Yangyue

"Dacheng Character Compilation" is a classic of Chinese character interpretation handed down from the previous dynasty. It was compiled by the Imperial Academy of the previous dynasty. It has 850 pages, and each page contains about ten Chinese characters.

Qi Zhu stared at the dilapidated dictionary that was almost off the page, and already had a somewhat clear answer in his mind.

In this dictionary, there are about ten characters per page, no more than thirteen characters at most, and a large number of strings composed of five characters written on these papers can only be distinguished, and the last two characters are No more than thirteen.

Qi Zhu simply took out the dictionary, put the scraps of paper in his hand on the low cabinet, and rummaged through the dictionary one by one.

If it is as Qi Zhu imagined, "470" represents the second character on page 150, and "[-]" is the tenth character on page [-]...

After Qi Zhu found these two words, he slowly closed the book, no need to compare it any more, he was sure that Hongyue would use the method of passing the secret order by using the forbidden book and page numbers in the previous dynasty, just as he thought.

I don't know whether it should be said that he has excellent luck, or an astonishing coincidence. These two words are exactly "Yangyue".

Qi Zhu tore off a page of the dictionary, carefully wrapped the scraps of paper in paper, put them in his pocket, and said to Henry Zhang: "My lord, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time, let's go out as soon as possible."

"Master Hou knows how to decipher the secret order?"

"Yes." Qi Zhu replied, "The deciphering method is not complicated, but it needs to be read together with the dictionary and the paper with numbers written on it. If you only get any one of them, you can't decipher the secret code. This trick is really high. Today's calculation We were lucky, if the fire hadn’t been extinguished by the seepage of water from the cracks in the rocks, and the secret paper was preserved, we could only continue to be kept in the dark.”

Henry Zhang turned around and walked forward, the tunnel meanders forward, and everything in sight is the same rubble and stone walls.After the two walked in the tunnel for [-] minutes, Qi Zhu judged that the two should have entered Sanfeng Mountain.

Qi Zhu: "My lord, is it true what Liang Yu said, that he saw you break into Yuanyang Zong Villa with his own eyes?"

Xiao Yangyue: "Why is Hou Ye asking this?"

"This tunnel is dark and oppressive. Can't you just talk to the master of the pavilion to relieve the boredom?" Qi Zhu replied, "The master of the pavilion is so powerful that he can fight against hundreds of people. It is really admirable. If the master of the pavilion is in the martial arts, the martial arts I'm afraid it will be another scene."

Henry Zhang walked forward in silence, without answering.

"My lord, although the imperial court allows you to enjoy the splendor and wealth, it is only a square inch, and there are countless commandments and rules. You are far less comfortable than martial arts." Qi Zhu said with a smile, "Do you have any regrets?"

"In this way, the Marquis was born in the family of the Marquis, wouldn't he be less free than me?" Henry Zhang didn't seem to like to talk about this topic, and replied lightly, "What about martial arts? There are still countless guards, and you can't kill them." The stronger you are, the more this is the case, and the dead don't need to worry about it."

The emperor in the forbidden city, the king of a country, the ninety-five supreme, who in the world is more powerful than the emperor?Even so, the emperor still has to be on guard every day, let alone this martial arts?

Qi Zhu raised his eyebrows slightly, and smiled in a low voice. Henry Zhang's words were right. If he hadn't chosen to be a "dead person" at the beginning, he might not have had such a leisurely life in the past few years.

The temperature in the tunnel seemed to start to drop, and there were strands of cold air seeping out from the cracks in the stone walls. Qi Zhu estimated that it was about Yin time, and there was at least half an hour before dawn.

Qi Zhu was walking behind Henry Zhang, thinking about when the tunnel would come to an end, when he suddenly heard the sound of hidden mechanisms twisting again from the surrounding stone walls, Qi Zhu stopped, he naturally understood this It is a sign of danger, but he can't react faster than Henry Zhang.

The stone wall above the tunnel suddenly exposed dense holes. Dozens of crossbow arrows shot out from the holes, pierced into the cracks in the broken stones on the ground, emitting wisps of black air. The arrows were poisoned.

Xiao Yangyue dragged Qi Zhuqinggong to avoid the rain of arrows, he drew out his long sword, and the sword edge swept away a slice of sharp arrows, the arrows were shaken by his sword energy, and smashed to the ground in chaos.

An arrow suddenly shot from a corner in the dark, and hit Qi Zhu's throat straight. Henry Zhang's eyes were fixed, and he quickly raised his sword and turned around to block Qi Zhu, but the tunnel was too narrow, and Henry Zhang's sword The tip knocked against the stone wall with a piercing sound, and the movement stopped for a moment.

Henry Zhang was startled, seeing that the arrow was about to plunge into Qi Zhu's throat.

Seeing that Henry Zhangyue was too late to save himself, Qi Zhu secretly ejected a small piece of gravel from the hand behind his back. The gravel grazed the body of the arrow, deflecting the path of the arrow by a fraction, and the tip of the arrow escaped dangerously from Qi Zhu's neck. Swipe across, less than half an inch away from his flesh.

Qi Zhu pretended to be shocked, stroked his neck, and said with lingering fear, "It's so dangerous."

At this moment, a slightly cold air flow poured down from the crack in the rock above the head, Henry Zhang knew that the soil layer above the tunnel had become thinner, he clenched the hilt of the sword, and concentrated on moving a sword.

Half a second later, the thick layer of soil was broken from the ground, and large pieces of gravel collapsed instantly. Amidst the smoke and dust, Henry Zhang jumped up from the crack in the tunnel and landed on the ground. Qi Zhu was pulled up together by him, just as Standing aside, waving the smoke and dust in front of him.

After the two of them saw the scene outside the tunnel clearly, they both held their breath.

Looking from a distance, a black tower is hidden in the forest among the mountains, surrounded by high and low porches of houses, and surrounded by five-foot-high ring-shaped stone walls, it looks like a huge mountain villa.

At this time, it was approaching Mao Shi, and the sky was already slightly bright.With the sparse and dim morning light, one could see that the mountain villa was surrounded by dense fog until the entire mountain top, and the black tower of the villa loomed in the mist, like a monster crawling and waiting.

They were still about a mile away from the mountain villa, Henry Zhangyue was about to go there, Qi Zhu shouted: "Lord Pavilion Master, wait a minute, since the Hongyue Society will send people to ambush us under the mountain, the villa must also be fully prepared , I’m afraid you won’t be able to handle it by yourself, so you’d better wait here and wait for the rest of the duckweed pavilion guards to come and meet.”

As soon as Qi Zhu finished speaking, the mist above the villa suddenly thickened, and clusters of torches suddenly lit up on the high wall around the villa, and dozens of masked disciples rushed out from the wall, killing them in the direction of the two.

Henry Zhang put the sword in front of his chest, and said coldly: "These people are rushing to die, and they can't stop them."

Qi Zhu sighed slightly in his heart, and said, "My lord, it's better for me to find a place to hide than hinder you."

Henry Zhang glanced at Qi Zhu, seemed to be thinking about the truth and falsehood of Qi Zhu's words, and finally replied indifferently: "It's okay, this is the site of the Hongyue Society, fear of accidents, Master Hou will follow me. Don't worry, I won't let Lord Hou have his life in danger."

rest assured?Henry Zhang pushed him down the well a month ago, and he was almost shot to death by an arrow after he was too late to save him. How does this make him feel at ease?

The enemy was already approaching, and the leading disciples turned their palms into claws, with a bloody glow faintly emitting from their palms. This trick was a method of absorbing essence passed down from the Yuanyangzong period, and the bloody light attacked people like a demon.

Xiao Yangyue's swordsmanship looks soft, but in fact it is strong and powerful. All attacks seem to be blocked by invisible barriers. Between flying sand and rocks, the surrounding trees are violently shaken by the sword energy. When it fell, the blades of grass on the ground were faintly condensed by the sword energy into a blooming lotus pattern.

Qi Zhu raised his hand to block the wind, looking at the pattern on the ground, his eyes became a little more clear.

If he remembers correctly, this sword qi will form a green lotus pattern around the sword, which is the legendary seven steps that have been lost in the martial arts for nearly thirty years, turning softness into rigidity, breaking everything you see, and being unpredictable Qinglian swordsmanship.

Henry Zhang really studied under that old man.

The seven-step Qinglian swordsmanship is divided into seven steps, and each step requires greater martial arts than the previous step. It is said that in this martial arts, the only swordsman who has really reached the seventh step is the old man who pioneered this sword technique .

Qi Zhu has only heard of the seven-step Qinglian swordsmanship, but has never been in contact with it. The old man has always lived in seclusion, never participated in martial arts battles, and has never heard of him accepting apprentices. How did Henry Zhang get his insight ?

During the fight, Henry Zhang's masked cheek was cut with a gap, and after the place where the skin was attached to the skin was in contact with the air, the entire leather mask slowly fell off his face.

Henry Zhang's hair crown has long been scattered, and in the gloomy morning, he finally revealed his true face.

The disciples of the Hongyue Society could hardly get close to Xiao Yangyue's body. His swordsmanship was decisive and he did not hesitate at all. He took the life of an enemy with one sword, with blood splashed on his face, and soon he led Qi Zhu straight into the villa. internal.

Most of Qi Yi's white clothes were stained red by the enemy's blood. Henry Zhang grabbed his hand and gave him some internal energy so that he wouldn't be unable to keep up with his lightness skills because he didn't practice martial arts.

People who do not practice martial arts have blocked meridians, if they bear too much internal force for a while, those internal forces will flow through the blocked meridians, they may be injured, and in severe cases, they may even explode and die.

Probably also worried about this matter, Henry Zhang didn't bring him too much internal energy, it was only enough to temporarily support his physical strength.

Qi Zhu didn't feel the slightest bit of internal force entering his body, and he couldn't even call it a scratch.

What's more, Huo Qiao interrupted most of the meridians in Qi Zhu's body back then, and he has already realized the method of dredging internal energy without using the meridians. The meridians are not very useful to him.

After the two jumped over the high walls around the villa, Henry Zhang's sword had already been dyed red.

The fighting didn't stop for a moment, and Henry Zhang's expression never changed, calm and indifferent, he was like an invincible god and Buddha walking out of the heaven, still too beautiful.

After a while, the sky brightened, and the fog on the mountain became thicker.Henry Zhang looked up, and there seemed to be a figure flashing past on the black tower in the villa.

There was the sound of leaves trembling in the forest behind him, and a dozen of duckweed pavilion guards who came from the mountain jumped over the high wall and landed in the villa. By side.

The leading guard was covered in blood, and he respectfully said to Henry Zhang: "Lord Pavilion Master, the subordinates are late!"

"Have the enemies at the foot of the mountain been cleaned up?"

"Six or seven enemies have fled to this mountain, and the rest have been wiped out." The guard replied, "There are still a few brothers, and Liang Yu is defending at the foot of the mountain."

Xiao Yangyue: "Leave four people to protect Lord Hou, and the guards will follow me to the tower, and the rest will scatter to look for the captives in the villa. Anyone who will make trouble in Hongyue will be shot and killed."

"Yes!"

Henry Zhang threw Qi Zhu to his subordinates, and together with the two personal guards, he jumped up to the eaves step by step, and his figure quickly swept towards the black tower.