The rivers and lakes are full of vests

In this way, Fu Peibai recuperated in the mountain behind Chaoquan Peak for a few days.

On the third day, she felt that her body was alright, and the heat in her body quietly hibernated, and there was no sign of an attack, so she prepared to return to the sky today.

Before leaving, she decided to bid farewell to the peak owner, and just as she opened the door, she saw Meng Yan standing outside the door.

"What's wrong? Brother Meng?"

Meng Yan had an uncharacteristically hippie smile, with a very serious expression, "You're going back to the sky today, right?"

"Yes what's the matter?"

Meng Yan turned around and waved at her, "Follow me."

Even though Fu Peibai was puzzled, he didn't ask too many questions, and immediately followed Meng Yan.

Soon, the two came to a cliff.

The mountains in the distance are connected into a piece of dark green, and the clouds are rolling and relaxing on the mountainside. Occasionally, an eagle whizzes past the head, and the refreshing and pleasant mountain wind brushes the cheeks of the two of them.

Fu Peibai took a breath of the clear air, feeling comfortable all over, "Why did you bring me here? Brother Meng."

Meng Yan pointed to the bottom of the cliff where the clouds and mist were churning, "Jump down."

Fu Peibai thought he heard it wrong, so he repeated, "Jump down?"

"Ah."

Fu Peibai took two steps back embarrassingly, "You are joking, Brother Meng, you know how good my qinggong is, I'm afraid I will die if I jump down."

As soon as she finished speaking, she felt her back being grabbed by Meng Yan, and then she was led by the other party to jump down the cliff.

Before she even had time to exclaim, she was already in a state of falling rapidly.

The clothes on her body were whistling by the strong wind, her eyelids could not be opened, and her heart seemed to jump into her throat. After a while, her feet touched the hard ground, and her heart fell back to its original position.

Fu Peibai slowly opened his eyes and found that they had reached the bottom of the cliff.

Thinking of the thrilling moment just now, she couldn't help holding onto her knees to pant, "Okay, at least I say hello."

Meng Yan didn't say a word, and walked straight to the side.

A damp and decaying smell wafted from the bottom of the cliff. Fu Peibai was about to ask Mengyan where they were going, when a light appeared in front of his eyes, and when he got closer, a huge stone wall of a Buddhist cave appeared in front of him, with statues of all living beings sitting or lying down. , each lifelike, solemn and majestic.

Fu Peibai didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but when she saw this shocking stone-carved Buddha wall, she couldn't help feeling admiration. She folded her hands together and murmured reverently Amitabha.

When she opened her eyes, she saw that Meng Yan had entered the cave at the corner of the Buddha's wall, and she quickly followed in. As soon as she entered the cave, the sky was full of dust, which made her cough several times.

This cave is very narrow, there is a stone bed, a stone cabinet, and nothing else.

There are some debris scattered on the ground, which seems to be traces of someone who lived here.

Meng Yan approached the stone bed familiarly, put his hands on it and exerted strength, turned over the thick stone bed board, revealing the space under it, he reached in, groped for a while, and took out a cloth bag, And a dusty sword.

Before Fu Peibai could ask, he waved again, signaling Fu Peibai to go out with him.

The two got out of the cave and stood under the sun. Fu Peibai was full of doubts at this moment, and couldn't hold back anymore, he asked, "Brother Meng, what is this place, why did you bring me here?"

Meng Yan wiped the dust off the scabbard with his sleeve, and said lightly: "I know you are very curious about me, today, you and I will have a competition, if you win, I will tell you everything you want to know .”

Fu Peibai clenched his fist and said loudly, "Okay."

At the first light of dawn, the huge Buddha statue looked at the two people who were fighting fiercely in front of the wall benevolently.

They didn't use weapons, they used the same body style, and fought together with bare hands.

Meng Yan grabbed Fu Peibai's arm in one fell swoop, and asked loudly, "What is a chivalrous man?"

Fu Peibai got rid of the restraints, walked away, and replied loudly: "The great man is for the country and the people."

Meng Yan stepped forward and slashed at her heavenly spirit with a palm.

"What is the right way?"

"Agitate the turbid and promote the clear, hate the evil and love the good!"

Meng Yan kept on attacking, launching attacks again and again, "Where is Jianghu?"

Fu Pei's eyebrows were raised, and his spirit was radiant, "Under the nine heavens, rivers, rivers, lakes, and seas are all rivers and lakes." With one word, she grabbed a weak spot in Meng Yan and slapped him on the chest.

When Meng Yan was hit, he took two steps back. He was stunned for a moment as if he couldn't believe it, and then burst into hearty laughter.

The bright sunshine shone wantonly on the rough and heroic face of the middle-aged man. With an excited expression, he walked up to Fu Peibai and patted her on the shoulder, "Apei, you have grown up."

This is the first time Meng Yan has called Fu Peibai Apei in such a serious manner. She was a little embarrassed by the praise, touched her sweaty temples, and looked at Meng Yan with clear eyes, "Brother Meng, what you just said Can it be counted?"

"A manly man naturally means what he says."

Fu Peibai asked a series of questions: "You are a disciple of the Ming Xiao Sect, why did you retire to Tianji? What happened to the Ming Xiao Sect back then?"

The smile on Meng Yan's face faded, he looked at the lush green forest in the distance, his eyes were half blurred, as if he was brought back to those vigorous and lush years by distant thoughts.

"As you said, I am indeed a student of the Mingxiao sect. Wen Xuefeng and I are the old man Wen you met, and my late wife. The three of us are from the same school and have a deep relationship. Starting from ten years ago..." Meng Yan paused for a moment, with a sad expression on his face, "Have you heard of the fragments of the climbing tomb?"

"Slightly heard."

"The secret treasure of climbing the mausoleum left by the previous dynasty has caused countless bloodbaths in the past hundred years, and the Mingxiao faction naturally cannot protect themselves from it.

"Ten years ago, Brother Wen and I were ordered to investigate a family of martial arts families that had been brutally wiped out near Hanyang. When we came back, we found that the sect had been plotted against, the head was poisoned to death, and all the disciples died. It rained heavily, the sky turned dark clouds, blood and rainwater flowed all over the ground, corpses, limbs and arms were everywhere."

Meng Yan closed her eyes in pain, "I searched like crazy, and finally found my wife who was still alive. She was covered in blood and couldn't even utter a complete sentence. I begged Senior Brother to hang her life." , but apart from being able to breathe, she can neither speak nor move, so my brother and I found a place to stay, and then I started to investigate who killed the whole family."

His throat was choked up, and a bleak laughter overflowed from the corner of his mouth, "But, do you know who the murderer I finally found out?" Before Fu Peibai could answer, his expression became agitated, "It's my senior brother! The most popular senior brother Admiration, the upright and chivalrous disciple of the Ming Xiao Sect!

"He colluded with several other Xiao Xiao sects, explained to them that the Xiao sect had hidden fragments of the Dengling Tomb, and asked them to help him seize the head of the sect, and after the matter was completed, he would present the fragments of the Dengling Mausoleum.

"Then he took advantage of the few days when Senior Brother Wen and I went down the mountain to poison the head of the sect, then opened the gate of the mountain, brought in thieves, and slaughtered the entire sect. Fragments, the two sides turned against each other instantly, but he was lucky enough to survive and fled to the south of the Yangtze River."

"When I found him, he was in an elegant small courtyard with his wife and children. He still looked like that, gentle as jade, a modest son, as if his hands had never been stained with the hands of the master and his senior brothers. Blood, he is still teaching his young son Mingxiao swordsmanship, how ironic, he committed such a heinous crime with his own hands, yet the whole family can still be happy, why, why..."

Meng Yan clenched his fists and continued: "He saw me standing outside the fence, with a calm expression, no panic, and no guilt at all. His wife also saw me and warmly invited me to sit in. As if his wife and children didn't know the crimes he committed, in the eyes of his family, he is still the proud and upright disciple with a bright future, a good husband in the eyes of his wife, and a good father in the eyes of his son."

"He came over to me with a smile, called me junior brother affectionately, and then took me outside the city. I asked him why, why did he do this, just for the sake of power, status, and the position of the leader. Such a situation, after being in charge for a hundred years, according to the rules of the sect, that position is his!

"He didn't answer me, just smiled lightly, and then challenged me with a ferocious face. I have never seen him look so crazy. We raised our swords and fought together. He roared the words he had suppressed for many years Angry, complaining about the sect leader's disregard for him, jealous of the sect master's cultivation of me, only then did I know that he hated me so much, hated the sect master, hated the entire Mingxiao faction.

"We fought to the death, and when I stabbed at his vitals, he could have avoided it, but he threw away his sword, and the blade pierced his chest, but he smiled, as if he was relieved, and only begged me to let his family go , I complied."

Meng Yan stopped, panting heavily, and he continued after a while: "But after he died, his eight or nine-year-old son stood not far away watching this scene, and then rushed away like crazy. Come over, pick up his father's sword and slash at me, yelling why he killed his father.

"It's not as bad as my family. I didn't want to kill him, but... But, in the end, the child bumped into my sword by himself, and that small body fell beside his father. At that moment , I am a little confused, I came here for revenge, but it seems to have created another hatred."

"I brought the corpses of him and his son back to the small courtyard. I thought that gentle woman would go mad and fight me to death, but she didn't. She just sat quietly in the courtyard, watching the corpses of her husband and son and weeping silently. .

"When I turned to leave, I heard the sound of a sword being unsheathed behind me. It was the woman who committed suicide, and hot blood splashed all over the ground. I stared at the pool of blood on the ground, and for a moment I couldn't tell who it was from the red plum in the corner. More colorful."

"I was rewarded for my revenge. I should have been happy, but at that moment, I just felt empty in my heart, so empty."

"Afterwards, I went back to Senior Brother Wen, and my wife had already passed away...I didn't even see her for the last time. The senior brother told me that she asked to stop the drug herself, and she didn't want to do this Lying on the bed as if alive..." Meng Yan's eyes turned red, and his whole body was tortured by these painful memories.

"I understand, why don't I understand, she was such a lively and reckless person before she was alive, we traveled through the mountains, rivers, lakes and seas of the world together, and enjoyed countless scenery in the world, but now she can only lie on the bed like a disabled person, I know her I don't want to, it's me... I keep her by my side for my own selfish desires, I don't want her to part with her."

"At that time, I was going crazy. I felt like the world was collapsing. I blamed her for leaving me to live alone. I blamed Senior Brother Wen for fulfilling her but not letting me go. I saw that everything was no longer peaceful. I hated The eagle soaring in the sky, the water flowing by the lake, the flowers blooming by the roadside, I hate everything in this world.

"I raised my sword and killed all those who attacked the Mingxiao faction before. Their families, relatives and friends kept seeking revenge from me. In those few years, I lived in the shadow of swords and blood every day, constantly Killing people, wandering in front of the palace of the king of hell, I also thought about dying, anyway, I have nothing to worry about in this world.

"But not long after, Senior Brother Wen gave me the letter left by my wife. She asked me to live well, to live, to see this prosperous world for her. If you see me, you will blame me."

Meng Yan gasped for breath, his eyes were wet, "I've been living like this until four years ago, when I was attacked by my enemies, I was seriously injured, and strayed into the Heaven and Earth Realm. It was the Peak Master who saved me. They didn't ask me about my identity, nor were they curious about my past, but they just led me to the bottom of this Buddha cliff, and let me leave after recovering from my injuries.

"That's how I hid here and lived in seclusion for a year, and I confessed to the Buddha wall every day. Suddenly, one day, I stared at the Buddha statue's eyes of pity for all beings, and my heart calmed down. All the past, it seemed like a lifetime away, and after that, So I went to Chaoquan Peak, begged the owner of the peak to keep me, and became a handyman chief, and swore from then on that I would never come out of the mountain again in this life.”

After Meng Yan finished speaking, he shrugged his broad shoulders as if he was exhausted. He was clearly standing under the warm sunshine, but he revealed an extremely lonely feeling.