After Xiao Yunfan came out of Hong Kun's home, he went back to the pine forest, took care of the two bodies, and planned to go to the Bashan sect again. On the way, he thought: I wonder if Feng Shibo and the others can follow the clues and find out the person behind the scenes. When he reached a fork in the road, he suddenly raised his head and saw two Bashan disciples riding fast horses not far away. He stood in the middle of the road and blocked their way. The two men looked at each other from a distance, thinking they were strong men who were trying to rob Dao. They couldn't help but rein in their horses and drew their long swords from behind.
When he got closer, he saw clearly that it was Xiao Yunfan. Xiao Yunfan smiled and said, "Are you two disciples of the Bashan sect?" The two brothers looked at each other. On that day, during the martial arts competition in Bashan Square, many disciples had seen Xiao Yunfan. One of them sheathed his sword and returned it to its sheath, cupping his hand and saying: "It turns out to be Master Xiao. We have been ordered by the master to go to Shennong Valley to find out the news." Xiao Yunfan asked curiously: "Shenlong Valley?" The man said again: "Master Xiao has something. I don’t know, but my uncle and the others went into the valley with that old Mr. Feng, and there is no news so far. The leader was going to go there in person, but the people from Jinke Village and Yunyangguan were coming again, and he had no way to do it, so he had to Send us juniors there.”
Xiao Yunfan's heart tightened, he lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then said to the man: "Brother, how about you two riding together? Give me a horse, and I will go to visit Master Huo right now. I just heard what you two said. People from Jinke Village and Yunyangguan are coming. Could it be that the news that Master Huo had detained Huang and Meng was leaked, and the other party came to ask for their lives?" The man said: "Huang Yiming and Meng Xian are dead. The master informed the news Pass it on to their relatives, they are here to collect the corpses." Xiao Yunfan was shocked and said: "How could they die?" The man shook his head and said: "I don't know this, since Xiao Daxia is a good friend of our Bashan sect, junior brother Give him your horse. Mr. Xiao, the two of us have to go find out the news, so I'm sorry!" He said and cupped his hands.
The man and his junior brother rode together and ran toward Shennong Valley. Xiao Yunfan also got on his horse and headed towards the Bashan faction. On the way, he was thinking: Once Huang and Meng died, Jinke Village and Yunyangguan would definitely collude and make things difficult for Huo Zhongyuan. Once they start a dispute, they play into the hands of their enemies. Did Feng Shibo and the others go to Shenlong Valley to seek medicine for the child? Wait, the Jinbo Snow Carp is fake, but Xu Shou's prescription that day is real. From this, it can be seen that something happened in Shennong Valley.
So if Feng Shibo and the others went to Shennong Valley, wouldn't they be throwing themselves into a trap? Anyway, I still met Huo Zhongyuan to discuss the matter.
When they arrived at the foot of Bashan Mountain, the disciple guarding the mountain saw that it was Xiao Yunfan and let him go up the mountain. He passed through the screen wall and walked towards Bashan Hall. The palace door was closed tightly, and the eight disciples in front of the palace stood in two rows. Xiao Yunfan said to one of them: "Xiao Yunfan pays a visit to Master Huo, and I would like to thank you for your help." The man said: "Xiao Daxia, the master is discussing matters with the guests. , I'm afraid..." Xiao Yunfan said sternly: "This matter is related to the survival of your Bashan sect, please brother, please spread the word as soon as possible." The disciple was surprised when he heard this, and seeing Xiao Yunfan's solemn expression, he immediately ran towards the front of the palace. .
After a moment, the palace door opened wide. Huo Zhongyuan walked out in person. As soon as he saw Xiao Yunfan, he held his hand and whispered in his ear: "Brother Xiao, you came at the right time. Now it's really true that people from Jinke Village and Yunyangguan are here. "Trouble, my junior brother and Mr. Feng are missing. Please come up with a solution." Xiao Yunfan understood immediately and said, "Let's go in and talk."
I saw that the main hall was dark and crowded with people. Sitting on the brocade stool on the left was an old Taoist with yellow eyebrows. Below the old Taoist were two younger Taoists, one with a red face and the other with a high nose. Behind them stood fifteen disciples. Opposite these Taoists sat an old woman with wrinkles on her face. Below the old woman were three big men with different looks. The first one had a burnt face, and his eyebrows were somewhat similar to Huang Yiming. The other two had a face as black as iron. One has a crooked mouth.
Huo Zhongyuan reached out to Xiao Yunfan and introduced them one by one. The Taoist with yellow eyebrows was Yunyangzi, and the red face and high bridge of his nose were his disciples. One was called Yuan Hai and the other was called Yuan Chao. The old woman was Huang Yiming's wife and was known as Tiedan Yaksha, the scorched-faced man was her son Huang Fei, the black-faced man was the second in charge of Jinke village named Tang Jing, and the one with the crooked mouth was the third in charge named Ye Hu.
After everyone exchanged greetings, the old woman's eyes turned red. She slapped the table and said angrily: "Master Huo, my old man came to your Bashan sect as a guest. Now something has happened. You have to give me an explanation. Otherwise, don't blame the old woman for being rude." !" Everyone in Jinke Village also echoed. With tears in his eyes, Yunyangzi stared at Huo Zhongyuan and said, "My disciple Meng Xian also came to your sect as a guest, but he never wanted to die in your sect. May I ask Brother Huo why this is?"
Huo Zhongyuan thought to himself: You went up the mountain just to blame our Bashan sect for the death. He coughed twice and said slowly: "Everyone, please be patient. The deaths of Brother Huang and Brother Meng were caused by others and have nothing to do with our Bashan sect. You have just seen their bodies. They died of blood." Gu. Our Bashan sect is a well-known and decent sect, how can we use such petty tricks?"
Huang Fei stood up and said loudly: "This one has nothing to do with your Bashan sect. If my father hadn't cared about our friendship with you and came to seek justice for you, what would have happened?" The black-faced man Tang Jing also asked: " Yes, if my eldest brother doesn't come to your Bashan, nothing will happen. If you want to shirk, I, Tang Laoer, won't agree." Everyone in Jinke Village followed suit again.
Yunyangguan, the two Taoist priests of the Yuan Dynasty, are not economical lamps. Seeing the anger among the people in Jinke Village, they want to fan the flames. Yuan Hai knew that Meng Xian was a very valued disciple of Yunyangzi, so his death would certainly be of great benefit to him. But if he doesn't show off in front of Yunyangzi, how can Yunyangzi think highly of him? At that moment, he burst into tears, his cry was pitiful, and he said while crying: "Brother Meng Xian, you died so miserably. Now you are upholding justice for others. When you died, others ignored you. I pity you young hero. But they are misunderstood.”
His words were obviously a mockery of the Bashan sect's ingratitude. A disciple behind Huo Zhongyuan was furious and loudly said, "You'd better speak more clearly. What does it mean to be misunderstood?" Yuan Chao, who was beside Yuan Hai, was not to be outdone and snorted coldly. The voice said: "My junior brother is young and ignorant, so he believed your lies and came to seek justice. Now that justice has not been achieved, he has lost his life. You said it was not you who misunderstood him, or we who misunderstood him? My junior brother is a talented person. He is a handsome young man from our sect, and the master has high hopes for him. I lost my life because of your Bashan incident, how can I say that it has nothing to do with you?"
There was endless debate in the hall. In order to protect the reputation of the sect, the disciples of the Bashan sect even became red-faced and wanted to draw their weapons in desperation with the people from Yunyangguan and Jinke Village. Yuan Chao stood up, glared at the disciple and said, "Why don't you allow others to be reasonable? Taoist Master, let me tell you the truth, you actually want to fight with us?" He turned to the people in Jinke Village and said, "Brother Huang, Senior Tang, Senior Ye, please give me your opinion."
Jinke Village and Yunyangguan are colluding, and they came up the mountain today just to stir up trouble. At this time, Yuan Chao put words in their mouths, how could the people in Jinke Village ignore them. Tang Jing said: "That's right. What people in the martial arts value the most is a chivalrous person. What does a chivalrous person mean? He sacrifices his life for his friends. That's what our village leader Huang and Brother Meng say now, That's what they did. They generously served for justice, but you Bashan sect didn't say a good word to comfort you. Instead, you said it had nothing to do with you. Head Huo, if you do this, won't you make the world's heroes feel cold?"
Everyone in Yunyangguan was moved by Tang Jing's words and couldn't help but applaud. Seeing that their family was in the wrong, Bashan's disciples lowered their heads one by one.
Huo Zhongyuan laughed and said: "Okay, okay, since you are so hard on each other, then Huo will not care about the face of your families." So he told the story of the two men's murder of Mrs. Mo that day, and then told the story of the two men. How the person was killed is explained one by one. After hearing this, the two families each had their own thoughts.
At this time, Xiao Yunfan stood up and said: "Everyone, listen to what Xiao said. Many martial arts seniors were present about what Master Huo said. If you don't believe it, you can ask Abbot Hongyuan of Jiming Temple, Mr. Bai Er , the two heroes of the Tong family, Taoist Master Yiqing asked for confirmation."
What Xiao Yunfan said were all famous figures in the world, and others were most convinced by what they said. At this time, Huo Zhongyuan took out two more letters and said slowly: "Everyone, this letter is handwritten by Abbot Hongyuan and Mr. Bai Er. You may wish to circulate it for a look. Taoist Yunyang, so are you and Mr. Bai Er. We are friends, you don’t know his handwriting, right?”
Yunyangzi took the letter and read it loudly to everyone, feeling mixed emotions in his heart. At this time, Xiao Yunfan said: "Actually, Master Huang and Brother Meng were forced to do wrong things. If you want to investigate the culprits and avenge their blood, Xiao can do it for you."
The people in Yunyang Temple were silent. On the contrary, Mrs. Huang from Jinke Village had a look of shame and anger on her face. She suddenly raised her head and said in a deep voice: "No matter what, my old man always hurts others. Others say he has done many evil things. It's okay to die unjustly, but the old woman is his wife, and we will avenge this revenge no matter what." His son also puffed up his chest and said loudly: "Mom is right, if you have the right, the father's hatred will be avenged by the son, and the father's debt will be paid by the son. Dad does it If something is wrong, Fei'er will correct it for him. As a son, I have to avenge father's revenge."
Xiao Yunfan said: "Okay, I understand what you two mean, but I wonder if Taoist Master Yunyang still wants to take revenge?" Yunyangzi looked exhausted, and sighed: "The poor Taoist disciples have nothing to do, and such a scum has appeared in the sect. , I'm really ashamed. Brother Huo, he is my disciple after all, let me take him away. Yuan Hai, Yuan Chao, go and get him. Everyone, see you later." He said and led the disciples to leave in a hurry.
Huo Zhongyuan looked at Xiao Yunfan and said, "Brother Xiao, have you found the culprit?" Xiao Yunfan said, "That's right." He turned to the people in Jinke Village and said slowly: "If you want to take revenge, we will be in Zhongnan Mountain in half a month." When we meet, Xiao will definitely find out the culprit."
In Jinke Village, everyone's eyes were looking towards Mrs. Huang, waiting for her to speak. Mrs. Huang stood up, cupped her hands to Xiao Yunfan and said: "Little brother, we have made an agreement." Then she said to everyone: "Everyone, please welcome the old village master back. Master Huo, take your leave." Then he strode out of the hall.
After everyone from Yunyangguan and Jinke Village came down the mountain, Xiao Huo and his two brothers went to the study room to discuss secretly. Huo Zhongyuan coughed twice and sighed: "Brother Xiao, Huo is really old, and he is unable to do many things. The two of them were here just now, and there are many things that I can't explain clearly." He immediately explained the matter of the daughter's note to Xiao Yunfan. After hearing this, Xiao Yunfan let out a long sigh and said: "This 'stealing a beam to replace a pillar' plan is certainly good, but you have overlooked one point. Since the post was given by the thief, there must be a mark on it. Furthermore, Huang and Meng were tricked. Blood Gu, killed on the spot. If you enter the valley with such a post, wouldn't you be throwing yourself into a trap? I'm afraid there's already an ambush in the Shennong Valley, waiting for them."
Huo Zhongyuan's expression changed and he said: "In this case, they are in danger, how can we rescue them?" Xiao Yunfan stretched out his index finger and gently tapped his forehead, lost in thought.
After a while, he frowned and said: "There is no way, but we have to wait for the two brothers from your sect to come back."
In a huge cave, six guards stood at the door, each holding a steel knife. There are several torches stuck on the stone wall in front of the cave for lighting. Behind them, dozens of people were held inside an iron fence.
Feng Miaoqing pressed her vest against the stone wall and whispered, "Grandpa, how are you?" Feng Yuchun said, "It's just that my hands and feet are sore and weak, and I don't have any strength. Hey, it's all my fault that I accidentally put so many people in danger." Feng Miaoqing said: "Grandpa, there is no need to blame yourself. Now that they captured us but did not harm us immediately, it shows that we are still useful." Feng Yuchun sighed: "They kept us just to lure the little lion to the bait."
Feng Miaoqing blinked and said, "Grandpa, do you mean that boy Xiao Yunfan will come to rescue us?" Feng Yuchun said, "Yes, even if the little lion can't know that we are in danger for a while, they will do everything possible to let him know. Hey, it seems that I It’s true that I’m old, but I didn’t realize that the man in black’s intention of sending us the thousand-dollar gift was to lure us into a trap.”
Meng Lang sat next to Feng Yuchun. He whispered: "Master, there is no need to blame yourself. I see that Brother Xiao is very resourceful and will definitely find a way to save us."
Feng Yuchun knew in his heart that no matter who came to rescue him, he would be in danger. The culprit behind the scenes is not only thoughtful and vicious, but also has many gang members. He must be a serious problem for the righteous way of martial arts. Even though Xiao Yunfan was extremely resourceful, it was impossible to compete with him alone.
Two days later, the two disciples of Bashan reported back. Dozens of people left Shenlong Valley. Those people were all wearing long cloaks. In addition, it was late at night, so they couldn't see clearly. When Xiao Yunfan heard this, he already had some calculations in his mind. He immediately asked the two disciples about the topography of Shennong Valley and the direction of the wind. According to what the two said, Xiao Yunfan drew a sketch. Huo Zhongyuan glanced at the picture and said: "Brother Xiao, this watchtower is built on a cliff. It is easy to attack and difficult to attack. What's more, there is no cover on the ground near the cliff. Once someone appears on the ground, they will find it. .”
Xiao Yunfan smiled and said: "Master Huo, don't worry, Xiao has already figured out a way to deal with it. But now I have to ask you to buy some things, the sooner the better." Huo Zhongyuan's eyes lit up and he said: "Brother Xiao really has a clever plan. Enter the valley?" Xiao Yunfan said: "What's the point of this, I can't lie to you." As he wrote down the things he wanted, Huo Zhongyuan hurriedly ordered his disciples to do it.
