The clear water is still around, the willows are like smoke, and there are several Wupeng boats floating on the river. The river breeze blows, the black boat sways gently, and the tranquility makes people feel that all worries are boring bubbles in the green water.

Ai Lizheng leaned comfortably on the bow of one of the boats, she had been here for a few days.

In order to avoid the sad expression of the master and the embarrassment when meeting the fourth junior brother, Ai Li packed his bags that night and abandoned the door.

What kind of hero is short of breath and has a long love for children, for her who has not moved her heart for seventeen years, it is better to be free and easy alone. What kind of love and blood, as long as you don't have someone you like, nothing will happen. The master is really worried.

Lazily stretching, Ai Li tore a piece of pastry from the oiled paper bag in her hand and threw it into her mouth, chewing the fragrant and glutinous delicious pastry, she couldn't help but let out a long breath of comfort. Everyone in the world talks about her "flame knife" fiery temper, but no one knows that she actually prefers to have a sweet and sour plum cake alone in no one's place.

Just when she was about to finish eating a bag of plum cakes, there was a sudden sound of a heavy object falling into the water not far away, and then there was an uproar on the shore of the boat: "A monk has dived!" ”

This year, a monk will also commit suicide by diving? Ai Li patted the residue on his hand and turned his eyes curiously.

In the blue waves and green water, a person with a shiny head is floating with the waves, he is really a monk!

Without thinking about it, Ai Li stretched out the oars in the hands of the boat boss, brushed a few strokes and rowed to the monk's side, grabbed him by the collar of his back coat with the boat pulp, and fished him out of the water to the boat.

After the monk was fished up, he lay motionless on the plank. Ai Li flipped him over, only to see that his eyes were closed and his face was blue. Ai Li hurriedly reached out to probe his breathing, but his breathing had stopped. Ai couldn't help but be surprised, and said secretly: It can't be that he is already dead, right? I went to look for the pulsation in his neck, and his pulse was very slow, but it was still there.

Ai Li hurriedly used his internal force, pushed and massaged his chest and abdomen, and after a while, the monk spit out a large mouthful of water "wow", and finally relieved his breath.

Ai Li turned him over and put him on the edge of the boat, and slapped him on the back, helping him vomit all the water out of his belly. After a long while, until the monk stopped spitting water, Ai Li lifted him off the edge of the boat and let him lie flat on the board.

After a while, the monk sighed slightly, shook his long eyelashes, and slowly opened his eyes.

Ai Li crouched in front of him and observed him carefully. This monk is not very old, only sixteen or seventeen years old, and he looks very good-eyed.

The little monk opened his eyes and looked at Ai Li, his eyes were confused.

Ai Li coughed and persuaded: "Hey, it's better to die than to live, what's the reason why you can't think of it, you have to look for death and life?" There are so many delicious food, drinks and fun in the world, have you eaten, drunk and played? If not, you'll die, thanks to that! You are so young, you shouldn't have asked for a wife yet, there are three unfilial pieties, and there is no queen, and you are unfilial if you commit suicide and die. Besides, you've become a monk, what else can't you think of, you have to solve it with death? She wanted to enlighten him, but as soon as she spoke, she felt that something was not quite right, scratched her head and sighed, got up and walked to the other side of the boat and sat down, she really didn't know how to comfort a monk who wanted to die.

The little monk lay on the board of the boat for a while, and slowly sat up straight, his whole body was covered with water, and when the river wind blew, he shivered non-stop. Although it was just the beginning of autumn, the air was already starting to feel a little cold.

Seeing his pitiful appearance, Ai Li asked the boat boss to find him a piece of clothing.

The little monk changed his clothes, walked to Ai Li's side, lowered his head and said to her, "Thank you Bodhisattva for saving your life." He was dressed in the clothes of the boat boss, which was too large, with sleeves and trouser legs rolled up several times, and he was on the thin side, and his clothes looked empty on him.

Ai Li asked, "Why did you commit suicide?" ”

The little monk suddenly had red circles in his eyes, and he whimpered and cried. Ai Li frowned at him, but he didn't feel like he could say anything.

The little monk cried for a while before sobbing and said, "I didn't commit suicide, I was thrown into the water!" ”

Ai Li was surprised: "You mean someone wants to kill you?" ”

The little monk wiped away his tears and nodded.

Ai Li remembered that the little monk seemed to have fallen into the water from a boat just now. She looked around, and the ship was long gone. She asked, "Who wants to kill you?" ”

"Yes......" The little monk choked up as soon as he opened his mouth, and couldn't help but cry out with grief, tears gushing out like a river bursting the embankment.

Ai Li's brows furrowed more and more, and he tried his best to endure it.

The little monk cried for a while before he said, "I don't know who pushed me into the water." As he spoke, tears welled up again.

Ai Li saw that he was crying endlessly, and finally couldn't help but shout: "Don't cry! If you cry again, I'll throw you back into the water!" ”

The little monk trembled in fright, his crying stopped abruptly, and he looked at her in panic with a pair of teary eyes. Ai Li suddenly realized that his eyes looked like some innocent little animal, sighed, got up and took a bag of pastries and stuffed it into his hand.

The little monk was holding the pastry, still looking at her with teary eyes, and the bean-sized tears were rolling in his eyes, but he didn't dare to let it fall.

Ai Li took a handkerchief and wiped away his tears, and said, "Don't cry, eat slowly." As he spoke, he patted his thin shoulder, took a piece of pastry from the bag and stuffed it into his mouth.

The little monk was probably hungry, so he ate a piece and took a piece from the bag to eat. After a few pieces of pastry, I gradually stopped sobbing. Ai Li couldn't help but laugh secretly, she has been a senior sister for many years, and she has a lot of experience in coaxing her younger brother, it seems that the trick of intimidation and food still works the same no matter when!

Al Lira sat down beside him and asked, "What the hell is going on, you tell me slowly." ”

The little monk sobbed and spoke.

It turned out that this little monk's name was Wulian, and he was traveling around with his master Cangshi. The day before yesterday, he came to this city with Cangshi and stayed in the Zhenguo Temple in the south of the city. At night, Cangshi watched the stars at night and found that there was an ominous aura shrouded in Zhenguo Temple. In the morning, he went to visit the abbot, but the little monk guarding the door reasoned that the abbot was busy, so Cangshi had to tell the little monk about the astrological signs he had observed, hoping that he could tell the abbot and ask the abbot to see him in his spare time.

I didn't want to be late that night, two black-clothed masked men broke into the house where Wulian and Cangshi were resting. Wu Lian woke up from her sleep, and before she could call, she felt numb all over her body and lost consciousness.

When he woke up dimly, his body staggered, feeling as if he was in a boat, but his body still couldn't move. Glancing left and right, the master was not around, he wanted to cry but couldn't make a sound. After a while, his body seemed to be able to move a little, but he was suddenly thrown into the water.

As soon as she finished speaking, Wulian began to cry in a low voice again.

After hearing this, Ai Li said angrily: "Don't worry, I swear by the reputation of 'Flame Knife' Ai Li, and I will help you find out about this matter!" ”

Wu Lian stopped crying, raised her head to look at her, and said in surprise: "You are the 'Flame Knife' Ai Li?!" ”

Ai Li smiled slightly and said, "It's like a fake!" ”

Wu Lian stared at her vigorously, and suddenly said, "My master asked me to hand over something to you." ”

Ai Li was surprised: "Your master has something for me?" ”

Wulian nodded solemnly.

Ai said strangely: "Didn't your master be arrested?" ”

Wu Lian flattened her mouth and wanted to cry again, but seeing that Ai Li's face was not good, she quickly put away her tears and said, "My master is not only familiar with the stars but also proficient in divination. The night before, after observing the stars, my master divined a hexagram for me, and calculated that I was in trouble recently, so he gave me something and told me a spell, saying that if I was in danger, let me give this thing to the 'Flame Knife' Ai Li, saying that the 'Flame Knife' Ai Li would definitely help me. He also said that the matter of Zhenguo Temple has a lot to do with the 'Flame Knife' Ai Li. I asked him how he could find the 'Flame Knife' Ai Li, and he said that he would know if he saw it. ”

Ai Li was skeptical, is there really such a powerful person in the world? After thinking about it, she asked again: "If this is the case, then why can't your master count that he will be kidnapped?" ”

Wu Lian looked at her strangely with wide eyes, and said, "Don't you know that divination has always been ineffective for you?" ”

Oh, I think I've heard of it. Ai Li stretched out his hand to him and said, "I am the 'Flame Knife' Ai Li, you can give me things now." ”

Wu Lian shook her head and said, "My master said that this thing must be given to you in a no-man's land." ”

The little monk gave something mysterious, Ai Li couldn't help but feel funny, but seeing his serious face, he didn't seem to be joking. Ai Li looked at the river around him, thought for a while, and led him to the cabin. The boat was originally chartered by her, and there were only two people on board, she and the boat boss. The captain of the ship was propping up the boat in the bow, and the cabin was empty.

"Is it possible here?" Ai Li asked, sitting at the end of the cabin. In order not to let others see it, she also deliberately closed the hatch tightly.

The cabin is small enough to sleep one person. Wu Lian looked around the cabin carefully, and after making sure that no one could see it, she nodded and sat cross-legged across from Ai Li.

He carefully took out a string of Buddhist beads from his bosom, the Buddhist beads were made of agarwood, each with small scriptures engraved on it, and it looked very different.

Ai Li thought that this was what she was going to give her, and was about to reach out to take it, but she saw Wulian holding the Buddha beads, closing her eyes and reciting the scriptures.

Ai Li couldn't help but feel strange, this monk gave herself something and recited scriptures, and she was suddenly aroused.

Wulian kept chanting the scriptures, but she couldn't hear what he was reading. He is already handsome, and the way he closes his eyes and recites the scriptures has a bit of a treasure* feeling.

At first, Ai Li listened with great interest, but he had been reciting a pillar of incense for a long time, and there was no sign of stopping, so Ai Li couldn't help but sigh. Just as he was about to open his mouth to ask him what it was, Wulian suddenly opened her eyes at this moment. There was a fiery and strange light flashing in his eyes, and he was shocked when he saw it. She suddenly realized that the little monk in front of her had a pair of bright and moving eyes that were unforgettable.

Wu Lian stared at Ai Li intently, took out something from her arms and handed it to her.

Ai Li stretched out his hand to take it, and it turned out to be a wax pill the size of a broad bean!

She crushed the wax pill and unfolded it, and a faint aroma came to her nose. The bread inside was actually a paper note, and the yellow rune paper was outlined with a vermilion pen with strange patterns, and the tadpole-like thing on the side seemed to be words.

Ai Li couldn't understand it when he looked horizontally and vertically, so he raised his head and asked, "What is this thing for?" ”

Wu Lian was still chanting words, and only shook her head slightly to indicate that she didn't know.

Ai Li asked again, "What did your master tell you to preach?" ”

"There's a ghost around you!" Wulian whispered in a deep voice, as if reciting a spell.

Ai Li was stunned, and the paper talisman in his hand suddenly turned into a flame and burned!

……

Seventeen years ago, a raging fire burned the entire mansion in General Lee's mansion.

There were constant shouts of killing and wailing from all sides, and arrows kept shooting from outside.

In the deepest room of the mansion, General Li brandished a red long knife to block the flying arrows, and there were already several blood marks on his body: "Nie Jie, you protect the young lady from the secret passage first!" ”

"No, Father, I want to be with you!" Miss Li Xinyue is just a nine-year-old girl, but she has a calm and resolute expression on her face at the moment.

"Don't forget that you are the bloodline of the Li family, and don't forget the ancestral teachings of the Li family at any time!" General Lee shouted, pushing her into the secret passage behind him without saying a word, and threw the long red knife in his hand into her arms.

Li Xinyue still wanted to go back, but she was forced by her personal guard Nie Jie to pull her arm and take her to the depths of the secret passage.

Behind the secret passage, there was a dense sound of swords clashing, and then General Li's roar sounded.

"Let go of me! Nie Jie! Li Xinyue ordered angrily.

"The general's order, I will not let you go if I die!" Nie Jie said hoarsely, lowering his head and pulling her forward.

Li Xinyue was slightly stunned, this was the first time Nie Jie had disobeyed her order. She glanced back at the entrance of the secret passage one last time, gritted her teeth, and ran with him desperately with the red long knife.

Just as they were about to run to the end of the secret passage, several figures swept behind them quickly.

Nie Jie violently threw her out of the secret passage and pulled out the thunderbolt hidden in his arms.

An extremely dull loud bang sounded in the secret passage, and the exit was sealed by huge falling rocks.

"Nie Jie!" Li Xinyue, who fell to the ground, let out a heart-rending cry.

A weak figure struggled to climb the high slope of the distant mountain, looking back at the home where the red lotus was burning like hell, her eyes were red, and there was only a sea of bright red fire and dark red blood in her eyes!

From that moment on, there was no more innocent girl named Li Xinyue in the world, her name was Ai Li, and all her love left her overnight.

After that year, the dynasty was changed, and the strong imperial brother replaced the weak imperial brother, and killed the younger brother as the king.

It was also that year that she was adopted by her master and began to practice knives desperately.

I chop!

The nine-year-old girl slashed at the rock in front of her with a long red knife in her hand.

The rock didn't move, her jaw cracked, and blood flowed from her hands.

I chop!

Ignoring the sharp pain in her hand, she continued to slash at the massive rock.

Her elbow was cracked, and bright red blood flowed.

Her legs and knees were cracked, and bright red blood flowed.

I chop!

I chop!

I'll cut it again!

Joints throughout her body were shattered, and bright red blood flowed.

Countless slashes, countless bloodstreams.

Finally achieved her sword technique - Red Flame Farewell, and she will be killed when she encounters evil!

Since then, there has been an envious and hateful woman in the rivers and lakes, no matter how fierce and brutal the gangster, as long as she is targeted by her Red Flame Farewell Knife, she will be cut into two pieces. Jianghu people say: "Flame Knife" Ai Li!

The flames were about to end, and Ai Li woke up, and it turned out that everything was just a dream in an instant.

As soon as she woke up from a dream, her willow eyebrows were upside down, her phoenix eyes widened, she grabbed Wulian's collar, and shouted, "Who are you?!" ”

Wu Lian was startled, and the whole person shrank back, and said in a trembling voice: "Ai Nuxia, what's wrong with you?" I'm Wulian! When he saw Ai Li staring at him with fire in his eyes, he couldn't help but tremble with fear, and tears suddenly came to his eyes again.

Seeing his appearance, Ai Li slowly let go of his hand, frowned and thought about it, and said, "It seems that if you want to save your master, you can only start with Zhenguo Temple first." ”