The torches in the cave illuminated the entire cave very brightly, Dugu Jian tore off the killer's clothes and wrapped the bodies of the two uncles, but found that there was a bloody handprint on the back of Uncle Zhuang, "Strange, although the two uncles were tortured, there was no injury on their backs, and there was no handprint on Uncle Feng's back, where did Uncle Zhuang's bloody handprint come from?" Uncle Feng's right arm was broken, so he left his left handprint on Uncle Zhuang's back, so there must be some intention, and even if these killers found out, they might not be able to detect anything. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info But what does this bloody handprint represent?"

He began to look closely at the bloody handprint again: the five fingers were pointing downward, and the palms were pointing towards the top of the head. Dugu Jian looked up at the top of the cave, but he didn't find any clues, he looked into the inside of the cave, and saw the firelight reflecting his shadow, pulling it out for a long time. He glanced at it suddenly, but found that there were also several bloody handprints on the big stone that he had just placed his uncle, and with blood stains, it was already a little difficult to see clearly. Dugu Jian hurriedly approached to take a look and looked at it carefully for a while. He found that only one of these mudras was left-handed, and the others were right-handed!

He hurriedly walked out of the cave, and at this time the sky was already bright, and Dugu Jian found another bloody handprint on a big tree not far from the cave, but it was from his right hand. He searched for many more trees in succession, and finally found that on the fifth large tree facing the entrance of the cave was a left-hand handprint, but the direction of the finger was pointing north, and only three fingers were exposed. By this time he had already understood why, and he walked a short distance north, and saw another tree, and on the third tree facing the tree just now, and sure enough, there was a bloody handprint on his left hand! This time it was only four fingers, but the direction was pointing east. Dugu Jian walked over again, and found the fourth tree, another left-hand handprint!

This time, however, he was pointing to the ground, and he hurriedly crouched down and groped around, and sure enough, he found that the soil behind the tree looked like new soil, and the grass covering it had also turned yellow and withered. Dugu Jian slowly pulled it down, and sure enough, he found a piece of wood, he took it out and looked at it carefully, but he didn't find anything, the wood was completely a whole piece, he split it with his sword, and he didn't find anything. Dugu Jian was puzzled, and looked into the hole below, there was nothing abnormal, he reached out to touch it, and suddenly found that the soil on the right side of the hole was a little different from other places, and he hurriedly dug it up to see.

Sure enough, there was a doorway inside, Dugu Jian dug twice, and then touched a cloth bag, took it out and looked at it, it turned out to be a letter! There was blood stains on it, it must be the blood letter that Liu Qingzhou confessed before his death! He opened the blood book and looked at it, only to see that it was written: I risked death today to get the news: The Five Color Sect has reappeared in the rivers and lakes, and joined forces with the Jin people to set an assassination plan, Wuyi Mountain Liu Zhongyuan Hero, Huashan Sect Gu Feng Hero, Hengshan Sect Ruixin Shitai, Taishan Sect Chi Xianqiu Leader, Beggar Gang Lei Tianlong Gang Leader, Longhu Mountain Zhengyi Sect Chongxu Zhenren, Shaolin Temple Wuxu Master, and Han ...... The one behind it was torn off, and there was a large area of blood stains on it, and I don't know how many righteous people fought desperately and bloodily before it was retained.

Dugu Jian had tears in his eyes and muttered to himself: "Two senior uncles, you refused to tell the whereabouts of this blood book until you died, and you tried your best to keep it, and the disciples will definitely protect this blood book and hand it over to the head of Wuyi Mountain." ”

At that moment, he took the blood book into his arms, returned to the cave, took out the bodies of the two uncles one by one, and put them on the small boat he hid when he went to the island, and he slowly rowed the boat away from the island and returned to the shore.

The fishermen by the lake have all gone into the lake to fish at this time, and most of the women and children who stayed at home are old, weak, women and children. Dugu Jian carried the body off the boat and said to everyone on the shore: "Fellow villagers, don't be afraid, these are my two uncles, who were killed by the thieves who went to the lake to seal the island a few days ago, and now the thieves on the island have been eliminated by me, everyone can rest assured." ”

When everyone heard this, they talked about it, and they couldn't believe it. At this time, the village chief walked out, and when Dugu Jian came to borrow the boat yesterday, the two had already met and met. The village chief asked, "Dugu Shaoxia, did you really kill those thieves?" Dugu Jian smiled slightly and replied: "Village chief, it's true. However, I also ask the village chief to inform everyone that the thief's big boat sank in the lake, and I can't say the exact location, but I think it's in this area, and it won't be too far. When the village chief reports to the official, it is better to salvage it together. The village chief nodded, "I didn't expect you to be so young and so high." Dugu Shaoxia, thank you very much. ”

Dugu Jian said: "Village chief, I still have something to ask for." The village chief said with a smile: "Dugu Shaoxia, you have removed a big harm for us, what else do you ask for, as long as we can do it, our whole village will definitely not refuse!" Dugu Jian looked at the bodies of the two uncles and said, "Village chief, my two uncles were murdered, I want to buy two good coffins from your village and send my uncle back." ”

The village chief nodded, "This is as it should be, I'll go and help you find it." And when he had finished speaking, he turned back and consulted with the people. After a while, a large group of people carried two coffins over, and the village chief said with a smile: "Dugu Shaoxia, this is what two old ladies in our village prepared for themselves, but now they are willing to let you bury your two uncles." Dugu Jian bowed to the village chief, expressed his gratitude, and took out a few taels of silver, and asked the village chief to accept it and hand it over to the two masters. The village chief couldn't refuse, so he had to accept it.

Dugu Jian put the remains of the two uncles into the coffin, took out another ten taels of silver, and said: "Village chief, please find someone to send my uncle's coffin to Hengshan and hand it over to my junior brother Lu Qing, so that he can take someone to bury it properly, I am grateful here." The village chief took the money and agreed. He arranged these things properly, and he turned over his horse and headed for Wuyi Mountain.

Here, the village chief found a few men, set up a carriage, and sent the coffin back to Hengshan together.

Three days later, Dugu Jian came to the foot of Wuyi Mountain, where he deposited his horse in a farmer's house and hiked up the mountain himself. It's a pity that he didn't know that twelve years ago, his father Duguyun went up the mountain from here with Zhang Feng and invited Liu Zhongyuan to go north together. During this period of the past, people in the rivers and lakes only knew that Zhang Feng and Duguyun went, and almost none knew that Liu Zhongyuan also went. And Zhang Feng was scolded as a traitor, although there is not enough evidence, but everyone on the rivers and lakes thinks so, and Liu Zhongyuan does not come forward to explain. The details of this, and what they are, are not clear.

The Wuyishan faction is not like Shaolin, Mount Tai, Huashan, Hengshan these big factions, inherited for dozens of generations, since the end of the Tang Dynasty Liu Wushuang Woman pioneered this faction, there are more than 300 years of history, the successive heads are all members of the Liu family, but the Liu Wushuang Woman has never married, and the more than ten heads of the surname Liu after this are not her blood and bones.

The head of this generation, Liu Zhongyuan Daxia, is the head at the age of 20, and in the past 40 years, the Wuyi Mountain faction has been thriving, and it also enjoys a good reputation in the rivers and lakes. But in the past ten years, he has stayed at home, never stepped out of the mountain gate, and only trained his disciples in the mountains, but he doesn't know why.

Dugu Jian came to the mountain gate and asked the disciples guarding the mountain gate to go and report. After a while, a man in his thirties greeted him, "It turned out to be a junior disciple of the Hengshan faction, please come in." Dugu Jian bowed his hand and asked, "I don't know what senior brother is called?" The man smiled and said: "I am the eldest disciple of this sect, Wang Sen, senior brother Dugu, please come in." ”

When the two came to the main hall, Dugu Jian asked: "Senior Brother Wang, the younger brother is here on the order of my master, and he has something important to meet with Senior Liu, I don't know if I can invite him to come?" Wang Sen replied: "This is not a coincidence, Senior Brother Dugu, the family teacher went to Lin'an a few days ago, but he was not on the mountain." ”

"Venerable Master went to Lin'an?"

"Yes, I heard that a lot of strange things have happened in Lin'an recently, so the tutor went to take a look, and visited an old friend who I hadn't seen for many years. ”

"It's just that the younger brother has an extremely important letter, which needs to be handed over to Senior Liu by hand. ”

"If that's the case, then you'll have to bother Senior Brother Dugu to go to Lin'an. ”

"In that case, Senior Brother Wang, without further ado, the junior brother will leave. ”

After the two finished talking, Dugu Jian didn't stay any longer, hurriedly got up to say goodbye, went to the bottom of the mountain to get horses, and galloped to Lin'an Mansion in the north.

Emperor Gaozong moved south from Yangzhou to Hangzhou in the third year of Jianyan, and because of the golden vulture led his troops here, he has been stationed in Hangzhou after three months of wandering at sea. In the first year of Shaoxing, Gaozong promoted Hangzhou to Lin'an Mansion and set it as "Xing Zai". In the eighth year of Shaoxing, that is, last year, Lin'an Mansion was officially designated as the capital.

Dugu Jian hurried up, and it took three more days to finally arrive at the outskirts of Lin'an, he knew that it was inconvenient to ride a horse into the city, so he deposited the horse in a small inn in the southern suburbs, and walked into the city by himself.

When he entered the city, it was already afternoon, Dugu Jian looked at the bustling crowd, and secretly thought to himself: "Lin'an Mansion is so big, where should I go to find Senior Liu?" With a plan in mind, he walked into the restaurant.

Xiao Er at the door hurriedly greeted him, "This guest officer, I don't know what you plan to eat?" Dugu Jian asked: "Xiao Er, let me ask you, do you know if the predecessors of Liu Zhongyuan in Wuyi Mountain are not here?" Dugu Jian nodded, walked into the restaurant, found a seat and sat down, ordered two dishes and a pot of tea, and listened to the conversation of other drinkers while eating. More than half an hour passed, but not a single useful message was heard. These people are talking about strange anecdotes, or the war between the Song and Jin countries. He expected that he couldn't get any news of Liu Zhongyuan here, so he went to the counter to settle the account, and asked the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, I don't know if you have heard anything about the Liu Zhongyuan hero of Wuyi Mountain these days?" The shopkeeper thought about it carefully, and replied with a smile: "Guest officer, I heard someone say a few days ago that Liu Daxia came to our Lin'an Mansion, but I don't know the specific situation, so it's better for the guest officer to inquire elsewhere." ”

Dugu Jian was silent, walked out of the restaurant, and continued to inquire around, but no one knew. Seeing that it was getting late, he knew that he was afraid that it would be difficult to get any news today, so he had to find an inn to stay in, and prepared to inquire about the news tomorrow.

Early in the morning of the second day, Dugu Jian got up and prepared to go out again, he first asked the owner of the inn, and the boss didn't know, but told him that he could go to Mingyue Tower, which was the largest restaurant in Lin'an Mansion, with many guests and better information. When Dugu Jian got the news, he was naturally very happy and hurried to Mingyue Tower.

Dugu Jian originally wanted to ask the shopkeeper of the restaurant, but the person was not there, and Xiao Er didn't know anything, so he planned to listen here to see if others knew, so he went up to the second floor and told Xiao Er, "Help me get a pot of tea." ”

"Come on, guest officer, wait a minute!" Xiao Er hurriedly ran down.

At this time, Dugu Jian heard a burst of laughter from the elegant seat next door, "Actually, I think the prime minister's intention is very much, send some gold and silver beauties to the golden people, and protect me from the peace of the Song Dynasty, what's wrong?" ”

Hearing this, Dugu Jian was very angry, slapped the table, walked closer, and shouted: "You group of people, it's just nonsense!" At this time, a young man in white came over from the window, pointed at those people and scolded: "It's really nonsense, because you are the people of the Great Song Dynasty, you actually said such shameless words, it is simply an insult to the ancestors!"

The man on the main seat stood up, pulled out the big knife he carried with him, and pointed at the two Dugu Jian, "******! You dare to scold your grandfather! Do you know who your grandfather is!" The attendant on the side also coaxed, "That's it, even our Uncle Luda Lu dares to scold, it's really tired!"

Dugu Jian was very angry in his heart, and drank: "A scum like you should be scolded!" The man in white on the side also said: "Not only should you scold, but you should also be beaten!"

Here, Luda and a few followers were naturally embarrassed, holding their swords and slashing at the two. As soon as Dugu Jian looked at their posture, he knew that these people's kung fu was ordinary, and they didn't even pull out their swords, they directly knocked one person to the ground with one palm, and kicked the knife in one person's hand. Look at the man in white again, he also opened his bow left and right, and beat Luda into a pig's head. The two of them knocked these four or five people to the ground with a cup of tea, and the man in white scolded: "Get out! Don't let me see you again!"

Luda and a few people supported each other, got up and ran, "Don't run if you have a kind, Uncle will come back to clean you up!" Before he finished speaking, he disappeared.

"Hahahaha, it's really happy! For this kind of person who has forgotten his ancestors, he should have taught him a good lesson a long time ago!" the man in white said as he clapped his hands.

Dugu Jian clasped his fists and said, "In Xia Hengshan Dugu Jian, haven't you asked Gongzi's name yet?" The man in white also hurriedly returned the salute and said, "In the next Zhang Rumeng." ”

"Zhang Gongzi scolded so much just now!"

"Hahaha, I just played harder!"

"Each other, each other. ”

"Hahaha!" the two laughed.

"As the saying goes, if you don't fight, you don't know each other, Brother Dugu is the first time to come to Lin'an, right?" Zhang Rumeng looked at Dugu Jian and asked.

"Exactly, Brother Zhang's good eyesight!" Dugu Jian praised.

"Where is it, I heard that Brother Dugu's accent is not a local, and he is not afraid of Luda at all, so I took the liberty of asking. ”

"Oh, it seems that this Luda is still very famous, huh?"

"Hehe, it's 'very famous' indeed. Zhang Rumeng smiled mysteriously and said.

"Brother Zhang, can you talk to my junior brother? ”

"This Lu Danai is the sworn brother of the forbidden army general Lu Wencai, and he is also a tyrant in Lin'an City, do you say that he is 'very famous'?"

"I see. Dugu Jian suddenly realized.

"I don't know what is the important thing for Brother Dugu to come to Lin'an this time?"

"The younger brother came here this time to find someone. ”

"Well, Brother Dugu, something strange happened in Lin'an City recently, you must pay attention to it. ”

"Brother Zhang, I don't know what's going on?"

"Recently, there have been many flower thieves in the city, and this thief has superb martial arts, not an ordinary flower thief, and it is even more eccentric. ”

"What's weird?"

"The flower thief is looking for a girl in green, and the purpose seems to be aimed at Lord Zhang. ”

"Why did Brother Zhang say this?"

Because Lord Zhang's daughter usually likes to wear green clothes the most, and is known as "Blue Waves Lingfeng" in Lin'an, it seems that the flower thief is a drunkard who does not mean to drink. At this point, both of them fell into deep thought.

At this time, a middle-aged man on the side walked over, smiled, and asked, "If you really have been a hero since ancient times, your name is Dugu Jian?" Dugu Jian hurriedly bowed his hand, "Exactly." ”

"You are a disciple of Liu Qingzhou of Hengshan?"

"Not bad. ”

"How is your master, how is he doing?"

Dugu Jian's face was sad, and he replied: "The family teacher was unfortunately killed by a traitor and has passed away. The man heard this and sighed, "Alas, it's a pity!" Dugu Jian was silent. The man turned to Zhang Rumeng again and asked, "Your name is Zhang Rumeng?"

"Yes. ”

The man asked, "Who is your father?" Zhang Rumeng was a little impatient, "You ask and ask, ask this and that, who are you?" "Hahaha, down there!" Dugu Jian was secretly shocked in his heart, "It turns out that he is Fang Mian, who is known as the 'Heart Swordsman' among the four swordsmen of the 'Tianxin Flying Immortal'!" was about to greet Fang Mian, but heard him ask Zhang Rumeng: "Are you here to save your father, or are you here to kill your father?" Dugu Jian was very surprised in his heart: "Could it be that the two of them already knew each other?"

But he heard Zhang Rumeng reply: "Heaven is abusive, especially forgivable; Who in this world can save him? What does this have to do with you? Others admire you as a martial arts master, but in my eyes you are just a person who sells his reputation and reputation!"

Fang Mian heard this, and said angrily: "Hmph, boy, you dare to speak disrespectfully in front of the old man, aren't you afraid that the old man will kill you with a sword?" Zhang Rumeng was not afraid at all, "Fang Daxia just has to do it, so that everyone on the rivers and lakes knows the true face of Fang Daxia, but he is just a narrow-minded hypocrite!"

"Haha!ha! Good scolding, good scolding, good scolding!" Fang Mian didn't answer, laughed and went downstairs.

Dugu Jian looked at Fang Mian's back as he left, his heart was full of doubts, but he didn't know what to do. Zhang Rumeng Jian Fang Mian left, snorting coldly, as if he was very disdainful. Dugu Jian was very puzzled, and asked, "Brother Zhang, why are you so unkind to the other party's hero?"

Zhang Rumeng shook his head, "Brother Dugu, the rivers and lakes are dangerous, people's hearts are unpredictable, many times, what you see is one thing, but the actual situation is another. ”

Dugu Jian nodded in agreement, but after thinking about it, he said, "Brother Zhang, this is a good word." But I once heard the tutor describe to us the whole process of Fang Daxia's defeat of Nangong, the number one master of the Jin Kingdom, that battle moved the mountains and rivers, and Fang Daxia's chivalrous courage made everyone present deeply admire. ”

Zhang Rumeng still shook his head and said, "Brother Dugu, you should have heard of the 'Immortal Swordsman' Duguyun Daxia with the same surname as you, right?"

"Brother Zhang, 'Fairy Swordsman' Dugu Yun is my father. ”

"It turns out that Brother Dugu is the son of 'Fairy Sword', it's really disrespectful, disrespectful!" Zhang Rumeng bowed.

Dugu Jian was very surprised, "Could it be that Brother Zhang knows his father?"

Zhang Rumeng shook his head and said: "Ling Zun Dugu Daxia I is a hero, and his famous name has a good reputation in the rivers and lakes. It's a pity that I only heard about his deeds, and I never saw him. Dugu Jian nodded, and Zhang Rumeng continued: "Brother Dugu, when Ling Zun went to the Jin Kingdom back then, he originally invited Fang Mian to go with him, I don't want him to excuse himself from retreat and cultivation, do you think he is a real hero?"

Dugu Jian was stunned, "Is this really the case?"

Zhang Rumeng did not answer, but continued: "I am afraid that the news of the death of the respected master has been known to many fellow people in the rivers and lakes, but do you know that the respected master has not gone down the mountain for many years, and deliberately avoided the rights and wrongs of the rivers and lakes, but why did he suddenly go down the mountain again this time?"

Dugu Jian still shook his head, "I really don't know this. ”

"That's exactly what Fang Mian asked your master to assassinate Marshal Jin, and he was lazy!" Zhang Rumeng broke out this information, and Dugu Jian was like a thunderbolt in the sky, and he couldn't believe it. "Huh, my master stabbed the tart to death?"

Zhang Rumeng continued: "Fang Mian only remembered his status in the martial arts all day long, but he was unwilling to contribute when the Great Song Dynasty was in danger. And the tart is lazy in Jin Guoli to negotiate peace with us, collude with Qin Hui, and extort our land and wealth, Fang Mian himself is unwilling to go out, so he wants to honor the master to assassinate, obviously a real villain. They are both the four great swordsmen, and Ling Zun's courage and chivalry are really very different!"

Dugu Jian learned so much news at once, and his heart was in a trance, and he couldn't say a word. Zhang Ru dreamed of it, and knew that what he said made him a little unacceptable, so he hugged his fists and said: "Brother Dugu, you and I can defeat the class here today, and have a good chat, which can be regarded as fate, and there are still things to do, so I will leave first." Dugu Jian also clasped his hands and returned the salute, "Okay, Brother Zhang, then we will have a date later." ”

The two said goodbye, Zhang Rumeng turned around and went downstairs.