different paths

Tianzhu Sword Sect is not difficult to find. From the foot of Tianzhu Mountain North Peak along the muddy path all the way up, you will soon see scattered thatched cottages halfway up the mountain.A huge rock is inserted into the soil at the entrance, and the four characters "Tianzhu Sword School" are engraved on the rough stone surface, with elegant strokes and a sense of pride.

"It seems to be right this time." Jia Wujue leaned down and touched the writing pattern on the boulder, "This is undoubtedly the sword mark of the Hundred Flowers Chain Sword."

"I'm afraid, it's still too late." Yue Chentan said calmly, staring at the dead hut in front of him.

Jia Wuchai sniffed vigorously: "But I don't smell blood."

"The corpse may have been disposed of, or the murderer was able to knock the person down before the blood was exposed." Yue Chentan raised his feet and walked towards the largest thatched hut.

He was right.

Although the hut is lifeless, it is clean and tidy.The only thing left was the five neatly arranged corpses on the ground.

The five corpses were neatly dressed, their faces were covered with white cloth, and the swords they were wearing stayed quietly in the scabbards. The word "Tianzhu" was engraved on the scabbards. Engraved with a word Mo.

"These five people are probably the real disciples of Mo Zheng." Jia Wujue sighed, removed the white cloth from the faces of the five people, and immediately stared round.He gasped: "This is..."

I saw a lifelike plum blossom between the foreheads of these five people--the petals and stamens are distinct, but it was not formed by a painter with superb brushwork, but stabbed out meticulously by a sharp weapon.The speed of the shot and the precision of the technique can be seen.

"The swordsmanship is elegant, but it's a pity that it's a murderous sword." Yue Chentan said coldly.Seeing Jia Wujue's strange expression, he said in a deep voice, "Why do you have such an expression?"

"..." Jia Wujue was silent for a moment and said, "Do you remember the 'No. [-] sword idiot in the world' I mentioned to you earlier?"

"Mei Dulin." Of course Yue Chentan remembered.

"This plum blossom is his symbol." Jia Wujue said in a low voice, "Mei Dulin's swordsmanship has never been seen before, because everyone who has seen it has been stabbed with a plum blossom in Yintang."

"How do you know that this flower was not intentionally imitated by others?" Yue Chentan asked.

"It's just because there are very few people in the world who can imitate this sword, and among these few people, their martial arts status is comparable to Mei Dulin's, and their demeanor is even higher than Mei Dulin's. I really can't figure out why they would do this." Jia Wu bullied.

"One more thing," Yue Chentan looked at Jia Wujue, "If Mei Dulin was really blamed—"

"Then there must be a certainty of defeating Mei Dulin, otherwise, even if you can deceive others, you still cannot escape Mei Dulin's sword." Jia Wujue continued.

"Exactly."

"Except for Mei Dulin himself, I really can't think of anyone in the Jianghu who can be so sure." Jia Wujue sighed.

"If you find this person, you will know as soon as you ask." Yue Chentan said indifferently, it seems that confronting Mei Dulin face to face is not a big deal.

"He doesn't see any visitors, except those he's interested in." Jia Wuchai smiled wryly. "It's a pity that all the people he was interested in died under his sword."

"There are always exceptions." Yue Chentan said calmly, without wavering.

"Okay, I'll give up my life to accompany the gentleman." Jia Wujue said helplessly, "But before I go to visit Mei Dulin, I want to know where Mozheng really went."

Although there were corpses of Mo Zheng's disciples in the thatched hut, the other huts were empty and there was no one.In such a huge sword sect, everyone, including the head, is alive and dead, but what happened?

"Do you remember what the groom said?" Yue Chentan asked.

"You mean, mountain ghost?" Jia Wu bullied.

Yue Chentan nodded: "The few people who ran into the mountain ghost may have some clues."

"But the groom said they've gone crazy..."

"The words of insanity are the truth." Yue Chentan looked at the corpse on the ground, "It's like now, with ironclad evidence in front of it, but it seems to be full of lies."

The incident of ghost bumping on Tianzhu caused a lot of trouble, and it is not difficult to find those who bumped into ghosts.These people were originally cousins. After something happened, the family members moved to live together so that they could take care of each other.

Jia Wuhai and Yue Chentan found the residences of those people according to the villagers in the town. They lived in a corner in the north of the city. Although the courtyard was not small, it looked extremely desolate from the outside. There were mottled marks on the walls, as if no one had been there for a long time Repair.

"Knock, knock, knock," Jia Wujue pulled the copper ring on the door and tapped three times. After a long time, no one answered.

"No one?" Jia Wukai was a little puzzled. People in the town said that this family lived in seclusion, so how could there be no one answering the door now?With a little effort from his hands, the seemingly closed door was pushed open by him.

Jia Wuhai and Yue Chentan exchanged glances, walked in.

There was no one in the courtyard.

It's just that this person no longer considers himself a human being.

His body was covered with thatch, but he still had to roll around in the mud pit, which seemed to be an animal instinct.A few flies were buzzing on the disheveled hair, and one even boldly landed on his filthy face, taking it as a place to stay.

He seemed to be deaf and dumb. He didn't answer anyone knocking on the door, and he didn't say a word when someone broke in.Everything in the world seemed to have nothing to do with him, except for a moment of joy rolling in the mud.

"Your Excellency is Zhang Dahu?" Yue Chentan asked when he came to the mud pit.Facing such a dirty and unclean environment, he even frowned, looking calm.

"Hehehe, who is Zhang Dahu?" The man in the mud pit smiled and dug a piece of mud and slapped it on his face. "I have only heard of Zhang Rat, but the name Zhang Dahu is unheard of."

According to the residents of the town, among those who encountered the mountain ghost, only one had all limbs intact, and that person was Zhang Dahu.Now this person in front of him, although his behavior is strange and his face is terrifying, but his limbs are indeed healthy, it should be Zhang Dahu.

"Who is that rat?" Jia Wuchai pinched his nose and asked following his words.

"Zhang Rat..." Zhang Dahu laughed maniacally, "Naturally he is the elder brother of Zhang Mice..."

"Where are the Zhang mice now?" Jia Wujue asked.

"Hee hee, I won't tell you—" Zhang Dahu said with a playful smile, "He said it, it's a secret!"

"Him?" Jia Wujue grasped the key point in his words, "Who is he?"

"He..." Zhang Dahu seemed to be lost in thought, and his face was sometimes horrified and sometimes cheerful, making it confusing.

Seeing that his madness was about to flare up again, Yue Chentan immediately changed his question to interrupt his recollection: "Your Excellency's house, is there anyone else?"

"Others?" Zhang Dahu tilted his head, "Yes, but they practice handstand every day and never pay attention to me."

"Go inside and have a look." Yue Chentan sighed lightly, bullying Jia Wu.

The door of the main hall was closed tightly, and through the thin door paper, only shadows could be seen inside.The two of them pushed open the door, and only then did they really see what the shadow was—four corpses hanging upside down from the beams of the house.

Judging from the degree of decay of the corpse, it has been dead for a long time. Jia Wujue finally knew what was going on with the stench that he had smelled since he entered the door. It was not only the smell from Zhang Dahu, but also the strong smell of corpses. .Since the corpse was decomposed, of course it would not look good, but the mutilated body made the picture even more unsightly.

"It's fine to play tricks, but these people don't even let the corpse go." Jia Wu said bitterly, "Don't be caught by us, and hang him in the snow forest for three days and three nights."