In October of the eighth year of Shaoxing of Gaozong of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Ding resigned as prime minister, and Qin Hui finally monopolized power and decided to negotiate peace with Jin Guo. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThe subjects of the Great Song Dynasty discussed a lot, and they all opposed the peace, but Qin Hui took the opportunity to exclude dissidents, suppressed Zhongliang, and demoted the ministers who had opinions on the peace discussion from the court.

In the first month of the following year, the peace agreement was completed, but the Jin people did not call the Song Dynasty but "Jiangnan", and did not say "peace" but "edict", and completely placed the Great Song Dynasty in the status of vassals. Although Emperor Gaozong listened to Qin Hui's advice and agreed to negotiate peace, he was also very angry at this time. Fearing that there would be fraud, they never relaxed their border defenses, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others actively prepared for war, and they all went to the table one after another, preparing to cross the river and the northern expedition. At this time, although Jin Wushu lost his position in the Jin Kingdom due to opposition to peace, the power in his hands was still extremely strong, and he was silently planning in secret, preparing to go south again and attack the Great Song Dynasty. Therefore, although the Song and Jin countries reached a peace agreement, they had their own plans and did not achieve real peace.

In Hengshan in August, it can be said that the heat is unbearable, but just after noon, there was a sound of stabbing on the martial arts field, and it turned out that Dugu Jian was practicing under the scorching sun. Since he returned from Yongzhou with a few junior disciples in May, he has not come down again. It's just that Liu Qingzhou, who has not been down the mountain for many years, received a letter not long after he came back, and after reading the letter, he found Dugu Jian and confessed: "Jian'er, Confucius said, a man is twenty and crowned, and now you are an adult, and you have also made a name for yourself in the rivers and lakes, so you have to take on a big responsibility." Master received an urgent letter that he wanted to go down the mountain to do something very important, and you should lead your junior brothers and sisters to live at home, practice martial arts diligently, and guard the mountain gate, understand?"

When Dugu Jian thought of this, he always felt that the master was explaining what was going on, because he had never seen Liu Qingzhou explain anything with that tone and face, and Liu Qingzhou had never gone down the mountain again in order to save Yue Fei in the past ten years. This time, he wanted to go down the mountain alone, and no matter how he asked, he refused to tell what was going on. and also explained that he should not be in a hurry to avenge his father, but must be patient and wait for the opportunity.

Think about it since I knew that the big enemy was Zhang Feng, I was thinking about revenge all the time, but at this time, the master had to endure it himself, and there must be something in it. Thinking of this, Dugu Jian sighed, suddenly slashed out a sword, and said angrily: "Zhang Feng dog thief, national hatred and family hatred, not to share the sky, sooner or later I will kill you and avenge my father!" At this time, I saw Lu Qing hurriedly running over and shouting loudly: "Senior brother!"

Dugu Jian turned around and asked, "Senior Brother Qing, is there something wrong?" Lu Qing took Dugu Jian's hand: "Senior Brother, hurry up, Master is back." "That's great, let's go see Master!" Dugu Jian was very surprised, and ran forward with Lu Qing.

"Senior brother, it's just that the master is seriously injured, tell you to go quickly......" Before Lu Qing finished speaking, Dugu Jian only heard this, so he didn't care about anything else, shook off Lu Qing's hand, and quickly ran to the house.

When they arrived outside Liu Qingzhou's house, they saw that all the disciples had already crowded the house, and when they saw Dugu Jian coming, they all hurriedly got out of the way. Dugu Jian came to the bedside and saw Liu Qingzhou lying on the bed, his face pale, and his arm exposed outside the quilt had multiple injuries. Qu Xia had tears in her eyes, and was wiping the blood and sweat on Liu Qingzhou's face with a handkerchief, while Ma Tao and Jiang Xu stood aside, their faces full of sadness. Dugu Jian "poofed", knelt on the side of the bed, choked and shouted softly: "Master!" Liu Qingzhou slowly opened his eyes, smiled slightly, and replied slowly: "Jian'er, you are here." ”

"Master, what's wrong with you, why are you so seriously injured?" Turning to Jiang Xu, he said, "Senior Brother Xu, go and get the 'Spring Flower and Winter Snow Pill' to heal Master's injuries." ”

"No need, Jian'er, I have fought dozens of vicious battles with the killers of the Five Colors Sect, the tendons and veins on my body have all been broken, and my martial arts have been lost, and it is not easy to survive until I return to the mountain. Saying that, Liu Qingzhou breathed a sigh of relief, and Qu Xia hurriedly helped him on his chest. After a while, Liu Qingzhou continued: "Jian'er, my limit has arrived, and my life is short. God is fortunate to have you good apprentices to inherit the mantle. From now on, you are the head of this Hengshan faction, and you have to take on a great responsibility, lead all the disciples, and carry forward my Hengshan sect. With tears in his eyes, Dugu Jian pounced on Liu Qingzhou and cried: "No, Master, Jian'er's parents died when he was a child, and he was raised by the master and taught him martial arts. Master, you will be fine, you will be well if you recuperate. ”

Liu Qingzhou smiled and said, "Good boy, Master's own life, can I still not know it? My Eight Veins of the Qi Sutra have all been broken, even if Divine Doctor Du is reincarnated, I am afraid that he will not be able to save my life." Dugu Jian shook his head, "No, Master, there will definitely be a way, I will work with my junior brothers to find a way, and I will definitely be able to cure you!"

"Xia'er, help me up. Qu Xia nodded, helped Liu Qingzhou to sit up, he took Dugu Jian's hand, and said, "Jian'er, do you remember what I told you before I went down the mountain this time?" Dugu Jian nodded. "Well, then you're going to take on the responsibility. You have all heard clearly, from now on, Dugu Jian is the twenty-seventh generation head of my Hengshan faction! After the death of the teacher, the heavy responsibility of taking charge of the Hengshan faction will fall on your shoulders......" Liu Qingzhou said to the disciples again.

Dugu Jian knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Liu Qingzhou, and cried and said: "The disciple must obey the master's orders, and the disciple must remember the master's teachings and not dishonor the prestige of my Hengshan faction." Liu Qingzhou nodded with a smile, but suddenly there was a violent cough, which frightened everyone and hurriedly squeezed over. Qu Xia hurriedly patted him on the back, and Ma Tao took the tea and handed it over.

Liu Qingzhou took a sip of water, felt better, and continued: "Jian'er, there is one more thing here for the teacher, I want you to do it as soon as possible." ”

"But according to Master's orders, the disciple will definitely go all out!"

"Jian'er, don't ask anything first, wait until I'm done. This time I was chased and killed by the killers of the Five Colors Sect, it was all because of a bloody letter, this letter is very important, you must find it as soon as possible, and then send it to Liu Zhongyuan, the head of Wuyi Mountain. Poof!" Liu Qingzhou said this, but spit out a mouthful of blood, and everyone panicked again.

Liu Qingzhou waved his hand, and then said: "Now, this letter should still be with your Uncle Feng and Uncle Zhuang, the two of them went east from Hongzhou and led me away from the pursuit of the Five Color Sect, so that I could come back safely." Jian'er, your two uncles, Feng and Zhuang, have lost all their martial arts, and one has broken an arm, but you are afraid that there will be more and more luck, you have to move as soon as possible, just afraid of dragging it out, poof!" Liu Qingzhou spat out another mouthful of blood. Dugu Jian hurriedly got up, pressed his palm against Liu Qingzhou's palm, and sent a stream of true qi over, "Master, don't talk yet, wait for Jian'er to heal you." ”

"No need, Jian'er, life and death are fate, why force it? You must find the blood book and send it to Master Liu! I only hate, cough cough, the waikou is not extinguished, poof!" Liu Qingzhou pulled Dugu Jian's hand hard, and after explaining this, he spit out another mouthful of blood, and his body softened, and he fell on Qu Xia's body, and he actually went like this!

Qu Xia slowly raised her hand, tried her snort, looked at Dugu Jian, and cried and said, "Senior brother, master, master is gone." Woooooooo When all the disciples heard this, they all fell to their knees and cried loudly, "Master!"

Dugu Jian knelt on the ground and kowtowed respectfully to Liu Qingzhou's corpse, "Master, you can go with peace of mind, the disciple will definitely fulfill your last wish, find the blood letter, and hand it over to the head of Wuyi Mountain!" After speaking, he wiped his tears, stood up, turned to the other disciples and said, "Senior brothers, Master has already left, please hold back your grief and arrange for Master with me." ”

"Yes, I will obey the orders of the senior brother in charge. After listening to Dugu Jian's instructions, everyone held back their tears and agreed in unison.

"Senior Brother Qing, you take a few people to decorate the mourning hall now; Senior Brother Tao, you take someone to prepare a good coffin for Master; Senior Brother Xu, you wipe off Master's body and put on the best clothes; Senior Sister Xia, you go and sort out Master's relics and put them in Master's coffin together in a while; and the rest of you junior brothers, follow me to the cemetery in the back mountain to dig a grave for Master. Dugu Jian's arrangement one by one was well organized and not chaotic at all, and everyone around him left in response.

When he walked out of the door, he turned around and glanced at Liu Qingzhou again, and then took a few junior disciples and took tools to the cemetery in the back mountain to dig a grave for Liu Qingzhou.

After more than an hour, they had already dug the cemetery. Lu Qing and others also came to report, saying that everything had been arranged. Dugu Jian and everyone came to the mourning hall, and everyone worked together to put Liu Qingzhou's body into the coffin. Just as he was about to seal the coffin, Qu Xia took his hand and cried and said, "Senior brother, let me look at Master again." Dugu Jian looked at Qu Xia, who was crying with pear blossoms and rain, and silently loosened the lid of the coffin, Qu Xia looked at Liu Qingzhou's face and cried more and more sadly. Dugu Jian gently patted Qu Xia's back and said comfortingly: "Senior sister, let's let the master enter the ground as soon as possible." Qu Xia turned around and hugged Dugu Jian, "Senior brother! ”

Dugu Jian comforted him again, and then closed the coffin with everyone, he walked to the spiritual platform, and said to everyone: "Fellow disciples, everyone has heard the master's last will before he died, I am entrusted by the master, and I want to go to Hongzhou as soon as possible to pick up Feng and Zhuang's two uncles, and retrieve the blood book." Therefore, I cannot hold a vigil for Master, and I ask you to join me in burying Master first. Everyone replied in unison: "Yes, the order of the senior brother in charge." ”

At that moment, one after another, everyone kowtowed three times in front of the altar. Then, together with Dugu Jian, he carried the coffin to the back mountain and buried Liu Qingzhou, and everyone cried again.

Back in the mourning hall, Dugu Jian looked at the layout again and said, "Senior Brother Qing, the first seven miles of the master, don't remove this first, everyone is here to guard the master's spirit." Lu Qing responded. Dugu Jian turned to look at everyone, and said, "During the time I went down the mountain, Senior Brother Lu Qing was in charge of the affairs of the sect on my behalf, and everyone had to obey his arrangement. Everyone agreed. Lu Qing arched his hand and said, "I would like to follow the orders of the senior brother in charge." Dugu Jian then said to Jiang Xu: "Senior Brother Xu, you are resourceful, and Master often praises you, I am not on the mountain, you have to take a lot of trouble to help Senior Brother Qing." Jiang Xu also replied.

Lu Qing opened his mouth and asked, "Senior brother, Master just mentioned that he was hunted down and killed by the Five-Color Sect, but wasn't the Five-Color Sect wiped out forty years ago?" Dugu Jian shook his head, "I don't know, I always wanted to ask just now, but I didn't have time, alas." Ma Tao continued: "Senior brother, Master told us before that the Five Colors Sect is insidious and secretive, and the people inside are all big devils who kill people without blinking, you should pay attention to it." Dugu Jian nodded, Qu Xia listened to Ma Tao's words, and hurriedly said: "Senior brother, then I'll go and bring Master's Danxin Sword, you take self-defense." ”

Dugu Jian looked at Qu Xia, shook his head, and said, "I have low skills, how can I use Master's sword? Jiang Xu said: "Senior brother, you still have Master's Danxin Sword with you." Back then, on Mount Tai, Nangong extinguished the sharpness of the 'Juque Sword', and even broke Fang Daxia's five famous swords, or the master borrowed the Danxin sword, so that Fang Daxia was able to defeat Nangong Xuan. You'd better defend yourself. Besides, I heard Master say once again that there is a big secret hidden in this sword, wouldn't it be better if you could find out the secret here?" Dugu Jian waved his hand, "No, now my kung fu may not be able to keep the Danxin Sword, it is better to leave it on the mountain." I have made up my mind, so do not persuade you. And they were silent, and they were no longer silent.

Dugu Jian looked at everyone and said, "Okay, everyone can stay on the mountain with peace of mind, practice hard, and guard the spirit of the master, I will definitely complete the master's last life and return safely." ”

Everyone sent Dugu Jian out of the mountain gate and came up to hug him. Qu Xia was the last to come up, hugged Dugu Jian and said, "Senior brother, you must come back safely." Dugu Jian let go of Qu Xia, patted her shoulder, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'll be fine." Qu Xia nodded vigorously.

Dugu Jian turned over and got on his horse, said goodbye to everyone, galloped his horse, and went down the mountain. Three days later, he rushed to the outskirts of Hongzhou. He knew that since the two uncles wanted to lure away the killers for their masters, they would inevitably leave clues to attract the attention of those killers. Although it has been seven or eight days, there must still be traces. Therefore, he searched carefully in the north and west of the city, and finally found the contact code of the Hengshan faction that was left near the north of the city.

He took a closer look at the code and confirmed that it had been carved recently. So he followed the instructions of the cipher and headed all the way east. When he arrived at Poyang Lake, he found another code, but this code was directed to the lake. Dugu Jian thought to himself: "Could it be that the two senior uncles led the killers of the Five Colors Sect to Poyang Lake?"

At that moment, he went to the boatman by the lake to inquire about the situation. I asked several families in a row, and they all said that they had not seen anyone fighting on the lake recently. "Could it be that I guessed wrong? Didn't the two uncles go to the lake?" Dugu Jian thought about it, but he didn't have a clue. He stood by the lake, quietly looking at the lake, but could not get a message.

After a while, a fishing boat passed by, and the two fishermen on the boat were saying: "Brother, this Beitou Island has been sealed by that group of people for three days, what do you say they are doing? Why don't we go and take a look?" The other person hurriedly stopped, "Be quiet, you don't want to die! That group of people are all murderous without blinking, the day before yesterday, didn't the Zhang family brothers from Hudong Village just pass by by the boat, and after two more looks, they killed them......" The one behind him couldn't hear clearly because the boat went away.

However, this can be regarded as stepping on the iron shoes and finding nowhere to go, so it takes no effort to get it. "Seal the island", "kill without blinking", "three days", Dugu Jian combined these, and immediately thought that this must be the killers of the Five Colors Sect who besieged their two uncles on the island. So, he asked the boat family to go to Beitou Island, but when the people nearby heard it, they were reluctant to go. Dugu Jian knew that these people must have been frightened by the Five Colors Sect, and he didn't want to embarrass these boatmen. I rented a small boat at a high price, asked where Beitou Island was, and rowed alone.

It was getting dark, the sun had set, and the lake was almost unclear. Dugu Jian was very worried in his heart, although the night could give him a good cover, but it would also make him feel the wrong direction. If that's the case, I'm afraid it will be difficult to go up to Beitou Island tonight and pick up the two uncles. He rowed as hard as he could, but he still couldn't see the North Head Island that the boatmen were talking about. The sky was getting darker and darker, and there was not even moonlight, so Dugu Jian was even more anxious.

Suddenly, he saw a little fire flashing in the distance, and his heart was overjoyed, thinking that it must be not far from Beitou Island. So Dugu Jian slowly approached the boat and took a closer look. Not far away was a small island, and the fire shone from a large boat on the edge of the island. Fearing that he would be noticed, he rowed the boat no longer forward, but toward the island. After a while, he rowed to the shore, and found a place where he could hide, and cut some branches to cover the boat. He walked quietly along the shore to the big ship that was lit by fire.

When he got closer, Dugu Jian hid in the grass, observing the movements of the people on the boat. At this time, it was time to eat on the ship, and most of the people were eating on deck. Under the light of the fire, Dugu Jian saw that these people were all wearing the same clothes, the upper body was either red or gray, and the lower body was a pair of black trousers. These people look very powerful, their arms and thighs look extremely thick, and they are obviously people who have practiced martial arts all year round and are strong in kung fu.

At this time, more than two dozen people walked in the forest not far from the island, led by one, wearing masks and lilac shirts, followed by people who were wearing the same clothes as on the deck. I saw the man walk to the side of the boat and scolded loudly: "******, Lao Tzu hasn't come back yet, you bunnies will eat first, you want to go to heaven, right?" "Third brother, why is there so much anger? Hurry up and have two drinks with my brother. Out of the cabin came another man in a purple shirt, but he was not wearing a mask. Hearing this man's words, the masked man on the shore jumped on the deck on tiptoe and said, "Big brother, it's been three days, and I still haven't found the letter." You said that those two old things, one with a broken arm, the other without kung fu, are still so hard-mouthed, and they don't say where they hid their letters until they die. The man in the purple shirt whispered something again, and the two walked into the cabin.

At this time, Dugu Jian was already very sure that this group of people was the killer of the Five Colors Sect, those two people must be the leaders, and the two "old things" they just said must be their two uncles, listening to their tone, these two uncles must have been killed. He slapped the ground hard, trying to rush up and kill them all. But he also knew that with his own strength, he would definitely not be able to defeat these people, and he could only outwit them.

On this big ship, there are thirty or forty people who have just emerged, plus the ones in the cabin, I am afraid that there will be at least fifty or more people, how can we get rid of them quietly? Dugu Jian lay on his stomach in the grass and pondered, but he had no clue.

After about half an hour, the two purple-shirted men came out of the cabin, and the unmasked man said, "Third child, you have a good rest tonight, and I'll take someone to look for it again." The other said, "Okay, big brother, be careful, I'll replace you early tomorrow morning." After saying that, the purple-shirted man without a mask took twenty or thirty killers, got off the boat, and walked into the woods. Dugu Jian had the heart to follow and take a look, but he was afraid of being discovered, so he kept lying there motionless.

The masked man on the ship walked on the deck for a while humming an unknown song, and shouted loudly: "Dead one, what time is it now?" A red-clothed killer hurriedly ran over and replied: "Third master, it's already time." "Yo, it's so late, why don't you go to bed yet! Wake up the early for me tomorrow!" the masked man almost pressed the killer's nose, "leave four people on the ship for the night, and the rest will go back to the cabin immediately!"

"Yes, third master, the little one will be arranged. The red-clothed killer hurriedly ran away to arrange it. Seeing all this, Dugu Jian thought in his heart: "It seems that this masked man has a very bad temper, and he only arranged for four people to keep vigil, it seems that this is an opportunity." He quietly got up and slowly retreated into the woods, and began to look for the traces of the killers who had entered the woods.

On the other side of the woods, there are mountains on the island, and Dugu Jian saw from a distance that there were many killers at the foot of the mountain with torches looking for something, these people were in groups of two, and the distance between them was not very far, which was very convenient for support. The purple-shirted man stood in the middle of these people, in charge of the overall situation.

Dugu Jian thought about it in his heart, in this situation, it is difficult to take advantage of these people, it will be easier to kill the people on the ship first. So, he quietly retreated into the grass on the shore and began to wait silently for the opportunity.