A knife in love

Chapter 4002
Li Qiufeng had already guessed that Zhebie would ask this question, and he had already thought of a countermeasure, so after Zhebie finished speaking, he said in a deep voice: "That day, Li accompanied shopkeeper Ye Da to Gubei Mountain, but he didn't expect to be involved in the dispute between the Songtian family and the Mei clan. Later, we left Gubei Mountain and went to the house of a friend of shopkeeper Ye Da to buy medicinal materials. On the way, we met Mr. Jebie. The shopkeeper Ye Da’s friend lives in seclusion near a coast in the west of Fusang country, about three hundred miles away from here. After we arrived at the Zhuangzi of shopkeeper Ye Da’s friend, we stayed there for more than [-] days, loaded the purchased medicinal materials, animal skins, etc. in the car, and then returned along the original road. Unexpectedly, when we approached this valley, snow blocks from the high mountains on both sides of the valley suddenly rolled down, and the valley was completely blocked. The fire sprayed, and the fire flowed down from the top of the mountain, which was extremely dangerous. Shopkeeper Ye Da led us to hide in XZ, but luckily we were not burned to death by the fire flow. Later, we found that the fire flow had melted a snow cave in the snow that blocked the valley. Shopkeeper Ye Da took us into the snow cave, thinking that we could escape. Unexpectedly, although the snow cave was several miles long, it still did not lead to the outside of the mountain. In desperation, shopkeeper Ye Da had to take us to dig a tunnel in the snow cave. It took us more than ten days to dig another two or three miles. At that time, a feathered arrow suddenly shot into the snow cave and injured one of our brothers. Master Ye knew that the situation outside the snow cave was different, so he led us to carefully dig the snow wall, and finally escaped from the snow cave, and was able to see the light of day again."

When Li Qiufeng said this, he deliberately paused for a moment, and then continued: "Master Ye took Li and others out of the snow cave, and saw that the two armies were fighting in front of him. Worried about being cut off, Master Ye ordered someone to block the exit of the snow cave with snow. Later, Master Ye discovered that Mr. Jebe was fighting with the enemy, so he ordered us to rush up to help Mr. Jebe. Mr. Jebe knows what happened later, so Li does not need to say more."

After hearing Li Qiufeng's words, Zhebie's expression changed drastically, and he said, "Is that friend of shopkeeper Ye Da's surname Mao?"

Hearing Zhebie's question, Li Qiufeng thought to himself that as expected, Zhebie's coming here was indeed related to Bailian Villa.It's just that even though he thought this in his heart, he deliberately put on a surprised expression on his face, shook his head, and said: "As far as Li knows, the friend of shopkeeper Ye Da is not named Mao. Why did Mr. Jebe ask such a question?"

After hearing what Li Qiufeng said, Zhebie looked slightly embarrassed, and said, "To be honest, I came here this time to find a friend surnamed Mao. This place is desolate and remote, and there are few people living here. I just heard Mr. Li say that shopkeeper Ye Da came here to visit friends. I thought that shopkeeper Ye's friend was the same person as my friend, so I took the liberty to ask. Please forgive me, Mr. Li."

Li Qiufeng shook his head, and said: "Mr. Jebie doesn't have to be too modest. Shopkeeper Ye Da admires Mr. Jebie very much, and he has long intended to marry Mr. Jebie. If the two friends are the same person, that would be a great thing. It's a pity that shopkeeper Ye's friend is not surnamed Mao, presumably it is not Mr. Jebie's friend."

After listening to Li Qiufeng's words, Zhebie nodded, thought for a moment, and then continued: "Young Master Li said that fire erupted from the mountain, but have you ever seen someone escape by chance or a corpse appear?"

Li Qiufeng shook his head, and said: "There are earth fires spraying everywhere in the mountain, which is extremely dangerous. Shopkeeper Ye Da led us to hide XZ and escaped by chance. We didn't see any people or corpses. But there are many corpses of tigers, wolves and wild animals in the mountain. We used them to satisfy our hunger. Otherwise, we wouldn't have survived today, and we would have starved to death in the mountain."

Zhebie was originally in doubt, and did not fully believe what Li Qiufeng said, but he saw that Li Qiufeng spoke with eloquence, without any sign of falsification, and what he said was reasonable, if he fabricated a lie hastily, there would definitely be no flaws.Thinking of this, Jebe finally felt relieved, and said, "I heard a saying from the Han people, that if you survive a catastrophe, you will have good fortune. Mr. Li and shopkeeper Ye Da encountered many dangers, but managed to turn them into good fortunes. They are rich and powerful people who can have such an adventure. In the future, they will definitely rise to the top and get promoted and get rich, no problem."

Li Qiufeng gave a wry smile, and said, "Then we can take advantage of Mr. Jebel's good words. It's just that we're in a tight siege right now, and it's going to be harder than going to heaven if we want to escape this difficulty."

Seeing Li Qiufeng's dejected look, Zhebie thought that he was too disappointed and felt self-defeating, so he hurriedly comforted him and said, "Don't worry, Young Master Li. Although I don't dare to say that I will be able to drive these bastards from the Chitian family away, I am not afraid. As long as you deal with them carefully, you will definitely be able to find ways to repel these bastards from the Chitian family."

Li Qiufeng nodded and said: "Mr. Jebie uses soldiers like a god, and I admire him very much. With the help of Mr. Jebie, we will definitely find a chance and escape."

When the two were talking, more than a hundred warriors from Huangjinzhai had already picked up all the arrows on the ground, and each warrior's quiver was filled with feather arrows.After a while, the two groups of warriors from the Golden Village that rushed to the distance slowly retreated, and the banners of the Ikeda family's army had fled far away, at least three or four miles away from the crowd.

When the two teams of Huangjinzhai warriors retreated to Li Qiufeng, Zhebie and the others, the leading warrior strode up to Zhebie, and was about to clasp his hands to speak, when Zhebie rushed to say, "Mr. Li is here, you have to speak Chinese if you have anything to say."

Hearing what Jebe said, the warrior was startled for a moment, and then cupped his hands and said, "I would like to follow the general's order. I will lead my brothers to hunt down those bastards from the Ikeda family. Along the way, they shot and killed 19 enemies, wounded more than 23 enemies, slashed [-] enemies, and wounded seven enemies. The bastards of the Ikeda family were frightened by the general. It was only four or five miles away before we stopped and sent more than a thousand soldiers to stand guard and shoot us with feathered arrows. I obeyed the command of the general, and when I saw the enemy standing firmly, I stopped. I confronted the enemy first and shot and killed more than [-] enemies, making the enemy terrified. They did not dare to be too rampant, and then slowly retreated here. Sure enough, as the general expected, when we retreated, the enemy did not pursue and kill us. In the shell, I dare not confront us at all."

(End of this chapter)