In the early morning of this day, the sky was just bright, and the two huge city gates located in the north of Ningbo City were slowly opening.

Suddenly, a cyan horse suddenly appeared outside the city, carrying dust all the way, straight to the city gate.

On horseback was a man who looked like a scholar, about thirty years old, with a thin figure and a handsome appearance. However, above his handsome face at this moment, he was full of anxious looks, obviously worried about something.

He frequently whipped his horse, and the horse was in pain, and galloped more and more, and with only a few flicks of his fingers, he had entered the city gate with one man and one horse.

Seeing that he was about to pass the door card, his speed did not decrease at all, and looking at the posture, it seemed that he was about to rush into the city without dismounting and being examined.

When the officers and soldiers defending the city saw this, they were willing to do so, and a fat officer and soldier at the head immediately shouted: "His grandmother's, didn't you eat the bear's heart and leopard gall?

As he spoke, the spear in his hand was stretched out, threatening to block the scholar's way. Unexpectedly, the scholar regarded the spear in his hand as nothing, and as soon as he raised the whip in his right hand, he immediately rolled up the spear that had pierced him, and then his wrist flipped sharply.

Suddenly, the fat officer and soldier felt as if their hands had been electrocuted, and they could no longer hold the spear in their hand, so they had to abandon the spear and let it be swept away by the horsewhip.

After coming and going like this, the scholar had already driven his horse through the city gate hole, and then said loudly without looking back: "I am Lin Zongbian, just because of the urgency of the family, it is inconvenient to delay. ”

Before the words fell, the officers and soldiers saw an object coming from mid-air, and when they looked closely, they found that this thing was the spear gun that had been swept away by the horsewhip before, and they heard a "clang" sound, and the spear gun had been inserted into the feet of the fat officers and soldiers impartially, and the whole head of the spear went straight into the blue bricks on the ground, and only the wooden handle of the gun was still trembling.

The officers and men present were all stunned by Lin Zongbian's kung fu, and the fat officers and soldiers were even more shocked, exclaiming: "Mom! I didn't expect this person to be Lin Zongbian! But where did he get so much strength when he looked so thin?"

However, at this time, Lin Zongbian had no intention of guessing what the thoughts of this group of officers and soldiers on duty were, his heart was already anxious, and he couldn't wait to return home immediately, and at the same time, he had been praying to the gods and Buddhas, only hoping that the gods and immortals could bless his lone son to be safe and sound.

In the urgent letter sent by Zhou Chuqing before, it was only said that the young master was critically ill and hoped that he would return quickly. Lin Zongbian's bloodline is not prosperous, and he has only gotten this single seedling in recent middle age, because he has always loved the pearl, after getting this news, where can he still sit still, even if he takes a fast horse and rushes back.

He went day and night along the way, and had changed sixteen good horses along the way, and after galloping for four days and three nights, he finally arrived in Ningbo City at dawn today.

He drove his horse through the streets and alleys, and when he arrived at the intersection of Denan Street, he saw that the door of his house was being mourned, there was a mournful atmosphere in front of the house, the red lantern on the door beam had also been replaced with a white soul lamp, and the pillars on both sides were pasted with elegiac couplets, and the servants who occasionally came in and out were wearing linen and filial piety, and their faces were solemn.

Seeing the scene in front of him, his heart suddenly froze, and he said to himself in a trembling voice: "I... Am I late? My child—" Thinking of this, it immediately went dark in front of him, and he almost fell off his horse.

But just when he was short of breath, he suddenly heard an exclamation from the side, and then he heard someone shouting: "Ah! It's the head of the house who has returned! It's really the head of the house who has returned..."

The voice paused for a moment, and then came from far away a moment later, apparently running into the house to report the news.

Lin Zongbian took a few deep breaths, settled his mind, then turned over and got off the horse, and walked quickly into the courtyard, wanting to find a servant to ask what was going on. But as soon as he raised his eyes, he saw a group of people gathering at the gate, and the two people who walked at the front were none other than Yi Liangwen and Master Tongze, and the people who followed behind him were all figures with faces in the martial arts.

Lin Zongbian looked at this group of people, and had an ominous premonition in his heart, and secretly wondered: "How can there be so many big people here?

Although he was puzzled in his heart, he was not rude on his face, and he clasped his fists at the moment and said: "I just returned to the house in the next place, I don't know if you are coming, and you are not welcome, and I hope it is not strange." As he spoke, his eyes swept sharply, but he never found any trace of Zhou Chuqing, so he turned to Yi Liangwen and asked, "Senior Yi, where is Chu Qing?"

Yi Liangwen sighed and said slowly: "Chu Qing is injured, but his life is not in serious danger, but he is using the two-wound technique, and the power of counterattack is too domineering, so that he is still in a coma at this time, but Lu Yuanhuai and his wife are already treating him, and he will probably wake up in a few days, Zong Yan does not have to worry." ”

Lin Zongbian exclaimed, "Ah, why did he use the Two Injuries Exercise, what the hell is going on?"

Yi Liangwen stepped forward and patted Lin Zongbian on the shoulder, and said, "There are too many reasons here, so I'll let the old man tell you one by one." Then he told the story of the Battle of Nanhu in detail.

After Lin Zongbian listened, he almost fainted, but fortunately he was supported by Yi Liangwen from the side, so that he didn't fall, and he calmed down for a long time before he asked in a trembling voice: "So, my wife and children are dead?"

Yi Liangwen said: "Liu Fu said that his wife and children had been killed by him and sunk their bodies in Nanhu, and the old man had sent more than 300 people to the lake to salvage them, but Nanhu Lake was vast, and he didn't know the exact location of the sunken body, so he had not recovered the body until today." ”

Lin Zongyan suddenly became overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Since the body has not been found, then it can't be determined that the person has been killed, or maybe it is just the thief's lying trap?"

The servants were reprimanded, and hurriedly retreated.

After looking at Yi Liangwen, Master Tongze stepped forward and said, "Zong Yan, your state of mind is old and empathetic, but I waited for the evil path that day, and I would lose my life at any time. Seven days have passed since the day the wife and the child were abducted, and the old man, fearing that he would delay the excesses of the undead, took matters into his own hands and held a funeral in the house to do the ritual. ”

Lin Zongyan squinted at Master Tong Ze and said in a deep voice, "Then I have to thank Master for giving orders on my behalf!" When he said this, his tone was quite cold, as if he was accusatory.

When Master Tongze heard this, his heart was shocked, he and Lin Zongbian were usually affectionate, but at this time, he was coldly accused in public, and he couldn't help but feel cold, but he thought about it again, Lin Zongbian suffered from this catastrophe, and it was inevitable that he would be anxious, so he calmed down his mood and said apologetically: "It's the old man who shouldn't be wrong, and I hope Zongbian will forgive me." ”

Lin Zongyan's words came out immediately, and he also felt that his words were missing, but at this moment, he was not in the mood to take care of the emotions of others, but said lightly: "What the master said is not unreasonable, but as long as the body has not been found, I will not believe that my wife and children are dead no matter what." Speaking of this, he glanced around at everyone and said, "I will immediately take someone to Nanhu to look for it, and you can do it yourself." With that, he turned around and was about to leave.