A knife in love

Chapter 416

Li Qiufeng was thinking about it, but he heard Liu Yong say to Deng Yao: "Master Deng, did you light these candles?"

At this time, Deng Yao walked into the main hall about three or four steps away, with his back to the crowd, his body stiffened, as if someone had tapped his acupoints.The crowd stood behind him, not knowing why he looked like this. Although they knew something different, they just couldn't see his expression, but it was hard to deduce what happened.

Li Qiufeng's eyes were like lightning, and he already realized that Deng Yao's posture was rather weird.I saw that his left shoulder was slightly lowered, and his whole body was leaning forward to the left.Li Qiufeng's heart trembled, and then he looked at his feet.But he found that Deng Yao's left foot had sunk into the ground.But it's only about two inches deep, so if you don't look carefully, you won't be able to notice it.

Li Qiufeng secretly stepped on the ground with his right foot, then looked down at the square bricks on the ground.He worked in the imperial palace in the capital for five years, and he knew that the ground of Fengtian Hall was paved with special gold bricks.People in the world call this kind of square brick "golden brick", not to say that the square brick is made of gold.It is because this kind of square brick is hard and thin, and it sounds like metal when knocked, so it is called gold brick.In the past, Emperor Chengzu moved his capital to Beijing, and made great efforts to build the Forbidden City.At that time, skilled craftsmen from all over the world were recruited to build a royal palace far surpassing the emperors of all dynasties.At that time, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, who supervised the construction, was dissatisfied with the square bricks used to pave the ground in various palaces. After being recommended by the craftsmen of the Xiangshan Gang in Suzhou, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry took a fancy to the square bricks refined by the Lumu brick kiln in Suzhou.Suzhou's soil is fine and rich in colloids, and has strong plasticity. The gold bricks made are hard and dense.Moreover, Suzhou is close to the Grand Canal, and the transportation is convenient. It can go directly to Tongzhou, Beijing by water.The Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry convened a meeting of the left and right ministers and the officials of the halls, and finally decided that the Suzhou brick kiln would refine the square bricks for the palace floor for the palace.This kind of brick is extremely hard and has a generous color. Emperor Chengzu was very satisfied, and specially granted Lu Mu brick kiln as an imperial kiln.

Li Qiufeng knew that this kind of brick was hard, and with Deng Yao's martial arts, it would be foolish to want to step it into the ground.While he was wondering, he suddenly heard Situ Qiao sneer and said: "The old beggar is overthinking his own strength. This is following Yao Guangxiao's way. He stepped on the mechanism, and now it is hard to get off. I advise everyone to stay away from him , so that when he is pierced by thousands of arrows, the dirty and smelly blood in his cavity will splash all over everyone."

Everyone is as quick-witted as Li Qiuling.Except for Liu Yong, Taoist Qingfeng, Chu Danyang and a few others, the rest of the people didn't notice anything different at Deng Yao's feet.Hearing what Situ Qiao said, they all looked at Deng Yao's feet.When they saw Deng Yao's appearance with one foot low and the other high, all of them changed their expressions.Three or four people were shocked and panicked for a while, and fled out of the hall one after another.

Liu Yong was reminded by Situ Qiao, first looked at Deng Yao's feet, and hurried forward.It's just that he didn't dare to trust Situ Qiao just now, otherwise he wouldn't be able to save Deng Yao, and he would also be caught in the trap.So he just walked around to Deng Yao's side, not daring to go forward to grab it.Only then did he realize that Deng Yao was sweating profusely and his face was extremely nervous.Knowing something was wrong, Liu Yong said to Deng Yao, "Guangzhu Deng, what happened?"

Deng Yao said in a trembling voice: "After I walked into the hall, I walked three or four steps in the dark, and suddenly my left foot sank, and then the whole hall suddenly lit up. I was a little dazed with fright, for fear that my left foot would slip. If you lift it, the mechanism will be triggered, so you dare not move it."

Liu Yong didn't know anything about the art of organ news. Hearing Deng Yao's words, he couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he turned his head to Situ Qiao and said, "Mr. Situ, please come over and have a look. Can you help Chief Deng close the organ?"

Liu Yong finished his sentence, and before Situ Qiao could answer, he heard Deng Yao sternly said, "Mr. Liu, even if the old beggar is about to die, I definitely don't want this bastard to help me!"

Liu Yong was taken aback for a moment, thinking to himself when has this happened, and you are still engaging in these emotional battles, aren't you waiting to die?While he was anxious, he heard Situ Qiao say in a strange way: "Old beggar, if you kneel down and beg me to save you, then I will never help you. But you don't want me to save you, I want to save you." This life!"

He just finished speaking, but he heard Deng Yao's "Bah bah" twice, and said angrily: "Get out of your grandma's rotten duck! I don't need you, a bastard, to save my life!"

Situ Qiao sneered and said: "If I don't speak, no one here will dare to save you. You just keep stepping on the square bricks under your feet. It only takes two hours, and your qi and blood are not smooth, and you are numb and startling. After another two hours , even if the leg is taken back, the left foot is probably useless. At that time, the leader of the beggar gang will hop on one foot and spread the word, what face does your gang of beggars have in the rivers and lakes?"

Deng Yao knew that Situ Qiao was not threatening with empty words.At this time, he was stepping on the square brick with his left foot, he did not dare to relax at all, he was afraid that once he got away, the mechanism in the hall would activate, and if there were any casualties among the heroes, it would naturally be the beggars' gang.At that time, not only my hard work on revitalizing the Beggars' Sect will be in vain, but also all the sects in the world will have to settle accounts with the Beggars' Sect because the head died in this hall, and I was the one who started it.For more than a hundred years, the Beggars' Gang has gradually declined, and has become a second-rate gang in the Jianghu.If because he killed the gang leaders and leaders of the major gangs, the people in the martial arts join hands, and the beggar gang is in danger of being overthrown.Even if the life and death of the Beggar Clan are not discussed, if I continue to be stubborn like this, it doesn't take four hours, but only two hours of immobility, and the blood is not flowing smoothly, and this left leg will definitely become disabled.When the enemy's family comes to seek revenge, he will definitely be humiliated, and he is afraid that he will not be able to survive or die.

After thinking about it for a while, Deng Yao felt that there was no way out.For a moment, I felt both pain and regret, and I thought to myself: "What a retribution! I've always been used to being competitive. If I could tolerate a little earlier, I don't have to be as hard as I am now!"

Situ Qiao saw that Deng Yao's face was cloudy, but he didn't continue to insult him, knowing that he was already moved.It's just not in the way of face, so it's not easy to lose face.Immediately he smiled and said: "Old beggar, I don't want you to accept my favor. I help you because of Mr. Liu's face. My Situ family has no grievances with your beggar gang in the past, nor in the near future. If you want to repay your kindness, you can repay the Huashan faction and Mr. Liu."

When he said this, he turned his head and whispered a few words to Liu Yong.Liu Yong was shocked when he heard this, and looked at Situ Qiao with some suspicion.Situ Qiao nodded to him, then pouted at Deng Yao.Liu Yong's face was hesitant, and he finally made up his mind, and said to Deng Yao: "Guangzhu Deng, you can lift your feet up as much as you want, and you don't have to worry about triggering the agency's news."

Deng Yao was startled, and looked at Liu Yong in disbelief.Seeing Liu Yong's serious face, which didn't seem to be fake, he thought to himself: "I stepped on the mechanism, and the candles in the hall were instantly lit. It can be seen that this mechanism is very ingeniously designed. Moreover, such a clever mechanism cannot be used Come to light candles? There must be a very powerful back move hidden. But why did Mr. Liu ask me to lift my feet up? Could it be that the Huashan faction has long wanted to destroy our beggars' gang?"

Seeing that Deng Yao was hesitant to lift his left foot, Liu Yong said loudly, "Master Deng, you can retreat as much as you want. If you make any mistake, Liu will pay you for his life."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and said to Qunhao: "I, Liu Yong, swear here! If something happens to Chief Deng because of Liu's claim, Liu is willing to pay for his life. If Liu breaks his oath, the heroes of the world can unite and fight!" On the other hand, even Liu who frowns is not considered a good man!"

Qunhao saw that Liu Yong had made such a heavy oath, how could he have any doubts?They all said to Deng Yao: "Master Deng, just listen to Mr. Liu and take a step back first."

Deng Yao had no choice but to lift his left foot carefully.However, there was a light "click", and the gold brick that had sunk into the ground slowly rose up, and when it was level with the surrounding gold bricks, it remained motionless.

When Deng Yao raised his foot, except for Situ Qiao, everyone in the group was extremely nervous, and they all drew their swords and stood ready.Those clan masters and sect leaders who had just escaped from the hall just returned to the hall shyly, but when they saw this situation, they slipped out again in fright.

It's just that after Deng Yao raised his left foot and took a step back, nothing unusual happened in the hall.

Only then did everyone let out a sigh of relief.Deng Yao wiped the cold sweat off his forehead with his hands, and saluted Liu Yong, saying, "Thank you, Mr. Liu, for your help. The old beggar is very grateful."

Liu Yong shook his head hastily and said, "Master Deng, you are ashamed to have killed Liu. It was Mr. Situ who gave good advice, and Mr. Liu didn't even use half of his strength. Why do you want to express your thanks to Mr. Deng?!"

Naturally, Deng Yao refused to thank Situ Qiao, and covered it up with a few words of support.Although Chu Danyang hated Deng Yao very much, it was just related to the overall situation and he must not anger Situ Qiao.Therefore, he hurriedly said to Situ Qiao: "Mr. Situ, how do you know that this mechanism will not harm people?"

Situ Qiao naturally knew that Chu Danyang wanted to divert the conversation so that he and Deng Yao wouldn't get into trouble again.It's just that as the saying goes, "Don't reach out and hit a smiling face", Chu Danyang is also a well-established figure in the world, talking to himself in such a humble way really gave himself a lot of face.Therefore, Situ Qiao is not as arrogant as before, and smiled at Chu Danyang: "With Yao Guangxiao's ability, if he wants to kill people who enter the hall without authorization, and set up a few powerful traps on the door at will, we think It takes a lot of effort to enter this hall. But as soon as the old beggar stretched out his hand, the door of the hall opened. Then he accidentally stepped on this square brick, but hundreds of people in the hall All of Qian's candles were lit. Don't you think there are many strange things in this?"

Lin Yilang said gruffly: "What's so strange about this? Perhaps Yao Guangxiao has this temper, and he just wants to tease the person who broke into the underground palace before executing him, just like a cat catching a mouse... "

Situ Qiao shook his head before he finished speaking, and said in a deep voice: "If Yao Guangxiao is alive, there may still be such a possibility. It's just that Yao Guangxiao is dead, and he left behind these vicious organs for the purpose of getting into this palace. Kill everyone. Do you think he really has that kind of leisure, and wants to tease you when he has nothing to do?!"

(End of this chapter)