In less than two hours, Iron Eagle had prepared his things and prepared a dozen horses to serve as mounts. They carried the coffin into the temple gate, gave each person a white cloth tied around their waists, and then carefully put Zhong Yuanpeng's body into the coffin together.

Ling Jun said: "We set off overnight, and we will be able to return to the fort tomorrow afternoon." Everyone shouted in unison. Ling Junlai turned to He Yuelian and said, "Miss He, those two scum haven't gone far yet, I will let Tie Ying lead someone to escort you back to the righteous faction to ensure that you are unscathed and live up to Brother Zhong's promise." He Yuelian thanked and agreed. Ling Junlai said again: "As for your faction's "Demon Suppression Sword Codex" was exchanged for Brother Zhong's life, it will be temporarily kept by us for three months, during which no one will peep, and after three months, the "Demon Suppression Sword Codex" and "Yijin Sutra" will be returned to your faction and Shaolin. He Yuelian snorted, could only agree, and after thanking her again, she got on the horse and left.

Luo Tianchu wiped his tears, bumped the soulless Zhu Yu with his elbow, and said, "If you don't ask for a clear word, it will be difficult to meet in the future." Zhu Yushi woke up like a dream, and shouted: "Yuelian go slowly, I have something to say!" He Yuelian blushed, bowed her head and said, "What do you have to say." Zhu Yushi grabbed her horse's head and said with true feelings: "Yuelian, are you willing to marry me? I have lost my eldest brother and don't want to lose you anymore." He Yuelian's face was even redder, and she said embarrassedly: "You bastard, you say some crazy things in front of so many people, I want you if you don't want to be cheeky." Zhu Yushi was stunned, and said seriously: "I just like you, you won't marry in this life!" He Yuelian didn't expect him to be so bold, her heart trembled, and she didn't know what to say.

It turned out that Zhong Yuanpeng's death was too big a blow to Zhu Yushi, so he was so out of shape, desperate to say what he didn't dare to say if he was killed. Zhu Yushi stared at her expectantly for a long time, and sighed: "If the girl refuses, give me a clear word, let me die of this heart." He Yuelian bit her lip and hesitated for a long time, and said, "I can't promise you." Zhu Yushi nodded as if he knew the end, and let go of the reins of the horse. He Yuelian suddenly blushed and added: "The order of my parents, the words of the matchmaker, my father must agree first." Zhu Yushi was stunned for a moment, looked at her with bright eyes, and immediately understood the meaning of her metaphor, and said happily: "Okay, okay, I will find a way to propose to He Er's family." He Yuelian let out an "um", looked at him deeply, lifted the reins of the horse, and ran out first. Ling Junlai suddenly said: "Xiaoying, after arriving at the Zhengyi faction, you can adapt to Xiao Zhu's affairs." Tie Ying was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Understood!" patted Zhu Yushi on the shoulder, and led the four soldiers to follow He Yuelian.

Ling Junlai and they also set off, he rode a tall horse to the front, Luo Zhu and the others drove the carriage behind, and then Yan Weifeng and a bloody knife fort soldiers. Luo Tianchu asked: "Castle Master, where is the Blood Knife Castle?" Ling Jun came and said: "It's on the Ancestral Dragon Mountain, according to which there are still two or three hundred miles away. Luo Tianchuqi said: "How can the castle lord come to the rescue in time when he is so far away?" Ling Jun said: "The eyeliner of my castle is all over the world, not to mention the territory of Sichuan, and I can't hide it from us at all. "Luo Tianchu thought that the Blood Knife Fort was unknown in the rivers and lakes, but he didn't expect it to be so powerful, if all the heroes in the fort came out to walk the rivers and lakes, I believe that within a month, the name of the Blood Knife Fort will spread all over the streets and alleys.

In the early morning, the road is flat and open, surrounded by endless rice fields, and seven or eight villages are connected end to end, paved one after another, with 100,000 households, forming a unique scenery. The men in the village all wear short shirts with narrow sleeves and long trousers with wide pleats, and the women have their heads wrapped around their heads, and the style of the houses is very different from that of the Han people. There are also such ethnic minorities as Qiang, Tibetan and Miao. They are strong and united with the outside world, and they do not interfere with the river water from each other's wells, and no one buys their accounts except for our Blood Knife Fort. Luo Tianchuqi said: "Why is our face so big?" Ling Junlai was about to speak, only to see a young man of the Yi nationality who was playing in the field recognized Ling Junlai, he was stunned at first, and then showed an excited look, hurriedly saluted him, and sang a Yi song loudly. The song was very short, only one sentence, but not long after it was sung, a Yi peasant woman not far away also sang it, just like a young man singing. Zhu Yushi said, "What are they singing?" A Blood Knife Fort soldier smiled, "They are singing about the arrival of the Moon God, and those who have received gifts come and pay a visit." ”

At this time, the nearest villagers also began to sing, and in the blink of an eye, two villages, three villages, and finally all the villages sang together. In less than a while, tens of thousands of men, women, and children walked out of the village and gathered on both sides of the dirt road, bowing and chanting blessings. Some Yi people knelt down religiously and put the basket containing wine and meat on their heads for Ling Junlai and his party to eat. Only then did Luo Zhu and the others understand that the moon god in their mouths was Ling Junlai. The ranks of the people were three miles long. Luo Zhu and the others had never seen such a large welcome formation, which shows that the people of the Yi nationality respect Ling Junlai like a god. A few old men saw Ling Junlai's mount walking by, and they actually lay on the ground and threw themselves to the ground. The young girls danced like they saw their lovers, elated, stretched out their jade arms to Ling Junlai, and waved frequently. The young boy showed admiration and watched the journey. Luo Zhu and the others sighed with emotion in their hearts, it was unimaginable that the ethnic minorities with strong folk customs could not even manage the government, but they were willing to bow down to Ling Junlai.

Ling Junlai and the others dismounted and walked, and he saluted the villagers with his fists, but did not ask for anything. Luo Zhu and the two walked in it, deeply felt the enthusiasm and simplicity of the Yi people, and also learned to return the gift to the Yi people like Lingjun, several girls secretly sent Qiu Bo to the two, how could the two of them have received such courtesy, if it wasn't for Zhong Yuanpeng's death to hit them too hard, they would have been fluttering at this time.

At this time, an old man of the Yi nationality walked out of the crowd, dressed much more luxuriously than ordinary Yi people, came to Ling Junlai's side and knelt on his knees, slowly lowered his arms flat, and then lay on the ground with his whole body. Ling Junlai hurriedly clasped his hands together and said, "Patriarch Guomu, it's time to break Ling." After getting up, the Guomu patriarch sang in Chinese: "Great Moon God, you live on the sacred mountain, refuse our thanks, your generosity has made your people feel uneasy, and it is our honor for you to pass by the Yi land this time." Please accept these small gifts anyway. ”

After speaking, a few Yi men carried a small box and put it on the ground, the Guomu patriarch opened the box, which was full of gold beads and precious shellfish, and the Guomu patriarch said: "These are all filial piety to you, you have been refusing to accept it, so you have accumulated so much, and I hope to accept it." Ling Junlai said: "Thank you for the kindness of the patriarch, but I can't accept such a heavy gift." The fruit wood patriarch said: "Don't be too thin, the castle master should not be too thin, and there are other gifts to offer, girl." At this time, two Yi girls came to the front, both dressed in Han costumes, and they were twin sisters, fifteen or sixteen years old, peugeot and cute. Ling Junlai was puzzled: "What does this mean?" Patriarch Guomu said: "These two girls have only done the 'Returning Skirt Ceremony', and they have come to serve you." Ling Junlai couldn't help but laugh and said, "I'm a family person, so don't you embarrass me?" The Guomu patriarch said in fear: "They can only be the descendants of the Moon God, how dare they embarrass the Moon God." Ling Junlai smiled bitterly and shook his head. The patriarch of Guomu said: "If the moon god does not accept it, the old man will lead the clan to kneel and worship here for three days without eating or drinking, in order to show sincerity." Ling Junlai really had no choice, so he had to say: "That's it, I'll keep the treasure, and the girl really doesn't dare to accept it." The fruit tree patriarch said: "Since the Moon God has made up his mind, I don't dare to force it." This is to send the respected car on the road. After saying that, they greeted in Yi language, and the Yi people said goodbye to the convoy one after another.

Ling Junlai and they continued to hurry with the team, Luo Tianchu asked curiously: "May I ask the castle lord, where did the name of the Moon God come from?" Ling Junlai said: "Thirteen years ago, horse thieves were rampant in Sichuan, and the biggest horse thief leader was named Li Cheng. People of all ethnic groups can't afford to provoke him, and the government can't do anything about him. Later, the Yi, Qiang, Tibetan, and Miao tribes united to resist the horse thieves, but who knew that the matter was leaked, and Li Cheng launched a sneak attack on the night when they raised their troops, intending to annihilate all their strong men. Most of Li Cheng's subordinates were defeated soldiers of the Song Dynasty, and the battle was quite disciplined, although the warriors of the four clans were brave, they had no experience in fighting, and they were defeated by Li Cheng in several rounds of killing. Fortunately, I learned about this in advance, and immediately led three thousand warriors in the fort to support in the starry night, and coincidentally, when we appeared on the top of the mountain to rush down to Li Cheng's army, a bright moon rose from behind the mountain, bright and bright, and Li Cheng's formation was clearly illuminated, but the other party could only see our vague figure, I don't know how many soldiers and horses were killed, and Li Cheng was suddenly confused. The warriors of the four clans thought that the heavenly soldiers had descended to earth, and their morale was greatly boosted, and they attacked us on both sides, and Li Cheng, who was killed, was defeated and retreated. The ethnic minorities are simple and superstitious, and since then I have had the title of the moon god. In the next few years, I led the crowd to quell several other waves of Sichuan bandits, and since then peace has been achieved. Because of the good relationship with the ethnic minorities, strong men of all ethnic groups have joined our fort, which is also the reason why our fort has grown rapidly over the years. Zhu Yushi said: "I heard Brother Zhong say that the castle lord is a god-like figure, and he really deserves his name. Ling Jun said: "Actually, I don't want to be mythologized, but Gongsun Junshi said that the people of the four tribes are strong and do not obey discipline, but they are respectful to the gods, and for the great cause of my castle, I will be forced to be a moon god." Luo Tianchu was moved: "We are just two good-for-nothing boys, the big people have always looked down on us, but the castle master has taken the trouble to answer our questions, and our lives will be sold to the Blood Knife Castle." Ling Jun came and said: "Since we are brothers, if we say such things again, we will see the outside." The two of them were very excited, who would dare to think that a character like Ling Junlai would call himself a brother. Yan Weifeng also secretly sighed when he heard their conversation, he had always felt that Wang Renxiao was very great before, and only then did he understand what the real greatness was.

In the afternoon, there were many more gifts on the carriage, and when passing through the territory of the Qiang and Miao people, the general situation happened as before. The people spontaneously came to greet each other, and Jun Lai had no choice but to accept the gift. At dusk they left the avenue, entered the forest path, and walked for another hour to the foot of the ancestral dragon mountain.

Zulong Mountain is towering and towering, the weather is thousands, vertical and horizontal for hundreds of miles, undulating, it is the first big mountain in a radius of 100 miles. The shrubs on the mountain are overgrown, the emerald green is stacked, and a ten-zhang waterfall pours down from the karst cave like a broken line of rain curtains, and falls on the waterhole halfway up the mountain. The water of the pools overflowed when it was full, and then flowed into the pools below, one after the other, as many as seven pools, and the last pool fell at the foot of the mountain, and the overflowing water formed a meandering stream that flowed past the people. Look up, the mountain is full of sharp walls, dangerous rocks are dangerous, broken like an axe chisel, and there is only one winding path to go up the mountain. On the other side is a cliff, and the slightest mistake in the pond will cause people and horses to fall into the mountain stream. Luo Zhu and the others didn't dare to catch the car, so they led the horse uphill together. Turn a mountain col, in front of you is a wide flat land, a stone village built by the mountain towers upright, the stone village is built with mountain stones, when the road stands, close to the cliff, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The horizontal stone on the gate of the village is engraved with the three words of 'Yellow River Village', which takes the meaning of 'not dying until the Yellow River'. Dozens of soldiers of the Blood Knife Fort on the wall, their weapons and waists were tied with white cloths, and the news of Zhong Yuanpeng's death had already been summoned back by Tie Ying's subordinates.

At this time, the gate opened, and two men and a woman walked out. The leader is a white-faced scribe, eight feet tall, elegant and steady, calm and calm, with the light of wisdom in his eyes, and the demeanor of Zhuge was born. The yellow-faced man on the left has short eyebrows and narrow eyes, a wide body and long arms, and is very powerful. On the right is a young girl, fifteen or sixteen years old, with a graceful figure, moth eyebrows and almond eyes, high nose and red lips, dark clouds hanging down her shoulders, with a hint of arrogance at the corners of her mouth, a pair of black and slippery beautiful eyes staring at Luo Zhu and the others, looking at them with an unkind expression.

The white-faced scribe first saluted Ling Junlai and said, "The castle lord has worked hard all the way, and the subordinates of the Zhong Zhai lord have already learned about it. Ling Junlai nodded sadly and said, "Is the mourning hall ready?" The white-faced scribe said: "Time is in a hurry, just a simple arrangement, all the hall masters and village masters are waiting at the station, for the Zhong Zhai master to 'catch the wind'." Ling Jun came and said, "Okay." The yellow-faced man knelt beside the carriage, holding Zhong Yuanpeng's coffin and beating his chest and crying. Ling Jun came and said: "Lord Yang Zhai, you also mourn, let's go up the mountain." The yellow-faced man wiped away his tears and said, "Yes." ”

Luo Zhu and the others listened to Zhong Yuanpeng introduce many characters in the Blood Knife Castle, and the white-faced scribe must be the military advisor Gongsun Mingyue. The yellow-faced man should be Yang Tan, the owner of the Yellow River Village who guards the first checkpoint. But I don't know who the beautiful girl is. The beautiful girl suddenly said: "Dad, these two boys are Uncle Zhong's sworn brothers?" Ling Junlai nodded and said: "Yes, these young heroes who have not yet been introduced to the new castle, this is Luo Tianchu, this is Zhu Yushi, and this is Yan Weifeng from Youlongmen, who has now switched to my castle." The three of them saluted Gongsun Mingyue and Yang Tan respectively and exchanged names. The beautiful girl glanced at Luo Zhu and the others contemptuously, and said: "Your martial arts are so poor, what kind of young heroes are you? Uncle Zhong's martial arts are so good, at least you can get out of the way, you must have been killed by these two burdens, Uncle Zhong is a hero, what kind of righteousness do you talk to these two stinky boys!" Luo Zhu's faces turned white and red, and they were ashamed and indignant in their hearts, thinking about it carefully, what she said was not unreasonable, if she really had the ability. The eldest brother will not die, and can only blame himself for his incompetence. Ling Junlai reprimanded angrily: "Xue'er is presumptuous, what does her daughter's family know, she is righteous and can divide people, although they don't know martial arts now, they may not be useless in the future." The girl snorted, pursed her lips and stopped talking, it turned out that she was Ling Junlai's only daughter, Ling Xue'er.

Under the leadership of Yang Tan, everyone walked into the Yellow River Village, only to see that the internal layout is rigorous, the soldiers are lined up, the atmosphere is solemn, the five huge stone houses are very conspicuous, almost half of the space, each stone house has 80 beds, can accommodate 400 soldiers for food and lodging. The northeast corner and the northwest corner are each placed two warehouses, one to store grain, the other to store weapons, but the open space in the middle is a playground for military training.

After passing through the Yellow River Village, the group circled up the mountain, where the mountain road was even steeper, and Yang Tan found several young and strong soldiers to carry Zhong Yuanpeng's coffin forward. Half an hour later, I came to the 'lock demon village', which was also built by the mountain, and the pattern was similar to that of the Yellow River Village. Gao Xuan, the owner of the village, was already waiting outside the village, and after saluting everyone, he knelt down and bowed to Zhong Yuanpeng's coffin. Luo Zhu and the others heard Zhong Yuanpeng say that Gao Xuan was good at the art of disguise, and the human skin mask he made had no flaws, which was enough to be fake and real, but he was lustful for life, Zhong Yuanpeng didn't like it, and his friendship was average.

Gao Xuan accompanied everyone to continue up the mountain. Along the way, there are strange peaks and waterfalls, and strange beasts in caves emerge in endlessly, which is refreshing and pleasant. Luo Tianchu exclaimed: "It's really wonderful to build a village in this mountain. Gongsun Mingyue let out an "oh" and said, "What's the wonderful?" Luo Tianchu said: "The terrain is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, needless to say, the key is that this mountain has sufficient water and rich prey, even if it is surrounded by thousands of troops and horses, it will not worry about eating and drinking for a year and a half, and it is not wonderful?" Gongsun Mingyue smiled slightly and nodded in approval. The beautiful girl glanced at Luo Tianchu and said, "Be smart." ”

Then he arrived at Guwang Village, Zhong Yuanpeng only said that the owner of the village was named Jia Yinyang, and he did not introduce it too much. The strange thing is that Guwang Village is not as heavily guarded as the first two villages, there are no defenders at all, only four Miao old people sit in the village, eating tea around the table, and when they see everyone, they don't even get up to greet each other. It's no surprise that the people of the Blood Knife Castle have become commonplace. Gongsun Mingyue said: "Where is the master of Jia Zhai now?" An old man said: "Refining Gu in the house, it is at a critical moment, and no one is allowed to disturb it." He said that he would rush to 'Tuotianling' in half an hour to participate in the deliberations. ”

There are only a dozen black cabins in Guwang Village, and the doors of the wooden houses are closed, gloomy and full of mystery. There was a strange smell in the air around them, like a mixture of herbs, blood and rancidity, and it was disgusting to smell too much. When they left the village, Luo Zhu and the others came out almost pinching their noses. Ling Xue'er frightened them and said: "The smell on the Lord of Jia Zhai is even stronger, if you dare to pinch your nose in front of the Lord of Jia Zhai, just wait for it to turn into thick water." "Luo Zhu and the others don't understand what Gu is, they only feel that it is related to poison. Luo Tianchu asked: "Why is the Gu Wang Village unguarded? If the enemy attacks and does not attack itself?" Ling Junlai and the others successively bowed down, Gongsun Mingyue said: "Among the six major villages, the Gu Wang Village is the most terrifying, it is definitely the enemy's nightmare, and those who don't know how many people will die. Luo Zhu and the two looked at each other in amazement.