When Xu Zhutao woke up, his head was groggy. His lips were very dry, as if they were cracked. He tried to open his eyes for a long time. He tried to blink and turn his eyes, but he could only see the white gauze curtain on the top of the bed. He tried to move his head left and right.
Suddenly, she heard a familiar voice crying,""You're awake! You're finally awake. I was so worried.”It was Zhao Yumei's voice.
He opened his mouth but couldn't speak. After trying a few more times, he finally managed to make a hoarse voice."That's…that's great. Martial Uncle, I want to drink some water.”
Soon, water poured into his mouth. He licked his lips and said,"Martial Uncle, how long have I been unconscious?”
"It wasn't that long, just three days." Zhao Yu frowned. I was so anxious."
Xu Zhutao tried to sit up. He had just raised his head halfway when a sharp pain came from his chest and abdomen. What a severe internal injury.
"Is Gong Ao dead?" Xu Zhutao asked again.”
"His neck was cut in half. Do you think he'll die?" Zhao Yu asked. You bastard, don't mess around like this in the future. If you circulate your cultivation to protect yourself, you might not be injured.”
Xu Zhutao said," That's the chance to kill him. I just finished changing my breath and his fist is already here. That's the only move I can think of. I promise you that I won't take such a risk again. I don't want to see you sad." What about Sunset Horse Farm? How many casualties?”
"Not much," Zhao Yu said."At least you still have some conscience." Rest well. I'll tell everyone that you're awake and get you some supplements.”
When everyone knew that Xu Zhutao had woken up, they all came to visit him. Xu Zhutao lay in bed for another two days. During this time, Su Qianxue came the most frequently, visiting him several times a day. She was very concerned about his well-being. When she thought about the fact that she was the cause of the enemy's invasion, she felt a sense of guilt for Xu Zhutao's injury. Feng Gaoliang, Feng Shuyang, and Feng Shuxin also came to visit a few times. After another two days, he could finally walk.
For the past few nights, Zhao Yumei had been taking care of him. Two days ago, he could move his hands again, which made him even happier. The two of them were entangled, but they still kept their bottom line.
After he could walk again, he stayed for another seven days. During these seven days, Feng Shuyang pestered him to give him pointers on martial arts. Feng Gaoliang and Feng Shuxin also followed suit. These three kids seemed to have their own faction in the Feng family and were considered to be active. During this period of time, he had finally seen all kinds of extravagance in the rich and powerful mansions. There was food, clothing, accommodation, and entertainment. He had lived a wealthy life, but he missed Wu Mountain and his master more. His injuries were almost healed, so he wanted to go on a tour of the Great Wall with Zhao Yumei. He also wanted to see what the Tartars looked like on the other side, but Su Qianxue told him that the Great Wall was guarded by border guards and that he couldn't go on a tour, so he gave up on the idea.
On this day, he and Zhao Yumei were about to say goodbye. Su Qianxue pulled Zhao Yumei into her room and stuffed a pile of banknotes into her hands. She told her to take it back to Wu Mountain so that her sister and the disciples could live a better life and build more houses. Zhao Yumei did not stand on ceremony and took them all. Thinking of the sisters parting and not knowing when they would meet again, the two of them hugged and cried again. When the two of them left, many people sent them off. Feng Yuqi even personally went to the horse farm to pick two high-quality horses for them. Their old mounts were placed on the horse farm.
"Cousin, where are we going next?" Xu Zhutao asked.”
"Anyway, I don't have to work as a bodyguard to earn money." Zhao Yu smiled mysteriously.”As he spoke, he took out a pile of silver notes and counted them. There was a total of 100,000 taels.
"Where…did this come from?" Xu Zhutao asked in surprise.”
"Of course it's from your Uncle Su, this girl." Zhao Yu frowned.”After saying that, she felt a wave of sadness. She thought about how although Su Qianxue had married into a wealthy family, she was still unable to have children, especially since her husband's two older brothers had many children and grandchildren. She couldn't help but feel depressed in such a large family.
Xu Zhutao saw that her face was gloomy and said,"If cousin doesn't want to leave, we can stay for a while longer so that you and Martial Uncle Su can have a good reunion.”
Zhao Yu shook his head." It's not because of that. You'll understand in the future. Let's go." Let's go to Hua County and see if we've found the Huashan Jade Girl.”
Xu Zhutao remembered that he had met the two beauties of the dead souls in the inn. He muttered,"I originally thought that they were also here at Sunset Horse Farm, but it turns out that they weren't…Then what exactly are they doing?”
Zhao Yu was also confused."Ignore them."
Five days later, the two of them returned to Yuebin Restaurant in Hua County. They asked the shopkeeper and learned that Zhu Xuan had left for Huguang more than ten days ago. The two of them went to visit the He family and the butler led them in. When they arrived at the main hall, only Mrs. He and Xiao Lan were at home. She saw that Mrs. He was much more haggard than ten days ago. Her eyes were swollen. Clearly, there was still no news of her beloved daughter.
"Mrs. He, is there still no news from your daughter?" Xu Zhutao asked. Why isn't your husband at home?"
Mrs. He wailed," He, he went out to look for Fu 'er. He hasn't returned yet. My poor son, where have you gone?"”
"My condolences, Mrs. He," said Xu Zhutao. Did Chief Arrester Wang not have any clues?”
"Chief Arrester Wang has searched for all the people who know how to play the zither in Hua County, but there are no clues about Lei Qin or my daughter."”
After saying some comforting words to Mrs. He, she took her leave.
The two of them went to the county government to visit Chief Arrester Wang, but Chief Arrester Wang was not there. He had gone out to investigate a case.
He returned to Yuebin Restaurant and stayed the night. The next morning, he went to look for Chief Arrester Wang. This time, he was finally there. Xu Zhutao asked her if there were any new clues about the case of the Huashan Jade Girl.
Chief Arrester Wang said," I've asked all the people in Hua County who know how to play the zither and have a zither at home, but there's no clue. According to that Zhu…Young Master Zhu's guess, the culprit must have put knockout powder at the door. I think the culprit must be someone from the martial arts world. Sigh, this case is really difficult."”
"Then, Chief, can you deduce what kind of knockout powder the culprit used?" asked Xu Zhutao. Maybe we can start investigating from this aspect.”
Chief Arrester Wang said," I've been investigating cases for many years. I know a lot about the bewitching incense of the underworld. It's not bewitching incense because there were no traces of bewitching incense being used at the scene. There was no incense ash, and the window paper was not pierced. The effect of the drug was so fast that the person could not make a sound in time. After a short time, the person who was knocked out could be woken up again. By the way, has Young Master Xu ever heard of the Dream Soul Incense?”
Xu Zhutao looked at Zhao Yumei and saw that she shook her head."I've never heard of it. Is this Dream Soul Incense very powerful?”
Chief Arrester Wang said,"The Dream Soul Incense was created by a pair of martial artists more than thirty years ago. The man is called Duanmu Ling, nicknamed the Iron Finger Green Ring, and the woman is called Gou Feiyin, nicknamed the Magical Hand Scattering Flowers. The two of them are not very good at other martial arts, but they are both skilled in hidden weapons. Later, they felt that using poisonous hidden weapons to hurt people was too insidious, so they extracted a liquid from a certain plant. This liquid can quickly make people lose consciousness and fall into a coma. However, after being drugged for half an incense stick, they will wake up when they touch something or hear a sound. The couple named the liquid Dream Soul Incense. However, this couple had been killed more than 20 years ago. Could they be their descendants or successors?”
"Whether it's true or not, this is at least a clue."”
Thinking of Mrs. He's haggard appearance, Xu Zhutao felt that he should do his best for this case. He called Zhao Yumei back to the restaurant to rest. He wandered around the city alone, hoping to find some suspicious Jianghu people and find some clues.
It was already dusk. When they passed by a courtyard, they suddenly heard the melodious sound of a zither and another voice,"Miss, why did you come out to play the zither? Aren't you afraid of causing trouble?”Then, he heard a tactful voice say,""I'm not very familiar with this song 'Early Spring on Yaotai,' so I wanted to come out and practice it again. Could it be that if we don't find that Hua Mountain Jade Girl, no one can play the piano?”Xu Zhutao saw a big tree in the northeast of the house. He looked around and saw that there was no one around. He used the "Wind and Rain" skill and jumped onto the tree. He stabilized himself on a branch and looked around. He saw a pavilion next to the northwest courtyard. There were stone tables and chairs in the pavilion. A zither was placed on the stone table. A young and beautiful woman was playing the zither. A girl with a three-bun was standing beside her. The girl seemed to be in deep thought for a while and then revealed her fair fingers. He touched the surface of the zither, and the sound of the zither gradually became louder. It was like a gurgling stream, gentle and tactful. Xu Zhutao seemed to see a group of children chasing and playing by the stream, surrounded by birds and flowers. The fair fingers lightly stroked the surface of the zither again. The sound of the zither gradually became high-pitched, like the sound of tearing silk. The complex sound gradually increased like the splashing of spring water. After a while, it became low and slow, like a drizzle, faintly discernible. Finally, all was silent.
The girl with a bun clapped her hands repeatedly and shouted happily,"I think that Young Lady's 'Early Spring on Yaotai' is already the best. I wonder if that Huashan Jade Girl plays as well as Young Lady?”
"Her zither playing should not be inferior to mine," the young lady said."It's just that her kung fu is a bit lacking. She was actually kidnapped without even realizing it!"”
The maidservant said," Isn't her father known as the White Rainbow Swordsman? I heard that he's very capable. Perhaps it won't be long before he finds his daughter."”
"The Jianghu is so big," the young lady said."What does that little bit of ability of his count for?" One Palace, Two Valleys, and Three Great Fortresses. The One Palace and Two Valleys were extremely mysterious and powerful evil sects in the martial world. A few days ago, they heard that Gong Ao of the Purgatory Valley and his subordinates were all killed in the Northern Frontier. This was really satisfying. I don't know who eliminated the evil for the Jianghu, but at least it will be safer for women to travel in the Jianghu in the future. Suyun, let's go back and rest." After saying that, she stood up. The servant girl picked up the zither and followed her to the third courtyard. Xu Zhutao was too engrossed in the music to look at the young lady. At this moment, he saw a beautiful figure in a white gauze dress slowly walking away."It seems that Chief Arrester Wang has also been looking for this woman. I've walked around the city but didn't find anything.”
He walked for more than five miles out of the north of the city and saw a large bamboo forest in front of him. The environment was quiet. Not far from the bamboo forest, he saw a dilapidated house in front of him. The walls were broken and it seemed to have been abandoned for a long time. Just as he was about to walk closer, he suddenly heard an angry voice from the left in front of him."Damn it! If it wasn't for someone playing the piano to scare them away, we would have succeeded.”Another voice said," Sister, I heard that the haunting ghost, Ji Wu, is very skilled in martial arts and is good at using poison. Can the two of us really kill him together?"”
Xu Zhutao had seen Ji Wu before. He had wanted to teach Ji Wu a lesson when they were robbed in Shanyang, but he had given up after Blue Phoenix sent Bai Jingxiang and Ye Qingqing to expose Wu Zhaoyun's trick on the spot. At that moment, he was curious and hurriedly rushed to a bush by the broken wall on the right side of the abandoned house to hide. At this moment, the two women who were talking on the left had already walked towards the deserted house.
The woman who spoke in front said," Humph, our Departed Spirit Needles are not inferior to his poisonous hidden weapons. If we sisters join forces, he will definitely die. I'm just afraid that he will find the Twin Cranes of Mount Lao and the Life and Death Judge to help him." We didn't attack them when we saw that they had too many people.”
When Xu Zhutao heard about the Departed Soul Needles, he quickly looked over and saw two women, one beautiful and one ugly. They each led a white horse and tied up their horses. They were the two beauties of the Departed Soul, Ding Ling and Ding Feng. He was very curious. He didn't know what had happened between these two people and Ji Wu. He also knew that eavesdropping on other people's privacy was an extremely taboo thing in the martial arts world. He thought that he must listen to them clearly before going out to meet them.
"Elder Sister, could it be that the person who ambushed Father and Uncle also had the twin cranes of Mount Lao and the life and death sentence?" Ding Feng asked.”
Ding Ling said," Humph, although they were all masked that time, Father and Uncle could recognize them. They didn't say a word for a long time after they returned to the valley with their injuries. That was because Father and Uncle were afraid that we would suffer a great loss if we went out to seek revenge without permission. Later, when they recovered from their injuries, I overheard them talking about that matter outside the door. It was these people who ambushed Father and Uncle ten years ago.”
Ding Feng said," Father and Uncle did something wrong too. They snatched that horse from Lord Shangguan and auctioned it off. They did not do such a thing. I hope Father and Uncle will not do such things again. People in Jianghu call our Death Soul Valley evil. I don't want to be looked down upon. Look, the Purgatory Valley has been destroyed. I'm afraid that our Death Soul Valley will follow the same path in the future. Sister, can we persuade Father and Uncle when we get back?"”
Xu Zhutao was surprised to hear that. That day at the Wuwei Bodyguard Agency, he had heard Peng Zhengyi talk about the origin of his yellow horse. He knew that the horse was first stolen by Shangguan Song from Sunset Horse Farm, and then it was stolen by a gang of gangsters. According to Ding Feng, the gangsters who ambushed Shangguan Song were his father and uncle, who were also from the Death Soul Valley. But how could they be ambushed by Ji Wu and the others after auctioning the horse? Could it be that Ji Wu and the others were just greedy and attacked the people of the Death Soul Valley? He held his breath and listened.
At this moment, the two dead souls had already walked to the deserted house. They found a clean stone stool outside the broken door and patted the dust off before sitting down gently. Xu Zhutao sized up the two Prides of the Dead Souls. He looked closely and saw that both of them had swords. Ding Ling was wearing a black suit. Although her face was scarred, her figure was well-proportioned. She had a high chest, a thin waist, a round butt, and long and delicate legs. When he looked back at her ugly face, he saw that she had a handsome nose. The tip of her nose was slightly curved, and she had two thin lips. Her eyes were like autumn water, and her thin eyebrows were curved. Ding Feng was wearing a purple gauze dress. Her hair was tied up into a bun, and her eyebrows were thin. She had a handsome nose, bright eyes, and white teeth. Her cheeks were slightly round, and her skin was as white as jade. Her chest was slightly smaller than Ding Feng's, and her legs were slender. Xu Zhutao sighed in his heart, What beautiful girls. I wonder why Ding Ling has so many scars on her face.”
Ding Ling said," Sister is right. We need to persuade them to be upright and not greedy for money. If they are short of money, we can do some decent work but not burn, kill, and pillage.”
Ding Feng said," Sister, we followed Ji Wu to Anding that day. Anding isn't far from Sunset Horse Farm. I wonder what kind of expert Sunset Horse Farm invited to help us capture all the people from Purgatory Valley. Is Fairy Yunmeng that powerful?"”
Ding Ling said," There must be someone else helping. Fairy Yunmeng can only deal with Gong Ao at most. Gong Ao, that old devil, is very skilled in martial arts. He also has the help of Yuwen Di and Qiu Fengcheng, two experts, and more than forty disciples. However, the Purgatory Valley was completely wiped out. I guess there must be someone more powerful than Fairy Yunmeng helping them."”
"Who is that?" Ding Feng asked. If we had rushed to Sunset Horse Farm at that time, we might have been able to watch a show. The person who could kill Gong Ao, this old devil, must also be a famous expert. It could really be considered as getting rid of evil for the martial arts world. It was really satisfying!”
Xu Zhutao didn't know that while he was recuperating at Buju Villa, the news of Gong Ao and his men being killed had spread like wildfire in Jianghu. From the Northern Frontier to the Central Plains, and from the Central Plains to Jiangnan, everyone in Jianghu was delighted. Although they didn't know who killed Gong Ao, the person who spread the news was very sure that it was a young and handsome hero who was eight feet tall. As a result, the young swordswomen who traveled the Jianghu were not only secretly grateful but also admired him. They all hoped to get to know this young hero. At the same time, the reputation of Sunset Horse Farm also rose.
Ding Ling said," The person who can kill Gong Ao is obviously an expert, but it might not be a legendary figure. Didn't I hear that it was a young and handsome young man? Maybe he's the disciple of some hermit expert."”
" Sister," Ding Feng said," we finally caught up with Ji Wu in Weinan yesterday. It was all because someone played the zither to alert him and made him run away. Where should we go next?"”
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