Meng Qingshan clenched his fists, his forehead was bruised, he paced back and forth, and said: "The fifth brother is very dangerous to go here, but the devil made it clear in the battle post that he wanted to fight alone, and the fifth brother only brought Xiri's nephew and nephew to go, but he didn't want me to wait to intervene, how can this be good!"

Hua Bushi said: "Second brother, do you know where Shiyan Lake is?"

Meng Qingshan said: "Shiyan Lake is forty miles away from the south gate of Changsha City, and it is not too far from the official road."

Hua Bushi said: "In the opinion of the younger brother, let's rush together! At this time, it is past the time of Shen, and the fifth brother is afraid that he has already fought with the devil, such a life-and-death matter, where can he take care of so much!"

Meng Qingshan stomped his feet and said, "What Master Hua said is right, brother, gather people and rush to Shiyan Lake!"

Shiyan Lake ※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※, although it is located in a remote and inaccessible way, it is also a little famous.

Legend after the Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms, Hanshou Pavilion waited for Guan Yu to lead the army to attack Changsha City, and the guard Huang Zhong clashed, the two fought in front of the battle for hundreds of rounds without winning, Huang Zhong was defeated and left, Guan Yu was stimulated but chased after him, in the Shiyan Lake ambush, surrounded by the enemy, almost killed, at the critical moment the red rabbit BMW jumped across the stream, only to escape from the encirclement, back to the army to fight again, captured Changsha.

Guan Yu and Huang Zhong are both famous generals who have been passed down through the ages, and they are also the five tiger generals of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period. In order to commemorate Guan Gong, later generations built a temple in front of the jumping horse stream by Shiyan Lake to worship the statue of Emperor Guan.

A thousand years later, there are two top masters in the martial arts, who chose this place as the place of the duel, Ma Wuhua was provoked to fight, can he also be like Guan Gong in ancient times, desperate to survive, escape?

When Meng Qingshan, Hua Bushi, Yang Jiangyi and others rushed to Shiyan Lake, it was already past the time of Shen, the sun was setting, and the sky was gradually darkening. Riding horses with them, there were also five brothers of the Yu family and forty knights, all of whom were the elite of the "Dongting Gang".

The second master, Meng Qingshan, originally wanted to mobilize more manpower, but it was too late, not only Meng Qingshan, but even Hua Bushi couldn't wait. Saving people is like fighting fire, these forty people are not mediocre hands, and they are enough to fight with the people in the demon path.

Out of the south gate of Changsha City, galloping forty miles, and leaving the official road, along the Shiyan Lake ran for several miles, not far in front of the eyes has revealed a building, in the dim night, can only see the general outline, like a temple.

With a lake on one side and a rocky cliff on the other, the road is rugged and narrow, and the temple stands alone among the rocks, a dark and swarthy color, which is still mysterious.

It was a deserted place, and there was not a single light in sight, and even the light of the torches in the hands of the knights had become very small and faint here.

Meng Qingshan raised his right hand, and everyone reined in one after another.

He pointed to the temple in front of him and said to Hua Bushi: "It must be the Guandi Temple in front, does Brother Hua have a high opinion?"

Hua Bushi said: "This temple is built in such a steep and uninhabited place, it is really a bit weird, we better be careful." ”

Meng Qingshan nodded and made a few gestures, only to hear a few "swishs", and everyone had already drawn their blades. Eight knights jumped off their horses and scattered in all directions, searching the surroundings, and ten more rode their horses forward a few feet closer to the temple and lined up to defend them, while the rest of the knights divided into two teams to protect the two wings of the men and horses that went ahead. These elite disciples of the "Dongting Gang" acted in a regular manner, and they were obviously trained for a long time, and they were by no means comparable to ordinary Jianghu martial artists.

Meng Qingshan said to Hua Bushi: "Brother Hua thinks that there will be someone ambushing outside this temple?"

Hua Bushi thought for a while and said, "There shouldn't be." The battle sticker of the lifeless old demon stated that he wanted to fight alone, and both sides only brought one apprentice here, if he sent someone to ambush outside, the fifth brother had a very strong ear, and he would definitely find it when he came, so he could retreat and not fight with him, but it would be unfavorable to him. ”

After a short time, the gang members who searched and probed on all sides reported that they did not find any ambush within a hundred feet around.

Meng Qingshan said: "Since there is no one in ambush, we will break into the temple directly." ”

Hua Bushi said: "The Demon Dao has set up this plan, presumably it must have calculated that our reinforcements will come, and there will be some arrangements, we must not rush in, it is better to send someone in to test it first." ”

Meng Qingshan turned around and ordered: "Brother Yu, you slam the door and go in, take precautions." ”

"Xiangjiang Five Fish" agreed and rode forward. Although these five people's martial arts are not very strong, they are all from the underworld, and they have been in the rivers and lakes for many years and have rich experience, so it is very suitable for them to explore the way.

The Yu brothers jumped off their mounts, came to the temple gate, listened for a while, and did not hear any movement, the Yu family boss roared, raised his foot and kicked open the temple door, and the five brothers shouted and broke in!

It didn't take long for the five of them to come out, and there was one more person, but it was a monk who was escorted out by the five brothers of the Yu family.

Boss Yu shouted: "Second Master Meng, Uncle Hua, there is nothing in the temple, only the statue of Master Guan and this bald donkey!"

Meng Qingshan urged the horse forward, and everyone followed closely and came to the temple.

He raised his eyes to look at the monk carefully, but saw that he was in his twenties, with an ordinary appearance, a frightened look on his face, a somewhat fat figure, wearing a green cloth monk's robe, and his bare head was shiny under the light of the torch.

"What's your name?" Meng Qingshan asked.

"The little monk's name is Huici, and he is the caretaker of this Guandi Temple. The monk replied in a low voice, his voice trembling, obviously because he was afraid of the group of strongmen holding swords and swords in front of him.

In the famous temple where the incense is vigorous, there will be abbots and monks, such as this Guandi temple to avoid small temples, there is not much incense, naturally can not support the monks, only one monk guards the temple, but also reasonable.

Meng Qingshan stared at Monk Huici's face and asked, "Has anyone been here in this temple earlier?"

Monk Huici said: "There have been a few people who have been to the small temple before, but they have not stayed in the temple, they all went out through the back door, as if they had gone to the stone cliff behind the mountain. ”

Meng Qingshan said: "How many people are there, what do they look like?"

Monk Huici said: "There are four people, there is a big man with yellow hair, a tired and lazy man in a horse coat, and an old man with crane hair and a childish face, walking and fluttering, as if he is a fairy, and the other person is wearing a hat with a veil hanging on it, and the little monk can't see what he looks like." ”

Although this monk was full of panic, he spoke eloquently, and what he described was the appearance of Ma Wuhua and Xiri Ahong, and the crane-haired old man and the man wearing the hat must be the "lifeless old demon" and the apprentices he brought.

After Meng Qingshan heard what Hui Ci said, he suddenly stretched out his hand, took a steel knife from the hands of the people around him, flipped his wrist, and slashed out!

The knife slashed extremely fast, and Monk Huici saw the steel knife slashing straight towards his head, and he didn't even have time to shout "Heroes spare their lives", let alone dodge. But I saw the sword light disappear in a flash, and Monk Huici stood on the ground, his mouth open, but the monk's robe on his body suddenly turned into several pieces of rags and fell to the ground!

The second master, Meng Qingshan, used a steel knife to cut through the clothes of Monk Huici, but it did not hurt his skin at all. By the time the monk reacted, the monk's robe had slipped off and become defenseless, revealing a fat white flesh, and he was busy covering his lower body with his hands, looking embarrassed.

Meng Qingshan glanced at the ** of Huici monk and said: "This person doesn't know martial arts, he should be telling the truth, let's go through this temple and go to the fifth brother!"

If a martial arts master wants to hide his identity and pretend that he doesn't know martial arts, he can disguise himself, restrain his breath, change his demeanor, and there are many means, so it is not so easy to judge whether a person will do martial arts. However, ** lakes like Meng Qingshan have their own methods. He suddenly made a move, firstly to test the reaction of Monk Huici when he was attacked, but more importantly, to cut through Huici's monk's robe and inspect his body.

People who have practiced the outer martial arts have strong muscles and bones, and people with a discerning eye can know at a glance that even if they are masters of the inner family, because of the internal strength of cultivation, there is often true qi running in the meridians everywhere, and the muscles are also slightly different from ordinary people. Monk Huici reacted sluggishly just now, and now that he is naked, with Meng Qingshan's eyes, he can see that there is indeed no sign of practicing martial arts on this person.

If the Demon Dao sends someone to pretend to be a monk to set a trap, he should not send a person who doesn't know martial arts at all. In normal times, Meng Qingshan would definitely interrogate in detail to see if there were any other flaws, but now that the gang leader and the "lifeless old demon" are fighting a life-and-death duel in the back mountain, everyone is all anxious, where is there still time to delay here, so they have to believe the monk's words for the time being.

At that moment, everyone dismounted, and the monk Cihui picked up the tattered monk's robe on the ground, barely wrapped his body, and fled to the side.

But at this moment, Hua Bushi suddenly said: "Wait!"

Second Master Meng Qingshan stopped, raised his palm, and shouted: "Everyone zhanzhu first!"

The disciples of the "Dongting Gang" were about to enter the temple gate, and two or three people had already stepped into the temple, and when they heard the order, they all immediately stood in place.

Meng Qingshan knew that Hua Bushi had changed people, and it must make sense to speak at this time, and asked, "What did Brother Hua discover?"

Hua Bushi said: "I found that I didn't, my little brother just felt a little strange, this temple was surrounded by trees and weeds, but why was it so quiet, I couldn't even hear a sound of insects." ”

After listening to Hua Bushi's words, Meng Qingshan listened attentively, and sure enough, except for the breathing of everyone and the sound of the horses, there was no sound at all. If there is no sound, it is not a big deal, and everyone did not pay attention to it before, but Meng Qingshan understands the abnormality of this matter.

It's autumn now, the weather hasn't cooled yet, and there are bound to be crickets, frogs and other insects in the grass of the ordinary mountains, and the sound of chirping is not uncommon, and the silence is really incomprehensible.