A knife in love

Chapter 507

Yu Fan was puzzled, and originally wanted to follow the two of them into the hall.But after thinking about it, these two people's martial arts are not weak, and their whereabouts are strange, and there is no distinction between friends and foes.Just judging from the actions of the two of them, it doesn't seem like they are in trouble with themselves.This trip was originally for a major event, and it must not be extravagant.If he rashly followed the two of them, it would not be beautiful if he could get himself burned.

Thinking of this, he gave up the idea of ​​following the two into the palace.Just with my hands behind my back, I watched with great interest the relief stories carved on the gate of the main hall.Then he watched the pilgrims offering incense for a while, touched about half a cup of tea, and then gave Yu Chengsi a wink, and the two walked into the main hall one after the other.

The inside of the main hall is very spacious, and the audience pilgrims discussed that the name of the main hall is called the Hall of Peace, and some people call it the Hall of Enlightenment.It is the main hall of Guandi Shengjun Temple and the largest hall here.When Yu Fan walked into the hall, he saw the statue of Emperor Guan enshrined in the center.The statue wore a golden helmet, a green brocade battle robe, and a golden armor inside, sitting on a high platform.I saw that his face was like a jujube, and Danfeng's eyes seemed to be open or closed.The left hand is stroking the long beard, and the right hand is pressed on the right leg.There are four people standing beside the statue of Emperor Guandi, who were the four generals Guan Ping, Zhou Cang, Wang Fu and Liao Hua who died in Jingzhou with Guan Yu.

The main hall was solemn and solemn, and the pilgrims didn't even dare to make a sound when they entered the hall. After kowtowing their heads, they put their hands together and prayed silently, and then quietly left.

After Yu Fan entered the hall, he glanced around first, but he didn't see the man who punished Fu Ru, and the gray-clothed man who followed him secretly also disappeared.Yu Fan felt relieved, and thought to himself that the man in gray really didn't come after him, which would cause a lot of trouble.Although he has never seen the man in gray make a move, but he is extremely jealous of this man in his heart, and feels that this man is extremely difficult to deal with.At this time, seeing that the two of them were gone, he let out a sigh of relief.

Yu Fan walked around the hall and then left the main hall.Yu Chengsi said: "My lord, there are the second hall, the third hall, the five tiger hall and the empress hall in the back, shall we also go around?"

Yu Fan thought for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "Since you've come here, you might as well walk around, it's not a waste of time."

The two talked and talked, and they had reached the second hall before they knew it.The scale of the second hall is far less magnificent than the main hall, and the statue of Guan Gongwu is enshrined, so this hall is also called the Temple of the God of Wealth.In the hall, there is a statue of Guan Yunchang glaring at Soochow Wu. On the left stands Guan Ping with a big seal in his hand, and on the right stands Zhou Cang holding a big knife. The Boy of Fortune and the Boy of Lishi serve in front of him.Those who come here to offer incense are some wealthy businessmen, who are praying with their eyes closed, begging Emperor Guan to bless them, their business is booming, and they are making money every day.

Yu Chengsi said in a low voice: "My lord, these two halls are the smallest in the Guandi Shengjun Temple, but the incense is the most prosperous. It can be seen that loyalty is far less powerful than money."

Yu Fan said: "It's human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, but there is no need to ask for blame. It's just that if it is for gold, silver and jewels, you will not hesitate to violate your conscience and kill people's lives, but this is not tolerated by heaven and earth. Even if you escape your life for a while, you will eventually die." It will bring disaster to the descendants, causing endless disaster.”

Seeing Yu Fan's serious expression, Yu Chengsi knew that he remembered the past, so he also nodded.

After the two left the second hall, they saw a companion hall on the left and right.On the east side is the Zhanghou Hall, dedicated to Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide, and on the west side is the Five Tiger Hall, dedicated to Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong and other Shu Han five tiger generals.The scale of these two companion halls is small, the two of them looked at it casually, and then went to the third hall.The three halls are five rooms wide, and inside are statues of Guan Yu reading Spring and Autumn at night, pictures of Guan Yu traveling and sleeping statues of Guan Yu, so the three halls are also called sleeping halls by pilgrims.However, scholars who read books in the folk enshrine the statue of Guan Yun who reads Spring and Autumn at night in this hall, and this hall is also called Spring and Autumn Hall.

Behind these halls and pavilions is the Guan Tomb where Guan Yu's head is buried.Back then, because Yu Fan was young, his parents only took him to burn a stick of incense in front of the main hall, and then took him away from Guandi Shengjun Temple, so he had never seen Guan Zhong.I saw the raised round hill was more than five zhang high, straight like a small hill lying in front of the two of them.Before Yu Fan and Yu Chengsi arrived at Yuanqiu, they couldn't help but feel fear, and their legs trembled a little.

Guanzhong is not as lively as the palaces in front of it.Only three or four pilgrims walked to the round hill, knelt down and bowed down, and then left in a hurry.After a while, only Yu Fan and Yu Chengsi were left in front of Yuanqiu.

Although the sun was shining all over the place at this time, it was only covered by the shadows of trees all around, and it felt a little chilly.Although Yu Chengsi was young and vigorous, he felt a little uneasy at this moment, lowered his voice and said to Fan: "My lord, this place is eerie and creepy. Let's leave here early..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard footsteps behind him.The martial arts of the two people are extremely high, and they can be heard immediately that they are still more than ten zhang away, which is where they turned from the right side of the third hall to the entrance of the Guan Tomb.This person walked with steady steps, obviously possessing martial arts.In addition to this person's footsteps, there was also a mess of footsteps behind him, presumably he brought a lot of people with him.

Yu Fan didn't turn his head, and put his hands together as if praying, but he gave Yu Chengsi a wink from the corner of his eye, signaling him not to panic, let alone fight with others.Yu Chengsi was a little impatient at first, thinking that these people appeared suddenly and were coming for him and Yu Fan, so he reached out to get the weapon wrapped around his waist.It's just that Yu Fan hinted that he should not do anything with his eyes, so he had to imitate Yu Fan's appearance and clasped his hands together, muttering indiscriminately.

Yu Fan slightly closed his eyes, listening to the footsteps of the people behind him getting closer.At this moment, I saw a figure flickering, and a person came around from the right side of the Guanzhong. It was the person who had just punished the corrupt man surnamed Dong in front of the main hall.Seeing Yu Fan and Yu Chengsi standing in front of the Guan Tomb praying silently, the man thought that ordinary pilgrims came here to make a wish, but he didn't pay attention to the two of them, and staggered towards the exit.

Yu Fan didn't turn his head, but only glanced at the man from the corner of his eye.That person barely passed by Yu Fan, and met more than ten people who came from the third hall.Only someone shouted loudly: "Stop. If you are a good friend, please report your name!"

Yu Fan pretended to be frightened and turned around in a panic, only to see more than a dozen people coming behind him.The head man was in his 40s, wearing a white square scarf and a purple robe, and had a mighty Chinese character face.The dozen or so people who followed were roughly similar in clothing and attire, all of them were majestic and mighty, very aggressive.

Yu Fan glanced at the crowd, and immediately noticed a black sheathed long knife hanging from the waists of the purple-robed man and the dozen or so people behind him.

Yu Fan's heart shuddered, and he thought to himself: "The disciples of the Shijiadao have come here. Could it be that their target is not me and Chengsi, but this strange man in front of me?"

The weird man rolled his eyes and said coldly: "If you want to find a good friend, there are plenty of them in the Baihua Building in Luoyang City. If you go to the place where Guan Yunchang buried his head and say such obscene words, aren't you afraid that someone will take his head at night?"

The person who asked the question just now is the subordinate of the purple-robed man, and he is standing on the right side of the purple-robed man.Seeing this strange man talking with a gun and a stick, he felt furious, and with one stroke of his right fist, he rushed forward to settle accounts with this strange man.The purple-robed man snorted, he was startled, hurriedly put down his hands, and respectfully stood beside the purple-robed man with his hands down, not even daring to let out a sound.

The purple-robed man bowed his hands to the weird man, and said: "My lord, Shi Tianbao, may I ask Mr. Gao's name?"

The weird man sneered and said, "Shi Tianbao? Is Shi Nianhao, the head of the Shi Family Knife, your father or your elder brother?"

The names of Shi Nianhao and Shi Tianbao are very famous in Jianghu.That Shi Nianhao is the head of Luoyang Shijiadao, and Shi Tianbao is his eldest son.Shi Nianhao also has a son named Shi Tiangui, the father and son have extremely high martial arts skills, and their status in the Central Plains martial arts is not low.Since that weird man is from the martial arts world, how could he not know the reason behind the names of the father and son of the Shi family?His words were joking, and he was extremely disrespectful to the Luoyang Shijiadao family. It was a blatant disrespect to Shi Tianbao, and he was determined to be an enemy of Shijiadao.

Shi Tianbao was quite annoyed when he heard the sarcasm in his words.But after thinking about it, Shijiadao is the largest martial arts gang in Luoyang City, not only has many disciples, but also has close friendship with Shaolin Temple and Songshan School near Luoyang.His father, Shi Nianhao, was highly skilled in martial arts, witty and tactful. He not only made good friends with people in the world, but also had very close contacts with the prefect's yamen in Luoyang and the governor's yamen in Henan.It can be said that Luoyang is the world of historians' knives.Since this person dared to speak disrespectfully to Shijiadao in Guandi Shengjun Temple, he must have an astonishing talent.Thinking of this, Shi Tianbao suppressed the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "The old man is my father."

The weird man laughed and said: "I heard that Shi Nianhao is good at martial arts, and he is also the head of the thief who sits on the ground and divides the loot in Luoyang City. I don't know if he is?"

As soon as he said this, everyone in Shijiadao's face changed drastically.Shijiadao is an orthodox school of martial arts, but it does have some contacts with some green forest cottages in Henan in secret.It's just that this is something that can't be put on the table, and Shi Jiadao will naturally not disclose this matter.Hearing that strange man's ridicule, Shi Tianbao couldn't bear it no matter how well-mannered he was.His face darkened, and he said: "I have already given you enough face. Since you don't appreciate it, I have no choice but to take you back and let my father deal with it."

Just now that weird man spoke rudely, all the disciples of Shijia Dao behind him were already annoyed, they stood aside and geared up, waiting for Shi Tianbao's order, they would draw their sabers to face each other.Hearing what Shi Tianbao said at this time, there was only a sound of "choking and clanging" drawing the sword.Behind Shi Tianbao, more than a dozen Shijiadao disciples rushed out wielding their gleaming steel knives, immediately surrounding the strange man.The weird man was not afraid at all, and sneered: "Listen to your historian's disgrace? Boy, you are so arrogant, you really think that the historian's knife is a government office, and you can take people if you say you want to take them?"

Shi Tianbao said: "It's up to you to judge whether the historian is an official yamen or not. However, your words and deeds are unreasonable, and you beat others in Guandi Shengjun Temple, which violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty. Since our historian's sword has come across, we can't ignore it. "

After he finished speaking, he waved his right hand, and the two disciples of Shijia Dao shouted in unison, and the steel saber in their hands slashed at the strange man.The strange man dodged to avoid it, and slapped out his left palm, directly attacking the back of a Shijia Dao disciple.At this moment, two disciples of Shijiadao surrounded him from left and right, and the two steel knives cut the strange man's neck and his abdomen.The weird man had no choice but to retract his left palm, turned around, and took two steps forward, avoiding the two steel knives.In the blink of an eye, two more Shijiadao disciples rushed up in front of him, swung the steel sabers in their hands, and slashed down.

In a short while, all twelve disciples of Shijia Dao had made their moves.I saw the glint of the knife, mixed with the shouts and shouts of the people when they shot, the beating was very lively.Shi Tianbao stood aside, watching the strange man's martial arts with cold eyes.Seeing him dodging left and right in the shadow of the knife, and retreating back and forth, although he did not show defeat, but the circle of defense was getting smaller and smaller, obviously he was at a disadvantage.Shi Tianbao's heart widened, and he thought to himself: "This person speaks arrogantly and rudely. I thought he possessed unique skills, but now it seems that it is nothing more than that. It's just that this person is arrogant and rude, so he must be captured and brought back to fight. Drop his teeth, look at his stinky mouth, dare to be rude to Shi Jiadao?!"

(End of this chapter)