A knife in love

Chapter 823

Li Qiufeng took two steps forward, and suddenly heard someone shouting not far away: "It's the middle of the night, who is fighting here?!"

The white-robed man swung his sword to fight against several enemies, and he could hear his companions screaming in pain from time to time.It's just that after arriving, the voice of the companion was no longer heard.He was terrified in his heart, he only thought that all his comrades had died in the hands of the enemy, so the more he fought, the more frightened he became.When he was frightened, he suddenly heard someone talking, like a man about to drown grabbing a straw, he swung his sword to block the enemy's stabbing blade, and shouted loudly: "Come here! There are robbers killing people in the street. La!"

Before the white-robed man shouted, he could only hear the sound of footsteps not far from the west side, and it seemed that dozens of people were running straight towards this place.

Li Qiufeng's heart trembled, and he stopped in his tracks.He thought for a while, wondering if the person who came was a friend or an enemy, so he should not show up hastily.So he hurriedly backed away, and pressed his body against the wall of the house again.

Hearing the sound of footsteps a hundred steps away, it suddenly fell silent, and then there was no more sound.However, Li Qiufeng knew that it was not because the people who were running towards this place stopped, but because these people knew that the situation was unknown, and they were afraid of being attacked. He lost his footsteps and was approaching quietly.

Seeing this situation, Li Qiufeng knew that these people were great experts in the rivers and lakes, they were many times more powerful than the white-robed men, but he didn't know the origin of the other party, and he held the knife handle tightly with his right hand, secretly guarding himself.

At this time, the sound of swords clashing several zhang away was still continuous, presumably the white-robed man was still fighting fiercely with the Japanese pirates.But at this moment Li Qiufeng focused on listening to the movement of the group of people who were approaching nearby, and for a while ignored the life and death of the white-robed man.At this moment, there was only a "huh" sound, and a very thin line of fire suddenly flew over from the west side, and when it reached the air four or five feet away in front of Li Qiufeng, there was only a "bang" sound, Immediately afterwards, a group of sparks exploded in the air, instantly illuminating the surrounding area brightly.

I saw more than a dozen people in Tsing Yi brandishing long knives in their hands, besieging the man in white robes.The ground was littered with dead bodies, and swords were thrown everywhere.

The man in Tsing Yi did not expect that what the opponent fired was not a hidden weapon, but a group of fireworks that could explode.Seeing his whereabouts, the man in Tsing Yi at the head let out a long howl, turned around and jumped to the east.The rest of the people in Tsing Yi didn't love to fight any more, and fled with the leader one after another.In the blink of an eye, only the man in white robe remained in place.He swayed a few times, and hurriedly leaned on the ground with the long sword in his hand to support his body, so he didn't sit down on the ground.Presumably, he had been fighting with Japanese pirates for a long time, and he was already exhausted.

At this time, the light when the fireworks exploded had already dimmed, and there were only flashing figures, and dozens of people rushed over from the west side, with the swords in their hands gleaming coldly, immediately surrounding the white-robed man in the middle.Someone shouted orders in the crowd, and saw five or six figures chasing eastward for more than ten feet, but stopped, with a long sword in their hands across their chests, setting up a cordon on the east side.

At this moment, all the sparks from the fireworks were extinguished, and the surroundings became pitch black again.It's just that these people who arrived had already prepared.Some people lit torches, and some even flew to the room to see if there were enemies ambushing nearby.

Li Qiufeng clung to the wall, seeing how meticulous these people's actions were, he secretly admired them.But because of this, he was only a few feet away from the crowd. Although he was hiding in the darkness, he was afraid of being discovered by others, so he didn't even dare to make a sound.

The man in white robe said in a trembling voice: "Thank you all heroes for your help. I am very grateful. I dare to ask everyone's surnames. After I go back next time, I will tell my father about your righteous deeds. My father will definitely thank you all."

I only heard someone in the crowd say: "Excuse me, your surname is Gao, and which hero is your father?"

Li Qiufeng's heart trembled, and this man's voice was quite familiar.It's just that there were dozens of people standing in front of him at this moment, and the speaker was surrounded by them, so he couldn't see his face clearly for a moment.

Only the man in white robe said: "My surname is Hu, and my name is Yiyue. My father's surname is Hu and his name is Kun. He is now the commander of Ruyang Guard."

As soon as he said this, several people in the crowd let out exclamations.He only heard the man say: "It turned out to be a son of an official family. Ruyang is hundreds of miles away from here, why did you come here? Who are the bandits who are besieging you?"

Li Qiufeng was shocked when he heard the white-robed man self-reported his family name.Recalling the visit to the Luoyang magistrate's yamen that night, it was because the Commander of Ruyang Guard sent someone to deliver a letter to Luoyang magistrate Han Qusi.Unexpectedly, I saw the son of Commander Ruyangwei in Xiuwu County today, but I don't know why he had an enmity with the Japanese pirates.

When Li Qiufeng was thinking about it, he only heard Hu Yiyue say: "To tell you the truth, my father went to Xiuwu County on business, and I will go with my father. Just now when I took people past here and walked back to the inn, I suddenly encountered robbers. This group of people attacked Vicious, all my servants have been poisoned..."

He hadn't finished speaking when he suddenly heard someone scream, and then the person said loudly: "Master Xu, what do you think this is?!"

I saw a gray-robed man holding an object with a long sword in his hand, walked into the crowd cautiously, threw the object on the ground, and said loudly: "Listen up, everyone. This thing is smeared with poison. Do not touch."

Li Qiufeng's heart trembled, and he thought to himself that what this person lifted was probably a cross-shaped hidden weapon fired by Japanese pirates.This person actually knew that the hidden weapon was smeared with poison, and he was obviously quite familiar with the hidden weapons of Japanese pirates.But who is the "Master Xu" he was talking about?

At this moment, the person who spoke earlier said in a deep voice: "Okay, it turns out that the Japanese pirates have arrived in Xiuwu County."

Li Qiufeng suddenly remembered who this person was.Before, he was only familiar with this person's voice, but just now he heard someone calling him head Xu, and immediately remembered that this person was Xu Chenghe, head of Qingcheng sect.Li Qiufeng was both surprised and delighted, thinking to himself that the matter of Hutouyan Shajiabao was over, Xu Chenghe had already returned to Sichuan, and Madam Sha and others were with him.Why did the Qingcheng faction return to the Central Plains in less than a month, and arrived at Xiuwu County?

He only listened to Xu Chenghe's continuous ordering, but he wanted the disciples of the Qingcheng School to guard the surroundings closely to prevent Japanese pirates from sneaking in.And when he listened to his order, there were disciples from other sects.Li Qiufeng thought to himself, it seems that the people from the rivers and lakes who rushed here are definitely not from the Qingcheng School.When these masters come to Xiuwu County, is there going to be another major event?

After Xu Chenghe made arrangements, he said to Hu Yiyue: "Young Master Hu, why did you have a grudge with the pirates?"

Hu Yiyue shook his head and said: "I have never dealt with Japanese pirates before. I just heard that the Japanese are very rampant in the southeast coast. How could they come to Henan to do evil?"

Xu Chenghe said: "I don't know about that either. As the commander of the Ruyang Guard, your father is a general appointed by the imperial court. Maybe he once led troops to fight against the Japanese pirates before, which made the Japanese pirates hold grudges and intend to take revenge."

Hu Yiyue shook his head, and said: "Although my father is the general in charge of the army, he has been working in Ruyang Guard. He has never left Henan for decades, and he has absolutely no experience of fighting Japanese pirates. Explanation."

When he said this, he paused for a while, and then continued: "Dare to ask the hero Gao's name?"

Xu Chenghe said: "My surname is Xu, my first name is Chenghe, and I live in the Qingcheng sect's head."

Hu Yiyue was startled, and hastily clasped his fists in salute, and said: "It turns out that Master Xu has arrived, and I'm being disrespectful."

Xu Chenghe said a few words humbly, and then said: "The Japanese pirates are vicious, we can't stay here. Where does Mr. Hu live, let's send you back."

Hu Yiyue said: "I live in the inn. It's just that all the people who accompanied me were killed. So many lives have been lost, so I have to report to my father. My father is talking to the county magistrate at the county government office. I'm going to rush to the county government office. Fortunately, it's only half a mile away from the county government office, so I don't need to bother the head of Xu to escort him."

Xu Chenghe said: "My lord, these attendants died in the hands of the Japanese pirates. It would be better if they were killed by the sword. It's just that the hidden weapons of the Japanese pirates are smeared with poison. Not only the victims will die instantly, but also those who touch the corpses will also die." Poisoned. These corpses must be burned to ashes, so that the poison on the body can be completely eliminated."

Hu Yiyue let out a "Hey" and said in a trembling voice: "How can there be such an overbearing poison in the world? But if I don't report to my father, I will burn these corpses, I'm afraid he will blame me."

Xu Chenghe pondered for a while, and then said: "That's it. Young master, go to the county office to meet General Hu and report the matter to him. Let's stay here and take care of these corpses so that no one will touch them when they pass by. lead to disaster."

Hu Yiyue thanked him, and was about to leave, when he saw a big fire in the west, followed by the sound of chaotic footsteps.Li Qiufeng thought to himself, judging by the situation, it is definitely not the Japanese pirates going back and forth.In all likelihood, Huang Xu fled back to the county yamen, and found the tolerance in the yamen to arrest him.

Sure enough, after a while, sixty or seventy tolerance officers had already killed in front of them, and many of them held torches in their hands, immediately illuminating the surrounding area with light.The leader holding a steel knife is Yin Butou.It's just that he didn't expect so many people to gather here, but he was slightly startled, with a hesitant expression on his face.It's just that this hesitation is only a momentary matter.He raised the steel knife in his hand and said loudly: "You people violated the curfew, don't even think about leaving!"

As soon as he gave an order, all the arresters immediately surrounded Hu Yiyue, Xu Chenghe and others.It's just that the total number of disciples from the Qingcheng faction and other gangs brought by Xu Chenghe can be 80 to [-], which is more than the number of arrests.Therefore, although the arresters formed a circle, they seemed to be weak, which was quite embarrassing.

It's just that when all the arresters quickly formed a circle, Li Qiufeng knew that if he was still standing close to the wall and there were too many people, he would definitely be discovered.Therefore, taking advantage of the fact that the arresters were not yet surrounded, he quickly walked a few steps, and quietly blended in among the people from the rivers and lakes brought by Xu Chenghe.Although these people came with Xu Chenghe, they did not belong to the same sect.So Li Qiufeng got in, but no one suspected it.

(End of this chapter)