A knife in love

Chapter 985

It was almost midnight at this time, although the sky was full of stars and the two stood facing each other, they could only vaguely see each other's figure, but they couldn't see clearly the face and expression.

Li Qiufeng's voice trembled when he heard Yu Fan speak, which did not seem to be a fake.But after thinking about it, there is no villain or villain in the world who is eloquent.Yu Fan colluded with Japanese pirates, that was a certainty, absolutely unmistakable.One must not be fooled by his rhetoric, otherwise the end will be extremely miserable.

Thinking of this, Li Qiufeng sneered, and said in his mouth: "I don't dare to have a friend like Mr. Yu. If you are a dignified man, if you make friends with the lackeys of the Japanese pirates, I am afraid that your ancestors will be very angry when they are lying in the coffin." Sit up. You and I will have a battle, why bother to solicit friendship so hypocritically?"

After Li Qiufeng finished speaking, he took hold of the handle of Xiuchun Knife with his right hand.Ever since he discovered Yu Fan's identity, he became murderous.It's just that in order to find out the tricks of the Japanese pirates, he didn't come to Yu Fan to kill him. Instead, he asked Mei Dali and others to keep a close eye on Yu Fan, just to find out how he communicated with the Japanese pirates.It’s just that if there is a way to heaven, you don’t go, but if there is no way to hell, you just rush in.Since this person followed me to the wilderness, I happened to capture this person, press him to question the conspiracy of the Japanese pirates, and then behead him with a knife, so that the future troubles can be avoided.

Yu Fan listened to Li Qiufeng's cold ridicule, and after he finished speaking, a burst of murderous aura invaded from where Li Qiufeng was standing.Yu Fan knew that Li Qiufeng's sword skills were strange, and he was definitely not his opponent.At this moment, forced by Li Qiufeng's murderous aura, he involuntarily took two steps back.

Seeing Yu Fan retreating, Li Qiufeng felt sorry for him, and said with a sneer, "My lord, you dare to betray your ancestors and join forces with Japanese pirates. Why do you feel afraid when you see a brat like me?"

Only then did Yu Fan realize that he had lost his composure, he hurriedly stabilized his figure, smiled wryly, and said, "Brother Li has tiger aura, like a certain sinner, how can he not be afraid in front of Brother Li?"

Li Qiufeng said calmly: "My surname is Yu, we don't need to talk nonsense. You and I are enemies to each other now, and the word 'brother' should never be mentioned again. This will prevent Li from feeling disgusted when he hears these two words! "

After Li Qiufeng finished speaking, he slowly pulled out the Xiuchun knife with his right hand.

He drew it very slowly, the blade rubbed against the scabbard, making a palpitating "hissing" sound.The cold wind that was whistling past seemed to be deterred by this piercing sound, and the sound of the wind was suppressed a lot.

Yu Fan watched Li Qiufeng slowly draw the saber, the starlight reflected on the saber, emitting a little bit of cold light.He knew that although Li Qiufeng was cautious, once he made a move, he was ruthless.And at this moment, he thought that he was the lackey of the Japanese pirates, and he would never show mercy when he made a move.I'm afraid that if he cuts down with the knife, he will kill himself.So when he saw that Li Qiufeng's long sword had been fully unsheathed, he took three steps back and reached the side of the long sword he had planted on the ground.

Li Qiufeng drew out his long knife, pointing the tip at the ground obliquely, with his feet uneven and his whole body accumulating strength, he said to Fan, "My surname is Yu, if you tell the whole story of the Japanese pirates' conspiracy, when I kill you, you will be killed." One knife is enough. If you still go one way to the dark, then I will cut you to pieces with one knife. You can choose these two ways."

Yu Fan smiled wryly, and said, "Since Lord Li wants to kill me, I have no choice but to choose the first way."

Li Qiufeng's so-called letting Yu Fan choose by himself is just a polite way of saying.He knew that Yu Fan only revealed his identity until now because of his scheming.It is definitely not easy to force this person to tell the conspiracy of the Japanese pirates.Therefore, he had already thought of more than a dozen kinds of tortures that Jinyiwei used to interrogate prisoners, and planned to try them on Yu Fan after he restrained him, so as to force him to tell the truth.

But Li Qiufeng never expected that Yu Fan would actually choose the first path he spoke of. Hearing his voice, it didn't sound like he was joking.So Li Qiufeng was stunned and had nothing to say for a moment.

With a single sentence from Yu Fan, Li Qiufeng was rendered speechless, and he was a little proud of himself.Yu Fan thought to himself, although this person is good at martial arts, he is still young, and although he speaks fiercely, his heart is not deep after all.So Yu Fan smiled silently, and then said: "Master Li, Xu will tell you exactly what you want to know today. As for right and wrong, it is not up to Xu to decide. After hearing this, Master Li will make his own decision." stop."

When Li Qiufeng heard Yu Fan speak, he referred to himself as "Xu". At first, he thought it was a slip of the tongue.It was only later that Yu Fan mentioned the word "Xu" again, and Li Qiufeng realized that there must be something strange in it.He looked at Yu Fan and said, "Master Yu, you surrendered to the Japanese pirates, why can't you even remember your last name?"

Yu Fan said sternly: "The ancients said it well, the body and skin, the parents should not be ignored, let alone the surname? To be honest, my surname is not Yu, but Xu. The original name was Xu Chengzong."

Seeing that Xu Chengzong was so straightforward, Li Qiufeng sneered and said, "Then I should call you Mr. Xu?"

Xu Chengzong smiled slightly, and said: "We don't need to engage in these verbal disputes anymore. Mr. Xu knows that Mr. Li wants to find out what the pirates are going to do in Xiuwu County, so he might as well tell you the matter. But the origin of this matter It is quite complicated, and it has to start from the end of the Tang Dynasty hundreds of years ago.

"The Tang Dynasty was established by Li Yuan, and there were 21 emperors in total. By the time of Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty, Zhu Wen usurped the throne, and the Li family was destroyed. Zhu Wen replaced the Tang Dynasty with the Liang Dynasty, and only passed down two generations before being defeated by Li Cunxu, Zhuangzong of the later Tang Dynasty. Li Cunxu was brave Invincible, after the destruction of the Liang Kingdom, the Tang Kingdom was rebuilt, and later generations called it the Later Tang Dynasty. However, after Li Cunxu became emperor, he gradually forgot the hardships of the battlefield, favored actors, and only hung out with eunuchs and actors in the harem every day. Some knowledgeable ministers among them knew that the world was in danger, so they looked for a way out. Among them, a minister named Meng saw that Li Cunxu was ignoring the government, and several princes of the Li clan who held military power all wanted to usurp the throne. And the Khitan The minister surnamed Meng knows that if there is a change in the government, the capital will immediately become a Shura hell, so he thinks hard every day, thinking about how to leave the capital."

When Xu Chengzong said this, Li Qiufeng suddenly said: "This minister surnamed Meng, presumably he is Meng Zhixiang, the founding emperor of Later Shu?"

Xu Chengzong was stunned for a moment, and then he said: "Unexpectedly, Master Li also knows this story, Xu did not expect it."

Li Qiufeng said: "I have traveled in Shu. When Meng Zhixiang ruled Shu, the government was clear and he was resting with the people. The people in Shu respected him very much. Therefore, even though he died for more than 1000 years, the people of Sichuan and Sichuan still read For his benefit, many places have his ancestral halls. When I was in central Sichuan, I heard many legends about him. Therefore, Master Xu mentioned this story, and I guessed that the minister surnamed Meng It's Meng Zhixiang."

Xu Chengzong nodded, and then said: "Master Li is right. The minister surnamed Meng I mentioned is Meng Zhixiang. He was originally from Hebei, and when he was young, he joined the tent of Li Keyong from Shatuo. A counselor. Because Meng Zhixiang was born as a scholar, he gave Li Keyong a lot of good ideas, so Li Keyong liked him very much. Later, Li Keyong married his younger brother Li Kerang's daughter, Princess Qionghua, to Meng Zhixiang as a His wife, Meng Zhixiang, has changed from an ordinary counselor to Li Keyong's niece and son-in-law.

"After Li Keyong died of illness, his son Li Cunxu succeeded to the throne and became the king of Jin. Li Cunxu also trusted Meng Zhixiang very much, and appointed him as Marquis of the Mabu Army to take charge of the heavy army. After Li Cunxu became the emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty, Meng Zhixiang naturally joined him. The official was promoted to the rank, and the power was growing. But when he saw that Li Cunxu was increasingly surrounded by Xiaoxiao, the government was abandoned, and the catastrophe in the future was imminent, he felt the desire to escape.

"At that time, Li Cunxu ordered to attack the former Shu and wanted to unify the world. The former Shu was not the opponent of the Later Tang army, and soon perished. Meng Zhixiang knew the news and thought that Shu was not less than a thousand miles away from the capital of the Later Tang. Moreover, the road to Shu was difficult, so It is a good place to retreat to the outside world. Therefore, Meng Zhixiang moved his mind and spent a lot of money on management. Finally, Li Cunxu issued an edict and sent him to be Chengdu Yin and guard Chengdu. Later, Li Cunxu promoted Meng Zhixiang to be an official. In this way, the entire Shu land fell into Meng Zhixiang's control."

(End of this chapter)