Midsummer afternoon

The sunlight shone into the forest, through the gaps in the leaves, and finally fell on the green grass.

Under a slightly curved poplar tree, a piece of earth and rock was pushed aside. There was a gap, and then a golden cicada slowly arched out. After years of waiting, the moment of the cicada is finally about to come. Even if it also means that life is countdown.

The six knots moved in tandem and crawled towards the root of the tree, and it wanted to climb to the tree in front of it, and it didn't know why, it was completely instinctive. One foot, one inch, at the moment when it was about to succeed. The breeze blew, there was a crisp "pop", and it finally failed.

Ma Sanbao didn't notice the loss of the insignificant life under his feet, because the ghost-faced man in front of him made him care more.

The gray robe covered the body, the face was covered with grimaces, and except for the somewhat rough hands, there was no skin exposed on the whole body.

"Who are you?" Ma Sanbao asked, his fists gradually clenched.

"Sixteen taels of gossip, all in the gate of heaven," the ghost-faced man said with a smile.

"What gossip sixteen taels? Ma Sanbao frowned slightly, as if he really didn't understand.

"What, didn't your master tell you?" The ghost-faced man couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw that Ma Sanbao's face didn't seem to be fake.

Ma Sanbao thought about it, and still said frankly: "My master did say that he was from the Heavenly Gate before he died, but the others did not explain anything. ”

Hearing Ma Sanbao's answer, the ghost-faced man was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I see, it is indeed the consistent style of the deputy sect master." ”

It is said that Ren Xiao deliberately broke the inheritance of Tianmen back then, and the twenty-four hall masters knew it, and did not oppose it for various reasons. But in addition to this, there are actually two deputy masters under Tianmen Ren Xiao, one is Ma Qinggong, and the other is called Wumian. Both of them were opposed to Ren Xiao's decision, and they all left in a fit of anger. One went to Beiping and took in Ma Sanbao, who was just a little eunuch at the time, while the other is still missing.

The reason why Ma Qinggong didn't tell him anything was indeed to protect Ma Sanbao. After all, the Heavenly Gate is declining, not as good as before, and there are several opponents, and the White Lotus Sect is the first one. If the gate of heaven is really gone in the future, and Ma Sanbao leaks again, I am afraid there will be a big disaster. It was also out of this consideration that Ma Qinggong sent a letter to Ren Xiao in a pleading tone before he died, but only left the name of Tianmen to Ma Sanbao, and said nothing else.

If it weren't for his letter that aroused Ren Xiao's competitive thoughts, I'm afraid Xu Ruyi would have died long ago. By mistake, it saved Xu Ruyi.

Straight to the point.

Ma Sanbao has let down some of his wariness of the person in front of him. After all, the other party pronounced the name of Tianmen, and his master was indeed Ma Qinggong. For his late mysterious master, Ma Sanbao is really a little curious.

Gossip, the seventh instinct of human beings, Ma Sanbao is not exempt from vulgarity.

"Who the hell are you?" Ma Sanbao looked at the ghost-faced man and asked in a deep voice again.

"Okay, don't be nervous, I'm also from Tianmen. The ghost-faced man waved his hand and said: "The Heavenly Gate is divided into twenty-four halls, I am the Star Monarch of the Nandou Tianfu Xingtang, and I am in charge of the affairs of the province of Nanzhili." I won't say the name, and the owner of the door didn't explain. ”

The ghost-faced man calmly identified himself, and then said with a smile: "The order of the master of the Sect, I came here to meet you today, in fact, I want to inform you, when you enter Beijing, there may be something that will be used for you, so say hello first, so as not to have any misunderstanding at that time." It was unpleasant. ”

"Who's the doorman?"

"I can't say either. The ghost-faced man shook his head, then straightened up: "That's it for now, we still have something to do at home, so let's go back first." You also returned to the team earlier, saving a lot of time and making people suspicious. ”

"After talking for a long time, just one sentence that you are from Tianmen, and you will be done if you contact you again?" Ma Sanbao smiled playfully: "Say more, we haven't heard enough?"

As he spoke, his toes suddenly touched up, and his palms struck out, dancing like a butterfly.

Ma Sanbao is very interested in his master and Tianmen, but he has no sense of belonging to Tianmen. Where will they care what the other party's identity is? If you hold it in your hands, you will naturally know everything.

"Interesting. The ghost-faced man sneered, took a step back, and then slapped his palms in front of him, and suddenly pushed it out, but he wanted to make a force to drop ten times.

"Okay!" Ma Sanbao laughed, and slapped seven times on the forearm of the ghost-faced man's hands between the lightning and flint, and then retracted and pushed with his palm.

"Bang bang!"

Two explosions sounded, and the four palms intersected.

Ma Sanbao took three steps back, the ghost-faced man snorted, his body swayed slightly, but he didn't take a step back.

With a swap of moves, it seems that the ghost-faced man has the upper hand, but in fact, it is not. Ma Sanbao took three steps back, and his strength naturally dissipated, although there was a small injury, it was no major injury.

And the ghost-faced man's arms trembled, and the seven different true powers in his body swam, and he was not lightly injured.

On the other side, Ma Sanbao didn't wait for his body to stand firm, tilted his head and spit out a mouthful of bloody phlegm to the side, and stepped forward again, his momentum was even better than the first three points. The body is weird, and there seems to be some "buzzing" and piercing screams in the body.

Under the ghost face, Qian Kemu's face was solemn, and his body was already injured, where did he dare to keep his hands? If he was really captured by this junior here, he would lose his face, and the rules of Tianmen would not spare him.

As soon as he thought of this, Qian Kemu took a breath of true power and forced the seven alien forces in his body into the Sanjiao vein. The fists are roaring, and they have already taken out the momentum of breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat!

"Bang bang bang!"

"Go!"

"Hah!"

After twenty or thirty moves, Ma Sanbao shouted, clenched his fists in one place, took advantage of the money to carve wood sideways, and swept the Tanzhong point on his chest!

Tanzhong acupoint is one of the 36 death points of the human body. It's easy to get out of breath when you are punched by ordinary people, not to mention Ma Sanbao's powerful punch.

Ma Sanbao also played a real fire, his eyes were black, and he seemed to have lost his mind, such a killing move, where did he just want to be captured alive as he said?

Seeing that there was still an inch of money left to carve wood and he was about to die Jiuquan, who knew that his figure was suddenly slammed, or turned sideways, and he was born with an iron plate bridge, and his body leaned back, almost folding in half.

"Boom!"

Ma Sanbao punched the giant tree that the two of them hugged together, and with a thunderous sound, the giant tree was beaten into two sections, and the trunk flew out three feet away!

"Good chance!"

It was when Ma Sanbao's moves were exhausted. Qian Kemu put his hands on the ground, flew up with his feet, and came to a big whirlwind, kicking Ma Sanbao's choked throat.

"Boom!"

"That's not right!" Qian Kemu felt that something was wrong on his feet, and his legs kicked and kicked, and he flew up with his strength and jumped out of the circle.

The eyes are dark, and the skin at the throat seems to have a layer of keratin, faintly glowing with some golden red.

Qian Kemu glanced at Ma Sanbao deeply, and suddenly said: "Seventeen years of cicada, worthy of being the apprentice of the deputy master of Ma, I was careless." ”

Ma Sanbao sneered, stood still, and his face was relaxed: "So, let's leave it to our family." ”

"Which one is so simple!" Qian Kemu smiled weirdly, and suddenly slapped his palm on his Tianling Parkway. There was a "bang" under his feet, and smoke and dust were everywhere.

"Ahem!" Ma Sanbao was startled by the dust, coughed a few times, and was about to step forward again, but the ghost-faced man disappeared.

"Damn," he stomped his foot and scolded a few times, and Ma Sanbao turned away.

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"Why have you been there for so long?

Regarding Zhu Gaochi's inquiry, Ma Sanbao thought for a while and replied: "I met a few thieves, and the slaves and maids have been dispatched. ”

Ma Sanbao didn't tell the truth, he didn't figure out the matter of Tianmen, and he was also involved, especially when his master said not to mention Tianmen to others before he died. He didn't know where to start all this for a while, so he simply didn't talk about it.

"Hmm. Zhu Gaochi nodded and didn't ask in detail. Since Ma Sanbao said that he had been sent away, it would be fine, and he was still very relieved about this slave and maid.

"What's wrong with you?!"

Seeing that Qian Kemu was covered in dust and his steps were floating, and he seemed to be injured, Li Er hurriedly stepped forward to help.

"It's okay, slap me in the face. Qian Kemu said weakly.

"Oh. Li Er agreed, and did not hesitate, and slapped Qian Kemu's lower abdomen dantian.

"Poof!"

A mouthful of blood spurted out, and Qian Kemu's face turned a lot ruddy: "Fortunately, you're here, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to go back to the city." ”

"Hall Master, who injured you like this, isn't that Ma Sanbao?" Li Er's face seemed to be gloomy.

"What, you want to help me get revenge?" Qian Kemu pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled reluctantly: "He connected the seventeenth year cicada of the deputy sect master to break the ground, and you can't move him yet." ”

"Seventeen years of cicadas?!!!

This kung fu Li Er once heard Qian Kemu mention it, and it is divided into six layers: adult, pupae, lying on the ground, breaking the soil, shedding the shell, and cicadas.

Ma Qinggong, as the deputy master, has no right to practice the four great divine skills of Tianmen, but because of his countless achievements, he has been appreciated by the previous master of Tianmen.

And Ma Qinggong's choice is White Bone Zen. And based on this, taking the meaning of its transformation, created "Seventeen Years of Cicada".

Of course, to outsiders, he only said that it was a martial art created by watching cicadas in his life.

According to legend, there is a cicada in the western land, which can lurk underground for 17 years, and once transformed, the sound is vibrating for nine nights.

And this martial art is named Seventeen Years Cicada, the so-called seventeen years does not mean that it can be practiced in seventeen years, but it means that the time is long and hard. And every time you go in, you will experience the pain of scraping your bones and flesh, and even if you are not careful, you will go crazy. Those who do not have great perseverance cannot achieve it. It is precisely for this reason that Qian Kemu did not expect that Ma Qinggong would hand over this kind of martial arts to his only successor, and this successor would practice this kung fu so high.

If you say how powerful this martial art is, no one knows outside the gate of heaven, because everyone who fought with him is dead. And in the Heavenly Gate, except for Ren Xiao, Sleepless and a few people, no one else has the certainty of fighting, and they only know a little about this martial art.

"Breaking the ground, can you injure the hall master like this?" Li Er muttered, his eyes full of fear, and the strength in his hand couldn't help but lighten a little, and he almost threw Qian Kemu to the ground.

"That's not going to be. Qian Kemu shook his head slightly: "The main reason is that I didn't bring a guy with me for a while, and I didn't use all my strength at the beginning, so I lost the opportunity." Otherwise, it would be a minor injury at most, and it would be as embarrassing as it is now. ”

Speaking of this, Qian Kemu couldn't help but sigh: "The little door master single-handedly suppressed the gossip five halls, and there was another Ma Sanbao here, and the little lady of the White Lotus Sect was also like a monster." We guys are really old and useless. ”

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"Your Majesty, but today's meal is not in good taste?

Jiaming Palace, five feet five wide, more than one zhang long sandalwood table, full of 36 delicacies, with good color and fragrance of food, gold plate and jade bowl dressed, looking at it makes people's appetite move, but Zhu Yunwen seems to have no appetite, although his eyes are on the table, but he bites the head of chopsticks in his mouth, and he has not put down chopsticks for a long time.

"Your Majesty?" Liu Xi couldn't help but call softly when he saw that Zhu Yunwen didn't react.

"Huh?" Zhu Yunwen's body was shocked, and he seemed to come back to his senses.

"Your Majesty, but the food is not up to your appetite? Do you want the slave to let the imperial dining room make another table?"

"No need. Waving his hand, he picked up the jade bowl in front of him and took a sip of shrimp soup, then put it down again.

"Liu Xi," Zhu Yunwen said as if unintentionally, "Do you know how the Huang Qing family and the Qi Qing family have a personal relationship?"

"This... Liu Xi shrank his pupils, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, the slave has never been out of the palace, and I don't know about the affairs of the outer court." This matter, you should ask Ruyi's father-in-law. ”

"Uh... Oh, yes, I did ask the wrong person," Zhu Yunwen patted his forehead with a smile and smiled, but then whispered to himself: "One of the Huang Qing family and the Qi Qing family is a bachelor of Hanlin and the other is a squire of the military department, although they are both close ministers around me, they shouldn't discuss everything together, right?"

Liu Xi rolled his eyes and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, do you think that the two adults Huang and Qi are too close?"

If these words were facing Zhu Yuanzhang, Liu Xike would never dare to speak, even Lao Zhang would not have the courage. But now facing Zhu Yunwen, who has a benevolent temperament, the eunuchs are a little bolder.

Of course, there are only some things that can be said in a measured manner, for example, Zhu Yunwen asked about the outer court just now, if Liu Xi can also say four, five or six, it is looking for death.

"What, what do you think?" asked Zhu Yunwen.

"Your Majesty, the slave doesn't know much, but the slave knows two small truths. Liu Xi smiled lightly: "This is the first, if you don't want to see a person on the top, then this person must be very uncomfortable." ”

"Huh?" Zhu Yunwen raised his eyebrows: "Go on." ”

"Yes. Liu Xi nodded: "This is the second, friends have friends, and what I am most afraid of is jealousy." One person is enlightened, the other is mediocre, and sooner or later this relationship will change its flavor. ”

Listen to Liu Xi. A flash of inspiration flashed in Zhu Yunwen's mind, as if he had thought of something, and a smile gradually appeared on his face.

"Hehehehehe. Zhu Yunwen smiled and nodded Liu Xi's chest: "One you, one Ruyi." A belly of flowers, I sometimes see if you have a seven-trick exquisite heart. ”

"Your Majesty, if you really want to see, slave, slave... Liu Xi gritted his teeth and frowned, as if he was really considering the feasibility of digging his heart.

"Okay, okay, what do I want your hearts to do. Zhu Yunwen looked at Liu Xi's tangled appearance, felt very interesting, and stretched out his hand to point: "Go, give me some tofu to taste." Looks good. ”

The mind is clear, and the appetite is naturally open.