Chapter 41 Chapter 41 The Valley of the Valley

In Youwei Valley, surrounded by members of the Hundred Flowers Sect, Zhao Guan formally took over as the head of the Hundred Flowers Sect.He discussed with Qingzhu and thought that the first important thing right now is to unify Baihuamen.After Baihua's mother-in-law passed away, Baihuamen split into three halls. Although Bai Naixian is the head of the sect in name, they do not belong to each other and run their own affairs.Zhao Guan defeated the leaders of Narcissus, Baihetang, and Fourth Hall, and became the master of the sect, but his position was not stable.Bai Lan'er from Narcissus Sect is quite reasonable and won't change anything; Xiao Meigui and Xiaoju came from bandits' dens, if they are not angry and deliberately oppose him, it will be very troublesome.Although Zi Jiang and other veterans are no longer successful, if they make trouble in secret, it will be very troublesome.There are only three people left in the Huohetang, and their power is too weak to compete with the other three. The current plan is to Huairou to separate the halls, and then slowly subdue them and return to one.

Zhao Guan then summoned his disciples and announced: I am young and have little knowledge and lack of talent and virtue. I am afraid that I will not be able to bear this important task.Therefore, I would like to ask a few brothers and sisters to help me, and I specially appointed them as elders to be in charge of various affairs in the sect, as my assistant.He looked at the disciples of the fourth sect, and said: This seat specially invites Uncle Zi Jiang to be the law enforcement elder, to supervise and maintain the order of our sect full-time.If the law enforcement elder finds that anyone violates the rules of the sect, he can deal with them in accordance with the rules of the sect with full authority, and neither the seat nor the hall masters are allowed to interfere.Zi Jiang didn't expect that Zhao Guan would assign her such a heavy responsibility, she was very surprised, stood up and bowed and said: Zi Jiang accepts the order.

Zhao Guan said again: I would like to invite Senior Sister Lan'er to be the elder of Chuan Gong, to carry forward Granny Baihua's martial arts and poisonous art full-time, and pass it on to the disciples in the sect.All sects should report to the elders who have made innovations, improvements, and repairs in poison techniques.The elders of Chuangong must also ensure that the poisonous art of this sect will not leak out, so that outsiders cannot undo the poisonous art of the sect. Lan'er had assisted Bai Shuixian in collecting and sorting out her own poison art in the past years, it is very appropriate to take up this position, and she readily accepts the order at the moment.Zhao Guan also ordered Xiao Meigui to be the elder protecting the law, who was responsible for rescue and protection when the disciples were in danger; Rewards etc.

Zhao Guan said again: From now on, all important matters in the gang will be decided by me and the five elders.Our sect is in a critical and eventful time, and we should work together to prevent the enemy from attacking, strengthen our sect, and avenge the masters of Lily and Fire Crane. All the disciples saw that he had been properly assigned, that the five elders were in charge of their duties, and that each had his own place, and they had no objection.Zhao Guan spent a few more days meeting more than 300 disciples one by one, asking them how they got started, what martial arts and poisonous techniques they have learned, what positions they hold, etc.He has an easy-going personality, and he grew up among many women. He has a thorough understanding of women's mentality, and he can talk to young and old women. You can call out the other person's name.This day Zhao Guan and Qingzhu were alone in the room, his heart moved and he couldn't help asking: "Sister Zhu, do you know who my father is?"He has always kept this matter in his heart, and now he finally had the opportunity to ask Qingzhu about it.Qing Zhu was slightly stunned, and asked back: A Guan, has anyone come to look for you in the past few years?

Zhao Guan told how Cheng Da and Yun Longying recognized themselves as sons.Qingzhu said: Only the two of them, no one else?Zhao Guan was startled, and said: Is there anyone else? Qingzhu raised her head, pondered for a while, and said: A Guan, the empress has passed away, whose child are you, she never told me.But I know that after you were born, the empress sent a total of three letters, telling the three that you are their son.In the year before you were born, the empress and the prodigal son were very close, and the prodigal son came to stay every two days, and I knew that the prodigal son was one.I have also seen Gangzhu Yun come to look for the empress.From what you said, these two naturally got letters from the empress.As for who this third letter was for, I don't know.

Zhao Guanqi said: "Sister Zhu, you were with your mother at that time, how could you not know who this third person is?"Qingzhu said: I only heard about this third person, but I haven't seen him.The empress once briefly mentioned this person to me.Said that he was going to duel with his enemy at that time, and the enemy entrusted the empress to poison him, so that he lost the duel the next day.The empress went to find this man and spent the night with him, admiring his heroism, so she didn't poison him.I don't know how the duel was going to be on the second day, but this person probably won.But who this person is, the empress has never told anyone.This event was calculated to be exactly ten months before your birth, so it is assumed that the third letter must have been addressed to him.

Zhao Guan couldn't help being startled when he heard the words, it was strange enough to have two fathers, but he didn't expect that there was such a mysterious third father.He shook his head and said: Sister Qingzhu, who is the third recipient? Do you have any clues? Qingzhu said: "I only know that he is a well-known chivalrous man with outstanding martial arts, but as for who he is, I have never guessed it."He turned his head and thought for a while, then said: Ah Guan, I still think of one thing.The empress once said that when she named you, she considered who was most likely to be your father.

Zhao Guan was very surprised and said: My name?Qingzhu said: Yes.The empress said at the time that she thought you were most likely the prodigal son or the third person's child.She named you Guan, which came from the word Da in Chengda, and took its meaning of Daguan.Zhao Guan said, "Then my surname is Zhao, so it must be related to the third person."Qingzhu said: "It's probably true." Zhao Guan pondered and said: Is his surname Zhao?Are there any martial arts masters named Zhao in the martial arts world?Or which master has the word Zhao in his name?Qingzhu said: I once thought about Zhao Zixiang, the leader of the Green Gang, but he is old, far away in Wuhan, and his martial arts are mediocre, so it is unlikely.Zhao Man, the former leader of the Beggars' Gang, was also surnamed Zhao, but he had passed away for many years.Among the nine elders there is Zhao Yu, but he is a figure of the older generation, probably in his eighties, right?I haven't heard of any other masters surnamed Zhao in the martial arts world.

Zhao Guan was full of doubts, thinking: Mother is so capable, Uncle Cheng and Gangzhu Yun are both great men, this third person seems even more amazing.I don't know who he is?Why didn't he come to me when he received a letter from his mother?Is he still alive?I thought that since my mother deliberately concealed this matter, no matter how much I thought about it, it would be difficult to guess who this person was, so I could only forget about it. Zhao Guan lived in Youwei Valley for more than ten days. Today he took Ding Xiang to wander around in the valley. Ding Xiang suddenly said: "Master, this valley is very strange. It is surrounded by mountains, and there is only one passage from the west to enter."Where does the water that falls from the waterfall come from?Zhao Guan also felt curious, looked towards Qianchilian Waterfall, and said: Maybe there is another valley under this valley.Curious, the two walked towards the waterfall.But he saw a monument erected on the small road, covered with moss, Zhao Guan brushed off the moss marks, and saw that it read: "Hundred Flowers Forbidden Land, the gatekeepers avoid it, only the gatekeeper can enter."

Zhao Guan thought to himself: It's really strange that there is such a forbidden area in such a small valley.When Ding Xiang saw the words on the stele, she dared not move forward.Zhao Guan went to the lake alone to have a look, but he didn't see anything surprising.He looked down and saw that the water in the pool under the waterfall was clear, it seemed to be pure water, not like the blue wave pool had been poisoned.After he went back, he asked Lan'er what was going on in the forbidden area. Lan'er said: It is said that in the past, the ancestor of Baihua once lived in seclusion in the Baihua Valley in Yandang Mountain. Because of the geothermal heat in the Baihua Valley, hundreds of flowers bloom all year round, which is a wonderful sight.The first teacher came to Yandang Mountain to look for the Valley of Hundred Flowers, but instead found this valley and named it Youwei Valley.Granny Baihua has been to this Youwei Valley several times, the stone tablet under the waterfall was erected by Granny Baihua, I don't know why?

Zhao Guanqi said: "How could Uncle Narcissus not find the Valley of Hundred Flowers?"Has no one been to the hermitage of Master Baihua?Lan'er said: "Master Baihua's whereabouts are secretive, the place where she lived in seclusion when she was old has indeed never been visited by her disciples. Zhao Guan had never met Granny Baihua before, only heard about her deeds from his mother, so he couldn't help being curious about this master.In the afternoon of the next day, he went to the path alone, looked carefully at the stele on the side of the road, and found nothing, so he came to the pool under the waterfall again.There are poisons everywhere in Youwei Valley. Although he is the master of Baihuamen, he is not used to it. Seeing the clear water at this time, he couldn't help but feel childish. He took off his shoes, rolled up his trousers, stretched his legs and soaked in the water to cool off.But he felt that the water in the pond was cold, and when he looked down, he saw fish and tadpoles swimming past his feet.Suddenly, I saw a group of small fish swimming towards a crevice in the rock, and then disappeared.The crack in the stone is very wide, turning to the left, it seems that there is no other way.He lifted his trousers and stepped into the pool. The pool was very shallow at first, but it sank suddenly in the middle, making it impossible to walk through.He took off his jacket, waved his hand and threw it on the shore, took a breath, dived into the water, and swam towards the crevice of the rock. The water in the pool is extremely clear, and the bottom of the pool is covered with small white stones, which are clearly visible.Zhao Guan swam to the stone crevice, but saw a narrow water channel turning to the left, like a passage.He swam along the waterway, and after swimming seven or eight feet, he came to a larger round pool, surrounded by cliffs on three sides, and a waterfall tributary flowing down the wall, like a natural bathing pool, it is truly a spectacle.He climbed up a big rock in the middle of the pool, looked up at the clear water falling from the sky, and saw a small blue sky in the distance, and the cliff was always several thousand feet high.He sat quietly for a while, and suddenly noticed a palm-sized figure drawn on the mountain wall at the west end. He looked closely and found that it was a faint imprint of hundreds of flowers, which was exactly the same shape as the one on his arm.He thought to himself: So this mountain wall is also from my Baihuamen.I thought again: Who would draw this mark on the mountain wall?Granny Baihua or Uncle Narcissus must have been here before, the two of them are not afraid of the cold water, so they swam to this round pool.I also saw a small arrow pointing down next to the graph.His upper body was naked, and he was blown by the wind, and suddenly felt cold, so he jumped back into the pool and swam under the figure, thinking: Is there something under the arrow?Drilling into the pool, I saw a ball of light four or five feet deep, like a huge night pearl. Zhao Guan thought to himself: What kind of treasure is that?He probed out of the water to take a breath, then dived into the water again to see the bright light, this time he dived deeper, and saw that it was not a night pearl, but a cave.He swam closer, but saw that it was a natural stone hole, and there was light on the other side, obviously there was another way out.Holding his breath, he drilled into the stone hole, but saw that the water outside was bright, much brighter than the original round pool.He surfaced, took a breath, opened his eyes and saw the scenery outside the pool, and couldn't help being stunned.