As mentioned before, the reason why Hu Qingniu's enemy has not taken action is actually because he is afraid that Zhang Wuji is still in Butterfly Valley, and he is afraid of the Sky Eagle Sect and Wudang Sect behind him.
Now, if Meng Xiuyuan wants to lure the snake out of its hole, he must naturally follow his wishes.
So along the way, Meng Xiuyuan led Zhang Wuji out of Butterfly Valley in a swaggering manner.
Walking along the official road without covering any trace, I went straight to the bank of the Yangtze River in the south, hired a river boat, and went up the river overnight.
During this period, some blind people came to visit, hoping to intercept and kill Zhang Wuji before he returned to Wudang Mountain, so as to torture out clues about the dragon-slaying knife.
Those who were willing to take this risk were mostly arrogant and incompetent people, and they were all dismissed by Meng Xiuyuan in a few clicks.
Since then, the news that "Wudang Zixiao Divine Sword Meng Shaoxia appeared in northern Anhui and personally took his nephew Zhang Wuji away from Butterfly Valley" has spread in the nearby rivers and lakes.
With Meng Xiuyuan's reputation at this time, there may be people in the world who may secretly slander his character and disrespect for his predecessors and fellow martial artists, but no one will say that he is not good at martial arts, and no one dares to commit crimes in front of him.
So the rest of the journey was much peaceful, and no one dared to disturb the small boat that Meng Xiuyuan and Zhang Wuji were riding.
Therefore, no one knew that the uncle and nephew had secretly disembarked from the ship late one night.
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A few days later, a group of uninvited guests suddenly arrived in Butterfly Valley.
"Master, that poisonous woman escaped here, I saw it with my own eyes.
You have to be careful, her poison skills are very powerful."
While they were talking, four people broke in. They were Xian Yutong, the leader of Huashan, his disciple Xue Gongyuan, and the two elders with the highest kung fu in the Huashan sect.
At this time, in the courtyard, Hu Qingniu was holding his wife Wang Nangu, who was seriously injured, and looking at Xian Yutong, who was walking slowly, his eyes were already red.
The two most important people in Hu Qingniu's life, his sister Hu Qingyang and his wife Wang Nangu, were both suffering because of Xian Yutong at this time.
Among them, the younger sister Hu Qingyang fell in love with Xian Yutong many years ago when she was treating him. Later, she promised to marry him and became pregnant. Unexpectedly, Xian Yutong coveted the position of leader of the Huashan Sect and abandoned Hu Qingyang.
The only daughter of the leader of the Huashan Sect got married.
Hu Qingyang committed suicide in shame and anger, resulting in the tragedy of one body and two lives.
At this moment, his wife Wang Nangu was also ambushed by his plan and was seriously injured at the hands of Xian Yutong.
So looking at Xian Yutong walking in, Hu Qingniu felt that his whole body was trembling, and he wished he could eat his flesh and blood.
"Xian Yutong, you not only harmed my sister, but you also dared to hurt my wife Nan Gu.
Even if I, Hu Qingniu, turn into a fierce ghost, I will never let you go!
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At this time, Hu Qingniu no longer had the indifferent look he had when he faced Meng Xiuyuan a few days ago.
It's not that he is greedy for life and afraid of death, it's just that he can't kill Xian Yutong. He is really unwilling to do so.
"Devils and monsters should not use their words to slander people's innocence.
Your wife wanted to poison us and secretly harm us, but my disciples discovered her.
We followed you to your door. I can understand your fear of being implicated, but if you think you can frame me by just making up a few lies, that makes no sense."
When Xian Yutong saw Hu Qingniu's indignant look, his face remained unchanged, and his words still showed the demeanor of a gentleman.
This Xian Yutong was born with handsome features, handsome and unrestrained, holding a folding fan and dressed like a middle-aged scribe.
When ordinary people see him, they can't help but have a favorable impression of him.
But in Hu Qingniu's eyes, he was worse than a ghost and worse than a fat pig or a skinny dog.
"Xian Yutong, you are a creature with a human face and an animal heart. If you have something to do with me, why are you planning to frame my wife?!
With her poisoning skills, if you hadn't designed a trap in advance and released the news to lure her into the bait, how could you have noticed her poisoning?"
While talking, Hu Qingniu touched his wife's cheek lovingly, tears already flowing down her face.
During the diagnosis and treatment just now, he already knew that his wife was seriously injured. Although he had given injections and medicine, it was not difficult to save her life with his medical skills. However, seeing his wife suffer such a disaster, Hu Qingniu, who loved his wife as much as her life, still felt like a knife in her heart.
Cut.
"Nan Gu, it's all me who has dragged you down, I really deserve to die.
You have always been gentle and gentle to me, and you are deeply affectionate and loyal. Among all the women in the world, I will never find another one.
But I don't know how to cherish, I only know how to be competitive, and I break your heart one after another..."
When Wang Nangu saw this, she shook her head and said in a difficult voice:
"Don't say this.
It was me who was stubborn and insisted on going my own way without listening to your dissuasion.
I was just out to investigate, and I heard that Xian Yutong appeared nearby, so I thought of taking the initiative and avenging you.
But he didn't expect that he had predicted it in advance and fell into a trap.
It's my fault, it's my fault..."
When the two of them were in deep love, everyone in the Huashan Sect opposite had already become impatient.
Xue Gongyuan unsheathed his sword with a "Cang Rang" sound and said to Xian Yutong beside him:
"Master, do we want to listen to the nonsense of these demon cult monsters again?"
After Xianyu Tong heard this, he did not give direct instructions. Instead, he turned around and asked the two elders behind him for instructions:
"Two master uncles, how do you think we should handle this matter?"
The two elders, one tall and one short, were upright and the city was not deep. When they saw the nephew of the master asking questions, they said without thinking:
"You are the leader of Huashan, why do you need to ask me for instructions when doing things?
Now that you have investigated clearly that the death of your senior brother Bai Yuan was at the hands of this poisonous woman, then our Huashan Sect cannot let her go.
What's more, she also wanted to poison you this time. Although she didn't succeed, she was still guilty.
If her husband wants to stop her, he will kill her together. They are both demons from the devil's sect, and they are husband and wife. They are in cahoots with each other, and they must also be guilty."
"Gongyuan, did you hear what your masters and uncles said? Let's do it." Xianyu Tong stroked the folding fan in his hand and said calmly to the disciples beside him.
"Yes." When Xue Gongyuan heard the sound, he immediately raised his sword and attacked Hu Qingniu.
Upon seeing this, Hu Qingniu quickly put down his wife in his arms and stood up to respond to the enemy.
It's just that his medical skills are unparalleled, but his martial arts knowledge is not very sophisticated. In addition, he was worried that his injured wife would be affected, so he was restrained during the fight. After a dozen moves, he gradually fell into a disadvantage.
"Demon cult demon, suffer death!" Xue Gongyuan saw the opportunity appeared, raised his sword and used his killing move, intending to take down Hu Qingniu in one fell swoop.
"Nan Gu, I can't help you..." Between life and death, Hu Qingniu knew that the defeat was certain. He no longer thought about defending against the enemy. Instead, he turned around and exposed his entire back to the enemy.
He just wanted to take another look at his beloved wife at the last moment of his life.
Unexpectedly, the pain he imagined did not appear for a long time. Instead, he heard a "pop" behind him, and the exclamations of Xian Yutong and Huashan immediately rang out:
"Gongyuan!"
"Who dares to secretly hurt my Huashan disciple?!"
"Don't hide your head and show your tail, come out quickly!"
When he turned around again, he saw that Xue Gongyuan had fallen on the ground and was silent for a while.
And a familiar figure fell gracefully.
The one who entered the market at such a precise point was naturally Meng Xiuyuan, who had "planned for a long time."
"Mr. Meng, you..."
Hu Qingniu couldn't believe it. Meng Xiuyuan had obviously been gone for many days, so how could he suddenly appear here and help himself out again?
"Mr. Hu, don't blame me, I just arrived not long ago, ahem...at least not too long."
Meng Xiuyuan responded to Hu Qingniu with a smile.
Behind the two of them, the faces of the three masters of the Huashan Sect who were still standing suddenly turned very ugly.
The first person who couldn't hold it back was the two elders of Huashan who were not very wealthy.
The old man Gao stood up first and said to Meng Xiuyuan:
"Meng Shaoxia, let's say goodbye to our Kunlun faction. We haven't seen each other for more than half a year.
That day at the Bat Extermination Conference, you killed the vampire demon Wei Yixiao and rescued me from danger. I am grateful.
But why did you suddenly take action today, hurting my Huashan sect disciples and protecting the demon sect?
Just because he healed your nephew, does he owe you a favor to the Wudang Sect?"
The short old man next to him continued the conversation and then said:
"Meng Shaoxia, although you are world-famous in martial arts, you should understand the truth of the matter before doing anything, and you cannot be indiscriminate.
The woman lying in the courtyard looks soft and frail, but is actually very vicious.
She not only poisoned our nephew Baiyuan in the past, but this time she also wanted to attack Xian Yutong, the head of our faction.
Although you have received favor from Hu Qingniu, you are an upright disciple of the Wudang sect and should uphold justice and not be biased towards the demon sect."
The two elders of Huashan have always been upright and have a high self-esteem. If someone had hurt one of his Huashan disciples in what happened today, then they might have already taught him a lesson.
It was just that during the Kunlun Sect's "Bat Extermination Conference" at that time, they had already seen Meng Xiuyuan's kung fu, and they really couldn't stand up, so they had to use their righteousness to force Meng Xiuyuan.
Meng Xiuyuan was happy when he heard this, looked at the two of them and said:
"Hahaha, what an 'indiscriminate' person.
You two should ask your good nephew and disciple what they have done.
I have been secretly investigating everywhere these days, and found that the person who spread the news that "Zhang Wuji is healing in Butterfly Valley" is the Xue Gongyuan who is currently lying on the ground.
The design attracted people from the Jianghu to sneak attack on my disciple of Wudang Sect, so I attacked him, what's wrong with me?"
"This..." When the two elders of Huashan heard this, they were suddenly shocked and felt a chill behind their backs.
With the strength of Meng Xiuyuan and the Wudang Sect, it would be okay if Huashan and the others were justified. But at this point, if Meng Xiuyuan in turn accuses the Huashan Sect of framing Wudang, the matter will become serious.
Because to be honest, although the leader Xian Yutong usually hides a lot and looks like a humble gentleman to everyone, his disciple Xue Gongyuan is far worse than him.
Even the second elder of Huashan, Yu Xue Gongyuan often heard about Xue Gongyuan's bad behavior and had a bad impression of him. However, because he was the head disciple, he could not go beyond Xian Yutong to control him.
Now that Meng Xiuyuan suddenly told Xue Gongyuan's evil deeds, the two elders of Huashan felt a little guilty for no reason, thinking that this kid might really be able to do it.
"Master Nephew, is this happening? Why did Gongyuan do this?" The two elders of Huashan quickly asked Xian Yutong beside him in a low voice.
"Don't worry, uncles, this is absolutely not the case. I can trust the character of this kid Gongyuan. He will not behave like this.
Besides, he had no enmity or enmity with Zhang Wuji, so why should he go to such trouble?
When I wake him up and confront Meng Shaoxia..."
Saying that, Xian Yutong walked over to Xue Gongyuan who was lying on the ground and gestured to help him up.
But in fact, by blocking the sight of Meng Xiuyuan and Huashan elders, Xian Yutong secretly pointed at his apprentice Xue Gongyuan, causing Xue Gongyuan, who was already injured and unconscious, to die silently.
"Gongyuan, Gongyuan?!" Xian Yutong had superb acting skills. He first felt Xue Gongyuan's pulse in a panic, and then shouted loudly, holding Xue Gongyuan in his arms with a sad look on his face.
The two elders of Huashan were shocked when they saw this, and hurriedly followed him to check.
Meng Xiuyuan, who was standing in the distance, had a dull look on his face. Naturally, Xian Yutong's little trick could not escape his eyes. However, Meng Xiuyuan knew that there would be more actions behind it, so he did not point it out for the time being.
After a while, the two elders of Huashan confirmed that Xue Gongyuan was dead. When they raised their heads to look at Meng Xiuyuan, their expressions were sad but also a little relaxed, as if they had put down a big burden:
"Meng Shaoxia, you beat my disciple to death with one slap. No matter what fault you say he had, he will never stand up to confront you again.
How about we each take a step back?"
"Oh, how about we each take a step back?" Meng Xiuyuan said he was willing to listen to what he had to say.
"Young Shaoxia Meng, you killed my sect's disciples and also protected the demon sect couple. It's really too much.
It's just that we have always respected Wudang and Meng Shaoxia for your character, and I think there may be some reasons that we don't know for your behavior.
Therefore, today’s matter is settled here. Peace between our two families is the most important thing.
How about the three of us leave now without holding each other accountable?"
Old Man Gao maintained his momentum and said, "I'm not afraid of you, I'm just giving you face."
Meng Xiuyuan felt happy again when he heard this, and secretly thought that he might have really given these two Huashan elders a big impact last time. He originally had an impression of two people who were smelly and tough, but he didn't expect them to be so easy to talk to.
Even Xian Yutong felt very puzzled after hearing what Elder Gao said. He came closer and whispered in a low voice:
"Uncle Master, are we going to let this matter go?"
"Don't talk too much. This kid is too powerful. We can't fight him. Let's leave first!" Elder Gao also whispered a few urgent words in Xian Yutong's ear.
After hearing the sound, Xian Yutong could not help but be stunned for a moment, and then he seemed to have made some decision. He suppressed his expression and walked slowly towards Meng Xiuyuan.
"Meng Shaoxia, I have offended many people today, and there must be some misunderstanding.
I hope this won’t damage the relationship between Wudang and Huashan...ahhhh!
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Halfway through his words, Xian Yutong suddenly fell to the ground without warning and screamed like a slaughtered pig. The sound was shrill and heart-shaking.
"The master's nephew?!"
When the two elders of Huashan saw this situation, even if they were wary of Meng Xiuyuan, their eyes instantly turned red. They pulled out the long swords at their waists and rushed over to fight Meng Xiuyuan desperately.
After all, Xue Gongyuan and Xian Yutong have very different statuses in their hearts.
When Meng Xiu saw this, he first used a palm on his left and right sides. The force of his volley palm hit them wide open in the middle, leaving them no time to defend. Then he clicked twice in succession, using the power of the "One Yang Finger" to hit the big points on their chests.
, each settled in place.
"It's for your own good that you don't come here and get contaminated by this poison."
With that said, Meng Xiuyuan bent down and took the folding fan from Xian Yutong's hand and looked at it carefully.
Then he walked towards a medicinal herb placed in a flower pot in the courtyard, and waved a few times at the medicinal plant with the handle of his fan. In a moment, he saw that it wilted and its color changed from green to yellow.
Seeing this, the two elders of Huashan who had their acupuncture points opened couldn't help but widen their eyes, and then looked in disbelief at Xian Yutong, who was wailing and rolling on the ground.
In fact, Meng Xiuyuan had always been wary of Xian Yutong just now. Firstly, he knew that he was a sinister person, and secondly, he knew that Hu Qingniu had the handle on him, and he would never give up easily today.
So when Xian Yutong tried to use the mechanism in the folding fan to release poisonous powder by talking, the alert Meng Xiuyuan immediately forced him back with his true energy, and all of it was scattered on himself.
"Help me, please help me, I can be your ox and horse from now on..." While Xian Yutong was wailing, he actually looked up at Hu Qingniu beside him and begged him.
Because he knew that Hu Qingniu was the only one in the world who could cure this poison.
When he was young, he was poisoned by golden silkworm poison in Miao Jiang. Fortunately, he met Hu Qingniu who detoxified him. The two became friends from then on, and Hu Qingniu also betrothed his sister Hu Qingyang to him.
However, he later repaid his kindness with hatred, coveted the position of the leader of the Huashan Sect, abandoned Hu Qingyang, and married the only daughter of the leader of the Huashan Sect at that time. This caused Hu Qingyang to commit suicide in shame and anger, resulting in the tragedy of one body and two lives.
Although he now knew that he was in the wrong, under the pain of being cut into pieces, he still had a glimmer of hope, hoping that Hu Qingniu would save him again.
When Hu Qingniu heard this, he felt disgusted just by looking at him again. He just said "poof" and turned his head to the side, not wanting to talk to him at all.
Only Meng Xiuyuan walked to his side and said aloud:
"It's impossible to save you. There are some things I want to ask you. If you tell me honestly, I might be able to make your death easier."