Chapter 21 Chapter Twenty-One

Zhao Guan went to several inns in the city and found the inn where the couple stayed.The shopkeeper said that the couple and the little girl had checked out early that day, and they didn't know where they were going.Zhao Guan was anxious, so he rushed to several casinos with many families to inquire about the news.He bumped into a few boys at the Wanli Casino, and one of them said: That couple beat up Lu Laoliu and his gang, got their daughter back, and then they didn't know what happened.The other said: They are still looking for that little San'er everywhere, and later they heard that Xiao San'er has gone out of the city, so they followed.

Zhao Guan asked: Have you heard which direction they are going?All the boys said they didn't know.Xiao Niu from Nongyuelou said: Hey, Zhao Guan, you haven't paid back the twenty wen you borrowed from me last time.Zhao Guan felt that he didn't have any money with him, and said: I'm busy today, so I'll pay you back another day.As he said that, he ran away, and the little cow shouted from a distance: "I have tight hands, and I will definitely get the money in the afternoon."I'll wait in your restaurant to discuss.Zhao Guan had no time to pay attention to him, so he walked quickly.

He inquired in the streets and alleys, only to learn that the Chen couple left the city gate early in the morning and headed north.It was already afternoon, he thought: They left the city early in the morning and had already been gone for two or three hours.How can I catch up?Then I thought: If they stop for lunch, maybe I can still catch up.Immediately rushed to the gate of the city and asked the vegetable seller on the side of the road.The vegetable seller said that he saw a couple riding out of the city with their daughter on horseback. They set off before the hour of the morning, heading towards the north. The lady and her daughter rode a blue and white horse.

Zhao Guan thought to himself: If I try to walk, I will never be able to catch up.How can I get a horse?Should I go back to the museum and lead a horse?At this moment, a carriage drove out of the city, Zhao Guan recognized it as the carriage of Young Master Pan in the city.The groom's name is Big Brother Gong, and he would often bring Young Master Pan to the Qingfeng Hall to look for Xiulian. Zhao Guan got to know him well in the concierge, so he was overjoyed, and ran up and shouted: Big Brother Gong, please wait! Brother Gong stopped his horse, saw that it was Zhao Guan, and said with a smile: "Zhao Guan, it's you!"Why are you wandering around the city gate alone?Zhao Guandao: My mother sent me to do some errands, and I have to go to an inn in the town ahead, I would like to ask my elder brother to give me a ride, okay?

Brother Gong said: "All right!"I'm going to pick up the young master at the Wang Mansion outside the city, and I can drive you there, and then you have to go by yourself.Zhao Guanxi said: Thank you Brother Gong!Then he jumped into the car and sat next to Brother Gong.Along the way, Zhao Guan kept looking around, hoping to see the Chen couple.After traveling like this for more than ten miles, he was approaching Wang's house. Brother Gong asked him to get off the car, pointed to the road and said: "Go from here, and then walk three or four miles, and you will arrive at Xiaobeicheng."There is a Yuelai Inn in the city, which is very famous.Your mother probably wants you to go to that inn, right?Zhao Guan thanked him and ran to the main road.

It was Shen time in the afternoon, and the sun was shining brightly, Zhao Guanti ran away, sweating profusely in a short time.Fortunately, he has practiced some superficial internal strength, although he is tired from running this distance, he can still hold on.Soon he came to a small town. He walked around the town and asked people if he had seen a couple with a daughter, but they all said he hadn't.He went to the taverns and inns in the town to ask, and they all said there was no.Zhao Guan felt both anxious and regretful: Either I went in the wrong direction, or they didn't stop here.It is too late now to go forward or look back.Am I missing them after all?

He looked up at the sky, and saw that the sun was setting and the sky was dark, he was shocked again: I don't have a carriage to ride back, how long will it take to go back?If my mother can't wait for me, she won't leave.She wants me to be back before dark, so I have to hurry.He hurriedly turned his head and ran quickly to the way he came.The journey was seventeen or eight miles long, and he ran desperately until the sun went down and the sky turned dark before he reached the outside of the city.The gatekeeper had just closed the city gate, Zhao Guan stepped forward to say good and bad, begging for life, the gatekeeper opened the door and let him in.After he entered the city, he was out of breath, leaned against the stone wall to rest for a while, and then he regained his breath and ran towards the Yanshui alley.

At this time, it was the border between You and Xu, and when he came to the gate of Qingfeng Pavilion, he saw that the gate was closed tightly, and a piece of paper was pasted on the door, which said: The museum is closed today, distinguished guests, please come back another day.Zhao Guan felt a chill: Did they abandon me and leave?Think again: That's nothing.Mother said to go to Yandang Mountain to find Master Bai, so I followed.Just as I was about to leave, I suddenly felt something was wrong, and went back to the door, thinking: I should go in and have a look.I don't know if my mother will wear blue and white and blue patterns for me?He pushed the door and walked in.

When Zhao Guancai stepped into the house, he felt a chill, there was a dead silence inside the door, and the air was filled with the smell of blood.He hurried in, stumbled, but was lying on the ground alone.He knelt down and touched the man's face, but he felt that his face was cold, and he was dead.Zhao Guan took a breath, retreated to the table by the door, fumbled for a fire in the dark, lit a candle, looked into the hall, his face turned pale.But he saw that the ground was full of corpses lying here and there, all of them were the companions and girls in the hotel he had known since childhood.Zhao Guan was dizzy for a while, and when he collected himself, he exclaimed: Mother!I ran quickly to my mother's room on the second floor, but saw that the room was in chaos, the furniture fell to the floor, and all my mother's beloved porcelain and antiques were smashed to pieces.Zhao Guan called out loudly: Mother!But he vaguely guessed in his heart that his mother would not answer.He looked on the bed and saw that Ye Xiang had died on the bed.

He walked around the hall on the second floor, Luoying, Xiulian, Qianping, Jiaohe, etc. all died on the ground, with blood stains everywhere and knife marks everywhere, obviously after a big battle.He smelled a dark fragrance, knowing that his mother had used incense mist to deal with the enemy, so he quickly took out the antidote from his bosom and took it.He walked along the bloodstains and came to his room, but saw a person lying on the ground, it was his mother. Zhao Guan shook his hand, the candle fell, his legs became weak, and he fell to his knees.Under the candlelight, he saw her face was covered with blood, her eyes were wide open, and he reached out to check her breath, even without breathing.Knowing that his mother was covered with poison, Zhao Guan wrapped his hands with cloth and closed her eyes.Feeling that her skin was cold, she thought she had been out of breath for a while.

Sitting next to his mother's body, Zhao Guan couldn't help crying.After crying for a long time, he finally wiped away his tears and noticed that there was a young boy lying beside her, lying on his back, obviously dead, he was Xiaoxiang Xiaozhu's calf, probably he just happened to come to Qingfeng Hall to collect debts from him, The mother pretended to protect him, making the enemies think that he was herself.Zhao Guan thought of his mother's love for him, and couldn't help crying again.With tears in my eyes, I suddenly saw imprints on the ground beside my mother.He took a closer look at the candle, and saw that his mother seemed to have written a word on the ground with her nails before she died.Zhao couldn't see what the character was, so he drew the character on the skirt of his clothes according to the shape. He regained his composure and checked his mother's body. He saw that she had been hit in the chest, her ribs were completely broken, her left palm was scorched black, she had been burned by some hot object, and she had multiple burns on her body.Zhao Guan couldn't help but shed tears again, and said in a low voice: Mother, you can go at ease, I will definitely avenge you! He recalled his mother's explanation before she was alive, returned to her room, and took out two books, a box of medicine and a lot of gold and silver from the dark cabinet beside the bed.He took out a small bottle from the medicine box, walked back to his room, knelt beside his mother's body, and said silently: Zhao Guan, the third generation disciple of Baihuamen, respectfully sent Ji Huohe, the second generation disciple, back to the Baihua Heaven Realm.Sentimental and merciless, all return to dust!Sentimental and merciless, all return to dust!He choked up and read it a few times, then sprinkled some of the powder in the bottle on his mother's body, and bowed down to his mother.The powder was so corrosive that his mother's body melted away in a short time.Zhao Guan wrapped his mother's ashes in an oilcloth and put them in his arms, found another cloth bag, put two books, medicine box, gold and silver into the bag, and carried it on his back. He sat blankly for a while before returning to the hall on the second floor, lighting candles, and carefully observing the traces of the fight.He saw Luoying's dagger stuck in the girder, it was obviously blown away by someone, which shows that the enemy's martial arts are very high.He checked the other corpses in the hall, and saw that most of them were shaken to death with heavy hands, and killed with a single palm, the enemy's internal strength is obviously very deep.The girls lying on the ground were all the girls he had been with since he was a child, Zhao Guan saw them die tragically, his heart ached, he held back his tears, bit his teeth so hard that his lips bled, and the corners of his mouth flowed, but he didn't feel the slightest pain. He surveyed the halls in the hall for a while, and found that apart from the dead, there was no valuables stolen in the hall, the enemy obviously came here to kill people.After looking around, he stood in a daze in the hall for a while, and then used candles to light fires everywhere in the Qingfeng Pavilion, and walked out through the back door. Zhao Guan received strict training from his mother since he was a child, and he is familiar with the dangers of the world, so even though he is young, he is already very meticulous and decisive in doing things.He walked out along the dark alley for a while, and when he turned his head to see the Qingfeng Pavilion gradually being engulfed in the sea of ​​flames, he felt so sad that he gritted his teeth and swore: Blood debts will be repaid with blood!How can my Baihuamen let others bully me and not think about revenge? His mother's design of the Qingfeng Pavilion back then was very exquisite, with a single family, and the entire building was burned down, but it did not affect the neighbors.Zhao Guan knew that his mother was not an ordinary prostitute, but a strange woman in the world, how could she be killed without knowing who her opponent was.He was at a loss in his heart, thinking: The martial arts of the visitors must be very good, mother fought with them in the room, and even used the incense mist, but they couldn't help them.As expected, after the flower picker committed suicide, my family died, and I couldn't even track down who my opponent was!How can I deal with a character that even my mother can't deal with?Then I thought: I can't deal with it now, when I grow up and master martial arts, I must find out my enemy, cut him into pieces, and avenge my mother!