Chapter 5: Where the long knife goes

The Xuanluo Divine Sect celebrated for a few days because of the sect leader's acceptance of disciples, and when the celebration was over, all the people who came to congratulate them left, and Emperor Xuandi gathered his subordinates to arrange some recent matters in the sect, but left Xiao Wanshan alone.

Xiao Wanshan knew that his teacher must have something important to tell him, and sure enough, when everyone left, only the master and apprentice were left, and Yu Du spoke: "Wanshan, leaving you behind for the teacher today is something urgent that you need to do. Xiao Wanshan lowered his head and said: "The teacher only has to give orders, and Wanshan obeys everything." ”

Yu Du then sighed: "The Nine Immortal Pill is worthy of being a peerless elixir, and the alchemy required by the Dan Fang is all a strange thing in the world, just relying on the accumulation of my Divine Sect over the years is finally overstretched, and there are still many things that are short. Most of them are the division has sent additional manpower to all parts of Shenzhou to collect at a high price, but there are a few strange things that are important and difficult to find, once the entrusted non-person is afraid that it will not only be difficult to find but also leak the news, the first secret of this matter is not many people available for the teacher, so I hope that Wanshan can work hard again to do it on behalf of the teacher. ”

Xiao Wanshan resolutely said: "Wanshan will live up to the trust of his teacher." Seeing that Xiao Wanshan should go down, Yu Du was very pleased and advised: "You can't bring more people with the first secret of this trip, it is best to go on the road alone, and whether you succeed or not is still in the second place when you act, but you must not be suspicious of this, this Dan Gan is a major need to remember, okay Wanshan, you come with your ears." ”

At the moment, Xiao Wanshan was called to the front and whispered a few words, Xiao Wanshan only heard that according to the Dan Fang, refining the Nine Tricks Immortal Pill is still lacking Taihu Lake Silver Dragon, Throat Sealing Tree Fruit, Cloud Grass, Baimai Spring and other treasures of heaven and earth, which is only Baimai Spring Xiao Wanshan has heard of slightly, it is said that it is the treasure of the town of Xianquanmen in the land of Qilu.

It is rumored that in the early years, there was a strange man in the rivers and lakes, who was not only excellent in martial arts, but also traveled all over the world to taste the world's fine wines, and called himself an immortal in wine.

This wine fairy traveled in the land of Qilu in his later years, and by chance, he found a fairy spring. Wine in the immortal life of the wine addiction such as life, in the way of wine-making is also extremely good, then try to use the water of this fairy spring with fine grains and fresh fruits to make wine, unexpectedly brewed out of the world of wine and drunk, after this wine is not this wine will feel difficult to enter the throat, knot Lu in this often drink under the surprise that this wine actually has the miraculous effect of moisturizing the remains, their own martial arts cultivation is quite gained, so they live here for a long time Natu Li faction established the fairy spring gate, the eye fairy spring is called the hundred veins of the spring by the wine immortals, and the wine made by the hundred veins of spring water is called the hundred veins of wine.

As for the three treasures of Taihu Lake Silver Dragon, Throat Sealing Tree Fruit, and Cloud Piercing Grass, Xiao Wanshan has never heard of it, and he doesn't know how to find it. At the moment, he hurriedly sought advice from his teacher, but fortunately, Emperor Xuan's capital Bogu Tongjin found some clues in the Danfang in the gossip Tongtian lock, and pointed out Xiao Wanshan one by one, but it was:

There is a big lake in the land of Wu Yue, the ancient name Zhenze is now called Taihu Lake, this Taihu Lake is not only extremely rich in aquatic products, but also has a kind of strange fish, this fish is shaped like a hosta, the color is like ivory, the body has no scales and no thorns, no bones and no intestines are extremely precious, it is called fish ginseng by the local fishermen, all dynasties and generations have been selected as tributes to offer Ouchi, ordinary fish ginseng has to be a treasure like an adult's finger size, but it is rumored that there is the king of the fish ginseng, the body is more than a foot long and the abdomen is born against the scales, it is rare to see the great fortune and call the silver dragon.

There are strange trees in Shu, it is rumored to be an ancient alien species, and the age of the tree is unknown, but it is the wood of the poisonous god, roots, stems, leaves, The branches all contain highly toxic rotten muscle erosion bones to see blood seal the throat, according to legend, this poisonous god of the wood was later found by chance in Shuzhong Tang Gate since then several generations of stealing, the door people with their sap to make poison feed to the weapon against the enemy, the injured if there is no Tang Men secret medicine is difficult to live for half an hour, the end is extremely spicy, especially the fruit of this tree is more toxic than its rhizome sap, when it is really the dipping person who dies immediately there is no medicine to solve, but every time this tree blooms it takes decades, the flowers fall and bloom several times before the fruit is a little extremely precious. This poisonous god wood is therefore also known as seeing blood and sealing the throat, where the throat sealing tree is located is the top secret of the Tang Sect, only between the heads of the Tang Sect and the previous generations, and in addition to this, even the children and relatives are not allowed to tell each other, this is the iron law that the head of the Tang Sect needs to make a heavy oath when he takes over the head of the sect.

As for the cloud-piercing grass, it is said that it was born in the west of the cloud mountain and the sea of clouds, the local situation of the cloud-piercing mountain is dangerous, and the sky-piercing peak is more like a sharp blade ape that is difficult to climb and the ancients are rarely visited, so the existence of the cloud-piercing grass is rarely recorded in the book, bamboo slips are rarely known, fortunately, Xiao Wanshan's martial arts are not good, and the light skill is also excellent, so it is the most easy to get this cloud-piercing grass among several things.

Xiao Wanshan was thinking about a few strange things to himself, but he heard his mentor sigh: "Originally, with the current momentum of my Divine Sect, the Hundred Veins Spring and the Throat Sealing Fruit, I only need to send a powerful person to go to two places in Qilu Shu to ask for it, and I don't dare not give someone a few thin noodles, but in recent days, the subordinates sent by the Immovable Hades King have explored the Ziyang Temple, the Full Moon Sect, and the Dragon Gate. Shaolin Temple suddenly came and went very closely, I am afraid that these people are trying to plot against our God Sect, these rotten sects are stubborn and self-contained, and they are not the enemies of our God Sect in terms of strength, I am afraid that they are only afraid of ......"

Xiao Wanshan said: "Master Shizun is worried that they will unite and make it difficult for our Divine Sect? My subordinates think that these sects are in vain to claim to be famous and upright, but it is not uncommon for them to intrigue with each other and deceive each other, and they are all afraid of our Divine Sect. ”

Emperor Xuan sighed: "Wanshan, you are not bad, if it is the grievances and entanglements between these sects in the past season, it is not worrying to unite as one, just now, the Divine Pill Pill is in the world, and the purchase of elixir treasures for the master has been seen by some people with a heart, and what you did in the north is not difficult for others to pay attention to, once the matter of refining the Nine Immortal Pill leaks out, my God Sect will definitely become the target of everyone, think about the Crucible Fort a few years ago." The two weapons and foreign objects have still attracted countless heroes in the world to fight for blood, not to mention such a god-defying elixir, once the news is leaked, these rivers and lakes Xiaowulin hypocrisy will definitely be attached to the ants and swarm Xuanshan, but it is necessary to guard against it. ”

Emperor Xuan then admonished: "Wanshan, your trip is unpredictable, before leaving the mountain, you can go to the Qianda Po Nalan Xiu, Nalan is proficient in the Western Regions thaumaturgy, and the teacher has personally instructed her to make a pair of human skin * masks for you overnight, and you can bring it on your body when necessary to cover people's eyes and ears." As for the teacher to pass on the scorching sun palm method with you is for the teacher when he was in the rivers and lakes, I am afraid that some of the masters of the various sects and factions who have fought with the teacher will know, so you can not easily show this trip, if you have to do it, once you make a move, you must not be merciful, now as a teacher, you will teach you the introductory mental method of Xuanmen peerless martial arts Xuanxiao Gong, you have to practice well along the way, which is beneficial to this action. ”

Xiao Wanshan bowed his hand and said respectfully: "The disciple must carefully follow the teachings of the teacher. ”

Xiao Wanshan's roots are quite good and strong, and he memorized the general outline of Xuanxiao Gong in a few days, and Emperor Xuan helped him to realize Zhou Tian's practice, so he reached out and patted Xiao Wanshan's shoulder and said softly: "Wanshan, for the teacher to know that you have always had a strong temperament, brave and resolute, this time when you go out to act if you see things can't be done, you will go back first and then do not be reluctant, you must know that the world is impermanent, and you must put yourself first." ”

Xiao Wanshan couldn't hear the deep concern in his teacher's words, and said goodbye to his teacher, so he went to Qianda Po Nalan Xiu to get the human skin* mask.

Yu Du watched the figure of his beloved disciple slowly disappear outside the door of Fengyun Hall, and then slowly withdrew his gaze, and looked fixedly at the huge picture of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains behind the throne of the sect leader of Fengyun Hall for a long time, and muttered: "The blood-stained painting of the country is no match for the little cinnabar between your eyebrows, even if I cover the world with my sword, it is just a bleak prosperity without you."

Ganda Po Nalan Xiu had already received the orders of the sect leader Yudu, and he didn't dare to slack off at the moment, and hurriedly gave detailed instructions on how to wear and use Xiao Wanshan's mask. But I don't know what this human skin* mask is made of Nalan Xiu, it's really as thin as a cicada's wings, and it looks like nothing in your hand.

Xiao Wanshan put it on his face, and he didn't feel any stiffness and suffocation, so Nalan Xiu brought him a bronze mirror. Xiao Wanshan only felt that his originally angular and rigid face in the bronze mirror had completely changed into a different appearance after wearing a human skin* mask, not only did he look much softer, but he also looked a few years older, and even the display of various expressions was not stiff at all.

Speaking of which, Xiao Wanshan, Lin Yunyao and other four envoys of the Divine Sect have been following Emperor Xuan in the Xuanshan Sect for many years to refine their martial arts in the Sect, and they have rarely walked around in the rivers and lakes to show their faces.

Nalan Xiu didn't seem to be satisfied with his work, but said helplessly: "Brother Xiao, this mask is a bit rough after all, I only got the news yesterday, and the incident was suddenly too hasty, even if it was made overnight, it was only hastily completed and not refined, but I think it is only used to cover up its own face." Xiao Wanshan couldn't imagine that in his opinion, such a delicate mask was only a half-finished product in Nalan Xiu's eyes, and he couldn't help but secretly marvel.

After thanking Nalan Xiu, Xiao Wanshan, who had packed up his stalls, went alone and rushed to the land of Wuyue on the starry night.

But said that this day Xiao Wanshan finally came to a market near the left side of Taihu Lake, running around for a long time, Zhengjue was hungry and thirsty, so he found a restaurant that looked quite clean and bright nearby, flew off the horse and rewarded some silver money, and handed over the mount to the store guys to take care of, just walked into the store and did not wait for a seat to hear someone talking loudly, Xiao Wanshan chose a nearby empty table to sit down.

As soon as he sat down, he heard a man dressed as a martial artist at the next table say loudly: "If you want to say that the three demon brothers of Taihu Lake are developed this time, if this matter is done, it will definitely be able to greatly please the prefect An Daren." Another man at the same table snorted disapprovingly: "The boss of the three demons of Taihu Lake just stepped on the shit and caught up with the right luck, and if our family has this luck, it must be more beautiful than the three of them." At this time, the inn wine shop is often the most lively, just because people from all over the world are rushing to and fro, and all kinds of people from all over the world are complete, and others can see that these two people have some new knowledge and hurriedly surround them.

At first, the man saw that everyone looked at him, and suddenly his face was bright, and he talked about it for a while, and the news was also something that the two of them had just heard from elsewhere, but now from the mouth of this man, he was foaming at the foam, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

It turned out that there were three righteous brothers on this Wuyue Taihu Lake, the eldest called himself the dragon who turned the river, the second one was called the bone-eating shark, and the third one was nicknamed the swallowing crocodile. These three people were fishermen and boatmen who were begging for a living on Taihu Lake earlier, but the three brothers were generally good and evil, hard-working, and vicious, and each had their own fists and feet martial arts, so they did not do less to make money and kill people on weekdays, and I don't know how many lonely merchants and tourists died at the hands of their brothers. Although these three brothers were neat and vicious, they never left a living mouth, but over time, they finally fell into the name of the three demons of Taihu Lake.

It just so happened that these days were in the golden autumn and it was the time of the annual tribute, and the prefect of Suzhou Prefecture Security Guoan came here to take up his post, in order to please the holy face, he gave up his heavy reward early and went around the Taihu Lake to round up and purchase fish ginseng, and the three brothers of the three demons of Taihu Lake heard the news and could not resist the temptation of money, and they also wanted to join in the fun.

You must know that in previous years, the purchase of fish ginseng was exclusively supplied, how could they have the opportunity to show their faces, the boss of the three demons of Taihu Lake turned the river dragon the most watery, and I don't know which way the gods favored it, this river dragon not only looked for a lot of fish ginseng this time, but also unexpectedly caught a strange fish. This strange fish shape is crystal clear and translucent like an ordinary fish ginseng, but the body length is more than a foot, and what is more strange is that it is different from the ordinary fish ginseng without scales around the body, but this strange fish has a reverse scale on the abdomen, which is in response to the auspicious appearance of the legendary dragon.

This time is terrible, the news of the sudden rise of the auspicious omen of the strange fish in Taihu Lake has spread far and wide, and the prefect of Suzhou Prefecture has been overjoyed when he heard about it, and first sent people to praise him overnight, and escorted the officers and soldiers before he arrived to turn over the river and protect such auspicious people, and when the officers and soldiers arrived to choose the day to be sent to Beijing, there must be another reward.

At present, the three demon brothers of Taihu Lake simply worship this strange fish as an ancestor. A few days ago, the three demons, who were familiar with each other in the neighborhood, were still leading the way to get closer to see a freshness, but in the past few days, even the three demons' mansions have been unable to get in.

Xiao Wanshan has been hurrying here for several days to be distressed, although he learned about the shape and general location of the Taihu Lake silver dragon from his mentor, but he thinks that the huge Taihu Lake water is hundreds of miles deep and unfathomable, and the common fish ginseng is already quite rare and listed as a tribute, not to mention that the rumored Taihu Lake silver dragon is simply like looking for a needle in a haystack, not to mention how to find it. Who would have thought that others had just arrived in this Wuyue land, and they could hear such news in the wine shop near the left side of Taihu Lake, and it was really God blessed Xuanluo Divine Sect to be happy, and he quietly ate and drank at the moment to settle the meal money, and quietly asked the bartender about the residence of the three demons of Taihu Lake and strode away.

The three demons of Taihu Lake are thin and famous near the left of Taihu Lake, and the three brothers live in a courtyard near the left side of Taihu Lake, with green trees and high walls, the courtyard looks like a wealthy mansion, how can people who don't know the inside story understand the notorious Three Demons of Taihu Lake, how did the three fishermen get this great business.

At this time, there were several messengers from the state capital standing on the porch of the compound, and the people on the left were prevented from approaching by the officials, so they could only stand aside and look into the house, while listening to the friends who were fortunate enough to see them earlier whispering about the appearance of the strange fish that was caught by the dragon of the river, and even some martial arts people who came to visit with bulging waists were stopped at the door by several officials. A vicious man in a green robe with messy hair on his temples rushed out of the house and saluted these high-rollers one by one.

There was that good thing in the crowd, as soon as he saw this man come out, he whispered about it, Xiao Wanshan heard from the words of the people around him that the green-robed man in front of him was the old three-swallowing crocodile among the three demons of Taihu Lake.

I saw this sky-swallowing crocodile smiling and cautiously persuading a few green forest heroes to return, and then returned to the inner courtyard.

At this time, it was getting late, and several groups of men with knives and sticks came to visit, wanting to see the shape of the auspicious gods, but they were stopped one by one by the officials at the door, these men are mostly some of the green forests and grasses near the left side of Taihu Lake in Suzhou, and many people come and go without a real martial arts celebrity, and they dare not embarrass with the state officials under the blue sky and white sun, so they have to take advantage of the excitement and go away one by one, but the three demons of Taihu Lake have walked the rivers and lakes for many years, but they did not dare to lose their manners and offend these martial arts colleagues, and the three brothers took turns to come out and laugh at these martial arts people。

In addition to the old three swallowing crocodiles in green robes, the second bone-eating Jiao among the three demons of Taihu Lake is a big-headed and round-faced man, and the boss Chuanjianglong is dressed like an ordinary country boatman with a hat.

After waiting patiently for a long time, when the moon was full in the sky, Xiao Wanshan's figure moved and climbed over the wall, and carefully avoided the state soldiers and miscellaneous servants in the courtyard with serpentine steps, but saw that only the atrium in the dark hall in the huge mansion still had firelight flickering, faintly revealing human voices. So he sneaked to the middle hall and hid in the shadows, looked in through the window, and saw a large open magnetic altar in the middle of the hall, which was filled with clear water, and a snowy fish was stretching its body in the altar and swimming slowly. Looking at it, I saw that the strange fish in this altar was more than a foot long and as much as ivory, but it was not the shape of the silver dragon of Taihu Lake recorded on the Danfang in the mouth of the teacher, and I couldn't help but be overjoyed, and then I went to take a closer look, it was already the middle of the night at this time, but there were still four people sitting around the night banquet in the middle hall.

In the flickering lights, Xiao Wanshan recognized that three of them were the three demons of Taihu Lake that he had seen during the day, and the other man sitting in the middle seat was a strange face, but he saw that he was born with big ears and a burly body, and he looked like a general.

I saw Jiang Long standing up in the hall and raising his glass to the man dressed as a military general in the main seat: "This time, General Lao Nan has come to this poor country in person, and the three grass brothers are really offended by not being well entertained. ”

As he spoke, he raised his glass and drank all the wine in the cup, and the bone-eating crocodile also quickly got up and drank the wine in the cup.

General Nan sat firmly and didn't get up, his right hand lightly raised the full wine glass to his lips, just slightly touched his lips and put the wine glass down.

Turning Jianglong saw it in his eyes, and hurriedly clapped his hands at the door of the middle hall, a subordinate pushed the door in response, raised his hands above the top and respectfully served a richly decorated brocade box, Turning Jianglong got up and handed the brocade box respectfully to General Nan and said with a smile: "My three brothers are all mountain village husbands who don't know how to be polite, and some small gifts are prepared here is a little bit of my brother's heart, and I hope General Nan must smile and accept it." ”

Nan Tianba quietly took the brocade box, only to feel that the hand was quite heavy, opened it and saw that the box was densely packed with gold, silver and jewelry, which was a little darker, he was the newly appointed general of the Suzhou Prefect Security State, and this time he was sent by the prefect An to escort the strange fish caught by the three mountain and wild untouchables, and the boss was reluctant, but he didn't expect the three vulgar villagers in front of him to be unsightly, but they were quite generous, thinking that this escort task would not return empty-handed, and he was in a good mood and smiled.

The three demons of Taihu Lake couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw that Nan Tianba had accepted the brocade box sent by himself and others, but the corners of the eyes of the old three swallowing crocodiles twitched unconsciously, knowing that the three of them had been fighting in the Taihu Lake waterway for many years, licking the blood with the knife head and cutting the path to rob the road for money and killing, and the gold, silver and jewelry in the brocade box were most of their net worth.

Nan Tianba gently put the brocade box beside him, Huo Ran got up and drank all the wine in the cup, and laughed: "The three famous Nan people have also heard of it in Suzhou City, but the young general obeyed the orders under the An Governor's Mansion, and was busy with military affairs all day long, so he has not had the opportunity to visit the heroes of Suzhou. ”

Bone Eater Jiao hurriedly got up and personally added wine to Nan Tianba, and said with a low smile: "The three of us brothers are rude, and we don't know how to be polite in the water, but in the future, if there is something inappropriate, I hope General Nan will take care of it more." ”

Nan Tianba smiled: "You see what this is saying, the three heroes are very human, this time they have found a strange fish auspicious rui to make a great contribution, and the state government will dedicate auspicious rui to the Son of Heaven in front of the dragon face and a joy, you will definitely have a bright future in the future, and then it will be unspeakably expensive, and it will be impossible to say that it is the little general who will rely more on the support of the three." ”

The three demons of Taihu Lake heard Nan Batian's words, all of them were full of face, as if the glory and wealth and the official were close at hand, and for a while they raised their eyebrows, they felt that the southern general in front of them was not as unattainable as in the past, looked at each other and smiled, and the three brothers hurriedly said a few words modestly, and for a while, the guests and hosts in the hall were happy, and the four of them pushed the cup and changed the lamp.

That's when just listening' Click', a black shadow suddenly broke through the window and rushed in, the old three swallowing crocodiles were closest to the window before they could make a sound of scolding, they felt a flash of silver light in front of them, but they were cut off to the ground by someone with only one knife, and the two of them were furious when they saw the third brother being killed, but they were suffering from the fact that the three of them were here to accompany the Suzhou Mansion to the general Nan Tianba to drink and feast and could not carry the blade, so they had to shout together, and the two of them grabbed the table and stool indiscriminately to attack, Xiao Wanshan followed Emperor Xuan for many years, where did they see the three demons of Taihu Lake, and the steel knife in his hand flew up and down, and he knocked over the chair and stool in Jiang Long's hand, and inserted the steel knife into the chest of Jiang Long, Turning Jianglong was suddenly angry. Seeing that the eldest brother and the third brother were all killed in an instant, the bone-eating Jiao turned around and wanted to leave, but before he escaped a few steps, Xiao Wanshan threw out the steel knife in his hand and nailed it to the closed main entrance of the central hall.

After these few fights, Xiao Wanshan raised his hand to kill the three demons of Taihu Lake in a row, and the soldiers on duty outside the door heard the sound in the house and surrounded them. Xiao Wanshan had a cold glint in his eyes, and looked at Nan Tianba, who was wearing armor.

Nan Tianba was swept away by Xiao Wanshan's eyes, although he was a general, he was quite a bit of martial arts in his early years, but one followed the prefect to secure the country over the years, and he was unfamiliar with the military formation, and the two saw Xiao Wanshan at this time to kill the three demons of Taihu Lake bravely and fiercely, and he was not half of the soldiers and guards on his left were already frightened, and when he saw Xiao Wanshan looking at him, he was already trembling with fright before Xiao Wanshan spoke, and hurriedly retreated from the subordinate sergeants who surrounded him through the door.

The soldiers outside the house heard the general's order to retreat, and General Nantian Ba Nan had already knelt on the ground, and kowtowed to Xiao Wanshan with tears in his eyes: "Heroic Gaoyi, this Taihu Lake Three Demons have been a disaster for Taihu Lake for a long time, and the young general has already had the heart to exterminate but there is no good opportunity. But the young general has never heard of chivalrous people are indifferent to fame and fortune, if someone asks about today's events in the future, the young general will only say that the three thieves in Taihu Lake are all dead, and they have not seen the heroes at all. Yan was afraid that Xiao Wanshan would not let go of himself, and he just kowtowed.

Xiao Wanshan didn't care about him, walked straight to the big porcelain altar in the middle of the house, took out a piece of oily noodles that looked like skin but not skin, and wrapped the ruler-long silver dragon in the water carefully. Nan Tianba peeked at Xiao Wanshan and saw that he didn't seem to have any intention of killing him, and Fang felt that his heart had stabilized in his cavity, only that Xiao Wanshan killed these three people out of righteous indignation or vendetta in the rivers and lakes.

How could he have thought that Xiao Wanshan would kill three people in a row, and he was shocked when he saw that he was going to take away the auspicious and strange things pointed out by the prefect An. This shock forgot to kowtow for a while, and the whole person froze there, but he wanted to step forward to stop but didn't dare, so hesitating, Xiao Wanshan's body had fled from the broken window in a flash, and disappeared into the vast night and was difficult to find.