Chapter 3 The third king of hidden weapons

The sky is high and the air is crisp, and three gorgeous carriages are running on the Linyin Avenue. In the front carriage, there seemed to be no one in the carriage, but there were six big men in quick suits, astride the shaft, all of them had fierce expressions and sharp eyesight, and they were all masters of the world at a glance.This kind of people can actually be other people's domestic slaves, so it's natural to imagine what their masters are like. In the last car, from time to time, there were charming voices of warblers and swallows, but it was a pity that the windows were closed so tightly that no one could see the faces of the people in the car.

The carriage in the middle is the most spacious and the most gorgeous. Although the windows are open, they are hung with bamboo curtains, and bursts of hearty laughter can be heard from the curtains from time to time. This laughter came from Chu Liuxiang and Hu Tiehua - hearing that Su Rongrong and the others were in Yongcui Villa, why didn't they go back with Li Yuhan? Although this carriage is not as ingenious as Ji Bingyan's, it is more spacious and comfortable, making people feel less tired from the journey. Although Chu Liuxiang asked more than once: "How did Rong'er and the others arrive at Yongcui Villa?"

But Liu Wumei always smiled and said: "I'm going to make a fool of myself now, anyway, after you see Miss Su, you will know." After driving for a day, they returned to the Central Plains. There were more and more carriages on the road. When they saw these three carriages, everyone naturally looked sideways at them. When we arrived in Kaifeng that day, it was evening, and the group rested in the city. After dinner and a few glasses of wine, everyone went back to their rooms to rest. Only Hu Tiehua still had a bad temper, sitting in Chu Liuxiang's room and refusing to leave.

When Chu Liuxiang thought of all the thrilling and mysterious things that happened in this ancient city not long ago, she couldn't help being moved by it, and she just couldn't fall asleep. Hu Tiehua smiled and said: "You have a good vision. Li Yuhan and his wife are indeed using the 'Golden Silk Palm'. Fang Xianke has no heirs, but he and Li Guanyu are life-and-death friends, so I passed on my unique skills to him. son." Chu Liuxiang sighed and said: "It is unexpected that the number one swordsman in the past is now a useless person, and the martial arts seniors are dying day by day. It is really sad and deplorable."

Hu Tiehua said: "Fortunately, he still has such a good son, the '9981 Style Lingfeng Sword', plus the 'Golden Silk Palm', I'm afraid Yongcui Villa will flourish if it is not in his hands." Chu Liuxiang said: "In my opinion, not only is Liu Wumei's martial arts not inferior to her husband's, but it seems to be higher than Li Yuhan's, especially her lightness kung fu, which is much higher." Hu Tiehua said: "The stunts of the three great martial arts families are all passed on to their daughters-in-law but not to their daughters. Since she is Li Guanyu's daughter-in-law, her martial arts will definitely not be bad."

Chu Liuxiang said: "She will never marry into the Li family for more than ten years, and most of the children of this kind of martial arts family started practicing martial arts when they were three or five years old, and Li Yuhan is no exception." Hu Tiehua said: "Yes, I think he has at least ten years of hard work." Chu Liuxiang said: "In this case, Liu Wumei's martial arts should not be higher than Li Yuhan's, unless her natal family is also a famous martial arts master, but looking around the world, how many people can teach apprentices better than Li Guanyu?"

Hu Tiehua frowned and said, "Are you suspicious of his origin again?" Chu Liuxiang said: "I wanted to inquire about her alumni a few times, but she always diverted away. From this, it can be seen that she is definitely not a member of the four major gangs or the seven major sects. A senior with the surname Liu." Hu Tiehua said: "No matter what, you can't doubt that Li Guanyu's daughter-in-law will be a thrush! Besides, so what if she is a thrush? The thrush is only good for us, there is no festival, even my life, It was the thrush who rescued her! If she were a thrush, I would only be more grateful to her."

Chu Liuxiang smiled and stopped talking. At this moment, a burst of shouting came from the next room. Hu Tiehua frowned and said with a smile: "Could such a loving young couple also fight?" The shout became more and more sharp, and it seemed to be full of pain. It was Liu Wumei who made it. Hu Tiehua was talking, and the person rushed out. Chu Liuxiang could only come out afterwards, and saw that the yard was quiet, and none of the servants and maids who followed the couple came out to visit. If they were not deaf, they must have heard the cry, but why didn't anyone come out to see what happened?Are they used to it?

In Liu Wumei's room, the lights were still on. Only Liu Wumei tremblingly said: "You kill me! Kill me!" Hu Tiehua's face changed color, and just about to rush in, Li Yuhan said: "Be patient, be patient, don't wake others up." Liu Wumei hissed: "I really can't bear it anymore, it's better to die than to suffer like this." Only then did Hu Tiehua realize that their husband and wife were not fighting, and couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that she suddenly got a sudden illness?" Chu Liuxiang said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid this disease is not a sudden illness, but a chronic illness, and it must occur frequently, so even their servants are used to hearing it, otherwise why would they hide in the house one by one. "

Hu Tiehua sighed: "This pain must be very severe once it occurs, otherwise people like Liu Wumei would never cry out, but I don't know what kind of disease she is suffering from?" Chu Liuxiang pondered and said: "She usually looks like an ordinary person, but she never thought that she would be so terrible when she had an attack. I think it might not be a disease, but she has been poisoned by some serious poison." Hu Tiehua changed his face and said: "Poison? If she is poisoned, why doesn't Li Guanyu try to save her? I have heard for a long time that Li Guanyu's medical skills are very good, and all the people who come and go in Yongcui Villa are senior experts, Fang Xianke is even more detoxification The famous family, can these many people not be able to cure her poison? Have they all seen her suffer?"

Chu Liuxiang sighed and stopped talking. Liu Wumei's groans and gasps, Li Yuhan's whispered comforting voices, and the creaking sound of the bed were constantly heard in the room. It was obvious that Liu Wumei's pain hadn't eased, she couldn't bear the pain, she was struggling non-stop, and Li Yuhan was trying to suppress her. Hu Tiehua said: "Why don't you go in and have a look, maybe you can cure her poison, I don't know." Chu Liuxiang sighed: "Liu Wumei is a very strong woman, she definitely doesn't want to be seen in such a mess. If you have anything to say, let's wait until tomorrow!" Suddenly hearing the sound of "falling down", a wild goose started up on the sycamore tree in the yard, Chu Liuxiang seemed to catch a glimpse of a silver light in the leaves of the tree. At this moment, a cloud of silver rain shot out from the bushes, hitting Chu Liuxiang directly, the force of the attack was beyond description. If it wasn't for the startled wild goose, Chu Liuxiang would have died under the silver light this time, because when he heard the wind, it would be too late to dodge. At this moment that was not allowed to happen, he punched Hu Tiehua so that he fell to the sky, and his body also fell on Hu Tiehua. He only heard a sudden sound of "ding ding ding", like a heavy rain hitting a brick, dozens of silver stars had been nailed to the ground beside him, until they sank into the ground. Then, a figure soared into the sky from the top of the wall among the trees, turned around in the air, and rushed out into the dark night outside the wall. Before Hu Tiehua figured out what was going on, Chu Liuxiang's figure had flitted out of the wall, Hu Tiehua glanced at the silver stars all over the ground, suddenly seemed to think of something, changed color and shouted: "Old bug, be careful, this It seems to be 'Rainstorm Pear Blossom Nail'." Amidst the shouts, his men also chased them out. In the misty night, a thin mist rose, Chu Liuxiang's figure could still be discerned, but the person in front couldn't even see his shadow. The fog was originally light and faint, but in a short while it became as thick as white smoke, and gradually even Chu Liuxiang's people could no longer see it. There used to be a little light in the distance, but now even the light has not entered the thick fog. Hu Tiehua was almost going crazy, but he didn't dare to call out. Because in this case, as long as one makes a sound, it can become the target of the hidden weapon. Hu Tiehua knows that if there is a hidden weapon at this time, he will never be able to avoid it. He couldn't help being anxious to replace Chu Liuxiang, because Chu Liuxiang's situation was more dangerous. At this moment, he suddenly caught a glimpse of something shiny on the ground in front of him, picked it up and saw it was a flat silver box. This silver box is seven inches long and three inches thick, and it is extremely delicately made. There are three rows of extremely thin pinholes on the side of the box, nine holes in each row. On the top of the box, there is a very fine pattern engraved, and upon closer inspection, one finds that the pattern is actually two lines of characters, which seem to be Xiaozhuan and Zhongdingwen. Hu Tiehua looked at it for a long time, but couldn't recognize what it was. He couldn't help but sighed, and murmured: "It seems that I will not only practice more light kung fu, but also read more books." He was about to go further, when suddenly he felt a gust of wind blowing towards him, one hand cut to his weak side, while the other went to snatch the silver box. Hu Tiehua secretly said: "My boy, I was worried that I couldn't find you, but you came to my door." In a flash of thought, he had already punched and kicked. This punch and kick is simple to say, but in fact it is not simple, because this person is rushing from his left side, he must turn his whole body around to avoid the opponent's attack and to fight back. From this we can see that Hu Tiehua Although he drank a lot of wine, his waist is still as flexible as a snake. Unexpectedly, the opponent's figure was more flexible than him, and he was behind him in a flash, Hu Tiehua was really surprised, and just wanted to turn around. The man said in a deep voice, "Little Hu, is that you?" Hu Tiehua breathed a sigh of relief suddenly, and said with a wry smile: "Why are you just like me now, you shot without even saying hello." Chu Liuxiang couldn't help but smiled wryly and said: "I saw the silver light flashing in your hand, so I naturally decided that you must be the one who issued the hidden weapon. Who would have thought that this thing would end up in your hands?" Hu Tiehua blinked, and said: "You can't even think of this? I punched and kicked that kid so badly that he ran away, and this thing naturally fell into my hands." Chu Liuxiang was startled, and said, "Really?" Hu Tiehua said: "Fake." Chu Liuxiang couldn't help laughing, and said, "Actually, I also know that you will never be able to chase him." Hu Tiehua said: "It's reasonable for me not to catch up with him. Chu Xiangshuai, who is number one in lightness kung fu, why chased him for a long time and lost his men?" Chu Liuxiang sighed: "If it wasn't for this fog, I might still be able to catch up to him, but this person's lightness kung fu is really not weak. When I chased out of the wall, his men had already swept away forty or fifty feet away. .” Hu Tiehua moved and said: "In just the blink of an eye, he has swept away forty or fifty feet. In this way, isn't his lightness skill higher than that of Li Yuhan and his wife?" Chu Liuxiang said: "I'm afraid it's better than that." Hu Tiehua said: "What about me?" Chu Liuxiang laughed again, held back his laughter and said, "If you drink less wine, his lightness kung fu might not be as good as yours, but now..." Hu Tiehua straightened his face and said, "So what now? Am I not as good as Li Yuhan and his wife now?" He didn't wait for Chu Liuxiang to speak, but he laughed himself first, and said: "You don't need to answer my words, and it will save me from being sad." Chu Liuxiang said: "Actually, your lightness kung fu is similar to that of Li Yuhan and his wife, Yidianhong, and Nangong Ling, and can be regarded as first-class kung fu, but this person's lightness kung fu is already on the same level as Wuhua. I have seen with my own eyes that Wuhua's throat has been pierced by a sharp arrow, I am afraid that I will think that Wuhua has been revived again." Hu Tiehua said: "In this way, there are not many people in the Jianghu who can have his light work, are they?" Chu Liuxiang said: "Not many." Hu Tiehua shook his head and sighed: "Why do you always meet some powerful opponents?" Chu Liuxiang was silent for a while, before asking: "Where did you get this thing in your hand?" Hu Tiehua said: "I picked it up, and there are words engraved on it, can you recognize it?" Chu Liuxiang picked up the silver box, his expression changed, and he said, "This is Xiaozhuan." Hu Tiehua said bitterly: "It's clearly a sharp weapon for killing people, but you have to carve some words that people don't understand on it. It's like a prostitute, but you have to wear seven or eight pairs of trousers." Chu Liuxiang said: "It's not intentional to show off, it's just because this hidden weapon is really an ancient relic, and it was made by a person who doesn't know martial arts." Hu Tiehua said: "That's right, I've also heard the story of the 'Rainstorm Pear Blossom Nail', but what do the words engraved on it say?" Chu Liuxiang said word by word: "The engraving on it reads: Blood will be seen when it comes out, and it is ominous when it is empty. Urgent, the king of hidden weapons." Hu Tiehua laughed and said: "Literati can talk big, it seems really good." Chu Liuxiang sighed: "It's not like he's deliberately talking big and shocking." "This concealed weapon is exquisitely crafted and powerfully fired. It truly deserves to be called the 'King of Concealed Weapons'. Compared with several well-known hidden weapons in today's martial arts world, their speeds are at least 20% slower than this one. It takes a split second to win a decisive victory and hurt someone, even if it is a slight difference, the difference is too much." Hu Tiehua said: "Is this thing stronger than the syringe made by Shi Guanyin?" Chu Liuxiang said: "Although the poisonous needle shot by Shi Guanyin's syringe is urgent, you still have time to dodge it after it is fired, but no one in the world can dodge the 'Rainstorm Pear Blossom Nail' after it is fired. " Hu Tiehua said: "But you dodged just now." Chu Liuxiang smiled bitterly and said, "It's really luck, because I was alert before it was fired, but even so, if the person fired it a few feet closer, I still couldn't avoid it." Hu Tiehua frowned and said, "So, isn't this hidden weapon extremely precious?" Chu Liuxiang said: "In the eyes of martial arts people, it is really a priceless treasure." Hu Tiehua said: "If that's the case, why did that person throw it on the ground? Since he has such high skills, can't he even hold this small box firmly?" Chu Liuxiang said: "This is indeed a very strange thing." The lights in Liu Wumei's room were turned off, and the couple seemed to be asleep. Chu Liuxiang and Hu Tiehua quietly returned to the house, but the lights in their room were still on, but the wick was almost burnt out. Hu Tiehua made the wick bigger, and sighed: "We have been chasing him for half the night, but we haven't even seen him. If you don't drink a glass of wine soon, I'm going to die of anger." There was a teapot and a wine jug on the table, but Hu Tiehua thought the wine glass was too small, so while talking, he had already filled the teacup with wine. Chu Liuxiang shook his head, and said with a smile, "You won't die if you drink later. Let's go to the yard first to see if those 'storming pear blossom nails' are still there." He picked up the lamp and pulled Hu Tiehua out. A small insect in the room also flew out following the light, but when it flew over the wine glass, it suddenly fell down and fell into the wine glass. Could it be that the bug was drunk by the smell of alcohol, so it couldn't fly? But how could the smell of alcohol be so strong? If Chu Liuxiang hadn't walked out at this moment, he would have noticed that after the bug fell into the wine glass, there was a "chi" sound from the wine glass, and a faint blue smoke came out. Seeing that the little bug had disappeared without a trace, it had completely melted into the wine and turned into a piece of foam in the blink of an eye. In a blink of an eye, even the foam is gone, a glass of wine is still a glass of wine, and it still looks so clear, not even a little dross. If this glass of wine is drunk into Hu Tiehua's stomach, wouldn't Hu Tiehua's internal organs be corroded by it immediately? It doesn't rain often in Kaifeng, and the ground in the courtyard is dry and hard, almost like a stone. Even with a hammer, it takes half a day to knock the nails out. But at this moment, under the light, Chu Liuxiang discovered that the twenty-seven "Rainstorm Pear Blossom Nails" were all nailed into the ground, not even a single head was exposed. Chu Liuxiang said: "Look at the place where he fired the hidden weapon, how far is it from here?" Hu Tiehua looked at it for a while, and said: "I'm afraid it's four or five feet." Chu Liuxiang sighed: "These pear blossom nails are shot at four or five feet away, but they can still sink into the ground. You can imagine how powerful this hidden weapon is." Hu Tiehua said: "I really want to take this box apart and have a look, and see how the spring inside is made. This box looks like there are twenty-seven little ghosts pulling the bowstring." As he was talking, he dug out two "Storm Pear Blossom Nails" on the ground with a small knife. He saw that although the pear blossom nails were named "Nails", they were actually similar to embroidery needles, except that the ends were slightly different. It is thicker, but it is still light in the hand, and it seems that even the wind can blow it away. Hu Tiehua said in amazement: "Such a small needle can be nailed into the ground. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it anyway." Chu Liuxiang said: "It is powerful because of its speed." Hu Tiehua sighed: "This little nail is hit on the ground, and it doesn't sink into the soil. If it hits a person, it's okay... I must put them back and try how fast they shoot out? " Sure enough, he dug out all twenty-seven pear blossom nails and held them in his hands. Chu Liuxiang said: "This thing looks extremely sharp, you have to be careful."