Chu Yiyi said: "Exactly. In the past twenty years, there are only a handful of Shaolin disciples who have passed the Eighteen Bronze Man Formation trials in the 'Muren Alley'. According to the information found by our 'Qianhuafang', there are only eight of them. This

Among the eight people, there are only two lay disciples, one is the 'Boxing Champion of Six Provinces' Fang Changsheng, and the other is named Sima Zhufeng."

Hua Bushi said: "Sima Zhufeng? Is he Sima Baiyuan, the swordsman who used the thirty-sixth "White Ape Sword Technique" to traverse the south of the Yangtze River fifteen years ago?

Chu Yiyi was startled when she heard this and said: "Sima Zhufeng was known to many people ten years ago, but not many people have heard of it now. Yiyi also came from 'Qianhuafang'

I learned about it from the record files, but I didn’t expect that the young master knew about it.”

Hua Bushi said: "Xiao Ke is very interested in the battle cases of masters in the Jianghu, and happened to collect the deeds of Mr. Sima. It turns out that Mr. Ma Da was the Jiangnan swordsman in the past, which is really unexpected."

Ma Feng is just two words removed from Sima Zhufeng's name. It is indeed very possible that this former swordsman changed his name to Ma Feng, and since he is a direct disciple of Shaolin, he possesses Buddhist teachings such as the "Great Return Pill"

It is not surprising that holy medicine has a close relationship with Shaolin Temple.

Hua Bushi added: "However, even if Mr. Ma Da is the Sima Zhufeng of the past, how can Mrs. Yiyi think that the treasure of Tunwhale Island is real?"

Chu Yiyi said: "There is a reason for this. Sima Zhufeng is just Mr. Ma Da's identity in the past."

Hua Bushi's expression changed and he said, "Could it be that Mr. Ma Da has another identity?"

Chu Yiyi said: "Yes. Sima Zhufeng withdrew from the world more than ten years ago and disappeared. However, four or five years ago, a sect appeared in the Nanhai area called 'Wanjintang'. The sect leader

His name is Sima Wanjin, and his appearance is very similar to that of Sima Zhufeng in the past."

Hua Bushi said: "What kind of sect is 'Wan Jin Tang'? Xiao Ke has never heard of it."

Chu Yiyi said: "'Wanjin Hall' is unknown in the Jianghu world, and the young master will never hear of it. In fact, it is not appropriate to call it a Jianghu sect, because this hall does not occupy territory and has no fixed industry.

, there are just a few cargo ships that often berth at various docks along the coasts of Fujian and Guangdong to purchase goods from local merchants. As his name suggests, this Sima Wanjin man has thousands of gold in his pocket and endless silver. Just because'

Wanjin Hall is just doing business and has no conflicts with people in the world. This Sima Hall Master has never fought with anyone, so no one knows how good his martial arts are."

Hua Bushi said: "In this case, this so-called 'Wanjintang' is just a chamber of commerce that trades and purchases goods along the coast. It is rare that 'Qianhuafang' knows such an organization as well."

Chu Yiyi said: "'Qianhuafang' has always only collected intelligence information from various Jianghu gangs, and will know the origins of 'Wanjintang' and Sima Wanjin just because he is one of our important customers."

She glanced at Hua Bushi with her beautiful eyes and said: "Young master knows the rules of transactions between Qianhuafang and customers. It's just because the person in contact between our shop and Wanjintang is not Yiyi, so even though I am a Fang

I had only heard people talk about Mr. Sima Wanjin, but I had never seen him in person. It wasn’t until I saw the branding on his arm and guessed his identity in the past that I thought that Mr. Ma Da was actually that person.

Sima Wanjin, the master of Wanjin Hall."

Hua Bushi said: "I see. But I don't know what kind of deal Sima Wanjin has done with your house. Madam, can you tell me?"

Chu Yiyi said: "This Hall Master Sima did not do many transactions with our shop, only five or six times, but the things he purchased were all extremely valuable antique treasures. He spent a lot of money on these transactions.

Plus, it has reached more than three million."

Hua Bushi realized something and said: "With such a wealthy and big customer, no wonder your shop would go out of its way to investigate his identity."

Chu Yiyi said: "In addition to finding out that Sima Wanjin is most likely the Jiangnan swordsman Sima Zhufeng we saw in the past, we also sent people to investigate the daily business of 'Wanjintang'. They are mainly in Fujian and Guangdong."

The amount of silk, satin and porcelain purchased in the coastal markets is very huge, with hundreds of thousands of taels of transactions every month. When we found this information previously, we only thought that they were wealthy businessmen who traded goods, so we did not

I didn’t pay much attention to it, but now that I think about it, it’s a bit unusual.”

Hua Bushi said: "But because they spent too much money?"

Chu Yiyi said: "That's right. Even the richest man in the Ming Dynasty, the owner of the largest merchant in Zhejiang and Suzhou and Hangzhou, spends millions of taels of silver like this. It's rare for Sima Zhufeng to do it in the past.

After graduating from Shaolin, he traveled around the world. Although he was very powerful in martial arts and once earned the reputation of Jiangnan Swordsman, he was by no means a rich man. After disappearing for a few years, he became a rich man with millions of gold. Isn't it surprising?

People don’t understand.”

Hua Bushi said: "There must be a reason for Sima Wanjin's sudden wealth, so Madam thinks he must have obtained the treasure of Swallowing Whale Island, right?"

Chu Yiyi said: "If he only has hundreds of thousands or even millions of silver taels, or it can be said to be income from business, the total number of transactions between 'Wanjintang' and various merchants along the coast in the past few years has reached at least tens of millions of silver taels."

It's so huge, if Sima Zhufeng hadn't obtained a certain unique treasure, it would be difficult to have any other explanation."

After hearing this, Hua Bushi had to admit that Chu Yiyi's speculation was extremely reasonable. Even the Ming Dynasty's treasury of tens of millions of taels of silver did not have such a large amount of money, and there was no business in the world that could count.

He earned so much wealth during the year. Considering the recent events, I am afraid that only the legendary treasure hidden on Whale Island was obtained by Sima Zhufeng can the secret be solved.

Hua Bushi nodded and said: "After hearing what Madam said, Xiao Ke also believes in the existence of the treasure of Tunwhale Island. Now that we have the opportunity, we must not let it go. It's just that we want to win the 'Panlong Jue'

'It's really not easy and requires careful planning. Now both the black and white factions in Guangdong have intervened, and there is also another mysterious force. We don't know its origin at all, so I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to deal with."

Chu Yiyi said: "Is the mysterious force that the young master mentioned the person who assassinated Mr. Ma Da?"

Hua Bushi said: "Exactly. Today's plan to pretend to attack Nanquanzhuang is very clever. But how the murderer could sneak into the Gu family ancestral hall and stab Mr. Ma Da to death without being discovered, Hua Bushi is even more puzzled."

Chu Yiyi said: "Meng Huan has checked the entire ancestral hall, and there is indeed no secret passage in it."

She frowned slightly and said: "If the murderer wants to avoid the guards outside the door and sneak in, he can only do so unless he knows the magic of invisibility or can fly to the sky and escape from the earth."

Hua Bushi said: "There is no invisible magic in this world, let alone the ability to escape from the ground. The men and horses outside the village came to attack the village, but retreated before they even entered. Therefore, the murderer should have been lurking inside the village for a long time. Maybe he is a figure from the four major sects."

Chu Yiyi turned her beautiful eyes and said: "Could it be that Mr. Ma Da was jointly killed by the four major sects in Guangdong? They only did this to frame Miss Hongzhu and force the young master to reveal the clues about 'Panlong Jue'?"

Hua Bushi shook his head and said: "That's not necessarily the case. The four major factions have an agreement with Mr. Ma Da, so there seems to be no need to kill him. What's more, Wu Zhengdao didn't know that I had any clues about 'Panlong Jue' before."

He pondered for a moment and said: "In any case, Hongzhu was indeed in the ancestral hall when Mr. Ma Da was killed. Maybe she can know something."

Chu Yiyi said: "Yes, since Miss Hongzhu was on one side when the murderer committed the murder, she must have seen and heard something. Why don't you ask her?"

Hua Bushi said: "Xiao Ke originally had this plan. It's just that he was a little afraid that she wouldn't trust me, so he hesitated and wanted to ask Madam to go with me."

Chu Yiyi stared at the young master's face for a while, then suddenly smiled softly and said: "You couple are really strange, sometimes they are like a pair of enemies. Yiyi doesn't want to deal with such things, I have already dealt with them." I told the young master everything I knew, and then I went back to my room to rest. If the young master wants to find Miss Hongzhu, he’d better go by himself!”

As she spoke, she withdrew her jade hand held by Hua Bushi, stood up, and said, "Thank you, young master, Yiyi will take your leave first!"

Hua Bushi quickly stood up and returned the gift. Chu Yiyi walked to the door, opened the door, but suddenly looked back and said: "Actually, Mr. Hua's charm is not inferior to that of Mr. Mu Yun. He can also make many women in the world Qingxin, why is Young Master so unsure of himself?"

Hua Bushi knew that she was making fun of him, and he said in his mouth: "Madam, you are joking. Although Hua Bushi is not talented, he is somewhat self-aware. How can any woman like an incompetent and mediocre person like me?"

Chu Yiyi said: "Yiyi is not joking. For example, that girl Yi Ruoying likes the young master very much."

She said that others were fine. The purple-clothed beauty Yi Ruoying mentioned had rejected Hua Bushi in person the day before yesterday. Although the young master was thick-skinned, he could not help but feel embarrassed. He said sarcastically: "Miss Ruoying didn't care at all. Just take it to heart, Hua Bushi also knows it."

But Chu Yiyi said seriously: "You are wrong about this. Although Miss Ruoying has rejected the young master on the surface, she is quite fond of him in her heart!"

When Hua Bushi heard her affirmation, he couldn't help but be startled and said, "How can you see that?"

Chu Yiyi said: "At noon at the Gu family ancestral hall, Miss Ruoying first defended the young master, and Mr. Hua also heard it. Later, when Yuan Gongyi was about to attack the young master, she almost stopped her and helped him defend himself against the enemy! "

Hua Bushi frowned and said, "How can this happen? She must be trying to capture Hua Bushi first, that's the truth."

Chu Yiyi said: "At that time, the young master's attention was all on Mr. Ma Da's body. I think he didn't notice that Miss Ruoying was holding a purple sword and a golden ring. She had raised her true energy, but her eyes were looking at Yuan Gongyi, not the young master. , Yiyi is standing aside, but she can see it clearly, and she will definitely not be mistaken!"
Chapter completed!