The Beacon of Kyushu

Chapter 50 Falling off a Cliff

Before she knew it, she felt as if she had landed on a big tree with luxuriant branches.The branch was overwhelmed by the huge impact, and with a "click" sound, it snapped off at the root, carrying her to the ground.

She seemed to feel that a living creature was thrown from the tree by her at the same time, and it was pressing under her body at the moment.She knew that she did not fall to her death, and was just about to see what the living thing was under her, but she was unable to move because of the pain all over her body.

Murong Yunyao thought to himself: "There must be a beast in this mountain. The living thing under me is not small. Could it be a black bear? I think Murong Yunyao didn't die when I fell from the cliff. I don't want to be buried by a bear now." Mouth, God really wants to forget me!"

When Murong Yunyao was lamenting, she heard a somewhat irritating voice from below her, "Hey! Who are you, you don't want to talk about death and life at a young age, and you don't choose a place, but you have to hit me on this young hero , Do you want to seek money and kill yourself? This young hero has no money on him!"

Murong Yunyao felt that the voice sounded familiar, she couldn't care less about the pain all over her body, so she hurriedly opened her eyes and looked down.She saw that she was really pressed on a young man, and this young man was none other than Wan Jianfeng, a little beggar who had met her a few times. He must have been lying on a thick tree trunk to enjoy the shade, Or he was taking a nap, being thrown down a tree by Murong Yunyao's unforeseen misfortune, he looked unhappy.

Murong Yunyao hurriedly jumped up, and looked up and down Wan Jianfeng with some disgust.I saw that he was no longer dressed as a beggar, but put on a fat and big khaki linen jacket, a pair of brown trousers, and a dark red silk ribbon tied around his waist, and a pair of silk ribbons pinned to the ribbon. The strangely shaped handsome stick and the wine gourd that never leaves the body, although the whole person looks earthy, there is also a hint of chic and playful.

Murong Yunyao snorted coldly at Wan Jianfeng, and said: "Smelly beggar, have you ever seen someone who used this method to seek wealth and death? Besides, even if this girl wanted to seek wealth and death, she would not find someone like you." Let the one whose pockets are cleaner than his face!"

But while she was talking, she suddenly nodded with a little satisfaction, "Smelly beggar, although your words are still so annoying, but this outfit is much more pleasing to the eye than before, but it's a pity it's still ragged and dirty!"

Wan Jianfeng stood up, and said with his hands behind his back: "It's not just pleasing to the eye, it's quite pleasing to the eye! Looking at the whole Jianghu, it's really rare to see such a suave and handsome man as this young hero. So this young hero predicts that you are an expert Did you pick this young hero to smash it?"

Murong Yunyao rolled his eyes at him, and said with a sneer: "That day you left Chunhua Building in a hurry, what did you think you were doing? So you changed your face!"

Wan Jianfeng asked in confusion: "Change face, why should I change face?"

Murong Yunyao said: "Of course it is to tear off the left cheek and paste it on the right cheek!"

Wan Jianfeng hesitated for a moment, then laughed and said: "This young man is skinless and shameless, so he still has beautiful women in his arms!" Then he said through gritted teeth: "Fortunately, I was in the desert a few days ago. I have practiced a lot, otherwise I am afraid that I will be smashed into a puddle of meat by now!"

Murong Yunyao's heart was already ashamed, seeing this little beggar in front of her who she always looked down upon was still laughing at her, she couldn't help feeling sad.She looked at the Temple of Heaven Peak far away in the clouds, and tears welled up in her eyes like broken pearls.

Seeing this, Wan Jianfeng said angrily: "Hey, you almost smashed this young hero to death. If you want to cry, it should be this young hero who cries, right? Don't tell me, are you feeling sorry for me?"

"Brother Yun..." Murong Yunyao completely ignored Wan Jianfeng, sat down on the ground, beat the ground with her hands, and burst into tears.A gust of mountain wind blew by, and the fallen petals were colorful, floating on her body, with sadness in the beauty.

Wan Jianfeng squatted beside Murong Yunyao, and asked, "What's wrong with Yun Zixiao? Was he killed or captured? This young hero has always been the warmest, please tell me clearly, I will Good to help!"

Murong Yunyao kept shaking her head, and it took a long time before she sobbed and said, "He... he has moved on, not to mention his love, but also pushed me off the cliff with his own hands in order to get my sword! He has changed, his whole person has changed !"

Wan Jianfeng smiled slightly, as if he had expected it, "The reason why I left Yuhua Tower alone a few months ago was because I found this person unreliable, but unfortunately you were fascinated by him. How about it?" , now you know who he is?"

"You!" Murong Yunyao pointed at Wan Jianfeng and said angrily, "This girl is so sad, you not only can't comfort her, but also add fuel to the fire! Believe it or not, this girl will wring your head off right now. "

Wan Jianfeng made a grimace, and said with a playful smile: "Come here if you have the ability! This young hero is worried that he has no reason to avenge that sword attack three years ago!"

Murong Yunyao stopped crying, stood up suddenly, and struck Wan Jianfeng's face with a palm with a fierce wind.Wan Jianfeng's smile stopped when he saw this, and he slammed to the side, barely avoiding the extremely sharp palm.

Wan Jianfeng didn't wait for Murong Yunyao to continue to make moves, he waved his hands in a hurry and said, "Okay, stop fighting! It's only been a few months since we saw each other, how could your martial arts advance so rapidly?"

"I'm begging for mercy now, it's too late!" Murong Yunyao snorted coldly, and used her palm as a knife to slash directly at Wan Jianfeng's neck.Wan Jianfeng hastily dodged to the side again, fortunately his lightness kungfu is excellent, otherwise he might have already died in the hands of Murong Yunyao.

When Murong Yunyao saw that Wan Jianfeng dodged two moves in a row, she became more and more annoyed, and constantly changed the moves of different schools to attack Wan Jianfeng.Her moves are sometimes erratic and agile, sometimes open and close, sometimes powerful, sometimes tricky and vicious, trying her best to change things.

The more Wan Jianfeng fought, the more frightened he became. In an instant, there were countless times of danger. Fortunately, with his extraordinary lightness kung fu, Murong Yunyao's moves only passed close to the skin, without being hurt at all.

The two of them had gone through dozens of strokes without knowing it, and they were both exhausted and sweating profusely.Seeing that Murong Yunyao's moves were slowing down, Wan Jianfeng took the opportunity to sit down on the ground, panting heavily.Seeing the situation, Murong Yunyao also stopped, sat beside him, and kept wiping the sweat from her temples with her hands.

Wan Jianfeng glanced at Murong Yunyao from the corner of his eye, and saw that her expression had changed from sad to tired, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.He took the wine gourd from his waist, opened the stopper and took a sip, then handed the wine gourd to Murong Yunyao and said, "Little witch, drink some wine when you are tired from crying. This wine is a good thing. Po soup, with it, you will have no troubles from now on, and every day will be like a fairy!"

Murong Yunyao shook her head in disgust, but she felt a tinge of warmth in her heart, and said to herself, "This stinky beggar seems to be angry with me, but he is actually betting his life to make me happy. I am also satisfied with half of his true feelings."

Seeing this, Wan Jianfeng took back the wine gourd, patted his belly and said, "Little witch, I'm hungry, and I want to hunt for some game to satisfy my hunger, do you want to go together?"

When Murong Yunyao was told by him, her stomach started to growl, so she nodded and said: "Okay, since the sky will not kill me, then this girl will live a good life! But let me tell you in advance, this girl is also If you have no money, you are not allowed to poison the food!"

Wan Jianfeng smiled helplessly: "Little witch, you really can't tell the difference between good and bad! Don't even think about it, I still want to eat it myself. If I put poison in it, is it because I want to poison myself to death? Besides, although you and I have revenge with swords, it will not be too late to avenge this young hero after he has practiced martial arts, so there is no need to kill you because of it."

Murong Yunyao chuckled and said: "Then who can say for sure? If you want to die together with this girl, maybe you will die together! Who told you that you will never be my girl's match?"

Wan Jianfeng said unconvinced: "Who said that this young man is not your opponent? This young man was only hungry just now, and we will compete after we are full!" The two talked and laughed side by side. Walking deep in the mountains, it seems that I have left everything behind

The red wheel falls to the west, and the jade rabbit rises to the east.

There are no clouds in the sky tonight, and the starry sky looks extraordinarily vast, giving people a dreamlike feeling.Murong Yunyao was sitting by the bonfire, staring at the blazing bonfire in a daze, while Wan Jianfeng was holding a branch and continuously roasting a pheasant on the fire.

The whole body of the pheasant has been roasted golden brown, dripping oil continuously, and a mouth-watering aroma hits the face.Wan Jianfeng looked at the pheasant, his eyes were shining brightly, and his saliva might flow down at any time.

Murong Yunyao was attracted by the aroma, and gradually came to her senses, "Stinky beggar, your roasted chicken smells delicious, who did you learn this skill from?"

Wan Jianfeng slapped his chest proudly, and said: "This young man is self-taught. After all, I have been begging for a living since I was a child, and I often couldn't get a bite of food for many days. At first I could only suffer from hunger, but later Gradually, I learned to catch fish, rabbits, and pheasants in the wild, and then put them on the fire and eat them. Although they are always burnt at the beginning, but as time goes on, practice makes perfect.”

Murong Yunyao nodded, and was about to say something more, when Wan Jianfeng took the roasted chicken off the fire, tore off a chicken leg and handed it to her.

"En." Murong Yunyao responded softly, reached out to take the fragrant chicken leg, and tentatively took a bite.I felt that the chicken legs were burnt on the outside and tender on the inside. After swallowing, my lips and teeth were fragrant, and I was busy eating.Seeing that she was eating happily, Wan Jianfeng also took down the wine gourd and took a few sips of wine, and then began to eat in big gulps.In an instant, a pheasant was gnawed by the two of them until only the skeleton remained.

After drinking and eating, Wan Jianfeng lay on the ground with his arms pillowed, looking up at the sky full of stars above his head.His upturned right foot kept beating the beat, as if he was humming a song in his heart.

Murong Yunyao also imitated him, lying on the grass next to him, said with a smile: "Smelly beggar, where have you been these past few months, tell me quickly!"

"Dijinze." Wan Jianfeng raised his chin quite proudly, and asked, "Have you heard of the Dingnan Army? It is the Dingnan Army that is far in the northwest and controls the Xia and Sui prefectures."

Murong Yunyao nodded blankly, "I heard my father mention it before, and I still remember that their leader seems to be called Li Guangrui, but I don't know exactly what happened. You are a beggar, why did you run so far away when you have nothing to do? Do you want food?"

Wan Jianfeng smiled and shook his head, then looked at the distant night sky, and began to speak vividly. Listening to his narration, Murong Yunyao seemed to follow him back to the Yuhua Tower a few months ago.

Ezhou, Yuhua Building.

After Wan Jianfeng left Murong Yunyao, Yun Zixiao and Mo Feigong, he hummed a little song and walked towards the city of Ezhou.Not long after entering the city, he smelled the aroma of mutton, and suddenly he let out a "cuckoo" in his stomach, and hurriedly walked towards the shop where the aroma came from.

This is a not too big noodle restaurant, the aroma of mutton mixed with the aroma of noodles blows your face.Wan Jianfeng touched his pocket subconsciously, thinking he could find a few copper coins, but there was nothing there.

Fortunately, Wan Jianfeng made a living by begging since he was a child. He didn't panic even if he didn't have any money in his pocket, and went into the noodle restaurant with a big swagger.He walked to an empty table and sat down, shouting loudly: "Shopkeeper, have a bowl of mutton ramen!"

The owner of the noodle shop rushed over with a smile on his face, but when he saw Wan Jianfeng's attire, he immediately sank his face, "You beggar, although the price of the mutton ramen in this small shop is fair, not everyone likes it." You can afford it! Get out, dirty my storefront, be careful I'm rude to you!"

Hearing this, Wan Jianfeng took out the handsome stick from his waist, slapped it heavily on the table, and said, "Shopkeeper, do you know this? If I want to, believe it or not, I can call a hundred beggars at any time, and they will come every day." Are you playing autumn wind here?"

The shopkeeper glanced at Shuai stick, curled his lips, "Bah! Who do you think you are, the leader of the gang of beggars? I warn you, if you don't pay, even if you are the emperor's old man, so what? You hit the street!"

"Really?" Wan Jianfeng said with his hips crossed, wanting to say a few words to him, but a customer at the next table suddenly said: "Shopkeeper, you can give this young hero as much as you want, and I will pay for him." pay."

Wan Jianfeng and the shopkeeper were both stunned, and looked at the speaker in unison.I saw that this person had a jade-like face, a short beard under his chin, and a brown eagle feather fan in his hand, he looked quite elegant.When the shopkeeper heard that someone was willing to pay the bill for him, he naturally went to the kitchen and brought a bowl of steaming hot mutton noodles in front of Wan Jianfeng without saying a word.

However, Wan Jianfeng walked towards the guest at the next table with a smile, cupped his hands and said, "This brother invites you! Excuse me, brother, are you a friend of Master Situ, or a good person who specializes in helping the poor people? Or have money to spend? Why pay the bill for me?"

The scribe smiled and said, "I'm neither a friend of Master Situ nor a good person, and it's not that I have money and nowhere to spend it, but I want to make friends with you."

Wan Jianfeng was stunned for a moment, then sat on the stool opposite the scribe, and said in confusion, "You want to befriend me? It's the first time we've met, why are you befriending me? Do you also think that this young man is very brave, handsome and extraordinary? ?"

The scribe shook his head slightly, and said: "To be honest, I heard that a new hero appeared in the Jianghu recently. This man drew his sword to help him when he saw injustice, and wiped out the water bandits in Dongting with his own power, and saved the beggar who is known as one of the four great sects in the world." Afterwards, Situ Zhong wanted to abdicate, but he resolutely refused, only took the treasure of the beggar gang, and then drifted away alone. This person is so old-fashioned and warm-hearted, I was worried that I would not have the opportunity to make friends, but today I just happened to meet him. "

Wan Jianfeng scratched his head with a smile, "Brother, I like to help others the most. I have done a lot of good things, but they are not as great as you said. Since you intend to make friends with me, I will admit it." You are a friend!" He stood up and patted the scribe on the shoulder, saying: "Brother, who is your name, report it."

Scholar said: "My surname is Zhang Mingpu. I am from Yinzhou. I used to work for Shuiyun Pavilion when I was young."

Wan Jianfeng smiled and said, "Since Brother Zhang is from Yinzhou, why did you come all the way to Ezhou? Could it be that he came here to find me for a drink?"

Zhang Pu nodded, then shook his head again, "Young Xia is half right. I did come here specifically to find you, but not for drinking, but to recruit you to work for Chief Li."

"Chief Li?" Wan Jianfeng was startled and said, "You're talking about the Jiedu Envoy of the Dingnan Army, the chief Li Guangrui?"

Zhang Pu sighed, and said: "The young man only knows one thing but not the other. Now that the old master has passed away, his son Li Jipeng takes over the land of Wuzhou. But Li Jipeng is young and lacks prestige. He has the desire to seize power, not to mention the leaders of the other seven tribes of the Dangxiang clan, so he intends to recruit talents for his own use, I wonder if Wan Shaoxia intends to join us?"

Wan Jianfeng smiled, shook his head and said: "You recruit whoever you like, accept whomever you like, I will definitely not go. Don't say that I will work for a stranger, even if you ask me to accept five people instead of him. I don't care about the land of the state!" He said, ignoring the scribe in front of him, and buried his head to eat noodles by himself.

Zhang Pu was not surprised when he saw this, he smiled slightly and said, "Wan Shaoxia, I heard that the wine in this store is very good, would you like to have a pot to taste?"

Wan Jianfeng ate the noodles, nodded and said: "Okay! But let's talk about it first, you invited me to drink this wine voluntarily, and I didn't promise you to go to Xiazhou to work for your life."

Zhang Pu nodded slightly, and said loudly: "Shopkeeper, here is a pot of vintage wine."

The shopkeeper hurriedly responded, brought a jar of fine wine from the kitchen, and placed it in front of Wan Jianfeng.As soon as the wine jar was placed on the table, the mellow and strong aroma of the wine overflowed, making Wan Jianfeng's mouth water.He picked up the wine jar, tore off the red cloth that sealed it, and drank in big gulps.

For some reason, Zhang Pu suddenly became reticent, and just quietly watched Wan Jianfeng eat and drink.Not long after, Wan Jianfeng finished off the ramen and fine wine in front of him. He licked the corners of his mouth, feeling a little unsatisfied.

At this time Zhang Pu finally spoke again, "Wan Shaoxia, do you still like the wine and ramen here?"

Wan Jianfeng said without hesitation: "This noodle is fragrant but not greasy, and the alcohol is mellow but not spicy, which suits my appetite. It's a pity that I don't have any silver taels, otherwise I really want to be able to eat such a meal every day!"

Zhang Pu said with a smile: "Wan Shaoxia, the mutton noodles and Liangzhou wine here are not the best. If you really like it, why don't you come with me to Xiazhou? It doesn't matter if you don't want to work for the chief. Accompanying me there to drink wine and eat meat for a few days is better than begging in the Central Plains alone, right?"

Wan Jianfeng wiped his mouth and laughed loudly: "Brother Zhang, your move is really clever! Then I will risk my life to accompany Junzi, and go to Xiazhou to play with you for a few days. But when I get tired of playing, you have to let go." I'm leaving."

Zhang Pu also laughed, "That's natural, we've agreed!"

(End of this chapter)