This is a beautiful place.
The scenery is beautiful and the grass is green. Lying on the hillside, you can see the green mountains, the floating clouds, and the beautiful villa on the green hills above the white clouds.
Looking down from the villa, you can see not only the picturesque mountains, but also Xiangyang City not far away, and the Hanshui River passing through the city.
The scenery here is beautiful, the terrain is good, and the transportation is convenient here, but the villa on the mountain has declined because of the poor management of the original owner.
But fortunately, Mo Yeli bought this place two years ago and gave it to his closest brother Ao Ziqing as his wedding gift. He only renovated it half a year ago. Ao Ziqing, the core disciple of "Long Kong Zhaojianmen", and Chu Qian, the eldest lady of the famous Chu family in Jingbei, will hold a wedding here and become husband and wife.
The joy of newlyweds, plus the joy of housewarming, double happiness will be held together in three days.
"Old man in the barren mountains" Mo Yeli was very excited. In order to have a decent gift, he went deep into the Hundred Thousand Mountains these days and hunted a white fox that was five hundred years old. The crystal core was second, but the raw film of the white fox But it is a priceless treasure, made of leather jackets will definitely make all women ecstatic.
But also because of the cunning of the white fox, Mo Yeli put in a lot of effort, which delayed the time for a few days. Galloping in the woods, instead of taking the long road around the mountain, go straight to the "Du'ao Mountain Villa" on the top of the hill.
"Duao Mountain Villa" is the name he gave to Ao Ziqing and his wife's mountain villa, which means to be the best, and also has a faint connection with Ao Ziqing's surname.
After passing through this grove, the "Du'ao Mountain Villa" is faintly in sight.
It's just that after passing through the woods, when Mo Yeli looked up at the villa not far away, he was immediately shocked and horrified.
On the top of the mountain, at the place where "Du'ao Mountain Villa" should be, a monstrous fire broke out, the fire was very high and the fire was extremely fierce.
Mo Yeli's head shook violently, and he yelled that he was not good. With extreme panic, Mo Yeli was three points faster, and ran towards "Du'ao Mountain Villa" desperately.
When he rushed to the place where the fire broke out, it turned out that Du'ao Mountain Villa was on fire.
The fire was raging, but there was no one to put out the fire. Where did the seventy or eighty people in Du'ao Villa go?
The Chu family is a big family in Jingbei. As the married daughter of a big family, of course the dowry is indispensable, property, clothing and so on are not counted, there are sixty or seventy personal maids and servants alone, and although Ao Ziqing is said to be a descendant of a famous family , but apart from an old lady and a dozen servants, the family has nothing to show off.
But at this moment, no one showed up in such a big fire, Mo Yeli felt even more uneasy. When he turned over and rushed into the fire, he immediately knew the answer.
There are more than seventy people in "Du'ao Mountain Villa", including men and women, old and young, and they have turned into more than seventy dead bodies. The old lady Ao's body is in the middle of the courtyard, the upper half of which is lying across the courtyard, and the lower half is thrown into the courtyard. On the scene of the fire, his eyes widened wide, as if he saw some incredible scene before he died.
And on the steps into the Ming Hall, Chu Huan, the brother-in-law of the Ao family and the twin brother of Chu Qian, the bride, was lying there, and the long sword that was usually regarded as a treasure was stuck into his chest at this moment. The right hand tightly grasped the blade of the sword, while the left hand lay sideways, also tightly grasped, the veins on the back of the hand bulged like blue dead snakes.
What could make him hold it so tightly? Not even willing to let go of death.
No one knows, and he himself will never ignore the will to say that he never dies.
Mo Yeli looked at this twisted and deformed face, and at the eyes that had bulged out of anger and fright, he felt his heart throbbing and his stomach constricting.
Chu Huan is also his brother, his old friend, he is a happy young man, although his martial arts is not the best of the younger generation, but his character is the most admirable, without the arrogance of a family member, he is the most The one he loves most is his sister, the one he admires the most is himself, and the one he feels most worthy of dating is Ao Ziqing.
So regarding his younger sister's love for Ao Ziqing, he took the lead in fighting against his family and fully supported his younger sister's choice.
But today, this young man who wholeheartedly hoped that his sister would marry his best friend died here...
He knelt down, gently closed his eyelids, and then tried to pull his hand, but he couldn't pull it away.
His grip was too tight, his blood had clotted and his bones had hardened.
But the fire was approaching, the flames had already roasted Mo Yeli's pale face into crimson red, and his hair was already smelling burnt.
Mo Yeli suppressed his sadness, gritted his teeth, and suddenly pulled his fingers away with all his might, even breaking a few of Chu Huan's fingers, the palm he just opened...
It was a jade pendant, and there was a broken velvet rope at one end of the jade pendant...
Mo Yeli hurriedly hid the jade pendant in his arms!
This thing might be able to find the culprit behind the massacre here.
Boom!
The Mingtang collapsed, and Mo Yeli jumped out of the range of the flames at a critical moment, and came to the courtyard. Looking at the body of Chu Huan engulfed by the fire, Mo Yeli was so sad that he wanted to cry.
Brother, go slowly, Big Brother will avenge you!
Mo Yeli roared angrily in his heart, but at this moment he bit his lip tightly, not letting his cry out.
The fire devoured everything.
Is Ao Ziqing's body here? What about Chu Qian's body
Thinking of the couple passing away before becoming a real couple, Mo Yeli couldn't help but burst into tears.
What the hell is this for!
A silent cry erupted from Mo Yeli's heart!
And suddenly, an ominous feeling came from behind...
At this moment, he even had a premonition that not only could he not find the answer from here today, but even whether he could take his own life was a problem.
Mo Yeli didn't speak, but turned around slowly, and the figures of three people appeared in front of him.
Three swordsmen wearing blue-gray samurai robes, apricot-yellow sword spikes flying behind their backs, and slightly long beards fluttering in the wind, like three out-of-the-world experts who have long ceased to eat human fireworks.
Mo Yeli recognized them!
These three people are deacon-level elders of Changkong Zhaojianmen, they are "Piercing Cloud Sword" Suo Ranfeng, "Dingxiang Sword" Jiang Zheng, and "Jueyuan Sword" Song Zhongping.
It seems that these three people must have come to attend the wedding. They belong to the same family as Ao Ziqing, and they are all considered to be Ao Ziqing's elders. Of course, they will never be the murderer.
"Piercing Cloud Sword" Suo Ranfeng, "Dingxiang Sword" Jiang Zheng, and "Jieyuan Sword" Song Zhongping, the relationship between the three is inseparable, and they are friends of eight worshippers, and they have the reputation of "Three Friends in the Sky" in the world.
Although they are swordsmen in the sky, they are rarely born. Everyone in the Jianghu knows that they are not only extremely skilled in swordsmanship, but also extremely fair. Many young people who learn swords regard them as idols.
Especially the young people in Yunzhou. Before the Kunwu faction rose up, Changkongzhaojianmen was the only decent school in Baidao Wulin in Yunzhou that was admired by thousands of people.
"It's great that the three swordsmen have arrived, and I invite the three to be the masters of my brother's family!" Mo Yeli immediately showed great joy on his face, and said excitedly, clasping his hands.
"Cloud Piercing Sword" Suo Ranfeng, "Dingxiang Sword" Jiang Zheng, and "Jueyuan Sword" Song Zhongping's complexions were heavy as if they were covered in a haze, and their eyes were as sharp as [Yunxia Wuyin 12] The phantom sword is as cloudy and uncertain.
Mo Yeli's heart suddenly sank.
Because when he bowed to the bottom, he saw a piece of broken velvet rope left on the belt of "Juanyuan Sword" Song Zhongping, which was exactly the same as the velvet rope on the jade pendant in his arms.
"Jueyuanjian" Song Zhongping suddenly shouted loudly: "Mo Yeli, you are so brave..."
"Dingxiang Sword" Jiang Zheng said with a sullen face, "Mo Zeizi, I know you have always acted recklessly, but I still can't imagine that you would dare to do such a thing today."
"Cloud Piercer" Suo Ranfeng seldom spoke.
At this moment, he was as silent as a stone, but it was harder and colder than a stone. His eyes were full of sternness, and there was even a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.
Mo Yeli was well aware of what the other three had done, but he still defended himself because he wanted to leave here and tell the entire martial arts world. If the other party saw that he knew everything, then he would face the three famous swordsmen. His death was a small matter, so he couldn't avenge his brothers, so he pretended to be terrified and said, "I didn't do these things. When I came, they had already been murdered!"
"Jueyuanjian" Song Zhongping showed an angry face, and said, "You still dare to lie?"
Jiang Zheng said sharply: "You didn't do it, who did it? You haven't even wiped off the blood on your body, how dare you talk nonsense!?"
It was the blood that Mo Yeli had rubbed on Chu Huan's body just now when he was hugging Chu Huan's body, but now it became the knife used by the "Three Friends of the Sky" to kill him with a knife.
"I really didn't do this, they are my brothers, how could I do this!?"
Mo Yeli looked panicked, but his heart became calm instead.
"Maybe you are greedy for Miss Chu's beauty. Today, the new couple is getting married soon. You are so jealous that you just killed me!"
What an excuse. It turns out that you have already thought of an excuse.
Mo Yeli suddenly felt like raising his head and laughing.
This group of high-spirited bastards originally thought of such dirty and dirty excuses for doing dirty things.
"Jueyuanjian" Song Zhongping said: "What else do you have to say?"
Mo Yeli suddenly said: "I was wronged, I want a martial arts trial!"
Jiang Zheng and Song Zhongping were taken aback, they didn't expect Mo Yeli to make such a request, they couldn't help but turned around and glanced at "Cloud Piercer" Suo Ranfeng.
But "Cloud Piercer" Suo Ranfeng's pupils shrank suddenly, and suddenly shouted: "You want to be beautiful, kill me!"
With the same voice, his sword was out of its sheath, and his sword was faster than his voice, and before he finished speaking, he had stabbed eighteen swords towards Mo Yeli, and the sword was full of murderous aura.
"Cloud Piercing Sword" Suo Ranfeng's movements were fast, but not as fast as Mo Yeli's!
Because he had long been on guard against the opponent's sudden attack, he secretly gathered a huge amount of true energy, and when he saw the opponent make a move, he smashed his fists in front of his eyes, hum—
A huge power grid was formed in front of several people. Mo Yeli's most powerful [Five Thunderbolt Fist] made a sharp move. The power grid instantly cut off the connection between the two parties, and was pushed by Mo Yeli, and it was suddenly blocked. To the "Three Friends of the Sky", and he himself lowered his body, and suddenly passed back into the fire scene, and plunged into the blazing fire.
As soon as the "cloud piercing sword" Suo Ranfeng's sword touched the power grid, he felt the meridians in his right hand go numb for an instant, and his true energy suddenly became unsustainable. He turned his back in panic and roared wildly: "Come here, you can't let him go!" !"
"Dingxiang Sword" Jiang Zheng and "Jueyuan Sword" Song Zhongping bypassed the power grid that had not dissipated, and quickly surrounded the fire scene from both sides, and there was a sound of clothes ripping through the air, and hundreds of people who had been ambushing before shone their swords in the sky The door master appeared and surrounded the ruins in the flames from a distance.
Even if Mo Yeli had wings, he wouldn't even think about escaping from here.
Mo Yeli wasn't afraid of death, he just didn't want to die for no reason.
He knew that as long as he died, he would become the murderer who massacred "Du'ao Mountain Villa", and he would never be able to wash away his lifelong infamy, and the real murderer who slaughtered Yizhuang would be able to get away with it forever.
He also knew that the "Three Friends of the Sky" would never let him escape, so he rushed into the flames.
"Cloud Piercing Sword" Suo Ranfeng sternly said: "To live is to see people, and to die is to see corpses!" The paralysis that spread to his whole body made his roar even more shrill.
"Jueyuan Sword" Song Zhongping and "Dingxiang Sword" Jiang Zheng have also rushed into the flames. Although the fire is coming to an end, it is still very fierce. It was still curled up at high temperature, and some places on its body were still burned, giving off a burnt smell.
The life of the "Three Friends of the Sky" has always been superior, and their demeanor has always been outstanding. Except for losing some face on Kunwu Mountain, they have never been so embarrassed.
But this time they were desperate.
But in the ruins, apart from the high temperature, there was only the sound of flames burning the wood, and Mo Yeli was nowhere to be found.
The scorching heat had made "Dingxiang Sword" Jiang Zheng unbearable. He jumped out of the fire and shouted angrily: "Let's get out first, he can't escape anyway."
Everyone readily agreed.
Hundreds of people gathered around the fire site, watching helplessly that the neat and elegant "Duao Mountain Villa" was reduced to ashes in the fire.
With such a big fire and such a tight siege, Mo Yeli really couldn't escape.
If he escapes from the fire, he will not be able to escape the sharp edge of the "Three Friends of the Sky"; if he stays in the fire, he will be burned to death by the fire.
The "Three Friends of the Sky" looked at the fire, stroked their beards and smiled.
The fire finally went out!
The "Three Friends of the Sky" began to count the fire scene, and all the bodies were charred.
"Cloud Piercing Sword" Suo Ranfeng asked: "How many corpses?"
A disciple under his command stepped forward and said, "Eighty."
"Cloud Piercing Sword" Suo Ranfeng's face sank, and after a long time, he said word by word: "Mo Yeli is not dead yet!"
"Jueyuanjian" Song Zhongping nodded and said, "Yes, he is not dead yet."
Under the heavy expressions of the three of them, the Changkong disciples started searching again.
Finally, after an hour, they found a burnt tunnel between the tiles.
"Jueyuanjian" Song Zhongping's expression was as ugly as he wanted, and he said harshly: "I'm afraid he has already escaped from this tunnel."
"Dingxiang Sword" Jiang Zhengdao: "He is Ao Ziqing's brother, and he is also the person in charge of building this villa. It is not surprising that he knows that there is a secret passage here!"
"Piercing Cloud Sword" Suo Ranfeng sighed, and said: "But we have to know. If this matter is not handled well, I'm afraid that Elder Qu will not be able to explain it!"
The Elder Qu they are talking about can only be one person, and that is "Flower Sword" Qu Guihong, one of the four chief elders of Changkong Zhaojian Sect.
"Jueyuanjian" Song Zhongping said: "Chasing, you must chase! Even if you chase him to the ends of the earth, you can't let him escape."
"Piercing Cloud Sword" Suo Ranfeng smiled sinisterly, and said: "Publish a hunting post! The whole martial arts world offers a high reward, and Mo Yeli is wanted. Mo Yeli is so vicious that he even killed his brother's family and our sky!" How can you let him get away with it?"
The "Three Friends of the Sky" laughed wildly.
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Fireworks in March is the most beautiful season in Jiangnan.
Smokey willows hang down the shore, and peach blossoms are like brocade.
Ye Qingxuan left Yangzhou at this time, rejected the kindness of the Longjiang Club, and boarded a passenger ship dedicated to transporting guests alone, sailed upstream, and entered the boundary of Jingzhou within a dozen days.
Nothing happened along the way, the passenger ship reached its destination, Xiangyang City.
Sushang Palace is located in Yelan Mountain, Wuling County, in the south-central part of Jingzhou. As long as you go south along the waterway from Xiangyang City, you will arrive at Sushang Palace in a few days. Thinking that you will meet your sweetheart whom you haven't seen in two years, Ye Qingxuan is as anxious as an arrow.
However, this passenger ship did not leave until Xiangyang. If Ye Qingxuan wanted to go south again, he had to take another ship.
Xiangyang City, a thousand-year-old city, is extremely large in scale, but Ye Qingxuan didn't care to watch it. After hastily booking the boat ticket for tomorrow, he found an inn to stay in. After a simple bath, he found a lively restaurant in the city to eat thing.
It was just after noon at this time, and the dozen or so big tables on the second floor were almost full of people, including passing business travelers and local people, and the most of them were big men with big faces and weapons. They are all characters from the martial arts world.
I ordered the most famous "crispy carp" in Daojiu, cut some stewed meat, ordered some side dishes, and paired with small wine, Ye Qingxuan ate it at his own discretion, while he was free , slapping around.
He didn't pay much attention when he went upstairs, but when Ye Qingxuan looked around, he found that 80% of the martial arts figures here actually looked aggressive, looking around for something.
But a group of people who looked like merchants next to them attracted Ye Qingxuan's special attention.
The person in charge is a middle-aged fat man with no good looks, dressed in a very expensive way, even a little rustic, with a harmless smile on his face, he looks more like a boss than the boss of this restaurant;
And the one sitting next to him is obviously the proprietress, which can be seen from her aura, the concubine or mistress would never dare to be more arrogant than the boss in terms of arrogance. In her early thirties, she exuded the most mature and sexy charm of a woman, and her vigor made every man who met her feel excited.
In fact, at this moment, there are some unknown fighters staring at this sexy beauty with wolf-like eyes. Of course, their eyes are on her alone, and there is another beautiful woman at the same table , but the other party's fair skin and brown hair showed that the other party was not a woman from the Central Plains. This woman has thick lips, high nose, high round cheekbones, tall body but still maintains exquisite and embossed graceful lines, with a unique and strange beauty. Although she is silent, her eyebrows, eyes and body are still indescribably provocative .
Most of the men's eyes in the audience are now turning around these two beauties, and the meaning in their eyes can be guessed with their feet.
And the last two figures on the table, one of them is a fierce man with a beard, a pair of gleaming silver knives across his legs, his eyes are like his blades, sharp and shining, as if at any time To be as desperate as others.
The last person was a middle-aged man with a very long scar on his face, his face was livid, he stared at his feet with an inferiority complexion, he didn't lift his head, and didn't say a word. But Ye Qingxuan knew that at this time his attention was fully extended, as long as someone stepped into his defensive area, he would immediately be hit by his ruthless and devastating blow.
In addition to them, there was obviously a table of martial arts masters in green clothes as their subordinates, occupying the two outer tables, separating these five people from other Jianghu people.
These five people are masters!
When Ye Qingxuan glanced at them, although the five of them did not make any abnormal movements, Ye Qingxuan, who had a superhuman consciousness, felt that all five of them were staring at them at the same time, especially the fat boss who seemed to be the most incompetent. It's scary, even Ye Qingxuan has a bottomless feeling.
Just when he was about to look away, he suddenly saw the fat boss staring at him with a smile on his face, raised his glass lightly, and gestured to himself. Toasted a glass of water and wine.