Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Old Demon of Nanshan
After Chen Changqing left, dense fine sweat oozed from Li Congjia's pale cheeks, and he wanted to immediately turn around and leave with Chen Changqing. Only he knew that even if he left with Chen Changqing, he would be more dangerous, and the person in the dark was waiting for him to throw himself into the net at the moment.
The four of them and one dog returned to the wine shop, but the wine shop was once again without an owner. After all, the woman and the boy were not the original owners of this wine shop, but I am afraid that the original owners of this wine shop would have been killed by them long ago. The other party is waiting here, waiting for their arrival, waiting for their self-defeat.
"Dugu senior, may I ask where this Shura boy's master is sacred, and how can he make his predecessors so jealous." , They sat together in the lobby of the wine shop, still sitting in the same position where they were originally sitting, Ye Yinfeng was very curious to inquire about the old man Dugu. The reason why he asked like this was that he felt that from the words that the old man had just spoken, there was a deep look of jealousy in the old man's eyes, and at the same time, Li Xiaoyao also had such a look.
"That Shura Tong's master is a real old demon-level figure, and the people on the rivers and lakes are called 'Nanshan Old Demon', and no one knows his original name. It is said that the appearance of a slender scribe dressed as a man of good and evil, acting only according to personal preferences. Whether it is a decent person or an evil person, just provoking him, that is a place to go down, you can't survive, you can't die. As long as it is a disciple of his disciples, no matter who it is, no matter who is right or wrong, as long as his disciples suffer such a small loss, then this person will definitely not ask about the innocent, and will not stop if he does not catch the other party and kill him. At present, there are countless people of any sect who have died in his hands, some of them have provoked his disciples, and some of them have provoked him himself. ”
Li Xiaoyao answered Ye Yinfeng's question for the lonely old man, and there was endless depression in his solemn tone.
"So how many apprentices does he have, and will anyone use his name to cause trouble in the rivers and lakes?" Ye Yinfeng raised another question.
Li Xiaoyao chuckled and replied, "No one knows how many disciples he has, but as long as someone uses his name to cause trouble, then no one will end well, and almost no one will act in his name." It is no secret that this Shura boy is indeed his disciple in his way of acting, and the people of the rivers and lakes have known about this matter for a long time. It's just that this Shura boy died because of us, and presumably the old demon of Nanshan will never let us go. ”
Ye Yinfeng's heart trembled fiercely, he didn't expect that he had just gotten rid of a little monster, but he didn't know that there was an old monster behind that little monster, and his methods were fierce and vicious. This can't help but make him a little worried, after all, he still has a lot of unfulfilled wishes. The blood revenge of the destruction of the door has not been avenged, and the assassin Tianmeng and the mastermind behind him have not been found, and now an old monster-level figure has been added.
The old man Dugu fell into contemplation on the side, and suddenly his eyes flashed and he said lightly: "The old man will deal with this matter, and it will take a while for the old monster to find out that it is us, as long as we arrive in Jinling City, we will not be afraid of that monster." ”
After hearing this, Ye Yinfeng's heart was suddenly relieved, this is not the time to dwell on this matter, they still have a lot of things to do. Ye Yinfeng asked Li Xiaoyao about going to the Dragon King Temple with the man.
Who knew that the fat Taoist priest's face changed, a blush appeared on his fat face, and a nameless anger suddenly rose from his chest. He replied viciously, "The thief ran to the river, and plunged headlong into the river, so that I could only stare blindly by the river." ”
It turned out that Li Xiaoyao followed the man to the Dragon King Temple, although he knew that the man had taken him around, and after a long time, he took him to the riverside. The man himself plunged headlong into the Yangtze River, and suddenly disappeared under the waves of the flowing river. Li Xiaoyao has been afraid of water since he was a child, although he has deep internal strength, he is a veritable landlubber. I could only stand in the eyes of the river and watch the man drift in the river, and disappeared into the river in a moment.
Presumably, that man is also a small character invited by the Shura boy, but the purpose is to lure Li Xiaoyao away. When the goal is achieved, he jumps into the river and flees.
And after the old man Dugu listened to the fat Taoist priest's narration, he also blushed, because the situation he encountered when he met the other party was the same. The person who pretended to be a little guy had first-class skills, but the old man was still a foot or two behind when he tried his best to catch up. When he exerted his strength again, he didn't expect the man to run all the way to Poyang Lake, plunged into the Poyang Lake without hesitation, and then fled.
"How do they know that my uncle and Uncle Dugu don't know water?" The little fat man Li Congjia rarely opened the golden mouth at this time, and since the woman was demoralized, he has been silent, looking restless. At this time, he immediately grasped the important part of this doubt.
As soon as he finished speaking, his face immediately changed again, unless someone they knew about it well. And the people who were familiar with them except in that Jinling City, he really couldn't think of anyone else who knew all this. Either it was obvious that this Shura boy was really going to kill himself, and for some reason he also received the task of assassinating Ye Yinfeng, so he killed the two of them together by the way.
Then the person who is familiar with his uncle and the domestic servant Dugu must be the person behind the scenes, and when he thinks of this, that person should be ready to come out. Li Congjia had an angry look on his face, he really couldn't figure out if that person really hated him so much, was that position really so important, he had already said that he didn't have any peep at that position. But the man still refused to let himself go, thinking of all this, the little fat man scratched his head in pain, and his helpless expression lasted for a long time.
At this time, he felt a pair of warm hands on his shoulders, and he didn't have to guess that he knew that it was his thirteenth uncle Li Xiaoyao.
"Okay, little Liuzi, it's okay, it's not entirely wrong for that person to do this, you were all born in the emperor's family, and this kind of fight between princes is normal. Aren't you okay now, don't worry, we will protect you well and send you to the palace safely. ”
The fat Taoist comforted the little fat man, and he couldn't help but spit out some true qi from the fat hand, so as to calm the other party's disordered state of mind. I don't know if it was his comfort that played a role, or if the internal force he output played a role. The little fat man Li Congjia's mood was obviously better, and he no longer had the hesitant and flustered look just now.
"Does the Dragon King Temple really exist, and does the person who stole wine and dogs really exist in this village?" Ye Yinfeng raised another question.
"This person is sure to exist in this village, and after the old man chased the person who pretended to be a small servant, he met several villagers who were really from this village on the way, and asked them about it. There is indeed a strange person in this village who steals alcohol and dogs, but they don't hide it now. ”
The old man replied in a very affirmative tone.
After Li Xiaoyao saw that the little fat man was no longer in trouble, he rolled his small eyes, pondered for a while and said, "I've been thinking that the Shura boy should have a mission in addition to assassinating the little sixth son and his junior brother. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gotten involved with the yellow dog of our junior brother as soon as we first came here, and he would have wanted to use that yellow dog to lure out the drunken dog thief. Whether or not it was intended to be detrimental to the strange man is unknown. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he looked at the yellow dog lying beside Ye Yinfeng again.
The yellow dog seemed to sense that Li Xiaoyao was talking about it, raised its cloudy dog eyes, and spit out a long crimson tongue from its mouth, as if to greet Li Xiaoyao. This kind of posture made Li Xiaoyao tremble, and he quickly turned his gaze away, and at the same time secretly scolded in his heart: "The guy who eats inside and outside."
The yellow dog didn't seem to know that the other party was scolding itself, and it stuck out its tongue more cheerfully, as if it was still reminiscing about the delicious taste of the fat Taoist priest's chicken legs.
"Yes, the old yellow dog never lets strangers approach, but this Shura boy doesn't know how to get along with it, and this morning the old yellow dog was obviously anesthetized by the Shura boy, otherwise it wouldn't sleep so dead. It's just that I don't know why he brought out that strange man, and who that strange man is, which is very puzzling. Ye Yinfeng said his opinion, and he was also confused.
"It's simple, as long as you find that weirdo, everything will be solved, the merchant ship will set sail tomorrow, and we still have one day today."
The fat Taoist priest suggested that he felt that this strange person should have some inexplicable connection with him or with Ye Yinfeng. Faintly, he felt that he should know the identity of this strange man, and as long as he found him, all the truth would be revealed.
Ye Yinfeng also had such a faint feeling in his heart, he looked at Li Xiaoyao and found that the other party was also looking at him. They both understood what each other's eyes were trying to express, and nodded their heads in tacit agreement.
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A group of four men and a dog came out of the liquor shop under the towering tree, and they walked up the muddy path to the center of the village.
It was almost noon, and the sky was no longer so gloomy, and the dark clouds in the sky seemed to be pouring towards the sky. There was only a thin layer of cumulus clouds that were not too dark above the village, and God seemed to feel that it had been too much oppression for this land, and it finally had the kind heart to drive away the dark clouds in that side of the sky.
Four people and a dog walked on the muddy path, looking around from time to time. The village was still quiet, with only the occasional few villagers walking through the desolate land with bamboo farming tools on their backs, perhaps hoping to find some wild vegetables to feed on in the fields after the snow.
The villagers looked at the four people curiously from time to time, two chubby teenagers, one of whom was wearing a Taoist robe, and seemed to be a Taoist leader. Don't be a fat man wearing a gorgeous brocade robe, he should be the son of a big family in the Mo family. The fat boy brother is followed by an old man in cloth, who should be the servant of the fat boy's family. The last one was a young man with a sword in a blue shirt, maybe maybe the son of a family, and the young man was followed by an old yellow dog.
When they saw these four people and one dog, the villagers were surprised, and this village was not without outsiders. It's just that this strange combination makes them feel weird. In particular, they were followed by a yellow dog, didn't they know that there were thieves in this village who stole wine and dogs? The dogs of every household in this village, young and old, were stolen by the thief who had been stabbed with a thousand knives, and now the village was lifeless.
These four people were Li Xiaoyao and the others, and they came out of the wine shop and planned to go to the village to find a few local villagers to ask the specific location of the Dragon King Temple. In order to find the strange man, they decided to go to the Dragon King's temple and see if they could find any clues.
There happened to be villagers passing by on this muddy path, so the fat Taoist priest Li Xiaoyao called him a Taoist boy who asked for directions. Because he was dressed as a Taoist priest and was really more popular with the villagers, it was most appropriate for him to ask for directions.
Taoism was popular in the Southern Tang Dynasty for a while, and this place is not too far from the Taoist holy land Sanqing Mountain. And there is the Qingxu Temple at the foot of the Lu Mountain, which is famous within the jurisdiction of Dehua Prefecture. Therefore, the Taoist priest is still very good at eating here, and the villagers also respect the Taoist priest.
Li Xiaoyao stepped forward to ask for directions, and the villagers were very happy to answer the fat Taoist, and the villagers were very enthusiastic to invite them to their homes for lunch.
The fat Taoist priest didn't expect that he was so popular in this small village, he knew that he was so popular, he should have dressed himself up better in the first place. Otherwise, it would be good to take a small banner in your hand and pretend to be a god stick that cheats to eat and drink.
The villagers happily replied to the fat Taoist priest, and pointed in the general direction very clearly. Which path is closer to you, which road is easier to walk from, how many people have to turn when you go, etc., are all very detailed. The fat Taoist priest couldn't help but be embarrassed, he didn't expect the villagers to be so simple. So he agreed to an invitation from a villager to go to his house for lunch. The other villagers were visibly disappointed, because the young Taoist did not agree to go to their house for dinner.
Those villagers left first, and they could go back to the village to brag with the other villagers, so that they still talked to the Taoist chief, and the Taoist chief personally asked him for directions, and they felt that it was more honorable to talk to a Taoist priest than to talk to the emperor of the Southern Tang Kingdom.