The light of the sword is like the moon reflecting on Kyushu

Chapter 4 White Crane Daoist
A young man in a green shirt about fourteen or fifteen years old rode a green donkey slowly along the official road. A string of bells was tied to the donkey's head, tinkling non-stop along the way.The young man went all the way north from Hengyang City, and whenever he passed by places of interest and historic sites, he must visit first. The euphemistically said that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles.Now the boy has a rather famous name, Feng Jiuxiao.According to the young master surnamed Qi, since you have no name or surname, you might as well be called Feng Jiuxiao. Fengyou Jiuxiao is imposing and auspicious.The young man asked why he was not called Long Jiuxiao, wouldn't it be more auspicious?More imposing?The name Feng Jiuxiao is too feminine!After hearing that, the little lord's eyes rolled around for a long time, which made the young man feel that the name of the little lord was full of "conspiracy", so he decided to change it.In the end, the young master had no choice but to admit that he was unsuccessful with this name, and tried to choose a good name, but before studying other names, he had to tell a story first, and said that after the story was told, he would study the name.The young man had no choice but to listen carefully, and listened to him tell stories for a long time, such as phoenix begging for a phoenix, and rebirth from Nirvana. As long as the young man kept quiet, he kept talking until the young man had to admit that the word phoenix was full of masculinity. , very manly, and the word Jiuxiao is even more powerful, so good that he let out a sigh of relief as if he was done, and finally stopped telling stories.Although the young man accepted this trap, he still felt a little awkward after all.Originally, he wanted to choose a name that was louder and easier to pronounce, such as "Dragon Batian" or "Lei Zhentian", even if he was called "Wang Huhu", he would still be powerful!In this way, when others read his name in the future, he will be able to catch his ears and catch his tongue!Fortunately, the three words "Feng Jiuxiao" are not too unpleasant. The young man thought about it and used it until there is no better name.

He was about to enter the Xiangxi territory ahead, and the young man had already made plans to go to Longhushan Tianshi Mansion first, and then go to a branch of Tiandaomen, Qianyuan Branch, to make an unannounced visit to the situation.The Qianyuan Branch Church is not far from Longhu Mountain. One is in Yingtan City and the other is in Guixi County. The two are only a few dozen miles away.

On the left side of the official road are endless hills with verdant trees, tall pine trees and dwarf shrubs. to the end.It is midsummer at this time, the pine forest is like the sea, the wheat and rice are like waves, the breeze is passing by the ears, the white clouds at the end of the distant mountains are floating across the sky, and the thatched cottages at the foot of the mountain are emitting smoke from cooking. intoxicated.

While sniffing the fragrance of wheat, suddenly the young man frowned, his ears moved slightly, he listened intently for a while, and understood.There were more than a dozen people moving quickly in the jungle on the hillside in front of him. Although he was still fifty feet away, he could hear them very clearly.The young master saw that the young man was a prodigy in martial arts, and said that he was very talented. The young man was humble once, and he has never been humble since.He knows that he is extremely talented in martial arts!This is an innate talent!All kinds of martial arts are familiar at first glance, and they are perfect as soon as they are practiced. The only congenital deficiency is that I am too young and the training time is too short.If the young master knew that the young man had broken through the third stage of Xuanwu Divine Art within three months, his jaws would drop in shock given his well-informed experience!It's too fast!Xuanwu Divine Art is worthy of being the orthodox heart method of Xuanmen. Once it breaks through the third level, the acupoints in the body will begin to form a qi palace to slowly warm and nourish the true qi, and the true qi will continue to grow. Qi Mansion, in the end, the true energy is getting stronger and stronger, and the internal force is getting deeper and deeper, and the perception of the outside world is also constantly increasing.With his current internal strength cultivation, it is equivalent to or even surpasses the level of a martial artist who has practiced hard for ten years.

The sound of horseshoes suddenly sounded tens of feet away behind him. Looking back, he saw dust flying, and a group of four riders, three men and one woman were galloping on horseback from far to near.An old man with white hair and wearing a green shirt, two young men with thick eyebrows and big eyes in black clothes, and a young woman in a red dress with a plain face, among the four of them, except for the old man who looked normal, the other three all looked anxious. color.

The movements in the jungle also suddenly sped up.

It seems that a blocking battle is about to happen, let's wait and see.The boy made up his mind, pulled the reins, and told the little green donkey to lean to the right to make way for the four riders.In an instant, four horses galloped past them, and when they were less than [-] feet away, a dozen men in black jumped from the forest in front of them and landed in the middle of the road, lined up.Everyone held nine-foot long spears, with the points of the spears facing outwards, aiming at the four riders with a straight thrust. If the four riders continued to gallop forward, they would be pierced by the spear points!
The cold light from the spear point was dazzling, the four of them didn't dare to rush forward and hurriedly reined in their horses, the four riders were suddenly forced to stand up, when the horses stabilized, one of the people blocking the way took three steps forward, clasped his fists with both hands and said loudly: "Congratulations Senior, I am going to help Zuo Hufa Mi Xueyou, under the order of my family's leader, please leave the brocade box."

The old man in the blue shirt raised his eyebrows, and said with a cold snort: "I never thought that the Qianyuan Gang, known as one of the four major gangs in western Hunan, has always been rich and powerful, and they actually started doing this kind of business. Besides, I have met your gang leader Li several times. Don't you even let your friends go?"

Mi Xueyou is 30 years old, with a Chinese character face, sword eyebrows and star eyes. He is quite handsome, and he is not angry. He still keeps smiling, "Senior He, we are on a mission, we really can't do it, please forgive me."

The old man surnamed He is He Ziqiang, the head of the Weiyuan Escort Bureau. He was famous in the world for his "36-way big catcher" in the past.Although he is in his sixties now, he is old and strong, and his skills are more refined. The black and white in the Hunan and Jiangxi areas are very respectable. As long as the lion flag of the Weiyuan Escort Bureau is hung, the general green forest heroes will let them go.There have been few exceptions for so many years.On the one hand, to save face, you have to be capable, and it won’t work if others don’t give you face;He Ziqiang is an old man who knows the truth better than anyone else. The so-called two fists are hard to beat with four hands, no matter how powerful he is, he can't surpass the sky.There are people beyond people, and there is a sky beyond the sky, no matter how hard a fist is, it can't be as hard as the sky!So every Mid-Autumn Festival and Spring Festival celebration, the old escort will ask his nephew to prepare a gift and give a small gift to the more powerful cottages and gangs in the Hunan and Jiangxi borders. , I respect you a lot, everyone carries the bridal sedan chair.What's more important is that the old bodyguard He got close to the big tree of Xiao Hou Ye, one of the four masters of martial arts, and the people in the world looked at him even more.

He Ziqiang's leopard eyes were wide open, and he was not angry, and his voice was loud: "Do you know who entrusted this dart?"

Mi Xueyou still smiled and said: "I don't know, and I don't want to know. My family leader only said that you don't have to ask Senior He to leave the brocade box."

"You even dare to snatch the things of the young master?" He Ziqiang couldn't help being furious!
"Senior He, some things may not be what you think. Maybe you think you are doing good deeds, but the result may be the opposite. My family leader said that if Mr. He has any doubts, you can tell my Qianyuan Gang!" Mi Xueyou still Neither rush nor rush, neither humble nor overbearing.

The two young men behind He Ziqiang were already furious, and the young man on the left had drawn out his long sword with a choke, and shouted: "Your clan leader is too domineering, talking too much is useless, let him go, or fight!"

"With such a violent temper, it must be little Zhurong Zhu Daxia." Mi Xueyou still smiled.

Little Zhu Rong was nicknamed "Little Zhu Rong" by friends in Jianghu because of his fiery personality and his surname Zhu.

He Ziqiang was mature and prudent, raised his hand to signal little Zhurong to be calm, and pondered for a while, "What else did your leader say?"

"My family's leader only said that this is a big matter and it's not appropriate to say it clearly, but he told me that I must tell Senior He. It's still the same sentence. You think you are doing a good deed, but the result may backfire. I don't know the rest of the situation."

He Ziqiang frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Since you can't explain clearly, and you can't tell the reason, I'm sorry I can't obey. You'd better get out of the way, otherwise don't blame me for being rude."

Mi Xueyou looked helpless, and sighed: "It seems that we can only do it, and please forgive me, Senior He." After finishing speaking, he pulled out a judgment pen made of fine steel from his waist, spread his left hand forward, and judged the judge with his right hand. Pointing upwards with the pen slanted is exactly the starting gesture of the famous stunt Chunqiu pen.Xiao Zhurong jumped off his horse and shouted: "I'll come first!" With a move of "Dragon Dragon Out of the Abyss", Mi Xueyou stabbed straight at Mi Xueyou, and Mi Xueyou followed the trend with a move of "Iron Swipe Silver Hook" to cut Xiao Zhurong's throat.The two sides fought more than thirty moves in the blink of an eye, you come and I ping-pong-pong, and they were evenly matched.The young Feng Jiuxiao was already holding the reins and standing under a willow tree by the side of the road, watching from a distance about twenty feet away from the crowd.

The young man said in his heart: "I think this Qianyuan Gang is actually a branch of Qianyuan. Because it is a dark hall of Tiandaomen, it calls itself Qianyuan Gang to the outside world, but I don't know what happened today. Steal?" The young man thought for a moment and pondered for a while, the news of the young master's assassination must have spread all over the world by now, and rumors spread everywhere, some said that he had died of serious injuries, and some said that he was discussing countermeasures with the eldest son of the capital Yes, and it was said that he was practicing in seclusion. In short, the young master has not shown up for a long time now, so it can't help but make people suspicious!Moreover, the Hou Mansion has changed too much now, and the situation is getting more and more weird.The security is more stringent than before. In the past, no one was guarding the main gate, but now there is a post at five steps and one post at ten steps. In name, it is to strengthen protection, but some discerning people have also found something strange. The family never came out again!In addition, any relatives from the natal family who want to see the wife will only be released after strict interrogation.Not even my wife's own sisters!Such precautions seem a bit excessive!Madam only said that the housekeeper was not allowed to do so in order to protect herself and her children. I hope everyone understands.And some guests who are familiar with the big housekeeper asked where the big housekeeper, Xiao Houye, went, and why the Hou's mansion seemed to have changed from top to bottom, and there was a weirdness everywhere.The butler just smiled, said nothing, and then said: If you have nothing to do, please go back!

However, Feng Jiuxiao knew that Lord Hou was hiding underground in the Hou's mansion.Judging from the current situation, the wife is undoubtedly under house arrest. The chief steward has either defected to the enemy, or he has no choice but to compromise. No matter what the situation is, the chief steward is still in nominal control of all affairs of the Hou Mansion.With the current situation of the young master, it is impossible to come out to meet people, so He Ziqiang said that it was the dart that the young master entrusted him to leave, which is impossible.But looking at He Ziqiang's expression, it doesn't seem to be a fake, it's really strange. Could it be that the big housekeeper did it under the banner of the young master?If so, it would make sense!In addition, what Mi Xueyou said was also very cryptic, and he was clearly reminding He Ziqiang that there was something wrong with this dart trip, so he had to stop it.Feng Jiuxiao analyzed the cause and effect and consciously judged that it was almost inseparable, but she didn't dare to jump to conclusions. Who dares to say that there will be no hidden secrets here?
He thought for a moment but couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped bothering and started to watch the two people who were in full swing.

After watching for a while, the young man has basically understood the essence of Mi Xueyou's spring and autumn pen routines. Although he does not know the specific names of each move and style, the boy can remember all the 24 moves that Mi Xueyou used back and forth and repeatedly. In his mind, the young man is even thinking about improvement. Some moves can be removed, but they are really useless. In the end, they can be condensed into six moves: stab, point, split, lift, pick, and cut. The less powerful the tricks, the stronger it is.Let’s look at Xiao Zhurong’s 36-way Huifeng Wuliu swordsmanship, each move is very disciplined, just like the Spring and Autumn Brushwork, some moves are too fancy, poor in practicality, and weak in lethality.The two played dozens of tricks again, but there was still no winner.He Ziqiang suddenly shouted: "Time is running out, excuse me for being rude!" Let's get off the horse slowly and walk towards the two sides.A man and a woman behind him also got off their horses and drew their swords and walked towards the formation.When the Qianyuan gang saw that the other party seemed to be bullying the few with more, they also quickly surrounded them, twisted their long spears and shrank them to two feet, put them in their back pouches, and at the same time showed their weapons.

It looked like a melee.

Suddenly, there was a violent shout from behind the Qianyuan gang: "Wait a minute!" The sound was like a loud bell, making the ears of all the people present buzzing, and the skill of the speaker was too amazing.Everyone couldn't help but stop and looked in the direction of the voice.

But I saw a middle-aged Taoist in a blue Taoist robe with a long sword in his back stepping forward.

The Taoist seemed to be walking in a leisurely manner, with his sleeves fluttering, but each step reached three feet, and from a distance, he seemed to be walking against the wind without touching his feet!

Feng Jiuxiao's heart moved, "Could it be that this is the Taoist so-called magical skill of shrinking the ground to an inch? But I don't know how this Taoist practiced to such a state."

Almost in the blink of an eye, the blue-robed Taoist passed over Mi Xueyou and the others and came between the two sides. He stopped and said to He Ziqiang: "The poor Taoist is the white crane under the seat of Zhang Tianshi in Longhushan. Dare I ask Mr. where?"

"It turned out to be the real Baihe. He was entrusted by the young master of Qi and wanted to go to Jinan Mansion to hand things over to General Li of Jinan. I don't know what advice the real person has?"

"Don't dare! Pindao knows that Mr. He and the young master have a very close relationship. In fact, Pindao and the young master are also very good friends! Dare to ask that the entrusted item was handed over to Mr. He by the young master. The hand of the head?"

An ominous premonition floated in He Ziqiang's heart, and he frowned and said, "No, it was his butler who gave it to me."

Master Bai He said: "Boss He, do you know what is in the brocade box?"

He Ziqiang said: "I don't know. The chief steward only said it was very important, but he didn't say what it was, and he especially emphasized that the matter is of great importance. It is related to the lives of hundreds of people in the whole family of the young master. No one can see it except General Li. arrive."

Master Bai He looked solemn, and said in a deep voice: "Boss He, if I'm not wrong, the things in the brocade box were definitely not put in by the young master, but prepared by others in his name, not only can't help Young Lord, you may even harm Young Lord!"

He Ziqiang's complexion changed, and he tried his best to suppress his anger and said, "Daoist Baihe, you can't talk nonsense. According to your opinion, I am helping the evildoers and deliberately entrapping the young master?"

Master Baihe hurriedly said: "I don't dare, I just said that the chief escort may be used by others to do bad things with good intentions. How about this, you open the brocade box and take a look for yourself, I will wait by the side and never peep, if the poor way guesses If you make a mistake, you should apologize in front of the young master, and all the consequences will be borne by the poor! If you guess correctly, please destroy the brocade box immediately!"

He Ziqiang looked at the real Baihe, then at Mi Xueyou and the other twelve Qianyuan gang members, pondered for a while, and was struggling, when Xiao Zhurong suddenly said: "You keep saying that you are friends of the little lord, and every mouthful is for the little lord. , Let me ask you, after the chief steward of Qi Mansion found us, we left Hengyang City almost non-stop overnight. How did you know our whereabouts? Could it be that the chief steward notified you in advance to intercept us here? If he had evil intentions If you harmed the young master, you would not be notified to intercept it! But if he hadn't leaked our whereabouts, who could it be? Isn't this a contradiction?"

The real Baihe said: "How did the poor know the whereabouts of the venerable? Sorry, the poor has no comment, but I hope you can forgive me!"

Xiao Zhurong said: "You mean someone tipped you off in advance?"

Baihe Daoist had no expression on his face, he just stared at He Ziqiang without saying a word.

He Ziqiang thought over and over again, finally sighed, and said: "Master Baihe, there is a saying that people can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes. What you said makes sense, but the chief steward and I have known each other for many years. I believe in his character. Even if there is something really wrong with the young master here, I will apologize to the young master afterwards. But today I have to send the things to the Jinan General's Mansion. My Weiyuan Escort Bureau has always promised, since I took this escort, I will If you lose your life, you have to send it!"

Mi Xueyou glanced at Baihe and said, "Master Daoist, it seems that we can only take it by force today."

Master Bai He said: "You all stand back for now, let me first experience Mr. He's 36-way big catch skill!"

He Ziqiang shook his arms, and the green shirt on his body was suddenly shocked by the surge of true energy. It seemed to swell into a ball at that moment, but it quickly returned to normal.Master Baihe knew that he was adjusting his breath, so he slowly drew out the long sword behind his back, the sword's name is Fu Mo!Together with eliminating demons, suppressing ghosts, and commanding gods, it is one of the four treasures of Longhu Mountain.Zhang Tianshi passed on the four great swords to the four disciples with the highest martial arts and the strongest Taoism respectively.

Immortal Bai He said "Please advise" and then stabbed out with his sword.

The sword is like a dragon.

Longhu Mountain is the ancestral home of the orthodox school of Taoism. In the past, Zhang Daoling, the founder of Taoism, made alchemy on this mountain.Longhushan "commands Taoist affairs in the world", not only has a prominent status in the world, but also is valued by the court. Since Zhang Daoling, all dynasties have given the title of Tianshi in charge.The celestial masters of the past dynasties frequently summoned people to attend the audience. With the theory of "being modest and upright, being thrifty and caring for the people, so as to protect the world" and the art of health preservation and curing diseases, they have been more and more respected and supported by the emperor, and they have been awarded imperial edicts and rewards successively. He ordered "to be in charge of the Taoist affairs of all the roads in the south of the Yangtze River" and "to be in charge of the Taoist affairs of the world".Therefore, people in the Jianghu have always believed that the Taoist priests of Longhu Mountain value alchemy and practice, subduing demons and eliminating demons, and mastering the Taoist affairs of the world, but they do not pay attention to martial arts. .Although Dragon and Tiger Mountain is revered in Taoism, in the minds of Jianghu people, Wudang faction is the Taishan Beidou in the martial arts.

However, Master Bai He just showed his miraculous skill of shrinking the ground to an inch, which made everyone not dare to despise him any more!There are not many people in the Jianghu who have such attainments in lightness kung fu!

With a flash of sword light, he reached his throat!

He Ziqiang avoided it sideways, and the tip of his sword passed close to his face!What a fast sword!Before he could use his sword style, He Ziqiang cut his left palm together like a knife towards the real Baihe's flank. The strong wind broke through the air, and the real Baihe's right elbow sank sharply. Baihui point on the top of the head.He Ziqiang slapped the sword horizontally with his left palm, stretched the five fingers of his right hand, and used the "Flying Eagle and Rabbit" move to directly grab the white crane's throat.The sword light is glowing, and the iron fingers are like hooks. In the blink of an eye, there have been more than thirty moves.Bai He relied on the advantage of lightness skills to avoid the most important ones, and instead of fighting hard with He Zi, he wanted to exhaust He Ziqiang's physical strength through exhaustion tactics.The big catch is a foreigner's kung fu, and it is about head-to-head confrontation, which consumes the most energy. If it goes on for a long time, He Ziqiang will probably lose his physical strength and gradually lose the wind.

The man next to Xiao Zhurong suddenly pulled out a long knife, and shouted: "Brother Zhu, since we have decided to force our way in, we don't care about fighting alone, let's fight them! Junior sister, retreat first!" Then danced With a long knife, he rushed towards Baihe.

Seeing this, Mi Xueyou immediately rushed forward to meet the man with the knife.

Little Zhurong rushed towards the twelve big men.

It's going to be a bloody battle!
Suddenly, not far away, the boy who had been standing under the tree for a long time shouted: "Everyone, stop!"

(End of this chapter)