When everyone in Shaolin heard this, their faces changed, and they quickly gathered together with their backs, and in the sound of "sonorous" and "sonorous", all the brocade-clothed guards came out of their sheaths and protected Miao Yizhen's body.

Seeing that the two sides were about to engage in a bloody battle of life and death, the master and apprentice of Qilianshan looked at the Shaolin party for a while in a panic, and looked at the people of Daomen for a while, not knowing which side to be on.

Ge Jun had ever experienced such a scene? Suddenly his face turned pale with fright, and he was dumbfounded, or was Qi Lianshan the sect leader of a faction, seeing that both sides ignored him, he was busy pulling Ge Jun, who was covered in chaff, to hide behind a camphor tree in Guanjiao.

Ebony commanded everyone to surround Shaolin and his party, and ordered Qiaoshi to say: "Put a signal!"

Three fireworks burst into the sky, and a shining halo burst out under the daylight.

"Dang"! "Dang"!

"Let's retreat!" The empty phase knew that if he waited until the more than 700 disciples of the entire Wudang Mountain surrounded his group, it would be difficult for him to fly out of the encirclement even if he had wings.

Surrounded by dozens of people on the Daomen side, Miao Yizhen didn't seem to be panicked, and shouted loudly: "Ebony! This official is the Fusi of Beizhen Town! You dare to instigate everyone to gather a crowd to rebel in a vain attempt to kill the imperial court officials!

A remark frightened everyone into looking at each other, and they didn't dare to step forward for a while.

Ebony was also suppressed by the words. Earlier, he said that he would not let go of a single thing, because he saw Zishi's tragic death, he was filled with righteous indignation, and he wanted to kill all the murderers who participated in his murder. It must be known that Zishi is the most proud young disciple of Ebony, and he had high hopes for him, but he didn't expect that he was so young, but he was poisoned by this poison, how could he not be grief-stricken and angry?

Miao Yizhen saw that these words frightened everyone, and said loudly: "This competition is unanimously agreed upon by both sides after discussion! Yan Hao's nephew killed Zishi by mistake in order to defend himself, and the grievances between Shaolin and Wudang are over!"

As soon as the words fell, Ebony was already covered with frost, and said sharply: "Master Miao! You Shaolin stubbornly accused Zishi and Dongfang Zhen of killing Kongjing, and designed to take their lives, which is too despicable! Listen well: I, Ebony, have no disloyalty or disrespect for the imperial court! The two sides also said before, today's matter is purely our grudge with Shaolin, and has nothing to do with the imperial court! Poor Dao's move is just to leave the murderer Zhao Yanhao! If you think you are an official of the imperial court, please leave immediately with your subordinates, and the poor road will not stop you, but if you think you are a Shaolin disciple and have to embarrass us, then it is no wonder that the poor way!"

"Ha! Ha!" Miao Yizhen laughed loudly and said sharply: "No, didn't you say that you want us all to pay for our lives? Tell you, this official's trip is on behalf of Shaolin, don't be pretending there, if you have a seed, let's go on it!"

Ebony regretted what he said before, because killing the court officials would bring ruin to the Wudang faction, but he was robbed by Miao Yizhen for a while, and he was angry, and he couldn't care so much anymore, grabbed a long sword, and flew to kill Miao Yizhen.

At the sound of "Dangdang", five or six blades immediately sealed the ebony long sword, and in the blink of an eye, the ebony was already fighting with the ten brocade guards. When everyone in the Daomen saw Ebony making a move, they all brandished their swords and joined the battle group.

Miao Yizhen flipped his palms and repelled several Wudang disciples, shouting: "Don't fight, let's go!" and the Shaolin people met the enemy side by side, while retreating down the mountain road. Although the Daomen is said to be crowded, most of the martial arts are far behind them, where can they be stopped? The place where the Shaolin people passed was like a knife cutting tofu, and a big gap was immediately cut.

Dongfang Zhen took advantage of the chaos to pick up the long sword and flying ring in the field, and chased after Zhao Yanhao to attack him. Zhao Yanhao met the battle with the judge's pen on the one hand, and at the same time he was pointing his fingers, dealing with the flank attacks of Sang Qinghong, He Xiaochuan, and Qin Lang, and retreated. The jade master and the deadwood long sword Huo Huo, the empty phase and the empty reckless are not in love with the battle, and while blocking the second attack, they retreat quickly.

Although the ten Jinyi Guards' martial arts are all extraordinary, they are also afraid that the ebony martial arts are too strong, and they dare not fight in close quarters, only fighting not far away. Ebony wanted to get rid of their entanglement and rush over to intercept Zhao Yanhao, but under the enemy's shadow, long and short blades, he couldn't rush through; once Ebony wanted to kill someone, the rest of the people tried their best to rescue, and there was nothing to do for a while.

A deafening shout came from mid-up the mountain, the blades shining on the mountain road, and the crowd was pouring down.

Renwei Guan was originally at the foot of the mountain, and not long after, Shaolin and his party had retreated to a forest at the foot of the mountain. Miao Yizhen shouted, "Withdraw from this wood!"

The Shaolin people and the brocade guards gave up their opponents and rushed into the woods. Dongfang Zhen is willing to give up? Tightly follow the tail. Kunlun and Sang Qinghong were afraid that he would lose, so they hurriedly chased after him. Ebony hesitated, he was worried that the enemy was in ambush,

But seeing that the head of the jade and others chased in, he hurriedly rushed in with a sword.

At this time, the Wudang disciples on the mountain had already rushed to the foot of the mountain one after another, and followed one after another into the forest.

The sound of the horn suddenly came from the other side of the dense forest, and suddenly the arrows were like flying locusts, covering everyone.

Ebony, Jade Boss, Dongfang Zhen and other masters who rushed to the forefront danced their long swords into clusters of white light, and their feather arrows fell to the ground one after another.

"Ahh Just like that, Shaolin and Miao Yizhen and their entourage had already rushed through the woods and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Everyone was frightened, and from the overwhelming cover of the rain of arrows, several people could not block the arrows.

"Retreat!" Ebony shouted as he backed away from the feathered arrows.

While shielding, everyone also picked up their wounded companions and retreated, retreating to places where the feather arrows could not reach, and they all fell down and gasped.

After a while, the sound of feathered arrows stopped, and there was silence in the forest.

"The head of the ebony family, the head of the jade family, and the people of Wudang listened: This official is Geng Zhong, the commander of the Huguang Xing Division, and the others are armed with sharp blades, and they gather the crowd to go down the mountain, with ill intentions! This thousand households order Er to quickly return to the mountain!" A loud and majestic voice came from the other side of the dense forest.

Ebony said loudly: "Lord Qianhu, poor Wudang Ebony." Our faction is deeply favored by the imperial court, and it is not enough to be grateful to Dai De, how can we have the slightest heart of rebellion? I am waiting to go down the mountain this time to capture the Shaolin murderer who killed my Wudang disciple!

Geng Zhong said loudly: "The actions of the ebony boss have made the imperial court uneasy and the people of Junzhou to panic! This official has a military order: If you do not listen to the dissuasion and insist on refusing to return to the mountain, you will be punished for the crime of rebellion, and you will be killed!"

Ebony and Jade looked at each other and nodded gloomily.

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Zishi's body was carried back to Zixiao Palace and stopped in front of a large incense tripod in Shifang Hall. At this time, the blood stains on his face and body had been wiped clean, and he had changed into a clean cyan robe.

Ebony walked lightly to the corpse, and when he saw Zishi's eyes before he died, his heart ached. It was a condensed look of consternation, despair, and perhaps unwillingness to unfulfilled ambitions, helpless grief and indignation.

Ebony stretched out his trembling right hand, gently stroked his pale face, slowly moved to his eyelids, slowly closed his eyes, and turned to everyone: "Life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky...... Heaven doesn't deceive, maybe ...... This is the fate of Zishi! You don't have to be too sad...... When he is dead, he will be buried by the sword-giving platform!"

After saying that, he turned around and glanced deeply at Zishi's remains, gritted his teeth, lowered his head and quickly stepped into Zixiao Palace.

Everyone followed the Wudang disciple who carried the purple stone coffin to the sword-giving platform, and the dead wood stood on the edge of the sword-giving platform, looked around at the surrounding lush mountains, pointed to a raised mound on the slope of the platform, and said in a deep voice: "Just bury it here!"

Dozens of Wudang disciples took hoes, and in a short time they dug a deep pit and carried the coffin in. The dead wood went down to the coffin in the pit, closed his eyes and read the words, and after a while, he opened his eyes and glanced at the coffin, and slowly closed the coffin lid.

Dongfang Zhen jumped out of the pit, gently lifted the coffin lid, glanced at it with tears, and remembered that his brother who was still alive half a day ago was now lying in the cold coffin, and he was grief-stricken for a while, lying on the coffin lid and crying bitterly.

It was easy for the dead wood to pull Dongfang Zhen up, and the two of them got out of the deep pit. The disciples of Zhongwu shoveled the soil, and a new grave was erected in a short time. Dongfang Zhen knelt in front of the grave, kowtowed three times respectfully, gritted his teeth and muttered, "Brother Zishi rest in peace...... Brother, but there is a breath of air, and he will definitely avenge this blood feud!"

Everyone buried the purple stone and returned to Zixiao Palace. Ebony did not go to the funeral, and sat on a futon in the corner of the Zixiao Hall like a stone statue, making people suspect that he was almost feathered.

Deadwood walked in and said softly: "Senior brother in charge, it has been arranged by you and buried it." ”

Ebony slowly opened his eyes and responded, "Okay." After a pause, he looked at the dead wood and said: "Quickly order Zhang Qichuan to pass on the bookseller's junior brother, Shangguan Xiong has already taken action, be careful to take precautions!"

Deadwood said, "Okay, I'll do it right away." He turned around and strode out.

After arranging a stop, Ebony stood up from the futon, beckoned to the head of the jade and Dongfang Zhen, and said in a low voice: "Follow me." ”

The two of them followed behind Ebony, stepping on the shiny green bricks, through several circuitous corridors, to Ebony's room.

This is a quiet small hall, the hall furnishings are quite simple, there is a long sword and a bamboo painting of the plum blossom Taoist hanging on the front wall, there is a table of eight immortals below, and several pear wood chairs and coffee tables are set on both sides.

Ebony invited the two to sit on the wooden chair, and ordered the attendant to offer tea. After a while, the little path held a jet-black round delicate tea tray with both hands, and gently placed it on the table of the Eight Immortals, and then placed the three Jingdezhen white porcelain tea bowls in the tea tray as white as jade on the coffee table next to the three of them one by one, and then took the tea tray and slowly withdrew.

The jade master slowly picked up the saucer, gently lifted the tea lid, and a stream of hot air rose out, and the tender fragrance was fragrant. In the clear and tender green tea, the dragon's tooth-shaped fine buds are erect and the cilia are clear. The head of the jade took a sip and praised: "Good tea!"

After some meditation, Ebony had melted away his sadness, actually smiled, and said: "This tea is produced by my Wudang, named 'Taihe', and it is a royal tribute. What we drink is the best of 'Taihe', and the harvest is only a few catties in a year. ”

The head of the jade also smiled and said, "How fortunate is the poor Dao master and apprentice, he can actually have such a blessing!" After a pause, he asked, "I don't know if my brother invited us to come, but what is the important word?"

Ebony also took a sip, slowly put down the tea bowl, and said solemnly: "Brother Yudao, what happened recently is really too strange. Poor Dao guessed that the death of emptiness was the work of Shangguan Xiong!"

The head of the jade sect was slightly surprised: "Shangguan Xiong, you mean Shangguan Xiong, the leader of the 'Chu Xiang League'?"

Ebony nodded and said, "Yes." ”

The jade master's eyes flashed, and he muttered: "What does Brother Dao mean: Kongjing was killed by Shangguan Xiong, and then took the opportunity to blame Zhen'er and Zishi, thus causing a fight between Shaolin and us?"

Ebony said, "Yes." His purpose is to provoke a fight between Shaolin and us, so that my Wudang's strength will be greatly damaged, and then he will take advantage of the chaos to cause trouble, which will be unfavorable to my Yueyanglou and Wudang. ”

Dongfang was shocked and surprised: "What does the senior mean is that Shangguan Xiong is about to make a move on Wudang?"

Ebony nodded, "Yes." He...... This trick not only made Shaolin not help me, but also made Shaolin bitterly entangled with me Wudang, so he calmly attacked my Yueyang Lou and Wudang. ”

The head of the jade nodded and said, "So that's the case...... Today's matter, obviously, he had already planned it, and he had already arranged for Geng Qianhu to intercept us...... It's just that Poor Dao is very puzzled, that Shangguan Xiong is just a reckless man, how can he mobilize the soldiers and horses of the imperial court?"

Ebony muttered, "Actually, I was also puzzled about this. When I examined the body, I suspected that he had done it, but today's events have made me almost deny. However, it was not him alone, but a conspiracy carefully planned by him in collusion with the people in the court. ”

"Oh, I see!" the head of the jade sect was relieved, "Then it's no wonder that the imperial court soldiers and horses can be mobilized...... Brother Dao, who do you think the people in the court he colluded with would be?"

Ebony said, "I can't be sure. Poor Dao thinks it might be that Miao Yizhen!"

"Huh?" The head of the jade and Dongfang Zhen were surprised at the same time, and Dongfang Zhen opened his eyes and said: "What does the senior mean: that Miao Yizhen colluded with Shangguan Xiong to murder his senior brother's life, and then blame us?"

Ebony nodded and said, "My gut tells me that it may be like this!"

"What a wolf-hearted thing!" Dongfang Zhen said hatefully.

"Poor Dao is just speculation, not sure. Ebony added, "It's hard to say anything about the things in the world, and what you see may not be the truth, let alone just speculation." ”

"Poor Dao is really a little confused," Yu Zhangmen said: "How can Brother Dao be sure that Kongjing was killed by Shangguan Xiong?" During the autopsy yesterday, we all saw it in person, and the palm and sword in Kongjing are indeed the martial arts of our Daomen......

"That sword can't be determined, but that palm is indeed our Dao Sect martial arts!" said Ebony, "That palm power is my Wudang Sect's Tai Chi Divine Skill, and the person who shot it is Shangguan Xiong!"

"Huh?" The Jade Master and Dongfang Zhen were shocked, stunned for a moment, Dongfang Zhen asked, "What ......is this?" How can this Shangguan Xiong know the Tai Chi magic skills of the Wudang Sect?"

Ebony said gloomily: "Poor Dao invited you here just to tell you a secret anecdote about my Wudang faction. Zishi's death can also be said to be caused by this matter, and now that you are also involved, it is necessary for Poor Dao to inform. After listening to it, you will understand why I am so sure that it was Shangguan Xiong's doing......"

Taking a sip of tea, Ebony pondered for a moment how to talk about it, and asked, "Brother Yudao, Dongfang Xian Nephew, do you know the history of the 'Chu Xiang League'?"

Yu Zhangmen said: "The history is not clear, and Poor Dao only heard that there is such a gang of 'Chu Xiang League' in Xiangxi five years ago. I heard that Shangguan Xiong is not simple, and in a few years, he has subdued many underworld gangs in the Lianghu and Qiannan areas, and has faintly developed into the most powerful gang in the underworld. ”

Ebony nodded and said, "Well, the title of 'Chu Xiang League' is only six years...... Brother Dao, do you know that the 'Chu Xiang League' used to be called the 'Wuxi Sect'?"

The head of the jade shook his head and said, "I don't know about this poor way. 'Wuxi Sect' is not well-known in the rivers and lakes. ”

Ebony said: "Twenty-two years ago, Shangguan Xiong single-handedly subdued Chen San, the leader of the Pai Sect, and the fifth brother of the Meishan Sect, established the 'Shanhe Gang', and became the leader of the gang. Soon, there was a civil strife in the Peng family of Tusi in Xiangxi, and Shangguan Xiong helped Mrs. Bai to quell the civil strife, and Mrs. Bai gave her niece to him in marriage in order to express her gratitude to him. Later, after Shangguan Xiong parted ways with Chen San and Zhang Wuge, he established the 'Wuxi Sect', which was not renamed 'Chu Xiangmeng' until six years ago. ”

The head of the jade shook his head and sighed: "No wonder that Shangguan Xiong can develop so fast, I think it has a lot to do with the marriage of the Peng family, right?"

Ebony said: "Yes! To develop into today's 'Chu Xiang League', how much financial resources do you need?...... How many masters are recruited, and how many people must be in the seats?...... Of course, it has a lot to do with the support of the Peng family!"

"How many gangs are there in the 'Chu Xiang League', how many masters?" asked Dongfang Zhen.

"There are nearly 3,000 members of the gang...... Masters, a lot...... Hey, none of the gangs in the rivers and lakes today can surpass the strength of this 'Chu Xiang League'. ”

"Are even Shaolin and Wudang not as strong as them?" Dongfang Zhen looked surprised.

"I can't say that. But...... Shaolin and our Wudang are not like this 'Chu Xiang League', they are ambitious...... Over the years, Shangguan Xiong has recruited many masters through different methods, some of whom are wanted by the imperial court, some are martial arts warriors who avoid revenge and hunt down, and even a faction of suzerains who want to show off their losses...... Not only that, but he also collected a lot of people from three religions and nine streams, such as medical skills, disguise and other talents...... The most terrifying thing is that he also specially established a training academy, so that all kinds of masters in the gang can teach a group of potential young gangs, train them into talents with comprehensive ability, and send them to complete various tasks...... Therefore, the rise of the 'Chuxiang League' is a great threat to the stability of the rivers and lakes......"

The jade master muttered, "It's terrifying indeed...... However, Brother Dao is also really powerful, and these secret things of the 'Chu Xiang League' can actually be discovered. ”

Ebony smiled and said, "Brother Dao praises, in fact, this information was found by my senior brother Shang...... How can my junior brother carry the lives of nearly 2,000 gangsters, and if he doesn't have insight into the enemy's situation and takes precautions, how can he do it?"

The head of the jade exclaimed: "Yes! It seems that my Xiaotian brother is really not simple!"

"How can this Shangguan Xiong know the martial arts of the Wudang Sect?" Dongfang Zhen suddenly remembered Ebony's words earlier, and asked suspiciously.

Ebony looked at Dongfang Zhen, then turned his eyes to look at the head of the jade, shook his head and sighed: "Hey, do you know who this Shangguan Xiong is?...... He is the junior brother of the poor Dao back then-Rotten Wood!"