Song Yuzhi hesitated several times in his heart, but looking at the girl's persistent and unyielding eyes, he finally opened his mouth and said what he had never said to anyone so far - "I sense that something is wrong with Master."
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Chapter 38
Song Yuzhi joined the Qingque Sect at the age of seven, and was taught martial arts by Qi Yunke himself from the age of eight.
Although Zeng Dalou and Dai Fengchi entered the field earlier than him, the former had mediocre qualifications and had long since given up practicing and became busy with common affairs, while the latter had grown up by Yin Sulian's side.
From childhood to adulthood, Song Yuzhi witnessed almost the entire daily life of Qi Yunke, Yin Sulian and his wife.
Contrary to what ordinary people think, Qi Yunke is actually very accommodating to Yin Sulian as long as it is not a big deal. Whenever the couple quarrels because of Yin Sulian's unfair treatment or doting on her daughter, as long as Yin Sulian shows weakness, Qi Yunke is willing to go down the slope and have sex with her. Good - sometimes even if you are cold in front of you, you will make peace when you turn around.
Then fight again next time.
Although Song Yuzhi didn't say anything about this situation, he had been very disapproving of it since he was young. In his opinion, some of Yin Sulian's actions have actually touched the bottom line of the leader of the sect.
I remember that year, Qi Lingbo took a fancy to the personal short sword of a new disciple - to be honest, the sword was just more exquisitely forged, but it was a relic of his parents.
Qi Lingbo has been arrogant since he was a child, and he has to get what he likes. Song Yuzhi reported this matter to Qi Yunke several times, and everyone reprimanded and persuaded him. However, Qi Lingbo cried and cried in front of him, pretending to be aggrieved, and turned around and pretended to be aggrieved. With the help of Chi, he went to embarrass the disciple again.
In the end, the disciple 'gifted' the dagger to Qi Lingbo with tears in his eyes. Qi Yunke originally wanted to punish his daughter severely, but he failed due to Yin Sulian's insistence. Instead, the twelve-year-old Song Yuzhi became extremely angry.
He became violent, without saying a word, and beat Dai Fengchi, who was older than him, half to death in front of Qi Lingbo - no one tried to persuade him, and it was useless even if Yin Sulian lost her temper.
Qi Lingbo was afraid and hurriedly handed over the dagger. From then on, he was more afraid of him than his own father.
Later, when he returned to Guangtianmen to visit relatives, Song Yuzhi told Song Shijun about this incident. His biological father, who had been unreliable all his life, rarely said something reasonable and reasonable——
Qi Yunke's family was poor since he was a child, and his widowed mother had to raise him very hard. In order to get a supernumerary spot for an outside disciple, his mother worked day and night and begged everywhere. Finally, she asked a famous local knight to write a letter of recommendation and raised enough money. Paid travel expenses.
It is a pity that Qi Yunke failed to make any progress after several years of entry. Qi's mother died of poverty and illness with full of regrets.
Just two years later, Cai Pingshu accidentally discovered that Qi Yunke had the qualification of "Sky Fire Dragon". With her encouragement, Qi Yunke finally broke through the shackles and soared into the sky.
Song Shijun asked his son to put himself in the shoes of a young outsider disciple who was humbled in the dust. How he imagined the sect master Yin Dai and his daughter Yin Sulian during countless sleepless nights. He was probably looking up to the immortal king and fairy in the clouds.
Finally, Song Shijun asked his son to understand Qi Yunke. He was able to send his young son to Jiuli Mountain because he trusted Qi Yunke's character - he may be weak and pedantic, but he is absolutely loyal and kind and will not hide his selfishness.
This is indeed the case. Qi Yunke treated Song Yuzhi more than his own flesh and blood, and it can be said that he gave everything to him.
But this time it wasn't right.
Yin Sulian wanted to reconcile with her husband, but Qi Yunke was not only cold in front of her, but also had no intention of looking for his wife afterwards. Song Yuzhi waited patiently for several days - Yin Sulian later went to Muwei Palace to deliver supplements twice, but was still rejected.
He couldn't help but become suspicious.
After listening to Song Yuzhi's words, Cai Zhao breathed a long sigh of relief: "Thank you, Third Senior Brother, for clarifying my doubts."
Song Yuzhi had doubts in his heart for several days, but taking into account Cai Zhao's difficulties, he hesitated and said: "Junior sister... what did you find?" Before the girl could answer, he immediately said, "If it is inconvenient for junior sister, there is no need to say anything."
Seeing such a considerate senior brother, Cai Zhao almost shed tears - after spending so long with Chang Ning, the eccentric half-madman, she almost forgot that there were people who were easy to talk to in the world.
She slapped Song Yuzhi on the arm and said proudly, "What did the third senior brother say? Just now you were willing to tell me your doubts, how could I hide it? But now is not the time, I will come back later... …”
"What are you doing?!" Chang Ning's wide sleeves floated like a black cloud floating in the distance.
He has also taken off his disguise.
Seeing that the person coming was evil, the guards of Guangtianmen immediately put their hands on the hilts of their swords and stood ready.
When Song Yu saw it was Chang Ning, he raised his hand to signal the guards to retreat.
Chang Ning's face was very ugly, and even the sores on his face were glowing black, as if he had been poisoned again.
Cai Zhao was very happy to see that Chang Ning escaped safely, "You came so quickly, I thought I had to wait for you for another half an hour." - The two of them had agreed before sneaking into the courtyard. If the two of them If we get separated, we meet at the corner tea pavilion at the east end of the town.
Chang Ning sneered: "I think it would be better for me to come later, so as not to delay your conversation with Young Master Song."
Song Yuzhi heard the sourness in these words and frowned.
In most cases, Chang Ning's words can always make people angry to death, but it's a pity that he met Miss Cai.
Cai Zhao smiled brightly: "No delay, no delay. When we return to the sect, Third Senior Brother and I will have time to talk. No one can delay us. You don't have to worry."
Song Yuzhi couldn't hold it back and laughed directly.
"You! Can you say such a thing to me?!" Chang Ning was so angry that his chest heaved violently. In order to protect the girl, he was ready to risk his life. Unexpectedly, he turned around and saw such a heinous thing. scene!
"You..." He was about to strongly accuse Miss Cai of her heartless behavior when a loud roar came from the tea pavilion across the street.
Everyone turned their heads to look involuntarily.
"——You! Can you stand up to me when you say such things?!"
In the tea pavilion, the rich and powerful boss had tears in his eyes and shouted to his MILF wife: "I worked day and night for this family, even risking my life. Who would have thought that I had just lit a fire in the back kitchen?" , I came out and saw you fighting with this pretty boy - you... can you handle me?!"
Chang Ning:......
Cai Zhao:......
Song Yuzhi:...
All the guards: This is too damn fitting for the occasion.
So they all turned their heads and looked intensely at Song Yuzhi's left arm, where Cai Zhao's little hand was still resting.
Chang Ning's eyes were about to burst into flames.
Cai Zhao hurriedly retracted her hand - although she didn't quite understand why she felt guilty.
"Okay, okay, Third Senior Brother and I have finished talking, let's leave quickly." She knew that if she continued to talk, she would not have anything good to say, so she stopped the loss in time, "Third Senior Brother, you can go and do your work, we will see you later—— Goodbye!"
Then she pulled up Chang Ning's sleeves and was about to leave. Before leaving, she turned back and hesitated, "Third Senior Brother, have you ever heard of the 'Thousand Faces Gate'?" Seeing Song Yuzhi's pupils tighten, she added, "I think, your The suspicion is not groundless.”
After saying that, she rushed away from here before Chang Ning could have an attack, as if she had met a debt collector.
Song Yuzhi stood motionless.
After a while, he faced the front where no one had left, and said goodbye as usual according to etiquette.
…
Cai Zhao dragged Chang Ning to the restaurant where she stole the teapot, asked for a seat on the top floor that faced windows on three sides, and opened the door before the two of them sat down.
Chang Ning rolled up her sleeves reservedly: "You are very alert. You know that it is not easy for someone to eavesdrop when you find a house like this. It's a pity that you ran too fast just now, otherwise you could have invited Young Master Song to sit with you."
Cai Zhao stopped pouring him tea and glared: "My father can't be found, and you still argue with me! It's not like I went to chat with Third Senior Brother while you were desperately trying to escape. I just wanted to ask him something. "
Unfortunately, Chang Ning has never looked at anyone's face since he was five years old. Thanks to Xiao Cai, he recently picked up this skill again. The girl's face clearly showed that her patience was about to run out, so he had no choice but to snort and let go of the past.
Cai Zhao quickly recounted Song Yuzhi's doubts.
Chang Ning's face changed slightly: "So, Sect Master Qi has indeed been..." He saw three or four waiters coming in with several large dishes and stopped immediately.
The guys received a heavy reward and served all the meals in one trip. Then Cai Zhao told them not to come again if he didn't greet them.
Seeing the guys disappear at the top of the stairs, Cai Zhaocai lowered his voice and said, "That's why I want to ask you, what's this... uh... 'transformation method' about? Also, what kind of sect is the Thousand Faces Sect? How can I Never heard of it.”
Chang Ning thought for a while and said, "Don't say you haven't heard of it. If I hadn't been in Kyushu occasionally... and occasionally read the classics, I wouldn't have known that there had been such a sect."
Cai Zhao didn't seem to notice his strange pause at all, and listened intently.
Chang Ning was slightly reassured and continued: "In the classics, the earliest record of the body-changing method was two hundred years ago. When Beichen Ancestor was fighting against the demons, it was said that there was a man with supernatural powers who possessed the power of creation of heaven and earth. It can change a person's appearance and body shape invisibly without any flaws. After the death of the ancestor, Beichen was divided into six branches, and this man with supernatural powers lived in seclusion. Since then, his name has never been heard in the world. Because It was so long ago that future generations regard these legends as fabrications. I was shocked when I saw Master Qian’s ability just now. I didn’t expect anyone from this sect to be alive.”
Cai Zhao was entranced when he heard this: "It's so awesome. Why have I never heard my aunt talk about it..."
Chang Ning: "About seventy or eighty years later, an unknown generation of disciples of this man with supernatural powers suddenly appeared in the world. He also founded the Thousand Faces Sect, recruited disciples, and recruited troops. Since then, the Thousand Faces Sect has flourished in the world. For a time, however, what goes up must come down..."
Cai Zhao snorted disdainfully: "The Thousand Faces Sect will not last long even if it has to flourish. The specialty of this sect is to become another person. To put it bluntly, it is 'cheating'! If you rely on deception to establish yourself, you still want to go to heaven?" ! Even if it’s a demon sect, people still work hard to practice, rack their brains to think of conspiracies, and then work hard to kill people and set fire to expand their territory, okay?”
"Zhao Zhao's words are rough, but his reasoning is not rough." Chang Ning held his chopsticks and rolled up his sleeves, habitually piling vegetables into Cai Zhao's bowl, "The Thousand Faces Sect has been causing trouble in the world for almost twenty years. The last sect leader was nicknamed 'The Thousand Faced Demon' Tu', it is said that when he was young, his family suffered a disaster and all his relatives died tragically."
Cai Zhao's heart trembled.
Chang Ning: "It stands to reason that Thousand-Faced Demon Butcher was indeed of pitiable origin, but he killed too much in his revenge and implicated many innocent people. Infants in swaddling clothes, young children learning to talk, and even slaves cooking fires Kill them all - how can a famous and decent sect sit idly by? So he had no choice but to take the entire sect to seek refuge with the Demon Sect. At first, the Demon Sect valued the Thousand Faces Sect very highly, but as the hooked nose said today, the Thousand Faces Sect's ability The bigger it gets, the less others can rest assured, so..."
"So the Demon Sect destroyed the Thousand Faces Sect?!" Cai Zhao was nervous.
Chang Ning smiled: "That's wrong, it wasn't the Demon Cult that did the trick. After all, they were recruited by themselves, so they couldn't just betray each other for no reason - they just exposed the hiding place of the Thousand Faces Gate and the surrounding mechanisms. .”
Cai Zhao was surprised: "...Is it someone from a well-known and upright family who did it?"
Chang Ning nodded: "On that day, in the name of celebrating awards, the Demon Sect invited all the disciples of the Thousand Faces Sect to gather in the hiding place in advance. Then all the six Beichen sects came out, as well as almost all the famous knights at that time... ...In short, blood flowed like a river, and no one from the Thousand Faces Sect survived."
Cai Zhao felt that this was too tragic, and shook his head slightly, "Actually, it would be good to severely punish the evildoers, and there is no need to kill them all..."
Chang Ning smiled meaningfully: "Yes, if it is just for severe punishment, it is indeed not necessary to get rid of them all."
Cai Zhao was startled: "...They, they want this kung fu to be completely cut off?"
"That's right." Chang Ning, "As long as someone knows this skill, everyone will have trouble sleeping."
——At its root, this is a massacre of entire families that occurred in a silent and tacit understanding between good and evil factions.
Cai Zhao stayed for a long time and murmured to himself: "No wonder this paragraph is not included in the handwritten notes of my family's ancestors. I don't think other famous and decent people would record such a thing. Maybe even my aunt doesn't know about it."
Whether it is cooperating with the Demon Cult or destroying a sect out of fear, it is too disgraceful.
Perhaps the Demon Sect was not very happy to mention this matter, so everyone worked together to completely erase all traces of the existence of this sect, submerging this past event in the long river of time.
"I've been talking about it for a long time, so how do I break this kung fu? Acupoints can be used to unblock acupuncture points, but how do I expose them after being transformed by the Thousand Faces Sect?" She finally remembered the ultimate goal.
Chang Ning spread his hands and said, "I don't know either."
He added, "Not many people have even heard of this technique, so how do they know how to crack it?"
Cai Zhao said to himself: "Sure enough, we should capture that Young Master Qian. We made a lot of noise, and Senior Brother Zhuang discovered Senior Brother Fan who was drugged. He will probably investigate the surrounding alleys soon, too. I wonder how those people get away from questioning?”
"How to get rid of it? It's very easy." Chang Ning looked out the window and looked toward the west of the town, "Just set it on fire."
Cai Zhao was shocked and rushed to the window to take a look. Sure enough, a raging fire broke out at the west entrance of the town, and thick smoke shot straight into the sky. She lost her voice: "They actually set fire to the house?"
"Burn them on fire so that no traces are left. When the storm is over, we can find a house to hide." Chang Ning poured himself a drink, "I don't know where to look for them next time."
"Are these people from the Demon Cult?" Cai Zhao sat back at the table, "How many people did they replace? Did they arrest my father to replace me with a fake father?"
"Anyway, your father should be fine for the time being." Chang Ning took another pile of vegetables to the girl, "You heard what Mr. Qian said, the last time he was replaced was half a month ago, but your father just disappeared yesterday."
He added, "Besides, do you know what's the most difficult thing about pretending to be a person?"
