The sunshine in spring is always gentle and warm.
After experiencing the baptism of successive storms, the gentle and warm spring scenery in Jiangning County was mostly blown away by the rain and wind, and even when it was almost noon, it still looked desolate.
A man with silver hair, a tall body, and wearing a dark green short-sleeved robe came from the world, walking into the Chrysanthemum Garden and into Taoran Pavilion in the desolate spring scenery.
There was an old man in the pavilion as usual, but the old man was not as majestic and solemn as usual. He wore a single coat and a big cloak to protect him from the wind and cold, showing a bit of tiredness.
"Old man." The silver-haired man bowed slightly.
Unable to see the other person he was looking forward to seeing next to the visitor, a trace of worry flashed in the old man's bloodshot eyes. His loose and wrinkled eyelids blinked slightly, and then his cloudy pupils became bright again.
The old man was always informal with his friends, so when he saw that the visitor had no intention of sitting down, he got straight to the point and asked, "How are you, Chen'er?"
The visitor was naturally Feng, who had returned from Jiang Yichen.
Feng shook his head. He had been tensed since the way back. At this time, his eyebrows were almost in line because he didn't know how to explain to the old man. He clenched his fists and said in shame, "I don't know whether I will live or die."
The old man also shook his head.
Feng shook his head because he failed to bring Jiang Yichen back, or even bring back the exact situation about Jiang Yichen, while the old man shook his head to persuade his friend not to blame him for this matter.
Five days ago, the martial arts competition at Baihua Island in Pinghai County was in chaos from early morning to dusk. For the first time in the past twenty years, the imperial court openly intervened in the disputes between Jianghu and Jianghu, and even tried to take advantage of this chaos to weaken the major powers in Jianghu. The gangs revitalized the majesty of the imperial court, so the night sky was still extremely bright with the lights of swords and shadows late at night.
The vitality of the Zhongzhou Jianghu was severely damaged at the Hundred Flowers Conference. As a member of the Zhongzhou Jianghu and the moral alliance participating in the conference as an invitee, they were naturally not immune to the disaster. The old man and Han Wuyue who attended the meeting in person were both invited that day. Several major sects from Shaolin and Wudang worked together with everyone in Tingyuge to fight their way out before they could escape.
It was only yesterday afternoon that the old man returned to Jiangning Juyuan.
In the past few days, thousands of pairs of eyes have been paying attention to the situation in Pinghai County and the movements of several major gangs. The old man did not dare to relax in the slightest. Regarding Jiang Yichen's matter, although the old man had never asked about it, he had never thought about it in his heart. Worry less.
He knew the child's temperament very well, and knew that the child would always be emotional and might make inappropriate decisions at inappropriate times, especially after practicing the "Yin Feng Gong" that was beneficial to him but had some demonic qualities. "After that, the child's emotions became more difficult to control.
Therefore, he tried his best to arrange things that he could, such as the timely retreat with Tingyuge and others, the safety of the people living alone, and even entrusting Ruo, a strong man from the Yuluo tribe, to the task. If something unexpected happens, take him away just to protect the child.
Unexpectedly, something went wrong.
The separation from the Nether Sect is still within the controllable range, but Yin Li's appearance has really pushed the child to a place that is unbearable in the world. At least those present will not tolerate him easily, and they may have to tear out his skin. Only then can he be allowed to live in this world.
Of course, the old man did not witness Yin Li's sneak attack on Jiang Yichen. What he was sure of was that after Yin Li succeeded in the sneak attack, Jiang Yichen not only killed him but was not dead. There were so many rumors about what happened next that he had no intention of doing so. Trust me, he has been waiting for a certain piece of information, and that is the information brought by Feng.
But now, Feng failed to bring back such conclusive information. The old man knew that the child's own will must be involved in it, but he couldn't help but feel a little bitter in his heart and a little bitter in his mouth. After a long time, he said again: "He jumped. Yin Yang Bridge?”
Feng said that Jiang Yichen didn't know whether he was dead or alive, so the only thing on Baihua Island that could make Feng helpless was the Yin-Yang Bridge that could separate life and death.
"Yes." Feng thought for a moment and decided to tell everything about that day so that the old man could make an accurate judgment. "The little thief named Yin was well prepared to deal with Xiao Jiang and his methods were very vicious. .”
"I heard that the poisons prepared by Yin Li that day were all poisons that would seal the throat upon seeing blood, but those poisons failed to kill Chen'er."
"indeed so."
"The Tomb of Ten Thousand Poisons of the Nether Sect has the effect of cleansing the marrow and refining the body. If Chen'er had not told me personally, I would not have known that I would have suffered so much before practicing the "Yin Feng Kung". Since I have endured those sufferings, I have to endure them. If you can withstand the baptism of thousands of poisons, how can Chen'er be easily poisoned?"
"I see... But the little thief came prepared after all. Although the poison was not fatal, it caused great consumption to Xiao Jiang, especially the blinding sand that the little thief left in his last hand, Xiao Jiang's eyes. It seems I can’t resist the poison.”
"The blinding sand? The blinding sand...hiss, that thing is indeed still alive in the world."
"Can Xiao Jiang's eyes be saved?"
"Although it has been a long time, the medicine valley should still have recorded the treatment method. According to you, when the court rained down arrows, Chen'er should have been helpless to save himself."
"I rescued him while the arrows were falling, and asked him if he wanted to come back to the Alliance of Justice or follow me to the north."
"He has his own choice?"
"yes."
"Is it under the Yin Yang Bridge?"
"yes."
"Why bother?"
"When I brought him to the bridge, he had not yet made the final decision. At that time, I felt that it was worth persuading, but I didn't know..."
"What happened!?"
"Those people chased me. Xiao Jiang knew that those people were only here for him and didn't want to drag me down, so he jumped off the bridge."
"how many people?"
"Thirteen people."
"Can you remember their faces?"
"None of them are missing. I have confirmed their identities on the way to Juyuan, and just handed the list to Mr. Han."
"good."
At this point in the conversation, Feng was ready to leave. He solemnly gave the old man a second fist-cup salute and said, "I will go find Xiao Jiang right now, or kill those thirteen people."
The old man shook his head for the second time and said, "Wait a minute."
Feng said: "Is there anything else I can tell you?"
The old man said: "Finding someone from under the Yin-Yang Bridge will not happen overnight. Chief Mu needs you more. Don't let Chen'er miss the important event because of himself. I will send more suitable people to confirm Chen'er." In this situation, if Chen'er's life is over, you and I will take revenge together, but if Chen'er is lucky enough to have a good life, I think he would be more willing to do it himself."
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"To the west and north of the Kunlun territory, but not reaching the Du Zhu Kingdom, the terrain is as high as the clouds. It is more than a thousand miles from east to west and more than a hundred miles from north to south. The narrow place is no more than ten miles. Viewed from the bottom, the land is like a continuous line. The mountains are green and green, hence the name Congling.”
"Above the Congling Mountains there is a strong cold wind, snow blowing in spring and summer, and wind blowing day and night. The ground is alkali and salty, and there are many gravels, so that plants cannot grow. The land is vast and the people are sparse. Those who have not lived there for generations are not suitable for survival. Therefore, although It is a choke point, but neither Zhongzhou nor Duzhu have been able to completely include Congling into their territory for a long time."
"There used to be two nomadic tribes living in Congling for generations. One is the Baili tribe, which is active in the east of Congling and has contacts with Zhongzhou. The other is the Nayi tribe, which has lived in the west of Congling for a long time and is closer to Duzhu. .”
"Given the size of the Congling Mountains, the two tribes are located at one end of the mountain, so they are not incompatible with each other. However, the plateau is a million hectares with hundreds of rivers. Every autumn and winter, there will be three feet of ice. Only the middle part of the plateau is barren of grass. One hundred acres of large dragon pond, the water is sweet and the fish is fat, and it never freezes all year round.”
"Water can be obtained by cutting ice, but the water obtained in this way cannot satisfy people and animals for drinking anytime and anywhere. If it is difficult for cattle and sheep to survive, it will be difficult for people to survive in the coming year. Therefore, the Baili and Nayi ethnic groups drink water in spring and summer. They herd cattle and sheep in the east and west, and in autumn and winter, they all go to the Dalong Pond and make a living by the water."
"When the number of people was still small, Dalongchi was enough to support the two tribes and their cattle and sheep, so they lived in peace. However, as the number of the two tribes increased day by day, Dalongchi gradually became overwhelmed. In order to compete for enough people to survive, For survival food in autumn and winter, the two tribes finally wielded their swords at each other.”
"The autumn and winter wars between the two tribes were mutually successful at the beginning. After enduring hunger for half a year, the losing side did not recover from it. In the following year, it could always regain the half-year ownership of Dalongchi with more determination and momentum. .”
"Hunger is not that easy to survive. Every time there is hunger, many people will die. The two tribes will always find ways to win, or they will store food in advance to prevent starvation after defeat."
"The Baili tribe has excellent eyesight and is good at archery. They also learned from the interior of Zhongzhou and made their bows and arrows more sophisticated. It is easy to penetrate a poplar from a hundred miles."
"The Nayi tribe is spiritual and good at controlling beasts. They learned a lot of beast-control techniques from Du Zhu, but they are unable to make any progress in front of the Baili tribe's arrows."
"The Baili Tribe can always take the Dalong Pond as its own for three to five years in a row, but if the Nayi Tribe doesn't prepare for war early in late summer and autumn, I'm afraid it will be difficult for them to drink the water from the Dalong Pond."
"Because of the difficulty of eating, the Nayi tribe declined year by year. Seeing that it would be difficult to defeat the Baili tribe in the long run, the Nayi tribe finally asked Du Zhu Kingdom for a way to defeat the Baili tribe in one fell swoop - the blind sand."
"I heard that this blinding sand is a poisonous poison that was developed over several years by a tribe in Duzhu Kingdom that is good at casting poisons according to the director of the Baili tribe. For this poisonous poison, the Nayi tribe paid a lot of money. , and only after letting this tribe cultivate it for many years did I bring this poisonous poison back to Congling."
"In the late summer of a certain year, the Nayi tribe sent out dozens of people to hide around the Baili tribe's camp day and night. Whenever the wind blew up, they would cast blind sand in the upwind direction, so that it would float into the Baili tribe's camp in the early autumn. In the end, it turned out that nearly half of the people in the Baili tribe had lost their eyesight, and many people had completely black eyes and could not see anything, so they returned to the east in a miserable defeat."
"The Baili tribe thought it was caused by an eye disease, but after careful investigation, they found out that it was caused by the bewitching of the Nayi tribe. The chief of the Baili tribe was furious. At the winter solstice that year, he led the entire tribe to the Dalong Pond and killed all the Nayi tribe. Kill them all!”
"So far, there is no more Nayi tribe in Congling, but the disaster of blind sand left by the Nayi tribe has also seriously damaged the vitality of the Baili tribe. In order to cure the poison of blind sand, the Baili tribe had to go deep into Zhongzhou to seek help. Doctors ask for medicine, but it rarely yields results, and it was not until five years later that several great doctors gathered together to successfully cure the first person."
"The Baili tribe also brought the successful prescription back to Congling. According to the prescription, the eyes can be washed once a day, and sight will be restored in ten days."
The story told by Leng Mei was very long, but the result was obviously good. Jiang Yichen breathed a sigh of relief after listening to it. Ten days was not really a long time for him now.
However, Leng Mei's tone suddenly changed, and she said in confusion: "The genocide of the Nayi tribe happened a hundred years ago. Who did you offend, and you were able to bring out the blinding sand to harm you?"
