Chapter 1007: Gathering together ()

"Master Hong?"

Hearing the trembling voice begging for mercy outside the wall sound very familiar, Teng Sanshi's face changed, and he pushed forward with his right hand that passed through the wall, but he heard a "ouch" and Hong Si, who was in danger, lay on the ground with his limbs spread out.

Yun Zhuiyue walked out of the room quickly and roughly and brutally dragged Hong Si, who was struggling to get up, into the room.

"Xiang'er..."

"boom!"

Ignoring Teng Sanshi and Xiao Zhirou's dissuasion, Yun Zhuiyue dragged the burly Hong Si to the table like a chick. With a wave of his right hand, he mercilessly slapped Hong Si's face. Before he could scream for mercy, Yun Zhuiyue suddenly clenched his five fingers, pressed Hong Si's head down and threw it violently. With a muffled sound, Hong Si was pressed firmly on the table by Yun Zhuiyue.

"Keng!"

Just as Hong Si's head was about to hit the table, Yun Zhuiyue pulled out a sharp blade and stabbed it into the table without thinking. The blade was less than an inch away from Hong Si's eyes.

The slightly trembling blade and the cold light surging on the blade caught Hong Si off guard, and he was immediately frightened to the point of breaking out in a sweat, and his body couldn't help but twitch violently.

"Who are you? Why are you sneaking outside the window and eavesdropping?"

Yun Zhuiyue held Hong Si's head with one hand and slowly turned the dagger with the other. The friction between the blade and the table made a sharp and piercing sound. When the blade turned sideways, the cold blade almost touched Hong Si's eyelids, causing the muscles on his face to tremble uncontrollably, and beads of sweat the size of beans flowed down his forehead, eyebrows, eyelids and eyelashes.

At this moment, Hong Si didn't even dare to breathe, for fear that his slightest movement would accidentally "hit" the knife edge, which could result in blindness at best, and death at worst.

"Hong... Hong is..."

"Don't tell me you were just passing by." Yun Zhuiyue stared at the Shenzhan Guhan and incoherent Hong Si with a pair of gloomy and turbid eyes. The hoarse voice sounded like the howling of evil spirits from hell to Hong Si.

"Hong is here... to discuss something important with Chief Teng..." Hong Si had heard of Yun Zhuiyue's bad reputation. Therefore, in front of him, even if Hong Si had the guts to do anything, he would not dare to play any tricks. "I know... you want to save Liu Xunyi... I can help you..."

As soon as these words were spoken, Yun Zhuiyue, Xiao Zhirou, and Teng Sanshi's eyes changed and they looked at each other with astonishment.

"Let him go first." Teng Sanshi walked forward slowly and gently pushed Yun Zhuiyue away. "A hundred Hong Temples can't cause any trouble in front of the three of us."

After that, Teng Sanshi personally poured tea and water, handed it to the frightened Hong Si, and asked tentatively: "Master Hong, did you hear anything outside the window just now?"

"To be honest, I didn't even hear a single word you said... before you found me." Hong Si drank the tea in one gulp and said self-deprecatingly, "I should have expected that the three of you are the top martial artists in the Central Plains. With my abilities... how could I possibly lie at the foot of your wall? I am simply overestimating my own abilities."

"If you didn't eavesdrop, how would you know we wanted to save Liu Xunyi?" Xiao Zhirou looked at the panting Hong Si with doubt and asked coldly, "Could it be... that you were sent by Qingfeng to monitor us?"

“No, no, no!” Hong Si’s heart tightened, and he shook his head repeatedly like a rattle. “Hong, I swear to heaven, I am definitely not a lackey of Qingfeng and Wudang. If I say even a single lie, I will be struck by lightning and die a miserable death!”

"You are not from Qingfeng, but you know that we want to save Liu Xunyi..." Xiao Zhirou pondered, "You claim to be the head of the Hong Mansion in Taizhou, so... have you ever seen Liu Xunyi outside the pass?"

Xiao Zhirou once received a secret letter from Tang Afu. Although the letter did not mention a word about the relationship between the "Four Prefectures in the Capital" and Liu Xunyi, it spoke frankly about Liu Xunyi's recuperation in Changbai Mountain.

Since Changbai Mountain and the "Four Prefectures of Shangjing" are both outside the Great Wall, and coupled with Hong Si's strange reaction, Xiao Zhirou had an idea, and she asked this question just now, intending to find out the truth.

"Valley Master Xiao is indeed a man of great insight." Temple Hong was stunned at first, then showed admiration on his face, "Yes! Not only have I met Liu Xunyi, but I also have a close relationship with him."

"What?" Xiao Zhirou couldn't hold back her excitement. She grabbed Hong Si's arm without restraint and asked anxiously, "What's your connection with him? How do you know we want to save him? What's your purpose in leading people to join the Xiangxi Teng tribe?"

"Rou'er!"

Yun Zhuiyue's eyes narrowed, and she unnoticeably moved Xiao Zhirou's hand away from Hong Si's arm, and said soothingly, "Don't worry! I will make him tell me everything he knows, so you don't have to worry."

"I understand what Master Xiao meant, and I also understand what Master Yun meant." Seeing Yun Zhuiyue's increasingly sinister gaze towards him, Hong Si recalled the scene just now and couldn't help but feel panic. "Don't worry, you three, you don't have to torture me, I will tell you everything I know. My purpose of joining Chief Teng... is to wait for the right time to tell you the secret about Liu Xunyi." "What do you mean?"

Hong Si's explanation made Xiao Zhirou and the other two more confused.

"Master Hong, what does it mean when the time is right?" Teng Sanshi asked doubtfully, "What is the secret?"

"When the time is right..." Hong Si said as he pulled out a letter from his sleeve, "It's the eldest lady's order! I will reveal my identity whenever she tells me to."

"Miss? Reveal your identity?" Xiao Zhirou was anxious, and her tone became more and more impatient. "What do you mean?"

"Actually..." Hong Si said solemnly, "The four prefectures in Shangjing have long been merged into one, and now they are the four branches of the 'Western Law Martial Sect' in the Central Plains. I, Hong, am the leader of one of the four branches, the Hongmen. The Liu Xunyi you are talking about... is the deputy leader of the 'Western Law Martial Sect', in charge of the four branches of the Central Plains martial arts world."

"What?" Hong Si's words were like shocking news, leaving Xiao Zhirou and the other two stunned and unable to believe it.

"The eldest lady is the deputy clan leader's...confidante. Now that the deputy clan leader is trapped in a shallow shoal, all matters of the Xilu Wuzong in the Central Plains are handled by the eldest lady." Hong Si said seriously, "It was the deputy clan leader and the eldest lady's idea to let Hong surrender to the Xiangxi Teng clan."

"Xilu Wuzong? The four branches of the Central Plains? You don't have much ability, but you have a lot of boasting." Yun Zhuiyue sneered, "Although I don't know what your relationship with Liu Xunyi is, and I don't know how he became your deputy leader, but if you really have the ability, the 'Four Prefectures of Shangjing' wouldn't have been able to stay in one corner for decades. In the final analysis, you are just a bunch of rabble. You want to go against the leader of the Central Plains Wulin... It's like hitting a rock with an egg."

"The strength of the four prefectures in Shangjing is indeed not as good as that of the sects in the Central Plains. I am not very knowledgeable and my ability is far inferior to that of the leaders of the sects in the Central Plains. But the deputy sect leader is different from us. He is both civil and military, and he is the best among the newcomers. He is chivalrous and has lofty ambitions. With him leading us, the Xilu Wu Sect will surely prosper." Hong Si was indignant, but he did not dare to confront Yun Zhuiyue head-on, so he used Liu Xunyi as a shield. "Today, I, Hong, am ordered by the eldest lady to tell the truth to the three of you. First, I want to show my sincerity, and second, I hope to cooperate with the three of you, share the same hatred and save the deputy sect leader from danger together."

"A bunch of cowardly rats are worthy of sharing the same hatred with us?" Yun Zhuiyue said contemptuously, "They keep saying 'young lady' all the time. I want to see who this young lady is."

"Thank you for the favor from Lord Yun. I don't deserve the title of 'sacred'. I just can't stand seeing hypocrites like Qingfeng oppressing the good. So I saw injustice and helped them. That's all."

Before Yun Zhuiyue finished speaking, a sweet laughter as melodious as a silver bell suddenly came from the yard.

The tightly closed door was slowly pushed open, and a spirited and elegant 'young man in white', accompanied by several burly men, walked into the room leisurely.

The person who came was Xunzhen, who was dressed as a man. The guards following behind her were Abaolu, Su Hu, Xiao Yang, and Xun Budao.

"Greetings, Miss!"

Upon seeing Xunzhen, the panicked Hong Si suddenly showed ecstasy and quickly knelt down to kowtow.

"Are you the 'young lady' that Hong Si mentioned?" Xiao Zhirou's beautiful eyes carefully examined Xunzhen, who had a beautiful figure and clear eyes, and asked with a hint of meaning, "Liu Xunyi's...confidante?"

Hearing this, Xunzhen, who was usually calm in the face of adversity, was slightly stunned. A hint of shame and annoyance flashed across his eyes, but disappeared in an instant.

"Rather than saying 'close friend', it's better to say 'like-minded'." Xunzhen smiled and bowed without being servile or arrogant. "I am Xunzhen, a young lady. I have long admired the reputation of the three seniors. It is a great honor to meet you tonight."

Yun Zhuiyue was secretly surprised, and said meaningfully: "Xunzhen's reputation in the Central Plains martial arts world is even greater than the three of us. The former martial arts world leader Luo Tianjin regarded you as a 'genius', but the current martial arts world leader Qingfeng regards you as a 'witch'. Even the self-righteous Jin Fuyu suffered at your hands, and a fire at Jiumo Cliff caused great damage to the vitality of Jinjianwu, and it has been difficult to recover so far. Now, you are involved with Liu Xunyi and have transformed yourself into his 'like-minded' friend. I have to say that Miss Xunzhen is really unfathomable and has great magical powers. She is worthy of being... a capable general of the Young Qin King."

"I've always heard that the Holy Lord of Longxiang Mountain knows everything about the past and future five hundred years. He knows all the heroes and heroes in the martial arts world, as well as their grudges and love and hatred. Seeing him today, it turns out that his reputation is well-deserved. He can even find out everything about a little-known person like me. I admire you! I really admire you!"

"If you are a 'little person', who else in the world dares to be a 'big person'?"

"The real 'big shot' is standing right in front of me." Facing Yun Zhuiyue's ambiguous probing, Xunzhen remained calm and responded calmly.

Just a brief encounter and a few words of "greetings" surprised Xiao Zhirou and the other two, who were used to many ups and downs, and they looked at the young Xunzhen with new eyes.

Regardless of the fact that this "little girl" has extraordinary quick wit and eloquence, her calm and steady demeanor in every gesture is enough to shame countless men in the world who claim to be "as smart as the sun and as powerful as the sky".

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(End of this chapter)