Thinking of this, Xiang Nantian sighed, turned sideways, raised his hands and said to the young man: "Young Master, the masked man just now has extremely high martial arts skills. Neither his subordinates nor the leader are his match. Now the leader must have been poisoned. Now the young master is the new leader of my religion!"
As he spoke, he coughed a few times and continued: "Nie Kaicheng must have set up ambushes on all the roads leading to Jinling City and Black Wind Castle. His subordinates have been seriously injured and cannot protect the young master. I will lead him first." The young master will find a place to stay elsewhere, and after his subordinates recover from their injuries, he will escort the young master back to the religion to take up the position of leader, and lead the brothers in the religion to avenge the old leader and his wife!"
After hearing this, Zou Yunfeng's eyes turned red, he clenched his fists and nodded heavily.
Although this young man looks like he is only twelve or thirteen years old, he is mentally mature. Because he has been protected by his mother since he was a child, he has never been exposed to the affairs of Jiang Jiaozhong and does not know the affairs of the Jianghu. This time when he returned to Jinling's grandpa's house, he unexpectedly encountered In this catastrophe, both his parents died suddenly and he became an orphan. He could not help but feel despair and anger in his heart, but he was unable to vent it.
Xiang Nantian took Zou Yunfeng on the path in the middle, heading towards an unknown place. Soon they came to a small mountain forest, with a narrow path at their feet. There was a dense forest on the left side of the road and a cliff on the right side.
Xiang Nantian turned back and glanced at the road he came from. It didn't matter if he didn't look at it. At first glance, he was shocked and broke out in a cold sweat. Not far down the mountain, there was a white figure walking towards them.
Although he couldn't see his face clearly, he could guess that the person must be the man in white. Thirty to forty feet behind the man in white, there was a group of men in black following him, who were Nie Kaicheng's men.
Xiang Nantian thought: "What's wrong? It's coming so fast. If we let them catch up, there will be no possibility of escape!"
Suddenly, the man in white at the bottom of the mountain raised his head and looked towards where he was. Then, the man in white swayed and flew towards them.
In just a moment, Xiang Nantian grabbed Zou Yunfeng. Under this sudden pull, Zou Yunfeng's feet were unsteady and he staggered. He let out an "ah" and the jade pendant in his hand fell to the stone on the edge of the cliff. " With a "ding" sound, it fell to pieces and fell under the cliff.
Although he felt reluctant to give up, he couldn't care about that much at the moment. Xiang Nantian pulled him and went into the dense forest on the left.
Xiang Nantian took the young man into the forest and saw a huge boulder covered with moss and vines. Without any time to think, he took Zou Yunfeng and hid behind the boulder.
After a while, the man in white appeared at the place where the two were standing. The man in white looked around and found a piece of red rope on the edge of the cliff, so he bent down to pick it up and held it in his hand.
At this time, the man in black behind him had also arrived. He put the red rope in his arms, turned around and faced the group of men in black.
When the men in black saw the man in white, they stopped one after another, and then, a man walked out from the crowd, holding a big knife in his hand.
The man raised his hands to the man in white and said, "Young hero, the elder ordered us to come and help you."
The man in white looked him up and down and said calmly: "No need!"
As he said that, the man in white pointed in the direction they came from and said: "There was a fork in the road just now. You two go to the other two roads to find it. I am enough here!"
The man in black thought to himself: "Big brother asked me to lead people to follow him, but he wants to drive us away. Sure enough, there is something wrong!"
Although he thought so in his heart, he replied with a smile on his face: "In that case, then... young hero, be more careful!" As he said that, he waved to the man in black behind him and said: "Let's go!" After that, he led the people. Went down the mountain.
The man took the other men in black and walked down for a while. He looked back at the mountain and saw that he was no longer in the sight of the men in white. He stopped and said to the two men in black beside him: "You two, stay here." Keep an eye on him here, others follow me!"
The two men in black nodded, and the leader waved the others down the mountain.
After the group of men in black left, the remaining two men in black turned around and went into the woods, avoiding the trail, and walked around the woods to where the men in white were.
They hid behind the tree and looked over there, but the figure of the man in white was gone. When they were looking around, they unexpectedly discovered Xiang Nantian and Zou Yunfeng hiding behind the boulder.
The two men in black looked at each other, clenched the steel knives in their hands, and slowly moved toward Xiang Nantian and the young man.
Just as they raised their knives and wanted to slash at Xiang Nantian, they suddenly felt a stinging pain in their throats. Then, a stream of blood spurted out from their necks. Before they could make a sound, there were two "bang, bang" sounds. He fell to the ground.
Only then did Xiang Nantian and Zou Yunfeng realize that there was someone behind them. They turned around and looked at the bodies of the two men in black on the ground in surprise. They were stunned on the spot. It was obvious that they did not know who killed the two men in black.
When Xiang Nantian saw two men in black falling down, he searched around, but still didn't see anything strange.
Xiang Nantian waited for a moment, and after making sure that there was no one around, he whispered to Zou Yunfeng: "Leader, stay here and don't move!" After saying that, it held on to the boulder, squatted down, moved slightly, and touched the Next to the bodies of two men in black.
Xiang Nantian squatted beside the man in black and examined them carefully. He saw that both of them had a long wound on their necks, which bisected the blood vessels in their necks. Blood was still slowly flowing from the wound. The wound was extremely thin and deep. , also extremely smooth, as if cut out by a thin blade.
Xiang Nantian stood up, turned his head and looked around, murmuring: "I don't know what kind of hidden weapon it is, but it is so sharp!"
Before he finished speaking, a voice came from the top of his head: "It's a leaf!" Xiang Nantian was excited, and he raised his head to look at the tree above his head. He glanced around, but still didn't see anything strange. He thought to himself: "I don't know what it is." The master actually has such inner strength. If it is really a leaf as he said, then even ten of myself would not be able to match this person with this skill!"
With this in his mind, he raised his head and clasped his fists and said, "I wonder which master came to the rescue. Can you please congratulate me? I, Xiang Nantian, would like to express my gratitude on behalf of everyone in my teaching!"
As soon as they finished speaking, a figure descended from the sky and smiled at Xiang Nantian in front of them.
Xiang Nantian took a closer look and saw that this person was actually the man in white who intercepted and killed them. He secretly thought that he and the young master might not be able to escape this time. But after thinking about it, he could clearly let that man escape. Two men in black killed him, but why did he kill those two men in black for him?
So, Xiang Nantian said with questions in his mind: "Since you are here to intercept and kill me and the young master, why do you want to rescue me?"
The man in white said: "I think you are loyal to protect the Lord, so I plan to let you go. What's more, I have no grudges with the Crescent Sect. I just use people's money to eliminate disasters. Nie Kaicheng just paid me to kill Zou Feilin. You didn’t ask me to kill anyone else!”
Xiang Nantian pointed to the body of the man in black on the ground and said, "Then...this is?"
The man in white said: "Those two people have discovered your whereabouts, so I will get rid of them for you to avoid future troubles!"
After saying that, the man in white pointed at the young man in front of him, and then said: "You take him away now, and from now on, don't appear in the world again."
Xiang Nantian did not comment on what the man in white said, but the most important thing right now was to protect the young man.
So, he endured the severe pain in his body, pulled the young man, and said: "Young Master, let's go."
The young man glanced at the man in white with complicated eyes and followed Xiang Nantian towards the mountain.
After watching them leave, the man in white turned around and disappeared into the dense forest.
Xiang Nantian took the boy and fled northeast.
In the evening of that day, the two came to a river beach and ran for several hours under the scorching sun. They were hungry and thirsty and could no longer hold on. Especially Xiang Nantian, who was seriously injured and had run for a long distance. Already exhausted, he knelt down and collapsed on the river beach.
Seeing this, the young man ran forward, threw himself on him, pushed him, and shouted anxiously: "Uncle Nantian, Uncle Nantian!" Xiang Nantian did not respond.
Seeing that his lips were chapped and his face turned pale, the young man hurried to the river, held the river water in his hands, returned to Xiang Nantian, and tried to feed him water.
Xiang Nantian lay on the beach with his face sideways. The river water could not feed his mouth, but only wetted his lips. The boy sprinkled the water aside and tried to turn Xiang Nantian's head, but gave up because he was too weak.
The young man was at a loss and was looking around anxiously when he suddenly saw a small fishing boat rowing in the middle of the river.
When the young man saw this, he was very happy, but he did not dare to say anything. He was afraid of attracting people who were chasing them, so he could only raise his hands and wave towards the small fishing boat.
The boat seemed to have seen them already and was rowing quickly towards the river beach.
After a while, the small fishing boat stopped near the beach, and an old man in his sixties got out of the boat.
This man has a wrinkled forehead, a sparse beard on his chin, and a hat on his head.
The old man inserted the pole into the bow of the boat and stepped out of the boat with his bare feet.
Zou Yunfeng ran over excitedly, holding the old man's arm with one hand and pointing at Xiang Nantian with the other: "Grandpa, please save him!" Needless to say, the old man had already seen Xiang Nantian lying on the beach.
He walked over quickly and saw that he was severely dehydrated, so he quickly turned him over, then went back to the boat to get a small gourd filled with water, and poured some water into Xiang Nantian's mouth.
Xiang Nantian choked on the water and coughed several times, but did not wake up. The old man handed the gourd to Zou Yunfeng and said, "Little boy, follow me and take him back to the village!"
As he spoke, the old man helped Xiang Nantian sit up, put his hands on his shoulders, and dragged him onto the boat.
Xiang Nantian was hit by several arrows on his back, and the arrows were still inserted into his body. He could not lie down flat, so he could only lie down in the small cabin.
Xiang Nantian is tall and tall, with a tall and thick figure. This trip has really exhausted the old man.
The old man took a few breaths, returned to the bow, pulled up the pole, turned the bow, and drifted eastward with the current.
Under the setting sun, there were waves in the river, and from time to time a few birds chirped. As the sunset glow dissipated, the entire river beach fell into silence.
At noon the next day, in the courtyard of a two-story inn, a masked man in white with a long sword in his hand walked in without knowing it.
When more than a dozen men in black clothes saw this man in the courtyard, they drew their swords and surrounded him.
Nie Kaicheng heard the noise outside the house and hurried out of the main hall with two of his men.
When he saw the men in white among the crowd, he shouted to the men in black: "Get out of here!"
The man in white chuckled and said, "Elder Nie's great revenge has been avenged. I have come here to congratulate you. Who would have thought that Elder Nie really treats guests like this?"
Nie Kaicheng chuckled and said, "I don't know if it's the young hero who's here. I'm very offended. Please forgive me, young hero!"
After a pause, he then said: "Nie has prepared a table of wine here and invites the young hero to stay for a casual meal. I wonder if the young hero can give me a favor?"
The man in white waved his hand and said: "There is no need to drink. It is better to reward your brothers. I will take the things and leave!"
Nie Kaicheng understood the idea and said: "Nie has already sent someone to prepare what the young hero wants. He is about to send someone to deliver it to the young hero. Why bother the young hero to come and pick it up in person?"
After saying that, he asked the two men in black around him to go back into the house and took out a long wooden box. Nie Kaicheng took it in his hands, held it in both hands and handed it to the man in white.
The man in white stretched out his hand to take the box, opened only a crack and glanced inside slightly, then closed the box back up. He raised his brows and glanced meaningfully at Nie Kaicheng.
Nie Kaicheng understood, and immediately took out a stack of silver notes from his arms, handed it over, and said: "This is a twenty thousand tael of silver notes issued by Zhuoyuan Bank in Jinling City. Please take a look at it, young hero!"
The man in white closed the box, took the banknote, glanced at it briefly, put it in his arms, clasped his fists at Nie Kaicheng and said, "Elder Nie, we will meet again later!" After saying that, without waiting for Nie Kaicheng to speak, he turned around and headed towards the door. Go outside.
The men in black present gritted their teeth and watched helplessly as he swaggered out of the door.
A man in black in the crowd said angrily to Nie Kaicheng: "Elder, are you just going to let him go like this?" Nie Kaicheng scolded: "Don't talk too much!"
That night, in the inn where Nie Kaicheng was staying, a room on the second floor was lit by candlelight. Nie Kaicheng was sitting at a round table. A group of men in black were sitting around Nie Kaicheng, discussing something in a low voice.
Suddenly, a sound broke through the air, and before anyone could react, an inch-long dart was inserted into Nie Kaicheng's bun.
Nie Kaicheng was so frightened that his knees went weak and he sat down on the ground. Everyone helped him sit back on the chair.
Everyone looked at Nie Kaicheng's bun and saw a note attached to the dart. One of the men in black reached out to take off the dart and unfolded the note on it. They saw a few simple words written on the note: "It's over." , don’t bother!”
The man hurriedly presented the font to Nie Kaicheng and said, "Brother, look!"
Nie Kaicheng looked at these words and felt scared.
The man in black put away the note, turned around and opened the door, looked around outside, but saw no movement, so he could only close the door again and return to Nie Kaicheng.
Nie Kaicheng sighed and said, "That's all, let him go!"
The man in black had a fierce look on his face and asked, "Brother, who is he to be so bold?"
Nie Kaicheng waved his hand, and the others understood and left the hall.
Seeing that no one else was present, he motioned for the man in black to sit down with him, and then said: "I don't know the details of this person, but I just heard from an old friend that there is a young killer in the south of the Yangtze River with extremely high martial arts. If he can be killed Please come, that old thief Zou Feilin will be unable to fly!"
After a pause, Nie Kaicheng continued: "Out of trust in that old friend, I sent people everywhere to inquire. Three months ago, I finally found out about this person's whereabouts in Jinling City, so I personally took people to invite him. This person has always been there. It was the white sand that covered his face so that he could not show his true face. Seeing that he was young, I thought that this person must have mediocre martial arts and not be useful, so I tried to tell him that the person I wanted to kill was the leader of the Crescent Moon Cult. I thought He would retreat despite the difficulties, but what I didn’t expect was that he agreed without hesitation!”
The man in black asked: "Brother, did that old thief Zou Feilin really die under this man's sword?"
Nie Kaicheng replied: "I was just like you that day. Seeing that the man was still young, I wanted to leave. However, I received a letter from the old friend saying that this man is a must. I must keep him, no matter what he asks. I had to agree to any conditions, but I was hesitant and finally signed a contract with him."
The man in black asked: "Well...brother, since he is such an expert, how much does he want to pay?"
Nie Kaicheng said: "I thought he would at least ask for more than one hundred thousand taels, but I don't know where he learned that I have a piece of black iron dropped from the sky in my hand, and the reward I proposed was that black iron, plus twenty thousand taels. Silver. Although that black iron is also a rare thing, to me, it is worthless. Twenty thousand taels of silver is indeed not a small amount, but when it comes to taking the head of that old thief Zou Feilin, it is not. It's worth mentioning, and after we agreed on the remuneration, I agreed on the contact information with that person, and agreed to wait in Jinling City and contact him again before taking action."
After saying that, Nie Kaicheng coughed twice and was about to reach out to take the teapot on the table in front of him. Seeing this, the man in black hurriedly pressed him down, stood up, reached for the teapot on the table, poured a cup of tea and put it in Nie Kaicheng's hand.
Nie Kaicheng took the tea, took a sip, and continued: "Speaking of which, I didn't have much expectations for him at that time. As long as he could block Xiang Nantian for me for a moment, I brought more than ten brothers there that day. I originally thought that with the help of the hundred and ten archers under me, and the blood spirit powder on the arrows, we could kill the old thief no matter what when he was unprepared. Now that I think about it, I have been lurking for more than ten years. Observers around him still underestimated the strength of the old thief Zou Feilin. Although the old thief Zou Feilin was seriously injured, he did not know what method he used. He only met each other and killed dozens of brothers in the blink of an eye. If not That person came to the rescue, and the one who died in the wilderness yesterday was me, Nie Kaicheng."
Having said this, Nie Kaicheng drank all the tea in the cup and continued: "But even with the terrifying strength of the old thief Zou Feilin, he can only survive more than a hundred moves against that person!"
The man in black had an expression of astonishment on his face and asked: "That boy is so young, but his martial arts skills are so strong?"
Having said this, he seemed to have thought of something again, and then asked: "In that case, why does the elder brother want to be an enemy of this person? Isn't he just avenging old enemies and making new enemies?"
Nie Kaicheng said: "After I seriously injured the old thief yesterday, I thought it would be easy to kill the old thief, so I wanted to take advantage of the chaos and kill him with an arrow to avoid future troubles. Unexpectedly, he escaped. This time I summoned Everyone came here to discuss strategies to deal with this person. Firstly, they were worried that the assassination of the old thief would be leaked. Secondly, they were worried that he would see through yesterday's arrow and seek revenge from me. Unexpectedly, this person has already Seeing through my plan and ambushing here in advance almost cost me my life. This matter needs long-term consideration."
Nie Kaicheng handed the cup in his hand to the man in black. The man in black poured another cup of tea and handed it to him. The two continued to talk in the room.
The men in black lined up outside the house, concentrating on guarding the surroundings and guarding the inn behind them.
Night, silent.
