Besides, after Tan Wen left Lingsu Villa with the dagger and map handed over to him by Zou You, he came to a quiet place according to the instructions on the map.

Tan Wen came to a hut surrounded by a fence, he tied his horse to an old locust tree in front of the door, and walked straight to the hut, until he got closer, he found that the firewood was tightly fastened, and the pavement in the courtyard was covered with flower petals, as if it had not been swept for a long time, he suddenly remembered what Zou You had entrusted to him before leaving, and the sorrow of the scene was even more nourishing the idea that he was eager to find the two elders in his heart, so he pushed the door in.

However, everything in the house added to the sense of loss in his heart, he pushed the door and saw that the house was full of dust, and there was no sign of inhabitation, Tan Wen had to leave, he knew that he had to go to another place, to find another person named Hu Yizhi, according to the map This is An Huaiyuan's residence, but the facts in front of Tan Wen's eyes indicate that his whereabouts are unknown, Tan Wen silently prayed in his heart, he hoped that the next result to meet him would be a little more gratifying, not the same nowhere to be found.

According to the instructions on the map, Tan Wen led the horse from under the ancient huai, and hurried to his other destination.

It was an extremely quiet valley, the grass and trees were extremely lush, Tan Wen tied the horse, heard the sound of birds flying down and falling into the grass, the horse seemed to be frightened, and neighed, Tan Wen ignored it, and walked quickly towards a low thatched house.

When he got closer, he heard someone drinking and talking, Tan Wen listened carefully, and finally heard the content of the conversation, which was all about cultivating and weaving crops, planting mulberry and planting chrysanthemums.

Tan Wen took out the map that Zou You handed over to him outside the door and saw that it was the place marked on the map, so he walked forward and knocked lightly on the door, and after a while, he heard a voice say: "You can come to the door again." Although the voice of that life was old, it was still loud, like a bell, and every word was clear.

Then came an old man with gray hair, who, though he was old, had a childish face, a steady walk, and a smile that seemed to have infinite meaning in his smile.

Seeing this, Tan Wen knew that the person who came was by no means an ordinary reckless man from the countryside, so he bowed respectfully and said, "Is the senior An Huaiyuan'an senior? ”

Hearing the other party say the three words "An Huaiyuan" and carrying a sword, the smile on the old man's face became stiff, his expression changed greatly, and he said coldly: "There is no one you are looking for here, you better go elsewhere." ”

"I don't know if the predecessors know the whereabouts of An's predecessors, under the entrustment of Zou You Zou of the Xiyue League, holding tokens to find An Huaiyuan and Hu Yizhi's two old-timers, now the Xiyue League has suffered a catastrophe, day and night, all factions in the rivers and lakes are pointing the finger at the Xiyue League, Qiao Murui Qiao Brother has been killed by the annihilation, the death of Lingsu Villa, the Xiyue League is afraid of the danger of annihilation, Brother Qiao before his death, told me and Brother Zou to find two seniors to go to the desert to welcome back the new master, and jointly assist the new master to revitalize the Xiyue League. Tan Wen didn't mean to give up, he couldn't wait to explain his intention, took out a dagger from his arms, and handed it over respectfully with both hands.

"What? You said that Hall Master Qiao had been killed? Who did it? Why did the various factions in the rivers and lakes have any intentions for my Xiyue Alliance?" said another old man in the room, he walked out quickly, and the moment he looked down, he saw the dagger handed over by Tan Wen, and continued, "Yes, this is the dagger that Lord Zou Xiang wears closely. ”

Tan Wen heard what the man said, and understood a little in his heart, knowing that the two people in front of him were the elders of the Xiyue League that he was looking for, and said: "It turns out that the seniors are the seniors of the Hu seniors, and the juniors Tan Wen are the disciples of the Xiyue League. ”

Hu Yizhi didn't have much interest in Tan Wen's self-introduction, he was more worried about the safety of the Xiyue League, and continued to ask: "What is going on here?

"Yes, you say it quickly. An Huaiyuan was also a little anxious, urging.

The worries from the bottom of the heart of the Xiyue League soon revealed their identities, it turned out that the place where Tan Wen visited before was Hu Yizhi's hermitage, they were originally the left and right elders of the Xiyue League, and they were very affectionate, after the seclusion, they chose two different places, Hu Yizhi's good mountain, placed the shelter in the mountains and forests, and An Huaiyuan good water, built the residence in the valley low-lying water storage place, the two old friends made an appointment on the third day of March every year, An Huaiyuan lived by the water, at this time the fish were obese, Hu Yizhi came to the place where An Huaiyuan lived, fishing together, and on the ninth day of September every year, Hu Yizhi lived in the mountains, and the fruit trees were fragrant, An Huaiyuan came to Hu Yizhi's residence and tasted the tree fruit.

Seeing that the two of them were so nervous about the safety of the Xiyue Alliance, Tan Wen also understood a little in his heart, bowed to the two of them respectively, and said:

"Senior An, Senior Hu, here's the thing, just three months ago at the martial arts conference held in Hengshan Zhurongfeng, the Zuo Ming method of the Lingdao faction suddenly appeared, and extremely vicious and weird tricks defeated Lin Yunyang, the head of the Hengshan faction, and defeated the heroes of the rivers and lakes, and won the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance in one fell swoop, and when the Buddhist gate of Hengshan Zhusheng Temple was destroyed, the supreme master died mysteriously, and then the Western Regions cult invaded the Central Plains, and successively destroyed the three factions of Qingcheng, Quanzhen, and Diancang, and then came to Shaolin one after another. Hengshan provoked, Zuo Mingfa called for the establishment of the "Jianghu Hall" under the pretense of jointly fighting against the cult of the Western Regions, intending to completely rule the rivers and lakes, many Jianghu sects chose to rely on the Lingdao faction because they were afraid of Zuo Mingfa's martial arts, and later rumors in the rivers and lakes that the martial arts made by Zuo Mingfa were the "Great Compassion Mantra" that Yang Ming got from the hands of the hellish demon Jimoda, and what could be confronted was a set of hidden in the "Xuanji Tu" Among the peerless swordsmanship, for a while, all the eyes in the rivers and lakes gathered on our Xiyue Alliance, and there were many martial arts people wandering around Lingsu Villa every day, and coveting the "Xuanji Map" There is also Zuo Mingfa of the Lingdao faction, he installed Fang Da to infiltrate our Xiyue League, as his own internal line, Brother Qiao's plan to secretly dismiss the Xiyue League was known to them, and they attacked Lingsu Villa, Brother Qiao was killed by Zuo Mingfa, before he died, he asked us to go to the desert to find a new master, revitalize the Xiyue League, in order to eliminate Zuo Mingfa's suspicions, Zou You Zou Brother went to avenge Brother Qiao, life and death are uncertain, so that I can come secretly to find the two seniors, and I hope that the two seniors must come forward to save the Xiyue Alliance and water and fire”。

After listening to Tan Wen's story, An Huaiyuan and Hu Yizhi couldn't help but shed sad tears for a while.

"I didn't expect that after we left the Xiyue League and retired to the rivers and lakes, so many disasters happened in the rivers and lakes for no reason, and my Xiyue League also suffered this catastrophe, alas. An Huaiyuan said.

"Yes, old thing, now that the Xiyue Alliance is in trouble, we must help each other. Hu Yizhi said to An Huaiyuan.

"Yes, yes, definitely help, definitely help. Maybe he really has deep feelings for the Xiyue Alliance in his heart, An Huaiyuan replied again and again.

Looking at the attitude of An Huaiyuan and Hu Yizhi, a stone in Tan Wen's heart finally landed, and the night gradually darkened, Tan Wen was asked to stay at An Huaiyuan's residence for a night, and the three agreed to set off together to find the new lord Luo Yuemei in the desert.

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