Zongwu: Our Rivers and Lakes

Chapter 160 Statement of Facts
It's Mid-Autumn Festival.

Xiangyang City, Guo Mansion.

A full moon hangs in the middle, casting wisps of radiance.

Under the budding sweet-scented osmanthus tree.

A beautiful woman in purple clothes with luxurious clothes was leaning against the stone table, her white jade-like slender hands supported her forehead, her black eyebrows were tightly frowned, and she looked worried.

clap clap-

Steady footsteps sounded, but seeing a middle-aged man with bushy eyebrows and big eyes, who was very powerful, walked towards the courtyard with tiger strides. When he saw the beauty in purple, his eyes shone slightly, and he got closer.

"Rong'er, why are you here? I'm tired and I'm looking for you everywhere. During the Mid-Autumn Festival tonight, Fu'er and the others want to watch the moon and eat moon balls with you."

The beauty in purple gradually opened her eyes, looking at the honest man who handed her mooncakes in front of her, with slightly red cheeks and a simple and honest smile, opened his mouth and showed a smile, but this smile had a bit of indescribable bitterness and reluctance.

"Brother Jing, have you been drinking today?"

"I know I shouldn't drink, but isn't this just thinking about being happy today?"

Guo Jing smiled a little embarrassedly, and seeing Huang Rong's clothes were thin, he hurried to get a cloak.

"You are not alone, you should pay more attention to your body."

"Ah."

Huang Rong gently rubbed her lower abdomen, her gaze was as tender as water, she divided half of the mooncake in her hand and handed it to Guo Jing's lips, then slowly chewed the remaining half, she looked at the full moon in the sky, couldn't help but sighed .

No matter how straightforward Guo Jing was, seeing Huang Rong's moodiness now, he couldn't help feeling a little worried.

"Rong'er, why are you so sad? But what happened?"

"Not at all."

Huang Rong shook her head, covered her chest and said, "It's just that next month will be the 'Heroes Conference', but I still can't settle down, and I always feel panicked. Brother Jing, you said there will be no accidents. Bar?"

Guo Jing sat down with a gentle expression.

"Rong'er, don't worry, with me and the heroes who came to the meeting, nothing will happen."

Huang Rong was silent for a while, nodded, and said, "Brother Jing, according to the information from the brothers of the Beggar Sect, more than a dozen crooked sects that can be called the Sun Moon Sect, the Ming Sect, and the Xingxiu Sect have arrived. , Brother Jing, let's not take it lightly."

"I know."

Guo Jing returned a firm smile, seemed to remember something, and suddenly asked, "Rong'er, are the Taoist priests of the Quanzhen Sect here?"

"I've been too busy these past few years, so I don't have time to visit him, and I don't know if he is obedient or how his martial arts is doing."

"The Taoist leader of the Quanzhen Sect is still on the way, and it may take a few days."

Huang Rong shook her head and said with a smile, "As for Guo'er, this kid has been naughty since he was a child, and he's used to being undisciplined. During the past few years of learning Taoism in the mountains, it's enough if he can calm down. Don't expect his martial arts to be so powerful. .”

"Too."

Guo Jing nodded, agreeing somewhat, "Rong'er, if you've seen this one before, let's keep him.

My martial arts, after all, must be passed on.

Although the two children of the Wu family are diligent, they are just like me, too stupid and too slow to learn.

In the past, although I was naughty and playful when I was a child, although I was a smart person, now I have studied Taoism for a few years to kill my temper, and I can teach Quanzhen martial arts again, so it is the best to learn my martial arts. "

"This one……"

Huang Rong looked at Guo Jing for a while, and seeing the happy look on his brows, she couldn't help smiling, "Okay, as long as he is a good person, I agree."

"Rong'er is the most generous..."

Guo Jing was happy, with a smile on his lips, he stood up, exhaled alcohol, and said with a smile, "Rong'er, now that Fu'er is grown up, she should have a husband-in-law. When Er'er arrives, let the two of them Getting along with each other..."

Huang Rong's heart sank when she heard the words, before Guo Jing could speak, she interrupted, "Brother Jing, let's take this matter slowly, and talk about it when I see you."

"Oh... yes, yes."

Guo Jing was stunned for a moment, then patted his forehead, "I haven't met anyone yet, I've thought so far, it seems that I really shouldn't be greedy."

"Brother Jing, I'm tired, you can help me back to my room to rest, but you smell of alcohol, you are not allowed to go to bed unless you clean yourself up."

"Good good..."

Guo Jing scratched his head like a kid, and smirked at Huang Rong.

Seeing it, she couldn't help laughing, as if she had returned to her youth in an instant.

...

...

Wollongong, more than [-] miles outside Xiangyang City.

The roof of an inn.

A handsome young man with a slender figure, dressed in a light white robe, with a face like a crown jade, and red brows, lay on the red tiles, as if he was lying in the fragments of the setting sun. He looked at the jade plate-like wheel in the sky The bright and clear full moon, the eyes are gloomy, revealing a bit of loneliness.

"call--"

Long Peng gulped down the wine, breathed a long sigh of relief, and slowly closed his eyes.

pat-

But seeing a crisp sound, a woman in plain clothes jumped onto the roof lightly.

"Big brother..."

Long Peng frowned slightly, sat up and looked sideways, "Why did you come up?"

"Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, I'm here to deliver some mooncakes to my elder brother."

Long Peng was slightly taken aback, looked at the food box in her hand, and said slowly, "I have a heart..."

"It should be so."

Lin Suqin flicked her skirt, sat next to him, and passed the food box over, "Brother, why not try it."

"Ah……"

Looking at the moon cake with the jade rabbit carved inside, Long Peng couldn't help shaking his head, took one casually, put it in his mouth, his eyes were slightly bright, and looked at her with some surprise.

"Sweet bean paste...you make it?"

"Little sister, how can you do these tricks? Sister Su entrusted me to send these. I guess she wants to sell to big brother." Lin Suqin shook her head honestly.

"This is also..."

Long Peng nodded in agreement, and ate up the mooncake in his hand, "How are you practicing martial arts these days?"

"Little sister doesn't dare to slack off, now she can compete with sister Jinfeng."

"One hundred tricks? I taught you the method of practicing kung fu earlier, but you are useless."

Lin Suqin lowered her head, "Brother said, soaking in ice water and resisting with internal force, my younger sister has already used it, but I haven't found that feeling yet, please forgive me."

Seeing her emaciated look, Long Peng sighed slightly, "Forget it, it's true that I acted too hastily, and I can't blame you."

"It's my younger sister who is stupid and has failed my elder brother's expectations..."

Long Peng smiled, didn't speak, just took another sip of wine.

on the roof.

The two sat for a long time, but Lin Suqin pursed her lips and said slowly, "Actually, I have met my elder brother a long time ago."

"Oh……"

Long Peng raised his eyebrows, feeling a little interested. He claimed to have a superb memory and never forgets her, but apart from the time at Zhongnan Mountain, he really didn't have any memory of her, "When did I see her, why don't I know?"

"It should have been the Double Ninth Festival five or six years ago, and my little sister had just arrived at Zhongnan Mountain at that time."

Long Peng was slightly startled, his phoenix eyes were closed, he glanced sideways at her, and said with a smile, "That's a bit of fate."

Lin Suqin nodded and sighed, "At that time, my elder brother was covered in blood, and there were Quanzhen sect's pursuers behind me. I thought that my elder brother was bound to die. I never thought that my elder brother would forcefully kill a bloody path, let alone think about it." But, and now this meeting..."

"Hahaha……"

Long Peng laughed loudly, grabbed the wine bag and took another swig, "It's delusional for those bastards to kill me."

"However, why did you suddenly tell me this tonight?"

Lin Suqin raised her head, with a sincere expression, and said slowly, "Little sister has no other thoughts, but just wants to thank big brother."

"Thank me, thank me for what?" Long Peng frowned slightly, somewhat puzzled.

"It's nothing, brother, pay attention to your body and rest earlier."

Lin Suqin stood up, saluted, and jumped off the roof lightly, leaving Long Peng alone in a daze.

"This girl..."

Long Peng shook his head, took a moon cake casually, leaned on the eaves, propped his forehead with one hand, and looked up at the moon, "By the way, Su Quan's craftsmanship is really good."

Time passed, and it was dawn in a blink of an eye. The eastern sky was pale, and the golden-red morning sun was faintly visible.

"call……"

Long Peng exhaled fresh air, slowly opened his eyes, shook his body, shook off the dew attached to his clothes, took out the "Lianxin Pill" he carried with him from his arms, and took it, then lightly came to the solid ground.

"My dear guest, the bath soup for breakfast has been prepared, you can see it when you return to your room."

"Ah."

Long Peng nodded indifferently, looked sideways and said, "Tie Niu, is Yang Xiao here yet?"

"People from the Ming Cult said they arrived last night, but maybe they were on guard against our God Cult. They asked you to meet on the bank of the Han River. My dear guest, should we cast the net first, so as not to be caught in an ambush..."

"There's no need to be so troublesome. Send someone to tell them that we will meet in the next hour."

"This... subordinates obey."

Tieniu nodded, and then said, "Do you want to inform Zuo Envoy Su about this?"

"No need, I've already discussed with her." Long Peng waved his hand with a calm expression.

"My subordinate understands."

"Go to work."

"Yes!!"

……

in the afternoon.

Three o'clock in the future.

The sun is hanging in the sky, the sun is burning, and the howling westerly wind is blowing on the calm river water, causing little ripples.

It is late autumn.

Although the sun is big now, it doesn't feel hot, on the contrary, it feels a little cold.

riverbank.

A middle-aged scholar in a white coarse robe sits quietly beside the chessboard on the shore. He looks about 40 years old. He has a handsome appearance, but his eyebrows are slightly drooping, and there are a few deep wrinkles around his mouth, which is unavoidably aging. Misery.

He remained silent, with an indifferent expression, as if his heart was far away, thinking about something.

This person is Yang Xiao, the bright left envoy of the Ming Cult, and his martial arts has reached the level of a congenital master, which is especially extraordinary.

"Zuoshi, the people from the Sun Moon Sect are here."

Snapped--

Yang Xiao nodded slightly, dropped a white piece on the chessboard, and did not speak.

Seeing that he didn't speak, the disciple of Mingjiao hurriedly asked, "What should we do, envoy Zuo?"

"No way."

That Mingjiao disciple was stunned for a moment, he obviously didn't see Yang Xiao speak, but he heard the voice, he turned around quickly to look at the source of the voice, and then saw a grimace mask, he was so frightened that he drew his sword and cut it out, unexpectedly Being snapped off by the visitor, he was terrified and couldn't help taking a few steps back, almost falling into the river.

Yang Xiao glanced at him, his sleeves fluttered, and a pulling force held him steady.

"Thank you Ambassador Zuo."

"Go back."

The Mingjiao disciple was stunned for a moment, but he also knew that it was useless to stay here, so he hid the dragon pendant and left the pier.

"Yang Zuoshi, please be polite."

"I think you are Mr. Long. The lightness kung fu ability is really rare in the world, but why don't you show your true colors to others."

"Ah--"

Long Peng chuckled, sat calmly across from Yang Xiao, glanced at the chessboard, and continued, "Long Mou didn't want to show his true colors to others, in order to save trouble, and Yang Zuo made this man who has been hiding in Guangmingding for more than ten years. Come out, show up now, why?"

"Lovesick?"

The sunspot held by Yang Xiao stopped in mid-air, but saw that Long Peng used his true energy to capture a sunspot and landed it, he said with a smile, "Yang Zuoshi, how can self-playing chess be more interesting than playing chess?"

Yang Xiao raised his eyes and looked at Long Peng for a while, retracted the black stone in his hand, put in the black chess dowry, and pushed it to Long Peng, dropped a white stone, and said, "How about a game of chess in this game?"

Snapped--

A sunspot fell.

Long Peng raised his head and said lightly, "Okay."

Yang Xiao nodded, didn't say much, continued to play chess with the white pieces in his hand.

Neither of them wanted to speak.

Apart from the sound of water, wind, and fallen leaves beside the river bank, there is only the crisp sound of falling children from time to time.

a long time.

Long Peng dropped the last piece and said slowly, "A draw."

"you win."

Yang Xiao raised his head, and then asked, "You Sun Moon Sect, also want to compete for the position of martial arts leader?"

"My teacher is not interested in this false name."

Yang Xiao nodded, took the bubbling rice wine from the stove next to the chessboard, poured two cups, and said in a deep voice, "Mr. Yang thinks about forming an alliance with your religion, and thinks it is feasible, but your religion If you want to send disciples to Guangmingding, please allow Yang to refuse."

"Although my Mingjiao is not as prosperous as it used to be, it still doesn't need your garrison."

"Yang Zuoshi speaks like this, it's boring, it seems that my teacher has the intention of annexing your teacher."

"Isn't it?"

"Long Mou really doesn't have such thoughts now."

Long Peng smiled slightly, and said calmly, "Long heard that the Emei, Shaolin, Wudang, Quanzhen and other major factions are leading the attack on your sect next year. I don't know what your sect's plan is now?"

"It's interesting to say, they originally wanted to come to Heimuya, but now they suddenly changed their target. Can Zuo Yang know why?"

Yang Xiao pursed his lips, and did not answer immediately.

Those well-known and upright sects in Jianghu used to really want to crusade against the Sun Moon God Sect.

But because of the "hero meeting", it was delayed, and then the news of Dongfang Invincible Islam was uploaded in Jianghu again.

Out of "respect" for Dongfang Bubai, a half-step celestial being, this group of people gave up their minds.

At last.

I don't know who instigated it, but these people set their target on Mingjiao again.

Perhaps it was a personal grievance, or he didn't want to organize a fight for nothing, or he might vent his anger. Anyway, Mingjiao of Guangmingding became that unlucky guy.

Yang Xiao raised his head and stared at Long Peng's eyes, which contained a little anger.

"Yang, I hate threats from others the most."

Long Peng smiled in surprise, showing his white teeth, "How can this be considered a threat, Long is just stating the facts."

(End of this chapter)