When he was in Xiangshan, Lu Yi finally threw away the rattan frame woven by himself in the pleased eyes of the big shopkeeper, and spent two taels of silver to buy a pair of saddles of suitable size for the big shopkeeper to change, and there was a big gray cloth bag on the left and right sides, which could put some bits and pieces of salute into it.

Sitting on the back of a swaying donkey, Lu Yi felt that the silver was well spent, and it was indeed much more comfortable than before.

For some reason, there were almost no pedestrians on this road, and I didn't see the village or town when the sun was setting, but I happened to see a temple with black tiles and yellow walls faintly on a hill on the right.

The empty mountain is lonely, and when I came to the temple, I found that this should be an ancient temple that has been abandoned for a long time, the mountain gate is empty, the yellow wall is peeling off, and the stone road outside the door is also covered with thick moss, and it seems that no one has been here for a long time.

While it was still early, Lu Yi pushed open the cobweb-heavy mountain gate, and into the eyes was a small square, overgrown with weeds and dotted with small white wildflowers.

The temple is actually not big, there is only one big hall, the plaque falls to the ground, the four words of the Daxiong Treasure Hall have been decayed, the two wings on both sides of the hall have collapsed, there is a half-collapsed room on the right side against the wall, and the water tank in the corner of the wall should be the kitchen of the monks in the temple before.

The road is tied to the pillar of the main hall and begins to clean up, the hall is full of dust, although the mud fetus Buddha statue in the center can no longer see which Bodhisattva is the Buddha, but the overall preservation is complete, and you can also see the mottled paintings, Lu Yi thought of his own cultivation of the unphased Brahma decision, and felt that he was also destined for Buddhism, so he folded his hands and bowed.

After collecting the dead branches for the night, Lu Shenghuo took out some dry food, and found some water nearby and hung it on the fire with a kettle to prepare for a pot of tea.

In the night of the barren mountain, there are a lot of mosquitoes, especially there is only a pile of fire in the hall around, which attracts a lot of mosquitoes to come, so that the road is overwhelmed, and when I think of coming, I saw some bitter artemisia in the yard, so I pulled a few plants and threw them on the edge of the fire, the smoke with a slightly bitter smell was swirling, and I suddenly felt that the hall was much more refreshing.

Lu Yi took out a Confucian classic book purchased in Xiangshan from the package, and slowly flipped through it by the light of the fire, and unconsciously seemed to be in a daze.

The fire in the main hall beeped slightly, and there was silence all around.

Suddenly, there was a faint sound of footsteps outside the mountain gate.

Lu Yi actually read the book when the body has no phase Brahma decision has been slowly flowing with the luck acupuncture points recorded in the cheats, and gradually the Shentai is clear, and the things and I have forgotten, so the slight footsteps outside the mountain gate clearly came into the ears, but Lu Yi did not act rashly, and still kept the posture of reading the book motionless.

It didn't take long for the sound of footsteps to come from the courtyard, and when Lu Yi came in, he didn't close the mountain gate, and when he looked up, he was surprised to see two old men supporting each other, it was the two brothers who left in the middle of the Fu family's birthday banquet and the two grandsons of the South China Sea Shenlong.

When Lu Yi looked up, the old man who happened to be dressed in a Taoist robe also saw him, and the old man in the Taoist robe looked embarrassed, his face was pale, and his left leg was wrapped in gauze, and he was stained with blood, and he needed the support of the old man around him when he walked.

The other old man who was also in a daze next to him didn't seem to be injured, but the big burden on his back was gone, and his eyes flickered after discovering the road in the hall, and the hideous color became stronger and stronger.

The old man in the Taoist robe smiled at the road, then patted the old man beside him, and said tiredly:

"Second brother, have you forgotten why we escaped in the first place? Besides, this little layman has met us twice in a row in a few days, this is our fate!"

When the old man heard this, his expression relaxed, and without saying a word, he helped the old man in the robe to the edge of the fire.

Lu Yi put down the book in his hand and handed over the only bench in the temple where he was sitting.

The old man took it and said two words a little jerky:

"Thank you!"

The voice is extremely hoarse, and it sounds particularly weird.

After the old man in the Taoist robe sat down, he let out a sigh of relief, smiled and said: "At the banquet, the poor Dao said that he had a fate with the little layman, and it seems that he really has a good fate. ”

Lu Yi arched his hand, did not speak, took the kettle off the fire, took out an iron cup for making tea from his baggage, poured a cup of boiling water and handed it to him.

The old man in the robe took it and thanked him politely.

"Is there anything to eat?"

After taking a sip of hot water, the old man in the Taoist robe, who had obviously improved a lot, asked with anticipation.

"Yes, wait a minute. ”

Lu Yi took out two dry cakes and handed them to the two old men.

The two of them ate dry cakes with boiling water, exhaled with satisfaction, and the old man in the Taoist robe suddenly asked:

"A few days ago in Fujiazhuang, I watched Yu'er's little girl smile at the little layman when she came and went, have you seen it?"

The old man beside him looked at Lu Yi vigilantly, and he had the posture of doing something if he didn't agree.

Lu Yi shook his head and said frankly, "My friend also asked me strangely, but I really didn't remember where I saw that little girl. ”

The old man in the Taoist robe looked at Lu Yi's expression and did not seem to be fake, sighed and said apologetically: "Let the little layman see it, I can't help our two brothers be careless, it's really ......."

Lu Yi smiled, took over and said: "It's okay, Pingshui meets, and I see that the two seniors are unwilling to implicate innocents when they are in the Fu family, and they are also frank people." ”

When the old man in the Taoist robe heard Lu Yi's words, he sighed with some embarrassment: "Yes!

At this moment, an old voice suddenly came from outside the mountain gate: "Innocent? Those who have become great things since ancient times are not informal, and the innocence in your mouth is just the kindness of some women!"

The old man beside the old man in the Taoist robe looked nervous for a moment, and stood up in front of his brother.

As soon as Lu heard the voice, he knew that the person who came should be Duanmu Fang, the dragon of the South China Sea, and sure enough, he saw Duanmu Fang walking into the temple slowly with the girl carved in pink and jade, and the little girl saw Lu Yi by the fire, her eyes lit up, she smiled sweetly, and her big eyes narrowed into a pair of good-looking crescents.

The old man in the Taoist robe sighed, and said to Lu Yi with a little apology: "I'm really sorry that the little layman can't rest well!"

After speaking, he stretched out his hand and patted the shoulder of the other old man, and said warmly: "Second brother, you can also come and sit down, you and my brothers should be killed here today, the foolish brother is tired, and he really doesn't want to run anymore." ”

When the old man heard this, he squatted down and lay on his eldest brother's lap, whimpering and crying like a child.

Duanmu Fang, who walked into the main hall, suddenly shouted: "The men of the Duanmu family have never shed blood and not tears, what kind of body has he become!"

The old man wiped his tears, stood up suddenly, his old face turned red, and he argued hoarsely: "A big family in Duanduan has been torn apart by you and killed each other, and you still have the face to mention the Duanmu family?!"

Duanmu Fang, the South Sea Divine Dragon, was furious, and there was a faint blue air on his face, but when he saw the old man with horizontal eyebrows and raised eyes, the anger in his heart disappeared for some reason, and he sighed and said: "You should understand that my sister and Leng Yue's decision to cooperate with King Qi is also to reunite the Duanmu family and some other tribes that originally belonged to us as soon as possible, only in this way can we revive the Leaning Moon Sect, which is also a helpless move!"

The old man in the Dao robe suddenly snorted coldly, and said lightly: "Can't you see King Qi's wolf ambition? You are plotting with the tiger, and sooner or later the entire Duanmu family will fall into a place of no return!"

Lu Yi added a piece of dead wood to the fire, and the fire suddenly brightened a little, and when she saw the little girl looking at the few pieces of dry cakes that had been baked golden by the fire, she smiled, picked up a piece, and handed it to her.

Duanmu Yu happily walked to the side of the fire and squatted down, took it with some twisted expressions, turned his head and bit it hard, he was so hot that he grinned, and couldn't help but keep fanning his mouth with his little hand, and the corners of his mouth twitched when he saw it, how hot the dry cake was that had just been baked, it was terrible to think about.

Seeing the little girl by the fire, Duanmu Fang's expression became spoiled, and he asked with concern: "Is your mouth hot and foamy?"

Duanmu Yu rolled his eyes, ignored his grandfather, and continued to deal with the scones in his hand with a serious expression.

The old man in the Taoist robe looked at Lu Yi and said to Duanmu Fang: "I am very close to this little layman, I hope you don't hurt the innocent, let him go." ”

Duanmu Fang said helplessly: "I still say the same thing now, as long as you hand over the things, I can treat the two of you as if I haven't met." Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds to continue to live your dull days?"

The old man in the Taoist robe did not answer this question, but suddenly said to Lu Yi: "Little layman, meeting is fate, have you heard of the Slanting Moon Sect?"

Lu Yi looked up and hesitated for a moment before saying, "I've heard a little." ”

"yes! A hint of reminiscence appeared on the face of the old man in the Taoist robe, and he paused for a moment before continuing: "I think that back then, the two deputy sect masters of the Leaning Moon Sect were all magical, and the four great kings of the dragon, tiger, lion and wolf were also the heroes of the single party, and the two envoys on the left and right were even more loyal to the sect leader, so that the southern martial arts heroes bowed their heads, and in Lingnan Dao, it was even more prosperous, but the battle of the Hanging Temple greatly injured the vitality of the sect, in fact, it didn't matter, at that time, the sect was still united, but it was at that time that some people in the clan began to contact the King of Qi, right? ”

Duanmu Fang walked to the fire and sat down cross-legged, with a somewhat embarrassed expression: "Second brother, you can say it if you want to, but Brother Lu, I hope you don't reveal a word of everything you have seen and heard tonight, otherwise it will do you no harm." ”

Lu nodded and said, "Why don't I avoid it first?"

The old man in the Taoist robe waved his hand and said, "It doesn't have to be like this. Although the two of us brothers and the eldest brother are different now, the eldest brother is not a person who does not believe in his word, and I always feel that there is an intuition in the dark that the little layman and our Leaning Moon Sect will have a deep relationship in the future, and maybe they can help our family!"

Hearing this, even Duanmu Yu, who was eating scones, tilted his head up and down and looked Lu Yi again, as if he didn't see anything strange, and lowered his head and began to deal with the second piece of scones handed over by the big brother.

Lu Yi hugged his fists and said: "The old immortal is serious. ”

The old man in the robe pointed to himself and said warmly: "My name is Duanmu Bai, don't call me Immortal Chief, I'm really ashamed, this is my second brother Duanmu Chi, this is my cousin's eldest brother Duanmu Fang, the South China Sea Shenlong." ”

The little girl tilted her head and waited for a long time without waiting for her name to make a grand debut, she stood up with a somewhat depressed pout, and introduced herself in a straight voice: "My name is Duanmu Yu, a jade with warm jade and fragrant jade, do you remember it?"

Lu Yiwan smiled, nodded, hugged his fists and said to the four people: "My name is Lu Yi, the road of the big road, one, two, three, four, one." ”

Duanmu Yu heard Lu Yi's introduction, and he couldn't stop laughing.

When Duanmu Yu continued to eat scones, Duanmu Fang replied with the question: "Now that I think about it, the clan that began to secretly oppose the sect leader after the Hanging Temple came back is indeed very likely to have the support of the King of Qi. ”

Duanmu Bai snorted coldly, and said lightly: "Big brother, you have been obsessed with martial arts all your life and don't ask about the world, and you are bent on studying the exercises recorded in the Mochizuki Treasure Book thoroughly, so you don't care much about many matters within the sect, where is Duanmu Xiao's clan supported by King Qi, I think it should have been controlled by King Qi a long time ago!"

Duanmu Fang was silent, although he didn't ask about the world and pursued the ultimate in martial arts, he was not really unsophisticated, and after a little thought, he understood that what Duanmu Bai said was true.

Duanmu Bai continued: "Our Duanmu family originally originated in the 100,000 mountains, gathered the surrounding tribes, and finally reached today's scale step by step, the ancestors of all dynasties have instructed that it is strictly forbidden for the clansmen to intervene in the temple battles, in fact, they are all summed up with the blood of countless clansmen, do you remember Li Dingjiang, the founding emperor of the Fengtian Kingdom?

Duanmu Fang sighed and said, "But this time is different from the past, if we don't have the support of King Qi, it is impossible for our Duanmu family to recover so quickly." ”

Duanmu Bai laughed, laughing with indescribable sorrow, and said angrily: "Big brother, Leng Yue does have the mind and courage to achieve great things, but you haven't found that even if the current Leaning Moon Sect has been reunified, a group of elders in the sect have retreated, and those who have been excluded have been excluded, and how many people can be entrusted with important tasks?

Duanmu Chi, who had been silent, said hoarsely: "King Qi's conditions, has the eldest brother thought about the consequences? Every year, 30,000 young people are requisitioned from 100,000 mountains and handed them over to him, in fact, this is fishing for the best of the water, the tribes in the mountains are already poor, and 30,000 young people are almost half of the younger generation of all tribes, so repeated for a few years, what else can our Duanmu family have left? King Qi completely disintegrated us without moving a single soldier, and it was us who helped him do this!"

Duanmu Fang shook his head and said, "But these 30,000 young people don't include our Duanmu family! Moreover, some tribes have been disobedient to the Yang of the Leaning Moon Sect for many years due to our indulgence, so it is not a bad idea to take this opportunity to weaken it!"

Duanmu Bai sighed and said: "This should be the reason why King Qi persuaded Leng Yue and Shengnan's eldest sister through Duanmu Xiao's force, but is it true that the eldest brother still doesn't understand it today? There are indeed many tribes in the 100,000 mountains who oppose our family dominance, but this is all our internal strife, if the King of Qi raises troops to attack, does the eldest brother think they will have the same hatred? This is also the fundamental reason why we dare to confront the King of Qi for so many years!" But if it weren't for these tribes, and another excuse that the hearts of non-my clans would be different, what else could our Duanmu family do except die at the end of the world?"

Duanmu Fang pondered for a long time, and then said: "What the second brother said is not unreasonable, but now it is difficult to ride a tiger, and the Moon God Order held by the two envoys on the left and right is a token of the master, without it, Leng Yue will not be able to truly palm the Leaning Moon Sect, and it will only make the sect members who have finally come together work separately again sooner or later, so you better hand over the token! I will also keep my promise, so that the two brothers can wander the rivers and lakes with peace of mind, and live the days of idle clouds and wild cranes." ”

Duanmu Bai gently folded his hands on his abdomen and smiled: "I naturally believe in the words of the eldest brother, but have you ever thought that the two of us will act like this at the expense of being infamous as traitors, what are we trying to do?"

Duanmu Bai didn't wait for Duanmu Fang to speak, and continued: "Because I just want the part of people who are loyal to the Leaning Moon Sect to not listen to the call, even if they are temporarily closed, but after all, they can live secretly, as long as they live, isn't there a day when they will make a comeback......

"You're persecuting big brother!"

Duanmu Fang's face was blue again, and his hands were slightly clenched into fists.

Duanmu Bai turned a blind eye to Duanmu Fang's expression, turned his head to Lu and smiled: "You and I have known each other, there is really a lot of fate, you and Yu'er, this girl is even more familiar at first sight, if he is in trouble with the Duanmu family in the future, please also ask Shaoxia to take action to save the bloodline for the family! And thank you Shaoxia for the dry cakes! The taste is really good......"

Before the words fell, a touch of scarlet blood suddenly flowed from the corner of Duanmu Bai's mouth, the hands stacked on the abdomen hung down weakly, and a short knife inserted in the abdomen was exposed, and the blood was flowing out, and he couldn't live.

Several people in the hall were shocked, and the scones in Duanmuyu's hands fell to the ground with a click.

Duanmu Chi hugged his brother's body, cried bitterly, his eyes cracked, blood and tears flowed for a long time, and he yelled at Duanmu Fang hysterically: "Murderer! Murderer! You are all murderers who forced the second brother to death! Second brother, second brother!"

Duanmu Fang's fists were clenched, his nails were cut through his palms, and he seemed to be much older in an instant, and his eyes were dejected and muttered to himself: "Why are you suffering? Big brother didn't really want to kill you!"

Lu Yi suddenly saw Duanmu Chi's body trembling slightly, and secretly screamed that it was not good, and pulled away his right hand, but found that it was too late, and a short knife that was exactly the same as Duanmu Bai's suicide was stabbed deep into his chest!

Duanmu Chi was lying in Lu Yi's arms, his mouth full of blood gurgling out, and he struggled and said, "Lu, Brother Lu...... Please...... Handful...... Me, me, and my second brother...... Buried in ...... Together, yes, yes, sorry, start, start and still want to ...... I want to kill you......"

Duanmu Fang's face suddenly turned blue and white, his eyes instantly became violent and blood-red, his hands danced wildly, and he laughed loudly, and the laughter shook the dust on the roof and fell down.

"Die, die, die, die! hahaha! die! die, all of you die! don't live! traitor! traitor! all traitor!"

"Grandpa?"

Duanmu Yu's eyes were full of tears, he was scared and worried!

Lu Yi hugged Duanmu Yu and shouted in a deep voice:

"Duanmu senior!"

Duanmu Fang was slightly stunned, looked at his granddaughter who was held in Lu Yi's arms, and suddenly giggled: "Leng Yue, Leng Yue, go, grandpa will take you to buy sugar gourds!"

Lu Yi saw the delirious Duanmu Fang, and hugged Duanmu Yu sideways to avoid the hand that grabbed him.

Duanmu Yu cried and shouted, "Grandpa, grandpa, I'm Yu'er!"

Duanmu Fang turned a deaf ear, and when he saw that he didn't catch Lu Yi, he was furious, his face was full of green anger, and he shouted violently: "Thief, let go of my cold moon!"

Before the words fell, a palm slapped at the two of them!

The road was shocked, the palm wind struck, and hurriedly rolled on a donkey, hiding on the side of the Buddha statue, just got up and saw the shadow of Duanmu Fang and a palm print, seeing that there was no way to avoid it, the body of the unphased Brahma decided to erupt out, the right hand pushed flat, and took the palm hard.

Precisely:

The secret news of blood and tears touches people's hearts, and loyalty and righteousness have been difficult to achieve since ancient times.