Chapter 16 Chapter 16: Where Do Hulu Bully Heroes

The two of them urged their horses to gallop, and after a distance of forty or fifty li, they arrived soon.The Lu family was quite famous in Zhuo County, they had already inquired clearly on the way, there was a big locust tree and two stone lions in front of the gate as a reminder. At this time, the red sun is already slanting westward, but there is still some time before dusk.When the two arrived in front of Lu's house, they saw that the door was closed tightly. Although Tie Ning was young, but because he followed his master since he was a child, and his father was the leader of the Green Forest Alliance, he had some knowledge about the affairs of the Jianghu. Seeing this situation, he felt a little strange, and said with a "Huh", "It's not too late , why did they close the gate so early?"

Zhan Bocheng also saw a strange thing, and said, "Sister Ning, look at this locust tree, it is only the cool autumn and September, and it is not yet the season for trees to wither, why does this locust tree have such branches and leaves? Sparse? There are almost only bare branches left." Tie Ning stepped up the eaves steps and called out, "Brother Zhan, come and take a look, these two stone lions are even more strange!" I saw that the two stone lions in front of the door were facing the opposite direction. One lion's head was facing the gate, while the other was facing the outside. It was obvious that someone had moved it.Each of these two stone lions weighed eight hundred if not a thousand catties, Tie Ning said: "I don't know who played this prank, the strength is not small."

Zhan Bocheng was also quite surprised, and said: "Lv Hongchun and his wife are two heroes, although their fame in the Jianghu is not as high as that of your master, your father and Uncle Duan, they are not young. Who would dare Playing such a joke on him at his door?" Tie Ning became childish for a moment, and said, "I can't move this stone lion, Brother Zhan, try it. Maybe the owner of the house hasn't known about this prank yet, so we can cover up this embarrassing thing for him." Zhan Bocheng didn't want to be brave at first, but after hearing what she said was reasonable, he moved the two lions back to their original shape, and Tie Ning was beside him to help him.But when moving the stone lion, another even more surprising thing was discovered.There are cracks on the heads of the two lions, which are faintly seen as palm prints.

Zhan Bocheng was familiar with all kinds of martial arts, he was taken aback, and said: "This is the Kung Fu of the Great Vajra Palm. The skill is not weak. Lu Hongchun is not famous for his palm strength!" Tie Ning said: "I only know that Lu Hongchun is famous for his magic arrows, but I haven't heard that he has also practiced the diamond palm of the inner family. And even if he has such amazing palm strength, he would not try it with the stone lion in front of his door. palm." The two were in doubt, Zhan Bocheng said: "Leave it alone, we will talk about it after seeing Lu Hongchun." So Tie Ning went up and knocked on the door, and after a long time, no one opened the door.Zhan Bocheng was even more suspicious, and whispered: "How about jumping in from the roof?" At this moment, there seemed to be the sound of footsteps inside, but after a while, the two doors began to open.

Although Zhan and Tie's experience in Jianghu is not very rich, it can be guessed that the people in the house must have stopped by the door for a while and looked clearly through the crack of the door before they dared to open the door.Otherwise, they wouldn't have waited so long to open the door.They couldn't help but have more doubts in their hearts: "With the martial arts of Lu Hongchun and his wife, the sun is shining brightly, why should they be so guarded and cautious?" The two doors slowly opened, and a middle-aged beautiful woman came out, it was Lu Hongchun's wife Duguying, she had not applied makeup, her temples were disheveled, her face was haggard, if she was worried, she seemed to have no intention of dressing up.Seeing that her clothes were bulging, she could tell it was a hidden weapon, as if she was ready to fight the enemy at any time.

Dugu Ying came out, looked them over carefully, and said, "Who are you? Why are you here?" She met Tie Ning when Tie Ning was five years old, and now Tie Ning is fifteen or sixteen. She is a 10-year-old girl, and she only thinks this little girl is very familiar, but she can't remember that it is Tie Mole's daughter for a while. Tie Ning smiled and said, "Aunt Ying, don't you recognize me? I'm Tie Ning!" Dugu Ying exclaimed "Ah!" "Are you Tie Ning?" There was a bit of surprise and surprise. Tie Ning showed the invitation card and said, "I'm here on behalf of my father." Seeing the invitation card, Dugu Ying was convinced that she was Tie Ning, and she was relieved.But another worry followed, which made her even more frowning.

Dugu Ying looked at the invitation and said, "Why didn't your father come with you? This is your brother, right?" Tie Ning said: "No, he is Big Brother Zhan. Do you know his father Zhan Yuanxiu, Aunt Ying?" Dugu Ying was taken aback for a moment, Zhan Bocheng's arrival seemed to be a surprise to her, and she said, "Oh, so it was Brother Zhan Shi. I heard that your parents passed away, please forgive us for being late, and we will offer our condolences in the future." Tie Ning said: "The Funiu mountain village was breached by the government army, and my father went to Jinji Ridge. This invitation was delivered after my father left. Eunuch Du asked us to go to visit Uncle Lu on behalf of my father. Aunt Ying."

Dugu Ying was so disappointed, she sighed unconsciously, and said, "I never thought something would happen to your place, and your father can't come." Zhan Bocheng was a little puzzled, and thought: "The person who delivered the letter left half a month before us, so he should have come back. Why doesn't she know that the cottage was taken by the government army?" How did he know that the person who delivered the letter was there Killed on the way back. Dugu Ying gathered herself together, and realized that she had forgotten to greet them, she was a little embarrassed, and said: "It's rare for you to come, please come into the room and talk about it."

Zhan and Tie went in with her, but there was not a single servant in the huge room, which looked deserted.The Lu family was originally a wealthy family, so they should have hired gardeners and servants. After entering the living room, Dugu Ying greeted the two of them to sit down, said with a wry smile: "My maids have already left, you sit down, I'll make a pot of tea." Tie Ning hurriedly said, "We're not thirsty, let's invite Uncle Lu out, let's meet first." Duguying hesitated for a moment, and said hesitantly: "Well, um, it's not a coincidence that you came..." Tie Ning was impatient, and asked: "Is Uncle Lu not at home?" Duguying said: "He is at home. But. But……"

Tie Ning asked in confusion: "Uncle Lu doesn't want to see us?" Dugu Ying said: "How could this be? Of course not. But, but, I don't know if he can see you." It seemed to be quite difficult to say. There is a half-covered wing room on the east side of the living room, facing the window.When Tie Ning was speaking, he suddenly smelled a dense fragrance. When he looked closely, he saw wisps of light smoke coming in from the east window.Tie Ning became curious, and regardless of being polite, she stood at the window to look. Seeing this, Tie Ning couldn't help being startled. In the side room, there was a coffin, and an altar. There was an incense burner on the altar with three sticks of incense stuck in it. Apart from these two things, there was nothing else.

The lingering cigarettes came from that wing. Tie Ning was startled, and said in a broken voice: "What? Uncle Lu, he, he..." Before he could finish speaking, he heard footsteps, followed by Lu Hongchun's voice, panting, "I'm lucky to be alive. Are Miss Tie and Brother Zhan Shi here?" Duguying was surprised and said: "Why did you get out of bed?" She hurried over to help him. Tie Ning heaved a sigh of relief, couldn't help but laugh, and thought, "Aunt Ying didn't wear filial piety, so of course it wouldn't be her husband who died. I'm just being suspicious, but who is it?" Tie Ning turned around and went up to salute with Zhan Bocheng.I saw that Lu Hongchun's face was like gold paper, obviously he was ill. Tie Ning said: "Is Uncle Lu's jade body unacceptable? What kind of disease is he suffering from? Please don't be too polite, you'd better go into the room and lie down and talk to us." Lu Hongchun didn't go in, but he coughed and said calmly, "It was someone who hurt someone!" Tie Ning was shocked and said, "Who is it?" Lu Hongchun said: "I have heard what you said. Since your father can't come, you don't need to ask any more. Go, go!" It is unreasonable for the host to drive away the guests.Zhan and Tie were stunned for a while, but they refused to leave. Lu Hongchun complained to his wife: "You really are, since you know that Tie Molei can't come, why did you invite them in? Do you want to implicate Miss Tie and Brother Zhan Shi?" Tie Ning was quite like a father, and after hearing what Lu Hongchun said, she refused to leave, and said, "Uncle Lu, is there anything embarrassing? Although I am young and weak, I can't help Uncle Lu, but I am not afraid of being troubled. " Lu Hongchun frowned, waved his hand and said, "It's not that I don't want to keep you. To tell you the truth, I have a very powerful enemy. I can only deal with it unless your father is here. Although you are not afraid of getting hurt, I am afraid of you." You lost your life unjustly, how could I be worthy of your father." Tie Ning was stubborn and had to get to the bottom of it. He pestered him and asked, "Who is Uncle's enemy? When will he come? If you don't tell me, we won't leave!" Duguying's heart moved, and she said, "Brother Hong, the enemy won't come until midnight tonight, and there are still four hours left. Although we fought to the death, we hope that someone will know when we die. It's rare that the iron girl It happens to be here, let her send a message to Tie Molei for us." Lu Hongchun sighed, and said: "Okay, then you can tell them for me. But I must have something to say first. After you know it, you should leave immediately." Tie Ning thought in her heart: "As long as you are willing to tell me, I will be up to you whether to leave or not." Zhan Bocheng also had the same thought, so they both agreed. Duguying helped her husband back to the bedroom, Lu Hongchun smiled wryly and said, "I'm afraid our husband and wife will only meet for four hours. You don't need to take care of me, you should tell Miss Tie what you need to say." Duguying was bitter in her heart, forced herself to hold back her tears, took out some jerky, and said: "Please forgive me for not cooking for you, just use some jerky to satisfy your hunger." Tie Ning said: "Aunt Ying, you Don't rush to get me an order, please just tell us." Dugu Ying settled down and said, "Did you see the coffin in the wing room just now?" Tie Ning said: "Who died?" Dugu Ying said: "Speaking of which, it is brother Zhan Shi's acquaintance, he is your neighbor in Panlong Valley, the Liu Zhen who once conspired to steal your grandfather's treasure!" Zhan Bocheng was greatly surprised, startled, and said, "How did Liu Zhen die here? Where is his son Liu Mang?" Dugu Ying said: "Liu Mang originally lived here, but he left a few days ago, and he hasn't heard the news of his father's death yet. Well, Liu Mang mentioned you to us, he said that their father and son are you. Father-in-law hates people, but he praises you as a good friend." At this point, he took a break and looked at Zhan Bocheng. Zhan Bocheng said: "I believe Liu Mang is not a bad person. Although it's a bit of a holiday, I don't hate him." Duguying let go of her heart and said: "Okay, then I might as well tell you that this disaster was caused by Liu Zhen and his son's conspiracy to steal your family's treasure." Zhan Bocheng was taken aback, and said, "Did Liu Zhen die from his injuries?" In the treasure-hunting battle that night, Liu Zhen was seriously injured, and in the scuffle, Zhan Bocheng also stabbed Liu Zhen. He made two swords, thinking of comparing things, he felt apologetic. Duguying shook her head and said: "The disaster happened because of the treasure hunt, but Liu Zhen's death was not caused by that injury. Before talking about this matter, I have to talk about the ins and outs. "You must have wondered why my elder brother joined forces with Liu Zhen to seize the treasure of Zhan Shixiong's grandfather? "My elder brother has two sworn brothers, one is Liu Zhen, and the other is Xia Houying who has been unique in the green forest in recent years. Liu Zhen is the eldest, Xia Houying is the second elder brother, and my elder brother is the last. "Xia Houying rose up after the last Green Forest Conference. He doesn't have a fixed cottage, but he has a very special way. They are a group of green forest heroes who specially choose the junction of several feudal towns for activities. Between Jiedushi and Jiedushi, everyone is fighting for power and profit, and there are often conflicts and even annexation of each other, which provides a favorable condition for their activities. "Where there is an opportunity, they will attack that place. After plundering the rich households and official warehouses, they will move away immediately, making it difficult for the officers and soldiers of the towns to capture them. The officials call them 'rogue bandits' and mention Xia Houying's name. , all feel headaches. Their team has developed rapidly in the past few years, although it is not comparable to Tie Mole's Dazhai, it has already surpassed other green forests." Xia Houying still respects Tie Molei as the leader of the Green Forest Alliance in name, but in reality, Tie Molei's order is beyond the reach of Tie Molei.Tie Ning also heard his father mention his name, praising him as an outstanding figure in the green forest. Dugu Ying continued: "The three of them are like-minded, and they have the intention to do something great. They think that the iron village master is just guarding the cottage and lacks the ambition to reorganize the world. They don't agree with this approach, so they want to start their own business But they are not against your father, they are planning to discuss with your father after a little foundation in their career. "They do things differently and have different views from your father. I have low knowledge and it is difficult to judge which is right and which is right. I just want to ask Miss Tie to tell your father their feelings." My brother misunderstood, so I explained the reason for the treasure first. Such a big strategic issue, of course, was beyond the comprehension of a little girl like Tie Ning, so at the moment, she could only nod her head in agreement. Dugu Ying continued: "Xiahouying's team traveled all over the world, often in hardships and hardships. A few years ago, they inquired that Wang Botong's treasure was probably in the Panlong Valley, so they made a plan to ask Liu Zhen to withdraw from the green forest , moved to live in Panlong Valley, pretended to wash their hands in a golden basin, and sealed the knife behind closed doors, but in fact they wanted to take these treasures." Zhan Bocheng sighed, and said: "Liu Zhen and his son are well-intentioned, but it's a pity they didn't tell me earlier, otherwise I'd give him half, it's nothing." Tie Ning smiled and said: "You are kind and generous, but will your Grandpa Chu agree?" Tie Ning was a little strange, "Liu Mang robbed his elder sister, but he doesn't seem to hate Liu Mang at all, could it be Is he really taking it easy that Chu Baoling likes another person?" Duguying was not in the mood to talk about Liu Mang with him, and continued: "Although my brother is married to Liu Zhen and Xia Houying, outsiders don't know about it, and my brother didn't openly join the Green Forest. He is still a hero in the world. The identity of a ranger. After Liu Zhen moved to Panlong Valley and pretended to live in seclusion, my brother acted as the liaison between him and Xia Houying. "This time my brother went to Panlong Valley to meet Liu Zhen secretly. It happened that Liu Zhen got the treasure map, so my brother had to join hands with him. Unexpectedly, he failed to win the treasure, and both Liu Zhen and his son were seriously injured. "My brother escorted them away. He was going to send them to Xia Houying. But Xia Houying's whereabouts are uncertain. I only know that his group is active in the area bordering Youzhou and Liangzhou. Firstly, the journey is long. Second, Even if you come to that area, you may not be able to meet it. "At this time, rumors have spread in the Jianghu. There are rumors that Liu Zhen and Chu Sui have become relatives of children, and have already shared half of the treasure. Someone is following them." Zhan Bocheng thought to himself: "This rumor was probably spread by Dou Yuan. That night Liu Zhen and his son joined forces with us to deal with Dou Yuan. Although this rumor is not true, it is not completely groundless." Duguying went on to say: "My brother thought that he was not sure to protect Liu Zhen and his son to Xia Houying, so he had to send Liu Zhen and his son to our home. He explained the reason and asked us to take in Liu Zhen and his son and let them stay in our home. Secret healing. "Because of this treasure hunt, my brother was afraid of causing misunderstanding from the Tiezhai Lord, so he begged me and my wife to come forward and invite your father to come. That invitation was sent out the next day after Liu Zhen and his son came to our house. .” Tie Ning thought: "Eunuch Du expected it to be right, but he didn't expect Liu Zhen and his son to be recuperating at their home." Duguying went on to say: "After my brother settled Liu Zhen and his son in our home, he went to find Xia Houying alone. He originally promised to come back within a month, but he hasn't come back until now. "Liu Zhen was seriously injured, while Liu Mang was slightly injured. After being recuperated in our home for more than half a month, he recovered. Liu Mang was very anxious when he saw that my brother hadn't returned, so he also rushed to the hospital. Ask Xia Houying to find out. "Three days ago, Liu Zhen's injury had already healed by seven or eight points. Unexpectedly, on that night, his big enemy came!" Zhan Bocheng asked: "Who is this big enemy Liu Zhen?" Duguying said: "It's a masked man whose martial arts background we can't see. "The night before yesterday, that masked man came out of nowhere and asked to see your Uncle Lu by name. We didn't want him to enter the house, so we went out to meet him. At that time, we thought it was some friend from the world who came to borrow money, but we didn't realize that it was not this at all. thing. "The masked man said as soon as he opened his mouth: 'I already know that Liu Zhen and his son are recuperating in your home, please hand him over.' "Of course your Uncle Lu won't admit it. The masked man smiled coldly and didn't speak, but he showed amazing martial arts skills. First, he smashed two stone lions with the power of diamond palm, and then he smashed the big locust tree The tree body slapped. "That night, the moonlight was very good. After hitting the locust tree, after a while, the leaves fell one after another, and a few leaves floated in front of us. We could clearly see that the leaves had turned yellow." Due to his family background, Zhan Bo knew quite a lot of martial arts of good and evil sects, he was surprised and said: "Is this done by one person? This person's martial arts are really unfathomable." Tie Ning said: "Although this man's palm strength is powerful, it's not necessarily that great. Can he still beat Hua Zongdai and my father?" Zhan Bocheng said: "That's not the case. You must know that Vajra Palm is a decent martial art of Buddhism. It originated from Shaolin. One palm is the most insidious palm force in the evil sect, called Rotten Bone Palm. These two palm forces, one positive and one evil, one hard and one soft, with my father's extensive experience, he has never heard of it. It is said that there is a person who can combine the strengths of these two kinds of good and evil palms. No wonder Uncle Lu said that he can't see the origin of his martial arts." Duguying went on to say: "If the Tiezhai Lord had been here at the time, he would not have lost to him, but we think it is far worse. "After the masked man showed these two skills, he threatened us again: 'Would you like to be like a locust tree or a stone lion? If you don't want to do both, I advise you to hand over Liu Zhen quickly!' His meaning is very clear, he can use the diamond palm to break our heads like crushing a stone lion, or use the carrion palm to inflict deep internal injuries on us, slowly wither like that locust tree, and finally die! "We thought we were not his opponent, but we must not give in to his threats, so we firmly rejected him. "We were preparing to fight him when Liu Zhen came out suddenly and said: 'Liu is here now, he can be killed or cut as he pleases. You can't make things difficult for my friend!' "Of course your Uncle Lu refused to let that man arrest Liu Zhen, so he stopped in front of Liu Zhen. Unexpectedly, at this moment, an unexpected thing happened!" Although Zhan and Tie already knew the ending, they still couldn't help but feel anxious when they heard her talk about the tension, and asked at the same time: "How is it?" Dugu Ying said: "Your Uncle Lu was about to fight that masked man when Liu Zhen suddenly called out: 'Wait a minute!' He pulled out his saber and suddenly stabbed it into his heart!" Zhan and Tie were taken aback, and shouted: "Liu Zhen committed suicide?" They only thought that Liu Zhen was beaten to death by the masked man, but this was something they didn't expect. Duguying sighed, and said: "That's right, that masked man's martial arts are too high, Liu Zhen knows that he can't avoid it, firstly he doesn't want to implicate us, and secondly, he doesn't want to fall into that man's hands and suffer more torture. Therefore committed suicide. "Liu Zhen pierced his heart with a knife, and it was too late for our husband and wife to rescue him. Before Liu Zhen died, he said sharply: "A good man is the only one who does things. You have a grudge against me. Now I give my life to you, and I can always do what you want." I wish. Daxia Lu and I were just acquaintances by chance, and he let me recuperate in his home because of a kindness. In fact, he has nothing to do with me, and you can't hurt him.' He said with his last breath If you say this, you will die." Zhan Bocheng was horrified when he heard it, and thought: "Liu Zhen is very loyal, but I'm afraid that person may not be willing to listen to him?" Sure enough, Dugu Ying continued, "It's a pity that Liu Zhen lost his life in vain, but the masked man refused to give up. "On this side Liu Zhen had just died, and on the other side the big devil laughed and said, 'Is it okay to die? How can there be such a cheap thing? Not only do I want Liu Zhen's life, but more importantly, I want Liu Zhen to steal it. Treasure. Hey, hey, Liu Zhen is dead, and you, where is the treasure, I want to ask you!' "I tried my best to argue that we didn't know anything about the treasure, but the big devil grinned again and said, "You think I'll believe Liu Zhen's nonsense? Liu Zhen is definitely not a loyal person. He knows my vicious methods very well. I have already come to the door, he is doomed to die anyway, and he is so happy to be a hero when he dies. His death is just a delusion that I will let you go and keep his treasures. Hey, hey, how could I fall in love with you when!' "Your Uncle Lu was already filled with righteous indignation because of Liu Zhenzhi's death, but now he is being framed by him, how can he bear it? Our husband and wife finally handed over to that big devil. "I'm ashamed to say that we fought two against one, but we only had thirty moves. Your Uncle Lu slapped that man. Your Uncle Lu was going to fight to the death, but the man didn't kill him. He slapped him. When hit, he backed away, laughed and said: "Lu Hongchun, you got my rotting bone palm, only my unique antidote can survive, I will give you three days, come back after three days!"" Zhan Bocheng thought to himself: "The method used by this devil is exactly the same as the method used by the old Hua to force Tian Chengsi to hand over the treasure. But one is good and the other is evil, one is true and the other is light rumors. But it's very different." Duguying went on to say: "The devil not only threatened your uncle Lu's life, but also prepared more vicious methods. Before he left, he said he would come back in three days, and he would fall on us by then. Get those treasures, otherwise, he will kill our whole family, big and small! But let your Uncle Lu live alone and become a useless person. If he can't live or die, he will suffer dozens more. Heaven's infinite pain!" Zhan Bocheng was horrified when he heard this, and thought: "This devil's method is much more vicious than that of the old man Hua." Immediately, he couldn't help but said angrily: "It's unreasonable, this is simply deceiving people too much, we just let it go You have to fight him for your life." Lu Hongchun sat up and said, "No way, you must leave before midnight." Dugu Ying said: "That's right, we are already desperately trying to die with that devil. Losing your two lives will not help the matter, but we will lose someone who can report to us." Lu Hongchun said again, "That devil's martial arts are really powerful. From my point of view, only Tie Ning's father can fight against him. How can we hurt you when the family members are dismissed? I just ask Miss Tie to bring the news of our death to Tie Zhaizhu, and ask him to find out who the devil is and tell my brother-in-law. Dare to force Iron Village Master to avenge us." Zhan Bocheng still wanted to talk, but Tie Ning gave him a wink and said, "In that case, I hope Uncle Lu and Aunt Ying will be blessed with good fortune, and we will bid farewell." Duguying sent them out, saw them stepping on the horse, and then closed the gate. Zhan Bocheng walked out of the village, restrained Ma Luo, and said, "Sister Ning, I can't just ignore death. Why don't you go back and report to your father, and I'll help them and his wife." Tie Ning smiled and said, "Of course we're going back together. Although the devil is powerful, we may not be able to resist it for a while together, and with Aunt Ying, maybe we can kill him!" Zhan Bocheng pondered and said, "It's always better to leave one alone." Tie Ning feigned anger and said: "Are you only allowed to be a hero? Brother Zhan, don't be afraid, you and I join forces, I believe we can win against Lu Hongchun. It doesn't mean that we will die." Tie Ning was determined to be his companion, but Zhan Bocheng couldn't resist her, so he had to go back with her.The two put their mounts on the hillside, quietly went to the gate of Lu's house, and climbed up the locust tree.exactly: How about knowing the future?Please listen to the breakdown next time.