Chapter 32: Falling into the Middle
The head of the jade family and his party hurriedly whipped their horses and ran for a day and night, and finally entered the boundary of Xiongkou Town the next morning.
"Don't worry!" "Don't worry!" the head of the jade sect comforted the Daishi Daoist beside him as he walked, "Your uncle Shang has outstanding martial arts, and there are a large number of elite soldiers and strong generals under him, so self-protection will definitely not be a problem...... Besides, you Uncle Deadwood should be there soon!"
Dai Shi said: "Master Yu, although our Uncle Shang is brave, but that Shangguan Xiong is insidious and cunning, and there are many gangs under his command, I am still very worried." ”
"What's the use of worrying!" "After so many years of wind and rain, you Uncle Shang have all withstood it, how can it be a fluke?
Zhong Zhiling and Sang Qinghong followed behind the head of the jade family, chatting while controlling the horse.
"Senior brother, you said, did the master and the head of Zhenguan go to Chaotian Castle?" Sang Qinghong asked Zhong Zhiling.
"Uh...... I don't know what the situation is over there?...... Hey, I'm really worried that he's an old man!" Zhong Zhiling frowned.
"Me too!" Sang Qinghong sighed faintly and said, "Senior brother, I regret it so much, that day, I really shouldn't have treated my master with that attitude!"
"I think the master must have forgotten about this!" Zhong Zhiling said: "But...... Seriously, junior sister, when you go back, you should make amends to his old man! Master loves you so much, he will definitely forgive you!"
Sang Qinghong bit her lower lip lightly, her eyes slightly red.
"What's the matter?" Dongfang Zhen, who was following behind, rushed up, and interjected and asked, "Miss Sang, have you made your master angry?"
"What's the matter with you, get away!" Sang Qinghong was not angry, turned his head and glared at Dongfang Zhen, and scolded loudly.
The Wudang disciples who followed behind Dongfang Zhen saw that he was bored, and they all looked at him with a mockery.
Dongfang Zhen was startled, and hurriedly retracted his head in embarrassment, and smiled bitterly in his heart: Dongfang Zhen, Dongfang Zhen, it's boring! Hey, a woman's mind is really elusive! I wondered in my heart, why did Sang Qinghong, who was usually gentle and elegant, suddenly lose such a big temper.
How did he know that it was his business?
Sang Qinghong was angry: Just because you have no conscience, I quarreled with my uncle! Now, you dare to gloat at this girl! Hmph, aren't you looking for death?
In fact, she also knew in her heart that Dongfang Zhen really didn't know that she and her uncle were arguing because of him, and she had nowhere to vent her anger, but Dongfang Zhen came to the door by himself and hit the tip of her gun.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Dongfang Zhen apologized again and again, and slowed the horse away a little. He has always been very open-minded, especially for girls, and always adheres to the ancient adage that good men don't fight women.
Sang Qinghong glanced back at him again, seeing that he looked apologetic, the straight figure on horseback was heroic, looking forward to chic, and suddenly there was an urge to throw himself into his arms and cry bitterly, and beat his chest again while crying. However, in front of everyone, she could not do such an immoral act, so she quickly turned her head away, and two lines of tears slid down her cheeks.
Dongfang Zhen looked at Sang Qinghong's back on horseback, and saw that her black waterfall-like hair concealed a long jade neck, faintly revealing a little creamy neck skin, her waist was straight, and her bee waist was slender, and she couldn't help but feel refreshed. I thought about it: If I can marry such a beautiful wife in this life, I don't know which life it will be a blessing! It can be seen that Miss Sang has a good impression of me...... After returning to the mountain, he gave the master Ming, prepared a heavy gift, and went to Kongtong Mountain to propose to the head of Broken Hongzi...... Miss Sang is most likely willing, so I wonder if the head of Broken Hongzi will agree?
While thinking wildly, I suddenly heard Zhong Zhiling say apologetically: "Brother Dongfang, my junior sister has a bad temper, please look at my master's face, don't go to your heart!"
"Where?" Dongfang Zhen came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Miss Sang has a straightforward temperament, love and hatred are clear, it is the temperament of my generation of martial arts children, how can I mind?"
"Brother Dongfang is really an open-minded person!" Zhong Zhiling praised, turned his head to look at Sang Qinghong, and took out his senior brother's shelf, "Senior sister, don't you make amends to others!"
Sang Qinghong was also a little embarrassed, glanced back at Dongfang Zhen, quickly turned his head again, and said in a low voice: "Brother Dongfang, it was me just now...... Bad temper, please forgive me!"
"Hehe," Dongfang Zhen smiled, "Didn't you say it, how could I be angry...... To be honest, I just like your character!"
Sang Qinghong felt that his words were extraordinary, and she didn't know where she thought of it, her cheeks suddenly flushed, and her heart was pounding.
"Brother Dongfang, why do you say it's so coincidental?" Zhong Zhiling said, "Chaotian Fort and Yueyang Tower, why are there enemies attacking one after another?
"I also think that it was planned a long time ago," Dongfang Zhen said: "What has happened these days is very strange, and I always feel that there is a mastermind behind the scenes." Therefore, we must be careful in everything...... As soon as the matter of Yueyang Tower is over, we will go together, let's go back quickly!"
"I think so too!" Zhong Zhiling echoed, "To be honest, I'm very worried these days, I'm afraid that something will happen. ”
"Brother Zhong, when you get to Yueyang Tower, please be sure that you and Miss Sang are always with us, so that we can take care of each other. Dongfang Zhen reminded.
Of course, Zhong Zhiling understood what he meant, he was worried that his martial arts skills were not good, and he was afraid that he would not be able to protect his junior sister in the chaotic battle. He knew that his sister liked Dongfang Zhen very much, in fact, he also had a good impression of Dongfang Zhen, and he had also seen his martial arts, and he was overjoyed when he heard it.
"Brother Dongfang, I have never understood why the death of the Master of Empty Purity was blamed on you and the Purple Stone?" Zhong Zhiling finally found an opportunity and asked the doubts in his heart.
Dongfang Zhen sighed and said, "I heard the head of the ebony wood say that one of the people who killed the Master of Empty Purity should be that Shangguan Xiong. He wants to blame us so that Shaolin can fight with us, and he will be able to deal with Yueyanglou with peace of mind!"
"So that's the case!" Zhong Zhiling bowed his head, "This guy is really vicious! It's hateful that the Shaolin gang doesn't go to investigate the real murderer in detail, but they keep pestering us endlessly!"
"Brother Dongfang, I always feel that Shaolin is unwilling to give up, you have to be careful at all times!" Sang Qinghong reminded.
"I know!" Dongfang Zhen shook his head, "For no reason, we Kunlun faction got into trouble with the Shaolin faction, I don't know how much trouble there will be in the future!
"I don't know if the Shaolin group is gone now?" asked Sang Qinghong.
"I don't know. Dongfang Zhen said angrily: "Anyway, sooner or later, they will find me and kill me before they are willing!"
Sang Qinghong shuddered when she heard this, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother Dongfang, no matter what, you can't fight hard with Shaolin! There will always be a day when the truth will come out, and then you will be able to return your innocence!"
"Miss Sang, don't worry!" Dongfang Zhen said proudly: "I won't just give in in such a daze! Shaolin wants to kill me, but I won't let them get their wish!"
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Although it was only a hot day, the early summer sun was also very hot, and the people who were galloping all the way were sweating profusely.
"This year is really an abnormal climate! Now, it's only April, and the weather is so hot! I remember that my predecessors said that a year with abnormal weather would be a year of disaster! Judging from the current situation in the rivers and lakes, this is really the case!" The head of the jade family took the lead, nagging in his mouth.
"There's a mountain forest ahead!" a Wudang disciple who followed closely behind the head of the jade sect pointed ahead and shouted excitedly.
Everyone looked forward, and sure enough, there was a hill outside the mountain, and a large lush forest was connected to the top and bottom of the mountain.
In a short time they galloped into the woods at the foot of the hill and dismounted in the shade of the trees. But when he saw that there was a clear stream that was only more than two feet wide and meandered by the edge of the forest, he was very happy, and led the horses down to the stream one after another.
When they had finished washing, they left the horses in the grass by the brook, and let them nibble on the grass, and then returned to the woods, took out the dry food they had brought with them, and ate them slowly while resting quietly.
"Here you go!" Sang Qinghong saw Dongfang Zhen beside him eat a piece of pancake in one go, tore off half of the pancake in his hand, and handed it to him with a smile.
"You eat!" Dongfang Zhen was embarrassed and excused himself: "I'm full...... Don't laugh, I've always gobbled up this virtue when I eat!"
"Take it! I haven't eaten it!" Sang Qinghong feigned anger and forced it to him, "I can't eat that much!"
Dongfang Zhen had to take it, this time he pretended to be Sven, took a bite gently, chewed slowly, watched Sang Qinghong bite the half of the pancake delicately, leaned over with a smile, and said in a low voice: "Even if you have eaten it, I will eat it too!"
Sang Qinghong glanced at him, and was about to sneer at him, but he suddenly remembered something, his apricot face turned red, and he didn't turn his head to ignore him. Dongfang Zhen saw that her shyness was unbelievably beautiful, and his heart fluttered, and he really wanted to lean over her cheek and kiss her, but how could a Sven person make such a frivolous act in front of the public?
"Excuse me!" the horses neighed by the stream, and the horses scattered and fled.
At some point, four men suddenly came to the herd of horses, turned over the four horses, pulled the reins, and galloped away on the avenue behind the hill with a whip.
"Go and hold the horse, I'll chase it!" As he spoke, the yellow shadow flashed, and the jade master had leapt a few feet away, and galloped towards the horse thief like a whirlwind.
Fortunately, everyone was doing well, and the horses that fled in fright stopped one after another after running a short distance, so they all pulled back after a short time.
The head of the jade door spread his sleeves and made several leaps in succession, and he had already gone out of the forest and chased out along the avenue, but when he saw the four thieves more than 20 zhang in front of him, he immediately raised his anger and shouted: "Bold thief! Leave the horse quickly, I can spare you! Otherwise, don't blame the Taoist master for being ruthless!"
The four horse thieves turned a deaf ear, and instead whipped their horses like a torrential rain on the horses' hips, and ran even faster.
The head of the jade was furious, and launched Kunlun's light technique of "stepping on the snow without a trace", and chased out Li Xu at a gallop, but the four thieves were quite superb in riding, and they still failed to catch up, but got farther and farther away.
When he was depressed, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and glanced back, but saw Dongfang Zhen galloping on his horse, holding an empty horse in his left hand, and shouting while running: "Master, get on the horse!"
The head of the jade family was overjoyed, jumped two feet in the air, and landed firmly on the horse's back. The master and apprentice whipped like rain and struggled to catch up.
After everyone in the forest waited for a meal, they still didn't see the master and apprentice of the jade master snatching the horse back, and their hearts gradually became anxious.
He Xiaochuan said anxiously to Qin Lang: "Why haven't you come back yet?
Qin Lang was also very anxious, and said, "Let's chase it and take a look!"
Sang Qinghong was also very worried about Dongfang Zhen in her heart, and when she saw the two of them getting on the horse, she hurriedly said, "I'll go too!"
"Senior sister, don't go!" Zhong Zhiling stopped, seeing that Sang Qinghong didn't pay attention to himself, and had followed He Xiaochuan and Qin Lang to the hill quickly, he couldn't rest assured that she couldn't leave her, and hurriedly instructed Daishi: "Brother Daishi, you watch the horses carefully here, don't go away! I'll take a look too!"
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The master and apprentice of the jade master chased out Li Xu again, and saw that he was only ten feet away from the last thief, and he was secretly happy in his heart, and he didn't expect to be able to catch up with him for half a mile.
In front of me is a large mountain forest, full of greenery. The four thieves rushed to the edge of the forest, abandoned the avenue, and rode into the forest.
The master and apprentice were also busy chasing after them, looking for the horse's hoof tracks for half a mile, and suddenly saw that the four stolen horses were spinning around beside several big trees restlessly, panting for breath with "haha" and "haha", but the four thieves were gone.
The head of the jade family was happy at first, and immediately felt that things were very strange, and looked around, but saw the shadows of the trees, the empty mountains were lonely, and only the wheezing and sneezing of the horses were heard.
The master and apprentice glanced at each other, quickly dismounted, drew their swords in their hands, and cautiously approached the four horses.
"Hmph!" A cold snort came from behind them, the two of them were taken aback, and looked back, but saw that the four of them slowly walked out of the invisible bushes, and they were shocked that it was Zhao Yanhao and Kong Illusion, and the other two men looked at their figures and clothes, which were the second of the horse thieves.
"Amitabha! Jade Master, Oriental Don't Come Unharmed! We Meet Again!" The clear Buddha horn sounded in front of him. The two turned their heads, only to see Emptiness, Emptiness, and two other horse thieves under the bushes three feet in front of them.
The master and apprentice of the jade master immediately understood, and secretly complained in his heart.
The head of the jade smiled dryly: "Thank you Master Kongfu for your concern! TOEFL, it's very good!"
Kongfu smiled and said: "The head of the jade family, the benefactor of the East, the poor monk and his party, I think you all know the intention, right?"
The jade master nodded and said, "Of course." "I thought in my heart: Don't say that the other party is eight people, even Zhao Yanhao and Kongyi, we can't resist it!
He said, "Amitabha, we don't want to embarrass the two of you. As long as you put down your swords, stop resisting, and go back to Shaolin with us, the poor monk promises that he will never hurt you! After the abbot returns to the temple, the two of you can tell me in detail the reason why my brother was killed. We don't have an abbot, but we are recognized as a high-ranking monk in the world's martial arts, and we are selfless, and the merits of this matter are determined by him, how about it?"
The head of the jade sighed, and said: "The abbot of Kongwu is a recognized monk in the martial arts, and this matter is true. But the truth of this matter is not known to the abbot and will not necessarily believe what we say. Therefore, the merits of this matter may not be judged fairly by the abbot!"
As soon as the words of the head of the jade sect fell, Zhao Yanhao broke off and shouted: "The head of the jade sect! We respect you as the head of the Kunlun sect of the first generation, so we don't want to embarrass you with good words! I pity you are still being deceived by your unscrupulous apprentice, and you will continue to protect him! We even insult our abbot...... Since you are so obsessed, don't blame me for not showing mercy to you!"
Dongfang Zhen heard him insult his master, and was about to have a seizure, when the head of Yu hurriedly pulled his sleeve, Dongfang Zhen had to swallow this anger, clenched the hilt of the sword, and looked at Zhao Yanhao angrily, but seeing that he also had his sword eyebrows upside down, his body exuded a terrifying murderous aura, thinking back on this person's terrifying martial arts, his heart was cold.
The head of the jade slowly turned around, looked at Zhao Yanhao, and arched his hand: "This Zhao Xian's nephew Yu Xuanang, he is young, his martial arts attainments are the best in martial arts, and he is far inferior to the poor road, so I admire it!"
Zhao Yanhao sneered: "I didn't expect the dignified head of Kunlun to be a man who slaps horses! Zhao is so disdainful!"
Dongfang Zhen was furious when he heard this, his eyes erupted with fire, and he glared at Zhao Yanhao angrily.
"Yan Hao, don't be rude to the head of the jade family!" he scolded.
The head of the jade sect was not angry, and argued: "What Poor Dao said is from the bottom of his heart, not deliberately flattering! Hehe, but you heard it clearly, what Poor Dao admires is only your martial arts attainments!"
Zhao Yanhao was tired of the chatter of the head of the jade family, and said sharply: "Zhao has no time to listen to what you are talking about here! Everyone is from the martial arts, hurry up! Whether you want to be caught with your hands tied, or do you want to resist pointlessly, draw the next line!"
The head of the jade sneered and said: "It's still the same sentence, my disciple and Zishi have never killed the Master of Empty Purity at all! This matter, even the government has investigated it in detail, saying that the murderer is someone else! You don't go to find the real murderer, but you listen to one-sided words, make assumptions out of thin air, and falsely accuse them of it! Now, you have killed Zishi by mistake, but you still refuse to give up, and you don't want to put my disciple to death! How can you be convinced by Poor Dao?"
Zhao Yanhao sneered hatefully: "The evidence is conclusive, but it is still arguing there!
The head of the jade said loudly: "What evidence? You saw it with your own eyes? Or did Zishi and I admit it?"
"Hahaha!" Zhao Yanhao laughed angrily: "Although you have covered up the evidence of the crime, Zhao believes in his own judgment! My uncle did die under the two martial arts of Wudang and Kunlun! And they were near the scene of the murder at that time, let me ask, if it is not them, who can it be?"
The head of the jade sect sneered: "Even if you really die under these two martial arts, can it be proved that it is them? Young man, you are too arbitrary!"
Zhao Yanhao was furious: "Arbitrary?
The head of the jade sect was also angry, and said loudly: "What you see may not be the truth! What's more, just your speculation is out of thin air, and you dare to claim that the evidence is conclusive...... If you have the surname Zhao, you are not afraid of killing good people in vain? When the truth is revealed, what face will you have in Shaolin? What face will you have in the martial arts of the world?"
Zhao Yanhao took two steps forward and said sharply: "It seems that you really don't cry when you don't see the coffin!
The head of the jade door whispered to Dongfang Zhen: "I'll entangle him, you will break through immediately!"
"No!" Dongfang Zhen said softly: "Master, let's fight together! If we want to die, we will die together!"
The head of the jade was furious, pushed him away, and scolded: "Kunlun disciple, you should be able to bend and stretch! How can you be brave with your husband! If you don't leave, you won't be blind to death for the teacher!"
Dongfang Zhen gritted his teeth, shook his arms and jumped on the saddle of a nearby horse, and at the same time slapped his backhand on the horse's buttocks, and the horse neighed in shock, and the pain stabbed out a foot away.
"Where to go!" Zhao Yanhao flew up like a projectile from two feet away, and in the blink of an eye, he reached Dongfang Zhen's body, and his palm slammed into his heart.