Longqiu Villa, located in the northeast of the suburbs of Yangzhou City, is known as the first mountain villa in the rivers and lakes, not only because the villa is rich, with 16 grain and cotton shops on both sides of the Yangtze River, north and south of the Yellow River, and has the largest far-reaching dart bureau in the rivers and lakes, the rich and tyrannical side; but also because the old owner Qiu Yuantong has two double-pointed guns in his hand, which is elusive, and people give him the nickname of the double gun general, famous in the rivers and lakes, and the four ways of shocking white and black evil, as the chief scoop of the green forest; and it is one of the four righteousness of the rivers and lakes. Qiu Zhuang has a son and a daughter, Qiu Chuanling, who is in his early thirties, and his daughter Qiu Chuanzhu, who is 16 years old and unmarried, is already sincere and benevolent.

This is said to be the 60th birthday of the owner of Qiu Zhuang, and all the martial arts people in the world are out for it, and everyone is vying for it, trying their best to make friends. On the way to Longqiuzhuang, there are people coming and going, and there is an endless stream. Not only the famous sects in the rivers and lakes, such as Shaolin, Huashan, Qingcheng, Songshan, and the beggar gang, have all their heads personally led the team there; even the Tianshan, Kunlun, and Tibetan Tantric Buddhism in the Western Regions have also sent special people to bring heavy gifts; and the various sects and sects that are not yet famous are even more numerous, and they are like ducks. What's more, this Song, the Jin official family heard the news, and also sent an envoy to congratulate the birthday, the Song family was Yangzhou Assassin Shi Yingguiquan, and the Jin State sent Pengcheng guard general Long Kemu. What a glory it is to say that Longqiu Village is today, which is not unprecedented in the martial arts, but also should be the last. The flowing water banquet set up in the mountain villa is even more continuous, as long as several miles, and the whole day is endless; the festive gongs and drums are noisy, and the invited singing and singing plays are all stunts, and they are very lively. The meaning of Longqiu Village is to celebrate for six days in a row.

Ren Tianqi and the three of them followed the crowd of gift-givers, and came to Longqiu Villa without much trouble, and then followed to the guest registration desk to board their names, present gifts, and be led to the place of the banquet in the village.

The three of them saw that there was a large group of people gathered at the entrance of the banquet, so they stepped forward to take a look, and it was actually a notice in the village, to the effect that Longqiu Zhuang wanted to take advantage of the birthday of the old owner of the village, and set up a ring in front of the Wangchun platform in Yangzhou City after three days, and openly recruited several dart heads of the dart bureau, and one dart head in total;

The three of them shook their heads and smiled and were about to walk away to enter the table, when they suddenly saw a strong man in a brocade dress leading four or five Zhuang Zhongjia Ding to run over, and said in a loud voice: "Guests, please be quiet." Dare to ask which one is the second young master of Renjiabao from Guangling? Which one is the second master of the Tang Sect from Shuzhong?"

The voice is not high, but it is deafening, the words are clear, this person has deep internal skills. The crowd shook for a while, and they exchanged their heads one by one.

Ren Tianqi and the three of them hurriedly squeezed forward and squeezed the person to the end.

The people who came returned the salute one by one, got up and pointed at Ren Tianqi, and said with a smile: "This must be the brother of the Ren family, in Xia Qiu Chuanling." ”

Ren Tianqi hurriedly clenched his fists and smiled: "I have seen Qiu Shaozhuang, and it is Ren Tianqi below." ”

Qiu Chuanling returned the salute with a fist and said with a smile: "It's just that these two are clumsy, so please ask the Ren brothers to introduce them." ”

Ren Tianqi pointed at Tang Shengzhi and said: "This is the second master of the Tang Sect." Pointing at Wen Tingyu and said: "This is the righteous brother below, Wen Tingyu, a thousand-handed scholar." ”

Qiu Chuanling hugged his fists and said with a smile: "The thousand-handed scholar is a little red, and he has admired his name for a long time, like thunder, disrespectful and disrespectful." The father of the family invited three of them, and he also asked the three of them to follow him. ”

The three of them followed Qiu Chuanling to the study. The old owner waited for the marquis in the room earlier, and the three masters of Yin Kaishan and Tianchen sat next to him. Everyone has seen it.

The old owner sat down and said with a smile: "The three of them are all distinguished guests of Wulong Qiuzhuang. The father and son of the Tang family have been in contact with the old man for decades, they are heart-to-heart, like-minded, the old man is a little life, but he often cares about the uncle of the Tang family, and now he is annoyed that the second master of the Tang family has come from afar, and we should be treated kindly. Chuanling, you want to accompany the second master to have a good time in Yangzhou City. The old farmer commanded with a sideways face.

Qiu Chuanling said yes on the side.

The old owner pointed at Ren Tianqi and said with a smile: "This second master of the Ren family is a long story." The Qiu and Ren families have been going back and forth for more than 30 years, and I am familiar with the three heroes of the Ren family, especially with the lord of Dazhai Songyi, who is called a brother and a brother, and has a deep relationship. I have drunk the moon wine of you and your eldest brother Tianhui, but later I got old and was too lazy to move around, so I also asked Chuanling to visit from time to time, saving the descendants of the two families from being estranged. No, the second master has been out to study art for several years, and I also know it. Now I heard that the second master is actually the head of the old Yin gang, and he wants to take the time to see each other no matter what, so that you and a few other juniors should also get to know each other. Lao Tzu is a hero, after all, the world will still be passed on to you, and the friendship of the older generation still needs to be maintained by you. Since Brother Wen is the righteous brother of the second master of the Ren family, he is the distinguished guest of Wulong Qiu Zhuang and the righteous brother of Qiu Chuanling, and he is not an outsider. ”

Yin Kaishan nodded and said with a smile: "Old Zhuang master, I see that these boys are not bad, why don't you take advantage of the great joy of the village today, add another joy, let the four of them become brothers, and there will be a good response in the future, how about it?"

Qiu Yuantong was happy and said with a smile: "I'm afraid it's too high." The second master of the Ren family has returned to his hometown this time, and he is bound to have learned a lot of extraordinary skills, and he is also a high disciple of your old gang leader, so he should not be underestimated; the Tang Gate in Sichuan is well-known all over the world, and he is very good; Brother Wen has been famous in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and he will have extraordinary ability; I am afraid that Chuanling is lowly and can barely make it difficult. ”

Yin Kaishan glanced at the four of them, raised his hand and shook his smile: "The old owner is polite, where is this saying!

The four of them bowed respectfully and said in unison: "We have all listened to the arrangement of the old gang leader. ”

Everyone was overjoyed, came to the backyard and ordered people to put sacrifices, please pass the statue of the second master, burn incense, and invited the old owner, the old lady, Yin Kaishan, Shaolin abbot, Yingguiquan and other distinguished guests to come to testify, and the four knelt down and bowed. Wen Tingyu is the eldest, Qiu Chuanling is the second, and Ren Tianqi is the youngest. The four of them got up and thanked everyone, and went to the backyard to set up a banquet and drink.

Qiu Chuanzhu, the eldest girl of Longqiuzhuang, was very troublesome, and when she saw her brother marrying Jin Lan, there were three more brothers at once, and she was very happy to see that Ren Tianqi was the same age as herself, so she pestered her brother to go to the back to drink and join in the fun.

It was dark, and after the meal, someone had already arranged for Ren Tianqi Yin Kaishan and others to stay.

Everyone was watching Wen Tingyu and Yin Kaishan play Go. At that time, Yin Kaishan had already seized more than half of the chess board, and Wen Tingyu only had to occupy a corner to resist, and he had no power to fight back.

Yin Kaishan laughed.

The door was pushed open, and a person flashed in, but it was Qiu Tongyuan, the old owner, and his son Qiu Chuanling was outside the door.

Everyone saw that the old farmer looked panicked, sweating profusely in the cold winter, and wondered what was going on, so they stood up to greet each other.

Qiu Tongyuan saw that there were only Ren Tianqi and the old gang leader Yin in the room, Lu Shixing, and his heart was very peaceful, so he sat down and drank two cups of tea in a row, and raised his head to everyone: "You and the other four are just right here, if someone else is present, it is not convenient to talk about it!"

Yin Kaishan hurriedly said: "What happened to be so flustered?"

Qiu Tongyuan stretched out his hand and took out a small strip of cloth from his bosom and handed it to Yin Kaishan, saying: "Old gang leader, something has happened, and the book of life and death has reappeared! The owner of the courtyard is a former dynasty of Jinshi, self-proclaimed Xie An Jushi, but also upright and hearty, and in the lower has always walked around, and both of us love to raise birds and pigeons, the two birds and pigeons are often mixed together, flying back and forth. When I fed the pigeon, I saw a strip of cloth tied to the pigeon's leg, and the words "life and death" were written on it, which is this. I have checked all the traces of this pigeon, this pigeon did fly from Xie Antang, and the handwriting was indeed written by the old layman. ”

The crowd was shocked and sweating. Yin Kaishan looked at the strip of cloth, handed it to Ren Tianqi, and said, "Does this Xie Jushi know martial arts? What kind of weapons do you use? Who else is there at home?"

Qiu Tongyuan said: "I know martial arts, I use an iron flute, but I don't know how my kung fu is." This family was not a local, and it has not been ten years since they moved here, and there is still a daughter and five or six children in the family. ”

Everyone looked at each other, and they all felt that the appearance of the life and death book was quite similar to the rumors, and they were all surprised that the life and death book would be chosen to appear under the nose of the mountain villa on the occasion of the celebration of Longqiu Village, which clearly wanted to get along with Longqiu Mountain Villa and Qiu Tongyuan. Why is this, could it be that there is something hidden in Longqiu Village, Ren Tianqi raised his head and glanced at the old owner.

Qiu Tongyuan sweated, sighed and said: "I'm not afraid of this so-called life and death, it's just that today is the great joy of my Longqiu Village, and many of the VIP ladies in the village have never left, it is difficult to prevent it, and there can be no mistakes!"

Ren Tianqi said: "If my uncle has any plans, I will do what I command, and we will do it." ”

Qiu Tongyuan said: "Of course I believe this, but at the moment, the people in the village can't be alarmed, and someone needs to secretly strengthen their precautions; ”

Yin Kaishan nodded, pondered for a moment, and said: "In this way, I asked Lu Shixing to transfer some helpers to strengthen the vigilance of Zhuangzhong; Shengzhi poison art is proud of the world, the other party must scruples, focusing on self-protection; Tianqi has high kung fu, so you have to make a move with the other party when you have to. Tingyu and I went separately to inspect the village and deal with emergency matters. Tong Yuan Ru bento went to the front to socialize like nothing. Besides, Longqiu Village is the largest village in the world, and there are many masters in the village today, in case of trouble, they will not be bystanders, but they don't need to worry too much. ”

Qiu Tongyuan nodded, got up and smiled: "You see, I am in a hurry, and this is indeed the case." Then do it according to the old man's words, then there is a lot of work, I will call Chuanling to send the line I need, and I will retire first. ”

The father and son of the Qiu family hurriedly went. The five people in the room were also busy changing into the night clothes that were sent, pushing the window into the room, and scattering in all directions.

Ren Tianqi and Tang Shengzhi took their swords out of the villa and flew south along the mountain road.

When I came to a large courtyard, I dodged into the side of the road, turned to the front of the courtyard, and saw the lantern hanging high at the door, and there was a plaque hanging on the door, and the words "Xie Antang" could be seen in the book.

Ren Tianqi put on a mask, and Tang Shengzhi also covered his head with a black scarf, only his eyes were exposed.

The two of them jumped into the courtyard, and when they looked around, they saw that all the family members in the courtyard were sleeping peacefully; the lights were still on in the bedroom of the main house, and scholars in their teens and fifties were reading books under the lamps, and one person could be vaguely seen sleeping on the bed behind them, presumably because of this person's daughter.

Ren Tianqi sighed in his heart: This person knows that a catastrophe is coming, but he does not hide or escape, he must be confident that he will not be able to escape; in danger, he can only worry about the safety of his daughter, which is the original surname of parents; thinking that he can still read at night under the lamp at this moment, it is also a deep concentration, and he is indeed a man.

Ren Tianqi and Tang Shengzhifei hid on both sides of the beams in the corridor in front of the room, not only to see the movement in the room, but also to guard against someone plotting.

In the dead of night, there was silence outside, and there was not a trace of wind.

The scholar in the room read the book for a long time, got up and covered the person on the bed, turned back and sat down, picked up the book and flipped it, put it down again, picked up a flute, looked at it, rubbed it, tried it on his mouth, put it down again, looked up at the window and went out to see his mind, and returned to read the book. His person was as calm as water, and there was no trace of panic on his calm face. Ren Tianqi was not in a hurry to inform the people in the house, he knew that the person from the book of life and death was also hiding in a corner of the courtyard at this moment, and was closely watching everything in the courtyard, Ren Tianqi did not feel afraid, on the contrary, there was an impulse, an impulse to vent.

The rooster crowed all over the place, and it was nearly five watches, and the wind rose, and it snowed again.

There was a slight "snap" in the courtyard, and three people suddenly appeared in the courtyard. The three men were dressed in gray robes, covered with gray hoods, and each held a sword in their hands. The three of them stood silently in the courtyard.

Ren Tianqi and the others were nervous and excited.

The scholar in the room heard the sound, sighed softly, got up and stood in front of the bed for a while, and suddenly pointed out a few acupoints of the sleeping person, and then turned around with a long sigh and took the flute and went out, came to stand still in the courtyard, facing the three gray-clothed people.

The wind picked up and rolled up the snow.

I saw one of the gray-clothed men clasping his fists and laughing: "The history of the inspection of the Gate of Life and Death has seen Xie Jushi." ”

As soon as the scholar returned the salute, he said with a smile: "It's so fast, if you don't break your word, admire and admire." How dare the scholars in the next introduction dare to mobilize the people like this, isn't it necessary!"

The gray-clothed man smiled slightly, and said: "The door of life and death is never difficult for a layman, and the layman does not have to go his own way; if the layman can turn back and repent, the door of life and death will never be difficult for the layman, and the past will be erased." ”

The scholar smiled: "Thank you for your kindness." Everyone has their own aspirations, so leave it to future generations to comment. It's just that being alone on the way to Huangquan is a little lonely. ”

The gray-clothed man was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Laymen don't have delusions, the door of life and death has never been missed, this layman can rest assured." ”

Hearing this, the two gray-clothed men behind each took a step outward, and their right hands were already on top of the sword handle in their left hands. Ren Tianqi and Tang Sheng Zhifei were also very nervous.

The scholar hurriedly crossed his chest, and said with a slight smile: "I expected this fate, and it is not a pity for me to die, but I just hope that the three of them can raise their noble hands, let go of my family, and give them a way to live." ”

The man in gray said coldly: "This is natural, the door of life and death has its own rules, and it will never affect others." If you don't think about yourself anymore, will you really have no room to go?"

The scholar glanced back to the north, turned around and sighed, and said, "No one dies, but it is worth it." You don't need to say much, but you want to die. ”

The gray-clothed man in the middle said, "What else do you want before you die? The tone was quite sympathetic.

The scholar said: "Die without regrets." He is called a flute scholar, but unfortunately he will never be able to play this flute in the future. The scholar glanced back at his daughter's room.

Ren Tianqi's heart is hot, he really admires scholars, he talks about life and death like water, treats his children as children, and his hobbies are more important than life.

The gray-clothed man smiled slightly and said, "The layman doesn't need to worry, but it doesn't hurt to blow, except for you and the other three people in the courtyard, the rest of the people must be asleep before waking up, and they won't get in the way." ”

The scholar was puzzled, thinking that his daughter woke up and ran out or someone in the family heard the sound and ran out, so he hurriedly turned back to check, but he didn't see anyone.

I saw the gray-clothed man who was the leader hugging his fist at Beiyi, and said loudly: "Liang Shang, don't you come down to see and listen to the beautiful and desolate flute sound in the wind and snow?"

The sky is slightly bright, and the snowflakes are bigger.

Ren Tianqi and Tang Shengzhi saw that they couldn't hide anymore, glanced at each other, and both appeared and flew down the corridor, standing three steps behind the scholar.

The scholar's eyes lit up in shock, and instantly dimmed again.

The man in gray said: "No matter whether the two of you are friends or enemies here, please listen to the flute play together, and wait until this matter is settled, and then it is not too late to communicate with the two!"

Ren Tianqi saw that the other party was very domineering, and he was also very confident, so he didn't take the appearance of the two of them seriously, so he sneered, thinking that I want to see how you and the others acted fiercely in front of my eyes.

The scholar's heart was calm, but no longer cared whether the person came was friend or foe, he brushed the flute with his sleeves, held the flute in both hands, and the flute sound rose steeply in the snow, sometimes high and sometimes low, tactful and smooth, like high mountains and flowing water, pouring thousands of miles, flying flowers splashing everywhere; like a spring color is diffuse, flowers and birds are singing, and the return is infinite; like thousands of troops and horses, Jin Ge Iron Horse, bloody battlefield.

Everyone was silent, and only the sound of falling snow remained.

Suddenly, the sound of the flute stopped.

The three gray-clothed people took three steps forward in a zigzag shape, stood still, and one person in front slowly drew his long sword, the tip of the sword touched the ground, and the two people in the back took a step outside, holding the handle of the sword, not moving, staring at Ren and Tang.

The scholar held the flute in both hands and remained motionless.

Ren Tianqi and Tang Shengzhi glanced at each other, and also held the handle of the sword in their hands, ready to move.

The gray-clothed man in front said coldly: "Life and death in the name are thin, and the gods are difficult to save." Thou shalt plant thyself, and I advise you not to have illusions!"

Ren Tianqi snorted coldly.

The six of them remained motionless in the courtyard.

The wind and snow are urgent. In a short time, snow fell on everyone's bodies. Ren Tianqi held a half-drawn long sword in his right hand, and inhaled and charged his fingers with his left hand. Tang Shengzhi pressed the handle of the sword and secretly deducted the poisonous powder.

Another rooster crowed in the courtyard.

Everyone heard the sound and moved, and each had its own ups and downs.

The first person did not move, rose from the ground, took a few steps in the air, waved his left hand towards Ren Tianqi and slapped a palm in the air, and the sword in the palm of his right hand turned in the palm, the sword handle was facing forward, the sword body was facing backwards, and he didn't look at it, and turned around and stabbed.

The two people in the back each had a little foot, and flew up with a sword to stab the scholar, regardless of whether Tianqi and Tang Shengzhi were watching from the side.

The scholar did not dodge, took a step back with his right foot, made a move with his left hand to the wind and waves, hid his hand in his sleeve and looked forward in front of his chest, and grabbed the two swords in front of him, and waved the iron flute in his right hand, and shot out a handful of silver needles in the flute, a silver light, straight to the person in front of him;

Tang Shengzhi rolled on the spot, waved his hand and shot a handful of poisonous mist at the scholar and the three assassins.

Ren Tianqi clicked his left foot, and the person flew into the air, pointing a finger at the previous assassin in the air, but he felt a heat on the side of his face, and when he turned around, he saw that the snowflakes in his ears had turned into a stream of hot gas and scattered, and the flame palm!

Ren Tianqi was startled, his posture in the air remained unchanged, he crossed the top of the scholar's head, and the spotted bamboo sword in his right hand swung downward, and the true qi in the body forced the sword body.

The six people alternated, with a click, the victory and defeat were immediately apparent, and life and death were divided.

The scholar was killed on the spot with three swords, the scholar stretched out his five fingers and grabbed the two sword bodies in front of him, the right hand of the flute sword was inserted into the chest of a person on the left, the left hand was slapped on the chest of the scholar, the palm was not in the clothes, obviously a palm had shattered the internal organs of the scholar's chest, and the right hand held a broken sword handle;

The scholar's left abdomen, this person's face is inserted with a silver needle, and the right side of his face and right body have been blackened and rotted.

Tang Shengzhi stood up on the spot, took a few steps back, and held his sword to protect himself.

Ren Tianqi and the previous assassin each turned around and looked at each other with their swords.

As soon as Ren Tianqi took out his sword, he cut off the two swords, put the sword back into its sheath, and was not injured, but he was surprised that this person in front of him actually had the Tianshan Flame Palm, and he was puzzled.

The man was shocked by a finger on his shoulder, drew his sword and turned around, and stood with the tip of his sword on the ground.

Ren Tianqi shouted: "What kind of sect is you waiting for? How can you be so cunning and vicious, do you still want to run?"

The man smiled and said: "What a jade-faced guest, it's a pity that you are not a jade-faced Yama! ”

The man flicked his sword with his wrist, and a black shadow shot at him.