Chapter 20 The twentieth chapter of senior demeanor

Chu Liuxiang pondered and said: "So, you haven't seen 'Jellyfish Yin Ji'?" Liu Wumei sighed: "Not only did I not see her, I didn't even see one of her disciples." Hu Tiehua said: "How did you come back?" Liu Wumei said: "I don't know how long I have been begging, but suddenly I smelled another smell in my nose, this time I smelled a fragrance, as if it was the spring breeze blowing in from the window at night, or as if it was the fragrance in my mother's arms. I smelled the frankincense, and I fell asleep unconsciously." Hu Tiehua said: "When you wake up, have you returned to the Bodhi Temple?"

Liu Wumei said: "Not bad." She sighed, and continued: "When I woke up, my clothes were dry, and the old nun was sitting opposite me, still holding the tea bowl I just drank, as if nothing happened It happened, and I asked her and begged her again, but she couldn't even hear a word." Song Tian'er felt her hands and feet were cold, and tremblingly said: "You...you seem to have a dream?" Liu Wumei said sadly: "That's right, sometimes even I can't tell the difference, is it real? Or is it a dream?" Li Hongxiu also let out a long sigh, and said with a wry smile: "Hearing what you said, I don't want to go to the Shenshui Palace."

Song Tian'er looked at Su Rongrong and said, "Shenshui Palace...Shenshui Palace? What kind of place is that?" Although she asked Su Rongrong this question, she didn't want Su Rongrong to reply. Because she knew that Su Rongrong would definitely not be able to answer. Everyone fell silent again, with a question in mind. Shenshui Palace is really like what Su Rongrong said, it is a paradise, how about a fairyland on earth?Or is it, as Liu Wumei said, a hell on earth full of mystery and terror? Hu Tiehua was touching her nose again, and murmured: "Maybe you two didn't go to the same place."

Liu Wumei said: "There is only one Shenshui Palace in the world, there is absolutely no second one." Su Rongrong said: "The place I went to is Shenshui Palace, there is no mistake." Their voices were equally affirmative. Hu Tiehua sighed, and said: "If someone else said that you will never make a mistake, I might not believe it, but since you two girls say that you will never make a mistake, then I'm afraid..." He suddenly stopped talking, stared at Liu Wumei and said: "When you got there, you didn't even see a single person, how do you know that place is Shenshui Palace?"

Li Hongxiu also immediately continued: "Yes! How do you know that old nun in Bodhi Nunnery will definitely send you to Shenshui Palace?" Su Rongrong's eyes sparkled, and she rushed to say: "Who told you that if you want to go to Shenshui Palace, you must first pass through the Bodhi Temple? This matter may be a trap made by that person." Liu Wumei said: "Trap?" Su Rongrong said: "That's right, a trap." She continued: "That person might have a grudge with him...and Chu Liuxiang, so he deliberately set up this trap to deceive you. Naturally, the old nun in Bodhi Temple also colluded with him."

Hu Tiehua clapped his hands and said: "It's not bad at all. They did this just to get you to kill Chu Liuxiang. In fact, they didn't send you to Shenshui Palace at all." Li Hongxiu said: "After you drank that cup of tea, you are already in a daze. You won't know where they send you wherever they want." Liu Wumei murmured, and said slowly: "What the girls said is not unreasonable." Li Hongxiu said: "This is of course very reasonable. The cave you went to may be under the Bodhi Temple. The voice you heard may be that old nun talking." Liu Wumei sighed, and said: "But, since this matter is about my life and death, how can I just listen to other people's words? Naturally, I can trust the person who guides me on this path."

Hu Tiehua laughed and said: "People who trust others too much will be unlucky. You should understand this truth better than anyone else." Liu Wumei lowered her head with a blushing face, and said, "But this person... this person will never tell lies." Hu Tiehua said: "Oh? It's been a long time since I saw someone who doesn't lie, I want to see who this person is?" Liu Wumei said: "He is the old swordsman Huang Lu Zhi Huang who is known as the 'Gentleman's Sword' in the martial arts. I think you should have heard about his deeds more or less."

Hu Tiehua was immediately speechless, just because he also knew that if there is a person in the world who does not lie, that person must be the "Gentleman Sword" Huang Luzhi. Li Hongxiu couldn't help but said: "She is right. This old Huang swordsman is indeed worthy of being an honest gentleman. He has never told a single lie in his life. The most rare thing is that he not only treats his friends with sincerity, but even treats his friends with sincerity." His enemies have always told the truth and never lied." Song Tian'er clapped her hands and laughed: "Our Miss Li wants to show off her knowledge again, but she has indeed pretended to be a story, and it's really deafening when she talks about it."

Although she spoke "Mandarin", she was half-baked, and it was even harder to understand than Cantonese. Liu Wumei couldn't understand what she was talking about, but she felt a little strange: "This Miss Li is young, 'gentleman' She might not have been born when Jian' entered the rivers and lakes, but from her tone, she seems to know a lot about the past of 'Jun Zi Jian'." Little did she know that not only did Li Hongxiu know a lot about the past of "Gentleman Sword", but she also rarely didn't know about the deeds of famous people in the Jianghu.

Hu Tiehua couldn't help asking: "You said that the old Huang swordsman would not lie to his enemies, but I don't understand that." Li Hongxiu said: "When you fight with someone, if the other party asks: 'What is your best kung fu? Which moves are the most powerful? What moves are you going to use when you make a move?' Will you tell him?" Hu Tiehua laughed loudly and said: "Soldiers never tire of deceit. When fighting people, they pay attention to the truth and falsehood, so as to make the opponent unable to parry. If you reveal your own details first, why fight with others?"

Li Hongxiu said: "If someone else asks you these words, you will never tell him!" Hu Tiehua said: "If that person is my opponent, I will naturally refuse to tell him, but my opponent will never ask me these words, because he knows that I am not crazy, even if I say it, it will never be true of." Li Hongxiu smiled and said: "I also know that you will never say it. Even if you say it, the other party will neither believe it nor dare to believe it. But when Old Huang swordsman fights with others, no matter what others ask him, he will Just say one sentence, and never change it, if he said that he was going to use the move 'Flying Birds to the Forest' to cut off the opponent's turban, he would never use the move 'Jade Girl Shuttle' to stab someone's chest. " Hu Tiehua was stunned, and said: "Wouldn't it be a big loss to fight against people like this?" Li Hongxiu said: "That's right, old swordsman Huang has suffered losses many times in his life because of this reason, it's just because after others know his temper, when they want to fight him, they must first ask clearly." Hu Tiehua said: "The old swordsman Huang is indeed powerful. Even if others know what moves he is going to use, they can't parry him, but if he meets someone with similar skills, wouldn't it mean that he was defeated without a fight?" Li Hongxiu sighed: "That's exactly the case, so there were several battles that the old swordsman Huang should have won, but he lost instead. But because he was an honest gentleman, even if others defeated him, they couldn't bear to hurt him." .” Liu Wumei continued: "What's more, Senior Huang treats people with sincerity, so he has many good friends. Almost all the heroes of the older generation in the Jianghu are his old friends, so even if they are his enemies, they dare not hurt him." he." She sighed for a long time, and said: "Everyone, please think about it, can I not believe what this kind of person says?" Hu Tiehua smiled bitterly and said: "In this way, the place you went to must also be Shenshui Palace, there is no mistake." Su Rongrong was silent for a while, then sighed: "It's a pity that old swordsman Huang doesn't know where he is right now, otherwise I would really like to ask him a few things." Chu Liuxiang had been listening quietly, but at this moment he suddenly smiled and said, "What do you want to ask, you might as well say it out, old swordsman Huang may be able to hear it, but I don't know." Su Rongrong widened her eyes and said, "Is he nearby?" Chu Liuxiang smiled again, but stopped talking. I only heard someone coughing slightly on the authentic stone steps. Then, three people walked down slowly. These three people were all wearing black robes, with swords hanging from their waists, and Hu Tiehua immediately recognized that they were the ones who had fought with Chu Liuxiang just now. It's just that now they have taken off the silk scarves covering their faces. Although the three people have the same calm demeanor, their appearances are quite different. The one who walked first was an old man with delicate features and a face like a silver basin. Although he has gained weight now, he must have been a handsome and handsome man back then. There was still anger between his brows, it seemed that the remaining anger was still there, and his temper was obviously very strong. It is obvious that this person is the famous "Jade Sword" Xiao Shi all over the world. Beside him was a tall and tall person with a straight face, almost a full head taller than him, his expression was serious, but his eyes were kind. At this moment, he frowned slightly, as if something was on his mind. Followed by a person, neither too tall nor short, his appearance is very ordinary, very peaceful, not even a trace of expression. Among the three, only he does not seem to have the intimidating demeanor of a famous swordsman, but only he has the most indifferent expression, making people afraid to get close. When Li Yuhan and his wife saw these three people, they knelt down again, not even daring to raise their heads. The man did not even look at them, but cupped his fists at Chu Liuxiang. "Jade Sword" Xiao Shi sighed and said: "The old man was fooled by Zhuzi just now, and almost made a big mistake, he really has no face to see Xiangshuai again." Chu Liuxiang immediately bowed and said, "Senior speaks too seriously, how can I take it up?" The old man Zhang also sighed: "I am confident that I have never done anything shameful in my life, but this time... Alas! This time really makes me feel ashamed, but I hope Xiangshuai will forgive me." Chu Liuxiang could only say repeatedly: "Don't dare, dare not..." Xiao Shi stumbled and said: "To make a long story short, the old man has no face to see people anymore, but if he just walks away, it would be even more shameful, so he turned to Xiang Shuai to apologize." Hu Tiehua was originally very angry with them, but now seeing that they did not hesitate to condescend to come to apologize to a younger boy, she couldn't help but secretly praise them. "Right is right, wrong is wrong, if you are wrong, you will admit it, and you will never shirk... This kind of martial arts senior's demeanor is indeed admirable." Chu Liuxiang's expression was also very frightened, he thanked him a few words, and immediately asked: "Is the situation of Senior Li better?" Xiao Shi sighed: "Brother Guan Yu is lucky this time because of the eyes of the emperor, but after a long illness, his vital energy has been exhausted, and this time he has become really angry. Several people worked together to bring his true qi back to the right track, but I'm afraid it will be difficult to recover for a while." Chu Liuxiang said: "Where is Taoist Master Tieshan?" Xiao Shi said dejectedly: "This Daoist brother Jiang Gui's nature is old and hot, but he never thought that he is no longer a young man, how can he withstand such a heavy injury, although he can barely support it just now, but the current situation seems to be more serious than that. Brother Yu is even more serious, but luckily Ling Fei is an expert in wound healing and is still taking care of him at the moment." Hearing this, Li Yuhan was already in tears, and Liu Wumei was already sobbing. The husband and wife paused for the first time and said in a choked voice: "Damn the juniors! Damn the juniors!" It would be better if they didn't talk, but when they spoke, Xiao Shi immediately became angry again, and said sharply: "You two still have the guts to stay here? You two actually lied to us, aren't you afraid of your Li family ancestors? The family law left behind?" Li Yuhan said with tears: "This junior also knows that the crime is unforgivable and should be punished. I just beg the senior to spare her life. She...she...she had nothing to do with this matter." Xiao Shi said angrily: "If she has nothing to do with this matter, who has anything to do with it? The reputation of 'Yongcui Villa' has been ruined by you, do you want to keep her as a shame?" Liu Wumei cried bitterly on the ground: "Yes, this matter is all because of me, and has nothing to do with him. Seniors, please forgive him!" Su Rongrong and the others couldn't help being taken aback when they heard the miserable cry, not knowing how to intercede for this pair of mandarin ducks who share the same fate. Unexpectedly, the old man Zhang sighed, and said softly: "You don't have to feel uncomfortable, we were entrusted by Brother Guan Yu, and we wanted to deal with you with family law, but just now we have heard your words from above, and we also feel that What happened to you is very pitiful, it is not unforgivable, we have decided to intercede with Brother Guanyu on your behalf." Xiao Shi stomped his feet again and again, and said with a wry smile: "I said just now that I need to teach them a lesson, why are you telling them the truth now?" The old man Gao sighed: "They seem to be remorseful, why do you need to make them worry?" Su Rongrong couldn't help but smile at Li Hongxiu, because after hearing this, they already guessed that this old man must be "Gentleman Sword". But not to mention Su Rongrong and the others, even Chu Liuxiang couldn't see through the origin of that ordinary-looking, indifferent swordsman. He seemed to be younger than Xiao Shi, Huang Luzhi and the others, but when Chu Liuxiang was trapped in the sword formation just now, he already felt that this person's skill was profound and his swordsmanship was so sophisticated that Xiao Shi, Taoist Tieshan, and Ling Under Fei Ge, Huang Luzhi and Shuai Yifan, these senior famous swordsmen. What's more, he is not only Li Guanyu's friend, but also a senior who has been famous for a long time, but Chu Liuxiang couldn't think of such a person among the famous seniors. Chu Liuxiang was about to inquire about the origin of his name, but he turned around, with his hands behind his back, his head raised in a daze, and he didn't know what he was thinking. Xiao Shi and Huang Luzhi didn't even introduce Chu Liuxiang to him. He seemed to be a very mysterious figure.Chu Liuxiang couldn't help becoming more and more curious about him. At this moment, "Gentleman Sword" suddenly looked at Su Rongrong and said, "This girl..." Su Rongrong immediately put on her hands and bowed: "Younger Su Rongrong, there are a few things I want to ask senior about." Huang Lu straightly smiled and said, "Miss Su, just talk!" Su Rongrong pondered for a while, and said: "Senior, do you know for sure that Bodhi Temple is the reception place of Shenshui Palace?" Huang Lu said straightly, "Not bad." He also pondered for a while, and then continued: "When Wumei asked me, the old man didn't know why she wanted to go to Shenshui Palace. He just thought she was curious when she was young, and asked casually." Su Rongrong said: "Senior, do you know the origin of that teacher in Bodhi Nunnery?" Huang Lu said straightly: "That dumb teacher can be regarded as a strange person in this world. No one has ever known her origin, and she has never heard a word from her." Su Rongrong said: "Is she really disabled, or is she pretending to be deaf and dumb?" Huang Lu sighed, and said: "If a person can pretend to be deaf and dumb for decades, there must be something sad about her. Why do I need to find out whether she is true or not?" Su Rongrong said solemnly: "Senior's mind is indeed beyond the reach of the younger generation, and the younger generation is really ashamed." She stood with her hands down, and didn't ask any more questions. After a long while, Huang Luzhi couldn't help but asked: "Miss Su probably wants to ask more than these two sentences, right?" Su Rongrong pondered for a long time before saying respectfully: "The junior does have something to ask the senior." Huang Lu said straightly: "Since that's the case, why didn't the girl ask?" Su Rongrong said: "The junior is afraid that there are some things that the senior is unwilling to explain to outsiders, but if the junior asks, the senior will never use false words to perfunctory, so the junior dare not ask again." Hearing this, Hu Tiehua felt secretly funny: "No wonder the old bug asked this girl to go to Shenshui Palace to inquire about news. It seems that she really knows how to ask questions. Although she said 'don't dare to ask again', In fact, it is no different from having already asked everything, and what's more, people have to say it." Huang Luzhi smiled as expected, and said, "Miss, do you want to ask me how I know this?" Su Rongrong smiled and said nothing. Huang Lu said straightly: "Actually, this old man also heard other people say this." Intentionally or unintentionally, he glanced at the ordinary black-clothed swordsman, and continued: "I also believe that what this man said is true, because he has never concealed anything from this old man in his life, let alone told him Said a lie." Su Rongrong's eyes flickered, and she suddenly smiled and said, "This person must be the confidant of the senior..." She deliberately dragged out the words "pink confidant" for a long time. Huang Luzhi really couldn't help it and said: "Miss, you are joking, the old man has no two colors in his life, so how can he have any lovers?" Su Rongrong's eyes lit up, and she said: "In this way, the person who told Senior about this matter was actually a man?" Huang Lu said straightly, "Yes!" Su Rongrong immediately asked: "As far as this junior knows, no man in the world has ever known the secret of the 'Shenshui Palace'. How did this friend, senior, know this?" Huang Luzhi pondered for a while, then smiled wryly: "If the girl asks me about myself, I will tell you everything, but this matter is related to other people's secrets, so I'm sorry I can't say more." While he was speaking, he glanced at the black-clothed swordsman again, and suddenly cupped his fists and said, "That's all for this old man, let me take my leave." The black-clothed swordsman had already turned around, bowed hurriedly to Chu Liuxiang, and walked out, both of them seemed unwilling to stay here for another moment. Xiao Shi frowned, and said loudly: "Grand Lu, don't you care about what's going on here?" Only heard Huang Luzhi laughing on the stone steps: "It's hard for an upright official to break up housework. Disputes between their father and son are beyond the control of others. Although brother Guan Yu is very angry now, after three or five days, it will be over." All right." When he said the last two sentences, he had already walked a long way, Xiao Shi stomped his feet and chased after him, then turned his head and glared at Li Yuhan and said: "You better not go see you these two days Old man, in case he is driven mad by your anger again, you'd better stay away and come back when he recovers from his illness, then he will have the strength to beat you harder." The dishes of Songhe Tower are already famous, not to mention that everyone is hungry. Of course Hu Tiehua drank to his heart's content, even Su Rongrong drank a few cups. Among them, only Heizhu seemed to have something on his mind. Naturally, Li Yuhan and his wife couldn't eat anymore. They had no face to come with everyone. But Li Hongxiu said: "How can you go to other places? We don't know where the Bodhi Temple is, and we need you to lead the way. Don't you want to help?" Song Tian'er also helped Li Hongxiu pull them together, she said: "Chu Liuxiang must go to Shenshui Palace anyway, as soon as he arrives at Shenshui Palace, he will be able to get the antidote for you, don't worry." Although the others knew that this matter would never be so easy, they were not worried, because no matter how great the danger was, Chu Liuxiang had overcome it, and they thought that no matter how powerful "Jellyfish Yin Ji" was, she was just a person. Could it be possible to swallow Chu Liuxiang? It was Chu Liuxiang herself who was really worried.