Many people know that behind the "Baolian Sect" is the Demon Dao, and although the Demon Dao is secret, it has always been the most terrifying force in the rivers and lakes.

Not all Baidao sects are willing to become vassals of others, there are those who submit, and there are also those who resist, but their resistance is just a mantis arm blocking the car in the face of the strength of the Demon Dao. After capturing the forty-three rudders of the "Evil Dog Gate", the "Baolian Sect" went to Pihe, and those sects that refused to submit were either defeated and fled, or they were wiped out.

Compared with the chaos and slaughter in the Central Plains, Beijing City is much calmer, whether it is the Righteous Army or the "Baolian Sect", it is not enough to threaten the Jingshi for the time being.

On this day, two horses came to the front of Babao Mountain outside the western suburbs.

Riding on the red horse is a big man in brocade with a great figure, with a Chinese face, short beard, a face like bronze, the image is very mighty, and on the back of a white horse, it is a beautiful girl wearing a green skirt and about ten years old. The two men did not carry swords with them, but they both had deerskin bags around their waists.

Both of them are well-known figures, Tang Zilan, the deputy master of the "Shuzhong Tang Sect", and Tang Lianhua, who is known as a secret genius who has not been encountered in a hundred years, and the strongest of the three generations of disciples of the "Tang Sect".

Babao Mountain is not far from the capital, it is a thirty or forty zhang high earth and stone mountain, the surrounding of the hill is very flat, the green trees are shady, and the scenery is very good. On the hillside, there is a "Baozhong Huguo Temple", which was built in the Yongle period, and the temple is dedicated to the founder of the Ming Dynasty, Gang Bing.

This temple is not big, behind the mountain gate of blue bricks and gray tiles, there is only a large hall and a Zen courtyard with five or six entrances before and after.

Tang Zilan and the others galloped close to the mountain, and found that within a hundred zhang of the hillside, all the grass and trees had been cut down, and the ground was bare, leaving only a few stumps of trees a few feet high.

This is a common means of defense, and without trees as cover, it is not so easy for the enemy to sneak up and surprise him. Seeing this, Tang Zilan was a lot more relieved, thinking that the news he got should be correct, that person must be in this Baozhong Huguo Temple.

The person Tang Zilan was thinking of in his heart was Hua Bushi. Forty-three rudders were attacked at the same time, the owner of the door Hua Tianxiong also died in the hands of the lifeless old devil, and now the "evil dog gate" has been hit hard, and there is no power to fight back, it is said that even the three most important foundations of Wuyang, Changsha and Kaifeng have all been abandoned.

The "Evil Dog Gate", which once spread all over the Seven Realms and became famous in the rivers and lakes, has become a lost dog in this month.

The two horsemen were still fifty or sixty zhang away from the mountain gate of Huguo Temple, and they heard someone shouting in front of them: "Stop! Who are you!"

Although it was impossible to see where the person shouting was, it was clear that a lookout had already been set up in the temple on the hillside to monitor the situation below.

Tang Zilan grabbed the reins and said loudly: "Down is the 'Shuzhong Tang Gate' Tang Zilan, I have come to visit the old man, please go and inform Young Master Hua!"

There was no movement on the slope, and it was apparently the guards who had gone in to report the news. Tang Zilan and Tang Lianhua were not in a hurry, they stopped their horses and waited at the bottom of the slope.

After a while, I only heard the two mountain gates "squeak" apart, and a sturdy young man walked out of it, and said to Tang Zilan and the others: "Deputy Master Tang, Miss Tang, please get off the mountain and take the stone path in the middle, don't set foot outside the path." ”

This young man is Zhu Hong, Tang Zilan had also seen it on Wanyi Island back then, and said at the moment: "It turned out to be Brother Zhu, thank you for your advice!"

The other party specially instructed to go up the mountain along the stone path, apparently a trap was placed outside the stone path, and it seemed that the young master of the vicious dog was really cautious. Tang Zilan was secretly worried, but he also knew in his heart that with the current sinister situation of the "Evil Dog Gate", it was natural to be vigilant.

He jumped off the horse as he was told and strode up the mountain along the stone path, while Tang Lianhua followed behind him with light steps, and in a blink of an eye he came to the mountain gate.

Zhu Honghu looked straight at the two of them, looked at the two of them a few times, and said with his fists clenched: "Deputy Master Tang has been absent for a long time, please come with me, the master is waiting at the back of the temple." ”

Tang Zilan said: "There are Brother Lao Zhu leading the way." ”

After entering the mountain gate, it is the front yard and the main hall of the Buddha. There was not a single monk in the courtyard, and the monks who wanted to come to this Huguo Temple had already been sent away. I saw that there were "evil dog" disciples with swords everywhere in the temple, and a wooden platform was erected on the inside of the temple wall, and many musketeers patrolled and guarded it.

The clay statue of the protector general Gang Bing, which was originally enshrined in the main hall, has long been dismantled to where it has been, and the hall is stacked with weapons, grain and various baggage, which has obviously been used as a warehouse by the "evil dog gate".

Although Tang Zilan had expected it, he was still a little surprised that this temple was so heavily guarded, even more than a fortress.

Zhu Hong led the two through the main hall in the front yard and walked towards the back of the temple.

Unlike Tang Zilan, Tang Lianhua didn't seem to care about the guards here, but chased after Zhu Hong and asked, "I heard that the head of Hua's family was unfortunately attacked and died that day, and Young Master Hua was angry and fell seriously ill, is this true?"

Zhu Hong did not answer, which was regarded as a tacit acquiescence.

Tang Lianhua said again: "How is Young Master Hua's health now, is he already well?"

Zhu Hong said with a calm face: "How is the family teacher now, you will know when you see it, why do you need to ask more." ”

At the Lingxiao Sword Meeting, Tang Lianhua and Hua Bushi also had a relationship, and at this time, they asked questions, just to express concern, but they didn't expect Zhu Hong to put on such a face, and she pouted at the moment. Tang Zilan saw it in his eyes, but he thought in his heart that the "evil dog boy" was probably not very good, otherwise when asked about this, his apprentice's attitude would definitely not be so blunt.

The three of them walked through the temple, exited through the back door, and walked up the stone steps for a while to the top of Babao Mountain.

The top of the empty hill was very flat, and more than a dozen Thunderbolt Camp disciples armed with muskets were guarding in all directions, but they were all standing in the distance. There is a new tomb in the middle of the flat ground, and a line of words is engraved vertically on the bluestone tablet in front of the tomb: "The tomb of Hua Gong Tianxiong, the master of the evil dog gate".

Next to the stele, a man dressed in white like snow stood with his hands behind his back to face the wind, it was Hua Bushi.

As soon as he saw Hua Bushi's face, Tang Zilan immediately realized that he must have thought wrong before. Although the body of the person in front of him was still weak, and he seemed to be thinner than when he had seen it before, his eyes were bright and bright, and he was by no means the appearance of a seriously ill person.

Tang Zilu even sensed that the other party's body was exuding a sharp and murderous aura, as if it was an unsheathed sword, giving people a sense of danger.

This kind of edge was originally only possessed by top martial artists, and only a master like Tang Zilan could sense it, and it was a bit unusual to appear in front of this great young master who didn't know martial arts at all.

Sometimes, the determination of the state of mind can change more than the strength of martial arts.

Tang Lianhua saw Hua Bushi, and her pretty face showed joy, and said: "It turns out that Hua Gongzi is really fine, which makes Lianhua worry for a long time!"

When she spoke, she had already stepped forward and was about to grab the arm of the eldest young master, but Hua Bushi raised his hand and clenched his fists, and his tone was indifferent: "Deputy Master Tang is invited, and Miss Pihua is invited!"

Tang Lianhua stretched out her hand to save the air, so she had to stand aside, and Tang Zilan returned the salute and said, "I heard that the head of Hua died unfortunately, Tang was deeply saddened, but he didn't have time to go to the mourning hall to offer condolences, I'm really sorry." ”

Hua Bushi said: "The ancestor was killed by the demon enemy, and the funeral was very urgent on the same day, and there was no mourning hall. ”

Tang Zilan said: "Hua Zhangmen is a hero in the world, Tang Zilin has admired it for a long time, and since we are here today, we should also burn incense in front of the tomb to pay respect." ”

Hua Tianxiong was born in the underworld, and he killed people like hemp in his early years, and there were many people on the rivers and lakes who were afraid of him, and there were few people who really respected him. But hearing Tang Zilan's words, Hua Bushi didn't say much, and only ordered: "Come on, bring the incense and candles." ”

The incense candles and paper money were brought up, Tang Zilan and Tang Lianhua knelt in front of the grave to worship incense, burned paper money, and Hua Bushi also knelt aside, thanking him with filial piety.

After some memorial service, the three of them stood up.

Tang Zilan coughed lightly and said, "On that day, the niece of Lianhua in the Lingxiao Pavilion agreed with Young Master Hua that Tang was going to discuss a cooperation matter with your sect, but because of some trivial matters in the sect, he didn't come to visit until today. ”

Hua Bushi said: "The current 'Evil Dog Gate' is no longer comparable to that day, the rudder of each realm has been lost, and the disciples under the door are hiding in this Huguo Temple, just to save their lives, I am afraid that they will no longer be able to cooperate with the 'Shuzhong Tang Gate'." ”

Tang Zilan's eyes were like electricity, he looked at Hua Bushi, and said: "Maybe most people in the rivers and lakes will think that the 'Evil Dog Gate' has been hit hard and has collapsed, but Tang doesn't think so, especially after seeing Young Master Hua today, I believe that my judgment is not wrong." The 'Evil Dog Gate' is now showing weakness to the 'Baolian Sect', but it just wants to wait for a better opportunity to fight back. ”

Hua Bushi said lightly: "No matter what Deputy Head Tang thinks, with the current situation of this sect, I really don't want to get involved in other things, I'm afraid that I will disappoint Deputy Head Tang." ”

Tang Zilan was not surprised by Hua Bushi's response, and only said in a deep voice: "Doesn't Young Master Hua want to find the lifeless old demon and avenge Ling Zun?"

Hearing this, Hua Bushi's expression suddenly moved, and he said, "Could it be that the deputy sect master of Tang knows where the old nest of the demon path is?"

Tang Zilan didn't guess wrong. Although the "Evil Dog Gate" has lost all its rudders, and even the chief rudder in Wuyang City has been abandoned, except for those disciples who were killed by the surprise attack at the beginning, most of the manpower has been preserved.