【Grain wattle】turbulent flow

All the fame and wealth in ancient times have been in this city of Luoyang, and today is the martial arts conference, heroes from all over the world gather in Luoyang, making this thousand-year-old city even more lively than before.

This excitement especially fell in the Jiang Mansion where the conference was held. Jiang Tianxiong stood with Jiang Yu in brocade clothes, and greeted the guests.Today is different from that time, all the well-known elders from the rivers and lakes came here, he, the hero of Heluo, couldn't be neglected, waited for the heroes from all factions to be seated one by one, and entertained them with good tea and wine, he said a few more words It was a nonchalant and polite remark, and then he sat on the main seat.

At this time, someone said: "I don't know where the leader of the Eastern alliance is at the moment?"

The person who asked the question was the abbot of Shaolin, Master Wu Yin, when he exited, all the guests in the seat became quieter, and all looked towards the direction of Mangshan Mountain outside the door.Most of the people who came here today have also been provoked by the crazy swordsman in the past few months, and they have lost to this unknown swordsman one after another. It is a matter of face for the entire martial arts world. The decisive battle of swordsmen.

Jiang Tianxiong stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "According to the time, the leader of the Eastern Alliance should have reached the top of Mang Mountain by now. I believe he will come back victorious in a short time. Let's celebrate with us."

Now that he had spoken, everyone felt at ease and waited for news from Mangshan while drinking tea.

In the blink of an eye, several cups of tea were finished, and Dongfang Weiming still hadn't shown up for a long time, and everyone at the banquet couldn't help but feel a little restless.A Huashan disciple said: "This crazy swordsman is not easy to deal with. Last time he went alone to Huashan and severely injured dozens of our brothers and sisters. The leader of the Eastern alliance...is he also injured?"

He still said it quite tactfully, he only said that Dongfang Weiming might be injured and it was a long time coming. Judging from the appearance of other people, I am afraid that he already has doubts about the outcome of this decisive battle.

Another Wudang disciple said anxiously: "If the lord loses, what shall we do?"

Zhuo Renqing, who was also sitting at the table, looked up at him and reprimanded: "Don't talk nonsense and make the martial arts comrades laugh at you. Haven't everyone seen the leader's ability? If it weren't for the Eastern leader and him at the meeting of the Tianlong sect, Senior brother turned the tide, can we still chat and laugh here?"

Fang Yunhua, a traitor, came out of Wudang back then, and his status in the Jianghu has been somewhat insecure these years.After all, Zhuo Renqing was grateful for Dongfang Weiming's kindness in saving his life and helping him clean up the family. After that, he has been on good terms with Xiaoyaogu.

Jiang Tianxiong glanced at him, with an unpredictable smile on his face, he only said: "Master Zhuo is right, the leader's martial arts are world-class, so how can a mere mad swordsman be an opponent?"

His words naturally received a lot of response.Jiang Yu, who was sitting next to Jiang Tianxiong, pinched the cup in his hand and whispered in a voice that only his father and son could hear: "It's a pity that the lunatic died somehow, wasting a good move. If you call this Zhuo Renqing knows..."

Jiang Tianxiong shook his head slightly, and said, "Yu'er, you're just too impatient. Let's not talk about it beforehand, so the arrangements under the mountain are all in order?"

Jiang Yu said: "Father, don't worry, there are more than a dozen of our people ambushing at the foot of the mountain. Even if Dongfang Weiming wins the mad swordsman by chance, he must be seriously injured and cannot come here."

Jiang Tianxiong glanced at everyone at the table, and said, "Those two people didn't come either..."

Jiang Yu sneered and said, "Both Gu Yuexuan and Thorn were seriously injured, even if they help Dongfang Weiming, there is nothing to be afraid of."

Jiang Tianxiong was noncommittal, raised his glass again and came to the banquet, agreed with all the heads, and passed away for a while, then stopped and looked at the setting sun at the door, and sighed lightly and clearly.

Someone immediately understood: "Hero Jiang, otherwise, we should send someone to Mang Mountain to take a look? If something really happens to the leader, we can still take care of it..."

Guan Changhong on the side touched the Daguan Dao on his side, and said: "If the leader of the East fails to stop the mad swordsman, we will work together to fight up the mountain, and we will make sure that swordsman can't get out of Luoyang."

Another person said: "Boss Chief Guan is right, but we still have to recommend a leader to bring people up the mountain. If something happens to the leader of the Eastern Alliance, there will be someone who can avenge him. If you want to say that this is what everyone expects, I think it must be Hero Jiang..."

Jiang Tianxiong just smiled and said nothing, just stroked his long beard.When there were more people talking, he made a look of embarrassment, and said hesitantly: "In this case, the old man..."

At this time, a person outside the door said loudly: "Everyone, I'm sorry, I'm late."

Everyone at the table looked up and saw a young man in blue shirt slowly walking up the steps from the hall, looking at his well-dressed appearance with a faint smile, although he looked tired, he was actually unscathed.

Behind him, there were two other people, one in green shirt with long sword, the other in blue robe with saber, when he walked in, the man in blue robe muttered: "This Jiang Mansion is really magnificent, isn't it Brother Yan?"

The man in green shirt didn't say a word, but many people in the door recognized them.

All of a sudden there were shouts of surprise in the hall: "Leader Dongfang! The leader is back! And those two, aren't they Qingcheng faction Yan Shaoxia and Jinfeng bodyguard head Lu?"

Jiang Tianxiong was stunned. He glanced at Jiang Yu first. Seeing that Jiang Yu was also shocked, he frowned deeply.

Dongfang Weiming walked straight up to him, and said with a smile, "Hero Jiang."

Jiang Tianxiong put on a joyful expression, turned around and said, "Congratulations to the leader of the Eastern Alliance for winning the flag."

Dongfang Weiming raised his eyebrows, but didn't answer, he just waved his hands behind him and said, "You've been following me for so long, and you all came out to meet old friends and have some tea together?"

Under the surprised eyes of everyone, two more teams entered the mansion.

There were sharp-eyed disciples of the Beggars' Clan in the hall, and when they saw the leader of one of the brocade-clothed men, they rose up and cursed angrily, "How come these Dongchang eunuchs come to this martial arts conference?"

The person being scolded sneered, flung his robe and sat down in the yard, without raising his head, he said to the person opposite: "Commander Zuo, why don't you take care of your dog, it's dirty and smelly, it's barking It's too ugly."

The person on the opposite side also gave him a cold look, and said: "If Eunuch Chen thinks it's unpleasant, why bother to crowd into this small courtyard?"

The two exchanged words, and Jin Yiwei and Tiqi behind them also stared at each other. This small courtyard was crowded with so many people at once, and even the air was filled with an aura of anxiety that was about to explode.

Dongfang Weiming didn't seem to care, walked to an empty table and sat down, poured himself a cup of tea, drank it in one gulp, poured the other three cups, and volleyed two of them in the direction of Tiqi and Jin Yiwei After throwing it out, he handed the third cup to Jiang Tianxiong.

After drinking the second cup of tea, he said: "Since everyone is here, why don't you come and see what you all want."

As he spoke, he took out something from his bosom, and without hesitation, he unfolded the scroll in the air, and presented it in front of everyone.

Eunuch Chen was the first to recognize it, stood up suddenly, and said in shock, "This is... a treasure map?"

Na Ti Qizuo Commander was also taken aback for a moment: "The legendary treasure map? How could it fall into..."

There are rumors in the rivers and lakes that there was a treasure map in the previous dynasty, which was divided into several pieces and scattered in every corner of the rivers and lakes. If you follow the treasure map to go overseas, you will be able to obtain wealth that is incomparable to the enemy.In other words, whoever gets the money will have earth-shaking capital.Such important things, whether it is Tiqi or Dongchang, have long been coveted for a long time, but they have not yet assigned their hands to look for them. Who would have expected that they would suddenly appear here this time?

Dongfang Weiming put away the scroll, held it in his hand again, threw it away, and said: "With two eyesight, after a glance, you should know that this picture is not a fake, right?"

Eunuch Chen narrowed his eyes and said: "You boy... Could it be that you have been looking for this treasure map for more than a month? The roster... The roster... Could it be... Hahahahahaha, Dongfang Weiming, this one Zhaoming repaired the plank road to cover Chen Cang secretly, and even tricked me, you are really, extremely powerful!"

Dongfang Weiming smiled slightly and said: "Eunuch Chen is really a smart person, he understood it so quickly. That's right, now I can tell you two plainly that this treasure map is real, but the list is fake of."

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the courtyard immediately, whether it was Jin Yiwei, Tiqi, or the many people in the world who were involved in it behind him, all of them had wonderful expressions on their faces.

The roster that caused such a commotion and caused such a large group of people to scramble for blood, and even took dozens of lives, did not exist from the beginning?Could it be that this hunt for thousands of miles was just a cover from beginning to end? Tiqi and Dongchang spent so much effort, but in the end, this treasure map that can really influence the overall situation of the world fell silently into the unknown in the east... hand?

The treasure map is originally fragments, and it will take several months to find these fragments one by one and stitch them together into the complete scroll in front of you.In this way, Dongfang Weiming's whereabouts these days have been answered. He avoids the mad swordsman without fighting, and sits and watches Lu Shaolin flee all the way without showing up, all because he has more urgent things to do.

Everyone was silent for a while, staring blankly at Dongfang Weiming who was sitting in the middle.This young man, he has such a deep city, such a decisive courage, he even did not hesitate to use the lives of all his friends and two senior brothers as bait, just to weave this huge net of stealing the sky and changing the day?

But then I thought about it, if Dongfang Weiming hadn't really included all these close people in the layout, how could it have escaped the eyes of Tiqi and Dongchang and made them believe in the existence of this roster?

Seeing that not only Dongfang Weiming was so calm, but even Lu Shaolin who was beside him didn't respond, Eunuch Chen had to believe a little more.He took a breath and said, "I don't know what the leader of the Eastern Alliance plans to do with this treasure map?"

Following his words, the Jinyiwei standing behind him secretly prepared to draw their swords, and the Tiqi on the opposite side, of course, would not be willing to be left behind, and the clanging of weapons came one after another in the yard.

Everyone's eyes were glued to the small scroll in Dongfang Weiming's hand. As long as he was slightly unprepared, Ti Qi and Jin Yiwei would rush straight up and grab the treasure map at all costs.

Being watched by so many people, Dongfang Weiming sighed quietly, knocked his head, turned around and said: "Why don't we leave it to brother Yan."

As he spoke, he waved his hand and threw the scroll in front of Yan Yu.

Such a treasure map that tied the belongings of the world was thrown out by him lightly, as if it was not a treasure map at all, but a roll of old paper with no meaning or weight—that paper So fragile, so pale, so easily shredded by a sudden, clear sword light.

Eunuch Chen stared at Yan Yu, even his beautiful face was almost distorted: "Xiao Wang...Mr. Yan, even if you don't want to follow me...you...why do you do this?"

Yan Yu put his sword back into its sheath, his expression and voice were still calm: "There is no need to keep such a troublesome thing."

Suddenly there was a burst of applause in the hall, but it was Lu Shaolin who sat down at some point, put down the wine glass in his hand, and said "yes" several times in a row.

Dongfang Weiming looked at the confetti on the ground, raised his eyebrows, and said to everyone: "Now that the treasure map is gone, everyone can calm down and talk about the next thing together, shall we?"

Na Ti rode on the left to command: "I don't know what the leader of the Eastern alliance wants to talk about?"

Dongfang Weiming raised his eyes and said: "The things I want to talk about are all easy. The first thing is that I don't want to see Dongying people casually appearing in the Central Plains Wulin again."

As he spoke, he glanced at Jiang Tianxiong, that look seemed casual, as if it just fell on him by accident; but it seemed so deep, so deep that even Jiang Tianxiong couldn't help trembling slightly.

But Dongfang Weiming only glanced at that, then turned to Tiqi and Dongchang, and said loudly: "As for the others, don't worry, I, Dongfang Weiming, is just a scumbag wandering around the rivers and lakes. The only thing I want is to keep things I don’t know much about the great cause that everyone is fighting for, and I don’t want to get involved too much. I believe that the general trend of this world cannot be controlled by one person at a time. Now that the treasure map is lost, God’s will Let’s wait for decades to see the outcome.”

As he spoke, he glanced around all the people present, from Tiqi, Dongchang, Jiangfu, Beggars and other sects of the rivers and lakes, with a pair of eyes that were always indifferent. One day, the leader of the alliance hopes that the rivers and lakes and the temple will be safe and sound with each other, if there are still people who just refuse to give up and insist on harming the people around me, then I have no choice but to have such a table!"

There was only a loud noise, but no movement was seen. The stone bench and table he was sitting on turned into a pile of stone powder in an instant, and fell to the ground profusely in the evening wind.

As for the young man in blue shirt who was sitting at the table just now, his figure had already arrived outside the door, and he walked away without looking back.

On the path at the foot of Mang Mountain, three people were galloping on their horses, leaving the ancient city of the setting sun behind.

Lu Shaolin couldn't help asking: "Brother Weiming, the people from Tiqi and Dongchang, do you really believe that the roster is fake?"

Dongfang Weiming shook his head, escaped from the collection of poems that had been read countless times, and said helplessly: "It's true or false, even your father and I can't figure it out, then Wu Shilang only entrusted these two collections of poems, Can anyone say whether the concerns that can affect the current situation are really recorded in the two books?"

Yan Yu glanced at the opened page of the collection of poems, and said casually: "God's will is always difficult to ask, maybe this collection of poems is more useful than treasure maps."

Dongfang Weiming smiled and said: "Brother Yan, brother Yan, you are really a wonderful person. God's will, what is God's will? Who is qualified to ask God's will?"

Just like that Jiang Tianxiong, who has worked hard for decades, has ties to Tiqi and Dongchang, and wants to gather martial arts, imperial court and even Dongying forces to dominate the world. ?

Lu Shaolin sighed, "I just don't know Brother Gu and Brother Jing..."

Dongfang Weiming's heart twitched, and he raised his head to look, just in time to see two familiar figures walking down the mountain slowly, supporting each other under the setting sun.

With hot eyes, he patted his horse and went forward.

Fortunately, fortunately, this providence is still good.

23,

Happy Valley.

Thorn opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was Dongfang Weiming's back.

Dongfang Weiming was making medicine with his head bowed, but when he heard the movement, he immediately turned his head and said happily, "Second Senior Brother, you are awake!"

Thorn lowered his head, seeing that his body was covered with gauze and bandages again, the corner of his mouth twitched suddenly.This situation, except for the other two who were not making noise at the side, was too much like yesterday.

He closed his eyes and felt dizzy for a while. He couldn't remember how he finally came down from the top of the Mang Mountain... He only vaguely remembered the hands that hugged him, a pair of scarred and blown hands. Cold and stiff hands, a pair of hands that did not let go no matter how weak they were.

They promised each other that they would go home together.

He sat up all of a sudden, regardless of the severe pain in his body, he wanted to turn over and get out of bed.

Dongfang Weiming quickly pressed him down, and said, "Second senior brother, don't move, the wound will collapse again in a while, and I will be scolded to death by senior brother and Xiangyun!"

Thorn calmed down a little when he heard those three words, and asked in a low voice, "He...is he alright?"

Dongfang Weiming hesitated.

Thorn's heart trembled, and he roared, "Speak up!"

After yelling, he groaned and covered his left shoulder, and blood gurgled from between his fingers.

Just as Dongfang Weiming wanted to go forward, he was stared back at him again, so he could only say again and again: "No, no, second senior brother, don't worry, I just teased you, the senior brother is next door, but the injury is a bit serious, plus... "

Thorn asked anxiously: "Hangusan? Is it because of the cold bone?"

Dongfang Weiming was taken aback, and said, "Second Senior Brother, you also know?"

Seeing Dongfang Weiming's reaction, Thorn's heart sank a little, and he let go of the forearm of the person in front of him, leaning back against the wall slumped.After a while, he murmured: "He has already told me everything, you don't have to hide it from me, just tell me, how long is it?"

Dongfang Weiming murmured: "Probably...it's today."

Thorn's whole body shook, and the little blood on his face faded completely.He raised his pale face, and subconsciously wanted to get out of bed, but he couldn't pull up any strength, so he could only look straight out of the window, and those long-lost scenes quickly blurred in his eyes Going down, I can no longer see the color and appearance in my memory.

Sure enough, he still walked for too long...

Dongfang Weiming was startled, and said, "Second Senior Brother, why are you crying?"

Thorn raised his hand and wiped his cheeks, without looking at Dongfang Weiming, he said weakly, "Go away."

Dongfang Weiming suddenly laughed, and said: "Well, I will definitely not say it. When I heard that the senior brother will wake up today, the second senior brother actually cried with excitement..."

Thorn reacted, raised his foot, and kicked Dongfang Weiming back a small step.He said harshly: "Stinky boy, your skin is itchy again, is it fun to tease me?"

Dongfang Weiming rubbed his belly half-heartedly, opened his red eyes, and said softly: "Second senior brother, listen to me first, if you still want to beat me up after listening, it's okay, I'll wait for you and Eldest brother is in good health and beat him up. Because of Hangusan... Xiangyun and I really lied to elder brother."

Thorn stared, "What do you mean?"

Dongfang Weiming sighed, and said: "It's true that Hangusan is highly poisonous, and most people who are poisoned can only live for a year or a half. It's true that most people were helpless against this poison before. When I took this poison, I was almost desperate... Fortunately, I searched for a long time with the senior genius doctor and Xiang Yun, and found that there was a strange flower in the senior sword master's place, which could restrain the toxicity of this cold bone powder after being used as medicine. It will take half a year for the medicine to take full effect, and before that, Eldest Brother will still feel pain from time to time, and there is nothing Xiangyun and I can do about it."

Jingji suddenly remembered what Gu Yuexuan said at the time, "Weiming told him that the pain will last for another year or a half at most", and he never expected it to mean that.The string that had been tense in his heart suddenly loosened, and suddenly he wanted to laugh, to scold loudly, and to hug Dongfang Weiming to say thank you. In just a short moment, his expression changed several times, and he struggled for a while, and finally He just gritted his teeth and said, "You... You bastard, why didn't you tell him earlier?"

Dongfang Weiming looked at him, and said softly: "If I say so, will senior brother still make up his mind to leave the valley? Second senior brother, will you come back so early?"

Thorn was momentarily at a loss for words: "I..."

There are always many, many things, and only when you really want to say goodbye to life and death, and feel that you are about to lose, can you wake up.What Dongfang Weiming said was right, if Gu Yuexuan's body hadn't been shattered, at this moment, he and Jingji, one might still be the leader of the alliance, and the other might still be a ranger, facing each other far away in Jiangnan and Haibei.

Dongfang Weiming paused, shook his head again, and sighed: "Second senior brother, after you left, the appearance of senior senior brother... I am really worried. Some diseases are much more serious than Hangusan, I think I am afraid that there will be no rule of law.”

Thorn glared at him, then spat in a low voice: "You brat, do you dare to say that I'm sick?"

Dongfang Weiming blinked, grinned and said, "Second Senior Brother, you actually admitted it?"

The familiar feeling of powerlessness welled up in his heart, Thorn clenched his fist, his knuckles creaked, if he hadn't thought that Dongfang Weiming had done a lot of good deeds, he really wanted to beat the current Xiaoyaogu angrily on the first day back to the valley Head.

However, knowing that Gu Yuexuan was mostly fine, a big stone finally fell from his heart, and he remembered and asked, "What about the roster?"

Dongfang Weiming clearly explained the collection of poems and the treasure map one by one, and said: "We don't know whether the roster entrusted by Minister Wu is the two collections of poems, and I think other people must not know, so I and The head of the old escort Lu set up a plan, using the bodyguards in the open and searching for treasures in secret, to hide from the sky. In order not to let Tiqi and Dongchang see through in advance, I did not tell you on my own initiative... This time is indeed an unexplained burden Brother, I have to apologize here."

Thorn was stunned for a while, and waved his hand for a while and said: "Forget it, you boy is really getting more and more excited. Let's forget about the two of us, but you didn't even tell Lu Shaolin?"

Dongfang Weiming admitted: "Old Escort Lu insisted on not telling me, so I couldn't open my mouth. Luckily, brother Shaolin is really smart, and he vaguely guessed the whole story halfway through, and didn't blame me afterwards."

This layer upon layer of bureaucracies intertwined with each other, and even put the two of them in. Thorn looked at Dongfang Weiming, and felt that although his junior brother looked like he still had no progress with his hippie smiling face, in fact he had already moved forward. He and Gu Yuexuan are much higher.

Maybe his little junior brother no longer needs their protection.

Thorn felt a little sour in his heart, but he quickly thought about another matter, and hesitated a little: "And...you...your parents..."

Regarding the matter between Dongfang Xi and Gong Xiyao, he really didn't know how to speak, but he didn't want Gu Yuexuan to talk about it in person, so he hesitated.

Unexpectedly, Dongfang Weiming smiled calmly, and took out something from his bosom.

Thorn looked at it and found that it was actually the wooden hairpin that Gu Yuexuan found in the ruined temple.

Dongfang Weiming raised his hand and lightly stroked the engraved words on the hairpin, and said: "Eldest senior brother saw me, although he was at the end of his strength, he still insisted on stuffing this wooden hairpin into my hand, and then looked at me and said something." I'm sorry' before I was willing to pass out. I was really stunned at that time, I didn't expect this matter to be known by the senior brother...Could it be that Jiang Tianxiong found another witness to the incident in the past in order to deal with me? Oh, it took him a lot of money. Less energy."

Thorn asked in surprise: "...you knew it a long time ago?"

Dongfang Weiming smiled bitterly: "During Tiandu Peak, the Dragon King called my father's name several times when he saw me. How could I not doubt it at all? Some people who have something to do with the events of the past, they have told me a lot about my parents. I know that with the temperament of the senior brother, if I let him know about Gu Daxia...he will definitely feel guilty towards me. Times have changed, Why should we bear the grievances of the previous generation? Many people may be responsible for the death of my parents, but there will never be a senior brother among them."

Thorn was startled, and said, "It's really not easy for you to be so lenient."

Dongfang Weiming coughed and said with a smile: "Second senior brother, did you praise me? It really is raining red!"

Thorn snorted and said, "Don't worry, it's useless for you to tell me these words. Looking back, I remember what your elder brother said, don't let that guy think about it and put on a sinful appearance."

Dongfang Weiming nodded, and said: "That's natural. But in the end, senior brother still believes in me. Just like you, second senior brother, even if I didn't tell you the truth about the roster, you still believed in me... ..."

Thorn shot him a look, and said: "Nonsense, you are our junior brother, if you don't believe me, who do you believe?"

Dongfang Weiming looked at him, suddenly smiled again, and said softly: "The ups and downs of the world are like boats sailing on the water. The only person who can persevere through the undercurrent and the wind and rain is the determination to advance and retreat with the people around him. Since the second senior brother believes in I, Eldest Brother, believe me, and I believe you too. Even in the chaotic world, what is there to be afraid of?"

These words were generous, and Thorn also laughed, and after laughing, he slapped Dongfang Weiming's shoulder away, and spat: "Don't keep talking to me, you will delay the business!"

After speaking, he jumped to the ground, without shoes, and ran to the next room.

At the door of Gu Yuexuan's room, Shen Xiangyun had just come out with the medicine. When she saw the thorns, she immediately said, "Hey wait, Senior Brother Gu is still awake, and you still have injuries..."

Dongfang Weiming grabbed her, shook his head, and pouted at the thorns, the two retreated outside the house together, and helped close the door.

Thorn walked towards the bed, unconsciously walking lightly.

The person on the bed had long hair and was lying quietly. His brows were rarely stretched, and he didn't know if he had dreamed of something. There was still a slight smile on his lips.

Thorn sat down at the head of the bed, and suddenly found that there was a sandalwood skewer on the bed when they went to the White Horse Temple that day, the wife of the incense and candle shop proprietress.I think Gu Yuexuan kept it close to her body all the time, Dongfang Weiming and the others didn't take it away.

With a thought in his heart, he took a string and put it on himself, took another string, bent down, and put it on the man's wrist resting on his chest.

As soon as it was put on, the bandaged hand suddenly moved, and it held the finger that Thorn was about to move away with its backhand.

Thorn raised his head and found that Gu Yuexuan was already awake.

The man on the bed stared at him like a crescent moon, and said in a low voice, "Aji...have I slept for a long time?"

Thorn carefully clasped the hand in the palm, snorted softly, and said, "If you don't wake up, the peach blossoms in the valley will bloom."

--use up.