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The search route of Zhao Yanhao and his entourage was similar to that of Sang Qinghong's brothers and sisters, but they had the help of the government's eyeliner, so they heard the news of Dongfang Zhen, but they couldn't find him. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

According to information from the Jianli County Government, on the evening of 14 April, a robbery of a cargo ship occurred in Yangwan. This incident was committed by the bandits of Qingshuiyan and Yangwan, and it was the goods of Hu Baye in Qianjiang who were robbed. But they did not do so, and the reason was that there was a wounded man on this cargo ship who single-handedly killed dozens of bandits, and the bandits fled in a hurry.

Zhao Yanhao and his entourage were excited when they heard the news, guessing that the man was likely to be Dongfang Zhen, so they found the two bandits and asked for details.

The statement of Yuan Da Boss of Qingshuiyan and Yang Da Boss of Yang Wan is basically the same, saying that it was because Sun Er and others took people to rob without permission, but they were killed by that man. When Yuan Da Boss heard the news, he invited Yang Da Dang to help, the purpose was only to avenge the dead brothers, not to rob the goods.

But the seriously wounded man was so fierce that he killed and wounded twenty-three of his brothers. Just as they were about to kill him, three men with strong martial arts suddenly appeared and rescued him.

"What kind of weapon did the seriously injured man use?" Zhao Yanhao asked Yang Da and Yuan Da respectively about this issue.

"I can't see clearly, it's white and swirling, and the whistling sound is very sharp...... I guess it's a kind of vicious secret weapon. Master Yang tilted his head, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and he said while reminiscing.

"That's the flying ring. Zhao Yanhao said lightly, "This person is Dongfang Zhen. ”

"I'm sure it must be a flying ring!" Yuan Da frowned, and said with palpitations: "I have seven brothers who were split in two by that weapon, it's really too domineering and terrifying...... Zhao Daxia, please see, this is what it left on my iron spear. ”

Zhao Yanhao glanced at the scratches left on the gun, and saw that the scratches were actually quite deep, so he took it and took a closer look, and exclaimed: "His skill has recovered so quickly? I really didn't expect it...... By the way, have you ever seen him stand up?"

"No," Yuan Da shook his head and said in a firm tone, "He must not be able to stand up! ”

"Oh," Zhao Yanhao stretched his brows and muttered, "That's good, that's good!" After thinking sideways for a while, he suddenly saved his mind and asked, "Oh, by the way, what do the three men who rescued him look like?"

"Hmm...... The leader was a short-bearded man of thirty-two or three years old, with a medium build, a purple face, and a very energetic ......" Yuan Da Master's eyes flashed, and he thought back.

"What kind of weapon are you using?" asked Ku Gang as he put down his tea bowl and interjected.

"A knife should be hung on his waist...... He didn't use a weapon when he fought me...... I'm ashamed to say that the gun in my hand was taken away by him in a few moves. Yuan Da said ashamedly.

"Then what kind of grappling method did he use?" Zhao Yanhao asked.

"This ......" Yuan Da shook his head awkwardly, "I don't know...... The martial arts and knowledge under him are too poor, how can you recognize them?"

Zhao Yanhao was silent, he wanted to ask the man's physiognomy and martial arts characteristics carefully, but after thinking about it, he felt that there was no need, there were countless masters in the rivers and lakes who were good at swordsmanship and grappling, not to mention Yuan Da, even what he knew was only the tip of the iceberg, and it was impossible to judge the identity of others through this method.

"What about the other two men?" Zhao Yanhao asked, hoping that they might have something special so that they could be distinguished.

"One man made a sword, and he was a little fat, and the other made a sword, black and thin. Yuan Da had a look of trying his best to recall, "The appearance is very ordinary...... If we meet again, we may be able to recognize ...... I can't even remember what they looked like now. ”

"Master Yuan, please describe the situation in detail at that time, okay?" Zhao Yanhao felt that the Yuan master was the same as the Yang master, and he was too rough about the situation when the two sides were fighting.

"Don't dare, don't dare," Yuan Da said, "We intercepted that dog's day in Yangwan...... What's going on?"

"Dongfang earthquake. Gao Jinlou reminded impatiently.

"Yes, yes, Dongfang Zhen, Dongfang Zhen of the dog day!" Yuan Da is still gritting his teeth with hatred, "I am a reasonable person, and I invited Yang Da to come, I was going to find a reason for the dog day, and the rights and wrongs will be judged by Yang Da ......"

"Amitabha!" said in a reckless manner: "This matter, Yuan Da is in charge of handling it very well! We people in the martial arts should be like Yuan Da in charge, we should first explain a reason in everything and solve the problem according to the rules of the rivers and lakes." ”

Gao Jinlou couldn't hold back a smile, glanced at Kong, and said with a smile in his heart: "It's only you, a monk, who are willing to believe his nonsense! It's really ridiculous, what kind of morality will a group of stinky robbers talk about? Will the sun come out in the west?"

"But as soon as I saw him, that dog day didn't say a word, and killed several of our brothers in a row. In desperation, we had no choice but to fight back...... Holy shit, it's not reasonable at all!"

"Amitabha!" said with a frown: "Yuan Da is in charge, although Dongfang Zhen is hateful, it seems that he shouldn't insult people like that...... In this way, it is disrespectful to the father of the family......"

"Hit your stinky mouth!" Yuan Da slapped himself in the mouth and said with a smile: "I'm rude...... But there's no such thing as a bad ......."

"Get down to business, stop being wordy!" Gao Jinlou glared at him. Zhao Yanhao.

"Okay, good!" Yuan Da said with a smile: "Lord Gao, please sit down and drink tea, listen to the grass people's ......" Seeing Gao Jinlou glaring at him again, he was busy talking.

Master Yuan swallowed his saliva and got back to business: "That guy is so fierce that he rushed into our crowd and slashed ...... indiscriminately."

"Hmph, it's nonsense!" Gao Jinlou seemed to hate him, a little deliberately finding fault, "You guy, didn't you say he couldn't stand up?

"I used a typo, I didn't have any knowledge, I used a typo!" Yuan Da was in charge, "I should use the word "climbing"...... No, it should be the word 'channeling'...... He came in like a leopard and killed several of our brothers in one go. We resisted desperately, and after killing and wounding more than a dozen more brothers, we finally dealt a heavy blow to him......"

"How badly did you hurt him?" Zhao Yanhao, who had been listening quietly, suddenly interjected.

"Uh......" Yuan Da thought as he twisted his nose, "there are probably twenty or thirty wounds! That thief is very slippery, and he can always avoid killing...... So, they didn't really hurt the ......."

"Oh...... Go on. Zhao Yanhao nodded, afraid that he would still chatter, and urged.

"He was covered in scars, lost a lot of blood, and finally couldn't hold it anymore, he was shot in the lower abdomen, and he was stabbed by Brother Pan in the lower back, and he couldn't struggle anymore...... We were about to take the thief's life when the three men suddenly appeared and rescued him. ”

"Did they come by water, or by land?"

"This ...... I didn't notice it. I guess it's by land. Yuan Da thought for a while and added: "Later, I inquired, and there was no trace of them along the river. ”

It was rare that Yuan Da was no longer verbose, and continued: "After he left, we didn't embarrass the gang of guys, but let them go. But because we had killed and injured so many brothers, Hu Ba couldn't help it, and sent 10,000 taels of silver as a pension the day before yesterday. ”

The above is the information that Zhao Yanhao and his entourage got in Qingshuiyan and Yangwan.

In order to verify, Zhao Yanhao went to Qianjiang Hu Ba to inquire again. Hu Ba's statement is basically the same as theirs.

Because it was dark at the time of the incident, there were few witnesses, and the government only received the news the next day. Although the government quickly closely monitored the land and water docks and town checkpoints within a radius of hundreds of miles, nothing was found.

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More than ten days of work in vain, Zhao Yanhao and his entourage had to return home, and when they returned to Junzhou, it was late at night, so they reported the details to Miao Yizhen overnight.

"Strange, how can this be?" Miao Yizhen gently twisted his black beard and muttered, "Now, it's really hard to find!"

"I can't avenge Uncle Empty Purity and Uncle Void as soon as possible, my nephew and nephew...... I can't sleep...... This scum of martial arts who deserves to die! Don't ask him about it personally, Zhao...... I swear not to be a human being!" Zhao Yanhao clenched his fists, and his eyes were red.

"Skynet is magnificent, negligent but not leaky! Don't worry, look for it slowly, you can always find it!" Miao Yizhen put down the tea bowl, patted the back of his hand, and comforted him in a deep voice.

"Yes...... But the world is so big, the thief hides wherever he goes, and he never shows up again......"

"Don't worry about this," Miao Yizhen interrupted him, "Don't forget, his master is still in our hands...... Although this thief is mad, he seems to be quite filial to his master......"

"It's really high!" Xu Jinshan blurted out in admiration, seeing that Miao Yi really glanced at himself with joy and anger, and said with a lot of fear: "I'm sorry...... The subordinates forgot about the shape for a while, and interrupted the adult's words. ”

In fact, this time he interjected, he deliberately interrupted, the purpose was just to take the opportunity to pat Miao Yizhen's ass, but he pretended to have a look of can't help it, and his sycophants were also very good.

He knew the temper of this Miao-sama, and he didn't like people who were too smart or too stupid. He likes the kind of person who can listen to his own words and understand his own meaning. He expected that Miao-sama would not be really angry.

"Don't pat yourself on the back!" Miao Yi glared at him angrily. But he could see that Miao Yizhen was actually very useful in his heart.

"This ...... It's really wronged!" Xu Jinshan spread his hands helplessly and shook his head in frustration.

Miao Yizhen stared at him, a subtle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, turned his head to look at Zhao Yanhao, and said with a smile: "Senior nephew Zhao, do you understand what Uncle Zhao means?"

"Sort of understood. Can...... Using his master as a threat, it seems to ...... Doesn't seem to be ...... enough."

"It's not bright enough, is it?" Miao Yi stared into his eyes with a smile.

Zhao Yanhao muttered slightly, shook his head slightly, and looked down at the ground.

"Again, how can you be merciful in dealing with such a traitor? Don't forget, how did you and Uncle Empty and Uncle Empty die?"

When Zhao Yanhao heard this, his eyes showed resentment, and he clenched his teeth and was silent.

"Amitabha, Senior Brother Miao, I don't quite understand it yet, but I'd like to hear about it. Kongfu frowned slightly, and looked at Miao Yizhen with an inquiring gaze.

"That's what I thought," Miao Yizhen's expression was solemn, "Senior Brother Empty Illusion's injury is almost healed, so I will work hard for you and Senior Brother Empty Illusion to escort Master Yu back to Shaolin, leaving only Senior Nephew Zhao to continue searching, how about it?"

"Well...... That's fine. It's just that what should those two Kunlun disciples do?"

"Let them go," Miao Yizhen said lightly: "There is a wrong, there is a debtor, it is none of their business." ”

"Amitabha!

"But...... My lord, if they are released, they will inevitably gather the entire Kunlun faction to save the Jade Master, wouldn't that be ...... Isn't it very troublesome?" Xu Jinshan knew that Miao Yizhen had already made a decision, but at this time he deliberately expressed his disapproval, to show that he sometimes couldn't guess his thoughts.

"Wouldn't that be better?" Miao Yi really said eloquently, "The purpose of detaining the Jade Sect is only to get them to hand over the murderer. If they dare to make trouble, they will be at a loss and will be despised by the entire martial arts. You say, 'Is that true?'

All three nodded yes.

"What's more, with their strength, how can they be our Shaolin's opponents, how can they save the Jade Master?" Miao Yizhen's face showed a mocking expression, "Actually, the biggest purpose of this move is to draw out the Dongfang Shock. As long as he tries to go up the mountain to rescue him, we will detain him, and at that time, let the jade master go...... We do this in a reasonable way, you say, don't you?"

"Yes, this method is very good!" Zhao Yanhao agreed first, "I think, let's do it!"

Kong Gang and Xu Jinshan both chimed in.

"Without further ado. Early tomorrow morning, I will work hard to bring the ashes of the Jade Master and the Empty Junior Brother back to Shaolin!" Miao Yizhen summed it up and said: "As for Senior Nephew Zhao, I think it's better to stay in Junzhou! I will send a few subordinates to assist you and carefully find out the whereabouts of that Dongfang Zhen." As for me, I still have important matters, I have to go back to the capital first, and after a month, I will come to Junzhou again. ”

Early the next morning, after the resignation of the empty and empty illusion, Miao Yizhen also led dozens of subordinates to hurry away, leaving only a dozen brocade guards such as Xu Jinshan and Gao Jinlou, who listened to Hou Zhao Yanhao's reprimands at any time.

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After breakfast, Xu Jinshan accompanied Zhao Yanhao to drink tea and chat.

"I heard that the Chu Xiang League has captured Wudang, I don't know what day it was?" On the way back to Junzhou, Zhao Yanhao heard about it, and only then did he have time to ask.

"Oh, it was six days ago...... That Shangguan Xiong was really good, and he actually defeated Yueyang Tower and Wudang!"

"I heard that the head of the ebony family was also killed in battle...... Is it true?" Zhao Yanhao stared at Xu Jinshan's eyes with a nervous expression.

"Well, it's true! However, I don't know the specific situation, I only heard that when the Chuxiang League attacked the mountain, most of the Wudang disciples had already withdrawn......"

"Oh, where did you go?"

"I heard that I went to the northwest...... Probably went to Huashan, or Quan Zhen went. ”

"Ebony Boss...... How...... Dead?" Zhao Yanhao's voice trembled.

"Died a terrible death. I heard that Shangguan Xiong led hundreds of gangs and fought around him......"

Zhao Yanhao was suddenly filled with righteous indignation, and he didn't want to listen to it anymore, so he stood up with a "Teng" and walked out of the Jiangcheng Inn with a blue face.

Like an angry lion, he strode so furiously that the pedestrians in the street could not hide, and several of them were almost knocked down by him. He didn't know why he was so angry, and he muttered over and over again: "How can this be justified! How can this be justified......

After a while, Zhao Yanhao had already arrived at the foot of Wudang Mountain, and he couldn't figure out why he came here, so he rushed to the mountain gate in one breath.

"Who is it?" asked several men with swords in front of the mountain gate.

"Get out of the way!" Zhao Yanhao glanced at them, and saw that they were not Taoist pretends, and thought that most of them were people from Chu Xiangmeng, so he shouted angrily.

His guess was right, these people were the gang members of the Chu Xiang League. Two days ago, Shangguan Xiong had led the team to return to the rudder, leaving only more than 100 gangs stationed on Wudang Mountain, whose duty was mainly to pay attention to the movements of the Wudang faction.

"Ho! It's quite horizontal! Are you impatient?" a white-faced young man took two steps forward and pointed a knife at Zhao Yanhao, "Acquaintances, hurry up and get out of the way of Lao Tzu! Otherwise, you kid will look good!"

"Who are you?" Zhao Yanhao stopped and squinted at the young man.

Another middle-aged man with a yellow beard saw that Zhao Yanhao had an extraordinary bearing, and he thought that it would not be easy to be with him, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "We are the subordinates of the Shangguan Alliance Master of the Chu Xiang League. Dare to ask this hero's surname? What do you do?"

"Hmph, this is Wudang Mountain, and it's not your Chu Xiangmeng! What am I going to do up the mountain, do your shit, get out!" Zhao Yanhao's stomach was full of anger, just to deliberately find fault, so he crossed his waist and shouted angrily.

"Get out of your grandma's business!" The gang members were furious, and rushed towards Zhao Yanhao with their blades, but in the blink of an eye, they all lay on the ground and moaned loudly.

Zhao Yanhao entered the mountain gate, strode in the direction of Zixiao Palace, and just before arriving at the Fuzhen Temple, a large group of gangs poured out of the temple, and Zhao Yanhao was surrounded in an instant.

A black-haired man in his forties seemed to be the leader of the crowd, holding an iron rod in his hand and shouting: "Who is coming?

"Shaolin Zhao Yanhao!" Zhao Yanhao stood proudly in the heart of the scene, and seemed to ignore the sword network around him.

"Huh?" many people exclaimed, looking at each other in horror.

"Oh, it turned out to be Zhao Daxia! Look up for a long time!" The black-haired man immediately threw down his iron staff, and hurriedly signaled to help the crowd withdraw his blade, and bowed his hand again and again with a smile: "Guo Fengyu in the Xia Chu Xiang League." May I ask Zhao Daxia who came up the mountain, why did he come up?"

"No why, I just want to worship the tomb of the ebony master," on the way up the mountain, Zhao Yanhao's anger subsided slightly, and when he saw that he was polite, he also hugged his fists and saluted back, "By the way, did you bury the ebony master?"

"Well, it was personally buried by the leader of our Shangguan League. ”

"Where are you buried? Please take me to pay my respects. "I heard that Shangguan Xiong buried the ebony, Zhao Yanhao didn't have another seizure, and his tone was much friendlier.

A tall new tomb stands proudly in the cemetery of the head of the green pine, in front of the grave stands a granite stele six feet high, in the middle of which is engraved with "the seventh generation of Wudang head ebony position" eleven big characters, on both sides are also engraved with many small characters in italics, one side is engraved with the name of the ebony layman, the place of origin, birth, the year of death, etc., and the other side is engraved with an inscription, recording his life deeds, and praising his martial arts achievements and martial arts status.

Zhao Yanhao knelt in front of the grave, tears blurred his eyes instantly, and he knocked his head a few times in a row.

From the first time he saw Ebony, he felt that he was definitely not the one who plotted to kill Uncle Kongjing, and even after fighting him, he admired his martial arts attainments.

He firmly believes that only a person with high moral character can realize the supreme martial arts essence and achieve such a peak and invincible realm.

"Listen, take good care of this senior's tomb!" Zhao Yanhao Huo Ran stood up, waved his sleeves to wipe away his tears, and said sternly: "If anyone dares to be disrespectful, this is an example!"

As he spoke, he suddenly jumped up like a projectile, and slammed his palm on the trunk of a pine tree with a diameter of about a foot.

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What happened next was something Zhao Yanhao never expected.

On the fifth day after paying homage to the ebony tomb, Zhao Yanhao had just had lunch when Gao Jinlou hurriedly came to report: "Brother Zhao, something has happened! Those two gangs of bandits in Qingshuiyan and Yangwan have been killed!"

"What?!" Zhao Yanhao was stunned for a moment, and stood up with a "swish", "Say it again!"

Overnight, including Yuan Da and Yang Da Dang, 63 gangs in Qingshuiyan and 46 gangs in Yangwan were killed.

There was such a big murder in the jurisdiction, and it was busy with Lu Zhi County and Lang County Cheng of Jianli County. However, because the informants in both places only discovered the crime on the second day after the incident, they were unable to find even a single useful clue in the past two days, let alone catching the murderer.

When Zhao Yanhao led the crowd to Jianli, it was already the third day after the murder. After reviewing the files, they hurried to the scene of the murder in Qingshuiyan and Yangwan to investigate on the spot, and then carefully examined the wounds of the deceased.

"Judging from the scene of the murder and the wounds of the deceased, there are not many murderers, there should be only nine people! But all of them have extraordinary martial arts, and most of the dead were killed with one move!" Zhao Yanhao's face was gloomy, "Moreover, the same group of people did it in both places! Four people used swords, three people used swords, one person used spears, and one person made points and points! Obviously, most of the martial arts paths of this pedestrian were different...... So, it's not a sect that did it, it's a gang. ”

"Brother Zhao's analysis is very correct!" Xu Jinshan agreed, "But this ...... Which gang is going to do this?"

"It's hard to tell!" Zhao Yanhao shook his head gloomily, "The murder has happened for so many days, and there are no valuable clues left at the scene." ”

"It must have been done by a gang that has a grudge against them!" Xu Jinshan pinched his nose, "We might as well find out from this aspect one by one." ”

"Hey, the government has already thought of this! I have carefully read their files, and there is no suspicion at all. Zhao Yanhao scratched his head and thought about it, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Yes! It's probably what they did!"

"Who?" Xu Jinshan and the others looked at him in surprise.

"It's to save Dongfang Zhen's gang!" Zhao Yanhao sneered, "They are afraid that these bandits will reveal their identities, so they will kill people and kill them!"

"What do you mean?" Gao Jinlou opened his eyes, "Brother Zhao, do you mean to say: Yuan Da is in charge and they know the murderer?...... Did they all lie?"

Zhao Yanhao's face was grim and he nodded slowly.

"Yes...... Which gang are they?" Xu Jinshan muttered.

"I can't judge for the time being!" Zhao Yanhao snorted coldly, "Check slowly, the fox's tail will always be exposed!"

To his surprise, another strange thing happened thirteen days later.

Although Jiuhou's fox tail was not revealed, he unexpectedly got the information that Dongfang Zhen was dead.