Jiang Shuo and Ruixi looked at each other and thought to themselves: It came so fast.
Huaijin regretted, "It's all my fault for being careless..."
Xie Yanchang said: "It's useless to blame ourselves. Since the enemy is here, let's not hide our heads and show our tails."
Xie Yanchang glanced at Xiao Da, who stepped forward and opened the door knowingly.
Xiao Dayou practiced Tongbei Quan. Originally, fighting relied on a pair of fists, but now he lost his internal strength and the power of his fists was greatly reduced. Therefore, he inserted a horizontal knife into his waist. He put one hand behind his back and pressed the handle of the knife, and fiercely He pushed the door open, but couldn't help but froze.
There's no one outside the door!
Xiao Dayou was so surprised that he rushed out the door. The house was located in a very remote place. The streets on both sides were empty and there was no one. Xiao Dayou quickly returned to the house and said to everyone: "There is no one outside. Is it possible?" Is there some spirit playing a trick on us?"
Nan Jiyun said from the eaves, "It's inside."
Lu Yuxuan smiled and pointed at the fan in his hand, saying, "Xiao Lang, come and see, the spirit is here."
Xiao Dayou turned around and saw three people standing in the courtyard. The leader was a middle-aged man, followed by two servants. Xiao Dayou couldn't help but rub his eyes vigorously.
These three people suddenly appeared in the middle of the courtyard as if they were performing magic tricks. The middle-aged man was wearing a Tang ramie shirt and a soft cloth turban on his head. His face looked fair, he had three locks of black beard, and he looked like a gentle scholar.
The two servants were dressed in gray cloth shorts and black cloth buns on their heads, looking like gray heads. What was strange was that it was still early in the day, but they were holding torches. It seemed that they had just been extinguished, and there was still smoke rising.
Judging from the clothes of these people, they were obviously not Manichaeans. They were meeting at Shenyou at this time. The shadows of the three people were long, and they were obviously not monsters. Xiao Dayou looked the middle-aged man up and down. Then he asked in confusion: "You...who are you? Are you a human or a monster?"
The Confucian scholar smiled and said, "Of course I am a human being." He then crossed his hands and said to Jiang Shuo, "I heard that Young Master Jiang is coming to Kongtong, so my master specially sent us to welcome him."
The situation in front of him was obviously beyond Xiao Dayou's expectation. He froze where he was, not knowing how to deal with it.
Lu Yuxuan hurriedly took two steps forward, crossed his hands and said, "This brother is invited. I wonder what your master's name is?"
The Confucian scholar smiled and said, "Everyone is here, so you will naturally know."
Lu Yuxuan waved his hand and said: "Hey... Brother, what you said is wrong. You come and go so suddenly like this. If you don't tell who your master is, how can we dare to go?"
The Confucian scholar laughed loudly and said, "How dare you enter Pingliang City in such a big way without knowing where I want to invite you?"
Xie Yanchang twisted his beard and said with a smile: "Yes, we must be going to Kongtong Mountain. Who is Zhuge Jingxu?"
Hearing this, the man crossed his hands and bowed again: "I am Ge Qizhen, Zhuge Jingxu is my clan uncle."
Xie Yanchang said "Oh" and said, "No wonder he looks a bit like the Zhuge family."
Ge Qizhen crossed his hands and said, "Do you recognize my master?"
Xie Yanchang first crossed his hands and then clasped his fists, clasping his left and right hands together, clasping their thumbs with each other, showing his fists to Ge Qizhen and saying: "The master of Liusha Palace in Xiahanhai, Xie Yanchang, is that at the Douji Peak Heroes Conference, Xie had the honor to meet with the Three Saints Met once."
Ge Qizhen said: "I see..." Suddenly he looked gloomy and said: "There are no more Three Saints in the world, and this title will never be mentioned again."
Xiao Dayou asked curiously: "Zhenzhen Zhuge passed away?"
Ge Qizhen said: "Why did this gentleman say this? The master of the family is very healthy."
Xiao Dayou said: "Since they are still alive, how can we say that there are no Three Saints in the world? Could it be that the other two..."
Seeing Ge Qizhen's unhappy expression, Xie Yanchang hurriedly stopped Xiao Dayou and said, "Xiao Lang, don't make such wild remarks again. Don't say that the three saints are fine. Even if there are descendants a hundred years later, how can they be cut off? "
Xiao Da clapped his hands and said, "I also find it strange. It's not me who said that there are no more Three Saints in the world."
Ge Qizhen crossed his hands and said, "You all followed me to see the head of the family. All your questions can only be answered. Why waste time speculating here?"
Xie Yanchang nodded to Jiang Shuo and said, "Young Master, then
Let's just follow him.
Jiang Shuo whispered to Xie Yanchang: "Who is Zhuge Jingxu? What do these three saints mean?"
Xie Yanchang said: "All the famous mountains and rivers in the world are dominated by one religion. For example, Maoshan is the Taoist temple, Emei is the Zen forest, and it is Songshan. That is why Songyang Temple is in Taishi Mountain, Shaolin Temple is in Shaoshi Mountain, and they are separated into two branches of Songshan Mountain, and Kongtong Mountain The three religions on the mountain share the same mountain, which can be said to be the only mountain. The three sages are the leaders of the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism on Kongtong Mountain. The Kongtong sect has always been ruled by the three sages, and Zhuge Jingxu is the saint of Confucianism. .”
Jiang Shuo nodded. He heard that Feihongzi created his own Qimen and was known as the Four Saints. The Three Saints of Heart and Dao invited us to meet. It was considered that we had bumped into the real master. So he crossed his hands to Ge Qizhen and said, "Thank you for your help, Zhuge." Sir, lead the way."
Ge Qizhen crossed his hands and said, "My surname is Ge. Master and servant are different. Young Master Jiang must not get confused."
Jiang Shuo hurriedly folded his hands and apologized. Ge Qizhen returned the courtesy and said, "Please follow me over there."
Xiao Dayou said: "Where to go? Is it far? Do you want to prepare a horse?"
Ge Qizhen looked at a corner of the courtyard, and Jiang Shuo saw a well there. He built an extremely wide well railing with stones stacked vertically and horizontally, but there was nothing else.
Ge Qizhen said to the two pale heads: "Lead the way."
The two sang a song, turned around and walked towards the well railing. They actually stepped in and jumped into the well.
Jiang Shuo was shocked. He only thought that the two of them had committed suicide by jumping into the well, but he did not hear the sound of falling into the water. He rushed to the edge of the well and looked down, only to see that there were steps spiraling down the wall of the well. The steps were only a step away from the well wall. The distance is so large that it would be difficult to spot the two of them unless they were watching them walking on it. It must be that the three of them entered the house through this well just now, which is why they look so ghostly.
The two Cangtou looked inconspicuous, but they walked quickly on the steps that were only one foot wide. They obviously had good martial arts. After a while, they descended to the bottom of the well. A spark flashed, but two People lighted torches.
By the light of the fire, Jiang Shuo could see clearly that the water surface at the bottom of the well was just a hole in the middle. There was a circle of hard ground paved with bluestone on the wall of the well, and a small hole on the side. If the two of them had not lit a torch at the bottom of the well, they would not have been able to find it.
Ge Qizhen said respectfully: "Young Master Jiang, please."
At this time, Nan Jiyun and Wang Qiyao had come down from the roof. Nan Jiyun said to Jiang Shuo, "Young master, wait a moment, I will go ahead and explore the way."
Lu Jiong also stepped forward and said, "Young Master, it's better for Lu to go first."
How could Jiang Shuo, an expert in martial arts, be so bold as to let others go for him? Besides, Nan Jiyun and Lu Jiong had both fallen victim to the Guangming Salt System. Without their internal strength, their martial arts were greatly reduced. How could Jiang Shuo let them go in front? Feeling in danger, he hurriedly said: "Brother Lu, Nanba, it doesn't matter, I'll go down first."
Saying that, without waiting for the two of them to speak, they jumped into the well.
How could Jiang Shuo's lightness skills be comparable to those two Cangtou's? Borrowing force at will on the steps on the well wall, he fell very fast, and landed at the bottom of the well in a few strokes. Although he fell very fast, he landed very lightly when he finally landed. Ge Qiliang couldn't help but cheer.
Lu Jiong followed him down the well with his long sword in hand. Ruixi asked Huaijin to follow him down the well. He was afraid that Ge Qiliang was cheating, but he and Ge Qiliang broke up together and let the brothers in the world go down first.
Although everyone has lost their internal strength, their martial arts foundation is still there. They cannot jump like Jiang Shuo at this moment, so they can only follow the steps to the bottom of the well.
Ge Qiliang was the last one to go down to the bottom of the well, and everyone followed him into the small hole beside the well. There was indeed a tunnel inside. This tunnel could only accommodate one person, so everyone lined up and moved forward. There was a bypass not far away. There is light leaking into the cave, and it seems to be the passage of other wells.
Jiang Shuo exclaimed, "It turns out that all the wells in the city are connected."
Ge Qiliang smiled and said, "That's not all. The three Kongtong religions have been operating in Pingliang City for hundreds of years. You don't really think you can avoid the eyes and ears of the three religions, do you?"
Ruixi shook his head and said, "We thought the gods were unaware of it, but it turns out that this deserted house has been under the surveillance of the Kongtong Sect for a long time."
Ge Qiliang said: "I don't dare, I don't dare, it's just that Pingliang City is full of people these days, and Elder Ruixi has many enemies. We must always do our best to protect the elders."
Only then did Ruixi realize that it was not him who had been safe these past few days.
They put on makeup and hid well, but they were secretly protected by the Three Saints of Kongtong.
Jiang Shuo whispered to Lu Jiong: "This Mr. Ge's uncle's surname is Zhuge. Why is he missing one word of his surname: Ge?" Moreover, he always felt familiar with Ge Qizhen's behavior, but he couldn't remember what he looked like at the moment. who.
Lu Jiong replied behind him: "The surname Zhuge originated from the Ge family. It is said that Boyi's eldest son Da Lian was granted the title of Ge Bo in the Ge Kingdom. This is the ancestor of the Ge surname. When Shang Tang destroyed Xia, Ge Bo was not worshiped. The defeat of Ge by Shang was the beginning of the war to destroy Xia. After the fall of the Feng Kingdom, a branch of the Ge family moved to various cities in Shandong and added the place name before their surname, thus becoming the surname "Zhuge". "
Jiang Shuo nodded and said, "Historical records indeed say that Zhuge Wuhou came from the Langya Zhuge clan."
Lu Jiong said: "All Zhuges in the world have the same surname, but the Zhuge family that spread to Kongtong Mountain has a strange rule, that is, only the direct descendants can be surnamed "Zhuge", and the descendants of the concubines can only use the surname "Ge". Old surname. "
Jiang Shuo said: "That's it."
Ge Qizhen said: "This hero knows the origins of our Zhuge family in Kongtong very clearly." Lu Jiong was a famous knight in the south of the Yangtze River, but his name was not known in the pass, so Ge Qizhen did not recognize him.
Lu Jiong said: "It's not that I have extensive knowledge, but I know a descendant of the Zhuge family in Kongtong, and he told me these stories."
Nan Jiyun wondered: "Who is this person? How come Nan Ba doesn't know?"
Lu Jiong said: "Nan Ba, you joined the Jianghu Alliance late, but you didn't know that Ge Ruliang, the owner of Ge Village, is a descendant of the Zhuge family in Kongtong. The reason why he joined the Dugu family is because he is not a direct descendant of the Zhuge family."
Jiang Shuo then realized who this Ge Qi really looked like. Wasn't he just like Ye Yege Ruliang from Xiang'er?
Xie Yanchang also said: "Back then, heroes from all over the world gathered at the Douji Peak of Kongtong Mountain to discuss swordsmanship. Baiyunzi Sima Chengzhen, Zhuiyunzi Duguwen, and Dongyanzi Zhao Rui each won, ranking first in internal strength, lightness kung fu and Qiqiao came first, so he got the name of Sanzi. It was also at that time that Master Ge and Dugu Chu met."
Nan Jiyun said: "That's not right. It's strange for three sons to be famous for thirty years. Xiang'er is just a girl in her teens. If Master Ge and his wife met thirty years ago, why is their daughter less than twenty?"
