It will take time for the remaining poison on Hong Xiguan's body to be resolved, and the White Lotus Sect does not know whether it has evacuated from the dark place. The three of them discussed for a while and decided to leave Sanliting temporarily and go back together to find another group of people.
But less than half a mile away from Caoshan Gorge, they met a figure coming in a hurry.
"Mom! Why did you come here!"
From a distance, Hongdou recognized the person who was her mother from her movements and angles, and quickly asked, "Why are you the only one? Where are the children?"
As expected, it was Zhu Xiaoqian who came. She was still wearing a uniform, with a worried look on her face, and she was not angry when she saw her daughter.
"Wait a minute, why are you and the stinky man next to you so close!"
At this moment, Hongdou was responsible for supporting Hong Xiguan. The two of them inevitably had some physical contact, but neither of them objected, so they maintained their acquiescence and supported him till this point.
"Mom, Xiguan was injured. He saved me just now, otherwise I would have died!" Hongdou explained quickly, her beautiful eyes full of shyness.
Zhu Xiaoqian cautiously pulled her daughter away from Hong Xiguan, put her shoulder on his shoulder, and said politely with a fake smile.
"Oh, my hero, thank you for saving my little girl. She should have promised you this kindness with your body, but since you are not the kind of person who takes advantage of others, let her repay you in the next life.
, don’t you think it’s okay to just forget about it for the rest of your life?”
The more Hong Dou listened, the angrier she became, and she pulled Zhu Xiaoqian away, "Stop talking nonsense, we are not in that kind of relationship..."
Her mother also pulled her daughter aside: "I gave birth to you. I don't know what your thoughts are? Why are you still blushing? Let me tell you, I didn't raise you to be so big.
I won’t agree to being a stepmother!”
Jiang Wen sighed, this is the suspension bridge effect.
I just went to collect medicine by myself, and they were left alone to overcome the difficulties of life and death. After a combination of punches, their relationship seemed to be heating up quickly.
It's a pity that this script doesn't have its own role. If Jiang Wen had dragged Hong Dou up the mountain to collect herbs, it would have been an evil intention. But if Hong Dou went to collect herbs and stayed to take care of Hong Xiguan...
Why would he, the head of Jiang Da, spend time trying to improve a man's favorability? Wouldn't it be nice to spend more time chatting with the paper-figure sister?
The people of the White Lotus Sect are also naive. Master Jiang even has more than one Paper Man wife, so how can they be afraid?
"Boy, I don't mean to interrupt your chat, but we still have business to attend to."
Jiang Wen quickly reminded, "Why didn't the children go with you?"
"The child is in a safe place now, but..."
Zhu Xiaoqian sighed with a slightly stiff expression.
"They are in a bad situation..."
Less than five miles away from Sanliting is a deep and long canyon leading to Tianxin Rock, which the locals call Dakengkou.
The cliffs on both sides of the canyon are continuous and undulating, and the nine-shaped cliffs resemble dragons. Visitors then compare the canyon to the cave of a swimming dragon, and call it the Nine Dragon Nest.
The terrain here is difficult, easy to defend and difficult to attack. There are majestic and steep mountain walls on both sides as cover. The main road is only a small path into the valley. Jiang Wen and others entered the Nine Dragon Nest from the rear and underwent many rounds of questioning before entering.
"It's strange. When we passed by in the middle of the night, there weren't so many people..."
Jiang Wen was a little confused. The hundreds of people here were all martial arts figures armed with swords and backs. They gathered freely in twos and threes according to their origins and sects, and torches were placed all over the path.
People in the world who have always been disobedient to discipline have actually seen some clues about the prohibitions. However, the atmosphere here is solemn, everyone has worried faces, and they seem to be distracted.
Zhu Xiaoqian seemed to have made good friends with the people here, and soon led them through the camp and into a cave sunken into the mountain wall.
"Wedding!"
With a cry, Hong Xiguan's poison invaded his heart. The violent emotional fluctuations made his face turn red, and the pain made Qiudong sweat on his forehead. However, his eyes only focused on Hong Wending, who was lying on the stone bed in extreme pain.
Not only Hong Wending, but also the gray-headed Ningdie was lying on the stone bed, his eyebrows were furrowed and his face was like gold paper.
In the stone room, a young man with a somewhat immature appearance was checking his pulse, with a look of worry on his face. When he saw Zhu Xiaoqian bringing someone in, he spoke.
"Grandma Zhu, the poison in these two children is very special. Although the symptoms are frightening in the early stages, they are not life-threatening in a short period of time. The medical skills taught by my master have never recorded this kind of situation. I'm afraid..."
Hong Xiguan's brows were furrowed, his eyes were full of murderous intent, as if he had countless thoughts arising and dying, and he, who had always been cold and indifferent, could not control his mood.
"What kind of poison is this!"
The young doctor said helplessly: "This has never happened before... Some people say that evil spirits entered the body and hit Tai Sui."
"This is Qimen's rotten bone poison. It once caused disaster together with the blood-changing knife. It's not some god or ghost. I'm afraid someone deliberately poisoned them and tortured the two children in order to get us to hand over the clues to the treasure map.
Bar……"
Jiang Wen took the initiative and continued.
In the original plot, apart from concocting the biochemical weapon Ma Ning'er, the demon monk from the Western Regions did not show any other outstanding qualities. However, judging from this poisoning method, I am afraid that the demon monk from the Western Regions he is facing now has many things that have not been shown.
come out.
When the young man heard what Jiang Wen said, he quickly raised his hands and asked for advice: "It turns out there is an expert here! I'm here with An Hongxiangli, haven't you asked the Taoist priest's name yet?"
Jiang Wen nodded slightly after hearing this: "Wu Yi Jiang Wen, may I ask, what is your relationship with Uncle Zhong Zhen of the Ming Dynasty and General Hong Xuhong?"
The young man raised his head and said, "It's my father!"
Hong Xu, whose name is Jiufeng, was born in Tong'an, Fujian Province. He was a general under Zheng Zhilong, the chief military officer of the Ming Dynasty. After Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he surrendered to Zheng Chenggong and fought against the Qing Dynasty.
In addition to this identity, he is also the father-in-law of Chen Yonghua. The name Chen Yonghua used when traveling around the world was Chen Jinnan!
This young man is actually Mr. Chen’s brother-in-law?
"The demon monk must have a plot to poison this time. I'm worried that he also has a secret method to track the traces of rotten bone poison. Can you take me to see Mr. Chen, the leader of the Tiandihui?"
The young man Hong Lixiang, who is Chen Jinnan's brother-in-law, raised his eyes and said in shock: "Taoist Master Jiang is so good at predicting things. When we met Granny Zhu and the Little Fifth Patriarch on the road, we found a group of people following them. Then we were repeatedly attacked.
When the pursuit begins, Commander Chen has already led his men to meet the enemy in front of the Kowloon Nest in order to prevent him from being unable to look around!"
At this time, Hong Xiguan looked at his son and asked questions directly to people's hearts.
"It is a taboo for military strategists to go deep alone, and it is even more dangerous to patrol without hesitation. You are camping here to wait for reinforcements. How is it any different from committing suicide?"
He has been wanted by the Qing court all year round. Killing people in downtown areas and killing them with ruthless tactics are commonplace. He knows very well that attacking alone is like an assassination. He can only move forward without retreating. Once he stops, there will be no life left at all.
"Hey, everyone, come with me..."
Hong Lixiang seemed a little hard to explain, so he simply led them out of the cave and came to a place that was obviously the most open, but where no martial arts people gathered. He moved away the grass leaves and dead branches covering the ground.
As the torches illuminated the scene, nine strange corpses came into view. The strange thing was that although these corpses had been dead for a long time and their bodies were stiff, their faces showed signs of crying, laughter, anger, sadness, joy, sadness, and joy.
Nine different expressions of resentment and sadness.
These are all expressions made by the deceased with all their strength when they were dying. Therefore, under the uncertain light of the fire, it always feels like the mouth and eyes are trembling, as if they will come back to life at any time...
"Nine corpses welcome the guests?! Someone actually put up such a vicious thing!"
Jiang Wen took a breath of air.
Hongdou thrust herself into Hong Xiguan's arms and was so frightened that she screamed and was dragged away by her angry mother.
Hong Lixiang sighed.
"When we entered the Kowloon Nest, we first saw the scene of the Nine Corpses welcoming the guests. Everyone said that if we entered rashly, the consequences would be unpredictable. Seeing that people were panicking, the chief helmsman chose to lead his own people to intercept the enemy!"
At this time, a call suddenly came from the dull camp, but the sentry at Jiulong Nest Pass sent the message.