Records of the Lost Cases of Helaitang in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 125 Yunting
The four people in the treehouse looked at him with pitiful eyes, but no one answered.

The elegant Taoist priest bowed to the tall and thin Taoist priest and said sadly: "Taoist Master Xuan Yuan, our father and daughter have caused trouble for you. You have been running the Taoist temple of Yuxu Palace for many years, and now you have to abandon it."

The tall and thin Taoist priest, who turned out to be Taoist Xuanyou who pretended to be Taoist Master Lingxu, quickly held him up with both hands and said calmly: "Old Shi, why are you saying this? The Taoist has been in Yuxu Palace for more than 20 years, and he has already thought of it. Take a walk everywhere, in the desert north of the Great Wall, between the Cang'er Mountains and the Heavenly Mansion in the middle of Sichuan, there is no place like this."

Lao Shi said to the middle-aged fat Taoist priest again: "Ahu, you accompany Taoist Xuan Yuan to travel as far as possible. After three to five years, if we survive, you can find us in our old house." .”

The fat Taoist priest held Lao Shi's hand and said through tears: "Sister-in-law, I will let you and my little sister escape before you wander around with your senior brother. You don't have the skills to defend yourself, how can you escape."

Lao Shi shook his head and said: "It is most appropriate for four people to divide into two groups. Two Taoist priests travel, and the father and daughter seek relatives. No one will look at them twice wherever they go. The four of them travel together in strange shapes, and there is only a dead end. One piece."

Lao Shi said to the little girl: "Little sister, please bring our expenses."

The little girl took off the package from her body. Lao Shi divided the money in the package into two parts and asked the little girl to wrap them up. One part was given to the fat Taoist priest A Hu, and he said: "I didn't expect that the Taoist priest would be so tired together." You don’t have much money to escape and travel, but these 50 taels of silver are enough for you to escape from Nanzhili."

The tall and thin Taoist Xuan'an calmly took out several banknotes and said, "Lao Shi, don't scare the children with your crying. Our Yuxu Palace family has a big business. Taoist Master I have more money than you." The tiger will not be hungry if he follows me, so you put the money away."

Lao Shi also told Ah Hu how to put his luggage when he went out, remember not to reveal his money, and not to eat food that was not freshly cooked. He rambled on and on. Taoist Xuan Yu was impatient to listen to his ramblings, so he meditated and practiced alone.

Wang Heng saw the Taoist Xuan Stork sitting cross-legged, with the index finger of his left hand and the middle finger of his right hand holding a hand gesture. Suddenly, his heart moved. Huang Yongning's last posture was also like that of the Taoist priest. He blurted out: "Taoist priest, Huang Yongning is your Taoist disciple." disciple?"

Hearing this, Taoist Xuan You said scornfully: "Huang Yongning is a good boy, and he is worthy of being a disciple of my sect. It's just that my fifth senior brother accidentally taught him a few tricks."

Wang Heng asked: "Taoist Master, who is your fifth senior brother?"

"Young master, you haven't even figured out who my fifth senior brother is, and you're jumping into the dragon's pond and the tiger's den." Taoist Xuan'an glared at him and said: "Well, since you are not going to die soon, I will tell you, Taoist Master, Who told us good people to be afraid of evil people? My fifth senior brother is Huang Liangfeng, and fifth senior brother was killed by Huang Yongning, a thief. Should I take revenge?"

Was Huang Liangfeng killed by Huang Yongning?
Wang Heng was stunned and so surprised that he didn't know what to say for a moment.

It took him a long time to come back to his senses and said: "Didn't Mr. Liang Feng be killed by Mr. Huang Er's roommate?"

Taoist Xuan'an frowned and said, "Master Huang Er, I'm sure he also has murderous intentions. He was a step too late and didn't strike as fast as Huang Yongning." Wang Heng was still in disbelief and asked, "Brother Yongning and Mr. Liangfeng, They are a brother-in-law, how could they go so far as to kill his father-in-law, but you saw Brother Yongning commit the murder with your own eyes?"

"You asked the right person. Nine years ago, under the old pine tree at Sanying Bridge, I saw it with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears," Taoist Xuan Yu fell into distant memories.

"That day, the fifth senior brother came to Yuxu Palace to see me early in the morning. He had nothing to say. He didn't leave until the afternoon. I saw that he was restless and talking incoherently. I was very worried. I followed him from a distance and found him. Instead of returning to Wanhu Village, I went around the mountain road and headed up the mountain to Piaomiao Peak. I didn’t know what he was going to do, so I was suspicious and didn’t dare to follow him too close, for fear of being discovered by my senior brother and causing trouble.”

"But I saw him slowly boarding the Sanying Bridge. Under the old pine tree on the bridge, there was a man in brocade robes. When he saw his senior brother appeared, he suddenly waved a palm towards him and shouted: "Old guy, you should have died a long time ago. . ""

"The fifth senior brother fell down at the sound. The man in the brocade robe kicked the senior brother hard. Still not relieved, he kicked him a few more times before turning around and walking away."

"The incident happened suddenly. The fifth brother was much better at swordsmanship and martial arts than I was. I never expected that he would be struck to death by someone's palm. After being stunned for a long time, I was able to move my feet. I ran to the bridge to help the fifth brother. Senior brother, the fifth senior brother's heart has been broken. He saw me and said a few words intermittently: Don't take revenge, Yunting, don't take revenge, Yunting."

"There was a sudden change at that time, and my heart was in chaos. The fifth senior brother died quickly. I was holding the fifth senior brother's body at a loss. The sky was blind. I had gone through so much trouble to reunite with the fifth senior brother. When the fifth senior brother died, I am alone and have no relatives in the world."

Taoist Xuan Yuan had a look of anger on his face and his voice choked with sobs: "I cried bitterly on the Sanying Bridge. I don't know how long it took. When I looked up, I saw that the afterglow of the setting sun had faded. The surrounding fields were green and black. There was a lot of noise from the mountain road. I remembered It was inappropriate to hold the body of my senior brother like this. In the eyes of outsiders, my senior brother and I were just a few Taoist priests and donors, so we put the body of the fifth senior brother back on the Sanying Bridge and jumped not far away. Hidden behind the rocks.”

"The group of people who came were the bankers of the fifth brother's village. I watched them carry the senior brother away. The next day, there was an obituary news that the two peak masters of the Huang family had died suddenly from a wind disease. There was a rumor among their bankers that they were targeted. He died due to the curse of the Huang family’s direct sect.”

"I gradually learned that the man in brocade robes who committed the murder that day was Huang Yongning, the son-in-law of Fifth Senior Brother. Only then did I understand what Senior Brother said before his death. He probably meant that he told me not to take revenge for Yunting."

"I have lived in seclusion for the past nine years, leaving Yuxu Palace in the cold, but I have always paid attention to Wanhu Village. Although Yunting is the eldest lady, she has been sick for many years. I don't think her life will be pleasant."

"Lao Shi found me. I think the time has come. Let Huang Yongning, the thief, live for nine more years. Master Tao, I want to avenge the fifth senior brother."

Yunting, Wang Heng secretly thought, it turns out that the eldest sister of Huang Yuntai is called Yunting.

(End of this chapter)