Ten halls of Yama

Zhujiazhuang in the middle of summer is also scorching and unbearable, but what is even more unbearable is a kind of depression, fear and pessimism in the air. Since the Fireworks Alliance was defeated by the official army and Liu Zhihui in Gaoyou, killing and wounding hundreds of people, the alliance has been lifeless; The front gate of Zhuangzhai not only added many subordinates of the Fireworks League, but also three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and even the Yangzhou Government of Guangling County was ordered to send a lot of errands to guard the key intersections to prevent troubles and fights. Despite this, Lian Yulai continued to have bad news and subordinate corpses sent to the village. What is different from the past is that the victims this time are all masters abducted by Ximen Qingyuan from the door of life and death, and they are all rare elites in the alliance, which makes Ximen Qingyuan's heart extremely painful, which makes Ximen Qingyuan, who is sitting in Zhujiazhuang, even more iron-blue and dark clouds, knowing that the enemy is approaching him step by step.

Ximen Qingyuan came back from Yangzhou, and after arranging the affairs of the alliance, he sat alone in the temporary meeting hall of the fireworks league, lit three injections of sandalwood on the desk in front of him, sat cross-legged on the couch, and stood quietly on both sides of the back of four handsome young men in dark blue clothes with swords, and the fragrant wood relief of the dragon and tiger roaring in the middle was faintly revealed behind him. Ximen Qingyuan closed his eyes and didn't say anything, and he didn't talk to anyone, and he had three meals a day, all of which were sent by Xiaoyun. Someone in the Dafan League came to report something, and he only arranged to send it away in three or two sentences, and then closed his eyes and was silent. Zong Ruqi, the deputy leader of the alliance, Ximen Hongyun and other masters were on guard outside the hall, and from time to time they entered the hall to visit and persuade each other. Ximen Qingyuan also ignored it. In just four days, people are old and haggard.

It was almost dark that day, and Tian Muzuo was ordered to bring two dead bodies of the Fireworks Alliance to Zhujiazhuang, and someone took them over; Ximen Hongyun stepped forward and whispered to Ximen Qingyuan, who was closing his eyes and recuperating: "Dad, Tian Muzuo is here." After several sounds, Ximen Qingyuan did not open his eyes.

Tian Muzuo was so busy that he came to pick up his clothes and knelt down, and said loudly: "Disciple Tian Muzuo visited the ancestor. ”

Ximen Qingyuan slowly opened his eyes, glanced at Tian Muzuo, a trace of sweetness at the corner of his mouth, and smiled: "Muzuo is here, okay, get up and talk." ”

Tian Musa stood up and stood aside.

Ximen Qingyuan closed his eyes again and said softly, "The general sent you?"

Tian Muzuo said: "Yes, the general asked Mu Zuo to send the bodies of the two brothers in the black pine forest, and ordered Mu Zuo to stay with the ancestor for the time being. ”

Ximen Qingyuan's cheeks trembled, sighed, and said, "Hongyun, you just didn't listen to the old man's arrangement, and today you went to the four masters in the alliance." Hey, those who have done great things must be able to afford to put it down, not to compete for the gains and losses of the moment, and to know how to build momentum according to the times. I have been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for more than 20 years, and I have never looked at other people's eyes, what a scenery. Now that my father has announced to the world that I want to wash my hands with gold and retire to the rivers and lakes, can't you wait quietly for a few days, why do you have to fight for a high or low?"

Ximen Hongyun hurriedly said: "Dad, isn't it just that I have lost hundreds of allies, but my foundation is still alive, how can you be afraid of becoming like this when you come here! You want not to provoke people, but people may not let us go! You see, people have come to the door and picked out 17 of our masters in a row!"

Ximen Qingyuan no longer paid attention to his son, turned his head and asked Tian Muzuo, "Is the general okay?"

Tian Muzuo said: "Fortunately, the general has led the masters of the army back to Guangling." ”

Ximen Qingyuan nodded and said, "Mu Zuo, you will stay with the old man and help take care of me these days." Afterwards, the old man was grateful. ”

Tian Muzuo bowed and said sincerely: "Mu Zuo was ordered by the general, and he was carried by the first teacher, so it should be so, and I don't dare to expect the first teacher to be gracious." ”

Ximen Qingyuan nodded, closed his eyes and said nothing.

When the night was dark, torches and lanterns were lit everywhere, and the village was brightly lit, and the patrols of the village were strengthened.

Ximen Qingyuan used the dinner sent by Xiaoyun, and when he was in good spirits, he turned around the hall a few times, stretched his skills, and after a set of punches and kicks, he asked someone to take a book, and read it under the lamp. Inside the hall, there are still four young masters in the alliance and Tian Muzuo, and the door outside the hall is also a master, but the difference is that Ximen Hongyun and Zong Ruqi have left.

In the middle of summer night, the night breeze is cool and beautiful, the stars are blooming in the sky, and a meteor crosses in time and space, which can always surprise a sound. The glowing fireflies in the sky flashed brightly and swirled in the wind.

Xiaoyun, who came from the tray of watermelons, didn't know that the old man was in danger, but he still chased the glowing fireflies all the way innocently and happily. The play is in full swing, followed by the glow firefly unconsciously ran away a few more steps, unexpectedly bumped into a person, the hand basin almost knocked over to the ground, in a hurry, was about to raise his head to apologize, facing the light to see the person, in front of him was a terrifying and disgusting face, unconsciously screamed, "dang" a tray to the ground, people stood on the ground, clay wood carving. It is also thanks to Xiaoyun that he has quite a lot of martial arts skills, the so-called art is bold, and while he is shocked, he can still instinctively jump back a few steps, staggering, his face has been eclipsed, and he said in a trembling voice: "You, who are you?, scared me to death!"

The ugly man on the opposite side was still holding a long sword, looking up at the sky, not moving at all, like a statue. The night breeze blows people's long shirts.

The person who came was the ugly man who hurt people at the small shop in the black pine forest.

In the silent night, Xiaoyun's screams were particularly eye-catching, which had already alarmed many Zhuang Ding and the Fireworks Alliance, and even attracted several masters of the alliance who were on duty in front of the meeting hall on the opposite side.

Several figures flashed, and three young men came to the ugly man with swords, blocking between Xiaoyun and Dahan, protecting Xiaoyun. More Zhuang Ding and the members of the Fireworks Alliance also gathered around when they heard the news, raising their swords and guns one by one, their eyes were red, and they looked at the people who came anxiously.

The noise outside had already entered the hall to report to the alliance leader Ximen Qingyuan, who waved his hand when he heard it, and still held up the book under the lamp to read it carefully.

Tian Muzuo looked out of the hall uneasily, and then at several other people, licking his lips, wanting to speak.

The four guards behind Ximen Qingyuan did not move at all, and their eyes were shining.

Outside the hall, the ugly man who had long been in the future gathered in the middle. The three young swordsmen held their swords silently and stared coldly at the comer.

The person who came seemed to have seen enough of the deep tunnel in the night sky, turned his head, looked at everyone around, and his eyes fell on the three young men in front of him, his eyes flashed, and he said coldly: "The old man said that he has killed four people today, and he is a little tired of it, and he doesn't want to make a move." You wait for the three to roll aside to make way for the three of you, or plant yourself, the choice is yours. Don't get in the way, the old man goes in and has a cup of herbal tea!"

The three swordsmen each snorted coldly, took a step back, drew their swords and spread out, lined up.

The ugly man saw a burst of wild laughter, took out a token from his waist and threw it at the three of them, shook his shoulders violently, like a spiritual snake lightning, and nodded in front of his feet, and the scabbard of the left hand suddenly came out. Ding-bang bang. The three swordsmen on the opposite side saw the chaos in front of them, and they were busy shaking their shoulders and swords, how could the other party shoot ridiculously fast, but seeing that the long swords in the hands of the three people were crooked, they lost their direction and stirred together, and the other party's strength was not exhausted, and the three of them stumbled again, so that they hung down and fell together, but they were also held together.

Looking at the ugly man again, he looked up to the sky and laughed, and the man got up, crossed the heads of everyone, turned in the air, and rushed straight to the council hall.

The three swordsmen on the ground were stunned for a moment, and they were catching up with each other.

I saw a white shadow flying up outside the besieged crowd, and a person whirlwind followed the ugly man.

The ugly man saw a person behind him following the shadow, his posture in the air did not change, he snorted in his nose, and two strong winds came out silently from his right hand.

The person who followed snorted, did not pause in the air, and put his hands out together, and slapped two palms violently. The palm wind whirled, like a storm sweeping leaves. The palm wind swept the ugly man's short beard, the ugly man was startled, he was busy making the next plate, flying behind his back, turning back in the air, turning back in the air, out of the right palm of the dragon angry waves, and the left hand scabbard split out.

The person who followed saw the other party's palm, shook his left palm to greet him, and his right hand probed forward like a hook, and wanted to grab the ugly man's scabbard on the snake stick.

When the ugly man saw that the person was coming, he didn't dodge or dodge, and he had both offense and defense, especially when the other party made his right hand like a Shaolin dragon claw hand, but he didn't like it, so he was cautious, and he was busy withdrawing his left hand back to the sword, and turning his strength to his right hand. "Bump", palms together.

The two of them are separated as soon as they are combined, and they both fall to the ground. There have long been Zhuang Ding League's guests swept up and surrounded the ugly guests. But he who followed flew away little by little.

The three swordsmen stretched out their hands to stop the emotional crowd, and one of them handed over the cards in both hands, saluted the ugly man, and smiled respectfully: "It turned out that the demon king arrived, and the eyes of the little ones were cloudy." I also hope that the demon king will wait for a while, and let the small ones go to inform the alliance leader. ”

The ugly man waved his sleeves and took the waist card.

A person from here had already flown up, and several people came to the door of the council hall and whispered a few words to a person at the door.

The noise of the fight outside did not seem to alarm Ximen Qingyuan, who was still reading at night. A guard in front of the door stepped forward quickly, came to Ximen Qingyuan and knelt down on one knee in front of Ximen Qingyuan, and said respectfully: "Back to the alliance master, the brothers on guard outside have come to report, saying that the demon king is coming, just outside the hall, and also said that the demon king has killed our four brothers today." ”

Ximen Qingyuan, who was reading, was stunned, and did not immediately raise his head or make a sound. After being silent for a long time, Fang put down the scroll in his hand, coughed lightly, raised his hand to call his subordinates up, and said slowly: "Tell the outside, you don't have to stop the demon king, just let it come and go." ”

The one who gave the reward stood still, still waiting for the next step.

Ximen Qingyuan waved his hand and said: "You are not the opponent of the Demon King, so why do you want to give your life without doing anything, go and spread the word, and you must also make it clear to the villagers in the village." ”

Ximen Qingyuan turned around and ordered the four guards behind him, and said, "You don't have to be here anymore, let's go to the old lady's side and watch it." ”

The four guards glanced at each other, then at Tian Muzuo, and at Ximen Qingyuan, hesitating.

Ximen Qingyuan smiled slightly and waved his hand.

Seeing that the alliance leader had made up his mind, the four guards hurriedly bowed down and saluted, wanting to turn around and leave. Ximen Qingyuan waved his hand to stop it, and groped under the desk with his hand, and saw the mahogany screen behind him open silently, revealing a door. The four guards then disappeared through the door. Ximen Qingyuan closed the secret door again, turned his head and smiled at Tian Muzuo, picked up the scroll and read.

But Tian Muzuo was in a dilemma, embarrassed, and didn't know what to do.