Chapter 41: The Dragon's Journey (6)
In order to find Long Shaotian, all the people of Wanfu Villa were dispatched. Except for Chunxiang, Xiaoling, Hanxue, and Ziyan, everyone else has their own places to go. Mo Yan went to the Tianlong Gang, Linghua went to the capital, Wanyu went to her master for help, and Lily went to her parents. But there has been no news of them yet.
After the clue of the black-clothed thief was broken, it didn't make much sense for Han Xue and Zi Yan to stay in Yangzhou. But they can't leave now, firstly, because Ziyan is still injured, secondly, there are officers and soldiers outside who are searching for them throughout the city, and thirdly, they have to wait for Chunxiang and Xiaoling
Speaking of Chunxiang and Xiaoling, they went straight to Yangzhou after they came out of Shaolin. But they encountered some situations halfway, the "serial knife tyrant" they met in Wanshilou has always held a grudge because he was humiliated by Xiaoling and lost his means of livelihood in Wanshilou. After doing everything possible to inquire about their whereabouts, he summoned a few gangsters to trouble them. Although the last group of people were beaten, they still refused to give up, and they continued to harass them openly and secretly along the way, so the two delayed a lot of time. The most embarrassing Hou Chunxiang was really annoyed, and gave them a few hundred taels of silver, and those people left obediently after getting the money. Haruka thought it was funny when she thought about it, she thought that the "knife tyrant" was still a backbone guy, but she didn't expect to send it away with some silver.
Just as Chunxiang and Xiaoling rushed to Yangzhou, there were also some situations on Hanxue and Ziyan's side. First that Liu Gongzi came a few times after that, and it turned out that the person he had a crush on was actually Han Xue! Since they met once, they have never forgotten her love. Although he knew that she was the person the government wanted to arrest, he still couldn't let go, so he went to Han Xue to express his intentions.
Han Xue just replied coldly: "I'm sorry, Han Xue has important things to do now, and I don't want to get involved." ”
When Young Master Liu heard what Han Xue meant, he felt that he still had hope, and said happily: "I can wait!"
Han Xue said, "Whatever you want!" After speaking, he walked away.
Only Young Master Liu was still behind and said loudly: "If Miss Hanxue needs help, just look for me, I will do my best to help Miss Hanxue!"
Han Xue's cold face didn't show a trace of waves, as if to say, "That's whatever you want." ”
The second thing was that the black-clothed thief had come again, and the black-clothed thief seemed to be in black at all times, with a black scarf on his face, and no one had ever seen his true face. However, this time he brought an exciting piece of news: Long Shaotian's whereabouts had a clue! For Han Xue and Zi Yan, who had been searching for Long Shaotian for many days, hearing this news was undoubtedly the best reward for them.
In a small pavilion in the courtyard of Mr. Zhong's house, the three of them sat opposite each other, while Mr. Zhong stood aside, and the black-clothed thief began to narrate what had happened.
It turned out that not long after he met the two girls, a mysterious woman approached him, and this woman was very similar to the woman described by Han Xue. He thought he was afloat enough, believing that no one would be able to find him if he didn't want to be found, but the woman found him.
The first sentence that the mysterious woman said when she saw him was: "The person who pretended to be Long Shaotian is you?" This sentence was also the only thing she said, because when he answered "yes and what" with confidence, the woman had already made a move.
This mysterious woman's body is extremely secretive, even if she is right under your nose, her trajectory is unpredictable. It's like being drugged with Ecstasy, and the other party's whereabouts are so ethereal that you can't even feel a breath when she passes past you.
This surprised him secretly, he was also a person who had lived for half a hundred, but he had never seen such a body. Although its existence resembles nothingness, its attack power is not ambiguous at all. Before she attacked, she didn't feel any courage, but once she entered her attack range, a majestic force swept in in an instant. In the face of this chilling force, even he did not dare to resist easily.
The mysterious woman wants to kill him. He is also worthy of being a superb master, although he can't see through the mysterious woman's movements, he can also avoid it improvisedly just by sensing the powerful aura at the moment of her attack. But this can't reverse his passive situation, and the more he dodges the mysterious woman's attack, the more powerful the momentum becomes, and he will not give up without giving up. Naturally, he didn't dare to entangle with the mysterious woman, but he couldn't think of a way to get out. In a hurry, he actually resorted to his last trick - pretending to be dead!
Han Xue thought, this black-clothed thief is a person who can bend and stretch, and he can even think of such a trick.
But it is not easy to succeed in this trick under the best masters, it is impossible to avoid any injuries, and it is also necessary to ensure that the injuries are not fatal, and can hide from the world.
After mastering the mysterious woman's movements, he began to implement this plan. He concentrated all his true qi in one part of his body, trying to keep the mysterious woman's attack range near here. This is actually extremely dangerous. The concentration of True Qi in one place means that the defensive power of other parts is drastically reduced, so if you make a mistake in prediction, you are likely to die. But now that he is standing here, it shows that his plan has been successful.
After listening to the black-clothed thief's narration, Han Xue suddenly thought of a key question and asked, "What about the mysterious woman?"
The black-clothed thief said indifferently: "Let's go." ”
Han Xue leaned forward suddenly, and shouted urgently: "Why did you let her go!"
The black-clothed thief coughed a few times, and said slowly: "If I don't let her go, won't I let her stay and take my life?"
Zi Yan held Han Xue's hand beside her, meaning to calm her down.
Han Xue also realized her impulse, and after adjusting slightly, she said, "Then do you know where that woman has gone?"
The black-clothed thief said: "You can say that you know the way, or you can say that you don't know the way." ”
Han Xue said: "What does this mean?"
The black-clothed thief said: "Because I know where she went, but I don't know where she is, and of course I don't know how to get there." ”
Han Xue said: "Then how do you know the Dao?"
The black-clothed thief said, "She told me." ”
Han Xue said: "You weren't almost killed by her, how could she tell you?"
The black-clothed thief smiled proudly: "Hehe, I have my own way to do this, although that little girl's martial arts are good, but the experience of the rivers and lakes is a big difference." ”
This black-clothed thief doesn't know what means he used, anyway, it definitely won't be an upright way.
However, Han Xue was not interested in knowing Lu Dao, she only wanted to know one thing now: where did the mysterious woman go?
The black-clothed thief seemed to be deliberately making people anxious, and coughed twice unhurriedly before he said slowly: "Miaoling Mountain!"
"Miaoling Mountain?" The second daughter looked dazed, obviously she hadn't heard of this place. But no one noticed the stunned expression of Master Zhong, who was sitting on the side, when he heard these three words.
Seeing that the two girls didn't speak, the black-clothed thief said again: "It seems that the two young ladies don't know this place, right?"
Both girls shook their heads.
The black-clothed thief sighed: "Then there is no way!"
At this time, Master Zhong suddenly stood up, and said with a somewhat excited expression: "Wait! What you just said is Miaoling Mountain?"
The eyes of the three of them shot at Master Zhong together, and Han Xue said in surprise: "Could it be that Zhong Bozhi Dao is that place?"
Master Zhong shook his head and said: "It's not a Zhilu Dao, but I've heard of it once, but it's definitely not a good place, if it weren't for this black hero, I wouldn't even want to think about it again." ”
When Han Xue heard this, she got up and said, "I'm sorry, Uncle Zhong, I reminded you of an unpleasant past." But the stakes are very high, and I would like to ask Uncle Zhong to explain the details to us. ”
Master Zhong hurriedly supported Han Xue and said: "Han Xue girl is serious, I also want to find the young owner as soon as possible, if I can make a contribution, Zhong is too late to be happy! ”
Hanxue nodded gratefully.
Master Zhong paused and began his narration.
That was ten years ago, when Mr. Zhong was just a small trader, making a living by traveling from east to west, north and south selling all kinds of goods.
Once, while passing through a mountainous area, his caravan was suddenly hit by a heavy snowstorm, and the whole caravan got lost. They walked in the mountains for three days and did not come out.
On the fourth day, they continued on their way. At this moment, a thin middle-aged man appeared in front of him, dressed in rags. Master Zhong wanted to go and ask for directions, but when he got closer, he saw that the middle-aged man was covered in blood!
The first thing the middle-aged man said when he saw him was to ask him for help. After he asked someone to bandage his wound, he asked the middle-aged man what had happened and why he was injured like that. The man seemed to be frightened, and said with a face full of fear: "Miaoling Mountain! Miaoling Mountain! My companions are dead! I will definitely not be able to escape! I can......'t escape!" After saying that, he hugged his head and sank into pain.
Seeing the middle-aged man in such a state, Master Zhong thought that he was afraid that he would not be able to explain anything, so he said: "Brother Tai, are you familiar with this road out of the mountain? ”
The middle-aged man suddenly raised his head at this time and said to himself: "Yes, now is not the time to stay here, you have to leave quickly!"
Master Zhong hurriedly stopped the middle-aged man and said, "Brother Tai, please stay!" I have been in this mountain for a few days, if I can't go out of the wilderness, I am afraid that I will be dead in this wilderness, so I implore Brother Tai to tell me the way out of the mountain!"
The middle-aged man's mood stabilized a little at this time, and said, "I don't have time now! You can find it yourself!" and then pointed to a road in front of him, which seemed to be the way he came, with a few footprints on the ground, and said: "But that road must not be walked, absolutely not!"
The middle-aged man used two "absolutes", which shows how afraid he is of what happened there.
Just as the middle-aged man was about to leave, a thick stone suddenly flew out of nowhere and forced straight towards the middle-aged man! Before the middle-aged man could react, his head was pierced by the flying stone, his brain and blood jumped out together, and his body fell to the ground in response, and he had already become a dead corpse!
Master Zhong witnessed this scene with his own eyes, and was naturally terrified.
It didn't take long for a figure to come out of the thick snowstorm. Judging from her figure, this person must be a young girl, but she does not know her true face because she wears a gauze hat.
The girl didn't pay attention to the others, walked to the middle-aged man's corpse, confirmed that he was indeed dead, and then turned to Master Zhong and said, "Did he tell you anything?"
The girl's voice was very pleasant, soft and delicate, sweet and delicate, and when you heard it, it was like a bubbling spring flowing down her cheeks. It's hard to imagine that such a girl could relate to the scene just now.
Master Zhong didn't know how to answer for a while. If he said no, the middle-aged man said something more, and if he said yes, the middle-aged man didn't actually say anything, at least he didn't understand the situation at that time. But after thinking about it, it would be better to tell the truth, and a woman like her should not be an unreasonable person. What's more, he still wants to ask the woman for directions, if he doesn't treat her sincerely, how can he ask for help?
Of course, this is just what he thinks, and perhaps men are prone to let their guard down in front of beautiful women.
When he told the woman all the details, the girl said lightly: "Now I know two things, one is that you have saved him, and the other is that you have heard the name 'Miaoling Mountain'. By virtue of these two things, you are guilty of a capital offense.
The girl said very plainly, but Master Zhong was shocked. He is just an ordinary businessman, and he naturally doesn't know much about many things in the rivers and lakes, and he has to die just by saving a stranger and knowing the name of a place where he doesn't know what Lu Dao is, which is something he has never heard of. But he could no longer defend himself, and a cold air was rushing towards him, pointing straight at his throat!
Master Zhong was almost desperate at this time! Thinking that he was going to die like this without explanation, he was really unwilling, but there was nothing he could do. However, at this moment, another cold light fell from the sky, forcing the one that stabbed at him away.
It was all coming so fast that he didn't even realize what was going on. When he came to his senses, he saw a polite young man with knotted hair standing in front of him.
The girl seemed to be very angry, pointed her sword at the young man, and said angrily, "Who are you? Why do you want to get in my way?"
The young man said: "In Xialong Shaotian, it's not that I want to get in the way, but I just don't want the girl to kill innocents indiscriminately." ”
This was the first time the two girls had heard someone talk about Long Shaotian's youth, so they straightened up so that they could hear it more clearly.
Master Zhong also paused here, and said: "That's right, that is also the first time I have met the young owner, if he hadn't appeared, I'm afraid my life would have been gone!"
Then Master Zhong continued to narrate.
I heard the girl say again: "It's not your turn to point fingers at my business! If you don't get out of the way, I'll kill you too!"
The young Long Shaotian said: "If you want to kill, you can kill it, as long as you can kill it." ”
The girl was so provoked by Long Shaotian, so she was naturally angry, and she stabbed her with a sword without saying a word. The young Long Shaotian also did not do anything, showing weakness and greeted him.
Both of them were so martial arts that he couldn't see how they fought each other, so it was difficult to describe the battle at that time. In the end, the young Long Shaotian had the upper hand, and the girl's sword was shot down, but the young Long Shaotian did not hurt her.
Although the girl couldn't beat the young Long Shaotian, she still refused to admit defeat, pointed at the young Long Shaotian and shouted: "You surnamed Long remember me, I will definitely avenge this revenge!"
After the girl left, the young man Long Shaotian asked the group to leave there quickly. In order to prevent the girl from attacking again, the young Long Shaotian also proudly walked with them for a while. When they broke up, the young man Long Shaotian told him that it was best not to talk about this matter, otherwise he might get into trouble.
Master Zhong listened to the advice of the young man Long Shaotian, and he never told anyone about it until now.
But he hadn't seen the girl since.