Zongwu: Our Rivers and Lakes

Chapter 139 A Secret Letter

In the early hours of the morning, the sky was gloomy, with a thin layer of mist, and the officers and soldiers who had been guarding the west gate all night were yawning, holding their spears crookedly, waiting for their colleagues to change defense.

Squeak, squeak...

The wheels rolled over the bluestone floor tiles, a carriage and more than ten people slowly appeared from the mist.

"stop!"

The city gate guard stabilized his helmet, pressed the knife with one hand, came to the front of the carriage, looked up and down, and frowned when he saw that they were all equipped with swords at their waists.

"Which sect do you belong to, and why did you leave the city?"

"My lord, we belong to the Hengshan sect. I heard at the meeting of the beggar gang a while ago that the war is approaching. We are planning to go to Xiangyang to help Guo Daxia and his wife. I hope that you will accommodate me a little bit."

With a smile on his face, a divine disciple took out a heavy bag from his arms and handed it to the gate guard.

"All of you are truly benevolent and righteous people..."

The city gate guard shook the bag, showed a satisfied smile, waved to the officers and soldiers behind him, and shouted, "Let go!"

"It's work."

The divine disciple bowed his hands and greeted everyone to leave the city.

"Wait a moment!"

The city gate guard in the pavilion at the side shouted to stop, walked over quickly, stared at the carriage suspiciously, sniffed again with his nose, frowned, and clenched the sword on his waist.

"What is hidden in your car? Why is there a smell of blood?"

"My lord, the person in the car is Elder Lin from our Hengshan Sect. We met a group of people from the Devil's Cult on the road earlier and were injured."

"I see……"

The city gate guard nodded, took a few steps back, turned around suddenly, and said coldly, "Get off everyone in the carriage!!"

As soon as this word comes out.

All the disciples of the God Cult held their weapons tightly, and the atmosphere was unknowingly tense.

"Cough cough..."

Accompanied by a cough, Long Peng lifted the curtain, got out of the carriage, and said with a pale face, "My lord, you asked Lin to come down, but what's the matter?"

The city gate guard snorted coldly, and when he was about to speak, a purple light flashed across his eyes, and his expression froze.

"Nothing, let's go."

"Thank you very much then."

Long Peng smiled at everyone, returned to the carriage, and closed his eyes.

"let's go."

"Yes!"

Tie Niu raised his whip, drove the carriage, and led the crowd away. Just a short distance away, the city gate guard blinked in confusion, looked around with a puzzled expression.

"What's wrong with me……"

……

Outside an inn on the side of the road.

"Why did you come out now? The monk thought something happened to you."

Wuxin entered the carriage, just raised his head and saw the crowded carriage, coughed a few times, and the usual cynical smile returned to his face.

"Mr. Long's place... is quite lively."

"Don't be poor, where is Lingsu?"

Wuxin frowned, and said with a smile, "You can just go and see for yourself."

"This... let her sleep well, and wait until dawn to talk."

"You disappeared suddenly. It's strange that Ling girl can sleep well. Hurry up and have a look. I'm waiting for you."

Long Peng was startled slightly, nodded, and glanced back at the Wan family father and son lying unconscious in the carriage.

"Di Yun, if you can't find out, you can go to the inn and ask my people for help."

"Oh... well..."

Di Yun answered blankly, and after watching Long Peng leave, he fixed his eyes on the Wan family and his son.

"Brother, let's go down too."

"it is good."

Several people got out of the carriage and gathered in a remote forest. Di Yun tied the father and son of the Wan family to a tree with a hemp rope very recklessly, the hatred in his eyes was like a raging fire.

Wu Xin put her arms across her chest and looked around with interest. She was watching vigorously when a hoarse voice sounded behind her.

"Little monk, what are you looking at, and who are these people?"

"Mr. Yan, you walk silently?"

Wuxin turned her head, looked at the young man in black helplessly, and said slowly, "These were brought back by Mr. Long. As for who they are, I don't know."

"But what they want to do, the monk is quite clear."

"revenge?"

Wuxin was slightly startled, and said with a smile, "Mr. Yan is fine, you can see it at a glance."

Yan Shisan gave a nonchalant smile.

"I've wandered the rivers and lakes for so many years, and the eyes of that black-skinned boy are all too familiar."

"what for?"

"Grandmother and enmity are the most common in Jianghu. Seeing that kid's appearance, I can't wait to tear these two people apart."

"Amitabha, monk, but monks can't see these things..."

Yan Shisan rolled his eyes and spat out, "Get lost!"

……

In the wing.

Cheng Lingsu was sitting in front of the Bafang table, with his chin on his arms, looking eagerly at the gray sky outside the window, with a bit of lingering worry on his small face.

Boom, boom, boom...

There was a lengthy knock on the door, and Long Peng stood tall and tall outside the door. "Lingsu, are you awake?"

Cheng Lingsu was stunned, and quickly stood up, only to hear the sound of "squeak", the door has been opened.

"You're back, aren't you hurt?"

"No…"

Seeing her slightly dark eye circles, Long Peng smiled lightly and shook his head, touching her face, "Why, haven't you slept all night?"

"Why are your hands so cold?"

"Is it cool?"

Long Peng touched his neck and said with a smile, "It's indeed a bit cold..."

"Maybe it was blown by the wind, you don't have to be nervous."

Cheng Lingsu didn't talk to him, and pulled him to sit down, stretched out his hand to check his pulse, and after a while, he was relieved.

"I'll make some ginger soup for you to warm up your body. You've been busy all night and you're tired. Just rest here for a while, and I'll be fine soon."

"Need not……"

Before Long Peng could say anything, Cheng Lingsu got up and left, which was quick.

"This... oh..."

Long Peng sighed helplessly, sat for a while, and ordered the innkeeper to bring a pen and paper.

"The qi of heaven is the most peaceful and bright, and people are born with this qi..."

Long Peng recited while writing silently, and when Cheng Lingsu came back through the door, he just finished writing the "Shenzhaojing".

"The ginger soup is ready, drink it while it's hot."

Cheng Lingsu put down the soup bowl, saw the paper on the table, and wondered for a moment, "What is this?"

Long Peng drank the ginger soup, his eyes curved like a moon, "For you."

"It's for me again?"

Cheng Lingsu was taken aback for a moment, and after a little thought, he asked, "Did you stay in Jingzhou because of this martial arts?"

Long Peng sighed, "You are still so smart..."

Cheng Lingsu pursed her lips, "Actually... my frailty is congenital, and it's normal if it can't be cured. You don't have to take risks for me. Besides, don't I still have the 'Nine Turns Returning to Yuandan' left by my master?" Is it?, with this medicine, nothing will happen to my body."

"The medicine is three-point poisonous. If you take too much medicine, it will eventually cause harm to your body. You are the closed disciple of the medicine king. You should know this better than me."

"Also, your medicine shouldn't be easy to practice, right? What should you do if you finish taking it?"

Cheng Lingsu didn't say anything to refute, and remained silent.

The "Nine Turns Guiyuan Pill" is personally refined by the poisonous hand medicine king, not to mention the precious medicinal materials used in it, the key is the "Nine Turns" process, which takes three years to make a pill.

"Lingsu, I will definitely solve your congenital weakness."

Long Peng drank the ginger soup in one breath, and said in a deep voice, "I will never give up on what I am sure of, and I hope you will believe me."

"I... thank you..."

Cheng Lingsu's heart was warm, and tears could be seen faintly in his eyes when he raised his head.

"There is no need to say thank you between you and me."

Long Peng wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, then stood up, "You have been waiting for me all night, go to rest too."

Looking at his back, Cheng Lingsu's eyes moved slightly, stepped forward two steps, hugged his waist from behind, pressed his small face against his solid back, and murmured softly, "You are so kind..."

Her sudden action caught Long Peng a little surprised, and said gently, "For you, I'm naturally good."

Boom, boom, boom...

There was a knock on the door, and a cold voice came from outside the door, "Master, please excuse me, there is a letter from Heimuya, would you like to read it?"

"You go to my room and wait for me."

"Yes!"

Footsteps go away.

Long Peng turned around, bent slightly, and said with a smile, "Lingsu, go to sleep first, when you wake up, we will have dinner together."

Cheng Lingsu nodded, "Okay."

"By the way, remember to memorize the martial arts that I wrote silently. This martial arts is the medical bible. If you perfect it one day, maybe you can help me take care of my body."

"really?"

"What did I lie to you for?"

Cheng Lingsu nodded, his eyes sparkling, "Okay, I will remember, I will practice hard."

"Okay, I'll go first."

Long Peng rubbed her little head, left the room with a smile, and walked quickly to his room.

"Squeak—" With a sound, the door was pushed open and entered.

"Your Excellency."

A Lang respectfully handed over the envelope, "This is the letter from Heimuya, the red envelope is urgent, and the subordinates did not dare to check it privately."

"Um……"

Long Peng nodded, took the envelope, and checked it.

The morning light fell on his almost perfect face through the window, glowing with a little bit of gleam, and he frowned, as if he had encountered something difficult.

Pat, clack...

Long Peng tapped on the table with his five fingers without slowing down, pondered for a long time, and said slowly, "Go and tell Yan Shisan that you still have no intentions, so that they can come and ask me if they have nothing to do."

"Subordinates obey."

A Lang arched his hands, and just as he stepped out of the room, he heard Long Peng say, "Forget it, I'll go with you."

"Yes!"

In a blink of an eye, the two came to the woods next to the inn.

"Mr. Long didn't accompany Miss Ling, why did he come here?"

"I would like to know, are you two so free?"

Wuxin put her arms across the back of her head and held a yellow dog grass in her mouth. She said slowly, "It's better to be relaxed all the time, little monk, otherwise, Mr. Long, aren't you in danger?"

Long Peng raised his eyebrows, and looked sideways at the Wan family father and son, as well as Di Yun and his brothers and sisters.

"What's going on with Di Yun, it hasn't been resolved yet?"

Yan Shisan glanced at him, leaned against the tree with his arms crossed, and said calmly, "This kid's junior sister stopped him from torture, so he froze."

"Look, that kid's lungs are about to explode."

"This…"

Long Peng didn't know what to say for a while, and sighed, "This kid Di Yun is really obedient, but he's unlucky enough."

"Okay, you came here on purpose, surely you didn't want to chat with the two of us, did you?"

"Yan Shisan, it's not a good thing you did."

"I?"

Yan Shisan was stunned for a moment, then pointed to himself, "Long Peng, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately."

"I told you a long time ago that I want you to learn a high-level lightness kung fu, but you just don't want to learn it. Now it's over. The two old things that escaped from you last time have returned to Luoyang."

Yan Shisan frowned slightly, "Then what is 'Xuanming Erlao'?"

"It's them."

Long Peng nodded slightly, and sighed, "These two old bastards have already spread the news of my situation when they saw me make a move the other day, and they are probably starting to think about how to blackmail me now."

"There are also those in the Jianghu who want to kill me, I guess they can't bear it anymore."

"Why, are you afraid of death?"

"With your black and white impermanence, you can still watch me die."

Wuxin and the two were stunned for a moment, and looked at each other's clothes, one black and one white, it was really interesting.

"It's all right to say that Mr. Yan is black impermanence. No matter how you look at it, I should be a Bodhisattva Buddha, right?"

"Dead monk, what do you mean?"

"Amitabha, Lord Yan, don't be so angry, it hurts your body."

Wu Xin clasped her hands together, smiled slightly, and made a gesture of compassion.

Long Peng glanced at the two of them, shook his head, and murmured, "Huang Rong, Huang Rong, I hope I didn't do it in vain that day..."

"What are you mumbling about?"

"It's nothing, I just asked you if you still want to learn Qinggong."

"Not learn!"

Yan Shisan categorically refused.

"You... I... Forget it, I don't bother to care about you!"

Long Peng looked sideways at Wu Xin, "Little monk, what do you mean by not talking?"

Wuxin smiled slightly, clasped his hands together, and asked, "Mr. Long, is there something wrong on the Black Wood Cliff?"

Long Peng raised his left eyebrow, and didn't mean to fool him, he asked directly, "Little monk, how did you know?"

"This, of course, is a guess."

Wuxin smiled, but there was always a kind of malice in this smile, "However, Mr. Long can still chat with us here calmly. I think the matter of coming to Heimuya has been resolved."

"It's a temporary solution, but if I don't show up and show off my martial arts, those things on the Blackwood Cliff that are playing around with the wind will probably make trouble again."

"Don't be so sad."

Wu Xin patted Long Peng's shoulder and said with a smile, "Let's go, I'm hungry too, let's go eat something."

"Wait a minute."

Long Peng raised his foot and moved to Di Yun's side, and glanced at the girl in red sitting on the ground.

"Your junior sister still doesn't believe you are innocent?"

Di Yun's simple and honest face trembled slightly, he gritted his teeth, and did not speak.

"Forget it, send the Buddha to the West..."

Long Peng shook his head, took out a small knife with horns from his pocket, and approached the Wan family father and son who were tied up.

"What are you doing? What are you doing!"

"do not come……"

Wan Gui's eyes widened, and he shouted in horror, "Sister Fang, save me quickly, save me quickly!"

(End of this chapter)