The group of thieves were dumbfounded, and they never imagined that the boss would retreat from the battle! Just when they didn't know whether to advance or retreat, they screamed loudly, and the seven or eight big men who rushed to the front were beaten by Chai Shaoning and flew out.

The thief behind reacted at this time, shouted, and fled in all directions.

Chai Shaoning didn't chase after him, turned around and called Lin Zhimei and Song Yuanlan out of the house, picked up the torches that the thieves threw on the ground in a panic, lit the forage room with a fire, and then summoned Lin Zhimei and took her to the inner courtyard house where the thief was before, found out the clothes for Lin Zhimei to change into, and put on her own long shirt at the same time.

Song Yuanlan saw that Lin Zhimei, who was disheveled, did not shy away from the strange young man, and she was even more unhappy in her heart, and she didn't help, she just stared at Chai Shaoning's back without saying a word.

The rapidly spreading fire soon alarmed the neighbors and attracted a large number of officers and soldiers.

Song Changgeng, who came after hearing the news, didn't know until this time that his daughter was in danger of falling into the hands of thieves.

After thanking Chai Shaoning for saving his daughter, Song Changgeng said: "A few days ago, two young girls disappeared in the county, and I guessed that someone was secretly engaged in the leather and meat business, and the decent people stepped up the investigation. ”

"With the skills of Shen Guoxiong, how can he become a pimp in a brothel? Although Murong Nianhua was scared away by Chai Xian's nephew, he was still above Shen Guoxiong. This group of people is by no means ordinary thieves, I am afraid that there is a bigger conspiracy behind them!" Chen Zhongshou was injured in his right arm, but he refused to leave, and remained in the hall of the courtyard to discuss with his junior brother.

At this time, the official came to report, and found out that this house belonged to Wang Fugui, a big family in the city, since Wang Fugui offended the horse thieves outside the Saiwai by doing business, and moved his family to the south to avoid trouble, the house has been empty, and half a month ago suddenly lived in people, and the neighbors around him only said that Wang Fugui took the house out, and did not want to be made a thief's nest by the thieves!

In addition, I learned from the mouths of the injured and captured thieves that they were all habitual bandits who had been doing evil with Shen Guoxiong for many years, and they didn't know the purpose of the leader in advance when they came to the Touguan Pass, let alone what the young man named Murong Nianhua was?

Chen Zhongshou said regretfully when he heard this: "It's a pity that Murong Nianhua escaped." Seeing that he is young, he can command bandits like Shen Guoxiong, and the forces behind him must be extraordinary. If we can't stop them from continuing to do evil, this county will not know how many girls from good families will suffer?"

While speaking, the master of Lin Courtyard also rushed over when he heard the news, hugged his daughter Lin Zhimei and shouted that it was dangerous.

Song Changgeng asked his daughter Song Yuanlan to escort Lin Zhimei back to the academy first, so as to comfort the lady of the courtyard who was still worried about her daughter's safety.

Only four people remained in the hall: Song County Order, Chen Zhongshou, Lin Xiaoru and Chai Shaoning.

After closing the door of the house, the county commander Song Changgeng asked Chai Shaoning straight to the point: "Thanks to the virtuous nephew this time, I didn't expect you to be young and practice a stunt, but I don't know which senior master is the master?"

"My teacher?" Chai Shaoning looked speechless and stopped.

Song Changgeng looked at his face and thought that Chai Shaoning was unwilling or inconvenient to say, so he smiled and said: "If the virtuous nephew has difficulties, he can not say it." ”

"Don't get me wrong. Chai Shaoning smiled bitterly and said frankly: "I don't know who the teacher is?"

Brother Song Changgeng and Lin Xiaoru all looked at each other in disbelief.

Chai Shaoning was afraid that the three of them would misunderstand, so he hurriedly explained: "When I was thirteen years old, due to my naughty nature, I got lost in the mountains and fell into a deep cliff. Unexpectedly, I stumbled upon a cave with three silk books wrapped in cloth on the boulders. At that time, I was young and didn't understand the importance of one of the mental methods, but I learned the dragon footwork and the dragon sword technique from the other two silk books. ”

"You Dragon Sword Technique!" Lin Xiaoru was not familiar with the anecdotes of the rivers and lakes, but when Song Changgeng and Chen Zhongshou heard the four words of the Dragon Sword Technique, they screamed in unison.

Chen Zhongshou asked suspiciously: "There is only one dragon sword technique in the world. If the silk album that the virtuous nephew accidentally discovered was really a secret left by the predecessor of the Inhuman Dragon Swordsman, with the profundity and complexity of that set of footwork and swordsmanship, without the guidance of the mental method, how could you possibly practice?"

Chai Shaoning listened and agreed: "As Teacher Chen expected, I would wrestle every step I took at the beginning, and I almost thought that those silk books were used to tease people, and I almost gave up. ”

"Since that's the case!" Song Changgeng said this, glanced at his senior brother Chen Zhongshou, and then asked Chai Shaoning word for word: "How did the virtuous nephew finally practice the dragon footwork and dragon sword technique?"

Chai Shaoning said without concealment: "Before I fell off the cliff, a glowing red bead that was thrown next to the corpse in the cave had attracted a red python. When I fell, I happened to hit the python, and I was lucky enough to pick up a life. But soon after I entered the cave, the serpent also scurried in. ”

When Chai Shaoning said this, he seemed to return to the fear of being chased by the snake, paused slightly, recovered his nervousness, and then said: "I thought that the big snake entered the hole to seek revenge on me, but I knew that it went straight to the red bead and swallowed it in one bite, and then before it had time to hurt me, it began to churn, and finally struggled to die." I didn't realize that the python might have been poisoned by red beads, trapped in a hole and unable to get out, so hungry and had to feed on snake meat. Who knew that every time he woke up, more bubbling and flowing breath would be born in his body, and his strength would increase day by day, so that the dragon footwork that had not been smooth at all in the past naturally went down in the flow of breath. ”

"That's true!" Song Changgeng seemed to have expected the truth, his face became both envious and incredulous, and he asked, "Do you remember the appearance of that red bead?"

Chai Shaoning recalled: "The red bead was about the size of a finger's belly, warm in the hand, and emitted a dazzling glow like a night pearl, as if a cloud was about to rise out of the pearl. Chai Shaoning's memory fully recovered, and his eyes burned: "It's like a red flame burning in a bead!"

Chen Zhongshou's right arm was injured, but his left hand still couldn't help but pat the armrest of the wooden chair and said: "It must be the Chiyang Pearl! The reason why the virtuous nephew was able to practice the dragon footwork and swordsmanship was because of the divine power of this pearl." I just don't know how long it took for my nephew to learn that set of footwork after eating the Chiyang Pearl?"

"I was in a hurry to get out of trouble, and I didn't know how to count the days, and if I think about it, it should be less than half a month. Chai Shaoning's answer made Brother Song Changgeng and Lin Xiaoru stunned.

Chai Shaoning continued: "I only thought of that bead as an afterthought, otherwise it would not have attracted the rare red-scaled python. Thanks to the power of the Divine Bead, I was able to be reborn in half a month, and I had the ability to climb the cliff to reunite with my uncle and aunt who were bedridden because of my concern for me, and thus I had the strange ability to see things at night. ”

When Chai Shaoning said this, he groaned and said, "It's just that that bead can poison the giant python, but I don't know why it is so kind to me?"

"It's really providence!" Song Changgeng laughed when he heard it and said: "The virtuous nephew still doesn't know that the Chiyang Pearls are a god-given artifact, and if someone eats them, they can add a hundred years of skill." But because the yang power contained in the red yang pearl is too strong, it must be supplemented with a seven-colored fungus, otherwise the person who eats it will lose control of his true qi and die of burning inside, and vice versa, the same is true for the seven-colored fungus, these two gods complement each other and are indispensable. However, the creation of nature, that giant python is not an idle mortal thing, it first bears the masculinity of the Chiyang Pearl, and then is divided and eaten by the virtuous nephew, and skillfully absorbs the huge energy attached to the Chiyang Pearl, otherwise the person who is poisoned at this time is probably the virtuous nephew. ”

Chai Shaoning understood, and even called out for luck, and let out a long breath and smiled: "It seems that God really treats me well." ”

Song Changgeng smiled and sighed: "The corpse in the cave that Chai Xian's nephew said must be the old man of the Dragon Swordsman. It is rumored that eight years ago, the Dragon Swordsman took the Chiyang Pearl to the north to look for the seven-colored fungus that could digest its masculinity, but he disappeared without a trace, but he died in the inaccessible and reckless mountain. ”

Chen Zhongshou was also embarrassed, but he didn't have any friendship with the Dragon Swordsman, so he let it go after a few words, pulled back the topic and asked Chai Shaoning: "I wonder if the virtuous nephew went to learn that set of Dragon Heart Method again?"

Chai Shaoning said regretfully: "At that time, I was afraid of the mysterious atmosphere in the cave, I didn't take the silk album with me, I still put it back in its place, and left by myself after worshipping the corpse. A year later, when I realized that the dragon mind was the master of footwork and swordsmanship, and the essence of the power of both, I quietly returned to the old land, but in addition to the red snake that was gnawed away by ants and rats on the ground, and only a pair of white bones remained, the silk book placed on the stone and the corpse in the cave had disappeared. ”

"Disappeared?" Song Changgeng and the two brothers were startled, and then suddenly suddenly.

Chen Zhongshou patted his forehead and said happily: "Fortunately, the virtuous nephew is kind-hearted and did not take away the secret qi, otherwise the person who later found the corpse of the dragon swordsman would definitely continue to search for the whereabouts of the sword spectrum, and the virtuous nephew would be in danger at that time." ”

In fact, Chai Shaoning has been haunted by the difficulty of solving the mystery in his heart, and took the opportunity to ask: "The other party just took away the secret qi, why should even the bones of the dragon swordsman be taken away?"

Chen Zhongshou looked at Chai Shaoning and said, "The virtuous nephew is still young, and he has not seen the terrible methods of the ghosts of the gangsters in the rivers and lakes. Since this person was able to find the body of the Dragon Swordsman at the bottom of the cliff valley, he must have been chasing the Dragon Swordsman for many years. What's more, he may be the murderer who killed the Dragon Swordsman, and he has been refusing to give up because he couldn't get the secret swordsman. Taking away the corpse of the Dragon Swordsman is naturally to destroy the corpse. ”

Chai Shaoning heard this and said angrily: "Who is so vicious that he refuses to let go of the dead?"

Song Changgeng and Senior Brother Chen Zhongshou glanced at each other again, and their eyes couldn't help but turn to the door of the house, as if they were afraid that the wicked man would suddenly push the door in.

Seeing this, Chai Shaoning asked, "Could it be that Lord Song and Teacher Chen guessed the origin of that person?"

Chen Zhongshou lowered his voice, and said with a slight fear in his tone: "The Dragon Swordsman has been missing for eight years, and he was only discovered by his virtuous nephew three years ago, during which the body has remained intact, one possibility is that there is a divine artifact, and the other possibility is -" After a pause, he said: "There is a strange poison in the body!"