Chapter 13 Entering the Jianghu

The three of them continued on their way.

On the way, Lu Yuan observed the old beggar several times intentionally or unintentionally, but he never showed anything unusual.

However, as he was about to arrive in Chongqing, some things couldn't be concealed with expressions, but they were still revealed.

Hufeng Mountain is a mountain forest located in the west of Chongqing. It is also the last mountain on this journey.

Beyond here, walk another 20 miles along the official road to enter the city.

Standing on the top of the mountain, Lu Yuan suddenly said, "Master Lu!"

"Um?"

"We won't go to Chongqing. Hua'er and I are only 13. While you can still walk, come and walk with us through the Ming Dynasty mountains and rivers again!"

Hearing this, the old beggar was silent for a moment, his eyes turned to the distance, and then he shook his head slightly and laughed, "I can't walk anymore. I'm already over seventy years old. You kid really doesn't regard me as an old man."

"What's the problem? As long as you respond, I will carry you on my back and fly away!"

The old beggar laughed out loud as if he was amused by the thought of that scene.

After laughing, he patted Lu Yuan on the shoulder, his old face showing satisfaction and relief, "You can always come up with some crooked ideas, but we have to enter this city!"

After saying this, Lu Yuan did not speak, only the sound of the wind on the top of the mountain remained.

For some reason, Lu Hua'er, who was listening to the conversation between the two, felt her throat was blocked and felt uneasy.

That night, the three of them entered the city and had a very sumptuous dinner in an abandoned house.

Many years later, Lu Huaer had memories in a diary.

[That night, we had a sumptuous meal. Lu Yuan packed up almost all the delicacies we could find in the city. It was also that night, Grandpa Lu said a lot. Although his instructions were warm, they made the uneasiness in my heart even stronger.

I almost instinctively held Lu Yuan's hand, hoping to get the answer from him as before, but he just smiled at me as usual and continued drinking and chatting with Grandpa Lu.

Yes, I remember Lu Yuan drank alcohol that night. At the age of 13, he shouldn't have been like this.

I don't understand why Lu Yuan and Grandpa Lu were so full of sex that night. They always laughed and even cried.

Until dawn, I know the answer...]

"Grandpa Lu! Grandpa Lu!!!"

Crying sounds came from the abandoned house.

"Lu Yuan! Lu Yuan, where are you! Grandpa Lu..."

With a creak, the door of the house was pushed open. The girl turned around and saw a young man in white mourning clothes walking in, carrying a coffin.

The girl stared at this scene blankly, not knowing whether she had not calmed down or could not accept it.

"Hua'er, come on, change clothes."

...

In the afternoon of that day, the old beggar closed his coffin and was buried.

Lu Yuan found a cart, dragged the coffin, and left the city openly, and chose a geomantic treasure place outside the city for burial.

The tombstone was carved by Lu Yuan himself, and the two of them burned paper and paid their respects.

After finishing, Lu Yuan stood up and reminded, "Hua'er, we have to go."

Lu Yuan patted the girl's shoulder, but was thrown away by the girl. She still knelt on the spot, looking at Lu Yuan with red eyes, and said in a hoarse voice: "You have known for a long time that you can stop it. Grandpa Lu has raised you for ten years." Three years, thirteen years!”

The girl's eyes were more stubborn than ever before, and Lu Yuan knew she wanted an answer.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Yuan tried to be as calm as possible, "You're right, I have many ways to stop it. I even discovered it when Mr. Lu started to take the initiative to spread his energy on the road."

The girl's tears were like broken pearls. She raised her hand and kept beating the edge of the landing, "Why? Why!!"

Lu Yuan gently grabbed the other person's hand.

"Because he doesn't want to drag us down, and because Mr. Lu is a scholar, and surviving is not what he wants. Mr. Lu can die, but not by the enemy's pursuit, but by giving up his life calmly to prove what he once insisted on. , has not changed.”

Lu Yuan spoke softly, as if he was explaining to Lu Hua'er, or to himself, although he felt pedantic and did not agree with it.

"What do you mean?" Lu Hua'er stopped what he was doing.

Lu Yuan knelt down and said, "Master Lu is just like your deceased parents. They have things they insist on and believe are higher than life. Now, Master Lu is using his life to express his gratitude to his former opponent."

Lu Hua'er seemed to have remembered something, "You mean because of Zhang... Mr. Zhang Ge? Mr. Zhang?"

Lu Yuan nodded.

"But...but..."

"There is no other choice. To show one's ambition by dying is a damning character." Lu Yuan shook his head gently, "At least for Mr. Lu himself, we need to leave quickly. I believe it won't be long before the pursuer will Come here, this is why Mr. Lu doesn’t want to drag us down.”

At this time, Lu Hua'er understood the whole story and stood up in despair. She suddenly pulled Lu Yuan's arm and said, "Are we just like this, doing nothing?"

Lu Yuan smiled, but the smile had no warmth, "How is that possible? I hold a grudge very much!"

Half a day after the two left the cemetery, three royal guards arrived...

Early the next morning, Lu Yuan took Lu Hua'er back quietly. Now they had taken off their beggar clothes and changed into ordinary Jianghu people's clothes. Lu Hua'er still chose to wear men's clothes, and Lu Yuan had a long sword in his hand.

The two men came to the cemetery in disguise and saw at a glance the overturned mounds of soil and the corpses thrown on the ground.

At this time, three crows landed there and were about to lower their heads to eat.

"Grandpa Lu!"

With a cry of grief, Lu Huaer performed Qinggong and flew over.

The crow that discovered the visitor was about to fly up, but three stones directly blew it up.

When they arrived at the grave, Lu Yuan and the other two buried the old beggar again.

Lu Huaer's face was frighteningly cold throughout the whole process. Although Lu Yuan had guessed in advance that the body would be examined, when he saw this scene with his own eyes, he could not suppress his anger.

Just when they were about to finish, four men in black suddenly appeared and surrounded them.

"This kid actually brought people back!" One of them said in surprise.

"Be careful, he is not simple!" Another person reminded.

Being surrounded, Lu Huaer and Lu Yuan did not show panic on their faces.

"I want to deal with one!" Lu Huaer took the initiative to speak.

Lu Yuan did not hesitate, "Okay!"

"Looking for death!"

Hearing this conversation that did not take them seriously at all, the four people took action at the same time.

Lu Huaer stepped on the ground with her toes and took the lead to meet a person. When the two sides were about to fight, her figure flickered and passed by the opponent. The man in black felt a strong wind blowing on his face, and the figure disappeared in front of his eyes. He was shocked and just wanted to turn around, but a mouthful of black blood spurted out uncontrollably.

Poisoned, when...

The man in black was shocked and wanted to distance himself and try to detoxify, but his body was already stiff and numb.

This scene happened very quickly and attracted the attention of everyone in the field.

However, their reactions were different. The remaining men in black were shocked, while Lu Yuan retracted his gaze and looked at his opponent with confidence.

"Hold your breath, be careful of poison!"

The man in black who first reminded everyone to be careful spoke again.

Lu Yuan had already drawn his long sword at this time, and used his light skill to stab it flatly, like a white crane dancing, and was blocked by the black man in front with a knife, but this stab was just a cover, and the tip of the long sword seemed to be stuck with the long knife.

No matter how hard the man in black tried, he couldn't get rid of it.

The force he exerted on the knife was like a drop in the ocean. With a tug, he lost his balance and was carried by Lu Yuan to spin around, swaying the attacks of the other two.

After landing, the black-clothed man with the knife had just found his balance, and the silver-white sword had already slashed his throat along the back of the knife.

The whole sword move was gentle and soft, and there was not even a collision sound. It was beautiful like dancing.

But the dance had just begun, and the man had already fallen.

"Tai Chi sword?! No, Tai Chi sword is not like this!" A black-clothed man was shocked.

Lu Yuan was in no mood to explain to them. Of course, his was not a Tai Chi sword, but it had the shadow of Tai Chi.

The long sword turned to the second person. Knowing that Lu Yuan was powerful, the remaining two black-clothed men looked at each other and coordinated their moves. The two embroidered spring swords chopped at the same time, attacking one up and one down.

Lu Yuan's moves changed, and the long sword was like an antelope hanging on the horns, shaking out two sword shadows in the air.

Ding Ding!

With two crisp sounds, the tip of the sword came into contact with the two long swords, but they did not collide head-on.

The two points of force were both on the side of the blade, and the effect was that the long sword was directly cut off.

Lu Yuan's body swayed, and the man and the sword were connected like a rippling lake. With the momentum of the collision, he had already passed by a man in black, and the sword in his hand, as if being dragged by him, slashed across the other's neck diagonally.

The second man fell down.

Oh no, it was the third person. At this time, Lu Huaer's side had also ended the battle.

In the past five years, because of her congenital deficiency and her dislike of swords, fists and feet, Lu Yuan only let her practice internal strength and light skills. As for the means of attack, it was to use poison.

Among Lu Yuan's many skills, Lu Huaer was only interested in using poison, so he was naturally happy to cultivate her.

At present, there was only the last man in black left in the field.

"Why are you..."

Before the other party finished speaking, Lu Yuan's third sword had already stabbed.

The black-clothed man's forehead was sweating. He had long guessed that Lu Yuan was not simple, but it was not until this moment that he had a clear understanding. In terms of moves alone, this level has already caught up with the leaders of the major sects in the martial arts world, and even surpassed them.

How old is he? How could he be so evil? !

The black-clothed man regretted it now. He should not have killed this sneak attack earlier. He did meet the person, but his life would be lost immediately.

In the intense life-and-death crisis, the black-clothed man tried his best to block two moves of Lu Yuan. But what made him despair was that Lu Yuan's sword moves seemed to be without rules, but they were connected naturally, and with his strength, one sword after another, and each sword was extremely tricky, not letting people breathe at all. The suffocating rhythm made people feel that their brains could not keep up with their eyes, and the moves in their hands naturally changed.

Lu Yuan never missed an opportunity. He turned his wrist and shook the long sword slowly. While disarming the opponent's long knife, the tip of the sword was already against the opponent's throat.

Looking into the other person's eyes, Lu Yuan suddenly felt familiar, and suddenly remembered something, blurting out: "It's you!"

The man in black obviously didn't expect that Lu Yuan could recognize him, so he could only nod.

"Lu Yuan, do you know him?"

Lu Huaer frowned and asked beside him. She didn't like these people at all, and didn't want Lu Yuan to show mercy.

Lu Yuan nodded, "I saved Master Lu and me back then."

This answer made Lu Huaer stunned.

That's right, this person was the black-clad guest who saved people in the ruined temple back then.

"Don't you have anything to say?"

Lu Yuan looked at the other person, he didn't ask stupid questions like 'Since you saved him back then, why are you killing him now'.

The man in black smiled bitterly, "It was because of respect before, but now I have no choice."

Lu Yuan's expression remained unchanged, "Since you already know that Mr. Lu is dead, why do you still attack us? Did someone above give special instructions?"

"I asked specifically, what it means is, no one will be left behind..."

"You mean, the higher-ups already know the news of Mr. Lu's death?"

"Yes, they... huh?"

The man in black suddenly reacted, but it was too late. The sword edge passed by and his throat was sealed with a sword.

The man in black clutched his throat and fell to the ground twitching, his eyes fixed on Lu Yuan, as if he couldn't believe it.

"I am a very reasonable person. Since you respect Mr. Lu, I will personally send you to say hello to him."

From the beginning to the end, Lu Yuan had no intention of letting the other person go. No matter what your mentality was when you saved people in the past, now that you were on the opposite side, it was impossible for him to be merciful. The reason why he was talking nonsense for a long time was to get a piece of information.

Has the other party reported the news of the old beggar’s death?

If not, the old beggar may have to face digging a grave and dumping the body.

Fortunately it's not the worst case scenario.

After shaking off the blood on the sword, Lu Yuan looked at Lu Hua'er, "Are you feeling better?"

Lu Hua'er nodded, "Will we have to face constant pursuit in the future?"

"Well, are you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid!"

Lu Yuan nodded and looked around, "We have to clean up the bodies of these people. They can't die here. By the way, will you write a diary tonight?"

"What's wrong?"

"If you write it, add a sentence."

"What to add?"

"Just write: Lu Yuan, Lu Hua'er sent Master Lu off today, and also entered the Jianghu today!"

"Why is it today? Doesn't it count before?"

"I was cared for by elders before, so that doesn't count."