Chapter 18 Chapter 18 Please Enter the Urn
The night was heavy and the wind was rushing, and the eyes of the knife were shining. Shen Lang, Zhu Qiqi, and Xu Ruoyu were surrounded by the masters of the beggar gang, but they saw dozens of figures, all of which exuded fierce lights like wild animals. This scene Not only is it full of frightening murderous intent, but it is also unspeakably disturbing.
No matter how stupid Zhu Qiqi was, he could already see that these people had been trained for a long time, and what they were launching at this moment must be an extremely powerful formation.
Although the martial arts of these people are fearless, with such a tight cooperation, it is no different from mixing the martial arts of these dozens of people into one.
The martial arts of these dozens of people added together, it seems that one person has grown more than a hundred hands.Can Shen Lang resist such an opponent?
Zhu Qiqi's heart had already panicked, and his blood had already rushed to the top of his head.Although her eyes were wide open, she couldn't even see the face of the person opposite; all she saw in her eyes were knives, knives, countless bright long knives.
She clenched her fists tightly, only waiting for the bloody battle to erupt immediately, as for who wins and loses this battle, she doesn't care at all - she really can't control it anymore.
But Shen Lang has to take care of it.
His heart must not be disturbed, and this battle must not be defeated.
The figures were chaotic, and the lights of the knives were chaotic.
The chaos of swords, lights and figures had already approached him. If it were someone else, he would no longer be able to observe, let alone think.
But Shen Lang took a quick look and saw that there were thirty-six opponents in total. Although the thirty-six seemed to be integrated into one whole, they actually formed a group of three. The thirty-six Although people's footsteps seem to be the same, in fact, there is a different rhythm between three people and three people.
These thirty-six people wielded their long knives, although it looks like there are many knives, the movement of the formation is actually very slow - the fish is already in the net, why is the fisherman in a hurry to lift the net.
Zhu Qiqi waited until his heart became even more confused, he clenched his fists and began to tremble slightly.Beads of sweat were already dripping on Xu Ruoyu's pale face.
Suddenly, three long knives slashed down like lightning.
The tensed heartstrings of Zhu Qiqi and Xu Ruoyu seemed to be cut off by the long knife immediately, and the two breathed a sigh of relief, and were about to rush forward.
But before the two of them could make a move, Shen Lang suddenly stepped forward, snatched the long knife from the palm of one of them, and with an elbow punch, knocked the person on the left into the air, and the person on the right was shocked. When he was about to retreat, Shen Lang swung his knife with his backhand, and the back of the knife chopped off his neck. The man made a muffled "squeak" before he fell down. Although he didn't die, it was enough for him to watch.
As soon as Shen Lang made a move, the three opponents lay down. Although Zhu Qiqi didn't see how he made the move, his eyes lit up again.
I saw Shen Lang's long sword in his hand, like a tiger with wings added, and heard a series of "clinking", the sound of swords striking each other, and the light of lightning from all sides, were all blocked by Shen Lang's flying figure. Although Zhu Qiqi and Xu Ruoyu were standing In the light of the knife, he didn't even have to move his fingers.
Xu Ruoyu stared dumbfounded, surprised and admiring.
Zhu Qiqi laughed, and said to Xu Ruoyu with a coquettish smile: "Look, I told you earlier that you don't need to be afraid. With Shen Lang here, you don't need to be afraid of anyone. Let's just wait and see the excitement."
Xu Ruoyu sighed lightly: "Brother Shen's martial arts are indeed..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Zhu Qiqi suddenly saw Zhu Qiqi's hair and clothes fluttering, and he could already feel the threatening chill of the blows of knives.
The sound of "Ding Dong" is still ringing endlessly.
Shen Lang's figure is still spinning and dancing.
But the light of the sword became more and more dazzling, and the wind of the sword became stronger and stronger. It was obvious that the circle of the long sword array was getting closer and closer—could it be that Shen Lang couldn't resist it anymore?
Zhu Qiqi couldn't laugh anymore, and murmured: "What...what's going on? Shen Lang, he...he..."
Xu Ruoyu said: "Brother Shen, even though his martial arts are unrivaled, but two fists are hard to beat with four hands, not to mention...the opponent is not only crowded, but also has a sharp formation. Brother Shen..."
Zhu Qiqi stomped her feet and said, "Since that's the case, what are you talking about? What are we waiting for... Hurry up and help him." Although she said so, she still stood still.
It's just that the formation has been fully activated at this moment, and the lights of the sabers are intertwined into a web of sabers. She really doesn't know how to intervene—it's impossible to intervene at all.
Xu Ruoyu stayed there, unable to make a move.
Zhu Qiqi stomped her feet again and again, and said loudly: "Shen Lang, can you stop for a while, so that we can help you, and now we can't get in the way at all...Shen Lang! Shen Lang, can you hear me?"
Shen Lang didn't seem to hear it at all.
But Zuo Gonglong sneered outside the light of the knife and said: "Shen Lang is already riding a tiger, how can he stop, but...but don't worry, after you clean up Shen Lang, it will naturally be your turn."
Zhu Qiqi was so angry that he gritted his teeth and cursed: "A beggar who is poor and old will never die. If he has the ability, he will fight the girl to the death. If he hides far away and makes sarcastic remarks, what kind of hero is he?"
Zuo Gonglong laughed loudly and said: "He who can live is considered a hero, you know, the dead are not always considered heroes. The three of you are almost as good as dead people at this moment..."
Zhu Qiqi said angrily: "Whoever is going to die, you are going to die..."
She glanced at Xu Ruoyu, and her voice suddenly stopped.
Xu Ruoyu's face was pale and haggard, and the white cloth wrapped around his right hand was not only filthy, it had already turned gray, and blood was constantly oozing out.
He obviously hadn't started for a long time, and he lost a lot of blood and was seriously injured. Judging by his appearance, even if he can do it today, he won't be able to support it for a long time.
Zhu Qiqi glanced at him, sighed heavily, and called softly, "Xu Xianggong."
She suddenly called her so politely, Xu Ruoyu couldn't help being taken aback, and said, "What do you want, Miss?"
Zhu Qiqi lowered his head, and said: "I used to be rude to you a lot, but I hope you don't take it to heart. Now, I know that you are indeed a good person."
Not only did her address change, her expression and tone also became extremely gentle, but at this moment, it was surprising that she said such insignificant words.
Xu Ruoyu couldn't help being stunned for another moment, and said in a low voice, "I...cough cough...don't be polite, girl."
Zhu Qiqi said softly: "I'm never polite, what I say is the truth, for example... For example, today, if Shen Lang wants to rush out alone, I'm afraid it's not difficult, but...but..."
She didn't finish her sentence, but Xu Ruoyu understood, he understood everything, Zhu Qiqi was so polite to him suddenly, because she had calculated that he would die here today - talking to a dying person , anyone will be more polite than usual.
Zhu Qiqi said: "You should know what kind of person Shen Lang is. If he didn't know your secret, he would never rush out, you...you..."
Xu Ruoyu smiled miserably, and said: "Miss, you don't need to say it. I already know what you mean, and life and death are not important, but the secret should always be revealed."
Zhu Qiqi sighed for a long time, and said quietly: "As long as Shen Lang can know this secret, as long as Shen Lang can rush out, I... I don't matter if I live or die."
Xu Ruoyu looked up to the sky and exhaled, and suddenly said in a deep voice: "Brother Shen, listen, it was that night, in that deserted temple..."
Before the words were finished, Shen Lang suddenly heard Shen Lang say: "Not good."
Then Zuo Gonglong also shouted arrogantly: "Excellent, so you haven't revealed the secret yet..."
Suddenly there was a long howl, and the howling sound was melodious and frustrating.
Just in this long howling sound, the formation suddenly changed, and the knife light that had been condensed into a ball suddenly splashed like a tide, rushing into the space between Shen Lang and Xu Ruoyu.
Shen Lang stomped his feet, and his figure rose into the sky, as if he was going to meet Xu Ruoyu, but when he got up, the bowstring suddenly rang, and long arrows flew out like a rainstorm.
Zhu Qiqi exclaimed: "Ah! Shen Lang..."
I saw Shen Lang making a circle with his long saber, although he pushed aside the rain of arrows, he couldn't help but force his body to fall down, and at this time the long saber array had turned into two.
Xu Ruoyu was surrounded by fifteen long swords.
Zhu Qiqi rushed to Shen Lang's side from the light of the saber, and said, "This...what's going on here?"
Shen Lang said angrily: "You still say...it's all you."
Zhu Qiqi was stunned, with resentment in his eyes, and tremblingly said: "It's all me?... What did I do wrong?"
Shen Lang ignored her and waved his saber light, trying to break out of the encirclement.
However, although the strength of this saber formation has been greatly reduced due to the reduction in number of people, the remaining ten or so long sabers no longer attack, but use all of their attack power for defensive purposes—the target they are attacking at this moment, Obviously, Shen Lang has moved to Xu Ruoyu's body.
Fifteen long knives were attacking Xu Ruoyu with a sharp sound of the wind, attacking the wounded "Swordsman" who had no sword in his palm.
Fifteen long knives were arranged in an orderly manner, with perfect coordination, each knife carried a ferocious murderous intent, and each knife wanted to split Xu Ruoyu in half immediately.
Xu Ruoyu dodged and parried, but he was completely powerless to fight back.
At this critical juncture where life and death depend on the front line, his cowardly nature is exposed like an egg that has been peeled off its shell.
He was panting, sweating, and suddenly hissed loudly: "Shen Lang...Brother Shen, come quickly...Little brother...Little brother can't stand it anymore."
But for a while, Shen Lang couldn't get out of this defensive but not offensive saber formation, as long as you rushed over, the opponent would immediately dodge, but the saber formation was still not chaotic.
More than ten long knives were still tightly surrounding him.
Xu Ruoyu's voice was even more horrific, as if he was exhausted.
Zhu Qiqi gritted his teeth and said, "What's your ghost name, whether it's life or death, you should stand up and fight! A man like you is not even as good as a woman..."
It's true, she does have a fierceness that Xu Ruoyu doesn't have, seeing her disheveled hair, dashing left and right in the light of the knife, she has already put life and death aside.
Xu Ruoyu tremblingly said: "I...I'm not afraid of death, it's just that secret...I..."
Zhu Qiqi sternly said: "If you are really a man, you should fight hard at this moment, and at least you will die after telling the secret. Your life will not be in vain."
Xu Ruoyu said: "But...my hand...my hand is no longer good."
Zhu Qiqi said angrily: "What's wrong, you're lying to yourself! You coward, you're so scared, you just want to rely on others to save you, you...you dare not do it yourself."
Xu Ruoyu's figure was still moving, but tears were already streaming down his cheeks, because Zhu Qiqi's words had really scolded him deep in his heart.
Zhu Qiqi shouted loudly: "Be courageous, do it, do it with all your might. You know... as long as you have the courage to go all out, these people will definitely not be able to kill you."
Xu Ruoyu wept and said: "No... I'm done, I... I'm so scared... Shen Lang, Shen Lang, save me... Save me, I don't want to die yet..."
Zhu Qiqi said bitterly: "Coward, soft-boned, such a man, no wonder no women like it... I really don't understand how he got the reputation of being one of the seven masters."
She didn't know that Xu Ruoyu's martial arts were not weak, but his nature lacked that masculine arrogance. In normal times—when no one could threaten his life, his chic swordsmanship and chic demeanor not only concealed his Being cowardly also easily earned him a reputation... The world's vision is usually short-sighted, which is not surprising at all.
However, no matter how well a person conceals, when facing a major test, his shortcomings will inevitably be exposed to others.
Xu Ruoyu is exactly like this at the moment.
The cold night is long, and the moment before dawn is the darkest and coldest.
Suddenly, Xu Ruoyu screamed, sharper and harsher than the wind of a knife.
Shen Lang lost his voice and said, "Brother Xu, what's wrong?"
Xu Ruoyu tremblingly said: "I..."
When the words came out, there was another scream.
Then, Zuo Gonglong laughed triumphantly.
Cold wind, sword light, screams, laughter...
Under the dark sky, there was chaos, and blood had already stained the snow red.
Zuo Gonglong laughed wildly and said, "Is it alright?"
Someone in the sword light responded: "Okay, five swords."
Zuo Gonglong shouted loudly: "The traitor has been eliminated, let's go."
The light of the knife flashed, and they retreated one after another. A row of crossbow arrows shot towards them. When Shen Lang waved his knife to push away the rain of arrows, a group of people had disappeared into the darkness.
On the blood-stained snow, Xu Ruoyu lay curled upside down.
Zhu Qiqi stomped his feet and said, "Chasing... shall we chase?"
Shen Lang didn't answer, just sighed heavily, leaned over and hugged Xu Ruoyu - the blood on his face and body, looked like splashed ink in the dark, dark and horrifying.
There is still breathing, Xu Ruoyu, who is covered in blood, is still breathing weakly.
Shen Lang was overjoyed and called softly: "Brother Xu, cheer up, cheer up."
Xu Ruoyu's body convulsed for a while, but his eyelids opened a thread, and his confused and chaotic eyes circled in front of Shen Lang, as if he was trying to identify who the person in front of him was.
Shen Lang said: "Brother Xu, it's me...it's Shen Lang."
A ray of light finally appeared in Xu Ruoyu's eyes, but this light was just like a candle in the wind, so weak and unstable.
He struggled, opened his mouth, and said suddenly: "Brother Shen... I... I can't do it anymore... I really can't."
Shen Lang said: "Nonsense, you will not die, you will live on."
Xu Ruoyu shook his head——he exhausted all his strength to shake his head slightly, and to struggle to make a miserable smile from the corner of his mouth.
He smiled miserably and said, "I know... I can't do it... It's a pity that the secret... the secret... I... I don't have the energy to say it..."
Shen Lang said: "Don't think about the secret anymore, it doesn't matter."
Xu Ruoyu said: "It's related...it's related..."
Sudden burst of coughing, seemed to be out of breath.
Zhu Qiqi couldn't help it anymore and said, "Aside from you, who else in the world knows that secret?"
Xu Ruoyu coughed and said, "I believe...I have the letter...cough...for Liu Yu...cough cough cough..." The severe coughing and severe panting made him speechless.
Seeing his appearance, Shen Lang couldn't help being miserable, and said softly: "Brother Xu, just rest assured, since you have sent a letter to Miss Liu Yuru, I can ask her to understand, and I will never let them plot against you." succeed."
Xu Ruoyu struggled desperately, seemed to want to say something, but couldn't say a word, only a pair of eyes, still looking at Shen Lang.
Those eyes were full of pain, shame and guilt.
Shen Lang murmured: "Go, live your life, don't suffer, don't blame yourself. In any case, you have tried your best, you have tried your best."
Xu Ruoyu couldn't speak, but those eyes seemed to be saying: "Really? I don't have to blame myself anymore... I have indeed done my best..."
As a result, the eyes finally closed slowly, and the young man who had been fighting against his own cowardice all his life finally gained a short period of peace before he died.
In the east, dawn finally appeared.
The faint, pale blue dawn light shone on Xu Ruoyu's face——Zhu Qiqi's eyes were also looking at this face, and there seemed to be tears in his eyes.
Shen Lang murmured: "Yes, this is a poor person."
Zhu Qiqi said: "But a man would rather be hated than be pitied. A man who is pitied would not be a real man. If he wasn't too weak, he wouldn't have to die today..."
Shen Lang suddenly cut off coldly: "That's right, he didn't have to die today, but he died at your hands."
Zhu Qiqi lost his voice: "Me?"
Shen Lang said: "That's right, you..."
Zhu Qiqi's eyes were already red, and he paused and said, "It's me again, you blame me for everything! What did I do wrong today? It's obvious that he himself is afraid of death, and people who are more afraid of death are more likely to die. This... How can this be my fault?"
Shen Lang said coldly: "If you hadn't forced him to speak at that time, Zuo Gonglong wouldn't have known that he hadn't told the secret in time, so naturally he wouldn't have concentrated all his attacking power on him, and he wouldn't have Will die. Zuo Gonglong originally meant to do his best to get rid of me first."
Zhu Qiqi said: "But...but you were already overwhelmed by them at that time, you...if you have any troubles, he still can't escape."
Shen Lang said: "How do you know that I was overwhelmed by them at that time?"
Zhu Qiqi said: "This... anyone can see this, you... you fought with them for a long time, but you didn't even hurt a single person."
Shen Lang said: "Didn't you see that I restrained the three of them in one move? Since I can restrain the three of them in one move, how can I not hurt one of them afterwards?"
Zhu Qiqi was taken aback for a moment, and said: "This... this... how do I know what it is for?"
Shen Lang said in a deep voice: "If I disrupted their formation at that time, Xu Ruoyu would inevitably be injured by random knives. Once the formation was disrupted, I would inevitably fail to take care of them, so I was just fighting with them at that time. Gradually shrink their circle, as long as their formation is not chaotic, I can find a track to find, and I can protect you together, and when their circle shrinks to the point where it cannot be small, I can take them all together. Hit and break."
He sighed, and continued: "No matter what kind of formation, the smaller its circle, the easier it is to break. Because the circle is narrowed, they will inevitably not restrain each other. I just need to pull one hair, and I can move the whole body. This kind of simple truth, you could have figured it out, but you never thought about it."
Zhu Qiqi's head drooped deeply.
Shen Lang sighed and said: "I spent a lot of effort, and finally saw through the key point of their formation. I saw that I was about to succeed, but you...I am..."
Zhu Qiqi hissed suddenly: "I was wrong...I was wrong."
She raised her head, her face was covered with tears again, and continued: "But why don't you think about it, why did I do this. I... If it wasn't for you, how could I do such a thing? What's more ... You said that the reason is simple, but I think it is too simple. Not everyone in the world is as smart as you."
As she spoke, she finally couldn't help but fell to the ground and burst into tears.
Shen Lang stared at her dumbly for a while, then sighed a long time, and said: "Okay, don't cry anymore, the sky is already bright, and there is no news from Jin Wuwang, we should go find him first no matter what."
Jin Wuwang ran wildly in the cold wind, his hair was all messed up, blowing away with the wind.In this icy and snowy land, his whole body was burning with anger.
He was originally a mysterious figure with a mysterious life experience.Not only did he not want to tell others about the past, he even didn't want to think about it himself.He only remembered that since he was a child, he had never cared about the life and death of others, and he would never shed a single tear for the pain of others.
He never thinks about what is good and what is evil, let alone who is right and wrong.As long as it is something he likes, he will do it; as long as it is someone he does not like, he will kill it with one knife.He himself does not know how many people died under his hands, and he has never regretted the lives of these people. "The weak deserve to die", this seems to be a matter of course in his mind.
However, at this moment he has changed.
He would be angry at Jin Buhuan's evil, he would brave the cold wind and run around in the ice and snow for the life of a weak woman.
This change was something even he himself could not have dreamed of.
Snow and ice, darkness between heaven and earth.
Jin Wuwang didn't know where Jin Buhuan fled and how to pursue it.
He just pursued it with an instinctive instinct—an instinct of a beast, and the instinct of a lifelong wandering warrior like himself.
It may seem strange at first that heroes of the rivers and lakes should have the same instincts as wild animals, but if you think about it carefully, you will find that there are indeed many similarities between the two.
They all have to evade being tracked by others, and while being tracked, they all have to hunt down the prey that lasts their lives.
They are hunters, and they can be hunted at any time.
Their lives are always on the edge of life and death.
In this icy and snowy land with no one around, Jin Wuwang discovered for the first time that his life had so many similarities with wild animals.
A bitter, sarcastic smile could not help but appear on the corner of his mouth.
However, his intuition was not wrong.
On the snow in front of him, there was something that was shining with jet-black brilliance, Jin Wuwang's sharp eyes like a wild beast, naturally he would not miss it.
This is a hairpin, the hairpin on Bai Feifei's head.
What a clever girl, she has not lost her wisdom and courage under such circumstances.She quietly threw down the hairpin, and she pointed out the direction of Jin Buhuan's escape.
When Jin Wuwang picked up the hairpin, he already knew that he was following the right direction, so he walked faster and his eyes searched more carefully.
Tens of feet away, Bai Feifei left behind another - an earring; tens of feet later, another earring, then a silk handkerchief, and a belt.
In the end, she took off both shoes. The small shoes embroidered with blood-red plum blossoms looked particularly dazzling on the snow.
With these things, the hopeless pursuit of gold is easy.
Picking up the second embroidered shoe, a scent suddenly wafted into his nostrils, it was warm, thick, and especially attractive in the cold night.
In the wilderness of the cold night, where do people come from to burn meat?
Jin Wuwang didn't think about it, and chased after the meat fragrance. After several ups and downs, he saw Zuo Wuchang, and he could still vaguely see a flickering fire.
It was a barren temple.
You must know that the divine power was very strong at that time, and the children built ancestral halls for their ancestors everywhere, but when this family fell, the cave halls also fell into disuse.
The decline of wealth is much easier than its rise, so in the wilderness, dilapidated temples can be found everywhere.
These ancestral halls have become a safe haven for wanderers in the rivers and lakes.
At this moment, the flickering fire in the deserted ancestral hall illuminated the snow field outside the ancestral hall, and there was a new line of footprints on the snow field—the old footprints had been covered by the heavy snow just now.
Although Jin Buhuan's qinggong is not weak, but since he is carrying Bai Feifei on his back, it is inevitable that he will leave footprints.Jin Wuwangmu stood in the shadow of the corner of the wall, staring at the footprints, his face gradually turning blue——his sharp eyes had already identified that the footprints were left by someone wearing hemp shoes.
His standing figure suddenly flew up like a bird, and then he folded his body and flew into the deserted temple - there was a fire burning in the deserted temple, and half a dog was roasting on the fire.
But what about gold?How can there be a figure that is not changed by gold!
This is a small and crude ancestral hall, without windows, and the door is the only access, but on the snow outside the door, there are only footprints coming in, but no footprints going out.
What's more, the fire is still burning, and there are still two firewood that have not been burnt black. It is obvious that there were still people in this ancestral hall just a moment ago.
The raging flames reflected Jin Wuwang's livid face.
There was no expression on his face, facing the fire, he stood in front of the door - Jin Buhuan must still be in this temple, he was absolutely unable to escape.
In this icy and snowy land, the only ancestral hall full of warmth, in an instant, was already full of murderous intent—a strong murderous intent.
Jin Wuwang slowly said word by word: "Come out, do you still want me to look for it?"
In the quiet night, his chilling and stern voice was transmitted word by word, resounding through every corner of the ancestral hall.
But no one responded.
In the corner, there are only dust, cobwebs, and old and dilapidated shrines. On the altar, there are still faded curtains hanging. When the wind blows, the curtains blow up——
A foot was exposed under the divine case.
Jin Wuwang rushed over like an arrow, kicked the magic case away with his kick.
There are two people lying under the divine table, but they are not gold and Bai Feifei, but two beggars, with disheveled gray hair, gray face, and bulging eyes...
These are two ferocious faces, enough to make one wake up in a nightmare, and these two faces are facing Jin Wuwang coldly at this moment.
Jin Wuwang was so courageous, he couldn't help being taken aback, took two steps back, and shouted sharply, "Who is it?"
The two faces did not move, and the four protruding eyes were full of panic, grief, anger, and resentment-these could not be the faces of living people.
Jin Wuwang was startled, and he saw that these were two corpses, and they had been dead for at least three days, but they had not rotted and deformed in the severe cold.
He couldn't help but secretly heaved a sigh of relief.Under the flickering firelight, I saw that the two men were about fifty years old, and a stack of sacks was exposed behind the shoulders of the corpses lying on their backs.
Jin Wuwang gathered himself together, took a closer look at the faces of these two people, and suddenly lost his voice: "Shan Gong, Ouyang Lun...how did these two people die here? Who did it?...Then Zuo Gong Where did the dragon go?"
Although the "Three Elders of the Beggar Gang" are not the top masters in martial arts, they are not inferior to any of the top masters in terms of reputation and wide acquaintance.
Jin Wuwang, who had been around for a long time, naturally recognized these two people, but he couldn't think of how the three elders of the Beggar Gang, who were famous and had many disciples, would suddenly die here.
The deserted temple, which was already gloomy and murderous, suddenly appeared with these two hideous corpses, making it even more eerie.
Jin Wuwang felt the chill go straight down his back, he didn't dare to turn his head back, he stepped back slowly, bypassed the fire, and retreated to the door, his eyes turned, the blood in his whole body congealed immediately.
The half dog that was roasting on the fire had disappeared in an instant.
Who will take this?To be able to act behind Jin Wuwang's back without being noticed by him, isn't this kind of light work shocking.
Besides ghosts, who else has such lightness skills!
Jin Wuwang's body was already a little cold, but at this moment——
Suddenly, someone behind him gave a "giggle" smile and whispered, "Jin Wuwang..."
Jin Wuwang shouted, "Who?"
Huo Ran turned around, and saw a person walking slowly on the snow outside the door, his thin body fluttering in the cold wind, as if he was weightless.
Every time the man took a step, he let out a sinister laugh, but covered his face with a pair of black and thin palms shaped like ghost claws.
In the flickering of the flames, I saw that he was a beggar in ragged clothes and hair, but just looking at his figure and appearance, he would definitely not be the one who is not changed by gold.
After all, Jin Wuwang was worthy of being a hero in the Jianghu. Under such circumstances, he still held his breath and just stared at this person without moving.
The man finally walked in precariously, giggled and said, "Brother Jin, we have been separated for so many years, I don't want you and me to meet under the Nine Springs."
Jin Wuwang said coldly: "Jin is still living in the world, you play tricks, you can scare others, but you can't scare me, Jin Wuwang." Not only did his voice remain unchanged, but his expression remained unchanged.
The man giggled and said, "Are you still alive in this world... Haha... It's ridiculous, ridiculous, you obviously died just now, but you don't even know yourself."
Jin Wuwang said coldly: "If Jin is dead, I will know about it, don't bother Your Excellency. But if you continue to pretend to be a ghost, Jin will turn you into a real ghost."
The man laughed and said, "A real ghost? Am I still a fake ghost at this moment?"
Although he laughed heartily, his laughter was full of eerie and terrifying meanings.
Jin Wuwang sternly said, "Who are you?"
The man asked, "Do you want to see my face?"
Jin Wuwang said: "Yes, put down your hand."
The man chuckled and said, "Okay, I'll let you see who I am. If you're not dead, how can you talk to me? A living person can never talk to a dead person, you know."
In the voice, he slowly lowered his palm and revealed his face.
That gray face, bulging eyes...
He is surprisingly the single bow of the "Three Elders of the Beggar Gang"!
The discovery of the dead body under the case and the disappearance of the dog meat already made Jin Wuwang feel a little chilled, but at this moment, when he saw the body that was still lying there coldly just now, he was standing in front of him alive.
Even though Jin Wuwang was so courageous, his face could not help but be terrified, and he tremblingly said: "Shan... Dan Gong! You... You... You..."
Shan Gong giggled and said: "That's right, I am Shan Gong, I know you recognize me, you saw me just now when you were alive, but you are afraid that you saw me again just a moment after you died without thinking about it. "
At this time, no matter how calm Jin Wuwang could be, he would inevitably feel a little suspicious, and even more so, he couldn't help but want to turn around and take a look—to look at the two corpses under the divine case.
But when he turned his head, the single bow's ghost claw had stretched out, and it struck his acupuncture point like lightning. He was terrified, and he didn't even dodge it.
As soon as the single archer moved, he fell down.
However, before he fell down, out of the corner of his eyes, he still caught a glimpse of the two corpses under the divine case - the one with the single bow over there was still lying there coldly.
The dead single bow is lying there, what is going on with the living single bow?
Jin Wuwang thought for a moment, and sternly shouted: "Wang Lianhua, it's you."
Although his body has fallen, his momentum is still fierce.
The living single bow looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "Okay! Jin Wuwang, you really have it. However, although you have guessed who I am now, it is already too late." Amid wild laughter, he turned his back go.
When he turned around again and faced Jin Wuwang, his gray rotten skin and protruding eyeballs had turned into starry eyes and sword eyebrows, with vermilion lips and jade face.
Who is this not Wang Lianhua?
Jin Wuwang said bitterly: "I should have known it was yours."
Wang Lianhua smiled and said: "It's not your fault. In the situation just now, no matter who it is, it will be frightened and dizzy, and it's not just you."
The voice stopped, and there was another harsh laughter from the roof.
A person giggled and said: "It's wonderful, Jin Wuwang, who has always been the most frightening, was scared to death today." Amidst the laughter, a black shadow slowly hung down from above, it was the piece of dog meat .
It turned out that the dog meat was tied with a thin thread, when Jin Wuwang came in, he only noticed the traces of people in this deserted temple, but he never expected that the dog meat was tied with a thin thread.
Although there was a fire in the deserted temple, it was not very bright after all. Jin Wuwang didn't pay attention to it and naturally he wouldn't notice it. When he saw the two corpses, he was somewhat shocked. At that time, he hid in the manchu The people on the roof of the spider web hung the dog meat up.
Although these things are worthless, but in this cold night, where the wind is as cold as a knife, and in the barren temple where the wind is miserable, these things are enough to frighten the soul.
Jin Wuwang sighed inwardly, but said coldly: "So you have already made up your mind that I will come."
Wang Lianhua smiled and said: "That's right, we have already determined that you will come, otherwise, how could we have arranged these tricks here in advance, waiting for you to be fooled."
The people on the roof laughed loudly and said: "This is called heaven has a way if you don't go, hell has no way to go..."
——A figure, jumping down with the sound, is naturally worthless.
He was naturally full of complacency, looked down at Jin Wuwang, and said with a smile: "As the saying goes, Feng Shui takes turns, thirty years in the east of the river, thirty years in the west of the river, Jin Wuwang, Jin Wuwang, have you ever thought of that?" Will it fall into my hands today?"
Jin Wuwang said coldly: "That's nothing."
Jin Buhuan only thought that at this moment, Jin Wuwang's heart must be full of horror and remorse, but Jin Wuwang was still icy and cold, as if he was not moved at all.
This time he was not only a little surprised, but even more disappointed, he only wanted to humiliate Jin Wuwang, and made Jin Wuwang feel pain, so he turned his eyes and laughed to himself: "You must be very proud when you tracked this place, I only know myself The ability to track is not bad, but how did you manage to get here, do you know it yourself?"
Jin Wuwang said: "I don't know."
Jin Buhuan said: "You don't know, let me tell you: Those hairpins, earrings, silk scarves, and shoes were not left by Bai Feifei, they were all my hands and feet."
Jin Wuwang said coldly: "Very good."
Although his face was indifferent, he was unavoidably surprised.
Jin Buhuan laughed and said, "Actually, you should have already thought of this point. Thinking that Bai Feifei has been controlled by me, even if he can quietly pull out his hairpin, how can he take off his shoes? Could it be that I am a dead person?"
Jin Wuwang sneered, "You should be dead by now."
Jin Buhuan smiled and said: "That's right, it was thanks to you for letting me go that day, but I don't accept you at all. I can make you let me go, it all depends on my own ability."
Jin Wuwang said: "Very good."
Jin Buhuan said: "You let me go that day, but today I want to take your life, don't you feel sad? Don't you regret it? Although you pretend you are not afraid, you are afraid that you will be filled with bitterness."
Jin Wuwang sneered and said, "I've always done things, how many times have I regretted it?"
Jin Buhuan said: "You have never regretted it. Today you will regret it. You have never conceded defeat. Today you will concede defeat. You pretend to be extraordinary, but your every move falls into our calculations."
Jin Wuwang said: "Really?"
Jin Buhuan said: "You might as well think about it carefully, since we lured you here, we naturally know that you are alone, and there will be no Shen Lang following..."
Jin Wuwang sneered and said, "If Shen Lang is following you, how can you succeed?"
Jin Buhuan clapped his hands and said with a smile: "That's it. We decided that Shen Lang didn't follow you, so we did it. But how do we know that Shen Lang didn't follow you?"
This is exactly what Jin Wuwang was wondering about, and Jin Buhuan's question was right in his heart.But his face was even more indifferent, saying: "How did you know, and what does it have to do with me?"
Jin Buhuan was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Don't you even want to know this?"
Jin Wuwang simply closed his eyes and ignored him.
Jin Buhuan said: "You don't want to know, I just want to tell you."
He wanted to anger Jin Wuwang.The more indifferent Jin Wuwang's expression was, the more uncomfortable he was, and in the end he himself was irritated by Jin Wuwang first.
He grabbed Jin Wuwang's lapel and said loudly: "I tell you, because we already know that Shen Lang has been entangled by the beggar gang, and even if he doesn't die tonight, he will never be able to get out, just because the world's largest Help, we have been..."
王怜花一直含笑瞧着他两人，此刻突然干咳一声，道：“够了。”
金不换语声立刻中断，长长吐了口气。
王怜花微微笑道：“金兄是否已经说得太多了？”
金不换赶紧赔笑道：“是，是，我是说得太多了。”
重重将金无望摔到地上，接口笑道：“但反正他已是快要死的人，听进去的话，是再也不会说出来的了，多听些也没什么关系。”
王怜花道：“关系总是有的。”
金不换道：“是，是，小弟再也不说了。”
金无望瞧这两人神情，见到金不换对王怜花如此卑躬屈膝，不必再想，便知道金不换已被王怜花收买。
金不换本是个惟利是图的人，他无论被谁收买，金无望都不会惊异；金无望吃惊的是，丐帮竟似也与王怜花有些干系。
丐帮难道也会被王怜花收买么？
单弓与欧阳轮是否就因为不服王怜花，而致惨死？
丐帮前去缠着沈浪，又是为的什么？
此刻金无望面色虽冷漠，心中却是起伏不定，疑云重重。
只见王怜花斜倚在门口，似是在等着什么。
过了半晌，只听一阵马蹄之声奔来，但远远便已停住，接着，一个低沉的语声在门外道：“公子，属下前来复命。”
王怜花道：“你事已办妥了么？”
那人道：“属下已遵命将白姑娘安置，此刻白姑娘想必已入睡了。”
王怜花笑道：“很好。你连日奔波辛苦，苦劳可嘉，可至柜上提取五十两银子，好好乐上半个月，再来候命。”
那人喜道：“多谢公子。”
王怜花道：“还有，你在外虽可尽情作乐，但切切不可胡乱招摇，惹事生非，更不可被江湖人查出你的底细。”
那人道：“属下不敢。”
王怜花道：“你明白就好了。本门对属下虽然宽厚，但属下若犯了规矩，身受之苦，我不说你也该知道。”
那人声音更是恭顺道：“属下知道。”
王怜花挥手道：“好，去吧。”
过了半晌，王怜花突然又道：“你为何还不走？还等什么？”
那人嗫嚅着道：“属下还有一事……”
王怜花道：“既然有事，为何不快说？”
那人道：“方自兖州办完事回来的赵明，是和小的一起来的。”
王怜花皱眉道：“既已来了，为何还留在外面？”
那人道：“赵明……他说他不敢来见公子。”
王怜花道：“不敢？莫非他误了事？”
那人道：“赵明兖州之行，倒还顺利得很。兖州的宋老三，两天内便如数交出了五千两银子，银子已押送回去。”
王怜花道：“既是如此，他有功无过，为何不敢见我？”
那人讷讷道：“他……他是为了另一件事，教属下先来向公子求情。”
王怜花厉声道：“快说，什么事，莫要吞吞吐吐。”
那人道：“赵明他……他和太夫人座下的牧女萍儿，两人情投意合，就……就……”
王怜花道：“就怎样？”
那人道：“萍儿就已有了身孕，如今……如今……”
王怜花“哼”了一声，道：“我已知道，莫要说了。”
过了半晌，嘴角突然泛起一丝微笑，缓缓道：“这本是喜事，他为何不敢见我？快去叫他过来。”
那人似是有些意外，呆了一呆，方自道：“是！”
又过了半晌，一个少年的语声在门外道：“赵明参见公子。”
王怜花微微笑道：“兖州之行，倒是辛苦你了。”
赵明恭声道：“那是属下份内之事。”
王怜花笑道：“你的事，我都知道。不想你看来虽老实，其实却风流得很。少年风流，本是可喜可赞之事。”
赵明一时间还摸不透他的意向，惟有连连道：“望公子恕罪。”
王怜花笑道：“那萍儿平日看来冷若冰霜，不想竟被你搭上，看来你的本事倒不小，我倒该对你刮目相看才是。”
赵明忍不住心中欢喜，亦自笑道：“常言道强将手下无弱兵，小的有公子这样主人，对此一道，好歹也差错不到哪里去……”
王怜花大笑道：“好，好一个强将手下无弱兵，原来你的风流，是学我的……”笑声未了，身子突然箭一般窜出，只听他语声突然变得冰冷，道：“你凭什么也配学我？”
说到第四字时，门外已传来赵明的惨呼。说完了这句话，王怜花又已斜倚门边，生像是什么事都未曾发生过似的。
四下突又一片死寂。
王怜花叹了口气，缓缓道：“抬下赵明的尸身，厚厚殓葬于他……再去柜上支两百两银子，送给萍儿，就说他在兖州因公殉身了。”
方才那人道：“是……是……”
此人竟已吓得牙齿打战，连话都说不出了。
金无望在一旁冷眼旁观，也不禁耸然动容。
他直到如今才知道，王怜花之属下组织，不但已如此庞大，而且组织之严密，纪律之森严，在在令人吃惊。
而年纪轻轻的王怜花，对属下更是赏罚分明，调度得当，隐然已有一代枭雄宗主的气概。
金无望直到如今，才知道自己往昔委实低估了王怜花——他委实从未想到王怜花图谋竟如此之大。
毫无疑问，这少年实已是今后江湖的最大隐患，此刻若无人将他除去，来日他必将掀起滔天巨浪。
突然间，一阵风吹来。
王怜花笑道：“好，你也回来了。”
语声未了，眼前微花……
祠堂中又多了个满身黑衣的精悍汉子。
金无望又不免暗中吃了一惊：“王怜花门下竟有轻功如此惊人的好手，却不知此人又是何来历。”
只见此人身躯枯瘦短小，不但全身都被黑衣紧紧裹住，就连头上也蒙着黑布，只露出两只精光闪烁的眼睛。
这双精光闪烁的眼睛瞧了金无望一眼，突然笑道：“妙极，不想你比我来得还早。”
王怜花笑道：“原来你也认得他么？”
黑衣人笑道：“方才我使出那金蝉脱壳之计，这厮与那姓沈的也想用欲擒故纵之计来骗我，幸好我还未上他的当。”
王怜花笑道：“若要你上当，那当真困难得很。”
这时金无望自也知道这黑衣人便是方才那人了。
只听王怜花又道：“但你为何直到此时才回来？”
黑衣人道：“这厮真的走了，姓沈的却始终守在那里。他倒沉得住气，我躲着不动，他竟也躲着不动。”
王怜花笑道：“不错，沈浪那厮倒端的是沉得住气的。”
黑衣人微微一笑，道：“但那位朱姑娘，却极端的沉不住气，竟——路呼喊着奔过来，沈浪知道再也藏身不住，也只得走了。”
王怜花笑道：“如此说来，你还得感激于她才是。”
黑衣人道：“正是，若不是她，只怕我等到此刻，还无法脱身。”
王怜花望了望门外天色，沉吟道：“计算时刻，丐帮众人此刻已该和沈浪对上面了。”
金不换道：“却不知结果如何？”
王怜花微笑道：“就凭丐帮那些人，只怕无法对沈浪如何。这一点我丝毫未存奢望，但徐若愚却是逃不过的了。”
金不换道：“但……但沈浪若已知道……”
王怜花笑道：“沈浪纵然知道了又怎样？我反而可以利用他与丐帮互相牵制，头疼的不过只是丐帮而已，与咱们根本全无关系。”
金不换叹了一口气，道：“公子神算，我可是服了。”
几个人言来言去，就仿佛身旁根本没有金无望这个人似的，金无望暗叹一声，知道他们今日是再也不会放过自己的了。
火堆不断在添着柴火，烧得更旺。
门外，却有灰蒙蒙的光线照了进来。
曙色显已来临。
王怜花在门口踱着方步，不住喃喃道：“该回来了……该回来了。”
过了半晌，寒风中果然传来一阵步履奔行之声。
黑衣人霍然长身而起，道：“不错，是已回来了。”
又过了半晌，步履渐近。
三个乞丐，大步走了进来，为首一人，头发花白，红光满面，身上披着八九品级麻袋。
金无望认得，此人正是“丐帮三老”中的左公龙，但却未想到，素来侠义的左公龙，竟也会和王怜花同流合污起来。
王怜花对左公龙倒也有礼，微微一笑，抱拳道：“帮主辛苦了。”
左公龙捋须大笑道：“公子切莫如此称呼，老朽是不是能当帮主，还说不定哩，如此称呼，岂非折煞了老朽。”
金不换笑道：“左兄此刻虽还未登上帮主宝座，但那两个心腹之患既已除去，又有王公子在暗中相助，那帮主之位，岂非早已是左兄的囊中之物了。”
左公龙大笑道：“好说好说，老朽来日若真的当了丐帮帮主，帮中执法长老之座，除了金兄外，是再也不会有别人的了。”
金不换笑道：“执法长老，月酬若干？”
左公龙道：“金兄取笑了。金兄要多少，老朽还敢不如数奉上么？”
金不换哈哈大笑道：“如此小弟就先谢了。”
王怜花道：“不知帮主此行结果如何？”
左公龙道：“虽非十全十美，倒也差强人意。”
王怜花道：“徐若愚已身中五刀，纵是神仙，也难救他回生。”
金不换忍不住道：“沈浪呢？”
左公龙叹了口气，道：“沈浪还死不了。”
金不换跺足道：“不想这厮竟如此命长。”
他一生之中，最畏惧之人便是沈浪；他虽然令人头疼，但只要一见沈浪，头疼的就是他自己了。
他日日夜夜都在盼望着沈浪快些死，哪知沈浪却偏偏死不了——其实盼望沈浪快死的，又何止他一个。
王怜花沉吟了半晌，突然笑道：“金兄莫要失望，明年今日，只怕就该是沈浪的忌日了。”
金不换大喜道：“真的？”
王怜花道：“我几时胡言乱语过？”
金不换道：“公子有何妙计快些说出来吧。”
王怜花缓缓道：“一个时辰之后，沈浪必定也会来到此间。”
左公龙道：“这……这何以见得？”
王怜花一笑道：“他无论如何，也要寻到金无望与白飞飞的下落，是么？”
金不换道：“不错。”
王怜花道：“但金无望与白飞飞究竟在何处，他却全无线索。”
金不换道：“既然全无线索，又怎会寻到这里。”
王怜花道：“既然全无线索，便只有误打误撞，便是哪条路都可以……若换了金兄……走哪条路呢？”
金不换道：“这……”
王怜花笑道：“若换了是我，追着丐帮群豪的足迹而来，纵然寻不着金无望，也可以追出丐帮的下落……”
金不换拍掌道：“正是如此，这样一来他至少总不至完全落空了……唉，我怎的就想不到此点，公子却偏偏想得到。”
左公龙笑道：“公子之智计，又岂是你我能及。”
金不换又道：“但……但沈浪纵然追来这里，又当如何？”
王怜花道：“此人武功之高，委实深不可测，是以咱们对付他，只可智取，不可力敌，好歹叫他来得便去不得。”
金不换皱眉道：“只是这厮的鬼心眼儿，却也不少。”
王怜花大笑道：“金无望的智计又如何？此刻还不是做了我的阶下之囚……能骗得过金无望的，又怎见得骗不过沈浪？”
金无望突然冷笑道：“沈浪之智计，高我何止百倍，凭你那些装神弄鬼的手段，要想骗得过他，当真是痴人说梦。”
王怜花笑道：“此计不成，还有二计……”
他俯首凝注着金无望，目中已露出恶毒的光芒，狞笑接道：“等我使到第二计时，少不得要借你身上一样东西用。”
金无望怒喝道：“金某今日既已落在你手上，本已抱必死之心，只求速死而已……”
他语声本已渐渐黯然，说到这里，突又厉声大喝道：“但你们若要想凌辱于我，我……我……我……”
王怜花微微一笑，柔声道：“金大侠天生奇才，聪明绝顶，在下怎敢对金大侠稍有无礼……不换兄，你说是么？”
金不换笑道：“是极是极。”
王怜花笑道：“但话又说回来了，金大侠你此刻既已落入区区手中，区区纵然凌辱了金大侠，金大侠你又能怎样？不换兄，你说是么？”
金不换拊掌大笑道：“是极是极。”
金无望怒极之下，空白咬牙，却再也说不出一句话来。
金不换道：“金无望，你如今可知遇着对头了么？你那些狠话，虽可吓得了我，却又怎能吓得了我家王公子？你虽是沈浪的好友，但沈浪在王公子眼中却不值一文。你虽是快活王门下的四大使者，但快活王在王公子……”
王怜花突然截住道：“够了。”他又自微微一笑，接道：“说起快活王，在下又想起还忘了告诉你一件事，你那位同伴偷香使者，虽也曾落在我手中，但我却又已将他放了回去。这倒不是我突然发了什么善心，只是为了……为了什么，金大侠你可猜得出？”
金无望咬紧牙关，不言不语。
王怜花开怀笑道：“我放他回去，只是为了要他向快活王密报，阁下已反叛了他……快活王对叛徒的手段如何，你知道得总比我清楚得多。”
金不换咯咯笑道：“所以你此刻落入王公子手中，当真还算你走运哩。”
风吹入户，王怜花霍然转首，目注窗外，喃喃道：“沈浪呀沈浪，你怎的还不来呀，我倒真有些想你。”
“追，自是要追的，但往哪里追？”
朱七七面对着一片雪原，皱眉道：“我虽然瞧见金大哥是往这个方向走的，但他要走到何处去，我却不知道，这……却教咱们如何追法？”
沈浪凝目前方，久久不语。
朱七七顿足道：“喂，你倒是说话呀。”
沈浪缓缓道：“丐帮弟子，也是由此方逃逸，此刻雪地上足迹犹新。”
朱七七道：“咦，怪了，你不是说最重要的还是找金大哥么？丐帮弟子的足迹新不新，又和金大哥有什么关系？”
沈浪沉声道：“金无望去向渺不可寻，丐帮弟子所去又与他同一方向……那么，你我不如就循此足迹追去，说不定能误打误撞，撞着金无望亦未可知。”
朱七七拍手道：“对了，还是你聪明，咱们循着这足迹追去，纵然寻不着金大哥，也可追着那些丐帮弟子，好歹问出那秘密。”
沈浪道：“正是。”
他口中说是，脚下却未移动。
朱七七忍不住又着急道：“话是你说的，你怎的还不走呀？”
沈浪道：“但从此而去亦有不妥之处。”
朱七七道：“什么不妥之处？”
沈浪道：“白飞飞被人掳走，说不定也与丐帮弟子此来有些关系。丐帮的叛变，徐若愚口中的秘密，说不定又牵连着金不换……这些事看来虽然各不相关，其实却可能是同一个人在策划主使的，这个人，说不定就是……”
他缓缓顿住话声，仰首不语。
朱七七着急道：“说不定就是谁？快活王……王怜花……”
沈浪叹道：“不错，王怜花。”
朱七七道：“就算是王怜花又怎样？”
沈浪道：“这些事若都是王怜花主使，那么，我们若是循着这些足迹追去，就必定会落入王怜花算计中。此人奸狡狠毒，天下无双，我等的行动，若是被他料中，这一路之上的凶险埋伏就当真要令人头疼得很了。”
朱七七睁大眼睛，怔了半晌，失笑道：“你揣测之准虽然无人能及，但你的顾虑却又未免太多了。照你这样说法，咱们干脆一步路也不必走了。”
沈浪微微笑道：“诸葛孔明之神机妙算，天下谁人能及，但'诸葛一生惟谨慎'这句话你也该听人说过。”
朱七七笑道：“羞不羞？自己比自己是诸葛亮。”
沈浪笑道：“我就是因为比不上他老人家，所以更要谨慎。但谨慎虽谨慎，路还是要走的。”语声之中，终于大步前行而去。