The reason why Meng Xiuyuan could always be so indifferent was actually mainly because his internal condition at this time was far from as bad as Zhu Changling expected.
Although Meng Xiuyuan had never heard of "Brown Fish Stone" and "Purple Crown Lily of the Valley", due to his vigilance, he was not completely fooled.
Before entering the study, Meng Xiuyuan used his extreme internal strength to seal the air channels in his lungs to prevent poisoning.
Therefore, although he did smell the fragrance of "Purple Crown Lily of the Valley", its medicinal power did not actually spread in Meng Xiuyuan's body.
That is to say, the medicinal properties of "Purple Crown Lily of the Valley" are really light and flexible, far beyond common sense. Otherwise, with Meng Xiuyuan's method of sealing the Qi and meridians in the lungs, the little impact it has now should not be there.
The reason why Meng Xiuyuan asked Zhu Changling about the efficacy of the "Purple Crown Lily of the Valley" was actually to evaluate the effectiveness of his method of sealing the lungs' qi and meridians, so that he could make improvements as appropriate in the future.
But no one from Zhu Changling or even the ancestors of the Zhu family could practice kung fu to the level of Meng Xiuyuan. Naturally, they didn’t know the secret. They thought it was Meng Xiuyuan who was still being stubborn even before his death, so he couldn’t help but sneered:
"Boy, you are a man, and you still have the heart to make me laugh at a time like this.
But it's a pity, I have no interest in hearing any more of your nonsense.
If you want to talk, then let's wait until your martial arts is disabled and you kneel in front of me, and then we can talk.
Brother Wu, brother Yao, take action."
As he spoke, the group of sword-wielding warriors behind Meng Xiuyuan immediately came towards Meng Xiuyuan from all directions, forming an encirclement.
At this time, I looked around and found that the two leading men were Yao Qingquan, Zhu Changling's sworn brother, and Wu Lie, the other owner of Zhu Wulian Village.
Meng Xiuyuan has lived in Hongmei Villa for several months. Although he does not often interact with the people in the village, he has met some of the main characters.
These two people, like Zhu Changling, flattered Meng Xiuyuan a lot on weekdays and always looked flattering.
Now they thought that Meng Xiuyuan had lost his power, and his appearance had completely changed. There was no concealment of the ferocious and cruel look on his face, and he used all his strength in his attacks.
Wu Lie's thumb and index finger were clasped together, and the remaining three fingers were slightly spread out. The fingers were stretched out like an orchid. He was using the "Orchid Acupuncture Hand" passed down by Dongxiehuang Pharmacist, and attacked Meng Xiuyuan's chest directly.
Big hole is important.
This Kung Fu originally emphasizes "quickness, accuracy, surprise, and clarity." Especially the "Qing" formula is the most difficult, requiring graceful movements, a leisurely demeanor, and carefree writing, as if nothing has happened.
But in the hands of this Wu Lie, only quickness and accuracy were left. There was no magic at all, but full of murderous intent.
In addition, Wu Lie himself was a thick and ugly man, so he used such a profound and beautiful martial arts to such an eye-catching degree that Meng Xiuyuan shook his head.
"Huang Yaoshi's skills are good, but it's a pity that you ruined them."
Meng Xiuyuan casually pointed his hand, and used the skill of "One Yang Finger" to hit three large acupuncture points on Wu Lie's chest, making him unable to move for a moment. Then he lightly patted it with a palm, and printed it on his lower abdomen, which was already abandoned.
His lifelong skills.
"Wow!" Wu Lie spurted out a mouthful of blood. He felt a sharp pain like a knife and an ax coming from his Dantian, and then an endless feeling of weakness came from his body. However, because Meng Xiuyuan clicked on the acupuncture point, for a moment,
He stayed there but didn't lie down.
"You, why do you still have such strong skills?!" Zhu Changling looked at Meng Xiuyuan with wide eyes, confusion and fear in his eyes.
At this time, several masters in the village who were loyal to Zhu Changling and Wu Lie did not give up at this moment. Led by Wu Lie's disciple Wei Bi, they attacked Meng Xiuyuan one after another. They were all not weak in kung fu and were obviously better than Zhu.
Traces of Wu Erjia’s martial arts.
However, it is said that their kung fu is not weak, it is just compared with the average level in the world. Put in front of Meng Xiuyuan, even Zhu Changling and Wu Lie who taught them kung fu couldn't pass a single move, so they naturally had no chance.
In an instant, these people flew out one after another without any surprise, and landed on the ground without even a chance to cry out in pain. They stood upright and stopped moving.
Only Yao Qingquan, Zhu Changling's sworn brother, turned around and left immediately when he saw what was going on, and fled out of the study while Meng Xiuyuan was under siege.
This Yao Qingquan was nicknamed "Thousand Miles Chasing the Wind". Although his kung fu was ordinary, his light kung fu was quite superb. His movements were as fast as the wind. He sprinted with all his strength and was about to leave the room.
But at this moment, he suddenly felt his body sink. Unexpectedly, a hand had been placed on his shoulder from behind:
"Walk slowly, I still have something to ask you."
As Meng Xiuyuan's voice came from behind, Yao Qingquan felt like the world was spinning in the next moment, and he lay back on the ground in the middle of the study with a "pop". At the same time, a sharp pain came from his Dantian, and his power was also disabled by Meng Xiuyuan.
Meng Xiuyuan temporarily spared the lives of the two of them, naturally, not because of pity for them, but because he wanted them to expose each other and clearly ask about the evil deeds of everyone in Zhuwu Lianzhuang, so as to know how to deal with it next.
Originally, Meng Xiuyuan thought of interrogating them separately and then checking their statements.
Unexpectedly, Yao Qingquan was aware of current affairs. Before Meng Xiuyuan could speak, he endured the pain and became afraid. He knelt down in front of Meng Xiuyuan and begged:
"Meng Shaoxia, please tell me clearly.
Whether it was the killing of the Xueyu Merchant Gang back then or the plot against you, young hero, this time, it was Zhu Changling who was the mastermind.
I claim to be his sworn brother, but in fact I am just his subordinate, and I only act according to his orders.
I hope you, young hero, can give me a way out and let me change my ways..."
Meng Xiuyuan heard this, although he was very happy that Yao Qingquan was so cooperative in explaining, but he was a little confused, what was going on with this "Xueyu Business Gang"?
After he asked carefully, he learned from Yao Qingquan that there was a Xueyu merchant gang more than a hundred miles west of Hongmei Villa.
The Snow Jade Merchant Gang got its name from the discovery of jade mines in the snowy mountains, and became quite wealthy from selling jade to the Central Plains.
The Xue Jade Merchant Gang developed rapidly, and Zhu Changling was greedy for its wealth, so he teamed up with Wu Lie, Yao Qingquan and others to lead many masters trained in the two villages to dress up as bandits and kill more than a hundred members of the Xue Jade Merchant Gang.
Everyone was wiped out.
In the end, not only did he annex his property, he also ordered people to occupy the jade mining area. Overtly, it seemed that someone else came to form a new business gang, but secretly they were all under the control of Zhuwu Lianzhuang.
Meng Xiuyuan was very surprised when he heard this. Because he knew nothing about this matter. Even the account books he checked did not have any relevant income records.
It seems that Zhu Changling was cautious by nature and did not put this part of his income on paper.
Just when Meng Xiuyuan was feeling gurgling in his heart, Zhu Changling seemed to have accepted his fate and suddenly sarcastically said to Yao Qingquan:
"My second brother Yao, I am not surprised at all that you can say such things.
But do you think that even if you beg for mercy in front of him, he will let you go?
Didn't I say before, Meng Shaoxia has already investigated the matter regarding the Xueyu Merchant Gang, so why do you need to talk about it?
The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. If we lose today, we will not be able to escape death.
Don't make such a shameful appearance anymore, and die a more beautiful death."
Meng Xiuyuan was confused when he heard this and asked Zhu Changling:
"Why do you think I found out about the Xueyu Merchant Gang?
To be honest, I just heard this name from your adopted brother."
Zhu Changling heard this with disdain and said to Meng Xiuyuan disdainfully:
"Meng Xiuyuan, it's already now, why are you trying to trick me?
I consider myself quite cautious and thoughtful, and I may have done a lot of things in my life that would make heroes like you scream and kill me, but I handled every one of them very cleanly, and there would never be any flaws.
If I have to say it, the matter involving the Xue Jade Shang Gang is too extensive and I cannot cover it all up, leaving some hidden dangers.
Half a month ago, Zhen'er suddenly told me that she learned from Song Qingshu that you said that Hongmei Villa harbors evil and evil, and you did not want Song Qingshu and Zhen'er to get along with each other anymore.
At that time, I began to think hard about where I made the mistake that made you aware of it.
In the end, after much thought, the only one I found was the Xue Jade Merchant Gang. Because they used to go to the Central Plains to sell jade, they had some connections with the Central Plains martial arts. Maybe you heard some rumors about it.
I wasn't sure at that time, but I didn't expect that you would suddenly leave without saying goodbye and disappear into the vast Kunlun Mountains.
I took people to search for you, and sure enough I saw that your traces were heading west.
Although we were never able to find you later, thinking about it, we know that you must have gone to investigate the matter of the Xueyu Merchant Gang."
Meng Xiuyuan was speechless when he heard this. He had never thought that Zhu Changling had such rich psychological activities.
However, Zhu Changling had a guilty conscience after all, and Meng Xiuyuan deceived his ultimate move with a simple draw.
"Master Zhu, you misunderstood. To be honest, I don't know anything about the Xueyu Merchant Gang.
There is no need for me to lie to you, you did miss one more thing.
What I found out is that in order to increase the land rent, you brutally killed the entire families of several tenant farmers."
Meng Xiuyuan simply spoke bluntly, which was enough to make Zhu Changling understand.
"What?!" Zhu Changling was shocked when he heard this. He felt unbelievable at first, and then felt very regretful.
After a long time, Zhu Changling finally figured everything out, his eyes were blank, he looked towards him secretly and murmured:
"It turned out to be just a small matter like a few tenants...
I don’t have to die, I don’t have to die...why do I have to be so smart..."
Meng Xiuyuan smiled when he heard this and comforted him:
"Don't worry, it won't affect the result.
In my opinion, it is also a heinous crime for you to kill the tenants.
Damn it or die."
…
Meng Xiuyuan did not stay in Zhu Changling's study for too long, because after all, Song Qingshu was still in their hands, and it would be safer to rescue him first.
Following the information provided by Yao Qingquan, he found Zhu Jiuzhen's boudoir.
According to what he said, Qingshu was imprisoned here and was guarded by Zhu Jiuzhen himself.
Sure enough, before reaching the door, Song Qingshu's voice was heard coming from inside the room:
"Zhen'er, stop trying to deal with me and tell me quickly, what did your father do to force you to be hostile to my junior uncle?
Although my junior uncle has high martial arts, he is easy-going and will never embarrass you at Hongmei Villa without sufficient reasons.
Did your father do something sinister and evil?
Have you participated in it?!"
Zhu Jiuzhen's voice was still charming, but it no longer had the sweet and cute feeling of the past. Instead, it seemed a little cold, and he answered the question nonchalantly:
"Brother Qingshu, I know you are scared, it's okay.
I told my father and begged him to give you pleasure when he kills you."
"Zhen'er, what are you talking about..." Song Qingshu's voice trembled, a little unbelievable.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Jiuzhen was unabashed and continued:
"Brother Qingshu, to be honest, you are more handsome than my cousin and your kung fu is better than my cousin's.
Except that you're not very good at making me happy, you're actually pretty good.
If there is no matter about your junior uncle, I will marry you according to father's arrangement. I think it will be a good ending.
It's a pity that it can't be done now.
Dad said that your little uncle must die, and you must follow him, otherwise our whole family will not be safe.
Huh, that little uncle of yours is really annoying.
If my generals hadn’t been killed by dad, they would have killed him alive!”
Song Qingshu was silent when he heard this, and for a while there was no sound in the room.
Seeing this, Meng Xiuyuan came up with a plan. With luck in mind, he pressed it on his throat, imitating Wei Bi's voice and shouted from a distance into the door:
"Cousin, I asked you to guard Song Qingshu, why did you kiss me and me?! Fortunately, I heard you, otherwise I wouldn't have known that you like him so much..."
Meng Xiuyuan had seen Wei Bi several times during this period and roughly remembered the timbre of his voice. At this time, he imitated it hastily. Because he was not good at this, he probably imitated a fifty-six-point resemblance.
However, both people in the room had their own concerns at this time, so they didn't pay much attention to what he said and just thought that Wei Bi was really here.
"No, cousin, please listen to my explanation.
This kid will die soon, I just lied to him, otherwise he would keep annoying me..."
Zhu Jiuzhen hurriedly explained and came over to open the door. When she opened the door and saw Meng Xiuyuan's face, she couldn't help being shocked and immediately swallowed up the rest of her words.
As if being electrocuted, Zhu Jiuzhen reacted quickly and immediately retreated to Song Qingshu's side. Without hesitation, he pulled out a dagger from his waist and pressed it hard against Song Qingshu's neck.
Seeing the situation, Meng Xiu didn't stop her, he just looked at Song Qingshu and smiled.
Song Qingshu's acupuncture points were pressed at this time, and he was sitting on a chair unable to move. After hearing what Zhu Jiuzhen said in front of him, he felt heartbroken and filled with grief.
Now he suddenly saw Meng Xiuyuan's meaningful smile, and when he remembered what Meng Xiuyuan had warned him before, he felt so ashamed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in.
Seeing that Meng Xiuyuan was silent, Zhu Jiuzhen felt anxious, and then he shouted to Meng Xiuyuan with a stern expression:
"Meng Xiuyuan, why are you here? Shouldn't you be going to my dad's study?
What happened to my father, Uncle Wu, and Uncle Yao?!"
Zhu Jiuzhen only felt as scared as if the sky was falling. Although he could guess what happened, he still couldn't help but ask questions knowingly.
Before Meng Xiuyuan could answer, she pushed the dagger against Song Qingshu's neck again. The skin was already cut, and there was faint blood flowing out:
"Don't come here, if you come one step further, I will kill him!
You...let me go, otherwise, your nephew will be buried with me!"
Seeing the situation, Meng Xiu knew that the heat was almost over, so he finally took action, raised his finger and touched Zhu Jiuzhen's acupuncture points in the air before she could react in time.
Immediately, Meng Xiuyuan walked up to the two of them, slowly pushed away the dagger Zhu Jiuzhen had placed on Song Qingshu's hand, and at the same time opened Song Qingshu's acupuncture points.
He patted Song Qingshu on the shoulder and said in a relaxed tone:
"How about it? Uncle Master didn't lie to you, did he?"
Song Qingshu lowered his head just like he did more than ten years ago, not daring to look directly into Meng Xiuyuan's eyes:
"I'm sorry, Junior Uncle, Qingshu realizes his mistake..."