Chapter 7 The Seventh Night of the Temple of Heaven

The night is deeper.The hall was dimly lit, and the hall itself looked like a tomb.The evening breeze in September was originally cool, but here, it was filled with an indescribable stench. The smell in the eunuch's den was already disgusting, but this place had a different kind of smell, which was weird and terrible.Because it is the stench of rotting corpses.Some boxes still had blood on them, dark red blood, slowly flowing out from the cracks in the wooden boards. Suddenly, with a sound of "Bo", the board split.It seemed that someone was struggling in the box and wanted to rush out—could the dead inside be resurrected?Even Ximen Chuuxue couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

Lu Xiaofeng patted him on the shoulder, forced a smile and said, "Don't worry, the dead will not be resurrected." Ximen Chuuxue sneered. Lu Xiaofeng said: "But dead people will rot, and after rot, they will swell, and the box will burst!" Ximen Chuuxue said coldly: "No one asked you to explain." Lu Xiaofeng said: "I'm afraid you are afraid." Ximen Chuixue said, "I'm only afraid of one kind of person!" Lu Xiaofeng said: "What kind of person?" Ximen Chuixue said, "Whispering people." Lu Xiaofeng smiled, of course it wasn't a very pleasant kind of smile.Whoever comes here will not feel happy.

"Strange, why isn't even one of those people here?" Lu Xiaofeng muttered to himself again, and kept walking between the wooden boxes. He would rather be said wordy than keep his mouth shut.When a person comes to this kind of place, if he still keeps his mouth shut, he may go crazy in a short time.Talking would not only relax his nerves, but also make him forget for a while the terrible stench. "They may be cremating Zhang Yingfeng's body in the back. The only furnace here is behind the main hall." "The only stove?" "There's only one stove here, and there's no chimney."

"You know a lot." "It's a pity that he doesn't know about one thing." Someone from behind the hall suddenly sneered: "That furnace can burn four people at the same time, and burn all four of you to ashes." Weird voice, weird person! Not all lamas are weird, and these two lamas were not only weird, but ugly.No one could describe their faces, it looked like the masks of two evil spirits.A mask made of baked bronze. They wore yellow cassocks, but they were only half worn, exposing their left shoulders. They wore nine bronze rings on their left arms and one on their ears.The weapons they use are also bronze rings, with sharp points on all sides except where they shake hands.No matter who suddenly saw such two people in such a place, they would be frightened into a cold sweat.Lu Xiaofeng laughed.

"It turns out that lamas don't know how to count." He smiled and said, "There are only two of us, not four." "Two in the front, and two more in the back." One lama grinned ferociously, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, while the other's face looked like that of a dead man. "Who are the other two behind?" Lu Xiaofeng didn't understand. The lama smiled grimly and said, "They are two people who are waiting for you to go to heaven together." Lu Xiaofeng smiled again: "I don't want to go to the west, there are no friends of mine up there."

The lama who didn't smile said coldly: "Kill!" The copper ring shook, and the two lamas were ready to pounce on it. Ximen Chuuxue said coldly: "Both are lamas." Lu Xiaofeng said: "There are only two." Ximen Chuixue said, "The lama is yours." Lu Xiaofeng said: "What about you?" Ximen Chuuxue sneered, and suddenly drew his sword.With a flash of sword light, he stabbed towards a surgery box next to him. No one could figure out why he stabbed the wooden box.His sword was not meant to kill. At the same moment, there was a soft sound of "Bo", another wooden box burst open, and a sword stabbed out like a poisonous snake, directly piercing Lu Xiaofeng's "groin point".This sword came too fast, too dark, and completely unexpected.

Can the dead kill?Lu Xiaofeng was Lu Xiaofeng, he made a sudden move, stretched out two fingers and pinched the sword edge! It doesn't matter whether it's a human or a ghost in the wooden box, when he clamps these two fingers, the swords of human beings, ghosts, gods and demons will all be clamped by him. This is a peerless divine skill, and it will never fail.At the same moment, Ximen Chuuxue's sword pierced into the wooden box with a sound of "Chi".Suddenly there was a scream from inside the wooden box, the wooden boards flew apart, and a person rushed out. A dark and skinny man wielding a black sword in his hand, with blood all over his face.Blood is red.

Lu Xiaofeng sighed and said, "So there are four of them too!" Ximen Chuuxue said coldly: "Four people, seven eyes." The man in black jumped out of the wooden box, his left eye was picked out by the tip of the sword.He swung his Black Snake Sword crazily, pierced out nine swords like lightning, and his swordsmanship was weird and weird.Too bad he used a sword.It's a pity that he met Ximen Fuxue! Ximen Chuuxue said coldly: "I didn't want to kill people." His sword light flashed again.Just a flash!The screams of the man in black suddenly stopped, and his whole body suddenly froze, standing there like a puppet.The blood was still flowing, but his body had suddenly collapsed, like a sack whose mouth was suddenly emptied.

Lu Xiaofeng held the tip of the sword and looked at the wooden box in front of him.There was no movement in the box. Lu Xiaofeng suddenly said: "The one inside must not be a lama." Ximen Chuixue said, "En." Lu Xiaofeng said: "I pinched a sword for you, how about you pinch a lama for me?" Ximen Chuixue said: "Okay." His men suddenly flew up like eagles, and the sword light stabbed at the grinning lama like a lightning bolt.He didn't like the way the lama smiled. The lama's double rings vibrated, and he spun out. The moves were also weird and bizarre.Shuanghuan is a kind of weird outer sect weapon. No matter what kind of sword is caught, even if it is not broken, it will be taken away.

As the sword light flashed, it actually pierced into the pair of copper rings, like a moth throwing itself into a flame.The lama grinned grinningly, with double rings and a twist.He wanted to strangle Ximen Chuuxue's sword! "Break!" The sound of the word did not come out, because when he was about to scream, he suddenly found that the blade had reached his throat. The cold blade!He could even feel this cold feeling slowly entering his throat. Then he didn't feel anything, and he didn't smile anymore.Ximen Chuuxue didn't like the way he smiled. Although the lama who didn't smile turned pale, he still gritted his teeth and wanted to rush forward.

Ximen Chuuxue pointed at Lu Xiaofeng and said, "He belongs to you." He slowly raised his hand, and gently blew off a drop of blood on the edge of the sword, without even looking at the lama again.The lama was startled, watching the drop of blood fall, finally stomped his feet, turned around and rushed towards Lu Xiaofeng. Lu Xiaofeng held the sword that came out of the wooden box with one hand, and said with a wry smile: "This person really doesn't want to suffer..." A "ding" sound interrupted his words.The nine copper rings on the lama's left arm all of a sudden flew towards them whistling, circling and flying, coming quickly and quickly, and his people also went quickly. As soon as the copper ring was out of his hand, his people had already sprinted out, crashed through the window, and escaped without a trace. The Ximen Chuuxue Sword was already in its sheath, with both hands behind its back, watching it coldly.It was as if it had nothing to do with him. There was another series of "ding, ding, ding" sounds, like beads falling on a jade plate, with a light flick of Lu Xiaofeng's finger, all nine copper rings were knocked down. This kind of flying ring is a powerful hidden weapon, but it seems to be a child's toy when it comes to him. Ximen Chuuxue suddenly asked: "Can you sell this finger?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "Then it depends on what you use to buy it?" Ximen Chuixue said: "Sometimes I even want to exchange it with my fingers." Lu Xiaofeng smiled, and said leisurely: "I know your swordsmanship is very good, and your strikes are also very fast, but your fingers can only replace my toes at most." There was still no movement in the box.This sword will never be pierced by himself, what about people? Lu Xiaofeng knocked on the box: "Do you want to hide in it forever?" No one responded. "If you don't come out again, I will demolish your house." Still no response. Lu Xiaofeng sighed, and said: "If this person doesn't know what I said, he will definitely be able to do it." He raised his hand and clapped the box open.The person was still in the box, squatting motionless in the box, his nose, tears, and saliva had all flowed out, and there was a foul smell all over his body, and he was frightened to death. Lu Xiaofeng was stunned.The Water Peak of the Holy Mother, the Mysterious Sword School, these names sound scary, but I can't help being scared when I don't think of it. Ximen Chuuxue suddenly said: "This man did not come up from the Peak of the Water of the Virgin." Lu Xiaofeng said: "How do you know?" Ximen Chuixue said: "I recognize their sword skills." Lu Xiaofeng said: "What sword technique?" Ximen Chuixue said, "A tornado from the Hainan Sword Sect." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Are they disciples of the Hainan Sword Sect?" Ximen Chuixue said: "It must be." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Why did they pretend to be swordsmen from the Peak of the Water of the Virgin?" Ximen Chuixue said, "You should have asked him yourself." Lu Xiaofeng sighed: "It's a pity that this person seems to be speechless now." Ximen Chuixue said: "Don't forget that there are two people behind." What are the two people behind?It's a dead man, a living man! Of course the dead can no longer move, and the living can't move either.The dead man was Zhang Yingfeng, but the living man was Yan Renying.This proud young man was lying beside the stove like a dead person at this moment, as if he was also waiting to be incinerated. Lu Xiaofeng helped him up, and saw that he was not dead, but his acupoints were tapped. Ximen Chuuxue untied it for him with a wave of his hand, and looked at him coldly. He also saw Ximen Chuuxue's pale and cold face, struggling to stand up: "Who are you?" "Ximen Chuuxue." Yan Renying's face contorted for a while, and she fell down again. She sighed and said, "You kill me!" Ximen Chuuxue sneered. Yan Renying gritted her teeth and said, "Why didn't you kill me, but saved me instead?" Lu Xiaofeng also sighed, and said: "Because he didn't want to kill you, it was you who wanted to kill him!" Yan Renying lowered her head, looking as if she felt worse than death. Ximen Chuuxue suddenly said: "The method of acupressure is also used in Hainan." Lu Xiaofeng frowned and said, "They were the helpers he invited, why did they attack him instead?" Ximen Chuuxue said coldly: "You should ask him this question yourself!" Before Lu Xiaofeng asked, Yan Renying had already spoken. "I didn't invite them here." He gritted his teeth and said, "They found me by themselves." "They volunteered to help you avenge?" Yan Renying nodded: "They themselves said that they are all old friends of the former teacher." Lu Xiaofeng said: "You believe it?" Yan Renying lowered her head again.He is still too young, and he still doesn't understand the treacherous world. Lu Xiaofeng could only smile wryly: "Do you know why they want to kill you?" Yan Renying hesitated, and said, "As soon as they got here, they plotted against me. I seem to have heard them say something." "What words?" "We didn't want to kill you, but those three wax figures killed you." This is what they said when Yan Renying fell down. "What wax figure?" Yan Renying said: "It's a wax figure made by my elder brother." "We have seven people in the same school, he is the smartest one, and he has two dexterous hands." He explained again: "He looks at your face, hides his hands in his sleeves, and can quickly draw your image Squeeze it out, and it's exactly like yours." "Could it be that he was originally from the family of 'Clay Figurine Zhang' in the capital?" "The capital city was originally his hometown." Yan Renying said: "He knows everyone on the ground very well."——That's why he recognized Brother Ma Liu. "When he parted from me, there was no wax figure on his body, but when I buried his body, three wax figures fell out of his arms." "Where are the three wax figures now?" Lu Xiaofeng asked immediately. "It's on me." Yan Renying said, "But I don't recognize the three people he pinched." But Lu Xiaofeng recognized, at least two of them, he could tell at a glance: "This is Director Wang and Sixth Brother Ma." Zhang Yingfeng did have a pair of skillful hands, but unfortunately the third wax figure had been crushed. Lu Xiaofeng said: "These three wax figures must have been made by him before he died, because he already knew that these three people wanted to kill him." Ximen Chuuxue said: "Do you think these three people are the real culprits who killed him?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "It must be." Ximen Chuixue said: "Before he died, he still wanted his junior brother to avenge him; so he revealed the true face of the murderer." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Not bad." Ximen Chuixue said: "But at such a critical moment, where can he find wax to make a statue?" "He doesn't need to look for it." Yan Renying answered the question: "He always has a big ball of wax on his body. When he is free, he just holds it in his hand and plays with it." Lu Xiaofeng said: "It seems that his skillful hands are not born, but practiced." In fact, it not only requires hard training, but also a passion and hobby that others cannot understand.As in everything, if you want perfection, you must first have a passionate love for it.Just like Ximen Chuuxue's love for swords. Ximen Chuuxue couldn't help showing a touched expression on his face, because he understood.No one understood this feeling better than he.When he was a boy, even when he was bathing and sleeping, he held his sword in his hand. Lu Xiaofeng said: "Zhang Yingfeng asked Sixth Brother Ma to take him to the eunuch's den, originally to find you!" Ximen Chuixue said: "But he accidentally broke the secret of Manager Wang and Brother Ma Liu!" Lu Xiaofeng said: "So they want to kill him to silence him." Ximen Chuixue said: "Boss Wang and Brother Ma Liu are incompetent, but the third person is a master." Lu Xiaofeng said: "He also knows that he is definitely not this person's opponent, he knows that he will die, so he secretly pinched out their portraits, so that people can avenge him! Because he has already concluded that others will never think of this Three people will be the murderer. From this, it can be seen that the secret these three people are discussing must be an amazing secret." Lu Xiaofeng said: "The houses there are narrow and there are so many people, they couldn't find a place to hide the corpses, and they couldn't destroy the corpses in a hurry." Ximen Chuixue said: "So they carried the body out on horseback." Lu Xiaofeng said: "They originally wanted to blame you, and asked you to fight with the Emei sect. This is a plan to kill two birds with one stone." Although the truth is revealed now, they still don't know the most important thing—the third wax figure has been squashed. Who is this "third person"?He went to the eunuch's den to find Manager Wang, what secret was he going to discuss?Does this secret also have something to do with the battle tomorrow night? Ximen Chuuxue stared at the crushed wax figure, and said, "No matter what, this man is definitely not an honest monk!" This man has hair.Not only can Zhang Yingfeng pinch out a person's appearance, he can even pinch out this person's hair bun. "This man seems very fat." "Not fat, his face is squashed, so that's why he looks fat." "He has a beard, but not too long." "It seems that you are not too old." "He seemed to be turning blue." "It's not the color of his face, it's the color of wax." Lu Xiaofeng sighed, and said with a wry smile: "It seems that we only know that he is a middle-aged man with a beard, neither too fat nor too thin." There are tens of thousands of such people in the capital. But tell him where to find it? The fire was lit in the stove.The lamas must have prepared to burn Yan Renying and Zhang Yingfeng together. "Obviously they were also sent by Director Wang to prepare to kill Yan Renying. Unexpectedly, we also rushed here." "Maybe it wasn't sent by Director Wang, the 'third person' is the real mastermind." "No matter what, the lama is also a monk, and he wears white socks." "There are also many Taoist priests in the Hainan School." The flames flickered, shining on Zhang Yingfeng's face, and also on the fatal wound on his throat. "Can you tell whose sword it is?" "I can't see it." Ximen Chuixue said, "It's just that I am not the only one in the world who can use this kind of sword technique to kill people!" "Besides you, how many others?" "Not many, there will never be more than five alive." "Which five?" "Ye Gucheng, Taoist Mu, and two or three swordsmen whose names you don't even know. One of them lives in seclusion on the Peak of the Water of the Virgin." "You know that person?" Ximen Chuuxue sneered, and said, "Even if I don't know his people, at least I know his sword." Lu Xiaofeng said: "Where is Xiaoxiang swordsman Wei Ziyun?" Ximen Chuuxue shook his head, and said: "His swordsmanship is more than stable, but not sharp enough, and Yin Xian is not enough." Lu Xiaofeng pondered, and said: "Maybe there are some people who have good sword skills but usually don't use swords!" Ximen Chuixue said: "Although this possibility is not great, it is not completely impossible." Lu Xiaofeng said: "If an honest monk uses a sword, he must be a master. I always think that his martial arts are hidden and unfathomable." Ximen Chuixue said: "The honest monk has neither hair nor beard." Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said: "Even people are fake, not to mention hair and beard?" He seemed to have identified the honest monk. Yan Renying had been standing by the side in a daze, then suddenly walked over and bowed to Ximen Chuuxue. Ximen Chuixue said coldly: "You don't have to thank me, the one who saved you is not me, but Lu Xiaofeng." Yan Renying said: "I'm not thanking you, I can't thank you for saving my life." There was a strange expression on his face, and in the flickering firelight, he didn't know whether he wanted to laugh or cry. "I made this bow to ask you to take it back to my junior sister." "What for?" "Because I have misunderstood her all the time, have always looked down on her, and feel that she should not be with the enemies of the master." Yan Renying hesitated, and finally summoned up the courage to say: "But now I understand that hatred is not what I imagined before. Such an important thing..." ——Hate does not have to be reported. There are many emotions in the world, all of which are far stronger and nobler than hatred.He didn't say the words, he couldn't say them.But he already understood in his heart, because now the hatred in his heart is far less intense than gratitude. He suddenly picked up his senior brother's body and walked away with big strides. Although the distance was still dark, there was light in sight. Lu Xiaofeng watched him go away, sighed and said: "After all, he is a young man, every time I see this kind of young man, I always feel that this world is quite good, and it is good to be alive." Life is inherently lovely.Life is full of hope.Ximen Chuuxue's eyes showed that kind of warmth again.This is not because the fire is flickering in his eyes, but because the ice and snow in his heart have melted. Lu Xiaofeng looked at him, suddenly patted him on the shoulder, and said, "You finally saved someone today, how does it feel to save someone?" Ximen Chuuxue said, "It's better than killing people!" The wax figure of the "third man" still looks weird and ugly under the firelight.No matter whose face is squashed, it will not look good. "Now Brother Ma Liu has also been killed and silenced. There is only one person who knows who he is!" "Director Wang?" "Ok." "You want to find him?" "I don't want to." Lu Xiaofeng sighed: "Now he may have returned to the deep palace, even if I look for it, I will definitely not find it." "Even if he can find it, he will never tell the secret." Lu Xiaofeng stared at the wax figure in his hand, his eyes suddenly lit up: "I still have a way to know who this person is." Ximen Chuuxue said: "What method?" Lu Xiaofeng said: "I can go to Clay Figurine Zhang, he must have a way to restore this wax figure to its original state." Ximen Chuuxue looked at him, and there was a smile in his eyes again: "You are really a smart person." Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said, "I'm not stupid in the first place." Ximen Chuuxue said, "You're going to look for it now?" Lu Xiaofeng shook his head, his eyes became very warm: "Now I just want to see one person." He didn't say the name of this person, but Ximen Chuuxue already knew who he was going to talk about. The stars are fading away, and the long night is finally over.The light is in sight.