A knife in love

Chapter 491

Hutouyan is about a hundred miles away from Babao Lianhua Mountain.Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan worked hard, but only took two breaks halfway to save horsepower.Even so, it was not until evening that he arrived at a town not far from the imperial mausoleum.

When the two arrived at the west end of the town, they found that the town was quite familiar.Li Qiufeng was surprised and delighted, and said to Murong Danyan: "Miss Murong, do you still remember this town?"

Murong Danyan looked around, and suddenly remembered that when he was in the Lama Temple that day, He Yi, who had gone down the mountain with Li Qiufeng to buy raw materials for gunpowder, had a rest in a tea shop in this town.She laughed and said to Li Qiufeng: "I remember, we drank tea in this town."

Li Qiufeng nodded, and said in his mouth: "When we were drinking tea, we once met a person..."

Murong Danyan's heart trembled, he looked at Li Qiufeng and said, "Brother Li, you mean those defenders of the Imperial Tomb who drank tea together..."

Li Qiufeng shook his head and said, "No. If you think about it again, besides those soldiers, we also met someone else."

Murong Danyan frowned, thought about it carefully for a moment, a flash of light flashed in his head, and said in a trembling voice: "Old Shou?!"

Li Qiufeng nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, it is this Laoshou. This person has met us several times, and every time he is extremely weird. In Lama temples and imperial tombs, we have all I met him unexpectedly. Although this man is just a craftsman, he is in charge of the wind and rain in the imperial tomb. Even Xiaoling Weidu calls him brother and brother. According to the soldiers, Lao Shou is good at Danqing, but also likes to gamble , the temper is jumpy, the most fun. But this is completely similar to that person..."

Murong Danyan wondered: "That person? Who is that person?"

Li Qiufeng pondered for a moment, and then continued: "Emperor Zhengde."

Murong Danyan was taken aback, and said in a trembling voice: "Emperor Zhengde? This, how is this possible? Emperor Zhengde died more than ten years ago, and we have even entered his tomb..."

When she said this, she just felt that this matter was too unbelievable, and she couldn't continue talking for a while.

Li Qiufeng said: "That's right. Emperor Zhengde passed away more than ten years ago. This is a matter known all over the world. It's just that in the past ten years, there have been undercurrents in the court and treacherous turmoil in the rivers and lakes. It seems that there is a It's like an invisible big hand is manipulating behind the scenes."

When he said this, he saw Murong Danyan's bewildered face, knowing that she probably didn't understand these important court affairs, so he went on to say: "The world seems to be stable, but in fact there are dangers everywhere. The Tartars look at the north, and the Japanese pirates on the southeast coast are getting more and more violent , has spread from the coast of Fujian to Shandong and Liaodong. The court wants to measure the land in the south of the Yangtze River, and the gentry and officials are raging. The vassal kings who have different ambitions have taken the opportunity to collude with the important officials of the court. It took more than ten years of work to inherit the status of the Great Unification, but still could not remove all the old ministers of the late emperor. Although in addition to the Ministry of War, most of the cabinet ministers and officials of the six ministries were expelled from the center by him through the dispute over the ceremony. It's just that some unknown courtiers were not exposed back then, escaped the purge of Emperor Jiajing by chance, and were still loyal to Emperor Zhengde. Even if only one of these people hid, entering the center at this time and waiting for an opportunity, it would be very difficult for the current emperor It is a great threat. For more than ten years, Emperor Jiajing's confidantes such as Lu Bing, Yang Zhenzhong and others have directed Jin Yiwei to scout around, exhausting their efforts, just to prevent someone from plotting to do something wrong. But after these few months, I The more I suspect that someone is manipulating everything behind the scenes. And even the Ministry of War can be mobilized by this person, it can be seen that this person's power is definitely not inferior to Liu Kang, Yang Tinghe and other cabinet leaders. Looking at the world, apart from Emperor Zhengde, who else can So powerful?"

Murong Danyan was terrified when he heard this, and said in a trembling voice: "Everyone wants to be a high-ranking official, but from this point of view, being an official is not good. You have to be worried every day, as if you are walking on thin ice. If you are not careful, you will fall into danger." A fate beyond redemption.”

Li Qiufeng shook his head and said: "Miss Murong, you will naturally think this way if you are not in the officialdom. It's just that once you are in a high position and have power in your hands, you can call the wind and the rain. At that time, I'm afraid you only I would think that the official position is not big enough, and the official hat is too small. Every day, I only think about how to make great achievements and make further progress. When I was on duty in Jinyiwei, I often heard the old man in Jinyiwei say a word: If a person becomes an official , and are no longer human.”

At this time, the two had already rode into the town.In order not to attract attention, the two jumped off their mounts and led the horse forward.Li Qiufeng said to Murong Danyan in a low voice as he walked: "Laoshou lives in the imperial mausoleum, and the guards are heavily guarded during the day. Let's take a rest in this town first, and then try to enter after it's dark. Imperial Tomb."

After Murong Danyan heard this, he made a face at Li Qiufeng, and said, "Okay! Then let's go to that tea stand to have a cup of tea to pass the time."

The two walked forward based on their memories, but when they arrived at this town, Zhuang Ding from Wuhu Villa led the way, so they didn't deliberately remember the way.Walking into the town alone this time, if you want to find this tea stall, where can you find it all of a sudden?I walked straight for half a stick of incense, but I couldn't find the tea stand.Murong Danyan felt unwilling, and was about to enter a silk shop by the side of the road to ask for directions, but Li Qiufeng suddenly tugged at her sleeve, and said in a low voice, "Be careful, the situation here is not right."

Murong Danyan's heart trembled, so he had no choice but to shut up, and led the horse and followed Li Qiufeng straight to the east.It wasn't until he passed through the town and came to an uninhabited pond that Li Qiufeng breathed a sigh of relief and said to Murong Danyan: "There are many Jinyiwei in this town."

Murong Danyan was startled, and tremblingly said: "How do you know?"

Li Qiufeng smiled wryly, and said: "Don't forget that I have been in the Jinyiwei for five years. Although I belong to the Nanzhen Fusi, I have not participated in the pursuit and arrest of the Beizhen Fusi. It's just that Jinyiwei's actions are also different. Quite a few, the shopkeeper was standing at the counter, but his eyes were staring at the street. There were a few passers-by with bulging waists, obviously hiding weapons. There was also the blacksmith shop at the west end of the town , the two guys at the door are very familiar, I just remembered that these two people are clearly the two general banners of Beizhen Fusi, and their martial arts are extremely good..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he suddenly saw a figure flickering not far in front of him, and immediately shut up.Pulling Murong Danyan to hide behind a broken wall, he whispered: "There is someone in front, I don't know if it is an enemy or a friend."

Murong Danyan watched the two horses grazing and drinking by the pond, and whispered to Li Qiufeng, "What about our horses?"

Li Qiufeng shook his head, and said: "This place is only a few miles away from the imperial mausoleum, even if there are no horses, it's not a big problem. It's just that the figure just now has a very light kung fu, and it looks like a killer from the Liusheng clan..."

Murong Danyan turned pale with shock, and said to Li Qiufeng: "What are these pirates doing here?"

Li Qiufeng said: "I don't know about this either. I have been contacting Xiao Wulang's subordinates month after month, but there has been no news. Liu Sheng Zongyan and Sang Liangtian fell out, but they colluded with Dongchang. This person is not only good at martial arts, but also His wit is outstanding, these killers under his command are elusive, and they will not show up here without a reason. Since we have met these people, if we kill one, there will be one less, and we must not let these killers go. "

Murong Danyan shuddered when he heard Li Qiufeng's vicious words, seeing Li Qiufeng stooped and walked out from behind the broken wall, he had no choice but to follow him closely.

The whereabouts of the killers of the Liusheng family are strange, not only are they extremely good at tracking, but they are also good at preventing others from tracking them.Fortunately, Li Qiufeng has fought against these killers many times, and he is very familiar with the strange methods of these killers.Therefore, he tracked down all the way, dodging all the traps set by the killers, and was never noticed by the killers.

After walking five or six miles straight, a huge house suddenly appeared in front of my eyes.I saw five or six figures walking to the door of the house and knocking lightly on the door a few times.The door opened with a "squeak", and these figures entered one after another, and the door was closed immediately.

Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan didn't dare to enter through the main entrance, so they had to go around a long way to the back of the house.Looking around, there was no one, so he flew onto the courtyard wall of the house.

I saw pine oil torches lit in the courtyard, illuminating the whole house brightly.There were seven to eighty people standing tall and short in the yard, all dressed in black with solemn expressions.Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan didn't expect so many assassins from the Liusheng clan gathered in this courtyard, they were shocked.He had no choice but to lean his body tightly against the top of the wall, for fear of being discovered by these killers.

At this moment, someone shouted loudly: "The young master is here!"

As soon as the words fell, seventy or eighty men in black in the courtyard knelt down together and said, "Welcome young master!"

But I saw three people coming out of the main house.It's just that Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan were leaning against the back wall, and the three of them had their backs to them, so they couldn't see their faces clearly.It's just that the person in the middle is thin and thin, half a head shorter than the people on both sides.Coupled with the fact that these killers called this person the young master, Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan already guessed who this person was.

At this time, two men in black had already brought out a grand master's chair and placed it under the main porch of the main house.The thin man sat on the grand master's chair, raised his right hand, and said: "Get up!"

The voice was a bit childish, and it was the voice of Zhu Ju who was inseparable from Liu Shengzongyan.Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan knew that this young man was the illegitimate son of Liu Sheng Feiyan and Emperor Zhengde, his martial arts had been personally taught by Liu Sheng Zongyan, and he was also ruthless.Fei Hua, one of Liu Sheng Zongyan's two most capable subordinates, died at the hands of this young man.

Seeing Zhu Ju's appearance, Li Qiufeng's heart trembled, and he thought to himself that since this young man appeared here, Liu Sheng Zongyan might also be nearby.He and Zhuang Hengyun recruited thousands of evil faction figures in Hutouyan Shajiabao, and their strength is not the same as before. They should be purging these new recruits in Shajiabao. How could they suddenly appear near the imperial mausoleum?

While he was thinking about it, Zhu Ju suddenly said with a sneer: "Come here, push out those traitors with thousands of knives, and let everyone see the true colors of these thieves!"

Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan were startled, and saw the door of the right wing room suddenly opened, and then two black-clothed killers walked out with a white-clothed man on their shoulders.When Li Qiufeng saw the man's face, he couldn't help being shocked, and his body trembled slightly.

That person is the assassin Zhuyue who betrayed Liu Sheng's clan and wants to join hands with Li Qiufeng to kill Liu Sheng Zongyan!

(End of this chapter)