Mysterious Martial Arts: The Record of the Swordsman

Chapter 17 The Nine Corpses Welcome Guests
The residual poison on Hong Xiguan's body still needs time to dissolve, and the White Lotus Sect does not know whether it has withdrawn from the dark place, the three of them discussed for a while, and decided to leave from Sanliting for the time being, and go back together to find another team.

But less than half a mile away from Caoxie Gorge, they ran into a figure hurrying over.

"Mom! Why did you come here!"

From a long distance away, Hongdou recognized the visitor as his mother from the movement and angle, and asked quickly, "Why are you the only one? Where are the children?"

Sure enough, it was Zhu Xiaoqian who came. She was still wearing a foreign uniform, with a worried face, and she was not angry when she saw her daughter.

"Wait a minute, why are you and the smelly man next to you so close!"

At this moment, Hongdou was responsible for supporting Hong Xiguan, and the two inevitably had some physical touch, but they did not object to each other, so they maintained a tacit attitude and supported them to come here.

"Mother, Xiguan was injured, he saved me just now, otherwise I would have returned to Jiuquan!" Hongdou quickly explained, her beautiful eyes were full of shyness.

Zhu Xiaoqian pulled her daughter away from Hong Xiguan with great vigilance, carried his shoulders by herself, and said politely with a smirk.

"Oh, hero, thank you for saving the little girl. This kindness should have been promised by her body, but seeing that you are not the kind of person who takes advantage of others, then let her be a cow and a horse in the next life to repay it." , let’s just forget about everything in this life, do you think it’s okay?”

The more Hongdou listened, the angrier she became, she pulled Zhu Xiaoqian away from the side, "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 you are thinking? Why are you still blushing? Let me tell you, raising you so big is not to let you give birth to others." I won't agree to being a stepmother!"

Jiang Wen sighed, this is the suspension bridge effect.

Just now they went to collect herbs by themselves, and they were left alone to overcome the difficulties of life and death. After a set of combined punches, their relationship seemed to heat up rapidly.

It's a pity that this script doesn't have its own role. If Jiang Wen took the red beans up the mountain to collect herbs, it would seem that he was planning something wrong. If he changed the red beans to collect herbs and stayed to take care of Hong Xiguan...

He is the head of Jiang University, what is he doing with his time to improve the favorability of a man?Wouldn't it be nice to spend some time chatting with the paper figurine sister?
The people of the White Lotus Sect are also naive. The head of Jiang University even has more than one wife of the paper man, so why are they afraid?

"You two, I didn't mean to interrupt your chat, but we still have business to do."

Jiang Wen hurriedly reminded, "Why didn't the children go with you?"

"The child is in a safe place now, it's just..."

Zhu Xiaoqian sighed with a slightly stiff expression.

"Their situation is not good..."

Less than five miles away from Sanli Pavilion is a deep and long canyon leading to Tianxinyan, which the locals call Dakengkou.

The cliffs on both sides of the canyon are continuous, meandering and undulating, and the nine-shaped cliffs are like a dragon. Tourists then refer to the canyon as the nest of wandering dragons, and call it the nest of nine dragons.

The terrain here is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, with majestic and steep mountain walls on both sides as cover, and the only way to enter the valley is a small path. Jiang Wen and others entered the Nine Dragons Nest from the rear, and they had to undergo repeated interrogations before they entered it.

"Strange, when we passed by in the middle of the night, there were not so many people..."

Jiang Wen was a little puzzled. The hundreds of people here were all martial artists with swords on their backs. They gathered freely in twos and threes according to their backgrounds and sects, and the alleys were filled with torches.

Among the people in the Jianghu who have always been disobedient to discipline, they have also seen some signs of prohibition.It's just that the atmosphere here is dignified, and everyone is worried, as if they have lost their minds.

Zhu Xiaoqian seemed to have made friends with the people here, and soon led them through the camp to a cave that was sunken in the mountain wall.

"Wingding!"

With a cry, Hong Xiguan's toxin invaded his heart veins, his face turned red under the violent mood swings, and the pain caused Qiu Dong to sweat on his forehead, but in his eyes, he only focused on Hong Wending who was lying on the stone bed in extreme pain.

Not only Hong Wending, but also Ning Die, who was ashamed and disheveled, was also lying on the stone bed, his brows were wrinkled, and his face was like gold paper.

Inside the stone room, a young man with an immature appearance was taking his pulse, with a look of unshakable worry on his face. Seeing Zhu Xiaoqian bring someone in, he opened his mouth and said.

"Grandma Zhu, the poison on these two children is very special. Although the symptoms are scary in the initial stage, they will not be life-threatening in a short period of time. The medical skills taught by the family teacher have never been recorded in this case, and it may be..."

Hong Xiguan frowned tightly, his eyes were full of murderous intent, as if countless thoughts were constantly arising and dying, and he, who was always indifferent, couldn't control his mood.

"What kind of poison is this!"

The young doctor said helplessly: "This has never been seen before... Some people say that evil spirits entered the body and collided with Tai Sui."

"This is the Qimen Rotten Bone Poison. It used to be a disaster together with the Blood Transforming Knife. It's not some gods or ghosts. I'm afraid someone deliberately poisoned them and tortured the two children in order to let us hand over the clues of the treasure map. Bar……"

Jiang Wen took the initiative to continue.

In the original plot, apart from concocting the biochemical weapon Ma Ning'er, the demon monk of the Western Regions did not show any other advantages. However, judging from the way of poisoning, there are probably many things that the demon monk of the Western Regions that he is facing now have not shown. come out.

Hearing what Jiang Wen said, the young man hurriedly cupped his hands and asked for advice: "So there is an expert here! I'm going to salute An Hongxiang, and I haven't asked the Taoist priest's name yet?"

Jiang Wen nodded slightly after listening: "Wuyi Jiangwen. Excuse me, what is the relationship between you and Daming Zhong Zhenbo, Hong Xuhong, old general?"

The young man raised his head and said, "It's my father!"

Hong Xu, whose name is Jiufeng, is a native of Tong'an, Fujian.At the beginning, he was the general of Zheng Zhilong, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty. After Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he returned to Zheng Chenggong and fought against the Qing Dynasty.

In addition to this identity, he is also Chen Yonghua's father-in-law.And the name Chen Yonghua used when he walked the rivers and lakes was Chen Jinnan!
This young man turned out to be Mr. Chen's brother-in-law?
"The demon monk poisoned this time, there must be some conspiracy. I am worried that he also has a secret method to track the traces of the rotting bone poison. Can you take me to see the leader Chen of the Tiandihui?"

The young man Hong Lixiang, Chen Jinnan's brother-in-law raised his eyes in shock and said, "Jiang Daochang is so predictable. When we met Grandma Zhu and Little Fifth Patriarch on the road, we found a group of people following them. Afterwards, we were repeatedly confronted." When it came time to pursue the enemy, Chief Steward Chen had already led his men to meet the enemy in front of the Nine Dragon Cave in order to prevent the head and tail from being unable to look around!"

At this time, Hong Xiguan looked at his son, but his question pointed directly at people's hearts.

"It's a big taboo for military strategists to go deep alone, and it's even more dangerous to wander around. You are camping here and waiting for help. What's the difference from sending you to your death?"

He has been wanted by the Qing court all year round. Killing people in downtown areas and killing them with harsh hands are commonplace. He knows very well that attacking alone is like an assassination. He can only move forward without retreating.

"Hey, everyone, follow me..."

Hong Lixiang also seemed a little hard to explain, so he simply led them out of the cave, to a place that was obviously the most open, but there were no martial arts people gathered, and removed the grass leaves and dead branches covering the ground.

Following the light of the torch, what came into view were nine strange corpses. The strange thing is that although these corpses had been dead for a long time, their bodies were stiff, but their faces were crying, laughing, angry, sad, happy, sad, joyful, etc. There are nine different expressions of resentment and sorrow.

These are all the expressions made by the deceased with all his strength when he died. Therefore, under the uncertain light of the fire, he always feels his mouth and eyes are trembling, as if he will come back to life at any time, which is extremely weird...

"Nine Corpses welcome guests?! Someone actually placed such a vicious thing!"

Jiang Wen gasped.

Hongdou plunged into Hong Xiguan's arms, screamed out of fright, and was dragged away by the angry mother.

Hong Lixiang sighed.

"When we entered the Nine Dragons Nest, we first saw the scene of the nine corpses welcoming guests. Everyone said that the consequences of entering rashly were unpredictable. The chief rudder saw that people were panic-stricken, so he chose to lead his own people to meet the enemy!"

At this time, a call came from the dull camp, but the sentry at the Jiulongke Pass sent a message.

"The helmsman is back!"

(End of this chapter)