A knife in love

Chapter 787

Everyone chatted a few more words, and the sky became brighter.Du Lichang came over and asked Li Qiufeng and others to go back to Taniguchi Village with him.Naturally, Li Qiufeng and others had no objection, so they left Chitou Temple with Du Lichang, Lao Yan and others, and returned to Tanikou Village.

After the sky was bright, Li Qiufeng and the others packed up and took leave of Du Lichang and the others.Du Lichang, Lao Yan and others sent everyone all the way to the entrance of the village, and they happened to arrive at the ruins of the stage that Li Qiufeng, grandson Guangming, and Su Yan passed by when they came.Li Qiufeng pointed to the dilapidated stage, and said to Du Li, "It's extremely cold here, is there something weird about it?"

Du Lichang took a look at Lao Yan, smiled, and said to Li Qiufeng: "This matter is not unusual. Our Gukou Village has always had the custom of hiding ice. In the twelfth lunar month of winter, we take ice from the river and hide it underground. In the cellar of more than two zhang. In the scorching summer, the ice cubes were taken out and sold to high-ranking officials and nobles, and the money was not small. Under the stage is the place where the ice is stored, and the cold air penetrates to the ground If you pass through this place, you will feel extremely cold. Some merchants passing by don’t know why, and think that this place is haunted. In the end, they spread rumors and said that this place is the gate of ghosts. Portal. These are all rumors and cannot be taken as true. It's just that our Du and Yan families don't want to be disturbed by outsiders, and we are happy to have some scary legends to scare away some people who have other plans, so we didn't come forward to explain this. I'm going to teach you to laugh at me."

After Li Qiufeng and others listened to Du Lichang's words, the last mystery in their hearts was finally solved.

When Li Qiufeng, Changsun Guangming, and Su Yan came to Taniguchi Village, they each had their own mounts, while Situ Qiao and Monk Xuanji were on foot.Chief Du Li was so thoughtful that he found two horses and sent them to Situ Qiao and Monk Xuanji.Changsun Guangming took a few ingots of silver and wanted to give them to Du Lichang.Chief Du Li refused to accept his resignation.In the end, the eldest grandson Guangming had no choice but to put the silver back in his arms.Only then did everyone bid farewell to Chief Du Li.

Li Qiufeng and others rode on horses and walked towards Gaoping County along the way.Although the delay in Taniguchi Village was only two days, but looking back on the scene when I came, it seemed like a lifetime ago.Let's talk about it, this journey is not lonely.Not far from the west gate of Gaoping County, Monk Xuanji got off his horse and said to the crowd: "The poor monk is a monk, and he rides around the city ostentatiously. I am afraid that people will point out and cause a lot of trouble. The green hills do not change, the green waters grow Liu, this poor monk bids farewell to all of you, if there is a destiny in the future, we will meet each other."

Li Qiufeng and the others were at odds with Monk Xuanji at the beginning, but they just had a big dream in the Chitou Temple in Gukou Village, as if they had really experienced the catastrophe of life and death together, and there was a sense of sympathy in their hearts.Seeing that Monk Xuanji wanted to part with everyone, he felt a little bit reluctant.Situ Qiao said: "Great Monk, aren't you going back to Luoyang with us?"

Monk Xuanji shook his head, and said: "The poor monk was not a monk of the White Horse Temple originally, but he was just placing orders in the temple. This time, the poor monk is going to the Songshan Shaolin Temple to tell the abbot about the various sects and demon sects back then. The old resentment is that the poor monk did not go to Luoyang, but went straight to Songshan."

Li Qiufeng and others got off their horses and said goodbye to Monk Xuanji.Monk Xuanji did not enter the city, but walked south along a road outside the city.The crowd didn't walk back to their mounts until his figure disappeared at the end of the road.

The eldest grandson Guangming took out the police knife from under the saddle, handed it to Li Qiufeng with the scabbard, and said, "There will be a farewell to seeing you off for thousands of miles. Su Yan and I will go to Mount Wutai first, and then to Famen Temple, where we will take Master Xuanzang's cassock Return him and the Zen staff back to the temple. This police sword is a sharp weapon in the world, and only Hero Li is worthy of using it. Let us part here today, and give this knife to Hero Li."

Li Qiufeng looked at the police knife, shook his head, and said in his mouth: "Mr. Changsun's praise, I am very grateful. It's just that Li is just a prodigal son and doesn't need such treasures. This precious knife is extremely sharp. If a person is injured, he will either kill him on the spot or have his limbs cut off. It is not auspicious. If Mr. Changsun has the heart, he should seal this knife in a safe place so that it will not be obtained by the young and use it to harm the world. .”

Changsun Guangming was about to persuade him again, but he heard Li Qiufeng continue to say: "Li does not accept this saber, there is another meaning. Li is used to Xiuchun saber, so using this treasured saber is a bit inappropriate. If you meet He is a top expert, but his hands are a bit restrained when he moves. Mr. Changsun's kindness is appreciated, but Li will never accept this precious sword."

In desperation, Changsun Guangming had no choice but to take back the police knife.He clasped his fists towards Li Qiufeng and Situ Qiao and said, "It's an adventure to get to know Li Daxia and Mr. Situ. Let's say goodbye. See you in Jianghu someday, and let's have a good time together."

After Changsun Guangming finished speaking, he and Su Yan got on their horses, but they did not enter the city. Instead, they turned their horses and headed north.

Li Qiufeng and Situ Qiao waited until Sun Guangming and Su Yan had gone far away, then led their horses and walked into the city from the gate of the west city.Monk Xuanji, Changsun Guangming, and Su Yan left one after another. Li Qiufeng and Situ Qiao felt a little unhappy.So they walked all the way, neither of them spoke.When they approached the gate of Dongcheng, they saw a steamed stuffed bun shop by the side of the road. The two felt hungry, so they tied their horses to the side of the road, ordered two plates of steamed stuffed buns in the bun shop, and ordered two bowls of noodle soup.The waiter in the shop was very enthusiastic. After serving the steamed stuffed bun noodle soup, he brought fodder from the back of the house to feed the horses.Situ Qiao threw him two coins, the waiter in the shop was overjoyed, fearing that the shopkeeper who was busy behind the counter would see it, he hurriedly stuffed the silver into his bosom, and thanked Situ Qiao in a low voice.

After the two finished eating, they led the horse out of the city gate, then got on the horse and walked eastward.Situ Qiao said: "Brother Li, I remember you said that you wanted to meet someone in Luoyang. I wonder if that person has arrived?"

Li Qiufeng smiled wryly, and said: "There was a lot of time spent on this journey, I'm afraid the man has already left. Maybe I have to turn westward after arriving in Luoyang and rush back to Sichuan."

Situ Qiao was stunned, pondered for a while, and then asked: "Listen to brother Li, did you originally live in Sichuan?"

Only then did Li Qiufeng realize that he had just said casually, "It's better to hurry back to Sichuan", and he had already revealed his Xingzang. He thought that Situ Qiao was worthy of being an old Jianghu, and he judged his origin from a sentence.The matter has come to this point, but there is no need to hide it.So he nodded, and said in his mouth: "Mr. Situ is right. Li grew up in Sichuan since he was a child. Later, by chance, he went to the capital to work as a Jinyiwei."

Situ Qiao said with a smile: "Jinyiwei is the emperor's pro-army, and the selection process is extremely strict. I heard that only people with clean family backgrounds can be selected, and they must be recommended by someone. Brother Li is young, and he has become a hundred of Jinyiwei. Hu, the person who recommended Brother Li to Jinyiwei must be a big shot in the imperial court."

Li Qiufeng smiled, but did not speak.Situ Qiao knew that Li Qiufeng had rebelled against Jin Yiwei, so he naturally didn't want to bring up the matter again, so he didn't pursue it, and found a topic to divert the matter away.

The two rode eastward for five or six miles, then turned southward and headed straight for Henan.

All the way without words.In the afternoon of the third day, we arrived at the boundary of Yuntai Mountain again.Li Qiufeng thought of all the things he had experienced in the Wuji Temple, and couldn't help but feel deeply moved.Situ Qiao pointed in the direction of Yuntai Mountain with his right hand, and said: "The old women in Wuji Temple are really annoying. They all claim to be well-known and upright, and they speak with yin and yang, and their actions are even more strange. They must not be good people."

Li Qiufeng and Yun Xuan and others turned against each other and fought in Wuji Temple. Situ Qiao took the opportunity to slip away, naturally not knowing what happened afterwards.Li Qiufeng thought that this matter was related to Wuji Temple's face, and it even involved various martial arts sects, but he didn't tell Situ Qiao about it.Thinking of how powerful the Demon Cult was in the past, but was plotted against by others, and was defeated in Yuntai Mountain, and has never recovered since then, I felt a little emotional.Later, I thought that the person who took away the Buddha's Tears Sword from Wuji Temple was probably Liu Zongyan.This generation of swordsman was tricked by Xiao Xiao in the end, and died tragically thousands of miles overseas. It is really a bad fate.Thinking of this, Li Qiufeng secretly made up his mind that if there is an opportunity in the future, he will definitely bring Liu Zongyan's remains back to the Central Plains and bury them in peace.

The two talked and talked, and walked for more than an hour before they knew it, but they had already arrived at the foot of Yuntai Mountain.The two of them knew that if they walked for a few miles, there would be a road to Wuji Temple on the left.At this moment, Li Qiufeng reined in his mount suddenly, and said in a low voice: "There is an ambush here, Mr. Situ be careful!"

Before he could finish his sentence, he only heard a "whoosh", and shot a feathered arrow from a bush on the left side of the road, straight to Li Qiufeng's face.Li Qiufeng had been prepared for a long time, when the feathered arrow came in front of him, he stretched out his right hand suddenly, and immediately grabbed the feathered arrow in his hand.He flicked his right hand backhand, and with a sound of "嗖", the feather arrow was thrown back by him.It's just that Li Qiufeng threw back with great force, and the feathered arrow shot out much faster than when it flew from the bushes just now.There was a scream of "ah" from behind the bushes, and then a man in black stood up from the bushes, with a feathered arrow stuck in his left shoulder, looked at Li Qiufeng in horror, turned around and walked towards the hillside. run away.

When Li Qiufeng threw the feathered arrow back, he had already calculated the direction, so the arrow only hit the left shoulder of the man in black.If Li Qiufeng intended to hurt others, I'm afraid the man would have died.

It's just that when Li Qiufeng and Situ Qiao saw the man's attire in Xuanyi clearly, their hearts trembled.It turned out that this man was dressed in black, with a black yarmulke on his head, and soap boots on his feet. He was actually dressed as a clerk in the yamen.

I saw the man in Xuanyi fleeing desperately to the hillside regardless of the arrow being shot in his shoulder.In the blink of an eye, he got into a wild grass on the hillside and disappeared.

Li Qiufeng got off his horse and said in a deep voice, "I'm just a passer-by passing by here. I don't know which royal law I have violated. Ladies and gentlemen, you are waiting here for a long time?"

At this time, Situ Qiao also heard a lot of breathing sounds around him, but these people were breathing heavily, and they were not people with high martial arts skills.So he didn't care about it.After Situ Qiao stood up and got off his horse, he said loudly, "We are all good citizens, not robbers who rob houses. You don't have to hide your heads and show your tail, you officials should show up and speak."

(End of this chapter)