A knife in love

Chapter 801

Li Qiufeng and others followed the guards to the inn, but saw the innkeeper waiting in the inn with two young men.Seeing that Li Qiufeng and others had arrived, the boss greeted them with a face full of welcome, and asked the waiter to bring the food and drinks to the three-person guest room.The officer said: "These three are distinguished guests of the county government, you have to be careful in serving them. If you neglect the three, we will not agree."

The boss nodded and bowed his head and said: "I understand, I understand, the official can rest assured."

The guard nodded and turned around to bid farewell to Li Qiufeng and the others.Situ Qiao took out a piece of loose silver, stuffed it into the guard's hand, and said, "It's late at night, take it to drink a glass of wine to warm up."

The guard took the money, was overjoyed, thanked him again and again, then turned his head and told the boss to take care of Li Qiufeng and others, and then went out.

Li Qiufeng and the others were already starving, so they ate up the food and wine brought by Xiao Er in the guest room, took a bath, and felt comfortable all over, and then went to bed to rest.

Early the next morning, after Li Qiufeng woke up, he had just put on his clothes when he heard someone knock on the door, and then someone outside said, "Brother Li, are you up yet?"

Li Qiufeng recognized Situ Qiao's voice, walked quickly to the door and opened it.Situ Qiao smiled and said, "You won't blame me for disturbing Brother Li so early?"

Li Qiufeng smiled and let him into the house.After the two sat down, Situ Qiao said: "Brother Li, we have escorted all the masters from Kule Nunnery to Xiuwu County, and there is nothing we need to do. The matter here is over, I don't know if Brother Li has anything to do." What's your plan?"

Li Qiufeng said: "I originally planned to go to Luoyang to meet a person, but now it seems that I have missed the time, so I have to go to Shuzhong, maybe I can catch up with this person."

Situ Qiao nodded and said: "Brother Li, if you want to go to Shuzhong, you have to go to Luoyang first. Let's leave Xiuwu County and go straight to Luoyang today. After putting the head of Emperor Guan back in the tomb of Emperor Guan, let's have a drink." Let's say goodbye, I don't know what Brother Li wants?"

Li Qiufeng thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "This is the best. Let's go on the road together after we have breakfast."

When the two were talking, they only heard the sound of footsteps outside the house, so they stopped talking.After a while, someone outside the door said: "Benefactor Li, the poor monk wants to tell you something, I wonder if it's convenient for Benefactor Li?"

Li Qiufeng and Situ Qiao looked at each other, then got up and opened the door, only to see Monk Xuanji standing outside the door.Li Qiufeng said: "Master, please come in, if you have something to say, just say it."

After Monk Xuanji entered the room, he was slightly taken aback when he saw Situ Qiao sitting in the room.Situ Qiao stood up and said: "Since Master has something to discuss with Brother Li, I won't bother you."

After he finished speaking, he greeted Li Qiufeng without waiting for Monk Xuanji to speak, and then walked away.

Li Qiufeng asked Monk Xuanji to sit down, and then asked: "Master, if you have something to say, just say it."

Monk Xuanji pondered for a while, and said: "Benefactor Li, what do you think about the murder of Duan Cheng and others last night?"

Li Qiufeng shook his head, and said: "It's ashamed to say that Li doesn't know much about the vendettas and fights between gangs in the Jianghu. It's just that so many people in the Jianghu were killed, it must not be done by ordinary Jianghu gangs. And Duan Cheng and others wanted to rush to Yuntai Mountain to help, so they naturally received orders from the famous and decent sect. If we speculate according to common sense, it must be the work of evil people."

When Li Qiufeng said this, he paused for a while, and then continued: "It's just that since the fall of the Demon Sect more than a hundred years ago, although there are some demons and heretics in the Jianghu, no one dares to openly challenge the righteous way of martial arts. Duan Cheng and others 71 heroes died tragically in Xiuwu County, the various sects will definitely not sit idly by..."

Li Qiufeng took a look at Monk Xuanji, and said word by word: "Master Xuanji is extremely intelligent, don't you know the consequences of this matter?"

Monk Xuanji nodded, and said in his mouth: "Duan Cheng was born in the Shaolin School, and he is an outstanding figure among the lay disciples of Shaolin Temple. Master Huang is inextricably linked with the Hengshan School. There is also Yan Qiang who died with Duan Cheng and others." The father and son, on the surface, have nothing to do with the major sects, but in fact they are disciples of the Hengshan sect. Among the 71 dead, at least 50 are related to the top ten martial arts sects. The remaining 21 people are also from various decent sects The major sects must avenge such a great enmity."

Li Qiufeng said: "But who is their enemy? How can we avenge this hatred?"

Monk Xuanji said: "The most suspicious one right now is the Jinyiwei. If the various sects want to avenge the 71 people, they will naturally attack the Jinyiwei. It's just that although these sects are powerful, if they want to fight against the imperial court, I'm afraid the result will be disastrous. "

Li Qiufeng nodded, and said, "I'm afraid a bloody storm is inevitable."

Monk Xuanji nodded, thought for a moment, stood up abruptly, and said to Li Qiufeng: "Benefactor Li, the poor monk will rush to Shaolin Temple and tell the abbot master and all the chiefs about this matter. Please don't act rashly..."

Li Qiufeng shook his head without waiting for him to finish speaking, and said in his mouth: "This matter cannot be suppressed by Shaolin Temple. Even if Shaolin Temple is cautious, if other schools and sects make noise, Shaolin Temple has nothing to do. If you don't listen to others The situation of the Shaolin Temple will be extremely embarrassing due to the opinions of various factions. First, it is impossible to seek justice for the lay disciples of this sect, which may make Shaolin disciples from all over the world feel cold. How can Shaolin Temple lead the martial arts? If Shaolin Temple does not want to lose its position as the leader of the martial arts, it must stand with all the martial arts sects. Together, let’s avenge these martial arts comrades who died. But if you want revenge, you have to fight against Jin Yiwei. No matter which way Shaolin Temple chooses, the result will be extremely terrible.”

Although Monk Xuanji had thought about this over and over again, he thought that someone had assassinated so many heroes in the world just to fight for their status in the world, but he didn't expect that this would affect the life and death of Shaolin Temple, so he couldn't help being shocked.But I heard Li Qiufeng continue to say: "In fact, not only Shaolin Temple, Wudang School, Huashan School, Taishan School and other major sects must make choices. These sects are admired by people in the world. At this critical moment, we have to treat the heroes of the world. However, if the various sects are so powerful in the martial arts, if they do not make false claims with the local government, they will never have the power they have today. Right now, the various sects can only choose one way to go down. Once they choose the wrong way, they will die Falling into the abyss, the catastrophe of destroying the family is just around the corner."

The more Monk Xuanji listened, the more frightened he became, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and he wanted to speak, but he couldn't.Knowing that he was worried about Shaolin Temple, Li Qiufeng continued: "The most important thing right now is to find out the real culprit, otherwise this matter will never be resolved."

Monk Xuanji sat down slowly, and said in a trembling voice, "But finding the real culprit is not easy?"

Li Qiufeng smiled slightly and said, "Master Xuanji, you don't have to worry, there are naturally people who are anxious to find the murderer."

Monk Xuanji was startled, and was about to speak, when he heard footsteps outside the door, and then someone said, "Is Master Li Qiufeng here?"

Li Qiufeng chuckled, lowered his voice and said to Monk Xuanji: "The investigators are here."

Monk Xuanji had a look of astonishment, and his heart was full of doubts.But Li Qiufeng said loudly: "Li is here, who is he looking for?"

Only the sound of boots could be heard, and someone walked quickly towards Li Qiufeng's room.After a while, someone outside the door said respectfully: "Uncle Li has invited you, the Patriarch invites Uncle Li to go and talk."

Li Qiufeng whispered to Monk Xuanji: "Master, wait here in this inn. Li will come back as soon as he goes."

After he finished speaking, he first lifted the sheet on the bed, and tore it vigorously with both hands, only to hear a "hiss", and the sheet had been cut into two pieces.Li Qiufeng wrapped the unsheathed waist knife tightly with one of them, then nodded at Monk Xuanji, and walked out the door.

I saw a young man in Tsing Yi standing outside the door. He was only sixteen or seventeen years old, with a handsome face and a respectful and polite expression.Seeing Li Qiufeng coming out, the young man in Tsing Yi bowed to the ground and said, "I have seen Uncle Li."

Li Qiufeng raised his right hand falsely, and said in his mouth, "Don't dare to do it, brother, don't be too polite."

The young man in Tsing Yi raised his head and said to Li Qiufeng: "The Patriarch is waiting outside the city, please move Uncle Li."

Li Qiufeng nodded, the young man in Tsing Yi led the way, and the two walked into the lobby one after the other.The innkeeper was settling accounts behind the counter, when he saw Li Qiufeng and the young man in Tsing Yi coming out, he rushed forward to greet him, nodded and bowed his head, and asked, "Did you rest well last night?"

Li Qiufeng nodded, but did not stop.The boss followed closely beside him, and asked with a flattering smile, "Master, are you going out? The food and drinks are all ready, sir, let's go after using it."

Li Qiufeng said in his mouth: "I won't eat, you can deliver the food and wine to the guest rooms of the two gentlemen who came with me."

The boss nodded again and again, and sent Li Qiufeng out of the door. Looking at Li Qiufeng's back, he said, "Go away, sir."

But when he turned around, he changed his face again, spat fiercely, and cursed in a low voice: "You dog officials who have been paid a thousand dollars, you don't spend money to stay in a hotel, and you still want to eat well." Spicy. God sent you beasts who harmed the common people, and taught you all to die!"

Li Qiufeng followed the man in Tsing Yi to the north.It was not long after dawn at this time, and there was hardly a pedestrian on the street.The young man in Tsing Yi walked in front of Li Qiufeng's right, and the distance between the two was only a few feet.After walking more than a hundred steps, the two turned into an alley.There are some mud houses on the left and right of this alley, some of which have collapsed due to years of disrepair, obviously no one has lived there for a long time, so the alley is quite quiet.

The young man in Tsing Yi suddenly asked, "Uncle Li, why don't you ask who the villain's patriarch is?"

Li Qiufeng smiled slightly and said, "Because I already know who he is, so why ask again?"

(End of this chapter)