Bloodkiller - Chapter 34

Chapter 34: The Truth

The water in the lake was ice and cold. Even though Lin Yi tried his best to protect his head and face, he was still photographed unconscious. He fell straight to the bottom of the lake. When his legs touched the wet soft silt, he woke up a little. Then he tried his best to open his eyes wide. He saw a cave half a foot deep in the bottom of the lake, and the water at the bottom of the lake gurgled out from that mouth.

At this moment, he held his breath for a long time and was weak in his hands and feet. He had no choice but to swim there along the water. Unexpectedly, the flow rate at the entrance of the cave was steep. He was slapped on the rock by an undercurrent in the lake. He only felt a pain on his forehead and his consciousness gradually became distracted. At the moment before he fell into coma, a strong force suddenly appeared on the rock, and he patted the gravel with both hands, carefully protected his head, and carried him ashore from the undercurrent.

He felt at ease for a while, and then he fainted regardless.

It didn’t take long for Lin Yi to feel bursts of pain on his forehead. Before he opened his eyes, he reached out and touched the corners of his forehead. He only felt a big bag bulging up on his head. He couldn’t react for a moment, so he chanted and gasped unconsciously, but his moving hand was caught by someone on his side.

The man’s palm was thick and powerful, so he held his hand and called softly: “ Linyi, Linyi ——”

He seemed to be sticking in front of him, and his voice was very close. Lin Yi coughed twice, and finally opened his eyelids. He saw that he was leaning against Yao Chuan’s arms. The two seemed to be in a farmhouse, and what he was lying on was A stone bed covered with dry straw.

After thinking for a moment, he asked silently: “. . . . . This is, where is this? ”

Yao Chuan was overjoyed when he saw that he was sober. He first took a water bag from the side and fed him a few sips of water. When he saw that his expression was a little slow, he said: “ There is a cave at the bottom of the lake, and all the water in the lake flows out through there. I just got through the cave and went all the way downstream. I found that there was a dark river underground, so I followed the water trend. Later, I saw light on the water surface before floating up to check. This is where I got here. ”

When he saw Lin Yi drinking, he took the water bag, stroked him and sat up.

Lin Yi still had little strength, so he had to sit in Yao Chuan’s arms and asked: “ what happened next? ”

“I didn’t look closely when I first came here, I saw that there was a hut here, which was quite novel. But I was worried that you would stay there alone, so I hugged a stone and sank back to the bottom of the pool. I went backwards all the way, and happened to see you slumped at the entrance of the hole at the bottom of the lake. ”

He seemed to remember the scene of being just right, and after a while he was afraid, he hugged Lin Yi tightly and said: “ is not good for me, if I come a moment late ——”

Lin Yi felt a little uncomfortable being held by him, so he had to pat his hand and smile: “ Am I not living well at this moment? ”

He had also seen the flow of the dark river, and he naturally knew that it was fast and difficult to travel. This was a simple statement, but the return trip must have taken a lot of effort, and it took a long time.

He stood up and saw two weapons on the table. The luggage that had been thrown into the lake earlier was also thrown aside. It was obviously Yao Chuan who searched and salvaged it. When he read this, he suddenly thought of the group of people outside the cave and asked anxiously: “ Brother Chuan, when you go back, will you see anyone around you? ”

Yao Chuan nodded and said: “ After I sent you here, I made another return trip. As soon as it surfaced, I saw a group of people sitting on the edge of the cliff. It’s just that they are far apart and don’t see the truth. Those people never looked down, but they didn’t notice me. They just don’t know if they will pursue me here when they come to their senses. ”

Lin Yi exhaled and said with a wide heart: “ Not everyone is as brave as Brother Chuan. They jump on such high cliffs. Those people must suspect that we escaped from the cracks on the top of the mountain. They can’t search and will leave. We can Relaxed. ”

He stopped talking and set off, but felt a burning sensation in his calves, so he opened his lower robe and saw a large piece of green juice on the old wound. There was a strange smell when he came closer.

He frowned tightly, with a look of disgust on his face, and asked Yao Chuan: “ What is this? Look so disgusting? ”

Yao Chuan’s hands were quick and quick. He first grabbed the man’s hands to prevent him from moving, and then he comforted him: “ don’t touch them randomly. You soaked in the water before, and the wound on your leg broke and pus worsened. Only then did I pick some herbs to treat you. ”

Lin Yi said strangely: “ When did Yao Daxia understand medical skills? Isn’t this herb picked randomly? ”

Yao Chuan listened to his insinuations, but pretended not to realize it. He just smiled and said: “ I used to walk in the world and had stab wounds. If I didn’t have gold sore medicine on hand, I would pick some mountain pineapples and crush them on the wounds. It also has the effect of stopping bleeding and removing bl00d stasis. ”

Lin Yi glanced at both eyes and stopped looking at the sticky juice. He just said in a muffled voice: “, you can never die. ”

After he rested for a while, the two got up and walked out of the house. As Yao Chuan said, there was a pool of water outside the hut where the two of them were, and the bottom was connected to the dark river in Yunshan Cave.

Lin Yi secretly said: This place is remote and uninhabited, but it is a good place to hide.

At this time, he couldn’t help but believe Yao Chuan’s previous guess. He patrolled by the pool for a moment, looked outside the hut for a long time, turned around and said to Yao Chuan: “ Brother Chuan’s words may really make sense. If the old man is like the two of us, he fell off a cliff and was in danger, and was saved here. . . . . He knew that such a treasure land was likely to come back here, so this hut was most likely where he hid later The two of me need to search carefully! ”

Unexpectedly, Yao Chuan’s expression stagnated when he heard this. He said: “It’s true. When you are in a coma, I have searched it again.” . . . “

When Lin Yi saw that his face was in trouble, he pretended that there was no result, so he said: “ Brother Chuan looks like this, but he didn’t notice it? ”

Unexpectedly, Yao Chuan said: “ No, I discovered something strange, but. . . . . It’s strange to say that I will learn the truth soon, and I feel panicked. ”

Lin Yi was slightly surprised. He knew that Yao Chuan had always been free and unrestrained, but why today. . . . . He looked at Yao Chuan’s expression and saw that his eyebrows were worried, so he came closer and said: “ Brother Chuan is worried, this The truth will not match what you expected? ”

Seeing that he didn’t answer, Lin Yi turned his eyes and continued: “ What truth and illusion are told are all caused by predecessors, which involves many grudges, and what does it have to do with future generations? Brother Chuan is confused today because he thinks too much. ”

Yao Chuan smiled low and shook his head. He knew what Lin Yi said to comfort him, but he asked him in his heart: If it were so simple, how could you worry about the grudges of your parents for several years?

He didn’t say anything, he just sighed and said: “ worries are useless, it’s hard to be a man to be so fearful! ”

He helped Lin Yi and said: “ There is something wrong with the stone bed in this house, I will take you to take a look. ”

The two immediately walked into the house. Lin Yi quickly stepped forward, swept the hay on the bed aside, and tapped the stone slab for a moment, but found nothing strange, so he looked back at Yao Chuan.

The man made a rare teasing sound and chuckled: “ I forgot the golden branches and jade leaves of the Shaozhai owner, and I don’t understand the rules of the farm family. ”

Lin Yi frowned and shouted: “ Stop teasing me, what’s wrong with this bed? ”

Yao Chuan stood behind him, touched the stone slab on the bed with his hands, and replied: “ The stone slab is heavy and hard, or it is a cold thing. How can ordinary people use it as a bed? What’s more, the stone is rough above and slippery below. If it were really a bed, who would put the rough surface on the upper end? ”

Lin Yi was sitting directly on the bed at this moment. Yao Chuan leaned forward and surrounded him. He followed Yao Chuan’s hands and touched the stone slab. Sure enough, he found that it was rough and slippery. He couldn’t help but exclaimed: “ There is something under this stone slab? ”

Yao Chuan put his left hand around his waist, used force to lift the man up, and performed the exercises with his right hand. He saw the heavy stone being turned by him with one hand and turned his face steadily.

He leaned the overturned stone slab side against the wall. The two glanced at it casually and saw that it was densely engraved with words. Lin Yi was startled. He looked at Yao Chuan in the blink of an eye and saw that the man had no expression. He only picked up his palm and swept across the stone slab, and then moved closer to look thin.

The first two sentences are engraved with: God has not opened his eyes, but he will not bless me! In the winter of the eleventh year of Yongjia, the rebel Liu Gu had broken through the city gate and led the rebels to attack the imperial city. . . . . .

Yao Chuan was tight-headed when he ascended the throne. If Lin Yi could not think more than guess before, his current words would be a sure thing. Liu Gu was the name of Taizu of the dynasty.

He looked with bated breath, and silently read in his heart as the words were engraved on the stone:

“At that time, people were in panic inside and outside the imperial city, and thousands of eunuchs and maids fled everywhere in the palace. There were also concubines of good assistants and old ministers of Zhonggeng who committed suicide, and bl00d from loyal bones was scattered everywhere. When I arrived at the main hall, I saw the Holy One sitting on the dragon chair, holding the little prince in his arms. ”

“I knelt down and begged the Holy One to leave the palace first and temporarily avoid disaster, but he said to the minister: ‘ Daliang Jiangshan is lost in my hands, how dare I have the thought of greed for life. Now the queen has committed suicide and the queen’s son has died in battle. She only has one son in her arms. In less than June, she has no desire to commit suicide or profit. It is not a pity that I will die in the country, but I will beg you to protect my son’s life! ’”

“The minister tried to persuade him with tears in his eyes, but the Holy One had already decided to die, leaving only the little prince and three treasure maps. Among the treasures were the fine gold and silver that had been transported outside the palace in the early years. In desperation, the minister had no choice but to temporarily escape from the palace with the prince in his arms and a treasure map. The two hid all the way, but the pursuers arrived at every place. After hiding like this for more than a month, the prince became thinner and hungrier. I thought about it again and again, and only temporarily sent him to Jiangnan’s sworn brother. I will pick him up after the pursuer is solved. ”

“My adopted brother Yang Su is a generous and righteous man. Although he has disappeared, he still responds to his ministers’ requests. When Sister-in-law Yang gave birth to a son at term and got a young man, the two of them raised the little prince and their children together as a pair of twins. However, the minister destroyed his appearance and changed his name. He spent all his efforts to throw Liu Gu’s pursuers behind him. I thought about it again and again. Only by taking out part of the gold and silver and consolidating my power first can I have the hope of restoring the country! At that time, the world was full of turmoil. I used the property left by the Holy One to recruit warriors and raise disciples, and created ‘ double dragon gates ’ in the imperial city. ”

When Lin Yi saw this, he couldn’t help but sigh: “ It seems that the person who wrote this inscription was Master Li Wu. ”

Yao Chuan’s expression was complicated. Without saying a word, he read back:

“After another ten years, Shuanglongmen temporarily stabilized its foundation, and the minister was considerate of protecting the prince, but they did not see each other for ten years. Now that the time was right, he looked for it in disguise, but saw that his adopted brother’s former site was dilapidated and no one lived in it. The minister was shocked and shocked. After searching around, he realized that the bandits were in trouble three years ago. Brother Yang fought with the bandits in order to protect his hometown, and later died. Sister-in-law Yang was in unbearable grief and passed away a year later, but her two youngest sons disappeared. After searching like this for another year, I finally found out the whereabouts of my two sons. In order to protect them well and not dare to recognize each other, I only ordered my disciples to adopt them. I also taught and taught them martial arts carefully. I only waited for the prince to tell them the truth when he grew up, so as to restore my Daliang foundation. ”

The inscription was only written here. After reading it, Yao Chuan sighed: “ strangely said that the two of them had such a deep relationship and had been raised as brothers since childhood. ”

Although he didn’t say his name, how could Lin Yi not know it? He turned around, looked into Yao Chuan’s eyes, and said: “ Have you already guessed in your heart? Also, in terms of age, that prince is similar to Mou and Jiang’s predecessors, and can only be one of them. Brother Chuan, you are after Senior Mou. . . . . ”

Yao Chuan’s eyes were heavy and he interrupted: “ It’s strange. On this inscription, Master Li Wu did not specify who the prince of the previous dynasty was. ”

“But he passed Shuanglongmen to Master Mou. When Shuangmenlong was first established, wasn’t it just to restore the beams? ”

Yao Chuan stretched out his hand to grab Lin Yi’s shoulders and said in a sudden sentence: “ But what King Huai wanted was the Jiang family’s bl00d-drinking knife. Why? ”

When Lin Yi was asked by him, he suddenly became dumb. He was stunned for a moment and suddenly said: “. . . . . He confirmed that there was nothing he wanted in the bl00d-drinking knife at Shuanglongmen. ”

Lin Yi suddenly raised his head, and there was silence between the two. Seeing a flash of light in Yao Chuan’s eyes, he suddenly reacted and exclaimed: “ treasure map! ”

“No wonder King Huai is looking for it himself! The treasure map implies that the previous dynasty’s imperial court has spent many years, even if it falls into the hands of evil people, let alone the orphans of the previous dynasty? There is indeed a risk of rebellion and chaos. ”

Yao Chuanchang exhaled his chest with depression and murmured: “ I have not left my body for a moment since I took the bl00d-drinking knife. Where does King Huai know that I came from? Lin Yi. . . . . ”

After hearing his low tone, Lin Yi suddenly thought in his heart: No wonder he didn’t want to enter the house just now. He must have figured out the key here a long time ago. Where are you asking me now? He clearly wanted to lend me an answer, which cut off his thoughts.

Lin Yisi felt sad when he saw him clenching his fists, so he took his hand and coaxed softly: “ Uncle Shi may have offered the bl00d-drinking knife to King Huai, but you and I don’t know what he is doing after all. Brother Chuan, why should you think too much? ”

Yao Chuan looked sad, shook his head and said: “ King Huai is rarely involved in court affairs. If he really has a mortal enemy, he is most likely a member of the Liu Shi tribe, the prefect of Hangzhou, who was beheaded for treason. Lin Yi, have you long suspected that Ye Xiangming is a descendant of the Liu family —— or, in other words, after Jiang Lianbo? The Liu family was beheaded eighteen years ago. I was less than ten years old at that time, and the bl00d-drinking knife was still in Master’s hands. If Master had offered the sword to King Huai back then, the man would have been convinced that the treasure map was at Jiang’s house after searching but not finding it, so he turned around to deal with Liu Shi. . . . ”

Lin Yi’s expression changed, but the strength in his hands increased. He held Yao Chuan’s hands tightly and sighed: “ Brother Chuan is a person who values love. I’m just afraid that you will think wildly after knowing it, just like you do now, but you will be wronged by the enemy! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he was taken over by Yao Chuan. The man gasped and whispered: “ But if this is really the case, wouldn’t it be Master who harmed Xiang Ming’s family!? ”

Lin Yi knew that he was uneasy at the moment, so he touched his face and pretended to say sternly: “ Brother Chuan! Do you really believe that the Liu family is innocent? At that time, Liu Shi recruited troops in Hangzhou to buy horses and privately controlled military armor, but there is indeed evidence! Yes, after I guessed that Ye Xiangming was Liu Shi, I also suspected that Liu Shi was Jiang Lianbo’s son, but I am not as kind as you. Let me guess that the rebellion back then was probably true. Liu Shiding learned about the past affairs of the previous dynasty by chance. He regarded himself as a private prince and had the courage to commit usurpation. ”

Yao Chuan did not refute, but closed his eyes tightly and tightened his lower jaw. Seeing him like this, Lin Yi felt even more sorry in his heart, so he wrapped his arms around him, helped the man sit on a stone bench, and advised: “ I know what you are suspicious of, Shuanglongmen has indeed greatly increased its power in Uncle Shi’s hands, and you suspect that it was his income from defecting to King Huai. But Brother Chuan, don’t you know how Uncle Shi treats you? He had known that you were Mou Yunhai, but he still hid it from King Huai and raised you as an adult, not to mention. . . . . He also adopted Ye Xiangming. ”

Yao Chuan was stunned for a moment and only said: “ you don’t have to say it anymore, I know it in my heart. ”

Although he didn’t reply, he didn’t believe Lin Yi’s words of relief in his heart. Just because he grew up with several junior brothers and had known how Master treated them, he secretly said in his heart: Master treated me and my second junior brother very well, far worse than other junior brothers. Maybe he meant something wrong, and he could only betroth his junior sister to Lin Yi. He had known the origin of my life experience with Ye Xiangming How could Ruyun be involved?

Seeing his face, Lin Yi suddenly realized and said: “ is the plan now, so we should win another bl00d-drinking knife first. If there is a treasure map in it, we will have the upper hand. ”

After he finished speaking, he felt something was wrong and continued: “ Brother Chuan, that sword has been with you for more than ten years. You really haven’t noticed anything wrong. Could it be that you haven’t discovered the mechanism? ”

Yao Chuan frowned and refused to answer. He only took the bl00d-drinking knife on the table and said to Lin Yi: “ If this were the case, King Huai’s men would be useless. Besides, I have had this knife for many years. Although I rarely use it when walking around the world, I have used it to kill many evil people, so that I can’t even notice the strange appearance on the knife. I think the treasure map is indeed in Jiang Lianbo, and he is Prince Daliang. ”

Lin Yi sighed. He always felt that something was wrong. There were too few clues in this inscription, and they seemed to have ignored any details. He stood up again, looked carefully at the inscription on the stone, and suddenly frowned and asked: “ Why does Li Wu call himself ‘chen’? ”

Yao Chuan still checked the bl00d-drinking knife there. After listening to what he said, he turned around and asked: “ what? ”

Lin Yi’s voice suddenly rose: “ If he only respects the Emperor of Daliang, then who is he referring to in this article? This is his hiding place. Since he has avoided this place, why did he write this article? ”

Yao Chuan understood what he meant and frowned: “ he wrote it to the prince. As for why I want to write. . . . . —— cannot explain the clues in the knife score

Lin Yi said softly: “ No wonder it is engraved on a stone tablet. He regarded this place as a tomb xue. ”

He sighed, looked at the stone tablet for a moment, and suddenly pointed to the lower end and said: “ Brother Chuan, if the internal strength is amazing, can you erase the words on this stone without leaving any trace? ”

Yao Chuan frowned, stroked the stone and scored, and replied: “ is not deeply engraved, let me give it a try. ”

After saying that, he put a stone slab on his right hand, and the inner strength of his palm protruded. As soon as he exercised his skills, the stone powder fell from his palm. After a while, the stone slab was thinly cut.

Seeing this, both of them were silent, and Lin Yi sighed: “ strangely said that this language is unclear. What did it mean to erase someone? How did that person find this place? What was erased? ”

Yao Chuan’s eyes darkened at this moment and he said firmly: “ is him, Mou Yunhai. ”

He paused, and then continued: “ If Master Li Wu died of illness here and could follow the clues of the knife score, he could only be the chief helmsman of Shuanglongmen. He came here to know the truth, but for some reason he erased the inscription and locked the knife score in the Qingzhou Library. ”

Lin Yi retorted: If this is the case, wouldn’t it be better to directly destroy this place and write another knife score? Why leave clues in the library, lure future generations to come, and even carve that sentence behind the waterfall. ”

Li Wu was seriously ill, and even the inscriptions he carved were weak. The clues behind the waterfall must not have been left by him, but added by later generations.

Yao Chuan wiped his face with his hands and said in a low voice: “ This matter cannot be completely erased. After all, he was raised by Li Wu. It is a great sin to change his master’s orders. If he destroys the sword again, it will be an unforgivable sin. Besides. . . . . The imperial court has been pursuing him for many years. If he deliberately concealed it and finally found Shuanglongmen, future generations would not even know the reason, so how could he avoid it? After all, he is a descendant of disaster. ”

After hearing this, Lin Yi couldn’t find any weirdness in his heart, but he couldn’t find any loopholes and only recognized them for the time being. He thought in his heart: If that were the case, Namou Yunhai would be the only person who knew the whereabouts of the treasure map back then. Could it be that the thing was really in Jiang Lianbo? . . . . . The treasure map was in his hand, but just like he destroyed his last words on the stone tablet, he also destroyed all the treasure maps back then, so King Huai couldn’t find them.

No, besides that, there is a possible ——

He glanced at the bl00d-drinking knife on the table, his heart skipped a beat, and when he saw Yao Chuan’s face was solemn, he had no choice but to temporarily suppress the bold thought in his heart.