A knife in love

Chapter 1211

In the evening, the boatman brought Li Qiufeng dinner with a food tray.What surprised Li Qiufeng was that in addition to the daily necessities of wheat cakes, pickles and water, there was also a small plate of fresh fish.Li Qiufeng was very surprised and asked where the fish came from.The boatman smiled and said: "Today we have nothing to do, so we found a hook and line to catch fish on the boat. It was just an unintentional act, but unexpectedly, we caught more than a dozen big fish one after another. Brother Qin ordered us to clean up the fish. It was clean and cooked for everyone to enjoy. The remaining few were hung over the side of the boat to dry and made into dried salted fish. When we sail out to sea, we can eat them at any time.”

After the boatman finished speaking, he said he was guilty and left the cabin.Although Li Qiufeng is not a greedy person, he only eats wheat cakes and pickles every day these days, and when he sees them, he just wants to vomit. There was only a pair of fish bones left.He patted his belly in satisfaction, feeling that he had never eaten such delicious dishes in his life.

Seeing that night was approaching, Zhang Shi personally called Li Qiufeng to the deck.I saw that Xiao Dong, Qin Lao Wu and the three boatmen had finished their work.Everyone was wearing black shorts and leggings.Xiao Dong still held a black sheathed long sword in his hand, and Qin Laowu carried a machete on his back.The three boatmen did not carry weapons, and each carried a bundle of ropes on their backs.

Zhang Shi took out a black blouse and asked Li Qiufeng to change it, and said: "Before I left, I prepared a few more sets of clothes, and I didn't expect it to come in handy."

After Li Qiufeng put on his clothes, he held the long knife in his hand again.Xiao Dong said to Zhang Shi: "After we leave, Zhang Yuanwai must be careful if he stays on the boat. If someone has evil intentions, he must not fight with him. We will deal with it when we come back."

Zhang Shi nodded and said: "Lord Xiao, don't worry. If someone comes to make trouble, let's sail the big boat into the sea first. No matter how powerful the enemy is, they can't fly onto the boat, right?"

Qin Laowu ordered the two boatmen who stayed on the boat to obey Zhang Shi's orders, and to keep an eye on the situation on the shore at all times, and not to be careless.The two boatmen said yes again and again, patting their chests to reassure Qin Laowu.

At this time, shopkeeper Hu and others also came out, and everyone said a few good things.It's just that shopkeeper Yin's injury has not healed, and he has had a dirty life with everyone, so he has never shown up.

Seeing that it was completely dark, Xiao Dong immediately ordered the boatman to put down the plank of the boat, and walked onto the pier first.Li Qiufeng and the three boatmen got off the boat one by one, and Qin Laowu followed at the end.After everyone disembarked, Zhang Shi held a torch in his hand at the bow of the boat, first asked the boatman to put away the plank of the boat, and then waved the torch a few times, wishing Xiao Dong and the others success.

Qin Lao Wu had already figured out the way to Motianling in the afternoon, so he took the lead and led the way for everyone.Near the pier are dilapidated houses where poor people live. Once it gets dark, there are no pedestrians walking around in this area.So everyone walked quickly, and they had already crossed the stone bridge in just half a pause.After entering the county seat, there are more pedestrians on the road.In order not to make the people suspicious, Xiao Dong ordered Qin Laowu, Li Qiufeng and others not to gather in one place, but to walk separately.The crowd dispersed and went straight to the north of the city without haste.Dongliao County is not big, and it only took half an hour for everyone to walk out of the north gate.

After leaving the city, there was no one on the official road.It was pitch black all around, and only the sound of the night wind blowing the branches could be heard.Everyone walked all the way, afraid of being interrogated by police officers and sergeants, but although they encountered several groups of police officers in the city, no one stepped forward to question them.When they arrived at the north gate, several sergeants stood lazily by the city wall and chatted, ignoring everyone at all.So after leaving the north gate, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Qin Lao Wu said as he walked: "Master Xiao, Mr. Zhu, we are leaving the city at this time, and the city gate has not been closed and locked. But when we return with the wood, we may not be able to enter the city after the curfew. Even if there is no curfew, We can’t pass through the city in a dignified manner while carrying timber. I have inquired clearly during the day that, apart from the official road entering the north gate, turn right along the gate of the north city, and there is a small road that can bypass the county seat and reach the pier. Although this road is twice as far away, it is desolate and uninhabited. Therefore, when we turn around, we can follow the path to the pier."

Everyone discussed a few words, but Qin Laowu led the way first, Xiao Dong and others followed closely.After walking for two or three miles, Qin Laowu pointed to the right side of the road and said, "Not far away is Wangjiazhuang."

Li Qiufeng looked up, and there was only darkness in front of him, and there was no shadow of the village at all.He thought to himself, according to what Zhang Shi and Qin Laowu said, there must be something weird about this Zhuangzi.Perhaps the king had done too much to worry about. After making a fortune, he hired many guards to check out the outsiders in Zhuangzi.

While Li Qiufeng was thinking, Qin Lao Wu and Xiao Dong had already walked forward.He followed behind Qin and Xiao, with a knife in his left hand, looking around as he walked.The sky was gloomy, and only the blurred shadows of the people around him could be seen, while the official road under their feet turned into a faintly visible gray shadow, extending forward bit by bit.

There was no one around, so everyone stepped very fast.After walking for a stick of incense, everyone suddenly stopped in unison.Although it was still pitch black ahead, everyone felt that there was an invisible pressure approaching, which made people feel a chill in their hearts.Qin Laowu took out the torch from his arms and shook it, lit the torch he had prepared earlier, and a dim light lit up.It's just that the night was too dark, and the torch could only light up a few feet around Qin Laowu.

Just by the dim light of the torch, everyone could vaguely see a huge black shadow on the opposite side, like a wall lying in front of them.Qin Laowu said: "Lord Xiao, Mr. Zhu, Motianling is in front of me."

Xiao Dongdao: "Brother Qin, it's enough for us to be able to distinguish the official path under our feet. Let's put out the torch, so as not to be discovered."

Qin Laowu and Li Qiufeng both thought in their hearts that the person surnamed Xiao was defiant, yet extremely stupid.Stories about Motian Ridge being haunted by ghosts spread so widely that no one dared to walk on the Ridge until it was dark.Even the police from Dongliao County dare not come out to patrol, let alone the common people.It's just that since Xiao Dong opened his mouth to speak, Qin Lao Wu was not easy to disobey, so he agreed, put the torch on the ground, stepped on it, and immediately put out the fire, but Qin Lao Wu put Xiao Dong in his heart. Eight generations of ancestors scolded him over and over again.

Everyone moved forward again, and after walking for half a stick of incense, they only felt that the terrain under their feet gradually became higher.The sound of the wind around is no longer the crackling of branches blowing, but the whirring of strong winds passing through the valley.Everyone knew that the climb to Motian Ridge had already begun, and they were nervous and excited at the same time.Xiao Dong and Li Qiufeng were masters of martial arts, even though they walked up the mountain, their breaths were still slow and long.Qin Lao Wu and the three boatmen, Kong Wu, are powerful, but they don't have half a bit of internal strength, so they walk with heavy steps and panting heavily.

I don't know how long it took, a boatman accidentally turned around and couldn't help but exclaimed.Xiao Dong thought something happened, turned around suddenly, and drew out the long sword with his right hand.It's just that when he turned around, his heart trembled.From a distance, I saw a piece of light under my feet, tearing up the boundless night, which looked quite strange.

Seeing this situation, Xiao Dong thought to himself, could it be that this is an evil spirit that suddenly transformed into a city, otherwise why would there be so many lights behind him suddenly?

When he was wondering, he only heard Qin Laowu say beside him: "That's Dongliao County. We've reached the Motianling mountainside. Standing here overlooking Dongliao County, the lights seem to be under our feet."

Xiao Dong snorted, put the sword back into its sheath, and said with a sneer, "It's a false alarm, it's so boring!"

The boatman who panicked and exclaimed knew that Xiao Dong was reprimanding him, and was taken aback.After thinking about it, it was pitch black here, and Xiao Dong couldn't see where he was, so why should he care about him?Thinking of this, I immediately calmed down.

Qin Lao Wu said to Xiao Dong: "Master Xiao, we have already climbed Motian Ridge, we expect no one else will show up. There are deep valleys on both sides of this official road, if you accidentally fall down, you will be crushed to pieces .Let’s light the torches, so that not only will there be no risk of falling into the deep valley when we walk, but we will also be able to walk faster.”

Xiao Dong nodded, but Qin Laowu didn't answer.Only then did he remember the darkness around him, and he nodded in agreement, but Qin Laowu couldn't see it at all.So he said loudly: "Then light the torch! If there is an evil spirit, we can use the light of the torch to see what he looks like. Hehe, hehe."

(End of this chapter)