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Min Ya's answer caught Han Tiexin and Xiao Fengling by surprise. Who would have thought that the patriarch of the No. [-] family in the martial arts world, famous for his martial arts, was actually a person who could not practice advanced martial arts. In order to cover up this fact, he actually Get someone to pretend to be you.

Han and Xiao suddenly understood why Mrs. Nangong kept this secret so tight-lipped. Once the news got out, the Nangong family's hundreds of years of foundation might be ruined.

"Now you know why I keep this secret." Min Ya looked at the astonished expressions of Han and Xiao, and sighed, "This is related to the life and death of the Nangong family!"

Xiao Fengling asked: "That puppet that looks similar to Patriarch Nangong is the ghost-masked man I saw that day?"

"Exactly." Min Ya looked into the distance, as if recalling a long time ago, "Ten years ago, an earth-shattering event occurred in the Central Plains Wulin. Baiyue City was destroyed overnight, and the city lord Bai Zhuxing disappeared. "

Hearing this, Xiao Fengling thought of what Ling Yun had said to herself, and said with a sneer: "It seems that Patriarch Nangong should be the commander in the battle to encircle and suppress the city lord of Baiyue City?"

But Min Ya shook his head and said, "At that time, most of Xianggong's martial arts had been lost, how could he still have the ability to fight against Bai Zhuxing, who can be praised by the sword sage Liang Xiao?"

Han Tiexin said: "Ma'am, what do you mean, Patriarch Nangong didn't participate in that scuffle at all?"

"That's right, when Xianggong arrived at Baiyue City, it was already in ruins. The city lord Bai Zhuxing and the sword Zhanfeng had long since disappeared."

Hearing this, Xiao Fengling unconsciously touched the sword case of the Taoyao Sword on his back.

Min Ya continued: "That is, in the ruins of Baiyue City, Xianggong rescued Meng Liang, who looked quite similar to him."

"Meng Liang?" Han Tiexin asked, "Is that the ghost-masked man?"

"Exactly." Min Ya nodded and said, "When Xianggong discovered Meng Liang, he was seriously injured and died. Xianggong brought him back and asked a doctor to treat him. After he recovered from his injuries, he said that he would stay in the Nangong family to work for Xianggong. Repay the kindness. Most of Xianggong's martial arts have been lost, and the paper can't wrap fire. Once this matter is discovered by the people in the rivers and lakes, the consequences will be unimaginable. Meng Liang and Xianggong look quite similar. Make a living."

"Let Meng Liang pretend to be Nangong Lian in front of everyone?" Han Tiexin asked.

Min Ya nodded: "That's right. Mr. Xianggong handed over the martial arts handed down by the Nangong family to Meng Liang, and asked him to take part in the martial arts competition on his behalf. Unexpectedly, he led the wolf into the house!"

Han Tiexin looked at Min Ya who was gnashing his teeth and shook his head, "Fame and fortune are like a torrent, and people are just a small boat on top of the current. Even if Meng Liang did agree to pretend to be the head of the Nangong Patriarch because he wanted to repay his kindness, but the mask has been worn for a long time, and he sits in a high position." After a long time, I'm afraid he won't want to be Meng Liang himself."

Xiao Fengling sneered from the side: "The people who can appear in Baiyue City are all for the sword and martial arts secrets of the city lord Bai Zhuxing, how can such a person be willing to be a puppet for the rest of his life, a substitute? What's more, Patriarch Nangong was able to save Meng Liang, who looked similar to himself, whether it was a coincidence or intentional, hmph~ not sure."

Xiao Fengling's words reminded Han Tiexin, and he asked: "That Meng Liang can acquire the advanced martial arts of the Nangong family in a short period of time, it can be seen that he himself has a certain level of skill, what kind of sect is he?"

"He also mentioned the sect he belongs to, but I have never heard of that sect, and now I can't remember the name for a while." Min Ya replied, "But he told us that his junior brother got the sword Zhanfeng And the martial arts cheats of Bai Zhuxing, the lord of Baiyue City. He once hoped that Xianggong would send someone to find his junior brother, but since the martial arts disappeared, martial arts cheats and other things have become scars in his heart that he doesn’t want to uncover, and he prevaricates After a few times, it just fell through."

"what?!"

Xiao Fengling was taken aback by Min Ya's words. He had already learned from Ling Yun that the Zhanfeng Sword was his current sword Taoyao. If Meng Liang's words were true and his junior had indeed obtained the Zhanfeng Sword, then his junior and master , what does it matter?

"What's his junior brother's name?!" Xiao Fengling asked hastily.

Min Ya thought for a while, then frowned and shook her head, "Meng Liang said it before, but I really don't remember it. It seems... his surname is Du."

"My surname is Du? That's not the master." Xiao Fengling thought in her heart, but then she thought again, "No! What a big deal it is to get the Zhanfeng Sword and the martial arts cheats. If it spreads out, I'm afraid it will become the second Bai Zhuxing. So it is reasonable to keep my name anonymous.”

Han Tiexin asked: "Madam, can you tell the truth now, how did Patriarch Nangong die? But that Meng Liang killed him?"

Min Ya shook her head and said, "At first I was also skeptical, but I checked carefully with a doctor, and all the signs showed that my husband did die of asthma."

Han Tiexin asked again: "Patriarch Nangong suffers from asthma, why doesn't he have regular medicine?"

"Xianggong's asthma is not serious. He doesn't get sick once in a few years. Even if he gets sick, it is rarely serious, so he usually doesn't take the medicine because he thinks it's troublesome."

Xiao Fengling suddenly thought of the curly-haired puppy that Wen Yu and You Li rescued, and said, "There is another possibility, that is poisoning."

Han Tiexin suddenly realized: "You mean the poodle that broke into the inn by mistake?"

Xiao Fengling said: "First use poison to suffocate people to death, and then imitate my swordsmanship to cause trauma. When people see the corpse, they will preconceive the cause of death based on the trauma, so they will believe that I killed the person."

Han Tiexin thought: If you say that, the deaths of Wang Kui, Mrs. Huijing and others are the same.Mrs. Huijing had the opportunity to meet Nangong Lian, it must be in the martial arts conference and other occasions, and the person who appeared on that occasion should be Meng Liangcai, so Mrs. Huijing is not so much Nangonglian's concubine as Meng Liang. Good concubine.He was afraid that Mrs. Huijing would reveal his true identity one day, so he killed her. What he saw or heard in the book caused his death.

Xiao Fengling suddenly asked: "Madam, does Patriarch Nangong have any close friends during his lifetime?"