A knife in love

Chapter 1398

Standing at the foot of the mountain, Li Qiufeng saw the official road extending to the left along the mountain.There are deep valleys on both sides of the road, and the slopes are full of strange rocks and low thorns.Li Qiufeng took a deep breath, and then walked up the mountain along the official road.

That night was dark, Li Qiufeng, Xiao Dong and the others were all lit by torches, they didn't see clearly the situation around the official road at all.At this time, the sky was bright, and Li Qiufeng could clearly see the surrounding situation.It turns out that Dongliao County is adjacent to the sea, and the terrain is flat. The east, south, and west sides are all flat land. Only a mountain peak, Motianling, appears in the north.Compared with Shushan Mountain, Motianling is naturally much lower.It's just that it straddles the north of Dongliao County, and it is another stone mountain, which complements the surrounding flat terrain and looks extremely tall at once.The place where the official road is built is the only gentle hillside in Motian Ridge, while the other places are steep cliffs. Even the best martial arts masters cannot climb up the mountain walls.

Li Qiufeng walked along the official road to the top of the mountain, but the higher the terrain, the farther away he was from the top of Motian Ridge.It turned out that this official road was built according to the mountain situation, not straight to the north, but extended to the left front first.Therefore, when walking, first walk to the left side of Motianling, but it seems that the distance from the top of the mountain is getting farther and farther.After reaching the top of a small slope, the road turned to the right again, and the blue mountain wall was in front of us, looking extremely tall.Li Qiufeng let out a sigh of relief, and turned his head to look the way he came.I can only see the winding and winding official roads, extending all the way to Dongliao County.Amidst the dense mountain air, one can faintly see the square city walls of Dongliao County.And Wangjiazhuang happened to be blocked by the hillside that he had just walked, and he could only see the road that turned from the official road to Wangjiazhuang, but he couldn't see where Wangjiazhuang was located.

After walking for about half a cup of tea, Li Qiufeng stopped.He had been counting the distance he had traveled in his mind since he went up the hill.Until here, he deduced that this was the place where he met the carriage that night.I saw a deep valley on the right side of the road. Standing on the edge of the road and looking into the valley, I could only see the strange rocks on the hillside and the thorns scattered around, but I couldn't see what was going on at the bottom of the valley.Li Qiufeng tried to walk towards the bottom of the valley, but there were only thorns under his feet except for the strange rocks. He could barely walk more than ten steps, only to hear a "hissing" sound, but the sleeve of his left arm was cut open by a branch of a thorn tree A big mouth.Li Qiufeng was taken aback and had to stop.At this moment, he noticed a piece of white cloth hung on a half-person-high thorn tree not far to the right, which was flapping in the wind.Li Qiufeng walked over cautiously, reached out and grabbed the cloth strip to take it off.It's just that the cloth is tightly entangled by a few branches of the thorn tree, and it's not easy to remove it.Finally, Li Qiufeng became anxious, and with a strong pull with his right hand, most of the cloth was torn off.

Li Qiufeng put the cloth in front of his eyes and turned it over and over for a long time, thinking to himself that the man in white jumped into the valley that night, and he probably passed by here.Although this person's lightness skill is extremely high, but there are thorn trees everywhere, he still tore off a strip of his clothes.Thinking of this, Li Qiufeng looked into the valley, but couldn't see clearly the situation at the bottom of the valley.Li Qiufeng thought to himself, it seems that the man in white is very familiar with the terrain of Motianling, otherwise he would never dare to jump into the valley in the dark night.With this person's ability, he would never fall to his death at the bottom of the valley, most likely he found another way to escape.

Li Qiufeng searched around for a long time, but found nothing, and finally had to go back to the official road.He looked left and right on the side of the road, and then continued to walk towards the top of the ridge.The official road under his feet still extended to the right at the beginning, and after he walked half a mile, the road gradually turned to the north.At this time, the mountain wind was getting stronger and stronger, blowing his hair around and making his clothes rattle.Knowing that he was about to reach the top of the mountain, Li Qiufeng felt a little uneasy.

Yuemo walked for another half a stick of incense, and faintly heard a commotion in front of him.Li Qiufeng quickened his pace and walked another twenty or thirty feet, but suddenly saw that he had reached the peak of Motianling.I saw two to three hundred people gathered in the open space on the right side of the top of the ridge, some were digging deep trenches, and some were carrying wood and bricks.Only the voices of people can be heard, and the noise continues.

Li Qiufeng looked around while walking.The top of Motian Ridge is a large flat land, enough to hold ten thousand people.The mountains on the left and right sides are five or six feet shorter than the peak, extending far away.Standing on the top of the peak and looking south, there is a boundless sea in the distance. Dongliao County is like a small chessboard, which seems to be within reach.But on the west side of the county seat, there is a white line extending straight to the north, not far from the foot of Motianling, but turns to the east, and then intersects with the official road, still extending to the east, finally blocked by the hillside, and can no longer see Arrived.

Li Qiufeng wondered why he didn't see this road when he came here, so he couldn't help but look at it for a while.Finally, he saw a wooden bridge at the intersection of the white line and the official road, and then he suddenly remembered that the white line was Chakougou, but the distance was too far, and it looked like just a line.

When Li Qiufeng was thinking about it, he suddenly heard someone whisper behind him: "Brother Li, why are you here?"

Li Qiufeng turned his head to look, but saw Qi Jiu holding a pile of bricks standing not far behind him, looking at him in astonishment.Li Qiufeng saw that there were civilian men busy digging the ground and moving bricks, tiles and wood all around, and no one was paying attention to him, so he walked quickly to Qi Jiu and whispered: "I have nothing to do here. Come and have a look at the top of the mountain."

Qi Jiu quietly looked around, then lowered his voice and said: "Brother Li, I don't know if I don't come, I only know that there is something strange here after I come..."

Qi Jiu hadn't finished speaking when someone suddenly said, "Young Master Zhu, why are you here?"

Li Qiufeng was startled, and looked for his reputation, but saw the owner of the Wang Zhuang standing five or six feet away, looking at himself.He hurriedly pretended to be nonchalant and walked towards the owner of Wang Zhuang. Although he didn't look at Qi Jiu again, he lowered his voice and said, "There are too many people here, let's talk about it when we have a chance."

Qi Jiu naturally understood, so he carried the brick and walked to the right.Li Qiufeng quickly walked up to the owner of Wang Zhuang, cupped his hands and said, "I heard that the Temple of Zhongkui will be built today, and I have nothing to do, so I came here to see the excitement."

Master Wang seemed a little frightened at first, but after hearing what Li Qiufeng said, his expression improved a little, but his expression was still a little ugly.He glanced at Li Qiufeng, and said: "The yamen is so urgent that we have to hurry up and start working. In fact, the materials are not ready yet, and the manpower is not enough. But there is really no way, so we have to build the foundation first, and then build it at the same time." While purchasing bricks, tiles and wood for the temple, the main hall has to be built before winter, and as for the side halls and side rooms, we can only take one step at a time."

(End of this chapter)