Chapter 62
Zhao Yunfei stayed in Tuoshan for two days.
Because he came here with the intention of finding trouble, he spent most of the past two days in his room practicing the family's internal skills, or going to the yard to practice the 'Thirteen Swords of the Clouds' over and over again. Occasionally, when I have free time, I go out to inquire about information, mainly asking how many people know how to use the 'Fire Palm' and what their level is.
Then I got the news that the only ones who could reach the level of the men in black robes were the sect leader Chen Lieyang and his eldest disciple, Chen Zhuo, who had been practicing the Flame Palm for more than 20 years.
On the evening of the third day, a young disciple came to invite him out, saying that the master of the sect was back.
Chen Lieyang is back, will he be able to know the answer today?
Thinking of this, Zhao Yunfei couldn't sit still anymore, so he took his 'Chongyun Sword' and followed him out. But as he walked, he felt a little strange, because the place where the young disciple took him turned out to be the backyard.
Zhao Yunfei secretly clenched the hilt of his sword and asked in a cold voice: "Where are you taking me?"
The young disciple explained, "The sect master said that he would like to invite Mr. Zhao to come and have a meal with him."
Dinner?
Shouldn't Chen Lieyang find a place like a study at this time to explain clearly what the man in black robe is? But what does it mean to call him to have a meal? Is the man in black robe also there?
For a time, many thoughts flashed through Zhao Yunfei's mind.
Then he suppressed these thoughts.
Finally, the two of them walked into a small hall, and then Zhao Yunfei saw a tall, bearded, middle-aged man sitting in front of him, slightly older than his father. On both sides of him sat a man and a woman. The man was the one who stopped him at the foot of the mountain that day, but the woman had never seen him before.
The young disciple bowed and reported, "Master, Mr. Zhao has arrived."
When the middle-aged man at the head heard this, he immediately stood up and said, "This is Yunfei, right? She looks so much like your mother, hahaha. Your father said in the letter that you should have arrived a few days ago. But what happened on the way?"
Zhao Yunfei secretly glanced at the three of them and saw Uncle Chen Lieyang in front of him with a concerned face, while a man and a woman behind him were also walking towards him. The man smiled eagerly, while the woman looked at him quietly.
'To be courteous for nothing...'
Zhao Yunfei reminded himself secretly, and then said: "Thank you Uncle Chen for your concern. It rained heavily a few days ago, so I stayed at the inn for two more days."
"It's good if nothing happens, it's good if nothing happens."
Chen Lieyang turned around and introduced to Zhao Yunfei, "Come on, uncle, let me introduce you. This is my eldest disciple Chen Zhuo. You must have met him two days ago. This is my daughter Chen Jing, who is two years younger than you. Yue. Your parents and I have a life-long relationship, so just call them senior brother and junior sister."
"Senior Brother Chen, Junior Sister Chen."
"...Senior Brother Zhao."
"Junior Brother Zhao, please take your seat, Master, the food and wine are ready."
Chen Lieyang said: "Then Yun Fei, sit down quickly. Although our northwest food is not as refined as yours, it tastes very good. Eat more. If you get hungry and lose weight later, I won't be able to explain it to your father."
Zhao Yunfei had no choice but to sit down.
After an absent-minded dinner, Zhao Yunfei originally thought that Chen Lieyang was going to get down to business, but he didn't expect that the other party seemed to have forgotten about the man in black robe and started asking him about the situation at home. I was very happy to hear that my eldest brother and sister-in-law had given birth to a daughter. I also asked if she had a daughter and what she had named her.
Zhao Yunfei: "..."
He couldn't hide his dissatisfaction and said rudely: "Uncle Chen, in addition to congratulating you on your birthday, I just want to ask about the man in black robe. The black man who can use the 'Flame Palm' The man wanted to destroy my whole family, and he even took out the long-lost magic medicine 'San Gong Powder'."
"I wonder how you are going to explain?"
Zhao Yunfei looked at Chen Lieyang with a serious expression and said: "When my brother went back last time, he said that you were not in Tuoshan when my family had an accident, but had an appointment with someone. He also said that on your fiftieth birthday this time, you Not only will he explain everything clearly, but he will also invite the other party to testify. "
"Then I wonder when I can see him?"
Chen Lieyang was obviously startled for a moment, and then said: "Yunfei, you look like your mother, but your temperament is more like your father. When I was walking around the world with your parents,
When we were young, your mother was always the calm one when something happened, but your father and I were different. Those who could take action would not speak. "
"Just like you are now hahaha."
Zhao Yunfei took a deep breath, "...Uncle Chen, I'm not kidding."
As soon as he said this, the scene suddenly froze.
Chen Jing frowned and looked at Zhao Yunfei dissatisfied, "Why do you talk like this?"
Chen Zhuoze quickly persuaded, "Junior Brother Zhao, don't be anxious. Master just hasn't seen Uncle Zhao for a long time, so he wants to ask more questions. It was the same when your brother came last time. Junior Brother Zhao..."
"Hey," Chen Lieyang interrupted Chen Zhuo and said to Zhao Yunfei with a somewhat nostalgic expression: "You are not like your mother now, but like your father. You are indeed your father's son. ”
After sighing for a while, his expression became more serious, "I originally planned to just catch up with you today and talk about the man in black robe in detail tomorrow, but since you are curious, Yunfei, I'll just tell you. "
He thought for a while and said with a hint of sadness in his tone: "The last time Yunlei came over with that brick, to be honest, I was shocked. I was shocked that someone dared to kill Zhao I was also shocked that that person actually knows the Lieyang Palm. After all, only I, the Lieyang Sect, have this skill."
"The palm print can be left on the brick. Apart from me, the only person in Lieyang Gate is Zhuo'er. But I picked up Zhuo'er when I went down the mountain more than 20 years ago. Since then, I have always regarded Lieyang Gate as my Family. Even though I was suspicious of him sneaking down the mountain, more than one person on the mountain had seen him during that time, and he had no grudge against your Zhao family. "
Chen Lieyang asserted, "So it can't be him."
Chen Zhuo looked at the master with emotion, then turned to Zhao Yunfei and said: "I didn't go down the mountain during that time. In fact, the time when the Zhao family was attacked happened to be my daughter's birthday. During this time of year, as long as No matter what big thing it is that I have to do, I will always stay on the mountain to accompany the mother and daughter."
"Of course, the tragedy of annihilation is not a trivial matter. I can take off my clothes later and let you take a closer look. As a son of the world, I have many scars on my body, but there are no new ones."
"Your elder brother has seen it before."
Chen Lieyang also nodded, "Not bad, uncle will give you a look later."
"We, the children of Jianghu, behave informally. If there is any misunderstanding, we must resolve it. We cannot allow misunderstandings to get deeper and deeper. What's more, it's such a tragic thing like being poisoned first and then almost being wiped out."
"Don't take it lightly."
With such a frank attitude, the suspicion in Zhao Yunfei's heart suddenly diminished a bit.
Then Chen Lieyang turned away his daughter and asked Zhao Yunfei to check with Chen Zhuo. Both of them had some scars on their upper bodies, but the man in black robe was stabbed into the abdomen by the 'Yunxiao Sword' that day. Chen Zhuo had no injuries on his abdomen, and Chen Lieyang's abdomen Although there are wounds, the degree of healing seems to have happened many years ago.
So it's obvious that both of them have nothing to do with the man in black robe.
After confirming that it was correct, Zhao Yunfei completely relaxed physically and mentally.
He sincerely apologized to the two of them, "Uncle Chen, Senior Brother Chen, my father and my brother said before that this matter has nothing to do with you, but in fact, I still have doubts in my heart and refuse to believe it. I rushed to congratulate you this time. Shou, I just want to confirm for myself whether the man in black robe is pretending to be Uncle Chen, and whether it is Uncle Chen who wants to kill my whole family. "
"Now I finally feel at ease."
Chen Lieyang laughed loudly, "Are you at ease now?"
"Your parents and I have a life-long friendship. Our relationship is so good that we can entrust each other with our families. When your mother was pregnant with you, Jing'er was still in her mother's belly. At that time, we even said we wanted to get married. Unfortunately, Jing'er's mother died in childbirth, and her grandmother took her back to the Miao family, and the matter was settled."
Zhao Yunfei was startled, and Chen Jing's appearance subconsciously appeared in his mind, and his face turned red.
Fortunately, Chen Zhuocha changed the subject.
"Master, it's time for you to tell Junior Brother Zhao about the leak of the secret book and the consequences of this trip down the mountain."
Chen Lieyang suddenly said, "Yes, yes, this is also an important matter."
So Chen Lieyang explained to Zhao Yunfei in detail. It turned out that Chen Lieyang became famous thirty years ago when people in the martial arts crusaded against the Poison Cult. Because the 'Flame Palm' can kill enemies from a long distance, he made great contributions to the destruction of the Poison Cult. After that, he and his friends wandered around the world for several years, and finally settled in Tuoshan and founded the Lieyan Sect.
But perhaps because of his great reputation, in the following years there has been a steady stream of people coming up the mountain to challenge him, and there are also people who covet the Flame Palm, the unique skill of the Flame Sect, and want to learn it secretly.
In the end, they succeeded!
Zhao Yunfei couldn't help but ask: "Has it really been stolen?!"
Chen Lieyang nodded heavily, "Yes."
"However, my Lieyan Sect's special skills are not so easy to learn. If you want to reach the level of me and Zhuo'er, you must go to a special place to practice inner strength and mental skills and stay there for several years. And I was the only one in this place at the time. Only one person knew about it, but because Zhuoer was too young, I didn’t even tell him.”
"That place is the real secret!"
"And what was stolen was just a Palm Technique, so even if the Palm Technique was stolen, I didn't take it to heart. After all, as long as the internal strength is perfect, any swipe of it is still the Flame Palm."
That’s how it turns out…
The kind of internal power that can be swung along the palm of the hand, can cause dents in the masonry, and can emit smoke, was developed in that special place that Chen Lieyang mentioned, right?
Zhao Yunfei suddenly realized it, but then he raised a new question, "How did the man in black robe practice?" It is impossible for the man in black robe to accidentally find the same place to practice, right?
The probability is incredibly small.
Chen Lieyang slowly shook his head, "This is the second thing I want to say."
"When my palm skills were stolen, I didn't care. I even drew a new book based on my memory not long after. Then I went about my life as usual, without even chasing the thief."
"Then a few years later, I got drunk and told about the place."
Zhao Yunfei said "Ah" in shock.
Chen Lieyang shook his head with a wry smile, "After that time, I was very careful when drinking and never let myself get drunk. And the person who heard the secret of the Flame Palm was also someone I trusted, so after I woke up, I only told him not to get drunk. I wanted to go out. The next twenty years were uneventful, and I gradually forgot about it."
"Until the day your brother came to me with a brick."
"I just connected two things."
Zhao Yunfei was shocked and asked eagerly: "Who is that person?!"
Chen Lieyang hesitated for a moment, but did not say anything, but said: "You will know tomorrow. I went down the mountain to look for him this time. Although I did not find him, I have someone leave a message for him."
Tomorrow is Chen Lieyang's fiftieth birthday.
After bidding farewell to Chen Lieyang and Chen Zhuo, Zhao Yunfei walked back with a heavy heart.
Somehow, Chen Lieyang's behavior of hesitating to speak, hiding something even though he could speak, gave him a very ominous premonition, as if he had concealed the treasure map before his rebirth.
Nothing will happen tomorrow, right?
Zhao Yunfei thought worriedly.
Then he suddenly felt a strong wind coming, so he tilted his head and let a pebble fly past his temple and hit the pillar behind him, making a 'pop' sound.
"Who?!"
The moment Zhao Yunfei turned his head, his hand was already on the hilt of the sword.
Then a figure in red clothes jumped down from the eaves and snorted: "It's me, your aunt!"
Zhao Yunfei was stunned and hesitantly shouted: "...Junior sister Chen?"
The person who came was none other than Chen Lieyang's only daughter, Chen Jing, whom he had just met. But what did Chen Jing want to do with him? Or is this the way he looks so aggressive when he appears on the stage?
The two of them didn't know each other except for their relationship with their fathers.
But Chen Jing raised his chin and said, "Hey, what did my father say to you just now? Why did you deliberately push me away and not let me listen?"
Hearing this, Zhao Yunfei was stunned again.
Why does Chen Jing mean that the difference between men and women just now is false, but the deliberate separation is true. Chen Lieyang deliberately did not let his daughter know that the palm technique was stolen, and that he drank with others and accidentally leaked the secret of the Flame Palm. Going out, so he excused himself to take off his clothes for inspection so that he could distract his daughter?
Is it possible?
It seems somewhat possible...
Chen Lieyang is Chen Jing's father, and Chen Zhuo is more than ten years older than Chen Jing. If there is only a difference between men and women, then just ask Chen Jing to turn his back, or can the three of them go to the inner room?
Why not let her listen?
Zhao Yunfei looked at Chen Jing's hand and found that her fingers were slender and the skin was white and tender. Unlike Chen Lieyang and Chen Zhuo, whose knuckles had become thick due to practicing Flame Palm, he ruled out the possibility that she was a person in black robes.
So, she knows that person?