Chapter Twenty-Four: The Red Lian Lady
On the South Lake, eight boats have not yet left, and suddenly another small boat sails out of the South Lake, a middle-aged fat man holds the boat alone, his hands and feet are nimble, and the boat is extremely fast. In order not to be noticed by others, he took a long detour from the waterway, avoiding the big boat, and went to the island first.
The maid at the ferry on the island recognized the man, and without saying much, led him to Zhuangzi. Along the way, there are sheep intestine trails, with seven bends and eight windings. This fat man was strange, even if he was in such a hurry, he didn't take the straight road at all, but followed the maid around the island almost in a big circle, and finally entered the Zhuangzi.
"The owner already knows that His Holiness has landed on the island, but now he is serving a decoction to the old lady, so please wait here for a while. The maid led the man to the main hall and served tea.
Fan Xixiang was restless, waited for a long time, and still didn't see the owner of Yurui Village come out, so he was even more anxious, and shouted to the maid: "If you go and spread the word again, you will say that I have something very important and can't be delayed." ”
"My master is serving the old lady's potion, and the slave and maid will not dare to disturb her, please wait a little longer!" The maid was obviously very jealous of the owner, so she had to respectfully refuse.
Unexpectedly, Fan Xixiang was even more irritable: "If you don't go, then I'll go by myself!" He was furious, and after speaking, he rushed out of the door, and happened to meet two people who were just about to enter the door at the door-both women, an old woman, and a young girl.
Fan Xixiang and the old lady looked at each other, and retreated respectfully: "Old ...... Old lady, what are you...... Can you walk?"
The old lady lived on crutches, and was held by the young girl, snorted coldly, and said in a very low voice: "Frizzy, there are no rules at all! ”
The old woman had good facial features, slightly wrinkled skin, and looked to be in her sixties. She had a large red spot on the left side of her face that covered almost the entire left cheek and extended to her forehead and chin.
Fan Xixiang was extremely respectful to the old lady, bowed her head and replied: "The old lady taught me." It's me who is too impatient. He bowed again and again, and changed his words: "But I also have a reason, there is something very important, and I want to ask Miss Zhen'er for help." ”
As soon as these words came out, the middle-aged girl who had just helped the old lady to sit down also said coldly: "Zhen'er is also your name?" This girl is only as big as Yinglan'er, and she doesn't want to be the owner of the eight boats on the two islands of the South Lake.
She glanced at Fan Xixiang: "Say it! What is the important thing that makes you so flustered?"
Fan Xixiang glanced at the old lady, and said to the young girl with a smile: "Venerable Yu must also know that our Xisitang found the whereabouts of the "Three Phases Sutra" some time ago. Now it just so happens that one of them is on the ship of Yuruizhuang, and I want to ......"
"Stop!" Venerable Zhen'er suddenly spoke, interrupting Fan Xixiang's words: "Do you want us to do something on the boat and help you arrest people? ”
Fan Xixiang couldn't hold back his frizzy temperament, and said: "Why is this? I'm very sure that this person has a page of the 'Three Phases Sutra' on him! If he can find it, of course it will be a great achievement." The left envoy will be rewarded!"
Rongjiao used his own intelligence network to speculate that Li Bing, who had obtained the inheritance of Sun Wuyitao's sword, had the news that he had the original copy of "Bai Xue Neijing", although he didn't know what the process was, but he was already very sure that the original was on him. As for the page of "Xiu Tu Altar" and the page of "Yang Yue Sword Technique", Rongjiao did not know that these two pages had already appeared.
The old lady sneered: "Can't catch a single person? Do you have to do it here? Your generation is really becoming less and less useful." ”
"The old lady doesn't know that the power behind this Li Bing is monstrous, and he really doesn't have much chance in ordinary times. This time he arrived at Yurui Village, and he sent him to his death, and it was easy for us to deal with him here. ”
When Zhen'er heard this, she was even more unhappy: "Such a tricky person, I disappeared in Yuruizhuang, but you got a reward, so isn't my Yuruizhuang going to be exposed? If you don't say this, I may be able to help you, and now I can't make a move." Our West Fourth Hall and your South Fourth Hall are clearly distinguished, your own business, figure it out yourself. Farewell!"
Venerable Yu gave an order to evict the guests, and he was about to leave with the old lady in hand.
Fan Xi was sweating profusely, and suddenly had an idea, and shouted: "If the old lady knew who he was, she would definitely want him to die more than me!"
"Oh?" the two who had already gone out turned around when they heard the words.
"Old lady, do you know which book this person has in his hand?" Fan Xixiang hurriedly walked to the old lady and replied in a low voice.
Seeing him ask, Venerable Yu couldn't help but be even more annoyed: "If you want to say it, just say it, don't say that we are leaving!"
Fan Xixiang saw that the two were leaving, and hurriedly blocked in front of the two of them, and finished everything he wanted to say:
"First, the silk book in this person's hand, the old lady is extremely familiar, it is the treasure of the town faction of the 'Yunqi Sect', the black silk book "White Snow Neijing". The old lady doesn't want the books handed down by her ancestors to not fall into the hands of outsiders!"
After saying this, the old lady seemed to be moved, and even Venerable Yu was looking at her expression, and she didn't seem to be able to figure out her mind.
Venerable Yu struck while the iron was hot: "There is also the second, this person is the only descendant of Sun Wuyi, a former Rong Sect disciple, and inherited the Tao Sword of the Northern Meridian Sect!"
"Sun ...... Not...... The old lady paused word by word, her voice became lower, and she bit the words harder: "I have never heard of any descendants from him, don't fool me!"
Seeing her demeanor, Venerable Xiang knew that there should be hope now, and said: "I just ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, and I don't dare to deceive the old lady." His saber is the Tao sword, and many people have seen it in the east and west. It is said that Sun Wuyi also passed on two layers of internal force to him before he died, and then handed over the Tao Sword to him. Otherwise, the "White Snow Neijing" would not be in his hands again!"
"Good! good! good!" The old lady was originally very angry, but suddenly she smiled, like a little knot: "You can't kill Sun Wuyi, and killing his heirs is revenge!"
Seeing that it was done, Venerable Xiang also said happily: "Actually, the first two are not critical, there is a third reason to kill him. This person is the only son of Li Xu, the king of the Tang Dynasty today, Li Bing!"
"Bang!" the old lady's face suddenly condensed with a layer of ice, and the crutch in her hand slammed into a hole in the ground. Even Venerable Eagles had never seen her look so vicious.
The old lady turned her face and said coldly to Venerable Yu: "Zhen'er, you are my adopted granddaughter! Let me ask you, if someone kills my grandmother and my husband first, and then kills my nephew, the only incense heir of my Liang family. Now that the only son of this enemy has come to the island, what do you say you will do?"
Knowing the old lady's intentions, Venerable Yu walked up to her, knelt down and said, "Mother-in-law is as kind to me as a mountain, I will definitely arrest that person, break the body into thousands of pieces, and avenge my mother-in-law and my Liang family." ”
The old lady gritted her teeth: "Revenge? I want to make him worse than dead! Taste every poison I have prepared, and be punished by ten thousand insects devouring bones!"
As she spoke, her body twitched angrily, the red marks on her face spread rapidly, and her entire forehead was red.
"Ah!" said her wife, trying to scratch the red spot on her face, and withdrew her hand, holding one hand in front of her face, evidently in great pain.
"Grandma, don't be angry, that toxin was finally suppressed by this 'Zhuangzi's Great Array', and now it has spread again!"
She waved her hand and said: "It's okay, I keep this breath, it's nothing more than to take revenge, and now the enemy's son is sent to the door! I'll show you juniors, the ruthless methods of Rongjiao back then, and my reputation as 'Shizhongdong Chilian Lady' once made the whole rivers and lakes cold!"
This old lady is Liang Xiaoyun, a member of the "Stone Cave" in the four caves of Rongjiao twenty years ago, during the heyday of Rongjiao. She is also the daughter of the former Yunqi Sect Master, Liang Xiaotian's sister, and Liang Haocun's aunt. Because she is good at using drugs, she is nicknamed "Chilian Niangzi". (Liang Xiaotian, see frontispiece of volume 3; Liang Haocun is Sun Wuyi's sworn brother, see chapter 12 of volume 1.) )
Among the four caves of Rongjiao, "Guiyuan Cave" is responsible for studying the world's industrial skills: forging, medicine, inscriptions, fine gold, stone skill, organs, etc., all the craftsmen in the world, regardless of the category, there are many geniuses.
The "Cave in the Stone" does the opposite, and the crooked and evil way is enshrined as the most reasonable. The more the rivers and lakes despise it, the deeper the study of the stone cave, the hidden weapon poison, animal training and slavery, harmonious cultivation, stealing internal strength, pit and abduction, and so on. Among the four caves of Rongjiao, it is the most notorious.
There are many reasons why Liang Xiaoyun wanted to kill Li Bing. Her husband, a close confidant of An Lushan, was killed by Li Xu's conquest in the Anshi Rebellion. Her most beloved nephew, the "Liang Haocun" of the three generations of the Liang family, also died at the hands of Li Yu in Luoyang. She knew that Sun Wuyi was jealous and had a holiday with her nephew, and misunderstood that he "framed" Liang Haocun to die in Luoyang, so she hated Sun Wuyi. also calculated this account on Sun Wuyi's only heir.
Several crimes are punished together, and Li Bing is really in trouble now.