Chapter 20 Chapter Eighteen

Still in that elegantly furnished hall back then, Princess Wuyue's whole body was severely injured, and she no longer had the ability to fight back.The rockery bonsai was intact, but the big vase was shattered, and the scattered peach blossoms mixed with the silver tiles looked like blood and tears. Princess Wuyue picked up a damaged peach blossom and said with a slight smile: "You got the scriptures, and you really practiced martial arts very well. Nowadays, in the younger generation of martial arts, except for a few people, such as Ye Qingchen and Ouyang Yunhai, everyone else has Not your opponent."

Shen Xuan said: "My concubine does not need to be overwhelmed. My concubine's skills are far superior to my own. If it hadn't been for the recent poisoning in my body and my skill has weakened, I would not be able to win within 300 moves." Princess Wuyue smiled tragically: "You are too modest Yes. I practiced the Shadowless Three Corpse Palm, and I expected it to be playing with fire and setting myself on fire." Shen Xuan said: "The inner strength of the Tiantai sect goes all the way to pure yin, you have a cold constitution, but you have to practice my supreme inner strength 'not tied to a boat', the yin and yang cannot be reconciled, if it weren't for your strong foundation, you would have vomited blood and died like me. You can't practice the authentic Dongting internal skills, but you actually found another way, using the superior kung fu in "Untied Boat" to create such evil martial arts as Wuying Three Corpse Palms. If my grandfather knew it, he would be mad at you. Fortunately, you I also know that you do not have superior internal strength, and you are always unable to resist the invasion of corpse poison. Originally, you have reaped the fruit of yourself today, and the sins of these years have been repaid. But I promised Miss Jiang that I must avenge her." Princess Wuyue Said: "I can pay for her life. In fact, I came here to fight with you, no matter whether I win or lose, I have no plan to go out again."

Shen Xuan knew that Princess Wuyue regarded this labyrinth as her "destination": "Do you want to die there?" Princess Wuyue nodded: "That's right. Please follow me to the room with the sarcophagus. Besides, I have one last thing to do." Seeing that Shen Xuan was hesitating, she added, "You can leave this place if you kill me. Haven't you been here before? The guards of the Haimen gang, you don’t want to get entangled with them. That road is controlled by the Wuyi faction, and although Fairy Hongmei is irritable, she is not an annoying person.” It turned out that Fan Dingfeng’s arrangement had already been arranged by her. Knowing everything well, "You don't have to worry that I want you to be buried with me, because I still have something to ask of you."

Shen Xuan said: "What?" Princess Wuyue said: "Qian Shijun brought someone back this time, I have already counted my doom and accepted my fate. However, after I die, Dan'er will definitely be in a desperate situation. I have killed countless people, but Never let Dan'er get a drop of blood on his hands. I beg you to protect his life based on the friendship between the two of you." Shen Xuan was shocked, she didn't know that Qian Dan was dead, and died in a trap set by herself.Shall I tell her?Looking at her desolate and sad expression, Shen Xuan couldn't bear it after all, so he just said shyly: "Don't worry!" Princess Wuyue was relieved, walked behind the bonsai, and opened the mechanism.

That narrow tunnel is no different from three years ago, and in fact no one has walked through it since then.Shen Xuan followed behind Princess Wuyue without saying a word.There are only footsteps echoing in the valley, one and another.Both of them have a long memory. The ever-burning lamps in the stone chamber are dim like sleepy eyes, and like the breath of a gossamer.Shen Xuan pushed open the lid of the sarcophagus, but Princess Wuyue stretched her hand in, and opened the mechanism inside the sarcophagus, revealing the stairs below. "This is not my real birthday material. I am going to bury it below." She explained.

Shen Xuan thought of the Seventy-two Suspected Tombs of Cao Cao, and shook his head secretly.The stone slab engraved with "Jianghai is not tied to a boat" was placed across the bottom of the coffin, Princess Wuyue said: "How many people died for this trouble, who would have thought that you would be able to master it." In the stone room below, the incense table has been rearranged.A row of white candles wafted long tongues of flame, and the tears shed from the candles accumulated on the candlesticks to form a hill, forming a variety of strange shapes.Peach blossoms are inserted in the celadon vase, as delicate and beautiful as blood, and a faint shadow of the sun is reflected on the white wall.There is a huge bronze incense burner under the incense table, which has accumulated incense ash for many years, and three secret famous incenses exhale fragrant smoke.

Princess Wuyue grabbed a handful of paper money, lit it on a candle, threw it into the brazier, watched it burn quietly, and grabbed another handful.Shen Xuan stood aside, quite curious. Princess Wuyue read a scripture in a low voice, her expression was very peaceful, she was silent for a while, and then said: "Xiang'er, mother came to see you again. This time, mother will never leave again, and will always be with you and your father. Are you happy?" So apart from Qian Dan, Princess Wuyue also has a child! Princess Wuyue added another handful of paper money, and said slowly: "Mother prepared a very good gift this year, but she didn't bring it in a hurry, Xiang'er, don't you blame mother? Today is your birthday..."

Shen Xuan was stunned, what was she talking about?He asked tremblingly, "What day is today?" Princess Wuyue seems to be answering, and also seems to be talking to herself: "My appointment for the martial arts competition is on the eleventh of February, and it has already passed the night. Today is the twelfth, which is the Flower Festival. My daughter and Baihua have the same birthday. It's so cute... It's a pity that she withered when she was just a flower bud." Shen Xuan almost fainted, before his eyes clearly appeared a few years ago, on the sad farewell night by the Taihu Lake, Jiang Lingqian rolled up his sleeves and showed him a red agate armband.

But he still had a glimmer of hope: "How old is Qianyuan?" Princess Wuyue said: "He died when she was just over one year old. She is still twenty years old now, and she should be married long ago. Why do you ask this?" She turned her head, saw Shen Xuan's face of despair, and said in surprise: "Why, you know about this?" Shen Xuan was clasping the saber in his hand, but at this moment it "dang" fell to the ground.Princess Wuyue became more and more terrified when she saw this, her eyes widened: "What's going on, tell me!" Shen Xuan didn't want to say anything anymore, but... he should ask clearly: "Is her birth date 'Wu Zi Yi You Geng Chen Xin Wei'?"

Princess Wuyue exclaimed: "How do you know? You don't know...it's her?" Of course she also understood that a girl's birth date is known only to her parents and her husband's family. She let out a scream and said with a sad smile: "I prayed for her for twenty years, but I never thought that she was alive and well, but I beat her to death with my own palm." The white light flashed, blood spattered, and a white jade-like palm "slapped!" " fell to the ground with a sound, but she cut it off with her own wrist. "Ma'am, don't be like this..." Shen Xuan shouted.Princess Wuyue passed out, and the blood that flowed out from her severed wrist was black with corpse poison.Shen Xuan was in a state of confusion: he came all the way to avenge Jiang Lingqian, but at the last moment he found out that the enemy was her biological mother, and the mother who had missed her daughter so much for many years, what should he do?

After an unknown amount of time, Princess Wuyue finally opened her eyes, saw Shen Xuan standing by, and said slowly, "Why didn't you kill me?" Shen Xuan's mood gradually calmed down, and she just shook her head. Princess Wuyue sighed a long time: "This was originally a secret of mine. I thought it would be taken to the tomb peacefully, but unexpectedly... maybe it was God's punishment for me? Do you know, I know nothing The Shadow Three Corpse Palms will hurt themselves, why do you need to practice?" Shen Xuan said: "For revenge." Princess Wuyue said: "That's right, deep hatred. You know, I am a disciple of the Tiantai sect. My father is the head of the Tiantai sect, Jiang Tingsong. Everyone says he has a very strange personality. In fact, it was for my mother. My father loved my mother very much. "Emei Snow, Chicheng Xia". He always said that my mother was the fairy of Guan Yunxia, ​​the boss of Chicheng Mountain. But after giving birth to me, my mother died." She glanced at Shen Xuan, as if remembering something, "Later, my father doted on me in every possible way. My name is Mingzhu, but I am really the jewel in my palm, the princess of Tiantai Mountain. That is not an ordinary father-daughter relationship, right? It is for this reason that when I betrayed my father for the first time, he almost went berserk. "It was for my marriage. When I was eighteen years old, a young man known as the world's number one swordsman went to Tiantai Mountain. He defeated all my senior brothers, even my father was not his opponent. Both my father and senior brother were angry. Died. Do you know that my father was famous in the world back then, only your grandfather Yanxia Master and Wushan Patriarch Ren Fengchao were as famous as him. But later, this young man was conquered by me..." A flowery smile suddenly appeared on her dying face, she looked so innocent, as if immersed in the sweetness of her first love back then.It's a pity that this expression was fleeting, and she sighed again: "I have wanted to win over Jiang Lingqian for a long time, just because of a strange idea: why are the girls in Tiantai Mountain always so unfortunate, why is our love always so unlucky?" Being dissatisfied by everyone? Of course, I am luckier than you. At that time, although the Tiantai and Dongting sects had rifts with each other and did not make friends with each other, they did not have a deep hatred, and the troubles did not become as unmanageable as later." Shen Xuan said: "That young swordsman is a disciple of the Dongting sect?" Princess Wuyue said in amazement: "Si Lang is the most outstanding disciple of your Dongting sect, how could you not know? No wonder, he has been dead for so many years. Besides me, who else I still remember him. "Where did you talk about? Well, as I said, my father has a weird temperament. He doesn't want me to marry an outsider, let alone the Dongting sect he has always been dissatisfied with, not to mention that this person has severely frustrated him. And originally, he So he promised me to his favorite disciple, senior brother Huang Yunzai. I have seven senior brothers who loved me since they were young. Maybe the senior brother really wanted to marry me. Later, when I married Shiro, he was very sad for a while. ...Unexpectedly, after living for more than ten years, his father still behaved like this, and he promised Xiang'er to Tang Mulong. He thought that if he chose the one he thought was perfect, everything would be fine. In fact, Tang Mulong has a weak temperament and has a good skin... At that time, in order to be able to marry Shiro, I turned Chichengshan upside down. Dad lost his temper, but my temper was even worse. In the end, my father couldn't resist me, so he had to announce the severance of the relationship between father and daughter, and let me go. Don't ask about anything." Shen Xuan said: "Actually, your father... I have been to Tiantai Mountain, and your father has kept your room. He misses you very much." Jiang Mingzhu said: "I know, Daddy is such a person, but I can't forgive them... Shiro's side is not without problems. Tiantai sent me to do my own thing, and I have a bad reputation in the Jianghu. My father is an old monster, I am a little demon girl, and now I am a temptress again. Hmph! Shimen's affection is very deep. Your Dongting sect was a decent leader at that time, how many people would despise him if he wanted to marry me! Fortunately, your grandfather is really a magnanimous and good man, and he didn't embarrass Shiro at all in this matter. "After many twists and turns, Shiro and I finally got married and lived in seclusion in Tiantai Mountain after marriage. The place was very hidden and no one could find it. My senior brothers didn't dare to bother me. Shiro brought Xiangfei bamboo from his hometown in Junshan, I planted green peach blossoms in the valley again. We built a bamboo house to live in, without worrying about the world. The days of more than a year were like the most beautiful dream in the world. Later, Xiang’er was born. We gave her It was named "Xiang Ling" because Shiro said that he could not forget the kindness of his teacher, so he must have the word "Xiang". Chicheng Lingxi. Thinking about it later, her father raised her, so naturally she would not be called "Xiang" again. "Xiang'er was very beautiful when she was a child. In the spring, I hugged her and watched the peach blossoms in the yard. I wondered what kind of beauty she would be when she grew up, and whether she would be like me. Unfortunately, when she grows up, she will be beautiful. She's beautiful, but she doesn't look like me, she might look like her father." Under the words, there was deep regret, if Jiang Lingqian was like her, maybe the truth would have been revealed long ago, and it wouldn't be later than now.Shen Xuan suddenly thought, why does Yinyue, a nun on Rootless Island, look so much like Jiang Lingqian? Jiang Mingzhu continued: "In the spring of that year, I woke up from my dream. At that time, your grandfather was seriously ill. He brought a letter, and he could no longer live in seclusion. He wanted to go back to Dongting, and he took Xiang'er away. , Said to show your grandpa. Because of this incident, I will never forgive him. I was worried, and I wanted to follow, but at that time I was pregnant again, so I had to stay on the mountain and wait for him to take Xiang'er I came back, but who knows that he never came back. At that time, I left in a hurry..." A drop of tears rolled down her sallow face, and twenty years of wind and frost did not erase the pain of that year. "When I was young, I never thought that the grievances in the rivers and lakes would accumulate and deepen instead of being gradually resolved. I always thought that after a long time, the brothers would always turn hostility into friendship with us. I didn't expect them to hate so deeply. Shiro has not yet When I arrived in Dongting, I was besieged by my seven brothers on Lushan Mountain. People in the rivers and lakes rumored that he was missing. I knew he was dead, otherwise he would come to me anyway. As for Xianger, my At that time, I thought that the brothers would not let her go. Thinking about it, it was her father who saved her and brought her up. "I have never been clear about what daddy did in this matter. But from the beginning, I hated him. Seven senior brothers dared to do this, and he couldn't escape responsibility. Why didn't he protect his daughter and son-in-law! Later I heard that he went to Go to Sanzui Palace and take away the scriptures left by your grandfather to Shiro. I thought, he must have ordered his disciples to kill Shiro because of that "river and sea are not tied to boats". I must take revenge on him! That night, I So I sneaked back to Chicheng Mountain to steal the martial arts secret book. I didn’t expect that the book was thrown in the living room by my father. I wanted to take the book and leave, but then I thought, I can’t take advantage of him. I stayed up all night. I copied the original book upside down. At that time I was a martial arts student and I was a little smart. After I changed the words, they were actually clear. But the meaning is completely opposite to the original text. I removed the cover of the original book and put it in a fake Go on, make it look like the real one, and put it back in the original place. I just want my dad to practice this fake martial arts. It’s a waste of energy and madness! Don’t say I’m too cruel, I was so sad that I went crazy. It’s the feeling of losing a lover , as you know. Then I left Tiantai Mountain and never went back. "Later, I heard that Dad went to your Three Drunken Palace to force your father to death. I don't know if Dad saw that the scriptures were fake and suspected the Dongting School, or they didn't realize it. The quarrel was caused by me. false scriptures." However, Shen Xuan knew that such a secret book of the Dongting School did fall into the Fan family.At that time, he was deeply puzzled when he got "The River and the Sea Are Not Tie Boats" that Jiang Lingqian snatched from the sarcophagus. I don't know why Princess Wuyue also had it.Only now did I realize that the "family secret book" for which my father shed a lake of red blood turned out to be a fake book!At this moment, he didn't even have the energy to smile wryly. "I was wandering in the rivers and lakes, with nowhere to turn. I searched all the way to Lushan Mountain, but I didn't find the bodies of my husband and daughter. I just washed my face with tears every day. Fortunately, I still had Shiro's flesh and blood in my belly, and all my hopes were in that child. I hope to give birth to him, bring him up, and avenge his father and sister." "Is that Qian Dan?" Shen Xuan asked.Jiang Mingzhu shook her head and said, "No, Dan'er is Qian Zuo's child. I met Elder Brother again on Lushan Mountain. He forced me to go back and be his wife, so I naturally refused. His martial arts were better than mine at that time. I managed to defeat him and escaped far away. But after this hard fight, my child was also lost. At that time, I was so desperate that I just wanted to see Shiro as soon as possible, so I threw myself on a tree It just so happened that Qian Zuo met you in Lushan Mountain and rescued me. Qian Zuo was born in a noble family, but he is a very honest person. I went to Xifu City with him and transformed into the princess of Wuyue. "If death fails, people's thoughts will change. I swear a poisonous oath to avenge my husband and daughter, and make all the murderers pay a painful price. Revenge requires peerless martial arts, and I will not hesitate to practice the 'Shadow Three Corpse Palm'; revenge If I want to have power, I will drive away Qian Shijun, let my husband be the king of Wuyue, and take over the military power of Wuyue myself." Shen Xuan said solemnly: "It's all right for you to take revenge. But over the years, you have killed so many people, can't they all be the murderers of the past?" Jiang Mingzhu said sadly: "You are right. But such things as power , it can never be too much to chase. And hatred, like a snowball, can get bigger and bigger. Revenge turned me into a demon king. Now that I have become a demon king, I will no longer behave like a human being. Sometimes I I also thought, is it too much? But when I think of the tragic death of Shiro and his daughter, I feel that the world is sorry for me, so why should I be soft! The enemies back then, all their families were destroyed, and no chickens or dogs were left behind. Except for one person It has not yet been found out, but it was a helper invited by the seven senior brothers. I always thought, what a hero Shiro is, and the seven senior brothers are no match for him. That helper must be extraordinary, most likely from the Lushan School. Imagine that Shiro is a famous disciple of Dongting, He was killed in Lushan. He Lushan faction said he didn’t know about it, how could it be possible! But it’s also strange, I’ve searched for so many years, but there is no clue. Maybe the man is dead, but his family and apprentice must be found to pay for his life. This matter I have always regretted that it was not resolved... But until today, I didn't know that if you hurt others, you will end up hurting yourself. Retribution will come before the last enemy is persecuted. But, but... If God really wants to punish Me, I would rather die 10,000 times, as long as I can get Xiang'er's life back...why did you take my daughter away..." At this point, she was sobbing.But Shen Xuan didn't say a word. Jiang Mingzhu suddenly raised her head and said: "You said you have been to Tiantai Mountain. My father died, do you know what happened?" Shen Xuan was stunned, how to start with: "My father passed away three years ago, what happened? I don't understand either." Jiang Tingsong's death is still a mystery.If it wasn't for that accident, things wouldn't be where they are today.He and Li'er might be able to spend the first half of their fairy days in Taoyuan Fairy Valley like Jiang Mingzhu and his wife.When I think of this, I don't feel sad. Jiang Mingzhu said: "My father and I have been entangled in right and wrong all our lives. He is sorry for me, and I am sorry for him. When he disbanded the Tiantai sect he founded, I always thought that he lost the scriptures and angered his disciples. Later, before Huang Yun and Mei Xueping died, he said that it was because he hated the injustice of the seven disciples and killed my husband and children, which made me turn against him. He always loved me. For this reason, we and I His grievances can be forgotten. But I just can't forgive him. He took my child away. Why didn't he tell me, or at least Xiang'er. He made us mother and daughter ignorant, and separated us for a lifetime. I betrayed If I let him go, he will make my daughter my enemy. How cruel!" Shen Xuan said: "I don't think that's the case. Senior Jiang concealed it from Miss Jiang, probably to prevent her from being involved in revenge and killing. I don't know anything, and I live a peaceful life. Miss Jiang's life experience is really too much. Poor." Jiang Mingzhu regained her composure, and sighed: "Yes. She still doesn't know that her mother is the devil like me, maybe it's better." She stood up, took out a simple-looking sword from the back of the incense case, and gently drew it out. The blade of the sword shone with a cold and clear light.Shen Xuan felt very familiar. Jiang Mingzhu said: "She must have told you that the green cliffs of Tiantai Mountain are double-edged, cleansing everything." Shen Xuan nodded.Jiang Mingzhu said: "When I got married, I stole these two swords. I used the Xifan sword myself, and gave the Qingjue sword to Shiro. It was also a token of love. When Shiro died on Lushan Mountain, the Qingjue sword was lost. I found out that Jiang Lingqian was wearing the Qingjue sword, and I was very suspicious. I found out later that she picked it up. The world is so big, but she picked up her father's sword. Is this also God's will? After leaving Tiantai Mountain , I will no longer use the sword, this Xifan has been kept here, and now I will give it to you." Shen Xuan was slightly shocked: "Give it to me?" Jiang Mingzhu said, but did not stretch out her left hand holding the sword: "My daughter has been unfortunate all her life, but she is lucky to have your true love. I tell you It is for this reason that I wrote such a long story. I hope that there will always be someone in this world who knows her origin, and will always miss her and miss her. Take this sword away. Yes, it's a pity that things in the world are often not as expected..." Her voice gradually became weaker and gradually became inaudible.Shen Xuan lowered his head, and saw that the sword of Xifan pierced into her chest with a cold light. "lady!" Jiang Mingzhu would never wake up again, the expression on her face was indescribably peaceful. Shen Xuan helped her body up, and gently pulled out the sword.Rao even though he had suffered a drastic change, he couldn't bear it now.However, Jiang Mingzhu had no other choice but to die.He saw a very plain wooden coffin on one side of the incense case, so he put the corpse in, adjusted her makeup, and closed the coffin. There was still some paper money left, and he burned it all.The curtain behind the incense table was lifted, revealing a corner of the coffin.Shen Xuan opened it and saw that there were two plaques on it, one large and one small, without titles, just simple names, one was "Tantai Shuran" and the other was "Tantai Xiangling". Shen Xuan returned to the upper stone room, smashed a section of rock with his palm, and sealed the tight tunnel.He closed the lid of the sarcophagus again, destroyed the mechanism, and blocked the downward steps.In this way, no one will disturb Princess Wuyue's body and her secrets. In a corner of the stone room, Shen Xuan found the previous door.After hesitating for a while, he finally blew out the candle, picked up the Xifan sword, opened the door and went out.He remembered the escape three years ago. Outside the door was a deep pool of clear water.But when the door opened, there was only a piece of dry mud in front of him, dotted with bluestone slabs.It was dark again in the mountains. He couldn't help thinking: Is this the vicissitudes of life?