A knife in love

Chapter 685

When the young man and the knight on the white horse saw the old man appear, they rushed to the side of the bridge and stood on the left and right sides of the bridge, with very respectful expressions.When the horse walked up to the river bank, the old man immediately reined in the mount.The rider on the white horse rushed forward and took the reins from the old man.The old man got off his horse and watched the boy for a year.The young man trembled, murmured "Daddy", then took two steps back, lowered his head and dared not look at the old man again.

Seeing Li Qiufeng and others standing there, the old man felt a little strange, clasped his fists and said, "Please, everyone."

Li Qiufeng and the others were compelled by the old man's aura, and when they saw his polite manner, they clapped their fists in return.Although Situ Qiao and Sun Guangming were rebellious characters, their arrogance involuntarily dropped by three points in front of this old man, and they no longer dared to be arrogant.

I just heard the old man say: "My dog ​​has always been rude and uneducated. Although I have taught him a few times, he always caused trouble. Just now he ran wildly on a whim, didn't he hurt you?"

The young man muttered: "Look at their appearances, don't they look like they were hurt by me?"

The old man's face darkened, and he glanced at the young man.The young man trembled in fright, then lowered his head, not daring to say a word again.

At this moment, Monk Xuanji had regained his composure, clasped his hands together, and said: "Old benefactor, it was just a misunderstanding. Although this son was a bit abrupt, he didn't hurt anyone. Don't need to be angry, let alone punish him. to him."

The old man breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that Monk Xuanji looked good, but he didn't dare to underestimate him, and said, "Look at the appearance of the great monk, he must be a great virtuous monk. I don't know which monastery the great monk is ordained in? "

Monk Xuanji said: "To be honest, the poor monk became a monk at Lingquan Temple in Jinan Prefecture, Shandong Province since he was a child. Afterwards, he traveled all over the world. Now he is placing orders at Baima Temple in Luoyang."

Li Qiufeng stood on the sidelines and watched coldly. Seeing that the old man heard that monk Xuanji mentioned the word "Luoyang", he frowned slightly, and said: "It turns out that the master came from Luoyang. I heard that the Southern Dynasty is going to make a big move. I don't know what the monk said." Along the way, have you ever seen a large army going north?"

As soon as the old man said this, everyone was shocked, they couldn't help but looked at each other, and couldn't speak for a moment.Everyone thought that even though the Ming Dynasty had Tartar soldiers in the north and Japanese pirates in the southeast, since the battle of Jingnan, the world can be said to be at peace for a long time.Although there were Tumu Fortress Changes and King Ning's Rebellion, they did not shake the foundation of Ming Dynasty.At this time, the old man was saying something like "the southern dynasty will use swords and weapons", and he really didn't know what he meant.

Seeing the astonished faces of the crowd, the old man said that he frightened these people by speaking abruptly, so he smiled slightly and said: "I am the one who asked the question abruptly, Master, don't blame me."

After he finished speaking, he turned to the white horse rider and said, "We rode for a whole night, and finally passed through the encirclement of this thick fog. I have been here more than [-] years ago, but I have never encountered such a thing. Strange fog. Right now we are lost, we must hurry up and hurry."

The white horse rider bowed slightly, agreed, and led the old man's mount over.The old man got on his horse, cupped his fists at everyone, and said: "We still have things to do, so let's bid farewell to everyone."

After he finished speaking, with a little force on his legs, the mount under his crotch walked forward.The knight on the white horse clasped his fists at the crowd, said some polite words to Monk Xuanji, then got on his horse and followed the old man.But the young man made a face at Monk Xuanji, flew onto his mount, tapped his heel on the horse's belly, the bay red horse neighed, and immediately chased after the old man and the white horse rider.

Everyone looked at the backs of the three of them and didn't speak for a while.

After a while, I heard Sun Guangming say: "This old man is very powerful. Although he is dressed in civilian clothes, he looks like a general who commands thousands of troops to conquer everywhere."

Li Qiufeng said in a deep voice: "Mr. Sun has good eyesight. This man is definitely not an ordinary citizen, let alone an ordinary civil servant. He must be a general who leads troops and fights."

Sun Guangming was startled, and said, "Did Hero Li see something wrong?"

Li Qiufeng said: "Mr. Sun, haven't you noticed the horses the three of them are riding?"

Sun Guangming thought about it carefully for a moment, shook his head, and said: "Although these three horses are extremely mighty and majestic, the saddles they wear are all ordinary people's things, and they don't have the girdle and saddle that must be carried in the cavalry battle. Armor etc..."

Li Qiufeng didn't wait for him to finish, and said immediately: "The young man on the white horse and the young man got off the horse after crossing the bridge. Both of them let go of the reins, and they didn't look for trees to tie the two horses. And after the two dismounted, the two horses stood still. Only war horses in the army are trained to be so obedient. As for other horses, although many have been trained, they absolutely cannot obey their masters like this And I saw that the faces of the three horses had traces of wearing armor. Therefore, I can conclude that the three of them are officers. Especially the demeanor of the old man is by no means an ordinary officer. Commander in command of the army."

When Situ Qiao and Sun Guangming heard Li Qiufeng's words, they were both a little surprised and suspicious. Thinking carefully about the situation just now, they didn't speak for a while.But Monk Xuanji said from the side: "Benefactor Li, how do you know about these military affairs?"

Li Qiufeng said: "Master was ordered to intercept and kill Li. Didn't the person who gave you the order say that Li used to work in Jinyiwei?"

Monk Xuanji's expression changed drastically when he heard the word "Jinyiwei".Situ Qiao and Sun Guangming could see clearly from the side, and they were very pleased with themselves, thinking to themselves: "You bald donkey and cowhide, you have the face of the eldest monk of the Buddha, but at this moment, when you hear the word Jinyiwei, you still don't know what to do." Isn't your face pale with fright?"

Li Qiufeng ignored Monk Xuanji's expression, and continued: "Li is on duty in Jinyiwei, so naturally he often deals with military horses. Jinyiwei's cavalry also has thousands of horses, but the training is not as good as that of the frontier army. I watched The horses of these three people are a hundred times more powerful than Jin Yiwei's cavalry, I am afraid that these three are officers stationed on the Nine Sides, so the horses under their crotch will be so well-trained."

When he said this, he frowned, and murmured: "But what does he mean by 'the Southern Dynasty will make a big move'? I heard that the Tartar soldiers outside the pass called the Ming soldiers 'Southern Barbarians', so it's not true. All three are generals of the Tartar army, right? But the appearance and behavior of these three people are clearly Han Chinese. This matter is really strange..."

Although Monk Xuanji and the others could hear Li Qiufeng's self-talk clearly, they didn't know where the three of them came from, so they remained silent.After a while, I heard Su Yan say: "When we were trapped in the fog, for a while, we heard the sound of horseshoes going left and right, front and back, and some people were talking and laughing. Could it be these three people? "

Sun Guangming nodded and said, "Perhaps these three people are the real ones. The old man also said just now that they broke through the thick fog with a lot of effort. I think they were also trapped in the thick fog last night." In the middle, we ran around and couldn't find a way out. With the foot strength of these three horses, they can be seen everywhere around us, which is reasonable."

Li Qiu thought to himself: "Although these three horses are very majestic, it is absolutely impossible for them to move so fast like those suspicious people and horses at night. These three people suddenly appeared, their origins are suspicious, and their identities are unknown. Just be extra vigilant.”

Seeing Li Qiufeng groaning silently, Sun Guangming said, "Look at the appearance and demeanor of these three people, they don't look like despicable villains. I don't think they want to embarrass us. Let's leave this place quickly and return to Taniguchi Village to make further calculations. Otherwise, if some unruly people follow up, it will inevitably cause trouble."

When Sun Guangming said this, he glanced at Monk Xuanji.The "scumbags" and "thugs with evil intentions" he mentioned were naturally referring to Monk Xuanji.

Li Qiufeng thought about it, so he nodded.He said to Monk Xuanji: "Li doesn't want to make things difficult for the master. But if the master still wants to stop Li forcibly, I'm afraid Li will have to fight the master. There are murderous threats here, and Li advises the master not to act rashly. In order not to be taken advantage of by others, it will be too late to regret.”

After Li Qiufeng finished speaking, he ignored Monk Xuanji and turned to Situ Qiao and the others, "Let's go!"

When Situ Qiao and others saw Li Qiufeng walking forward with a knife in hand, they followed suit one after another.It wasn't until five or six feet away that Monk Xuanji didn't follow, so Situ Qiao lowered his voice and said to Li Qiufeng, "Brother Li, this monk is very skilled in martial arts, and he is determined to make things difficult for us. Why don't you take advantage of his being alone? Pick him up in one fell swoop? Otherwise, if he finds a chance, or his accomplices kill him in a big way, we will be in great trouble."

Li Qiufeng said: "This man's martial arts are extremely high, and he has also practiced strange arts. Even if we fight more with less, it is not difficult to defeat him, but it is more difficult to capture or kill him than to reach the sky. What's more. He was taught by a well-known family, not an evil figure in the Jianghu, he was just deceived by others, which makes us embarrassing. Therefore, his crime is not worthy of death, and Li does not want to kill him."

Situ Qiao sighed, and said: "Brother Li, you treat people too well, I'm afraid you will suffer a lot."

Li Qiufeng smiled slightly, and said, "If Li hadn't treated people so well, I'm afraid Mr. Situ's head would no longer be around his neck."

Situ Qiao smiled awkwardly, and said: "Brother Li, I sneaked away that day not because I wanted to get you into trouble. I have seen your martial arts with my own eyes. No matter how powerful those wives are, they can't beat you. My martial arts skills are low, if I stay on the viewing platform, I can only get in the way, and instead drag Brother Li down. So I sneaked away while Brother Li was showing his might and beating those women until they ran away, just because I didn't want to be successful Brother Li's burden..."

Li Qiufeng listened to Situ Qiao babbling beside him, and there was not even a single truth in the ten sentences.It's just that he was too lazy to expose it, so he let him gossip.After walking more than a hundred steps, he has arrived in front of the thatched cottage.When I saw it from a distance, I thought the thatched cottage was not big, but when I walked closer, I realized that the thatched cottage covers an area of ​​twenty or thirty paces, and the scale is really not small.The yard was kept very clean, a tall pole was erected in front of the door, with a wine flag hanging above it, with three big characters "Taibai Residence" written on it.It's just that when everyone saw the three tall horses tied to the horse tethering stone in the courtyard, their expressions changed drastically.

(End of this chapter)