Under the sky

Chapter 158
"May I ask the brave man his name, where is his fairyland, where is his cave, where is he getting rich, and where is he finding his way?" Wang Meng asked.He was the leader of the group, so it was appropriate for him to speak. Even though he was asking questions knowingly, Ding Qi thought to himself that he was afraid that this would arouse suspicion and make a move.

He secretly touched the swing dart in his arms, which was his hidden weapon.Most watermelon pickers like hidden weapons. It is not easy for those vicious fugitives to face the enemy head-on.

"My surname is Li, I am a passerby with no family or sect." The man asked, "What are you doing here?"

Wang Meng said: "We are both passing by. Find a place to shelter from the wind and rain. The land is not too small and the people are not too many. Brother Li, it is getting late. Come in and spend the night without being crowded."

"If you don't catch him, why leave him overnight?" Ding Qi thought to himself, "Is the leader looking for trouble? Or is the leader trying to trick him into coming in? But he hasn't made arrangements for a siege, so do he want to force him? " Before Wang Meng could figure out Wang Meng's plan, this man barged in, and Ding Qi felt a little embarrassed.

"No," the man said, "the sky is wide and the earth is wide, and the trees are used as roofs and straws are used as mats. There is always a place to rest."

"Brothers, are you afraid that we are strong men?" Wang Meng said, "Let's be honest, Brother Li, we are the sea arresting yamen."

Ding Qi was startled again. What on earth was Wang Meng thinking?If you declare your home, you will lose the chance of a sneak attack?If the opponent suddenly attacks, it will be another easy killing.

"I just guessed that there was blood outside, and the smell of blood hasn't dissipated yet." Li Jingfeng said, "Anyway, brothers, please leave first."

"I don't intend to arrest you, Brother Li Jingfeng." Wang Meng said, "I, Wang Meng, are the leader of this group of people. We don't do all the work. The two people Brother Li killed were worthy of death. If you kill them well, Let’s just make friends.”

Li Jingfeng thought for a moment and said, "Okay." After saying that, he walked into the room and sat leaning against the door, seemingly still wary.Ding Qi's heart skipped a beat. Since the big fish didn't swim away, there was a chance. I wonder what the boss thought. Could it be that Wang Meng really wanted to let the white money go into the water?

There was an inexplicable uneasiness around him, and no one spoke for a long time. Ding Qi thought, if he really doesn't want to do business, he can't keep people here. Who can rest peacefully if a felon is left in the house?
"There is something I want to ask." It was Wang Meng who broke the silence, "I heard that Brother Li rescued three sect leaders in Kunlun Palace, and they are rich and powerful. Why did he later file a complaint against the nine families?"

The man was silent for a long time and only said: "This matter is complicated to say, but this is what I want to do."

The lights were dim, and Ding Qi couldn't see clearly the criminal's face.

After another long silence, Ding Qi saw that Wang Meng had no intention of taking action.

"It seems that Wang made a mistake by leaving my brother here." Wang Meng said, "No one can sleep well while you are here. You don't feel at ease if this house is given to you. Brother Li, you'd better leave."

Wang Meng sighed: "I originally wanted to make friends with Brother Li, but after all, I can't rest assured about the arrest of the Yamen and the bounties on the prisoners."

Li Jingfeng suddenly stood up and looked out the door. Wang Meng asked curiously: "Brothers and others?"

"No." Li Jingfeng sat down again and asked, "I have something I want to discuss with you."

Although he couldn't see his face clearly, his voice sounded awkward.

"Brother Li, please tell me."

"I have no money." Li Jingfeng said, "I don't have any money left. It's quite troublesome."

Although Ding Qi could not see clearly, he knew that everyone in the room must be so surprised that their jaws dropped.

Wang Meng said in a deep voice: "Brother, do you want to buy grain and oil? I still have a few taels of silver here, so I can share some with my brothers."

Damn, the boss really wants to be friends with this desperado?

"No, no, no, I don't mean that." Li Jingfeng said, "It would be troublesome for me to go into the city. But these days, alas, all my luggage has been lost in the river, and it is difficult to buy a steamed bun in the wild shop. I am wanted and it is difficult to find a job. not easy."

He paused for a while and said: "The place I want to go is quite far, and it's inconvenient without travel expenses. I thought... otherwise, I'll catch a robber with a reward on my head, and you can help me exchange for the reward. Let's split it up."

"Melon seeds are hard to find, especially the ones with high bounties." Wang Meng said, "Brother is a desperado. We can get some from everywhere. Are we still afraid of committing trouble?"

"I won't steal or rob." Li Jingfeng shook his head and said, "If there is any difficulty, I will find another way."

"Brother, if you can trust me," Wang Meng said, "Tomorrow I will go to the city to receive the reward, and I will inquire for my brother on the way. We will meet here in three days. If there is anyone suitable, I will earn the pestle with my brother."

"I still have something to do..." Li Jingfeng seemed to hesitate and changed his words, "Okay, thank you Brother Wang. I have one more request. This must be a criminal with solid evidence and irrepudiation."

"Of course." Wang Meng said, "Brothers don't accept every job."

Is this person a fool?Ding Qi thought, is it so easy to believe it?

"Boss, are you really helping him find melons?" After Li Jingfeng left, Ding Qi asked, "There are really good melons to pick, but my brother doesn't even have enough, so why should I give him a share?"

"Let him have a share." Wang Meng said, "This man is a good man. He has no money, but he neither steals nor robs."

"It's just talk!" Fan Tianjiao said, "Who knows if it's true that he doesn't steal or rob, this is a big deal with a reward of 400 taels!"

Wang Meng was silent for a long time, and then he said: "What kind of work do we do? Kill people in exchange for bounties. There's nothing wrong with that, right? Over the past few years, I've had more than a dozen lives on my hands. Do you think it's damaging our moral integrity?"

Tietou Lin replied: "This is different. We are arresting all the essential criminals. This is justice for heaven."

"Bah! When I first entered this business, I wanted to do something for heaven. Otherwise, I would make a living by making a night list and make more profits. Who doesn't say that he is a hero who eliminates harm for the people when he enters this business?" Wang Meng said: "But who doesn't know what the world is like? Everyone touches their conscience and says, of these dozens of lives, none of them were innocent?"

"Investigating the case is a matter for the sect, not the Haizhu Yamen." Ding Qi replied: "If someone is wronged, they are also wronged. We will just pick melon seeds and kill and bury them. Who is innocent?"

"If you dare to make a vengeance against the Nine Families, you can kill Tang You and Du Jun, but let go of the wealth." Wang Meng said, "He has no money, so he killed a few of us and took away the silver from us. Isn't it easy? ?”

"I just said he doesn't have the ability, he's timid!" Zhao Xing said, "He's afraid that there are too many of us!"

"More than the guards at the home of the deputy head of Songshan?" Wang Meng asked, "How many people wanted to kill Peng Xiaobei at the end of last year? Gansu and Sichuan, the melon picking business in these two places has at least a hundred less business robbers."

"Who is Little Beggar Peng? Who is this Li Jingfeng?" Ding Qi asked, "Can the dragon in the sky compare to the frog on the ground?"

"There are three levels of picking melons. Catching evil criminals is a job. Catching good people who have been wronged is evil." Wang Meng said, "To say the least, if he kills Du Jun, he has done me a favor. Tomorrow we will enter the city to lead the army. Reward, if there is any news, my share will be his, and the brothers will not be spared a penny."

Ding Qi didn’t think so.

Perhaps a long time ago, Ding Qi was like Wang Meng, thinking that picking melon seeds was doing justice for heaven. Just like many people in this business, when they caught the first robber, they felt that they were a hero and a great man. A good thing.

But when the second and third robbers arrived, they gradually became less happy.

Ding Qi couldn't remember which case it was, but he said he had committed a murder and was hiding in the mountains. When Ding Qi caught the man, he was trembling all over. His hands and feet were so thin that he could twist his arms effortlessly.He kept shouting injustice, injustice.He kept begging for mercy.

Ding Qi hesitated. This person looked like he didn't know martial arts. Even though he didn't know martial arts, he could still kill people.But that doesn't matter, the person has been captured alive and brought back for trial.

His boss didn't say anything at that time, but came up and cut his throat with a knife.Dinky was taken aback.

"It will take time to bring him back for trial. If you kill him and close the case, you have to pay him." His boss at the time said: "We haven't opened for a long time."

Yes, he remembered that it had really been too long since the business had been opened. In this business, a group of two or three people with high skills could catch a fugitive for a hundred and eighty taels. If you only need to catch one, you can have more than enough for a year's expenses.There are also the very few lone travelers who can enjoy a good life and go to brothels to look for sex with just one person a year.If you encounter a big and difficult case like Li Jingfeng's, you will have three years to spare if you hold on to one.

With low abilities like myself, five, seven or even ten people form a group.There will be less money to share.This business depends on luck. If you encounter someone with high abilities, you may not be able to find a key culprit for most of the year.You have to endure hunger and cold.

Why do you do this?Isn’t it just about getting money quickly?

At that time, he understood that he was not a hero, and what he did was not doing justice for heaven.

He is just a job. Even if he wants to do justice for the sky, the sky is not the blue sky above his head, but the sky of the Nine Families.

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The next day, Wang Meng, Tietou Lin, Hun Tianjiao, and Zhao Xing moved the corpse into the city.Wang Meng seemed determined to help Li Jingfeng. Tietou Lin said that the boss actually asked if there were any suspicious people around, including horse thieves.Horse thief?Is the boss crazy too?How can only eight people fight against horse thieves?
It is not easy to search for wanted criminals, and important criminals will not run around openly, so you have to pay attention at all times when walking on the road.The best way is to get information from the sect, look for clues, and see which direction the fugitive is escaping to, so that the search can be fastest.However, these are all small rewards, ranging from 20 taels to 50 taels.Or he could ask nearby villagers if there were any new passers-by who were acting suspiciously or speaking with foreign accents, so that they, the melon pickers, could check them out one by one.

This also requires a skill, which is to be able to recognize drawings.Most of the portraits of the people arrested in the sea are somewhat different from the person they are. If you arrest someone according to the picture, you will catch the wrong person five or six times out of ten. If you kill the wrong innocent person, you will get into trouble.Tietou Lin has this ability. He can remember the drawings after looking at them a few times, and he can also identify fugitives on the road. Even so, it usually takes him a month to encounter a bonus.

400 taels is too much, Ding Qi thought.

As expected, nothing was achieved in the past three days, and Wang Meng looked a little annoyed.On the third night, everyone gathered in the hut again, and Li Jingfeng came again. The difference was that this time he was carrying a torch and carrying a package on his back. Ding Qi finally saw this man's appearance clearly.

It seems he didn't carry a torch when he came last time?Ding Qi didn't remember very clearly. He forgot whether Li Jingfeng brought a light.

"I'm sorry, I can't find a job." Wang Meng looked very guilty, "Otherwise, my brother has just done a ticket business, and he still has some money in his arms. I'm talking about giving him ten taels as a loan. See you again by chance, Li Brother, I just need to pay you back."

Li Jingfeng shook his head and asked, "Is this head valuable?" He unwrapped the package and threw the head over.Wang Meng was startled and winked at Tietou Lin.

"This is Lin Kuan, a giant thief from Hebei and a lay monk from Shaolin who colluded with local horse bandits to rob passers-by." Tietou Lin said in surprise, "This man later killed his mentor who was chasing him. Shaolin issued a wanted warrant, which is worth 200 taels."

Li Jingfeng nodded and said, "He has very good kung fu."

Wang Meng asked in surprise: "How did you find this fugitive?"

Li Jingfeng smiled bitterly and said, "I'm not looking for him, he's looking for me. I keep feeling like someone is following me these days. It turns out he recognized me and wanted to use my head to exchange money with your colleagues."

Wang Meng asked: "How do you know?"

"He said it himself," Li Jingfeng replied, "I asked him why he wanted to kill me, and he told me straight away. So it turns out that there is really such a thing as wanted criminals exchanging heads for money with the Haiyamen?"

This is really a bargain, Ding Qi thought.No, this is a bargain for them. Li Jingfeng is a skilled silver coin. Although he has committed major crimes and has a great reputation, at this age, how good can his skills be?There must be many people who are taking chances.If this person commits more and more crimes, he will become more and more valuable. Not to mention his colleagues who pick melons, other melons will also hit him and fight hard.

"I will help you collect the bounty tomorrow!" Wang Meng cupped his hands and said, "You captured this man, and I will give you the 200 taels in full."

"No, there are eight people here." Li Jingfeng replied, "25 taels is enough for my travel expenses."

"The tents under the melon shed are not divided like this, half and half." Wang Meng said, "Our brothers have divided 100 taels. You can take 100 taels, okay?"

Li Jingfeng thought for a while and said, "I'd better take 25 taels." He turned around and left, "I'll come back tomorrow night to get the silver taels."

200 taels for nothing?What a fool!Ding Qi thought.This man is not only weird, but also stupid. He is not wary of others at all. How come such a sweet melon has not been picked yet?
The next day, a group of people entered the city, and Wang Meng sent the head to the sect.Taking advantage of Wang Meng's absence, Ding Qi gathered everyone in private and said that he had something to say, but he didn't want the boss to know about it, and everyone made guesses.

"It's not appropriate for the boss to do this." Ding Qi said to everyone, "He is just and honest. It's a trivial matter for him to sit around with his money without making any money. I just ask, how embarrassing would it be if the news that we released prisoners privately spread? "

Li Fu said: "There is no shame in being unable to pick melons."

"You want the prisoners to help us catch the prisoners?" Ding Qi said, "This is colluding with the bandits."

Li Fu and Li Lai's expressions changed.The relationship between colluding with bandits is not small, not to mention that he will not be able to do the job of picking melons in the future, he will become a melon himself.

Tietou Lin said: "We all know that the boss is loyal. There is no uneven distribution of money. He also takes the lead in doing dangerous work. We can't betray him."

Ding Qi said: "It costs three to fifty taels to catch a prisoner, or more than one hundred and eighty taels. It only takes one or two months to catch one, and one person can only get ten taels at most. If you don't do it well, you will lose your life. It's not worth it."

"If it's not worth it, why are you doing this job?" Fan Jiangjiao asked.

"Let me put it bluntly, 200 taels plus 400 taels, the total is 600 taels. If the six of us divide it, we will have enough to buy land, buy property, and find a wife." Ding Qi said, "Take that Li Jingfeng and you won't need it for three years." Open.”

"Why six?" Tietou Lin asked, and then he suddenly understood.

"The boss won't agree." Ding Qi said.

"Then maybe Li Jingfeng's kung fu is very good..." Zhao Xing hesitated.

"Picking melons is never done forcefully." Ding Qi said, "I think this guy is honest and stupid. He gave his head of 200 taels to the boss without any collateral. It's very easy to calculate." "Let's arrange it earlier tonight. He’s coming, so you have to prepare now.”

While everyone was hesitating, Wang Meng returned to the hut, and everyone immediately fell silent.

"I have something to discuss with everyone." Wang Meng took out the banknote from his arms, "I didn't pick this melon myself, so I deserve it. I think it's not a loss if you each get ten taels, and the rest What do you think about leaving Brother Li to pay the bills?"

Tietou Lin looked at Ding Qi, hesitated for a while, and nodded slowly.

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Ding Qi and Zhao Xing dug a big hole on the floor.Setting a trap is never easy. Just a hole big enough to sink a person into the ground would take two strong men who knew martial arts a long time to dig.Ding Qi filled it with sharpened sticks, spread it with cloth, and covered it with soil until no traces could be seen.

"Trick him to come in, wait until he falls, and he will be seriously injured even if he is dead." Ding Qi said, "If he is really that good at martial arts and can still escape, use the old method. Fantianjiao, you and Tietou Lin will restrain him, and the Li brothers will use The half-moon shovel trapped him, and Brother Zhao also had a hook net.”

"This room is small, there is only such a small space. We surround him in the middle. As long as the hook net is thrown, he will not be able to find a place to hide. Finally, I will have my swing dart waiting for him."

"This is the hut." He pointed around, "Take his life."

This is a formation they are familiar with. They work well together and there is no room for breathing. They have used this method to capture several people whose martial arts skills are much higher than theirs.

The only thing that illuminated the hut was still the oil lamp. The six people were sitting by the wall. The weak light could not illuminate their figures. They all clenched their weapons and waited for Li Jingfeng to arrive.

Ding Qi was a little excited.

Near midnight, lights appeared in the distance again.Li Jingfeng came to the door and asked, "Brother Wang?"

"The boss got the bounty and was very happy. He drank too much and was sleeping there." Ding Qi pointed to the corner of the room where Wang Meng was lying on his side with his back to the door.

Li Jingfeng hesitated for a while, and then Ding Qi added: "The boss said that the money should be divided equally. This is a 100-tael silver note." Ding Qi placed the silver note in front of the trap.

"You are a fugitive, and we are a police officer. The boss wants to be friends with you, but we don't." He pointed to the banknotes on the ground, "Take them all."

"I only need 25 taels," Li Jingfeng said.

This idiot, what is your mother-in-law doing here?Ding Qi said: "The banknote is here, you can take as much as you want, and we brothers will share the rest."

Li Jingfeng said: "Okay." He held up a torch and stepped forward.

You've been fooled, you idiot!Ding Qi was secretly happy, this fool deserved to die today!Seeing that Li Jingfeng had reached the trap, he stepped on the trap with his right foot and leaned forward. This step was sure to make him fall.

However, Li Jingfeng did not fall. His expression changed and he asked, "What's wrong with Brother Wang?"

Ding Qi was not willing to reply. The Heaven-turning Jiao and Tietou Lin came out at the same time. As long as he was forced to take a step back, he would fall into a trap. If he did not retreat, Li Lai and Li Fu would lock his waist with two half-moon shovels.

Li Jingfeng threw the torch with his left hand and hit Tietou Lin's bald head. He jumped suddenly, raised his feet and just avoided the two crescent shovels. He extended the long sword in his right hand and struck the gate of Fantianjiao.

Done!This was also expected by Ding Qi.Now he was in mid-air with nowhere to use his strength. Zhao Xing spread out the hook net and covered Li Jingfeng's body. As long as the cover was tight, the hook would embed into his flesh and he would never be able to break free.

Li Jingfeng took out something unknown with his right hand and threw it into the air. The hook net flew towards the roof, made a heavy impact, and fell to the ground crookedly.Ding Qi ignored him and shot three swing darts into the enemy's chest.Li Jingfeng didn't even touch the ground, and the light was dim. How could he hide?There were only three low and muffled sounds of "rob, snatch, snatch", and all three shots hit Li Jingfeng's wrist.

No, it should be said that it was embedded on Li Jingfeng's wrist.Even if he was wearing wrist guards, how could he see in such a dark room?
The siege formation had no effect. Ding Qi was frightened and hurriedly shouted: "Escape!" He was extremely frightened and ran forward, trying to escape through the door, but he forgot the trap he had dug and missed the mark. .

He felt his body falling rapidly and the sharp pain from the spikes piercing his body, and he couldn't help but scream.

It turns out that I am a fool who overestimates his abilities...

Li Jingfeng had no time to hold Ding Qi and could only watch him fall into the trap.As for the others, Li Jingfeng did not let them escape. He took a step back to block the door. He shot with his long sword continuously and knocked Huntian Jiao and Tietou Lin closest to the door to the ground. He shouted loudly: "Don't move!"

When everyone saw him breaking the formation, they were all frightened, deeply aware that this man had great martial arts skills.The door was blocked by him, no one dared to move.

"What happened to Brother Wang?" Li Jingfeng asked, "Did you kill him?"

Tietou Lin quickly waved his hand: "No, no! He just fainted."

Li Jingfeng stepped forward and turned Wang Meng's body over. He saw many scars on his face and body, all of which were skin injuries. Although his breathing was rapid, there was nothing serious.

"You guys go." Since Wang Meng was fine, Li Jingfeng didn't want to embarrass these people.The purpose of Haidu Yamen is to catch fugitives. This is their way of making a living. Last year, he encountered a lot of people on the road from Songshan to Wudang.

The five of them left the hut as fast as they could fly.

Li Jingfeng squeezed Wang Meng's body, and when he saw Wang Meng woke up, he leaned over and pulled him up.Wang Meng was originally groggy, but suddenly he became energetic. He held something unknown in his hand and stabbed it into Li Jingfeng's abdomen.Li Jingfeng was shocked, screamed, covered his stomach and fell down. Wang Meng sneered: "You idiot, you fell into the trap!"

A "whoosh" sound broke through the silence of the dark room. Li Jingfeng suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed something unknown. Wang Meng did not see it.The room was too dark, and he felt that the thing was close to his skin. A cold feeling spread along his neck to his heart, and then he shuddered.

Li Jingfeng stood up and chased out. Wang Meng also wanted to follow, but he couldn't help but his body ached. He finally walked to the door, only to see nothing but darkness.

"What's going on?" Wang Meng asked.

Li Jingfeng opened his palm, and what he just grabbed from the side of Wang Meng's neck was a short arrow.

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"After I left Guan County, I always felt that someone was following me." Li Jingfeng said, "That person is very good at hiding, and I can't catch him."

Apparently the man didn't know that Li Jingfeng had extraordinary eyesight, and he was allowed to see vague figures several times.

"I originally thought that person was Lin Kuan, who wanted to kill me for money, and followed me to find a chance to kill me. But after Lin Kuan died, I found that someone was still following me, and I realized that it was not the same person. Just now I asked Brother Wang to pretend to kill me , just want to see what that person’s intentions are.”

It turned out that when Li Jingfeng pulled Wang Meng up just now, he whispered in his ear: "There are people nearby, pretend to stab me with a knife." Wang Meng understood immediately, and even though he didn't know the reason, he still cooperated in the fake assassination.

Wang Meng asked: "That man came to save you, but you don't recognize him?"

Li Jingfeng also guessed that it was Ming Wuxiang or Yang Yan, but they didn't look alike. He shook his head and said, "I don't recognize him, and I don't know why he wanted to save me."

"So brother set up this trap just to lure that person out?" Wang Meng praised, "Brother is not only strong in martial arts, but also very resourceful."

"That's really not true." Li Jingfeng smiled bitterly, "I am really short of money so I asked you for help. When that person wanted to sneak attack me, I thought this person was weird, but I couldn't figure out what the trick was."

Wang Meng said in surprise: "But you...how did you see through Ding Qi's trap?"

"I have encountered many sea-catching yamen before, and I have fallen into traps, so I have to be more careful with people. Later, I developed a habit. When walking, I put my toes down first to check the situation before my heels touch the ground. As soon as I stepped on the floor and it was not firm, I fell. I knew there was a problem.”

"Let them go. If they go to inform the sect..." Wang Meng said, "You should silence them."

"They didn't kill you either, so it's not a heinous crime." Li Jingfeng leaned over to pick up the banknotes and divided them into two piles. "They all ran away, so let's take half for each person."

Wang Meng smiled bitterly and said: "Tietou Lin and Fan Jiangjiao cared about their friendship after all. They did not allow Ding Qi to kill me, but they had to keep me a share. They spared my life and saved their own lives in the end. But you are too weird. ."

Seeing that he was not seriously injured, Li Jingfeng said goodbye and left. Wang Meng said, "Brother, wait a minute." After hesitating for a while, he said, "I'm afraid it's inconvenient to say where brother Li is going. If it's convenient, Wang would like to follow brother."

Li Jingfeng frowned and asked, "Why are you following the wanted criminal?"

"All my companions have run away. They will definitely accuse me of colluding with bandits tomorrow. The business of picking melons cannot continue in Tangmen, so I have to open a new hole. My brother is so good, and I don't need to team up with others. This has two advantages. , I have a companion and someone to help me. If I encounter a melon, my brother will share more and I will share less. Another benefit is that my brother is wanted and it is difficult to walk. Just like now, if a brother gets money, he has to spend a lot of money to buy a horse. Some thoughts.”

"It's easier for me to enter the city than it is for you." Wang Meng said, "I hope my brother won't despise my low martial arts and drag you down."

Li Jingfeng shook his head and said: "I have a lot of things going on, and I will be in danger if I meet you. But you are right, I have to rely on you to help me find food for the horses."

Wang Meng couldn't help but be disappointed.The next day, Li Jingfeng asked about the way to Jiangxi. Wang Meng asked for the reason, but Li Jingfeng still didn't tell him.

“To go to Jiangxi, it’s fastest to take the waterway through Qingcheng and then to Jiangxi.”

Qingcheng?Li Jingfeng thought to himself that that road was safer, and he could still meet his eldest brother and his second brother and ask him some questions.

"But my brother is wanted now. The search is fierce in the Tangmen territory. It may not be easy to board the ship." Wang Meng said, "How about going east across Guizhou Province to the Qingcheng territory, and through Hunan to Jiangxi."

Li Jingfeng hesitated for a while and asked, "Does Brother Wang know the way?"

Wang Meng was stunned and said: "I don't dare to explain it clearly, but I can tell you the way, but it's a little inconvenient for me." He didn't give up and said, "Well, anyway, I have to change my place to make a living. Which way does Brother Li want to go?" Road, I will accompany my brother for a ride."

Li Jingfeng smiled and said, "You really want to follow me?"

Wang Meng said seriously: "Brother is kind to me and has skills. I might as well learn some skills from him."

Li Jingfeng shook his head: "How can I count my abilities? You just haven't seen the ones who are really capable." He thought that he didn't know the route, and it would be troublesome to take a wrong path, so he said, "Let's take the overland road from Guizhou to Jiangxi. Brothers on the way. If you want to leave, leave.”

Wang Meng said with great joy: "Great! Let's set off first, and the brothers along the way will help you."

Sure enough, the search along the road was very urgent.Wang Meng had been in Sichuan for six years and was familiar with the route. He first bought two donkeys in the villages he passed to travel. When he arrived in a larger city, he sold the donkeys for a carriage and bought several sets of beautiful clothes, tents, dry food and other items.

Li Jingfeng knew what he meant. He saw that the clothes were worn by a scholar and it felt awkward to wear them. He smiled and said, "There is a saying that monkeys don't look like humans when they wear clothes."

"Watch the monkey and wear the crown." Wang Meng knew this idiom and said with a smile, "I think it's appropriate, but the brothers are too coy. It's almost June, and it will look more stylish with a fan."

Li Jingfeng thought of Xie Gubai and Wen Ruoshan. At that time, Wen Ruoshan also held a fan, elegant and bookish. Later, the big brother took the fan with him as a reminder of his old friend, which was another interesting moment.As for picking up the fan myself... I can only say that it is nondescript. When I thought about it, I couldn't help but laugh.

Wang Meng put on his driver's attire, asked Li Jingfeng to get in the car, lowered the curtain, and started walking down the road in a dignified manner.In order to avoid pursuit, Li Jingfeng always walked into the wild mountains and wild areas. He had night eyes, so it was not difficult for him to go out at night, but traveling during the day was not as convenient as it was during the day.

After nightfall, the two of them camped. Wang Meng had said before, "Brother, this head is worth a lot of money. We first met not long ago, so it's hard to trust us. You find a place to sleep far away and meet again during the day. Brother, it's easy to sleep, so there's no need to be careful." Li Jingfeng replied. : "That's not necessary. It's just that when brother is asleep, Brother Wang should not come close to avoid misunderstanding."

Wang Meng knew that he was alert even when he was sleeping, as most desperadoes were, and sighed: "There is always a chance for my brother to have a good night's sleep."

Li Jingfeng smiled and said: "It sounds like you are trying to kill me. In fact, brother slept very well."

Wang Meng laughed.

After all, the horse-drawn carriage traveled faster. A few days later, the two of them left the Sichuan border and arrived in Guizhou Province. The person who originally followed Li Jingfeng was nowhere to be seen.Li Jingfeng never understood who this person was and why he wanted to protect him secretly.

The two of them were going east, but they heard rumors along the way that there was a war in Guangxi and Hunan, and that Dian Cang had invaded Hunan. Wang Meng couldn't help but be frightened.

"A fight actually started." Wang Meng frowned and said, "It seems that the world is not peaceful again."

Li Jingfeng thought for a while and said, "Let's take a detour from Guangxi to Hunan. Can we reach Jiangxi?"

Wang Meng said in surprise: "We can get there, but it's a battlefield."

Li Jingfeng said, "I see somewhere on the road where I can help, so I might as well help." He then said, "Why don't Brother Wang help me buy a horse, and I can go there by myself."

Wang Meng was even more curious about Li Jingfeng, and said with a smile: "You are really weird. There is chaos there, and the inspections may be lax, which will be more convenient for you."

He seemed determined to follow Li Jingfeng, waved his whip, and drove south.

(End of this chapter)