Hu Zhen straightened his body and looked around. He realized that the three Yellow Headscarves were nowhere to be seen. He panted and said,""Looks like those three brats aren't that capable. They've only been gone for a while.”Then, he turned to Mu Weizhou and said,"You're good, kid. Why are you so powerful today?" Did you cultivate the Space Element Technique?"
Mu Weizhou looked at him and said," I didn't practice. I looked at it before I went to bed yesterday. I can't even read." However, there was a feeling from looking at the picture. He probably had figured out some methods.”
"Yeah, luckily you saw it last night. Otherwise, you would have been done for today. You even protected me!" Hu Zhen said.
When Hu Zhen said that he would protect him, Mu Weizhou suddenly felt ashamed. This was because he had promised Hu Zhen before he came here. However, he had run away without thinking and did not take this matter to heart at all. If he had met with an accident just now, he would really be sorry.
Seeing that he was silent, Hu Zhen said,""Brat, it's fine, don't think too much. Let's go to the broken temple in front to rest for a while and discuss what to do next. We won't encounter bad things so easily.”
Hearing Hu Zhen's words, Mu Weizhou felt a wave of relief in his heart. He felt that his relationship with this old man had improved a little. He could not help but say,"Master Hu, don't worry. A man keeps his word. I promised to protect you, and I will do it.”
Hu Zhen stood up happily and clapped his hands.""Let's go, kid. I knew I found the right person. To tell you the truth, it's not important whether I protect you or not. I just feel that it's too lonely to come here alone, so I want you to be my companion. Get up and go to the temple to discuss what we should do next.”
If it was in the past, Mu Weizhou would have definitely given Hu Zhen a hard time hearing this. But now, he was very happy to hear Hu Zhen say this.
The two of them wiped their sweat as they walked to the front of the dilapidated temple. They found that it was an ancestral hall dedicated to the Dragon King. It turned out that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, divination was prevalent, and the country was founded on agriculture, so many ancestral halls were built to pray for rain and disaster. At that time, Buddhism had just spread to the Central Plains, and there were not that many temples. The ancestral hall in front of him was indeed very dilapidated. It was obvious that no one had taken care of it for a long time. The door was gone, and the statue of the Dragon King had collapsed, revealing a large hole in the back wall.
Mu Weizhou supported Hu Zhen with his right hand as they walked into the ancestral hall. He felt a cool breeze coming down from above. Mu Weizhou cursed in his heart. He instinctively pushed Hu Zhen forward and rolled inside. With a " pu " sound, a knife slashed at Mu Weizhou's foot and cut off a piece of his clothes. Before Mu Weizhou could figure out what was going on, another knife slashed at him. Mu Weizhou shrunk his neck and rolled sideways, barely dodging the knife.
"Good boy, you have some skills." Someone said.
Everything had happened in the blink of an eye, and Mu Weizhou had no time to think. He was lucky to have been able to dodge these two sneak attacks. If it wasn't for the fact that Hu Zhen had recovered some of his strength, Mu Weizhou would have been beheaded by now. Mu Weizhou stood up with the support of a pillar in the ancestral hall. At this moment, Hu Zhen also leaned towards Mu Weizhou. The two of them looked closely and saw that it was three Yellow Headscarves. It turned out that they had directly cut through the path and hid in the ancestral hall that they had to pass through. When they saw Mu Weizhou and the others walking into the ancestral hall, they had laid in ambush. The two swords just now were launched by Fatty and Half-Head Gao, while the Yin Yang Mirror Face held a knife and stood a little further away.
"You, what are you doing? We don't know each other and have no grudges.”Hu Zhen said.
The Yin-Yang Mirror took two steps forward and said sinisterly,"Oh? No grudges? Do we still need to hold grudges when we do things in the Road of Peace?”
Mu Weizhou was angry when he heard that it was the Road of Peace again. However, seeing that there were three of them and they had weapons, it was not good to use force. He thought of something and said,"What? Are you brothers from the Road of Peace? The flood has really washed away the Dragon King Temple. We are also people of the same path. We're a family, we're a family." Hu Zhen looked at Mu Weizhou, not knowing what he was up to. But he knew that although Mu Weizhou was young, he reacted quickly. He turned to the three of them and nodded,""Yeah, we're a family.”
The three Yellow Headscarves were a little surprised. They looked at each other and saw the Yin Yang Mirror cupping his hands to the sky and saying,"Elder Lord, show your divinity!"
In fact, Mu Weizhou did not know anything about the Road of Peace. If it was during normal times and he had plenty of time, he might have remembered that the three brothers, Zhang Jiao, Zhang Liang, and Zhang Bao, founded the Road of Peace at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and then launched the Yellow Turban Uprising. This was a part of the Three Kingdoms game. However, after the shock just now, he didn't care about that anymore. He said that because he knew that the three Yellow Headscarves were skilled in martial arts. He and Hu Zhen could not defeat them. If they were not careful, they might even lose their lives here. It was an instinctive reaction. Besides, even if he remembered Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang, that was something that happened at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was now the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, so it didn't matter.
When he heard the Yin Yang Mirror say that Lord Lao Zi was showing his divinity, Mu Weizhou thought that his nonsense had worked, so he imitated the Yin Yang Mirror. He cupped his hands to the sky and said,"Lord Lao Zi, show your holiness."”
He didn't expect that he would give himself away with this gesture. It turned out that the " Lord Laojun's divinity " mentioned by the Yin-Yang Mirror was a code word for the Path of Peace. If it was really a disciple of the Path of Peace, they would have answered " the world is at peace " when they heard this sentence. But how would Mu Weizhou know?
Hearing that Mu Weizhou did not answer correctly, Yin Yang Mirror understood that Mu Weizhou was lying to him. He said gloomily,""Good boy, you dare to lie to us. I think you're tired of living.”Then, he gestured to his two companions.”
When Mu Weizhou saw the two men swinging their sabers at him, he and Hu Zhen circled around the thick pillar to avoid them. Mu Weizhou shouted as he ran," We're really from the same gang. We have a secret mission, a secret mission."”"We don't have money! We don't have money!"
With their ruckus, even the dumbest person would know that they were talking nonsense, let alone the Yin-Yang Mirror.
Yin Yang Mirror stood at the side and said fiercely,""If you don't have money, you'll die! How dare you lie to us! Anyway, you've already exposed yourself. You have to die!”
Half-Head Tall and Fatty held their sabers and slashed at Mu Weiwei and the other two. However, because they were surrounding the pillar, many of the sabers hit the pillar.
Just as they were circling around the ancestral hall, they heard the sound of horses galloping from afar and stopped in front of the ancestral hall. After a while, a person walked into the ancestral hall. It was the man with the pockmarked face.
When the three yellow headscarves saw the pockmarked man, they seemed to be a little nervous. They did not bother to attack Mu Weizhou and the others. They leaned together and looked out of the ancestral hall.
Mu Weizhou and Hu Zhen hurriedly ran to the side of the pockmarked man. Mu Weizhou seemed to have seen his savior and said to him,"Big brother, help! Are these three Yellow Headscarves the people you're looking for? They want to kill us."
"Yes, after we discovered them, we followed them.”Hu Zhen added.
The freckled man glanced at them and said,""Stand aside." Then he placed his sword across his chest and said to the three Yellow Headscarves,""He Jingzi, you guys killed and robbed people in Guangling. Do you think you can escape?”
After hearing this, Yin Yang Mirror laughed sinisterly,""Surnamed Liu, when you guys were together, we might still be afraid of you. Today, you're alone. Do you think we're still afraid?”
The hemp-skinned man said calmly,"My brothers will be here soon. My horse is just a little fast. Besides, with just the few of you, Sir System might be able to take care of you.”Although the pockmarked man said so, he was a little anxious. He knew that even though He Jingzi was not a powerful person, he was still quite famous in the martial world. If he were to deal with him alone, he might be able to fight to a draw. However, if the three of them were to attack together, he was afraid that it would be a disaster.
At this moment, Mu Weizhou and Hu Zhen walked up and stood on either side of the pockmarked man, saying,""Yes, there's still us!" Each of them was holding a wooden stick that they had found somewhere.
He Jingzi knew that he had to end the battle quickly. He instructed his two companions,"You guys deal with the other two. I'll deal with the one surnamed Liu.”Then, he suddenly raised his head towards the entrance of the ancestral hall and said, Chancellor Zhang, you're here too!"
With his greeting, the pockmarked man and Hu Zhen could not help but look towards the door. At this moment, Yin Yang Mirror raised his hand and threw three hidden weapons at the three of them. He called out to his companions,"Attack together!"
It was too late to say. Ever since Mu Weizhou stood with the pockmarked man, he had been paying attention to He Jingjing. When he was very young, his Taekwondo coach had told him that once he was faced with an enemy, he should not be distracted. Mu Weizhou saw He Jingzi shoot out a hidden weapon, so he immediately turned around and jumped up, dodging the one that was aimed at him. He turned his body sideways and stood in front of the pockmarked man. He hugged his shoulder and rolled. Even so, a piece of metal struck his back. When he wanted to push Hu Zhen again, it was already too late. Another hidden weapon hit Hu Zhen's chest.
Just as the three Yellow Headscarves were about to step forward to give the three of them a final blow, they heard the faint sound of horse hooves coming from outside the ancestral hall. It turned out that the freckled man's brothers had arrived.
He Jingzi and the others could not be bothered with the last hit and quickly fled to the hole in the wall behind the ancestral hall. He Jingzi even slashed at the pillar of the ancestral hall. Because it had been in disrepair for a long time, and when Mu Weizhou and the others were walking around the pillar just now, they were slashed by the other two Yellow Headscarves. The pillar was broken by He Jingzi's slash. Half of the roof of the ancestral hall fell down, raising a lot of dust. Taking advantage of this time, He Jingzi and the others ran far away and disappeared into the forest.
After a while, two people crawled up from the ruins. Both of them were covered in dust. They coughed as they walked towards the door and checked if they were injured. The brothers of the freckled man had also arrived at the entrance of the ancestral hall. Seeing the disheveled appearance of the freckled man, they hurriedly called out,"Little…little brother, what happened? How did you end up like this?"
"It's fine, Third Brother. I met He Jingzi and the others in the ancestral hall just now and fell into his trap.”The freckled man patted the dirt off his body with one hand and pointed at Mu Weizhou with the other." He saved me!"”。
"Hu Zhen! Aiya, where's Hu Zhen?" Mu Weizhou shouted and turned around to walk towards the ruins.
The few of them hurriedly pulled away the rubble, firewood, and wood and found Hu Zhen lying there. His beard was covered in blood, and he was vomiting non-stop. There was a hidden weapon in the shape of an eight-trigram embedded in his chest, and below his abdomen was a roof beam. It was obvious that he would not survive.
Mu Weizhou panicked. Although he had not known Hu Zhen for a long time, he had experienced many things and had long regarded him as his good friend. Now that he saw Hu Zhen like this, how could he not be anxious?! As he cried, he wanted to move the beam away. At this time, he heard the "big brother" say,"Don't move. If you move, you'll die." That Eight Trigrams Dart is poisonous, don't touch it."
Mu Weizhou stopped and knelt there, crying loudly. He said to the others,"Hurry up and help him!”
The big brother walked forward and stretched out his hand to check Hu Zhen's pulse. He whispered to Mu Weizhou,""Little brother, I'm afraid this Elder Brother Hu won't be able to make it. If you have anything to say, hurry up and tell him.”After saying that, he gestured for the few people behind him to walk out of the ancestral hall. The freckled man glanced at them but did not leave.
Mu Weizhou grabbed Hu Zhen's hand and cried,""Hu Zhen, Liar Hu, Master Hu, you can't die. What will I do if you die?”
Hu Zhen said to Mu Weizhou,"Kid, don't be sad. It's fine." I'll be leaving first. If you want to go back now, you can only…only…think…" He didn't even catch his breath and was actually dead. His other hand was still trying to make a four-handed pose.
Seeing this scene, Mu Weizhou couldn't help but burst into tears. For a moment, the scene of him spending the past two days with Hu Zhen flashed past his mind. Hu Zhen's frank and serious look only added to his sadness. In his heart, he regretted that he had been wronged for the past two days and blamed himself for not saving him just now, even though he knew that he could not have saved Hu Zhen through the pockmarked man. When the pockmarked man saw this scene, his eyes couldn't help but redden as tears flowed down his face.
The freckled man stood up and walked out of the ancestral hall to his brothers. "Big brother, now we can confirm that He Jingzi and the others are running towards Wu Cheng. How about this, you guys go after them first, I'll stay behind and help him bury that old man, then I'll go after you guys?”
"How can that be? Didn't an old man die? "It's nothing impressive. Why would I need you to stay…" Third Brother continued.
"Third Brother!" "He's already dead, why are you still saying that?" The freckled man interrupted him. Besides, if it wasn't for that little brother who risked his life to save me, I'm afraid I'd be like that old man now.”After saying that, tears actually fell.
"Ah, let's not talk about it, let's not talk about it. Third brother was wrong, third brother was wrong.”Third Brother said.
When the big brother saw this situation, he pondered for a moment and said,"Alright, you can stay and help that little brother. I don't think that little brother is an evil person. We are in need of people. After the matter is over, it's good to bring him to Guangling. However, your third brother is worried that you will be in danger alone.”
"Don't worry big brother, it's only a few days 'journey from here to Guangling. There will be more people after Taihu Lake.”the freckled man said.
"Alright, I can't do anything to you." The eldest brother said," It's almost the New Year. There are many things at home. You have to remember to come back as soon as possible. Going to the capital next year is also a big event. We have to discuss what to do.”
"Yes, I will. Big Brother, don't worry!”the freckled man said.
Everyone mounted their horses and headed towards Wu Cheng. "Third Brother, be careful on the road!"”
The third brother smiled and turned around to greet him." You're the one who has to be careful. Remember what big brother said. Come back quickly."”As they spoke, the few of them left in dust.
The pockmarked man turned around and returned to the ancestral hall. He saw Mu Weizhou still sitting in front of Hu Zhen, crying sadly. He did not say anything and just stood quietly at the side.
The reason why Mu Weizhou was so sad was that his good friend, who was still alive this morning, had now turned into a cold corpse. He could not accept this sudden change. In addition, Hu Zhen's death had left him alone in this inexplicable place. The uneasiness in his heart made him afraid. Also, in the past two years, she had been living independently and had encountered all kinds of things. On the one hand, she felt that she was an adult and had to deal with many things on her own. She did not want to tell her parents and relatives. On the other hand, most of the people she interacted with were fake and could not communicate in depth, so many things were suppressed in her heart. Sometimes, when he felt stressed, he would play games, read books, or exercise to relieve it, but it did not release his inner heart. Hu Zhen's straightforward and kind personality made him feel relaxed. However, this kind of relaxation had just been taken away by reality. Naturally, he was even sadder. As she thought about it, she couldn't help but cry again.
The man with the pockmarked face saw that he was crying again and advised him,"Brother, a dead person can't be brought back to life.”Before this, he had thought that Mu Weizhou and Hu Zhen were grandfather and grandson or some kind of close relative. However, when he heard Mu Weizhou crying and muttering, he realized that the two were friends. In his opinion, Mu Weizhou was so sad for his friend, so he must be a person who valued friendship and righteousness. This made him have a better impression of Mu Weizhou. However, he didn't know that although Mu Wei and Zhou Zhong's friendship was not bad, there were many other reasons behind it.
Mu Weizhou sat there on his knees, sobbing without replying. The sky was getting darker and it looked like it was going to snow soon. The cold wind blew in from the four walls of the broken ancestral hall. After the time it took to brew a cup of tea, Mu Weizhou stood up and moved his numb legs. He cupped his fists at the freckled man and said,"Big brother, I've implicated you. I want to bury my friend. Can you help me?”The freckled man nodded.
The two of them first removed the things on Hu Zhen's body and carried it to the entrance of the ancestral hall. Then, Mu Weizhou found a wooden stick and dug a hole in the open space in front of the ancestral hall. Although it was located in Jiangnan, the soil was very hard in winter. There were no suitable tools, so it was very laborious to dig. However, Mu Weizhou thought that no matter how difficult it was to dig, he had to dig it up. He had to let Hu Zhen rest in peace and not let his corpse be exposed to the wilderness. The man with the pockmarked face called out to Mu Weizhou,"Brother, let's bury your friend here.”
Mu Weizhou raised his head and saw the freckled man standing under a tree on the opposite side of the road. He greeted Mu Weizhou. It turned out that when the freckled man saw that Mu Weizhou was going to use a wooden stick to dig a grave for the corpse, he began to search around the ancestral hall. Then, he found a big pit about 5 feet long and 2 feet wide under the tree.
Mu Weizhou thanked the freckled man and carried Hu Zhen's body from the ancestral hall with him. Just as he was about to be buried in the pit, something rolled out of Hu Zhen's arms. Mu Weizhou put down the body and picked it up. He couldn't help but feel a little happy. It turned out to be two glasses, but when he took a closer look, he secretly complained. The glasses had long been smashed by the roof beam and had completely lost its shape.
When the freckled man saw him fiddling with such a strange thing, he wanted to ask what was going on, but when he saw Mu Weizhou's uncertain expression, he stopped talking.
Mu Weizhou sighed when he saw that there was no longer any hope of returning. He put his glasses back into Hu Zhen's arms and felt that there was nothing else on Hu Zhen's body. Then, he tidied up his face and buried him. Then, he borrowed the pockmarked man's sword and carved the words " Brother Hu Zhen's Tomb " on the tree.
At this moment, the wind was getting stronger and stronger. The snowflakes hit people's faces, causing them to feel a little cold. There was also a faint thunder in the sky.
"Winter Thunder Zhen Zhen, Winter Thunder Zhen Zhen," Mu Weizhou muttered. Suddenly, he raised his head as if he was facing Hu Zhen's tomb, but also as if he was facing the sky."The wind dances for you, and I, Hu Zhen, am red. Heaven also has tears, why torture a good man? You rose up for me and went to Kunlun together. The soul of a hero returns to his hometown. Why abandon a person? How can I abandon one person?" After reading it, tears began to flow again.
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