Chapter 2: In front of the Jade Emperor Temple
Everyone walked for a long time, to a temple view, the plaque on the book "Jade Emperor Temple", in front of the temple have stood more than a dozen people, see Mu Huarong and the disciples, have come forward, a disciple in front of the salute said: "Mu Shibo is coming, the disciple has not been far away, rude to the point, please forgive Mu Shibo." Mu Huarong said with a smile: "Master Qian and nephew don't need to be polite, your Taishan faction is busy, but it is very hard." This person is Qian Sanyuan, the second disciple of the Taishan faction, and he said: "It's nothing, Uncle Mu, please sit here." As he spoke, he led the way in front and took Mu Huarong and the disciples to the seat in the east head, and said, "Uncle Mu, please sit down for a while, and Master will be here later." ”
Mu Huarong leaned over and was about to sit down, with a "whoosh" sound, the Taishi chair under the seat flew out obliquely, he turned his words, knew that someone had done his hands and feet, hurriedly opened the bow on the soles of his feet, and took a big step, then got up, looked to the side, and saw a well-dressed young man staggering out the chair, looking very embarrassed. The young man was shocked and said in a panic: "Uncle Mu, I'm sorry, I'm not... Deliberately, Mu Shibo... Forgiveness. Rong Sangui, a disciple of Songshan, shouted: "Song Baoshan, you are so bold! You dare to kick the master's chair." This young man is Song Baoshan, a disciple of the Taishan faction, he and Qian Sanyuan greeted the Songshan faction together, but when Mu Huarong was just about to sit down, he stumbled on the table leg next to him, and his body leaned to the left, he hurriedly launched light work, and jumped out to the side, who knew that he hooked Mu Huarong's chair under his feet, staggered and stood firm, and saw Rong Sangui's fierce words, and said in a panic: "No, no, no, Senior Brother Rong, I accidentally tripped and didn't mean to." Rong Sangui snorted: "Who knows what your Taishan faction has in mind, before the conference opens, you will secretly start first." Song Baoshan's expression was solemn: "The Taishan faction is bright and fair, how could he do such a thing?" Shicai is all my negligence, and it has nothing to do with the Taishan faction, Song Baoshan knows that the sin is not small, how to deal with it, let it fall, Song Baoshan frowned, he is not a disciple of the Taishan faction!"
Rong Sangui said with a smile: "Do you want to be a disciple of Mount Tai, what do you have to do with me?" Song Baoshan said: "How do you want to stay with Senior Brother Rong?" Rong Sangui smiled: "I don't dare to be a fan of Faluo, I heard that Dongyue's swordsmanship is strong and fierce, let's see the true chapter at the bottom of the sword." Before the work was finished, he brushed the ground and drew his sword, and handed it out with one move, which was the swordsmanship of the "Liantian Floating Cloud Sword". "Liantian Floating Cloud Sword" is named after Songshan Liantian Peak, Liantian Peak is uniquely high, if it is connected with the sky, it can be said that "Tianlian Songling Ridge Liantian, Xiaomo Qingyun is smoky at night, and it is said that Kuanglu is ten thousand feet high, and Tianlian is not connected". At that time, Songshan sent an elder to practice in retreat on Liantian Peak, independent peak, clouds and mist everywhere, wanting to charm the eyes, so the sword flourished, and created this set of swordsmanship with a wave. "Liantian Floating Cloud Sword" has a total of 19 styles, Rong Sangui uses a sword, which is the first move in the swordsmanship "Liantian Wangyue", which means that although Liantian Peak stands tall, he still does not forget to be in Zhongyue and admire the peaks. This move did not kill, it was a salute before the sword, Song Baoshan informed him of his meaning, and a move "Daizong bowed his head", and returned the salute with a courtesy.
Rong Sangui said: "Okay, be careful!" The sword blade turned, and with a move "Cloud Lock Mist Seal", the sword blade trembled, and attacked Song Baoshan from the upper, middle and lower roads. Song Baoshan saw that the sword light was hazy and the cold air was attacking, and he wanted to cover himself in it, Song Baoshan leaned over, bypassed the invisible sword qi, the white light flashed, the long sword stood up, and snatched it straight to Rong Sangui's side. Rong Sangui shouted: "What a move, 'Peak Circuit Turn'!" Retracted the sword, went to welcome Song Baoshan to the sword, the blade swept the place, and handed out another move, Song Baoshan swung the sword to the grid.
Song Baoshan and Rong Sangui had a heavy sword momentum, and a swordsmanship was fluttering, and they fought in the open space in front of the temple, and the disciples of Songshan watched intently, and Mu Huarong sat aside and did not stop. Seeing this, a disciple of Mount Tai walked into the temple quickly, and was bumping into a middle-aged man, dressed in a brocade robe, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, with seven points of majesty, and he was followed by a group of seven people, all of whom were dressed in blue and blue colors. The disciple was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Master, it's not good!" This middle-aged man is Guo Yaotai, the contemporary head of the Taishan faction, and the seven people who followed him were the most proud disciples under the seat: the eldest disciple Zhao Hanqing, the third disciple Sun Lihui, the fourth disciple Li Yuntong, the fifth disciple Zhou Zhaozhong, the sixth disciple Wu Qiushui, the seventh disciple Zheng Zhicheng, and the eighth disciple Wang Xueqing. Tarzan Eight Buckets".
Guo Yaotai asked, "What's so flustered?" The disciple took a few breaths and said hurriedly: "Senior Brother Song and Senior Brother Rong of the Songshan Sect have fought!" Guo Yaotai frowned and said, "Hanqing, Lihui, we will meet you for a while." Zhao Hanqing is more than six feet tall, and his tiger eyes are powerful, and he has a different power compared to his master, so he responded: "Yes." "With the master out of the temple. Sun Lihui, Li Yuntong and other seven people also walked out.
Outside the Jade Emperor Temple, Rong Sangui and Song Baoshan were fighting tightly. I saw Rong Sangui spitting out his sword tongue, and attacked Song Baoshan with one move, Song Baoshan retreated again and again, obviously unable to parry. Rong Sangui didn't slow down a little, a sword stabbed out, pointing directly at Song Baoshan's chest, Song Baoshan saw that the momentum was fierce, and slid back two steps. Before he could stand still, Rong Sangui had already attacked him with three moves, Song Bao Houshan had to step out again, but he felt an object behind him, and he was already leaning on a table, he chuckled in his heart, hurriedly turned around and stepped out, there was a loud noise, and a pear wood table was smashed when it landed. Rong Sangui's long sword turned from a thorn to a slash, slashing towards Song Baoshan's left arm, Song Baoshan raised his sword to the grid, and then secretly shouted: "Not good!" Rong Sangui's sword move was not complete, and the horizontal sword swept away, and it had reached Song Baoshan's throat, it turned out that the move just now was just a false move.
Rong Sangui smiled: "Senior Brother Song, I have offended. Mu Huarong said: "Sangui, don't hurt your Senior Brother Song." Rong Sangui replied yes and put his sword back into the sheath.
Guo Yaotai laughed and said, "The 'Liantian Floating Cloud Sword' is extraordinary. Turning to Song Baoshan, he said in a deep voice: "Baoshan, you are stubborn, and you are going to provoke your Uncle Mu again!" Song Baoshan lowered his head and said, "Disciple... Knowing that it was wrong. Guo Yaotai snorted: "From today onwards, you will think about it behind closed doors for a month." Song Baoshan's throat moved, and he said in a low voice: "Yes." ”
The sixth disciple Wu Qiushui stepped forward and said dissatisfiedly: "Master, what mistake did Senior Brother Song make, why do you want to punish him like this?" Guo Yaotai snorted: "What, you also want to accompany Baoshan to think about it behind closed doors?" Wu Qiushui pursed his mouth, and Song Baoshan said: "Senior sister don't worry, I am willing." Wu Qiushui stomped his feet angrily, walked over and twisted Rong Sangui, and said angrily: "It's all you! It's all you! ”
Rong Sangui twisted the clothes for a big girl's house, and was very unhappy, and said confidently: "You go and ask him how he pushed away my master's chair just now." ”
Wu Qiushui said: "Although Senior Brother Song is a little naughty, he will never dare to offend Uncle Mu in the slightest. ”
Rong Sangui smiled and said, "You admit that he offended my master, that's no better." ”
Wu Qiushui said to Song Baoshan: "Senior Brother Song, is this really the case?" Song Baoshan said: "I tripped and fell at that time, I really didn't mean it. ”
Rong Sangui snorted: "Everyone can see it, do you still want to deny it?" Wu Qiushui wanted to say something, Guo Yaotai shouted: "Qiushui, retreat!" Wu Qiushui held his breath and retreated to the side.
Guo Yaotai's face turned gentle, and he bowed his hand and said: "Senior Brother Mu is a guest from afar, Guo has never come out to greet him, and the disciple is so rude, he is really sorry." ”
Mu Huarong said: "What did Master Guo say, Master Qian's nephew treated him with great courtesy, I am very envious." ”
Guo Yaotai said with a smile: "Where is it, Sanyuan is still young, I am afraid that there will be a lack of courtesy." There is no treasure in the mountains, so I have to drink some tea. The two of them made a noise and sat down. Several disciples served fragrant tea, and the tea had a faint floral fragrance, and the strange fragrance came to the nose. Peel off the lid, but see that the tea leaves are tightly knotted, curled up like a snail, and there is a uniform layer of fine white fluff on the edge, which is a good Dongting "scaring fragrance".
Mu Huarong looked around while sipping tea. In the open space outside the temple, a number of tables and chairs are neatly placed on the east, west and north sides, the Songyou faction sits in the position of the east head, the Taishan faction sits alone in the north, and the other three factions have not yet arrived. A large ring is set up in the center, and the pine wood with a thick bowl mouth is used as a fence, and the ring is surrounded by red colors. In order to prevent rain and provide rest for the participants, several large wooden sheds have been temporarily erected in the open space.
The east is gradually whitening, the morning sun is rising, shooting out ten thousand golden rays, the colorful glow is clustered, and the boiling is magnificent.
The noisy words on the mountain road broke the silence of the early morning: "What is the Taishan faction saying in the open, but secretly doing such a hurtful thing!" Another person said: "This year, they are presiding over the martial arts competition, hmph! Do they want to cover the sky with one hand and secretly harm my Hengshan faction?" "Hmph, what kind of sword is it to talk about what way, I think they are determined to destroy the other factions, and if they don't seek justice today, we will wash the Jade Emperor in blood!" More than a dozen people on the side responded violently: "Yes, yes! I have to avenge the brothers and sisters!" As the words approached, more than 20 men walked towards this side, led by two people wearing a gray cloth shirt, both dressed as Taoist priests, one on the left had a slightly thin face and a mustache, and the first one on the right had a square face and broad ears and white skin. The man seemed to be angry, and shouted loudly as he went.
Guo Yaotai had already stood up, stepped forward and said, "The two senior brothers Xuanji and Xuanqing are coming to Hanshan, Guo is overjoyed, please please." "Wave your hand and greet you. The thin-faced Taoist priest snorted, his face turned blue, and he turned to the side. Guo Yaotai was stunned when he saw this, thinking back to the words of the people of the Hengshan Sect just now, he faintly felt that something was wrong in his heart, and turned to the right Taoist priest and asked, "Senior Brother Xuanqing, is this ...... What's going on?" The first Taoist on the right is called Xuan Qingzi, and the person with a thin face on the left is Xuan Qingzi's fellow disciple and the head of the Hengshan faction, Xuan Jizi. Xuan Qingzi wanted to speak and stopped, and the disciples of Hengshan were the most uncontrollable: "Master Guo, Shaoxian is acting coy here, who has secretly done something wrong, who knows it in his heart!"
Guo Yaotai was confused, the Wuyue Sword Sect has been very good in recent years, and he was originally the uncle of Zhu Baiqian, but as soon as Zhu Baiqian came up, he called Guo Zhang, Guo Zhang, and said what kind of coyness, as if he was hiding something disgraceful, he said: "Zhu Shi and nephew, what happened?"
Zhu Baiqian said angrily: "You still claim to be the head of a famous and decent family, and you do such a hurtful thing, but you don't have the courage to admit it, hehe, we will tear your hypocritical face today!"
No matter how good Guo Yaotai's cultivation is, he can't help but be angry when he hears it: "Tell me, what did I, Guo Yaotai, do hurt?"
Xuanjizi sighed and said: "Master Guo, the two factions of Hengshan and Taishan have always been friendly, I didn't want to ruin the friendship between the two factions for this matter, but as the head of the faction, the disciples are resentful, if I don't care, how can I be worthy of the disciples under the sect? Let me ask you, why did your Taishan faction set up an ambush in Nantianmen and severely damaged the six disciples of our faction, two of whom actually ...... He was killed!" Speaking of grief, the words were a little choked.
Guo Yaotai was frightened into a cold sweat when he heard this, and exclaimed: "What...... What? Is that really the case?"
Xuan Jizi shook his head and said: "Master Guo has always dared to do it, but now, alas, ......"
Guo Yaotai said solemnly: "Senior Brother Xuanji, I, Guo Yaotai, still have a little conscience when I ask myself, and I also respect and admire your Hengshan faction, if I do something that is half sorry for the Hengshan faction, teach me Guo Yaotai to fight five thunders in the sky, and I will not die well!"
Seeing that he said calmly, Xuan Jizi seemed to believe a little, and said, "Is this true?"
Guo Yaotai said: "Now that there are people from the Songshan faction by his side, Guo Mou will tell one more lie, isn't it smearing his face?"
Zhu Baiqian shouted: "Master, don't listen to his rhetoric!" Xuan Jizi waved his hand, signaled him not to speak, and said: "Master Guo, there are many unclear points in the poor road, please advise." As he spoke, he reached into his bosom, took out a small cloth bag, and opened it, which was impressively wrapped in five or six steel darts, and the steel darts were dripping with blood, as if they had just been pulled out of the wounded.
Guo Yaotai exclaimed: "'Aoxue Plum Blossom Dart'?" His surprise is not trivial, "Aoxue Plum Blossom Dart" is the unique secret weapon of the Taishan faction, although there are many darts as hidden weapons in each guest faction, but the workmanship is different, the shape, style, size is also varied, Guo Yaotai is what kind of character? At a glance, he will recognize that it is indeed the "Aoxue Plum Blossom Dart" of this faction.
Xuanjizi said: "Master Guo, can you take a closer look, this is your faction's 'Aoxue Plum Blossom Dart'?"
Guo Yaotai said: "Yes, this is indeed the unique dart of this faction, this faction is not strictly prepared, and it was stolen by the traitor to do evil, Guo will definitely do his best to investigate and punish him severely!"
Xuan Jizi said: "Okay!" turned around and said, "Dahai, Botao, you come here." Two people in the crowd answered, "Yes." "Walked up to Xuan Jizi and Guo Yaotai. Xuan Jizi said to Guo Yaotai: "Master Guo, how can this be explained?"
Guo Yaotai was full of suspicions, Tong Dahai and Jiang Botao took off their clothes, Guo Yaotai couldn't help but be surprised this time, but saw that Tong Dahai had "Qi Ze", "Zhizheng", "Huizong", and the "Atrium" acupoints on his body stabbed with a sword, and Jiang Botao's "Yanggu", "Huacani", "Liquid Gate", "Sanyangluo" and other acupoints also had similar sword wounds. Guo Yaotai was stunned and said: "Who is the 'Shaoyang Thirteen Swords'? Who is it that uses my Taishan sword technique to commit murder and evil?"
Zhu Baiqian said: "Master Guo, 'Aoxue Plum Blossom Dart can be stolen, could it be that Taishan's swordsmanship has also been stolen by others?" Guo Yaotai was silent, his face was extremely ugly.
Xuanjizi said: "Two disciples of my Hengshan Sect died under this sword technique and plum blossom dart, and the other two of the four injured people were injured like them, so Master Guo doesn't have to check them one by one, right?"
Guo Yaotai was disheartened, his mind was in chaos, he tried his best to calm his mind, his brain was spinning rapidly, but he never thought of any of the disciples of this faction, who would have bad intentions, and who could create six disciples of the Hengshan faction under the noses of the two masters of Xuanjizi and Xuanqingzi, he said to the eldest disciple Zhao Hanqing: "Hanqing, this matter must be strictly investigated, if the murderer is a disciple of this faction, he will be captured and handed over to the master of Xuanji to deal with, if it is a spy of another faction, he must do his best to avenge the brothers of the Hengshan faction!" Zhao Hanqing responded: "Yes!"
Zhu Baiqian said angrily: "You said it lightly, do you want to prevaricate with a few words?"
Guo Yaotai frowned: "This matter is very tricky, and it must be investigated carefully in the future." ”
Zhu Baiqian snorted: "I don't care about this much, if you don't hand over the murderer today, I, Zhu Baiqian, will be the first to finish with you!" Before the words stopped, the long sword was already unsheathed, and it stabbed towards Guo Yaotai quickly.
Guo Yaotai never expected him to attack him, not to mention that he would stab, the long sword was less than a foot away from his body, he flashed to the side, and at the place of the big sleeve, a strong wind directly wrapped the long sword of Zhu Baiqian, and in the muffled snort, he slid back a step, and the horizontal sword was protected. Guo Yaotai made a successful move, but did not attack, Zhu Baiqian took a deep breath, shouted, and attacked.
Xuan Jizi was secretly worried, knowing that Zhu Baiqian was sad to lose his brother and brother, and had lost his mind, knowing that the enemy was no more than Guo Yaotai, he still rashly made a move, which was really a taboo in the martial arts, and he was suspected of committing the following crimes, and then pressed his right hand on the scabbard, and with a "whoosh" sound, the brass sword flew out, and the palm of his hand was probed, and he had held the hilt of the sword, and a few people in the Songshan faction cheered: "Good kung fu!"
Xuan Jizi was as fast as a shock, stepped forward quickly, and said in a loud voice: "Master Guo, show your blade." Guo Yaotai slapped his hand and said: "Senior Brother Xuanji, there are many doubts in this, let's stop fighting for the time being, and discuss countermeasures." Xuan Jizi didn't answer, and the brass sword stood up and pointed at Guo Yaotai's palm. Guo Yaotai said: "Okay, let me teach the master brother Xuanyuan Sword's high moves." The palm turned over, and two moves were fired in a row, and the strength suddenly increased by two percent.
The Xuanjizi brass sword rose and fell, the momentum was extremely fast, and the disciples who were slightly weaker in martial arts were dazzled and couldn't touch the edges, even if it was a great master like Mu Huarong, they also looked at it and said: "The Xuanyuan sword of the head of the Xuanji has improved a lot, the sword qi is roaring, and the skill of the head of Guo has also been further improved, it seems that this time Taishan is more intense than before." ”
The Xuanjizi brass sword was like rain, attacking again and again, and the onlookers all felt that the sword wind invaded the body, and they were forced to withdraw from the three zhang away. Guo Yaotai took the enemy's sword in his hand, and in an instant, he was able to fold more than forty moves, but after all, he still suffered the loss of the long blade of the Xuanxuzi brass sword, and he shouted: "Good swordsmanship!"
Suddenly, I heard a few laughs, the laughter was dense and long, and a loud voice said: "Zhuang someone is too late, the conference has begun, the comparison between Guo and Xuanji is really wonderful, it seems that Zhuang is redundant, hehehehe." The voice came with a strong internal force, every word was clear and abnormal, piercing into the ear drum, but the person who spoke was still a mile away, Guo Yaotai and Xuan Jizi were in their hearts: "I haven't seen you for five years, and the skill of the Zhuang master has advanced so much, it's incredible!" Xuan Jizi's sword move gradually slowed down, and Guo Yaotai slowly closed his palm.
Another woman's voice said, "Husband, we're not late, no, aren't the people from the Huashan faction still at the bottom of the mountain?"
The man's voice said, "In half an hour, the conference will begin, and that's about the same." ”
The woman's voice said again: "The hour has not come, it is not too late, hey, why can't the head of Xuanji and the head of Guo wait to fight?"
Before the tea time arrived, the two of them rushed to the road, the man's face was like a crown of jade, graceful and luxurious, and the woman's pretty eyes were moving. Everyone present was shocked, the first words of these two people were in the distance, and they had rushed to the outside of the temple in an instant, this skill showed that they were shocked.
Xuanjizi stopped his sword, Guo Yaotai stepped forward and said, "Master Zhuang and Mrs. Zhuang are invited, Guo has been waiting for a long time." Everyone said: "It turns out that he is the famous head of the Hengshan faction!" These two people are Zhuang Xinghe, the head of the Hengshan faction, and his wife Meng Jiaochu, Zhuang Xinghe returned the salute: "Don't dare, don't dare, fortunately, the hour has not been delayed." Guo Yaotai greeted Zhuang Xinghe and Meng Jiaochu to sit down on the first son of the west, walked up to Xuanjizi, and said: "Master Xuanji, I'm afraid there are many misunderstandings here, please give Guo a face today, put it down for the time being, and then investigate it in the future?"
Xuan Jizi was full of anger, but there was no evidence, if he continued to entangle, he would seem to be too small, so he had to say: "I hope that Master Guo will give an explanation in the future." With Guo Yaotai also went to the seat of the west head and sat down.
Zhuang Xinghe snorted and asked, "What makes the head of Xuanji so worried?"
Xuanjizi asked him and briefly said what had just happened, and after Zhuang Xinghe heard it, he thought about it and muttered: "Strange, strange!"
Seeing that his expression was different, Xuan Jizi hurriedly asked, "What's strange?"
Zhuang Xinghe looked at Guo Yaotai, his lips moved, and he didn't speak.Guo Yaotai saw that there was doubt in his eyes, and he was even more puzzled, and said: "If Master Zhuang has something to say, you might as well say it directly, what strange thing have you encountered?"
Zhuang Xinghe paused and said, "Three days ago, we settled in the Ziyan Inn, and in the middle of the night, a masked man in black broke into us and poisoned all our tea and wine. ”
Guo Yaotai's face changed when he heard this, and he asked with an "ah", "Did you catch this person later?"
Zhuang Xinghe shook his head and sighed: "This person's martial arts are so high, it is really unfathomable, I broke up a few moves with him, and he escaped through the window, but the swordsmanship he made was well, it seemed to be Taishan swordsmanship." ”