his mouth and said: "My subordinates are fortunate not to disgrace their lives, and the task is completed, and I am here to restore my life." ”

Xue Hongyu also answered: "The subordinates have also completed the task, and they have handed over to the hall master. ”

Mei Hanxiang nodded and looked at Xie Bi'an, Fan Wusu and Meng Po. The three of them understood that the task that needed to be carried out by the hall master in person must be unusual, and the hall master did not want others to know, so they retreated one after another.

When there were only three Mei Hanxiang left in the pavilion, an amazing scene happened, if others saw it, they would be shocked, Mei Hanxiang, who had always been like a snake and scorpion, was so courteous and close to this old and young man. I saw Xue Hongyu take an arrow step, rushed to Mei Hanxiang, fell down, leaned on Mei Hanxiang's arms, and kept rubbing Mei Hanxiang's crisp breasts with her little head, very affectionate, and muttered mischievously: "Sister Hanxiang, I haven't seen you for a long time, you seem to have become bigger here, soft and slippery, I'm afraid that not all men in the world will be fascinated under your stone building skirt, right?"

The old man coughed in embarrassment. Xue Hongyu then remembered that there was still the famous living Yama Wang Ben next to her, so she stuck out her tongue embarrassedly, and said crisply: "I'm sorry, Grandpa Wang, Yu'er is ...... for a while."

Without waiting for Xue Hongyu to finish speaking, Mei Hanxiang stretched out her jade finger, pointed at Xue Hongyu's forehead, rolled her eyes, her face was slightly blushing, and she showed a daughter-like shyness, and said angrily: "Little girl, I haven't been on the right track all day, what do you know?" looked at Xue Hongyu with love in her eyes.

Mei Hanxiang said again: "Okay, it's time to get down to business." Uncle Wang, please be seated. ”

Wang Ben bowed slightly, sitting on the stone bench opposite Mei Hanxiang, Xue Hongyu just cleaned up the innocent, as if she had changed a person, her eyes were cold and full of murderous energy, she was like two people, and sat on Mei Hanxiang's left hand.

Wang Ben cleared his throat and said, "Hall Master, according to his subordinates, the son of the Hou family who escaped by luck has worshiped Li Chunzheng, the wine sword lover, as his teacher, and went with the wine sword immortal. The subordinates worked hard to learn that the two of them appeared on the top of Kunlun Mountain, an ancient sect of the Tianshan Sect. This sect is isolated from the world, has no quarrel with the world, and concentrates on cultivation. And that wine sword immortal was under the tutelage of the previous late head of the Tianshan faction, Wang Zhihao. The masters of the Tianshan faction are like clouds, and their subordinates once wanted to infiltrate to solve the prince surnamed Nahou, but they were blocked at the foot of the mountain. There was an old man who injured his subordinates one by one, and his martial arts were unfathomable, and he was shocked. The old man wounded his subordinates and told them to leave quickly, not to step into the mountain gate. Therefore he returned, and he came to inform the lord of the temple. ”

"The deity already knows this. Mei Hanxiang sighed and said quietly.

"The hall master knows?" asked Wang Ben.

Mei Hanxiang nodded and said, "The person who blocked Uncle Wang is the ancestor of the Tianshan Sect, who is extremely senior and over 100 years old. I'm afraid that even ten deities will be difficult to defeat this person. Uncle Wang has this defeat, and the blame is not in Uncle Wang. As for Li Chunzheng, the deity and this person are old acquaintances, and they have fought with him, and this person's martial arts are also unfathomable, and the deity is slightly gone. Three years ago, this person also came to the plum garden once. Sister Yu'er, tell me about your mission. ”

Xue Hongyu's eyes were indifferent, and he said in a deep voice: "Hall Master, since the subordinates received the task, they first explored the location of the target. The target is heavily guarded and extremely difficult to approach. Even so, it's just a man, and they all have the weakness of lust, and it is this opportunity for his subordinates to get close to the goal, get rid of it, complete the task perfectly, and come to the hall master to give an explanation. After speaking, Xue Hongyu was like a trick, holding a bloody human head in her hand at some point, with round eyes and wide open mouth. Xue Hongyu didn't seem to be holding a human head in her hand, but like a leather ball, she trembled, patted it, and smiled proudly, which made people shudder.

Mei Hanxiang nodded with satisfaction, with a smile on her face, but that smile was so cold and terrifying, like a demon king.

Mei Hanxiang said casually: "Sister Yu'er, you did a good job, you can pay to your employer." Say, whatever reward you want, my sister will definitely satisfy you. ”

When Xue Hongyu heard this, she changed her face again, her eyes were no longer cold, showing her playful and cute side, an innocent smile appeared on her face, her chin was dragged with her hand, and she thought for a while before asking, "Sister Hanxiang, what you said is true?"

Mei Hanxiang pretended to be suspicious, tilted her head slightly, and said with a smile: "When did my sister lie to you, little goblin?"

Xue Hongyu said: "That's good, Yu'er has to rest for half a month and eat well every day." Have a good time for a few days. ”

Mei Hanxiang quipped: "That's all?"

Xue Hongyu responded: "Otherwise?"

Mei Hanxiang smiled and said, "My sister Yu'er will never grow up, so she knows what to eat." I'm not afraid of gaining weight. ”

Xue Hongyu muttered and shouted, "Yu'er is so cute, where is she fat?"

Mei Hanxiang smiled: "Okay, good, good, Sister Yu'er is the cutest, go, eat whatever you want, play whatever you want." ”

Xue Hongyu laughed happily and left in a hurry. Looking at Xue Hongyu's petite back, Mei Hanxiang and Wang Ben shook their heads with a smile.

Under the gazebo, only Mei Hanxiang and Wang Ben were left, sitting face to face, looking at each other, without words, but talking in ventriloquism. After a long stick of incense, Mei Hanxiang said to Wang Ben in a deep voice: "Uncle Wang, I've worked hard for you, go down and rest." ”

Immediately, the two disappeared into thin air, and no one was seen, as if no one had ever been in the pavilion.

A gust of northwest wind blew, bitter and biting, a few plum petals fell, and a faint fragrance wafted in the air, refreshing people's hearts......