Under the sky

Chapter 179 Intriguing

When Li Jingfeng left Lengshuitan, Lan Shengqing and his reinforcements had only arrived at the battlefield a few days ago.He took Amao to Hengyang, walked along the mountain road, and left the main war zone after leaving Yongzhou.He spent time with Amao day and night, and no matter what he said, Amao would reply six or seven times out of ten, which gave Li Jingfeng a headache.But Amao also knew that it was wartime and it would be difficult to survive without Li Jingfeng, so he didn't want to escape.On the way, Amao asked Li Jingfeng to teach him kung fu. Li Jingfeng thought that the child's character was undecided and it would be bad if he did evil if he learned kung fu, so he only taught him survival skills such as hunting and setting traps.

After the Kunlun Conference, the Hengshan Sect built a city near Hengshan Mountain, which was still called Hengyang City. It was different from the previous site.Since the beginning of the war, in order to prevent spies, there have been patrols around Hengyang City, and the city has been strictly interrogated. Without an identity, you cannot enter the city. Li Jingfeng knows that this is no more remote place than Ningka Town and Pingyuan Town, and he will definitely not be able to hide. If he can still take advantage of the alert I entered the city in the dark when I was loose, but now I am only afraid of difficulties.

Seeing his distress, Amao laughed and said, "Isn't the hero quite capable? How come I can't help but stump you when I enter a city?"

Li Jingfeng asked: "Do you have any idea?"

Amao scolded: "What do you do for food and drink? Where do you go and eat? Where do you get your account?"

Li Jingfeng said: "If you can go into the city, find an academy. The dean's surname is Gu, and she is a girl named Gu Qingshang."

Amao said: "What good does it do me?"

Li Jingfeng shook his head: "It's no good, and don't expect to get any benefits. If you don't help, I will find another way."

Amao sighed and said, "Okay, let's wait for news from you."

In the afternoon, Amao sat on the road outside the city and cried loudly. When someone asked, he said that his father had taken him out of the city to cut firewood, and he was separated from his father. He could not return home and did not know what to do.If a kind person took him into the city, he would be questioned at the city gate, and he would say the same thing. Seeing that he was young, they would only let him into the city after checking his identity.The kindhearted people wanted to take him home, so Amao found an excuse and ran away. After asking around along the way, he finally found Tsing Yi Academy.

The gentleman who opened the door saw an ugly child and asked why he was here. Amao followed Li Jingfeng's words and said he was looking for Miss Gu. The gentleman said, "Miss Gu has a public office in Hengshan and won't come back until night." He then asked Amao why he wanted to find Miss Gu. , who are the parents and where do they live? Amao only said that he has no father or mother and is a friend of Miss Gu.The gentleman who opened the door guessed that it was the child that Miss Gu had brought back, and said with a smile: "My name is Yuan Zhenzhi, just call me Yuan Fuzi, come in first."

Amao entered the courtyard and saw many children reading and reciting. He also saw plum trees planted in the courtyard.Yuan Zhen said straightly: "There are many children like you here, some are older and some are younger than you. We will all get to know each other in the future." Then he pointed to the west wing and said, "They are busy studying. You sit in the study for a while. In the evening Let me greet you."

Amao sat in the study for a while and felt bored, so he sat on the steps in front of the corridor, resting his hands on his forehead and waiting. He didn't know when Miss Gu would come back.The twenty or so children in the west wing ran out laughing after school. They were all curious when they saw a strange child sitting by the corridor.Seven or eight children gathered together and came forward. The leader was a little girl with a fair and rosy face. She was very pretty and asked, "My name is Yu Ping'er. Are you new here? What's your name?"

Amao saw so many people surrounding him - in the past when he was surrounded by people, he must have been severely beaten, either lost the wind, or was caught in a robbery - and seeing the beauty of the girl who asked the question, he felt even more disgusted in his heart. Cursed: "Fuck! You are doing this shit, get away!"

Everyone laughed: "He can also swear." "Aku can do it too." "I should have changed it a long time ago."

Yu Ping'er scolded her with a straight face: "Don't use bad language in the future. Masters, I think you'll get a kick out of it."

Amao scolded: "Just hit me! I'm afraid of everything but not beating!"

A voice asked: "What are you doing?"

Everyone looked back and saw that it was Chen Mengnan who was here.I saw that he was holding a paper bag in his hand, and he must have bought some sweets. Several children rushed forward and grabbed the paper bag. Chen Mengnan shouted: "Don't grab it, share it!"

A child said: "I know, I have to save the biggest piece for Sister Yu Ping!" Everyone burst into laughter.

When Chen Mengnan saw Amao, he thought he was a new kid and asked, "What's the name of the new brother?" Amao looks ugly and thin. He is often mistaken for a boy. He has long been used to it, but now, this The words made him even more unhappy.

Yu Ping'er handed a piece of cake to Amao and said, "Want a piece of cake?"

Seeing the happy look of the children in the academy, Amao felt an unknown disgust in his heart and slammed the cake to the ground.Yu Ping'er softly exclaimed: "Oh!" She bent down to pick up the cake.Seeing her beauty, Amao became angry and reached out to scratch her face.His nails were extremely long, Yu Ping'er yelled, and when he stepped away, there were two blood marks on his face.

Yu Ping'er screamed: "Why did you catch me?" When she reached out and touched her face, it hurt. There was blood on her hand, and she didn't know the depth of the wound, which made her even more panicked.

When Chen Mengnan saw that his sweetheart was injured, he immediately became angry. He grabbed Amao and shouted, "Why did you hit him?"

Amao kicked his calf, grabbed his arm with both hands, and bit down hard. The pain was so painful that Chen Mengnan couldn't help but let go.Amao kicked him in the groin again, and Chen Mengnan screamed, covering his crotch and unable to stop jumping.

Amao turned around and ran away. Chen Mengnan was so angry that he was embarrassed in front of his sweetheart. He endured the pain and got up to chase after Amao.Amao couldn't do anything, but "running" was the only way to save his life. He broke into the study and turned left and right, but Chen Mengnan couldn't catch him.

When more than a dozen children saw their respected older sisters and brothers being bullied, they threw away their candy cakes and swarmed over them, circling around like a hawk catching a chicken.A few of them stopped Amao and received either a punch or a kick from him. Some of the younger ones were sore from the beating that they squatted on the ground and cried loudly.

Although Yu Ping'er was injured, she still shouted: "Don't fight! Meng Nan, I'm fine!"

Several masters heard the sound and rushed out. Seeing the chaos, they quickly stopped.After finally cleaning up the mess, a master protected Amao and asked, "What's going on?"

Chen Mengnan first looked at Yu Ping'er's wounds. Yu Ping'er was worried about leaving scars and asked, "Is it serious?" She was so aggrieved that she almost cried. Chen Mengnan couldn't help comforting him and pointed at Amao angrily: "He scratched Yu Ping'er. !”

Yuan Zhen was puzzled and asked Amao: "Why did you arrest my sister?"

Amao cursed: "Bah! Whose sister is this fucking cunt fucked by a thousand people?"

The vicious and foul language immediately stirred up memories among the children.These children were not from a good background. Most of them had been homeless and suffered a lot. They immediately put aside the Master's teachings and retorted with all kinds of vulgar words. Dogs with rotten ears and dogs with protruding teeth were considered nice, but there were also a lot of unsavory things. What struck my ears was nothing I couldn't think of, but nothing I couldn't say. All kinds of disgusting and foul words came out from greetings in the front yard and back yard.Amao refused to admit defeat, and yelled at each other. The situation got out of hand, and even the master couldn't stop shouting. If the master hadn't protected Amao, several children would have beaten him.

Yuan Zhen grabbed Amao, knelt down and warned, "If you want to live here, you are not allowed to use foul language anymore."

"Stop your mother!" Amao scolded, "I'm just here to deliver a message! You bitches are the only ones in this place!"

There were all orphans in the academy, and there were also a few children who had perverse temperaments when they first came to the academy, but none of them were as naughty and vicious as Amao.Chen Mengnan was furious and wanted to teach Amao a lesson. Yu Ping'er took his hand and whispered, "Miss Gu doesn't like you like this." He added, "You used to have a bad temper on the street."

Chen Mengnan gritted his teeth, endured the sigh, bent down and picked up the cakes on the ground.These children have suffered a lot in the past. They would eat when they were full and hungry when they were hungry, and they would eat when they were dirty. Now they are more careful and know how to wash them.

Chen Mengnan looked up and called out in surprise: "Miss Gu!"

Hearing this shout, all the children, except Amao who was still yelling curses, fell silent and turned around to see Gu Qingshang approaching with a frown on his face.

There was no need to wait for anyone to give orders. More than a dozen children dispersed in a hurry. Some of them fell down while running too fast, but were picked up by their peers and continued running.Where can I run?The students who can run away cannot run away from the school. In the end, everyone gets slapped with a blackboard and is punished by copying books.

Gu Qingshang asked Amao, "What do you want from me?"

"Submission! There is a donkey outside the city who wants to see you. Ask me to take you there!"

Gu Qingshang couldn't help but be curious and said: "Lead the way."

Yuan Zhen said in a low voice: "Miss Gu, this child is so naughty that his morale has been ruined as soon as he came here..."

Gu Qingshang nodded and said, "I understand." He followed Amao.

It was getting late when they left the city. Gu Qingshang followed Amao two miles outside the city and turned into a forest.I heard someone shouting: "Miss Gu!" The voice sounded familiar. After taking a closer look, she was surprised and happy. Gu Qingshang shouted: "Are you still alive?"

Li Jingfeng smiled and said, "I'm finally lucky and have a safe journey."

Gu Qingshang was very happy: "I heard about the Kunlun Palace. I feel sad for a few days. How are you here? How did you survive?"

Li Jingfeng said: "There was a platform where I jumped from the cliff. I couldn't see it from the top. I jumped down and climbed up the rock wall to the platform. They chased me and thought I died after jumping off the cliff."

Gu Qingshang asked hurriedly: "What happened in Kunlun Palace? Is my master okay?"

It was a long story, so the two of them sat on the floor, and Li Jingfeng told him about the Kunlun Palace. Fortunately, he had told Zhuge Ran once, and now that he was telling it again, he could grasp the main points.Although Gu Qingshang knew that her master was safe, she still felt nervous when she heard him talk about all the dangerous places.Li Jingfeng said that he left Kunlun Palace and headed south. Gu Qingshang heard that he passed Lingling and asked about the situation of the Lengshuitan battle.

Li Jingfeng said: "When I left, a large number of refugees gathered around Lengshuitan. I saw many soldiers and horses stationed there, and Lingling City was dozens of miles away."

Gu Qingshang asked: "Have Baoqing's reinforcements arrived? I mean the people on the other side of the river."

Li Jingfeng shook his head: "I didn't see it."

As it got dark, Amao yawned out of boredom. Gu Qingshang said, "It's getting dark, why not go to the academy to talk." Li Jingfeng said, "I'm afraid of inconvenience, so I can't go into the city."

Gu Qingshang smiled and said: "No one will be suspicious if I take you into the city. Besides, your wanted order was issued by Huashan, Songshan and Tangmen, and has no direct relationship with Hengshan. You have saved the master, so you are not afraid of exposing your identity."

"Speaking of identity," Li Jingfeng said, "I am here to ask Miss Gu for help with a few things."

Gu Qingshang said: "Let's talk after we go back to the academy. The city gate is about to be closed. If I don't go back to the academy, the people in the academy will be worried." Li Jingfeng had no choice but to agree.

As expected, the three of them entered the city without any trouble. When they arrived at the academy, the children had already gone to bed. Li Jingfeng saw that Amao was a little sleepy, so Gu Qingshang arranged for him to sleep with the other children.When Amao heard that he had to sleep in the same room with the children, he said stubbornly, "No, that room stinks!" He would rather stay in a corner of the room and curl up to sleep.

"What do you want me to help with?" Gu Qingshang asked.

"That's the kid." Li Jingfeng scratched his chin, "I can't discipline him."

Seeing that the child was stubborn and vicious, Gu Qingshang guessed the purpose of Li Jingfeng's trip and asked about Amao's story. Li Jingfeng told him about Pingyuan Town.

"The old man entrusted him to me." Li Jingfeng scratched his head, "I'm afraid I'll lead him astray. I'm going to Jiangxi later, and I'm afraid it's dangerous to take this child with me."

"Are you going to Jiangxi?" Gu Qingshang asked, "What are you going to do there?"

"I want to find Senior Peng's descendants." Li Jingfeng thought for a while and said, "If I have the chance, I want to kill the stinky wolf."

Gu Qingshang was surprised and said: "You can't do it. Stinky Wolf is the commander-in-chief of Jiangxi. He has strong martial arts skills. There are many people who want to kill him. He is closely guarded. It is a hundred times harder than assassinating Qin Kunyang."

"The first priority is to find Senior Peng's descendants." Li Jingfeng thought for a moment and said, "I have to send him to a safe place first."

Gu Qingshang thought for a while and said: "After the Jiangxi Incident, Senior Peng's grandson disappeared. There were many people looking for him. Everyone guessed that he was imprisoned by Xu Fangge. After Senior Peng died, he was a member of the extermination family. This matter As long as someone from the Nine Families raises questions and asks for verification, Xu Fangge will have to give an explanation." He sighed, "It's just that in this situation, even if Master is willing to help, Xu Fangge will not pay attention."

"Even if they are interested, I can't wait." Li Jingfeng thought for a while and said, "Let's get back to Amao."

Gu Qingshang stood up and poured two glasses of water. He handed one glass to Li Jingfeng and drank the other one himself, pondering for a long time.Li Jingfeng knew that she was straightforward, so when he saw her hesitation, he couldn't help but be confused.

Gu Qingshang said: "This child has a bad temper and is not lovable. It is difficult to settle down, and this accident has made it even harder to get close to others. The children here have also been homeless, and they have been beggars. None of them are so vicious. Teaching him is comparable. It’s much harder to teach other students.”

Li Jingfeng said: "My father passed away when I was a child. Once, when I was about seven or eight years old, I was playing and quarreling with Aunt Qian's child next door. He called me a bastard. I felt sad and angry, and ran to the river to cry. , feeling sorry for myself, thinking about why I don’t have a father, and I don’t know who to lose my temper with. When I’ve cried enough, I’ll go home and ask my mother what I did wrong to deserve this.”

"As soon as I returned to town, the neighbor apologized to me. It turned out that Aunt Qian heard about this, scolded her son, spanked her several times, and asked him to come and apologize to me. I was relieved and could play with him again. Together.”

"For such a small thing, I figured it out at that time. It's not my fault that I don't have a father. It's the fault of the person who scolded me. I think that sometimes it's just luck for people to learn well and learn bad things. With good luck, hearing a kind word and seeing... A good person takes the right path; if he is unlucky and forced by life and encounters bad things, he takes the wrong path.”

"I think people can neither do bad things just because they are unlucky, nor can they be bad people just because they are unlucky. Let them have a chance to deal with it if they really don't learn well and make mistakes."

After hearing what he said, Gu Qingshang smiled and said, "So Aunt Qian next door to your house managed to create nine wanted criminals like this."

Li Jingfeng was embarrassed: "It's considered a sin."

Gu Qingshang smiled and said: "I feel relieved when you say this. The academy cannot accept this child."

Li Jingfeng was stunned: "Why?"

Gu Qingshang said: "Although my academy is funded by people, life is still difficult, but I don't care about having many children. Even if Amao comes over today, something happens..."

Gu Qingshang told what happened in the afternoon, and Li Jingfeng asked, "Is Miss Gu worried that he won't get along with the children in the academy and will be bullied?"

Gu Qingshang shook his head: "This is a trivial matter. Why do you think he made such a fuss? This child is smart. He knows that you brought him to the academy to place him here. He is not at ease in his heart and deliberately makes trouble just to make people hate him. ." Li Jingfeng suddenly realized.

Gu Qingshang said: "According to what you said, he finally found support. The old man wanted to break up the queen, so he had no choice but to hand him over to you, so he trusted you a little. If you hand him over to me, this child will definitely treat him as his own." He is hated and abandoned by others, and not only is he difficult to teach, but he also doesn’t trust others once he is taught.”

"Only you can teach him." Gu Qingshang said, "He sounds stubborn, but he still trusts you in his heart. If you put him in the academy and don't take care of him, he will definitely run away. It's okay to find him, but he can't. When you come back, this child will be useless."

"But it's not convenient to do things with this child, and it's dangerous to follow me." Li Jingfeng still had doubts.

"You said it's fate, it's luck." Gu Qingshang shook his head, "It depends on fate. When I was a child, I went up to Hengshan Mountain alone and almost froze to death. I was lucky enough to be picked up by my senior sister. How could I care about so much in this job? It's life. Whether you die or not depends on fate."

Li Jingfeng asked: "But how should I teach him?"

Gu Qingshang said: "Just be yourself. There is no need to teach him anything. Just watch him and don't let him do bad things."

Li Jingfeng was really unsure, but after hearing what Gu Qingshang said, he could only say, "I can only listen to you."

Gu Qingshang asked again: "Does the Shen family girl know that you are safe? She must be extremely sad when she hears the news of your death."

Li Jingfeng sighed: "I don't know if I should let Big Brother know." He didn't want everyone to worry about him, but he also felt that everyone would feel sorry for him. He was a wanted criminal and couldn't find anyone to entrust him to report the news. Anyway, he couldn't hide this matter. He stayed, so he said: "I'm sorry to bother you, Miss Gu, but don't mention my going to Jiangxi to my eldest brother and the others, so as not to worry them again."

The two continued to chat and talk about other affairs until late at night before going to bed separately.The next day, Li Jingfeng took Amao to say goodbye. Gu Qingshang knelt down and hugged Amao. Amao was startled and struggled hard. Gu Qingshang whispered in his ear: "Your brother Jingfeng is an idiot. You have to be careful." Take care of him like your blind grandpa took care of you.”

Amao was stunned. He didn't expect that Gu Qingshang would actually say this and want to take care of this stupid boy by himself?When Gu Qingshang let go, Amao cursed: "I have no time to care about this fool's life and death!"

After leaving Hengyang City and taking the horse, Amao kicked a stone and asked Li Jingfeng: "Aren't you going to throw me in the academy?"

Li Jingfeng shook his head: "I will not abandon you. We will have to depend on each other for a long time from now on."

"Bah! Who depends on you for life!" Amao cursed, "Run away when I make money!"

"What do you want to do after making money?" Li Jingfeng asked casually, but Amao refused to answer, and the two of them headed east.

After Li Jingfeng left, Gu Qingshang went to Hengshan to attend office every day.She was the eldest among Li Xuanxuan's three apprentices, and she served as Li Xuanxuan's personal attendant from time to time, which was considered as a student.She also didn't know why she was favored by Li Xuanxuan back then. Although the two juniors were young, they were talented. In comparison, apart from their incompetent temperament of leaving home to go to Hengshan at a young age, she was not as qualified as her juniors.After Li Xuanxuan went to Kunlun Palace, she organized documents for deputy head Mao Shengxue.When Dian Cang invaded, Mao Shengxue was in charge of food and fodder, but she had no skills at all. Knowing that she wanted to compete for the leadership, she handed over some official duties to her and took the opportunity to cultivate her.

On this day, Gu Qingshang was working in the office, and his junior brother Ding Liangji broke in and said happily: "Master is back! Master is back!"

Li Xuanxuan finally returned to Hengshan.At this time, the war in Lengshuitan was not over yet, but even if Li Xuanxuan came back, there was nothing he could do to save the situation.

She summoned two deputy heads, Mao Shengxue and Ruan Qifeng.

"Mobilize all disciples from Wuling, Yiyang, and Dayong sects to garrison in Changsha." This was the first order given by Li Xuanxuan.

Ruan Qifeng was puzzled: "Why should we defend Changsha when Dian Cang invades?"

Li Xuanxuan did not answer, but asked: "Is there any movement in Qingcheng?"

Ruan Qifeng reported: "Headmaster Shen abdicated, and the crown prince Shen Yuqing succeeded. There is nothing else to do."

Li Xuanxuan thought for a moment: "Call Qingshang."

Gu Qingshang finally saw her master, and before she could say hello, Li Xuanxuan gave her an order: "I will write a letter. You must rush to Qingcheng immediately and give it to Master Shen."

(End of this chapter)