Chapter 32 Chapter Thirty-Second

Hu Tiehua said: "When she did this, even we were taken aback, because everyone in the Jianghu knew about the strict rules of the 'Shenshui Palace', and she did so by admitting that she was colluding with us, deceiving the teacher and collaborating with the enemy." , That crime is not light, but she calmed down after making the move, and just told us to come to you quickly, she said that you may have also fallen into the grasp of jellyfish, maybe... maybe you have been poisoned." Chu Liuxiang asked anxiously, "What about herself?" Hu Tiehua said: "She...she seems to have made up her mind and put her life aside, but she just told us that the deaf-mute nun in the Bodhi nunnery was originally her elder sister, and she fell into this situation because she violated the rules of the sect. She wants us to take good care of her when we have the chance."

Chu Liuxiang stomped her feet and said, "In this way, she is obviously also afraid of falling into the same tragic experience as her elder sister, so she is going to die..." Hu Tiehua said dejectedly: "It seems like that's the case. When we left, she closed the stone prison from the inside and shut herself in the stone prison. We found something bad, and when we asked her to open the door, it was already No matter what, she couldn’t open the door anymore, and she refused to answer our words at all.” Chu Liuxiang interjected: "Unexpectedly, 'Jellyfish Yin Ji' is as proud as her apprentices, and they don't even want others to see them die. Do they want to live forever in others' hearts?"

Hu Tiehua didn't fully understand the meaning of this sentence, because he never thought that "Jellyfish Yin Ji" would die in exactly the same way. He just said miserably: "No matter what, we are always grateful to her forever." Chu Liuxiang sighed for a long time before asking: "How did you come here? Did Rong'er finally tell you the way to enter the palace?" Hu Tiehua smiled wryly and said: "After you left, we begged her to speak out. She refused at first, but after a day, she also began to worry about you." Chu Liuxiang asked anxiously, "Did she come with you?"

Hu Tiehua said: "She is afraid that it will be inconvenient to come with us." Chu Liuxiang was even more anxious, and said, "Then what about her people?" Hu Tiehua said: "She said that she would rush to the Bodhi Temple to meet Tian'er and the others, and then see if she can come here. I was trying to persuade her not to worry, but she came to comfort me first." He smiled, and continued: "She has great confidence in you, saying that no matter what danger you encounter, you will definitely find a way to get out." Dai Duxing smiled wryly and said: "It seems that she is just a little worried about us, and has repeatedly advised us not to take action, but once we got here, we forgot all her words."

Huang Luzhi also came over at this time, and said in a low voice: "Who is my friend, Xiang Shuai must have already known by now, what he did in the early years is beyond sympathy, but in recent years he has changed his ways." Chu Liuxiang sighed: "I already know about him, and I sympathize with him, but it's a pity that he..." Huang Lu's expression changed drastically, and he said, "He...could he have been murdered?" Chu Liuxiang sighed and remained silent. Huang Lu said straightly: "As for what he did in the past, it is true that he deserves to die, but...but...I still want to know who killed him?"

Chu Liuxiang interjected: "The person who killed him has also been killed, and it was the Master Shenshui who avenged him. Now the three of them must have been reunited in the sky. Why should Senior feel sad for him?" Huang Luzhi bowed his head sadly, and murmured: "That's right, with his sins, he ended up like this, God can't treat him badly!" Even so, there were still tears in his eyes. Hu Tiehua reached out and patted Chu Liuxiang's shoulder, and said, "What about you? How did you escape from the grasp of the jellyfish? Could it be that you..."

He smiled mysteriously and remained silent. Chu Liuxiang glared at him, and said: "Since I have escaped, you don't need to worry about it, but Rong'er and the others, why haven't they come yet? Could something have happened?" He suddenly turned around and looked at the disciple of Shenshui Palace, and said with a smile: "Can you tell me the girl's name?" The girl's eyes were already straightened, and she didn't dare to leave, but now she was startled again, and said, "My name is Nan Ping." Chu Liuxiang said softly: "We want to go to the Bodhi Temple outside to find someone. I wonder if Miss Nanping can lead the way?"

Nan Ping looked at the tightly closed stone gate, and said, "Master didn't ask me to take you there, and I don't dare to make decisions myself." Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "Miss, just don't worry, you take us there, she will never blame you." Nan Ping gritted her teeth and closed her lips, as if she didn't know what to do. Chu Liuxiang gently took her hand and said, "Let's go!" Nan Ping's face was also red, and she wanted to break free from his hand, but she lowered her head, wanted to say something, but couldn't, and walked out with him in a daze.

Hu Tiehua sighed, shook his head and said: "No matter how vicious a girl is, when she sees this old bug, she seems to be helpless. I really don't understand why?" Dai Duxing also laughed, and said, "Brother, you don't even understand such a simple truth?" Hu Tiehua said: "Could it be that he really has some magical power over girls, why can't I even see it at all?" Dai Duxing said with a smile: "If you can see it too, then it's too bad." The waterfall falls into the lake, and the lake water flows out from the ground again. The waterfall is endless, and the lake water does not overflow.

Chu Liuxiang and the others walked along an underground water flow, only to feel that the terrain was getting higher and higher, and there were more than ten stone steps at the end, and the exit was on the stone steps. Nan Ping said: "Up here is the Bodhi Temple, which is also one of the gates of the palace. If someone wants to enter the palace, this is the most convenient way, because although the eldest sister looks fierce, she is actually very soft-hearted. If others are right She begged hard, and she was rarely determined to refuse." After walking this distance, she seemed to have become very familiar with Chu Liuxiang. Not only was she no longer afraid, but Chu Liuxiang was always holding her slender hand without breaking free.

But Chu Liuxiang was secretly anxious, since their elder sister was very soft-hearted, why did Li Hongxiu and the others not come to the future until now? Only Hu Tiehua said: "I heard that people who enter the palace from here are all sent in boxes, isn't it?" Nan Ping said: "That's right, because Eldest Sister can't leave the Bodhi Temple, so I can only put the person in the bamboo box and let the box float on the water and go down the river." Hu Tiehua glanced at Chu Liuxiang and said, "It seems that Liu Wumei didn't lie this time." Chu Liuxiang could only smile wryly. He has discovered that Liu Wumei is really a person who knows how to lie, because only this kind of person knows that if a lie is added with some truth, it will be the easiest to be believed. Nan Ping said: "This exit is under the futon where Senior Sister is sitting. We seldom come here, because since Senior Sister was convicted, Master forbids sisters to associate with her." Hu Tiehua couldn't help asking: "What crime did she commit?" Nan Ping said: "This... I don't know much about it." She obviously didn't want to talk about this matter again, hurried up the stone steps, tapped the iron ring on the wall lightly, only heard the clanging sound, like a dragon's chant, and the stone walls on all sides responded. Nan Ping said: "Because the eldest sister sits on the futon all day long and rarely moves around, so as long as the iron ring knocks, she will know immediately." Hu Tiehua stopped talking, and he was inevitably a little nervous. He hoped that the portal of this secret path would appear soon, so that he could see what happened to Song Tianer and the others. Unexpectedly, after a while, there was still no movement on the tunnel. Nan Ping frowned and said, "It's strange, isn't it just a coincidence that Elder Sister isn't on top now?" Although Chu Liuxiang was anxious, she comforted her and said, "Maybe she goes out and walks by chance, this is human nature." Nan Ping said: "She will never leave Bodhi Temple, the place above is not big, no matter where she is, as long as the ring rings, she should be able to hear it, unless something happens up there." Chu Liuxiang was naturally more anxious than she was, because he... Since Liu Wumei knew that as soon as they entered the Shenshui Palace, they would immediately expose her lies, so naturally she would do everything possible to hinder them. Although Li Hongxiu is well-read and memorized, he has no intentions. Song Tian'er is even more naive, completely ignorant of the treacherous ways of the world and people's hearts. What's more, both of them felt sympathy for Liu Wumei, so it was really easy for Liu Wumei to harm them. I just heard Hu Tiehua say: "If the door is not opened above, can't we go in?" Nan Ping said: "There is no way, the exit of this tunnel can only be opened from the top, because the master is afraid that we will sneak out to play..." Hu Tiehua suddenly slapped his hands, and said with a broken smile: "I forgot one thing, unexpectedly I forgot you too." Nan Ping was startled, and said, "What did I forget?" Hu Tiehua said: "Your elder sister is deaf and dumb. Only when you sit on the futon can you feel you knocking on the iron ring below. If you go to other places, where can you hear the sound?" Nan Ping said sweetly: "She can hear it." Hu Tiehua said: "Why? Could it be that she is neither deaf nor dumb, but just pretending?" Unexpectedly, Nan Ping still shook her head and said: "She is indeed deaf and dumb, she is not fake at all." This time Hu Tiehua was also stunned, and said: "Since he is really deaf and dumb, how can he hear the sound?" Nan Ping smiled and said: "After you see her, you may understand the reason." Hu Tiehua was stunned for a while, then suddenly said: "I understand now." Nan Ping said: "Oh?" Hu Tiehua said: "Someone can guess what someone is saying just by looking at the movement of their lips. Your senior sister must also have this ability." Nan Ping sighed for a long time, and said: "Not only is she deaf and dumb, but... her eyes are also failing." Hu Tiehua was stunned again, and said in surprise: "Is she still blind?" Nan Ping said: "Yes!" Hu Tiehua rubbed her nose anxiously, murmured with a wry smile: "A person is deaf, dumb and blind, but can hear others pleading to her, and can also hear knocking on the door, old bug, you have always been very You're smart, I'm afraid you'll be confused this time too, right?" Only the sound of knocking on the ring sounded again. This time Nanping knocked louder. But after a while, there was still no response from above. Chu Liuxiang couldn't help but also walked up, and pressed her ear to the stone wall above. Hu Tiehua asked anxiously: "What sound did you hear?" Chu Liuxiang frowned, and said, "I can't hear clearly, it seems that there is no sound at all." Hu Tiehua stomped his feet and said, "If your nose doesn't work, don't your ears also work?" Dai Duxing suddenly took out an iron bowl from the burlap bag at his waist, and said, "Put the iron bowl on the stone wall, and you will be able to hear clearly." At that time, Hu Tiehua naturally did not understand the principle of sound waves, and asked in surprise: "Really?" Dai Duxing said with a smile: "Everyone in the Jianghu knows that the children of the beggar gang are the best in the world in stealing chickens and dogs. Haven't you heard of it?" Chu Liuxiang took the iron bowl with a smile, put it on the stone wall, and put his ears against the iron bowl, his eyes gradually brightened, but his brows frowned even more tightly. Hu Tiehua said: "Is there any sound?" Chu Liuxiang said: "Yes!" Hu Tiehua said: "What sound?" Chu Liuxiang said: "It seems that someone is talking." Hu Tiehua rubbed his nose and said with a broken smile, "Can a dumb person talk too?" Nan Ping wanted to laugh, but she didn't. She frowned and said, "This is definitely not the voice of my elder sister, she can't speak." Hu Tiehua said: "Maybe Tian'er and the others are still begging her." Chu Liuxiang pondered and said, "No...it's a man's voice, but it's very thick, and it doesn't look like Li Yuhan." Nan Ping was surprised: "A man? A man talking?" Hu Tiehua laughed and said: "Men are also human beings, sometimes they can talk like women, so why should the girl be so surprised?" Nan Ping said: "But for many years, no one has ever dared to disturb the Bodhi Temple. There are not many people in the Jianghu who know the place of the Bodhi Temple." Hu Tiehua said: "Even Shenshui Palace has men coming in now, let alone Bodhi Temple?" Nanping's complexion changed again, and she said: "But people who come to Shenshui Palace must have very urgent reasons, so they don't hesitate to take risks, but Bodhi Temple is just a desolate temple, and there is no attraction at all. Elder Sister will never have any grudges with anyone, what is their purpose in going there?" Hu Tiehua said: "Maybe it's because they want to secretly sneak into the Shenshui Palace from there." Nan Ping said: "In my opinion, maybe they came here for your friends." Hu Tiehua frowned, put his ears on the iron bowl, and asked, "Can you hear what they are saying?" Chu Liuxiang smiled wryly: "I can't hear you, they have stopped talking now." Silence is sometimes more cherished than any language, and silence is sometimes more terrifying than any sound.At this moment, the Bodhi Nunnery is deadly silent, not even a single sound. Could it be that all the people above died in an instant?Otherwise, why would it suddenly fall silent? Chu Liuxiang's palms were already sweating involuntarily. Everyone was waiting nervously. After a long time, Hu Tiehua couldn't help asking: "There is still no sound?" Chu Liuxiang sighed, "No." Nan Ping said: "Perhaps...maybe Eldest Sister has repelled all the people in the future." Hu Tiehua said: "Then why doesn't she open the door?" Nan Ping was startled, cold sweat broke out from the tip of her nose. Hu Tiehua said anxiously: "I think something must have happened to Hongxiu and Tian'er, otherwise they would never have kept quiet for so long, especially Tian'er, it's really not easy for her to keep her mouth shut." Dai Duxing coughed twice and said, "Maybe they haven't come here yet." Chu Liuxiang suddenly said: "Let's get out now, how long will it take to get to Bodhi Temple from outside?" Nan Ping said, "That's going to be a big circle." Hu Tiehua said: "How big is the circle?" Nan Ping said: "It's very big, the person with the best lightness kung fu will have to walk for at least three or four hours." Hu Tiehua stomped his feet and said, "What can I do? It's driving me crazy, old bug, why can't you think of a way?" Chu Liuxiang pondered, and suddenly asked: "If your elder sister agrees to send people to Shenshui Palace, will you give them a cup of tea with drugs first, so that they won't see the way to enter the palace?" Nan Ping said: "Not bad." Chu Liuxiang said: "Tian'er and the others also know about this, so they will drink it happily even though they know that there is drug in the tea." Hu Tiehua said: "Yes, since they know that they will arrive at Shenshui Palace after drinking this cup of tea, they must drink it." Chu Liuxiang said: "After they drank it, they were fascinated, and naturally they couldn't speak, so we couldn't hear their voices." Hu Tiehua clapped his hands and said, "It makes sense." Chu Liuxiang said: "But before this senior sister sent them down, foreign enemies came to the Bodhi Temple. Maybe these people really came for Tian'er and the others, so the senior sister should hand them over." Nan Ping hurriedly said: "Elder Sister will never agree, they will be the guests of Eldest Sister when they arrive at Bodhi Temple, and Elder Sister will never hand them over to others no matter what." Chu Liuxiang said: "That's why those people are going to negotiate with your big sister, and they are not willing to take action against the subordinates of Shenshui Palace until the negotiation fails." Hu Tiehua said: "This also makes sense, but why don't they talk about it now?" Chu Liuxiang said: "Maybe it's because they gave the elder sister a deadline, asking her to think about it before replying." Hu Tiehua said: "Since this is the case, she must be in danger at this moment." Chu Liuxiang said: "Yes, if the person who came is not her opponent, there is no need to negotiate." Hu Tiehua asked anxiously: "Then why didn't she open this door quickly and let us in?" Chu Liuxiang sighed: "She is surrounded by powerful enemies, how dare she reveal the entrance of Shenshui Palace?" Nan Ping looked at him, eyes full of admiration.Although she didn't say anything, if a woman praises a man with her eyes, it is more pleasing than any words. Chu Liuxiang rubbed his nose, smiled wryly and said, "This is just my guess, no one can say for sure whether this is actually the case." Nan Ping said softly: "But I can conclude that your guess must be right, because apart from this, it is impossible for anything else to happen." Hu Tiehua sighed: "But I hope he guessed wrong, otherwise Tian'er and the others would be unconscious, and your elder sister would not dare to open the door, and we would not be able to make it in time... This situation is really terrible." When everyone thought of the danger they were in, they couldn't help showing worry.But apart from worrying here, no one can think of any other way.