A knife in love

Chapter 354

Hearing what Li Qiufeng said, Liu Yong's face first showed astonishment, and after a while, the astonishment turned into depression.

Li Qiufeng suddenly remembered something, and said to Liu Yong, "I almost forgot. Mr. Liu, after you entered this valley, didn't you meet Yuqingzi and Monk Guangzhi?"

Liu Yong smiled and said, "Why didn't we meet? We just rushed into the valley, and saw more than 40 monks and Taoist priests beating around the stone gate, trying to break into the cave. We saw it in Shajiabao. This monk knew that they were the helpers of Dongchang, so after a face-to-face meeting, everyone raised their weapons and killed them. Many friends in the world also fired hidden weapons, such as throwing knives, silver needles, and steel forks. , money darts all greeted them. Brother Li, think about the situation when hundreds of hidden weapons were fired at the same time. They fled to the depths of the valley. However, the thirty or forty monks and priests under their sect did not have time to escape, and most of them died under the hidden weapons of their friends in the rivers and lakes. Dismembered with knives."

Thinking of the situation at that time, Li Qiufeng couldn't help but smile a little. He just remembered that Yuqingzi and Monk Guangzhi had quite a status in the Jianghu, and their martial arts were high. It's not easy.So after laughing, his face was full of sadness.

After Liu Yong got acquainted with Li Qiufeng, he first saw him breaking into the Huashan sect's defense line at night in Yong'an City. At that time, he realized that this young man's martial arts skills were extremely high, and he was extremely calm.Later, in the underground of Babao Lianhuashan Imperial Mausoleum, I witnessed Li Qiufeng defeating Tang He, and later heard that he killed the deputy commander of the Jinyiwei, Yun Feiyang, in the old shop of Gu's family, and even before the mighty army in Yong'an City. The swordsman admired him very much, he had never seen him so sad, he couldn't help but shuddered, and said: "Brother Li, what's on your mind?"

Li Qiufeng smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Liu, even masters like Yuqingzi and Monk Guangzhi have come to make things difficult for us. The person behind the scenes must be an extremely difficult enemy. Right now we rely on the natural danger of the cave, although It can be supported for a while, but it may not be easy to take these three or four thousand friends from the rivers and lakes away from this place safely. Thinking of this, Li feels that the future is bleak, and he really can't think of any good way."

Liu Yong frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "Disputes in the rivers and lakes are indeed common. It's just that in the past few months, there have been constant turmoil in the rivers and lakes, and the power of the court has been mixed in it. Not only is it difficult to distinguish between good and evil, good and evil are different Even now, we can’t even figure out who is helping us and who is harming us. The fight between dragons and tigers in the rivers and lakes is, after all, just for power and money. A few months ago, my Huashan faction received Liu Ge The message from the old faction asked us to send people to attack Yu Changyuan and others in Wuhu Mountain Villa. Mr. Liu Ge is very kind to my Huashan faction. He sent people to ask us to help, and the Huashan faction fully supports it. It's just the leader Senior brother sits in Mount Hua and cannot leave lightly, so Liu was sent to lead people to the capital and set up an ambush in Yong'an City. I never expected that the situation would be extremely weird after that. Mr. Liu Ge turned his hands into clouds, and turned his hands into rain. Afterwards, Mr. Yang also appeared in the Lama Temple, and he was in harmony with the old man Liu Ge. Although Liu knew a little about these court party disputes, his knowledge was limited, and he didn't know what these court chiefs were fighting What. In Shajiabao, look at the tone of Zhuang Hengyun, Dongchang wanted to use the group of heroes to participate in the court dispute, and it coincided with Liu Gelao and others. It's just that at this point, Liu Gelao, Yang Daren, Zhuang Hengyun, as well as Sang Liangtian outside Yong'an City, Shanhaiguan Commander-in-Chief in the south of the city, soldiers and horses from Xuan and Da towns in the west of Yong'an City, and the Fifth Army Battalion that trapped us under Hutou Rock. What is the relationship between the two, I just thought about it, but I can't figure it out..."

When Liu Yong said this, he looked at the heroes of the rivers and lakes who were shouting loudly in the cave, and murmured: "They have soldiers and generals under their command. If they want to do something big, they can just send out their soldiers and horses. Why do they have to embarrass these people?" A rude man in the rivers and lakes?"

Li Qiufeng said in a deep voice: "It is precisely because they have soldiers and generals under their command that they have to win over heroes from the rivers and lakes to help them."

Liu Yong was startled, and couldn't help but glance at Li Qiufeng, not knowing what he meant by that.Li Qiufeng said: "To be honest, Li has lived in Chengdu since he was a child, and he was at ease by the side of a hermit. It was only later that he was entrusted by someone to work as an errand in Jinyiwei. At that time, he just said that someone was planning to do something wrong. To usurp the Great Ming Dynasty. But later, Li discovered that the people who said they were loyal to Daming were secretly trying to usurp the throne. There are not only many people with such ambitions in the temple, but also countless in the world. Participate in this In this field of contention, there are bigwigs from the imperial court, courtiers who have become officials, vassals from all over the world, Dongchang, Jinyiwei, Fusang warriors who sneaked into Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates and water thieves who caused trouble in the southeast, and some robbed the border people outside the Great Wall. Tartar cavalry, as well as Jianwen survivors who were defeated in the Battle of Jingnan more than a hundred years ago, and even the heroes who helped Emperor Chengzu overthrow Emperor Jianwen..."

When Li Qiufeng said this, he paused for a moment, and then continued: "These people just used their swords yesterday, and today they will gather together to have a drink and talk, and tomorrow they may draw their swords again. Their struggle is not the same as in the past few years. The incident even started decades ago. Countless cliques, big and small, formed in the imperial court, attacking and forming alliances with each other, and the party struggles continued. As time passed, it was me among you, and I There is you. From the elders of the cabinet, the ministers and ministers of various ministries, down to the officials of the prefectures and counties, everyone has cronies, and everyone has a backer. As a result, the forces of all parties infiltrate each other, but no one dares to take it lightly. Whether it is the commander-in-chief of the Beijing army or the governors of various places, all of them are human beings. If the political situation is unclear, they will definitely not tear up their skin easily. Therefore, although there are large armies gathered around the capital, they all accept them as soon as they are good, and no one will Dare to do it without hesitation.”

When Li Qiufeng said this, he glanced at Liu Yong, lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Liu, do you think Sang Liangtian really can't take Yong'an City? He is a general who crawled out of the dead. If he really wants to take Yong'an City, Even if there is only one soldier left, he will never withdraw. It's just that the battle in the court has not been decided, and he is just waiting and watching. Yong'an City, like the imperial mausoleum, is a chess piece on the chessboard. The chessboard Now, a wonderful balance of power is maintained, and moving a single chess piece will affect the overall situation, so the troops and horses are afraid to move. Those who want to win out of the fire and win in the chaos can only make their minds on the heroes of the rivers and lakes."

Listening to his eloquent talk, Liu Yong seemed to understand a little bit, but most of them didn't understand. He wanted to ask more questions but didn't know where to start, so he sighed and said, "Right now, I just want to get out of here. Stay far away from the capital. If you never deal with these people again, that would be the best."

Li Qiufeng smiled wryly, and said: "People can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes. Mr. Liu, even if you return to Huashan with all the friends of the Huashan faction, you still have to face disputes with the Taihua faction. It's just that your faction and the Taihua faction have been fighting for many years. Resentment, how do you know that someone deliberately manipulated it behind the scenes?"

Liu Yong was also startled when he heard the word "Taihua School".The biggest enemy of the Huashan faction is the Taihua faction that has been fighting with it for more than a hundred years and lives together on Huashan.The day before yesterday in Shajiabao, Taoist Qingfeng, the head of the Taihua faction, suddenly appeared. If he joined forces with He Yin and others, all the Huashan faction present would be wiped out.It's just that Taoist Qingfeng didn't make things difficult for Liu Yong. Instead, he helped the Huashan Sect to leave, which was beyond Liu Yong's expectations.

Li Qiufeng said: "Mr. Liu was trapped by He Yin and others in Shajiabao. If Taoist Qingfeng hadn't rescued him, I'm afraid things would be quite troublesome. Judging from the behavior of Taoist Qingfeng, the Taihua School is not unreasonable." How could they have been entangled with the Huashan faction for more than a hundred years? I'm afraid that some people are afraid of the peace in the Jianghu, so they try their best to make the martial arts factions kill each other, so as to profit from it."

Liu Yong remained silent, recalling the desperate battles between the Huashan School and the Taihua School over the past hundred years, the masters of both sides suffered heavy casualties, and he was filled with emotion.But I heard Li Qiufeng continue to say: "In the imperial tomb, Zhao Zhen wanted to win over the heroes, and as the internal support of the rebel army, he captured the capital in one fell swoop. After his conspiracy was exposed, the big bosses behind him came up with their own tricks. There was a great battle in Yong'an City. After the soldiers from Shanhaiguan and Xuan and Da towns arrived in Yong'an, their forces were balanced, and no one dared to act first. So this Shajiabao became the place where the big men Another chessboard for them to fight. On the surface, Zhuang Hengyun sent by Dongchang colluded with Liusheng Zongyan, and they have already controlled the overall situation. They have won over two or three thousand martial arts masters. It is indeed a force that should not be underestimated. Only Mr. Liu Bringing these thousands of Jianghu friends back out of Shajiabao is naturally a thorn in the side of those big bosses. If you don't surrender, they will never allow you to leave Hutouyan alive. Seeing that the officers and soldiers are their own masters and confronting each other, no one will If you don't dare to act rashly, the heroes of the world will become a strange army, and whoever controls this army can take down the capital and grab the chair in the Forbidden City!"

Liu Yong was dumbfounded, looked at Li Qiufeng, and said tremblingly after a long time: "Who is that person behind?"

Li Qiufeng shook his head, and said: "I don't know. I only know that Liu Ge is always in one group, Yang Daren is in one group, and Zhang Daren and Wang Daren, who are in power at the time, are in their own factions. Like Sang Liangtian, Feng Yanqing, including The Xuanfu, the generals of the towns in Datong, the generals of the three major battalions of the Beijing Army, the commander of the Jinyiwei, the governor of the East Factory, and even the officials of the prefectures and counties are all watching every change in the court, waiting They will only act when the situation that is most beneficial to them appears."

Liu Yong sighed and thought to himself: "I have been in the rivers and lakes for decades, and I thought I could see the general trend of the world clearly. But now, I realize that I am still just a pawn in the hands of others. , completely involuntary, can only be controlled by others. Sigh."

Li Qiufeng saw Liu Yong's bewildered face, but it was mixed with some traces of sadness. He knew that he must be very sad, but he didn't know how to comfort him, so he kept silent.Since he came to Hutouyan, he hadn't rested for several days. At this time, he was tired and fell into a deep sleep unconsciously.

(End of this chapter)