Chapter 627 Ah Zhu and Ah Bi

Chai Xin originally planned to rescue Duan Yu immediately, but after seeing this situation, he changed his mind.

He knew that the place Duan Yu was going to next was Yanziwu, which was not only the territory of Gusu Murong family, but also adjacent to Wang family's new Langhuan blessed land.

In the Langhuan blessed land, there are many martial arts that are kept secret in the world, and you can go and take a look.

He had his own internal skill called "Daoxuan Gong", and he looked down on other skills. However, he could take a look at some unique skills from various schools to save himself the trouble of creating his own.

When Jiumozhi heard that Murong Fu was out, he couldn't help showing regret on his face, and sighed: "I didn't expect that after traveling thousands of miles, I would miss the chance to meet you, which is really sad. But it's not easy for me to come here, I would like to pay my respects in front of Mr. Murong's tomb to fulfill the promise we made that year."

The young girl smiled and said, "Since Master is a good friend of Master Murong, I will invite you to have a cup of tea first. I will then inform the master in the mansion. What do you think?"

Jiumozhi put his hands together again and said in a gentle voice: "May I ask who this young lady is in your house? What should I call her?"

The young girl smiled and said, "How dare I be called Master Madam? I am just a little girl who serves you to play the piano and flute. My name is A-Bi."

Jiumozhi did not look down on me because of my status, and still said respectfully: "I dare not."

"Miss Abi, I have been traveling around the world with my nephew. It has been a long time since I last saw the Gusu Murong Clan. Would you like to go with me to see the Murong Clan?"

Chai Xin had come closer by now, and he clasped his fists from a distance on his horse and said to A-Bi.

When everyone heard him speak, they turned their eyes to him.

He was dressed in a black brocade robe, with long black hair casually draped over his shoulders. Not only was he handsome, but his temperament was also gentle and humble, so extraordinary that everyone was stunned.

Looking behind him, there was a young man of about twelve or thirteen who was also as delicate as a piece of jade. One could not help but think that what a handsome uncle and nephew they were.

The two men sat on horses, which had shiny black fur and looked quite majestic.

With such attire, it is obvious that he is not an ordinary person.

"what……"

Duan Yu recognized Chai Xin at a glance and was about to shout excitedly, but he suddenly swallowed the words back.

Firstly, he was captured by Jiumozhi at the moment and knew very well how powerful this evil monk was. He did not want him to know that he was familiar with Chai Xin, so as not to implicate the latter.

After all, although he knew that Chai Xin was a martial arts expert, he had also seen the scene of Jiumozhi breaking into the Tianlong Temple alone, so he didn't dare to be sure who was stronger and who was weaker.

If by any chance he harmed Chai Xin, he would regret it.

Furthermore, Chai Xin obviously saw him, but did not recognize him immediately, which clearly showed that he had some plan.

If he were to reveal his plan now, wouldn't Chai Xin's plan fail?
Duan Yu was a smart man. He thought of these things in a short time and then remained silent.

Everyone's attention was on Chai Xin's uncle and nephew at the moment, and no one noticed his expression.

Ah Bi was a gentle and kind girl. Upon hearing this, she said politely, "You are a guest, so you are welcome. But my son has gone out to visit friends. If you meet him, I'm afraid you won't be able to come."

"No problem. I will stay in your house for a few days. If I can wait for Mr. Murong to come back, that would be the best. If not, it will be a chance for me to appreciate the style of the Murong family."

Chai Xin said with a smile.

"In that case, please invite the distinguished guests aboard." A-Bi smiled brightly and stretched out her hand to invite them from a distance.

Chai Xin and Yang Guo dismounted, patted the horses' buttocks lightly with their hands, and secretly exerted a trace of internal strength. The two horses immediately started to gallop towards a dense forest outside the city.

"He just let go of these two fine horses. This man is really extravagant."

Seeing this, everyone present thought the same thing.

How could they know Chai Xin's abilities? The two internal forces were imprinted in the bodies of the two horses. As long as they were within a thousand miles of Chai Xin, they could still be retrieved by induction.

Of course, this move is useless against people who practice martial arts.

Anyone who has practiced internal energy would naturally dissipate the trace of internal energy left by Chai Xin with just a little effort.

Besides, with Chai Xin's financial resources, even if the two horses were worth thousands of taels of silver, they were not worth mentioning. Even if they were really lost, he would not feel sad.

Jiumozhi didn't take Chai Xin too seriously. After all, the latter looked too young.

He looks to be around twenty years old. Even if he has been practicing martial arts since he was born, how powerful can he be?

Ever since he mastered the Flame Sword and won the battle at Tianlong Temple, the confidence of this monk has greatly inflated.

Besides, Murong's maid had agreed to the visit, so how could he, an outsider, say anything?
So, everyone got on board.

After getting on the boat, Cui Baiquan and Guo Yanzhi did not forget to pick up their weapons from the water.

Everyone had different thoughts along the way, and there was no need to elaborate on the various troubles. After wandering in the maze on the lake full of water caltrops and lotus leaves for a long time, they finally arrived at Murong's place.

In the distance, I could see the land approaching and a corner of the eaves was visible among the green willows.

The boat went straight into the shade of willows. When it got closer, it saw a wooden ladder made of pine branches hanging down to the water.

A-Bi tied the boat to the tree, turned around and said to everyone with a smile: "Everyone, please go ashore!"

Everyone naturally obeyed and went ashore. After walking a few steps, they saw four or five houses built in an orderly manner on what was probably an island or a peninsula.

Although the house is small, it is quite exquisite. There is a plaque hanging on one of the rooms with the words "Qin Yun" inscribed on it in a free and unrestrained manner.

Jiumozhi raised his eyes and looked, and said, "Is this the Canhe Manor of Yanziwu?"

Ah Bi smiled and shook her head: "No. This is my courtyard, and I shouldn't receive distinguished guests in my humble house. But this master said he wanted to go and pay respect to Master Murong. I can't make the decision on this matter, so I can only ask you to wait here for a while, and let me ask Sister Ah Zhu."

When Jiumozhi heard this, he couldn't help but feel angry and his face looked slightly gloomy.

Think about how respected he is as the Tufan State Master. Not to mention that he is respected by the king and his subjects in Tufan, even if he came to the courts of the Song Dynasty, Dali, the Mongolian Liao Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty, the monarchs of various countries would also receive him with great ceremony.

What's more, he is an old friend of Mr. Murong. He came from afar to pay tribute. Mr. Murong didn't know about it beforehand and had already left. So it was fine.

However, this little maid did not invite him to the main hall for a formal reception, but instead took him to a separate courtyard for a little maid. This was too disrespectful.

But he also saw that Ah Biyu was smiling and respectful, and obviously had no intention of being disrespectful. He thought to himself, "I guess this little girl doesn't know the rules. There's no need to bother with her."

Then, his complexion returned to normal.

Everyone followed A-Bi into the hall, where servants served them tea and snacks from time to time.

A-Bi greeted her a few words and then went to visit the "Sister A-Zhu" she mentioned.

After a long while, there was the sound of rings and bracelets, and an old lady came out from the inner hall, accompanied by a faint fragrance. The old lady was wearing a bronze satin jacket and skirt, jade bracelets on her wrists, and pearls and jade on her head. She was dressed elegantly, but her face was full of wrinkles, and her eyes were hazy, as if she could no longer see.

A Bi supported her and sat down on the main seat in front of the hall.

"Sister Ah Zhu was busy with something, so I invited my old lady to come. The old lady is the aunt of my master Murong, and the great-aunt of my son. She is the one who can make the decision."

Abi introduced to everyone.

No one in the room had any doubts, except Duan Yu and Chai Xin, who each had a gleam of light in their eyes.

Duan Yu smelled a faint fragrance, which was very similar to the body odor of Mu Wanqing he had met before, and he felt a little surprised.

How can an old lady in her eighties or nineties still have the body odor of a young girl?

Chai Xin had read the original novel, so he naturally knew that this was not the old lady of the Murong family, but the eccentric Ah Zhu in disguise.

"Abi, is this your master's friend? Why doesn't he kowtow to me?"

The old lady squinted her eyes and looked around, her voice trembling.

Ah Bi quickly gestured to Jiumozhi and whispered, "Hurry up and kowtow. Once you kowtow, the lady will be happy and will agree to anything."

The old lady turned her head and put her palm to her ear so that she could hear more clearly. She asked loudly, "Little girl, what did you say? Did he kowtow?"

Jiumozhi said, "Hello, old lady. I am here to pay my respects to you." He bowed deeply and exerted force with both hands. Immediately, there was a dong dong sound on the brick, as if he was kowtowing.

Cui Baiquan and Guo Yanzhi looked at each other in shock: "This monk's internal energy is so powerful, I'm afraid we won't be able to survive a single move from him."

Duan Yu couldn't help laughing when he saw the evil monk being teased like this.

Following the noise, the old lady turned her head and looked in Duan Yu's direction, saying, "Abi, did someone fart?"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and fanned his nose.

Ah Bi suppressed her laughter and said, "Old lady, this is Master Duan who just laughed."

The old lady seemed to be hard of hearing and asked in surprise: "Broken, what is broken?"

Ah Bi suppressed her smile and replied, "It's not that it's broken. My last name is Duan, the son of the Duan family."

The old lady nodded and said to Duan Yu, "You kid, why don't you kowtow to me when you see me?"

Duan Yu was stunned. He thought that he was the crown prince of the Dali Kingdom, so how could he kowtow to others casually?

But then he thought again, the other person was an elder, and he had just vented his anger for him, so there was nothing wrong with kowtowing to him.

He simply knelt down and kowtowed three times, without any hesitation.

Ah Zhu, pretending to be the old lady, smiled and turned her gaze to Cui Baiquan and Guo Yanzhi, saying, "Why don't you two guests kowtow to me?"

Guo Yanzhi had come here to seek revenge, and had been patient for a long time. Hearing this, he could not help but get angry and suddenly shouted, "Do you know martial arts?"

This really confused Ah Zhu, and she asked in surprise, "What did you say?"

Guo Yanzhi said loudly: "I am asking you if you know martial arts. If you are good at martial arts, Guo will die at the hands of Madam Murong! If you are not a martial artist, there is no need to say anything more to you."

"My dear brother, even if you want to seek revenge, you should have someone to blame for the wrong. Since you know that the real culprit is not here, you are still bullying a few old men and girls. Is this the right way to do things?"

Chai Xin, who had remained silent all the time, now spoke with a smile.

His words immediately won the favor of Azhu and Abi.

Guo Yanzhi was angry at first, but then he felt that what he said made sense, and his face turned red with embarrassment.

Cui Baiquan, who was standing next to him, took a deep look at Chai Xin, then held Guo Yanzhi's arm and nodded, saying, "This little brother is right. Even if you want to seek revenge, you should look for the real culprit, and don't act so recklessly. We will wait here, Murong Fu will come back eventually."

Guo Yanzhi groaned, but said no more.

"This little kid is pretty good. I like him! Ah Bi, have someone bring a few more plates of snacks for him to eat."

A'zhu smiled and turned her gaze back to Jiumozhi.

"Master, I heard that you want to visit my nephew's grave. What treasure do you want to steal?"

Although Jiumozhi did not realize that she was a girl in disguise, he had already guessed that she was pretending to be deaf and dumb, and was definitely not really old and confused, so he became more wary in his heart.

"Mr. Murong is so amazing, I think the elders in his family are also unusual."

He simply pretended not to have heard the words "stealer" and replied: "I was a close friend of Mr. Murong. Upon hearing the sad news of his death, I came all the way from Tubo to pay my respects at his grave."

After a pause, seeing that the old lady didn't react, he continued, "Back then, Mr. Murong and I agreed that as long as I could get the Six Meridians Divine Sword Manual for him to read, he would let me read books in the Huanshi Water Pavilion in your mansion for a few days."

"Don't talk nonsense! Since you have an appointment with Mr. Murong, why don't you come to Dali to get the sword manual as soon as possible? Why did you wait until Mr. Murong passed away and there was no evidence before coming to Murong's house?"

Duan Yu suddenly interrupted at this time, with a look of contempt on his face.

"I think you covet Murong's martial arts secrets, and you are willing to make up a lie to trick the old lady into letting you go to the library to secretly read Murong's boxing and sword manuals, and learn Murong's method of 'returning the favor as he would have you do unto me'!"

"If you can trick people into giving you the secrets of Murong's martial arts with just a few sweet words, there are many liars in the world. If you do this, won't everyone know about Murong's unique martial arts?"

Duan Yu's words made perfect sense, and everyone present except Jiumozhi could not help but nod their heads secretly.

"What the little kid said is correct. Regardless of whether the agreement you mentioned is true or not, where is the "Six Meridians Divine Sword" sword manual you said you brought? Bring it to me and I will be able to tell the truth from the false."

Ah Zhu thought about it and immediately grasped the key.

If what the monk said was true, he would have brought the "Six Meridians Divine Sword" with him; if not, he would be a swindler as Duan Yu said.

"To be honest, the Sword Manual has been destroyed by Master Ku Rong of Tianlong Temple. However, this Mr. Duan knows the 'Six Meridians Divine Sword'. Bringing him here is just like bringing the Sword Manual here."

Jiumozhi pointed at Duan Yu and said calmly.

"It's not my fault that I'm suspicious. You said this kid knows the 'Six Meridians Divine Sword', does he really know it? It's hard to believe without any evidence."

Ah Zhu said immediately.

"What the old lady said makes sense. In that case, I will unblock Master Duan's acupoints and let him practice it to prove that what I said is true."

After Jiumozhi finished speaking, he tapped on Duan Yu's body and unblocked his acupuncture points.

(End of this chapter)