Zongwu: Our Rivers and Lakes

Chapter 152 New Year's Eve
"Huh...thanks for letting me know!"

Long Peng breathed a sigh of relief, slowly suppressed the turbulent emotions, cupped his fists, and put the cold mask on his face again.

"Everyone, life is impermanent, and Long Mou is leaving now. If there is a destiny in the future, we will meet each other, and then we will have a drink and talk with you!"

"what……"

Seeing that Long Peng was about to leave before he had chatted a few words, Duan Yu couldn't be more reconciled and hurried to catch up.

"Lin Shaoxia, where are you going?"

"Zhongnan Mountain!"

Duan Yu was stunned for a moment, and quickly said, "Lin Shaoxia, I know you are eager to take revenge, but this is all news from more than ten days ago, and it is impossible to tell if they changed their minds halfway."

"If that's the case, Lin Shaoxia, didn't you make this trip in vain? Why don't you stay and celebrate the New Year with us? It's only a few days now..."

Long Peng turned around, standing tall and tall, and said in a deep voice, "Mr. Duan's kindness, Mr. Long appreciates it."

"It's just that Long must go for this trip!"

Say it.

Before Duan Yu and the others could react, Long Peng had already walked out of the room and disappeared from their sight.

"This……"

Duan Yu opened his mouth, but didn't say anything, but saw Mu Wanqing bit her charming red lips, grabbed the long sword that was placed on the table, put on the bamboo hat, and quickly chased after him.

in the inn.

General Long Peng walked down the stairs to the entrance of the inn, and an old beggar with a three-pointed drunken brow walked up to him.

"Senior Hong..."

"Little devil boy..."

Both of them were surprised, staring at each other from a distance, and the atmosphere was a little depressed for a while.

"Long Peng, I'll be with you..."

Mu Wanqing walked down the stairs with a "thump, thump, thump..." and just came to Long Peng's side, when she saw the person at the door, she was surprised, Duan Yu and the two who chased him upstairs also saw that The old beggar blurted out, "Senior Hong."

"Senior Hong, why did you go down the mountain? But you came to buy wine, the emperor said you can't drink!"

Duan Yu took the initiative to greet him.

"It's Yu'er..."

Hong Qigong smiled, took Duan Yu's arm, and asked in a deep voice, "The beggar asked you, what is this little devil doing here..."

"What little devil..."

Duan Yu was puzzled, and when he saw the person Hong Qigong was referring to, he immediately reacted.

"Senior Hong, you have misunderstood, Lin Shaoxia, it's not what the rumors say."

"Lin Shaoxia? Lin Qiye?!"

Hong Qigong was startled. He had lived in Dali for a while, so he knew what "Lin Qiye" was doing, so he couldn't help being a little stunned. He used the seven red wine gourd and knocked on his head, "My head hurts... "

"Hey!"

"Brat! What's your name!"

"The name is just a title, it doesn't matter..."

"Stinky boy, what's the matter, is it difficult for you to report your name?" Hong Qigong said angrily.

"Senior Hong, I still have important matters to attend to, so let's go!"

Long Peng had no intention of entangled with him, he caught a glimpse of the window on one side out of the corner of his eye, without any hesitation, he stepped out, flipped out the window, and disappeared into the bustling street outside.

All this happened so fast, only in the blink of an eye, the few people felt that their eyes blurred, and the person had disappeared.

"This kid's lightness kung fu and body skills were familiar before, but now they are even more familiar..."

Hong Qigong was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered the young man he had seen half a month ago, a light flashed in his drunken red eyes.

"Now that I think about it, it's the same as that boy Yang, it's just that his skills are a bit weaker..."

"Senior Hong, what are you talking about? What Yang boy? What's the same?" Duan Yu asked suspiciously.

"nothing…"

Hong Qigong waved his hand, but he was curious about Long Peng in his heart. He glanced at Duan Yu, rolled his eyes, and said with a smile, "Yu'er, I see that you are quite familiar with that kid?"

"That's right, but I haven't seen Lin Shaoxia for several years. I was delighted to see him today, and I wanted to celebrate the New Year with him..."

As Duan Yu talked, he looked a little lonely.

As far as he is concerned, Long Peng is not only a benefactor who saved his life, but also a friend who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside.

"Hahaha……"

Hong Qigong smiled, and drank some wine happily, "That Yu'er, what did that kid tell you just now?"

"This……"

Duan Yu hesitated when he heard this, his eyes flickered.

Seeing him like this, how could Hong Qigong not understand what was going on in his heart, and smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"Don't worry, the old beggar didn't mean to deal with him, he was just curious."

"Why can't you trust me!?"

"no no……"

Duan Yu waved his hands again and again, thought for a while and said, "There are a lot of people talking here, old man Hong, come back to the wing with me, let's talk slowly."

"it is good!"

Hong Qigong smiled satisfied, and followed Duan Yu upstairs, halfway there, he seemed to have thought of something, turned around and shouted, "The two little girls don't stand stupidly at the door, come in together, the wind at the door Big, don't freeze your body."

Mu Wanqing stood at the entrance of the inn, the black gauze hanging down from the bamboo hat covered her face, others couldn't see her expression clearly, but the lacquer eyes that were as bright as stars could not be covered by the gauze.

It seems to be, a little wet.

Seeing Mu Wanqing's sad appearance, Zhong Ling felt a little bit uneasy.

Although she and Mu Wanqing always quarreled and fought, they were always good friends who grew up together. She took a step forward and said softly, "Sister Mu, it's windy outside, let's go back to the room too... ..."

Looking at the vast snowstorm at the door, Mu Wanqing was stunned for a while, and asked, "Zhong Ling, do you think he's tired of me?"

Zhong Ling was stunned for a moment, then shook his head again and again, "Sister Mu, you are so beautiful, that man is delighted to see you, how could he be bored with you?"

Mu Wanqing was not that confident about her appearance, and sighed, "Zhong Ling, you don't know, he regards pink as a skeleton, and doesn't care about people's appearance."

"Besides, you have seen his appearance. In his words, there are very few people in this world who are more beautiful than himself. To him, my appearance is no different from ordinary people."

Zhong Ling was stunned for a moment, she felt that Long Peng was quite shameless, but when she thought of the true face she had seen before, she couldn't help feeling ashamed, and felt that what Mu Wanqing said was not without reason.

Mu Wanqing held a piece of icy snowflake, watched it slowly melt in the palm of her hand, and said slowly, "He didn't even want to talk to me when he left, it wasn't like this before..."

Zhong Ling felt helpless and comforted, "Didn't he say he wanted revenge?"

"Besides, he didn't say anything to me and Duan...my brother and I."

"Sister Mu, you really think too much."

"Zhong Ling, I'm a little tired, so I'll go back to my room and sleep first. Don't bother me with your nagging brother."

After Mu Wanqing finished speaking, she went upstairs and returned to the room, covered her head under the quilt, and heard a slight sob.

Downstairs Zhong Ling clenched her fists, her face was full of dissatisfaction, and she murmured softly, "Brother Duan is not talking too much, if I didn't see you in a bad mood, I would definitely beat you up!"

……

A few days later, it was late at night on New Year's Eve.

There are only a dozen people left in this inn. It was the day when they should be reunited with their families. They appeared here because of various reasons and stayed here.

but.

But it can't be said that it's not lively.

In the inn lobby, those who came from the south, and those who went from the north, no matter whether they knew each other or not, they all chatted enthusiastically.

Hong Qigong mingled among the crowd, holding the dishes happily, and sighed in his heart, "Although this is not as good as Rong'er's craftsmanship, it has a special flavor!"

"Sister Ling, try this winter lotus root."

"Um……"

Zhong Ling nodded, took a bite, and gently stroked a white mink in his arms.

"By the way, Wanmei, you should try it too. You haven't eaten much these days."

"Put it down, I will pinch it myself."

Mu Wanqing glanced at him coldly, glanced at the delicacies on the table, and the joking travelers, and stood up, "I don't have an appetite, you can eat."

"Sister Mu, please don't eat more, look at you, you are thin..."

Zhong Ling raised his head, and just as he grabbed Mu Wanqing's sleeve, he heard a loud "bang--".

The tightly closed wooden door was kicked open vigorously, and the howling cold wind outside the door rolled in with snow.

The lights in the inn were flickering, and it was several degrees colder. Everyone couldn't help rubbing their arms and shivering.

A man was startled just now, all the meat hanging from his hands fell to the ground, he was furious, he patted the table immediately, stood up, and shouted angrily:
"Who the hell are you? Do you know some rules? Do you know how to knock on the door?"

"It's really unlucky for the New Year's Eve!"

The man at the door was wearing a big black robe and a hood, and he couldn't see his face clearly. He held a horizontal knife at his waist, ignored the man's shouts, and looked around the room, as if he was looking for someone.

"You're fucking dumb, what should I ask you?"

The man stroked his sleeves, approached with big strides, raised his hand and slapped him, but before he landed, I was kicked out of the man and fell to the ground, howling endlessly.

"Ridiculous……"

The man in black shook his head. After seeing Mu Wanqing, he hesitated for a while, stepped forward, and asked, "Is it Miss Mu?"

Mu Wanqing was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said, "You know me?"

The man in black took off the hood on his head, revealing a resolute face. There was a scar on his cheek, which added a fierce temperament.

"Miss Mu, this is Ah Lang who is sitting under the seat of Da Keqing."

"It turned out to be you, you came to find me..."

Mu Wanqing shook her head, thinking of this person, then her eyes lit up slightly, and she said in surprise, "Did Long Peng ask you to come to me?"

"This……"

A Lang was stunned for a moment and shook his head, "That's not the case, but since I met Miss Mu that day, there has been no news about Da Keqing, so we want to know where Da Keqing is now."

Mu Wanqing was a little disappointed, lowered her eyes, and murmured, "So I was thinking too much..."

"Wooden girl..."

"Miss Mu, speak up."

A Lang kept yelling, but Mu Wanqing didn't respond.

At this moment, the kicked man rubbed his chest and stood up slowly. Several of his friends started arguing with him.

"You dog, you dare to hit people..."

"I don't want to kill people, so don't you know how to live or die!"

A Lang turned his head and glanced at them coldly, his eyes were full of murderous intent, he took out a silver ingot from his waist, and threw it over, "Take the money, shut up!"

"This……"

A silver ingot the size of a woman's fist hit him, and the man's expression changed immediately. He felt that his chest didn't hurt too much, as if he could still be kicked a few times.

He is unreasonable and inhumane.

Seeing this scene, Hong Qigong, who was eating meat, squinted his eyes, and the pain in his palm gradually dissipated.

A Lang turned around and asked, "Miss Mu, do you know where Da Keqing has gone?"

Mu Wanqing came back to her senses, and said, "He went to Zhongnan Mountain."

"Mount Zhongnan...can you be more specific?"

Zhongnan Mountain is not small.

There are more than [-] famous mountains in the territory, and there are countless other small mountains and peaks.

Since Ah Lang asked, he must find out, otherwise the waste of time will not be worth the candle.

Mu Wanqing was stunned for a moment, and recalled carefully, "He should be going to an ancient tomb. As for more, I don't know."

"Mount Zhongnan...ancient tomb..."

A Lang's eyes were slightly cold. He was in charge of contacting the sub-rudders and banners of the dark villages and sub-banners in Longpeng. Naturally, he knew a lot of things. After Mu Wanqing's mention, he immediately understood.

"Thank you, Miss Mu, then I won't bother you any more, so I'll take my leave!"

Say it.

A-lang didn't stop, and hurriedly walked out the door. As soon as he went out, he took out a loud arrow from his arms and shot it towards the sky.

Shhhhhhhhhhhh

A little spark is fleeting, but it is bright enough in this dark snowy sky.

Soon.

I saw nearly a hundred similarly dressed men in black robes gathered at the door for a while.

"Who pulled the arrow?!"

"Report to the Azure Dragon Envoy, he is a subordinate!"

A Lang quickly walked to the front from the crowd, and came to a middle-aged man in a green robe with a long beard.

"Azure Dragon Envoy" Xu Xueting nodded, "What news did you find out?"

"Master Keqing has now gone to the Ancient Tomb Sect in Zhongnan Mountain."

"Ancient Tomb Sect..."

Xu Xueting was stunned for a moment, and asked doubtfully, "I've heard of the Quanzhen Sect in Zhongnan Mountain, but what is the Ancient Tomb Sect? Is it famous?"

"Reporting to the Azure Dragon Envoy, it is a sect that has only emerged in recent years. It is said that the 'Chilian Fairy' Li Mochou is from the Ancient Tomb Sect." A Lang explained.

"I see……"

Xu Xueting nodded, rolled his eyes, and asked again, "Ah Lang, can you find out why Da Keqing went to the Ancient Tomb Sect?"

"This... I don't know, but according to my subordinates, the most urgent thing now is to send a letter to the brothers near Zhongnan Mountain to let them pay attention to the traces of Da Keqing."

"Actually, you don't have to worry so much. Da Keqing's martial arts are unfathomable, and there are few opponents in the world. I think we should arrest those who know about this now, so as not to reveal Da Keqing's traces, and to ensure that those people are not lying to us."

A Lang frowned when he heard this, and raised his head to stare at him, "What does Qinglong envoy mean?"

"The people who know about this are all friends of Da Keqing, how can they disclose it to outsiders?"

Xu Xueting sighed, took two steps closer, and listened to his ear, "But if something happens to Mr. Da Keqing because of them, can you bear the responsibility, Ah Lang?"

(End of this chapter)