The legend of Dukang

Although the ingredients of the dishes are very common, the taste is very unique.Although the four of them had their own concerns, they ate the meal with gusto.After the turmoil, Wen Ruyu still couldn't get enough of the red/roasted rabbit/zi's head, and insisted on asking Wang Xiaoer to make another dish and send it to his room for supper at night.

During the dinner, Wen Wuxia was always depressed.Fang Yunheng knew that she was angry because she had just sent her away, so she couldn't keep quiet, so she looked up at Wen Ruyu.

Wen Ruyu nodded knowingly, and said with a smile: "No time, you and I want to rest here for a while, brother Yunheng, you and brother Xieyou should go to the residence to have a look first."

Jieyou froze for a moment, and before he could make a sound, he was dragged out by Wen Wuxia happily.

Looking at their backs, Wen Ruyu smiled helplessly.This girl's intentions are so obvious, but it's a pity that she can only sigh when facing Shang Jieyou's cold personality.

But now is not the time to think about these things, there are more important things to solve right now.

Wen Ruyu looked at Fang Yunheng in front of him and said, "Hasn't the Xuantian Sword been destroyed by Wu Shengzu? Everyone in the world knows about it! Why is it in Dingguo Houfu?"

The Xuantian Sword is like thunder to everyone in the Jianghu!

According to legend, this sword is a divine blade tempered with divine icy cold iron and forged by the power of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.Those who get this sword are all world-renowned heroes!And the last master of Xuantian Sword was Ling Jueding, the general of the former dynasty.

Although Ling Jueding was born in the royal family, he regarded fame and wealth as dung and stayed away from the imperial court and the world.Later, the old emperor passed away and the new emperor ascended the throne. His foundation was unstable, and wars broke out repeatedly in the frontier. Ling Jueding was called back to assist the government.During the period of the South and North Wars, he made great military exploits.It's a pity that the new emperor is unconscious. He not only favors traitors and sycophants, but also promotes tyranny, causing complaints among the people.What was even more terrible was that the unmarried wife of Wu Shengzu, who was the governor of Youzhou at that time, was forcibly snatched into the palace.

The governor of Youzhou held a heavy army, and Wu Shengzu raised troops southward and pointed directly at the capital in the name of "the Qing emperor's side".Although the princes from all over the world wanted to share a piece of the pie, most of them were afraid of Ling Jue's reputation and held a wait-and-see attitude and did not dare to support.Until Wu Shengzu burned Xuantian Sword in Yandang Mountain to prove that Ling Jueding died in battle, there was no one in the court to rely on.Only then did the other princes get rid of their worries, and turned their backs one after another, and Wu Shengzu was able to unify the Central Plains with the power of destroying Gulaxiu.

Wen Ruyu played with the teacup in her hand and said casually: "The deeds of Wu Shengzu Fenjian was a good story, and it has been praised for more than 50 years. Brother Fang now says that Xuantian Sword is in the Dingguo Houfu. Isn't this a slap in the face of the emperor?"

Seeing that Wen Ruyu didn't believe it, Fang Yunheng slowly explained: "Brother Wen doesn't know something, this sword is really in the Hou Mansion! It was given to the ancestors of the Xie family by the ancestor Wu Sheng more than 50 years ago for collection."

Seeing Fang Yunheng's solemnity, Wen Ruyu was a little surprised.

Although the Xuantian Sword is precious, it is only a weapon for killing people.When the Maweipo Mutiny happened back then, Tang Minghuang could bear to kill even a stunning concubine like Yang Guifei for the sake of the country, let alone a weapon!Why did Wu Shengzu hide the sword secretly in spite of the world?There must be something tricky in the middle!Thinking of this, Wen Ruyu looked at Fang Yunheng suspiciously.

As if seeing his thoughts, Fang Yunheng smiled wryly: "The Xie family is only responsible for guarding the Xuantian Sword. As for the inside story, only the emperor knows. It is precisely because of the strict security that we have been able to live in peace for so many years. I don't want to see it now My uncle never dared to alarm the emperor, so in desperation, I ordered my cousin Jieyou and I to search for it secretly, and we must find it as soon as possible before the news spreads. Otherwise, it would be a serious crime to lose the imperial gift!"

Wen Ruyu nodded in her heart: slapping the emperor in the face is indeed a big deal!

Fang Yunheng sighed, and continued: "I happened to be there at the time of the incident. Our Fang family and the Xie family are in the same spirit, and it is impossible to stand by and watch. The assassin's martial arts are strong, and the enemy is dark, but he can't alert the government. The Hou Mansion is under the enemy's back and forth! Jieyou and I are really powerless. In desperation, I found brother Ruyu." Fang Yunheng looked at Wen Ruyu and said: "You know Jieyou's temper, he is in Jianghu. I don't have many friends in the world, and the only person I trust is you. Besides, Brother Ruyu has a good character and candid behavior. He is a difficult young talent in the world. Both Jieyou and I believe that you will definitely do your best to help us, and you will do your best for us. The Hou Mansion keeps it secret."

As the saying goes, the friendship between friends is mutual boast.Although these words are a bit exaggerated, they also reveal a fact, that is, the importance of "good" words.The so-called "thousands of clothes, ten thousand clothes, flattering never wears".Fang Yunheng's words are reasonable and romantic everywhere.Wen Ruyu was very useful and felt the satisfaction of being recognized.

But thinking about it carefully, Wen Ruyu also had to admire Xie Dingtian's brilliance, the old man of the Xie family: these heartfelt good words, Jieyou's big ice cube couldn't be squeezed out even if he was killed.Although Fang Yunheng had never shown his face in the arena and rarely had contact with him, he was unexpectedly a wonderful person with a delicate face and a delicate mind.Just relying on the aspect of being a human being, Jieyou can't catch up with flattery, and having him around is really reassuring.If you don't talk about whether you can do things, you won't have any grudges with others.Otherwise, with Jieyou's perverted physique that easily offends people, I'm afraid he will cause a lot of unnecessary trouble along the way.

Besides, this matter is indeed too strange!Since the emperor hid the Xuantian Sword from the world, there must be something shocking hidden in it.The ancestor of the Xie family was conferred the Marquis of Dingguo by the Martial Sage Patriarch, and has been hereditary for two generations. He has always been loyal and deeply trusted by the emperor.But now in the world, only the emperor and Xie Dingtian know the truth about the hidden sword.If the emperor wants to take back the Xuantian Sword, he can ask for it directly. I believe the Xie family will be happy to throw away this hot potato.Even if someone wanted to take advantage of this incident to eradicate Xie's family, there should have been some movement long ago, and it was impossible to wait for such a long time without taking action.It can be seen that the emperor was unaware of the throwing of the sword.

So the old man Xie didn't dare to disturb the court, so he only sent some sons of some powers in the world to investigate secretly, and by the way, he also dragged Fang Yunheng, who was wronged, into the water.Although Fang Yunheng was born in a family of officials and eunuchs, he currently has no official position, so he will not attract too much attention when he does things.What's more, his grandfather Fang Gelao used to be the emperor's tutor, with a high position and authority, and was deeply relied on by the emperor; his grandmother, Princess Huiyang, is the current aunt of the Holy Majesty, so she is naturally a bit thin-faced in front of the Holy Majesty.Fang Jie and his family are also relatives by marriage, and their relationship is very close. Even if something goes wrong in the future, for the sake of Elder Fang Ge and the eldest princess, the emperor will not kill him no matter what.Now the two families are really advancing and retreating together, the old man Xie is really scheming!

Wen Ruyu looked at Young Master Fang in front of him sympathetically, wondering if he had realized that he had been used as a shield by his uncle.

But if a friend is in trouble, An Neng will not help!Wen Ruyu said seriously: "Since you were there when the incident happened, please tell me in detail what happened at that time."

Seeing that Wen Ruyu had already believed his words, Fang Yunheng hurriedly organized his words and told the whole story about the weird things he had encountered half a month ago.

On the night of Qingming, the ancestral hall of the Hou Mansion.

Fang Yunheng was surprised to see a strangely dressed and motionless "person" sitting cross-legged on the altar table above him. He immediately thought of the word "ghost" in his heart, but then laughed.He has lived for more than 20 years and has never believed in ghosts in the world. What's more, the "ghost" is wearing a string of bodhi seeds on the wrist exposed outside the sleeve, which was given by Xie Tianle himself on his tenth birthday.

Xie Tianle was mischievous and mischievous since she was a child, and liked to trick people. She often made the Hou Mansion very noisy.Master Xie was helpless, so he sent him to Wudang, hoping to hone his temper and calm his temper.After staying in Wudang for so many years, I have restrained myself a bit, but I didn't expect that my nature would still be hard to change.

Thinking of his many pranks before, Fang Yunheng laughed enough before getting up from the ground.He patted the dust off his body, tidied up the messy skirt, touched the flint on the table to light the candle, held it up to take a picture, and found that there was indeed a person sitting in front of him.This person wore a strange mask on his face, which was ferocious and strange, but the color was different, the left side was pale, and the right side was pitch black. Under the dim light and shadow, it looked very scary, but after looking at it for a long time, it became a bit funny.

Fang Yunheng took off the mask with a smile, and what was revealed was indeed Xie Tianle's face.I saw that his eyes were closed tightly and his whole body was stiff. It seemed that he was very devoted to acting.

Fang Yunheng couldn't help laughing and said: "You were the one who sneaked around in the corridor just now, you are a bit out of line! It's fine to scare me outside, why are you messing around in the ancestral hall, and don't see what day tomorrow is! It's such a mess, don't hurry up and clean it up, or uncle will definitely punish you!"

The rain outside the window was heavy again. Fang Yunheng lit the incense and inserted it into the incense burner. He saw that Tianle was still sitting there motionless, a little too quiet.

Fang Yunheng patted him and said, "You think you are an old monk who has entered meditation, so come down quickly, I'm going to offer incense to grandpa and grandma."

After being slapped like this by him, Xie Tianle fell heavily on the altar, as if he didn't have any popularity.

Only then did Fang Yunheng feel that something was wrong, and hurried to help her up, her hands were wet.Fang Yunheng withdrew his hands tremblingly, and was shocked to find that his hands were stained with bright red blood.Knowing that something had happened, he hurriedly went to check Tianle's breath, but luckily he was still alive.

Fang Yunheng learned about Tianle's big acupoints and was about to call someone.

At this time, the strange scream of "cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck" sounded from behind, as if someone was grinding their teeth, combined with the ragged sound of rain, it was very strange.

Fang Yunheng felt a little flustered, and turned around tentatively.But he found that the boy who had just called for someone was still outside the door at some point, his whole body was wet, as if he had just been fished out of the water, with faint blood stains on his body, mixed with rainwater, flowing down into a stream.

There was a smell of blood in the air.

Fang Yunheng was shocked. Although he was not outstanding in martial arts, he would never throw anyone behind him without noticing.He was about to go to check on the boy's situation, when another bolt of lightning struck the sky, and a shadow fell on the floor. Fang Yunheng's whole body tensed up, and tremblingly, he saw a strange "" people".

Only the upper body of the "person" was exposed, and a face was divided into two halves, one half was dark, the other half was pale, without eyes and nose, just like a piece of skin painted with black and white oil paint, the mouth was drawn with a scarlet pen in a strange arc, like a smile Non-smile.The figure floated with the wind, limp, as if a bone had been pulled out, an indescribably terrifying figure.

Is it human or ghost?Fang Yunheng broke out in a cold sweat instantly, seeing the curvature of his face getting bigger and bigger, as if he was ready to pounce on him at any time.Fang Yunheng put his heart to one side, put up his posture and prepared to fight to the death.

At this time, a light appeared in the distance, it was the guards patrolling the house.The shadow seemed to scream strangely, opened its arms, like a huge bat, wrapped its whole body with huge wings, and disappeared in the darkness in an instant.

"That night, the Hou's mansion was turned upside down and everyone turned upside down. No suspicious person was found. The shadow just disappeared out of thin air. The boy's neck was cut open. Fortunately, it was found in time and there was no serious problem. Tianle was a little miserable He lost a lot of blood. If he was a little later, his life would be gone. However, he didn't see the person who attacked him clearly. The Xuantian Sword was hidden in the ancestral hall, and it was discovered afterwards that it was gone. This kind of thing happened , my uncle was afraid that people would panic, so he immediately blocked the news, just saying, "Tianle accidentally hurt herself when playing a prank", and temporarily kept the matter secret."