Under the sky

Chapter 229 Volume [-] "The First Light of the Sky" Overt Guns and Hidden Arrows
Kunlun 89 years December

That was what happened after Li Jingfeng killed Leng Dao Li Zhui.That day, he refused the invitation from the Night List. When dawn came, he discovered that there were Iron Sword and Silver Guards patrolling the mountain everywhere.The marriage convoy of the third son of Huashan was robbed near Tianshui. How big a news is this?Iron Sword Silver Guard's face was dull and he had to work hard to find the prisoner.Li Jingfeng found out that Yang Yan, Peng Xiaobeg and the group of people from Raodao Village were nowhere to be found, so they simply headed west.

The further west you go, the more patrols you get, especially in the direction leading to the snow-capped mountains. There are more than ten patrolling disciples every few miles.He was wanted by Songshan, and the warrant had been sent to him. Not to mention that he was carrying the name of Kongtong, so he had to hide in the mountain day and night, and hid for several days in a row.It was a cold winter night. He had been through two battles and suffered many injuries. When he and Shen Weichen and Gu Qingshang parted ways, they didn’t even take their luggage with them. The wounds were sore and the whole body turned purple from the cold. It also snowed and caught wind and cold, and almost froze to death. On the mountain, fortunately, I found a small col, where I hid in a fire to keep warm, and caught birds and beasts to make food. After being ill for a few days, I managed to survive and went down the mountain.

On this day, another group of silver guards came along the road to patrol. Li Jingfeng saw them from a distance and hurriedly found a bush to hide.

The group of Iron Sword Silver Guards were chatting, and one person complained: "We usually patrol after the Lantern Festival, why is it so early this year?"

Another person said: "Didn't something happen to Tianshui? Someone robbed the Huashan convoy. Master Zhu ordered to strengthen the vigilance for fear of something happening."

The man in front said in surprise: "What kind of bastard is robbing the graves and risking his life?"

Another person said: "I went out last month, and the old hall master told me to be careful, saying that this year's Kunlun discussion was unusual and something big might happen."

"Which old hall master?"

"The leader of the local Wushan sect's torture hall in my hometown is over 70 years old. He retired more than ten years ago and lives across the street from my house."

"Do you take the old madman's nonsense seriously?"

"Fuck, do you know how to speak!..." More than a dozen patrolling disciples chatted away.

Li Jingfeng thought to himself that even if he did reach the snowy mountains this way, he might not be able to get to Kunlun Palace.He had been an apprentice of the Iron Sword Silver Guard for half a year and knew that the Iron Guard had strict orders and thorough patrols, which was not comparable to Qin Kunyang's guards or ship bandits.

After nightfall, he found a secluded place to take out the map given by Xie Gubai and studied it to see if there was any feasible path, but the picture was too crude and he couldn't really see anything.It seems that we have to wait until the end of the Kunlun Conference before the security in Gansu will be relaxed, and it may be easier to go up the mountain.

Thinking about it, this is just wishful thinking. Kunlun Palace is where the leader of the alliance is. How can it be so easy to go up the mountain?But it's better than taking the risk now.It’s just that we have to wait for more than four months and still have to hide.

He was thinking about what to do when he suddenly thought that it was already the twelfth lunar month and the end of the year was the night of life and death. The third master would definitely go to Qifeng Village to inspect the villain's achievements in the past year.He had always regarded Qi Zigai as a role model, and he missed him very much after not seeing him for a long time. He thought: "It is better to go to Qifeng Village to meet the Third Master and inquire about the Kunlun Palace."

After passing Wudu, he could reach Qifeng Village. He calculated that he would be able to catch up, so he turned to the south. As expected, the guard was relaxed along the way.We walked like this for a few more days. The New Year was approaching and every household was getting ready to celebrate the New Year. When we arrived at 28, there were no more pedestrians on the road.

That day, he was walking along the path, thinking that he was going to meet the third master, and he felt happy. He caught a glimpse of something lying on the side of the path. He thought it was a wild animal, but it didn't move, so he couldn't help but be curious.When he got closer, he saw that it was a person. Li Jingfeng hurriedly pushed aside the weeds and walked over. He saw the man lying on the ground wearing a cotton-padded jacket, his head covered with blood. It was obvious that his forehead had been knocked open. Li Jingfeng turned him over, felt his breath, and died. It’s been a long time.

Li Jingfeng felt pitiful and guessed that there was a strongman nearby, so he had to be careful.He also thought that the murderer had deliberately dragged the body to the haystack to hide it. If it were normal, he would have informed the sect to track down the murderer. However, he was still wanted and was powerless. If he buried it for him and no one found out, he would not let him. Die silently?After thinking about it, it was better to leave a mark for others to find, so as to identify the murderer and bury it for him, so I took my original intention and cut the dead grass nearby to make the body visible.

Suddenly he saw a knife lying on the ground, and he thought to himself: "Is this someone who knows martial arts?" Generally speaking, strong men like Jian Jing would not take action when encountering someone who knows martial arts, especially killing people. After all, it is risky.As soon as I felt strange, some doubts arose in my mind. First of all, the twelfth lunar month is only two days away from New Year's Eve. Serious people go home early to celebrate the New Year, but the bandit still opens from the end of the year to the Lantern Festival. How big of a famine will there be?Of course, although rare, it is not impossible.

He thought for a while and reached out to touch the man's chest. There was a letter. He was curious and opened the letter. There were several pieces of paper inside, one of which read:

Thanks to the heroic help of Chai Peng, a disciple of the Eight Immortals Swordsmen, the thief Zhang Hong was captured and brought to justice. He received a reward of 50 taels, all of which was donated to build a charity warehouse.Chai Daxia was eager for justice and faced hardships and dangers. He set an example by capturing the murderer alone. He wrote a letter of commendation to show his good deeds.Chen Tianhua, head of Guangxi Youzhu Sect

It was also stamped with the golden seal of the leader, which was obviously quite solemn.

After that, there were several pieces of paper, including evidence of Zhang Hong's crime, sect verdict and other supporting evidence, as well as Zhang's certificate of thanks to the people who were rescued. It is estimated that the person was illiterate, so he only drew a circle and stamped his palm print as proof.

"He's a good man." Li Jingfeng thought to himself, but he also wondered, "This man has done good things in Guangxi. Why did he come all the way to Gansu with proof?" Suddenly it dawned on him that this man was here to pay tribute to the third master on the night of his life and death. Those who made a promise on the day, these papers are proof of his good deeds and used to offset his sins.

Although I don't know what crime he committed, since the third master allowed him to live, he must not be a treacherous and evil person. It would be desolate to die in the wilderness.Li Jingfeng thought to himself: "I will pass the letter to the third master for him, and it will fulfill his wish."

He put away the letter and continued on his way. He walked all night, rested in the fields at dawn, and got up again at noon.As I was walking, I heard the sound of horse hooves behind me. I turned around and saw that it was a monk who looked downcast and exhausted.Li Jingfeng gave way, and the monk passed by him. He didn't take it seriously at first, but he suddenly raised his head, and as if he remembered something, he turned his horse and shouted: "You are a strong man who kills people and cheats, you bumped into a poor monk today, you deserve to die!"

Li Jingfeng was stunned: "Master, what did you say?"

The monk shouted: "Don't pretend! Someone died in front, and you were the only one on the path. How come it wasn't you who committed the evil?"

Li Jingfeng waved his hands hurriedly: "I also saw the body. I cut the weeds around it and left a mark for others to find. Master, do you think the murderer dragged the body to the hay pile to hide it, so why did he still put it there? Cut the weeds?”

The monk shouted: "If you hadn't done something wrong, why didn't you report it to the sect when you saw the corpse? Besides, you are a passerby and can't take the main road. Why are you taking this trail?"

Li Jingfeng asked suspiciously: "Then why did Master take this path?"

The monk hesitated: "You are the one to question this poor monk? What crime did you commit? Please report it quickly. Is it robbery, murder or rape of a common woman? You must have committed a serious crime. You must have killed the disciples of the torture hall who were chasing you. You can't do it for real." It’s better to suffer less!”

Li Jingfeng smiled bitterly: "I really didn't kill that man. I have evidence." He took out the letter from his arms and said, "This is from that man. He is going to see the third master in two days and doesn't want to be harmed on the way. , I saw that he was pitiful, so I helped him get the letter and deliver it to the third master."

The monk's face showed joy and he hurriedly took the letter. Li Jingfeng felt strange.After reading the letter, the monk said dejectedly: "The name is written on it... Oh, can it be changed?" Then he looked at Li Jingfeng, looked up and down, and suddenly said "Huh" and took out a stack of paper from the bag on the horse's side to look at it.

Li Jingfeng recognized that the stack of papers were all wanted warrants. He was shocked and said hurriedly: "It's really not me who killed him. If you don't believe it, I can't help it. Say goodbye!" After that, he turned around and ran away.

The monk could not let him escape, so he rode in pursuit.How can a man outrun a horse?Li Jingfeng was wondering what to do when the monk behind him recognized him and exclaimed: "Are you Li Jingfeng, a wanted criminal?"

Li Jingfeng said hurriedly: "No, they just look alike!"

The monk didn't believe him, so he rode his horse around him, took out a three-foot copper stick from his bag, and smashed it with his hand.Li Jingfeng dodged sideways, but the monk jumped off his horse and came forward. He used the cooked copper stick to make the tiger and tiger fly, and the golden light shone. Li Jingfeng did not fight with him, but just dodged.

That man's martial arts was actually very good, but his moves were fierce and domineering, lacking in cleverness. After finishing a set of 36 tiger-beating sticks, he didn't touch a hair of Li Jingfeng. He could only breathe hard and said angrily: "You thief, you belong to him." Mother loach, aren’t you!" He said and rushed forward again.

This monk actually cursed?Li Jingfeng took advantage of him to gasp, pulled out his original intention and sidestepped, and struck his butt with a sword, causing him to fall forward, then turned over, grabbed the horse and ran away.

The monk followed behind and kept shouting: "Don't run! Don't run! Horses are expensive! Give me back my horse!"

Li Jingfeng thought that if he returned the horse and the monk came to chase him on horseback, he would not be able to escape.This monk didn't look like a bad guy. He just waited until he rode to the front and found a place to tie the horse and return it to him.

Looking back, he saw the monk standing in the road, hitting the ground with a copper stick. He was very annoyed. Li Jingfeng shouted: "Don't chase me, I will return the horse to you when I get to the front!"

The monk didn't believe him and shouted: "Hold on, I want to discuss something with you!"

Li Jingfeng reined in his horse and asked from a distance: "What's going on?"

The monk shouted: "Can you punch me a few times on the face and body? Don't be gentle, it's better to see the red!"

There is no such weird thing in the world. Li Jingfeng only felt that it was a deceit and shook his head: "I won't hit you! Wait until I get out of this road and tie the horse. There are no pedestrians nearby. Then the master can get the horse by himself!"

The monk shouted: "If you don't hit me, I will still suffer! I will give you some silver!"

Li Jingfeng felt even more suspicious. Just as he was about to leave, the monk shouted: "I am going to hit a bad star on my [-]th. You are helping me by beating me, otherwise I will be beaten even worse!"

Li Jingfeng reined in his horse and turned around: "You want to see the Third Master too?"

The monk caught up with him panting and asked: "You...you said...what?"

"I want to see the Third Master." Li Jingfeng asked, "You too?"

It turned out that the monk's name was Zheng Yu, and his Buddhist name was Fang. He was a lay monk with a rough and confused personality, and he liked to gamble and drink.He was originally the abbot of Nanren Temple in Songzhou and a direct disciple of the Lion Head Jueji, the leader of Zhengming Hall. Because he was not good at his work, his subordinates secretly solicited bribes and deceived superiors and subordinates. As a result, he indulged in many unjust, false and wrong cases. He was nicknamed Blind Eye in the countryside. Arhat.Qi Zigai passed by Songzhou three years ago. He tore up the roof tiles of Nanren Temple, knocked down the incense burner in front of the temple, tore down the beams and knocked over thirty disciples, and dealt with the culprits.

Although Zheng Yu has a bad reputation, he is actually just ignorant and incompetent, greedy for gambling, and his biggest evil behavior is his addiction to gambling and defaulting on debts, showing off his official power, making many small mistakes, but no big ones.Qi Zigai saw that he had an old father, wife and children, so he made a covenant with him and asked him to do good deeds for five years to make up for his mistakes. Zheng Yu had no choice but to agree.He lost his job and spent the next three years wandering around doing good deeds to pay off his debts.

Speaking of this, Li Jingfeng remembered that he did meet a monk on the day of gratitude last year.

Zheng Yu had paid off his debt for two years. This year, he originally planned to catch a rogue road gangster near Anhui Province. When he passed by a gambling house, he couldn't bear the itching of his hands. The gambling house set up a trap to defraud the gambler. He immediately turned against him and beat him.In a place like Wudang, it doesn't matter if someone opens a gambling stall?He immediately sent someone to notify the sect to arrest him and imprison him for seven months. When he was released, the day of reward was approaching. He had not done anything good this year, how could he be reincarnated?

He thought about running away, but he expected that the third master would not have time to pursue him, but that was not good. After all, his wife and children were all in his hometown, so he ran away because of this matter. In the future, he did not want to find a job in any sect. At most, he would change his name and become a bodyguard. Courtyard, how cowardly are you?He could make a comeback relying on his relationship with his master, so running away was not worth it.

But I haven't done anything for a whole year, and I will definitely get a good beating when I see the third master tomorrow. So I went to Qifeng Village with such sorrow and worry, but I didn't want to meet Li Jingfeng, thinking that this person was a wanted criminal, and I wanted to arrest him. He would be able to make up for his fault by catching it, but he would have his horse taken away instead.

Zheng Yu thought that he would not be able to catch this person, so he asked: "Are you going to the day of repayment? Or the night of life and death?" Li Jingfeng asked: "What about the night of life and death? What about the day of repayment?"

Zheng Yudao: "If it's the night of life and death, and I have to lie down on the first day of the new year anyway, just do a good deed before you die, punch me in the face a few times, and I'll tell you that I want to arrest you and bring you to justice. I'm no match for you. I'm lucky enough to escape with my life." When you see how pitiful I am, you don’t care about me. He is also Amitabha, and he has accumulated many negative virtues.”

Li Jingfeng couldn't help but laugh, and asked again: "So what if the third master cares about me?"

Zheng Yu grimaced: "I'm missing one year and punished by two years. I want to go back to my hometown to find a job. It's been miserable these past three years wandering north and south."

Li Jingfeng thought to himself, even if I hit him, the third master might not be willing to believe what you said, so he said: "Master, hold on, I have to go see the third master and help you to talk to him. Next year, the master will make up for it even more." .”

Zheng Yu said angrily: "Who are you to intercede with the third master?" He added, "Otherwise, what achievements have you done? Let me take the blame and say that we will do it together. You set a price and the third master will do it." ...There are also one and twenty taels.”

He originally wanted to say three to fifty taels, but thought it was too much, so he changed his mind to one to twenty taels.

Li Jingfeng thought for a while and said: "Du Jun, the acting head of the Huashan Giant Spirit Sect, was corrupt, perverted the law, persecuted civilians, and seized people's property. You and I will work together to kill him?"

He thought it would be best not to involve his little sister and Gu Qingshang, and he could take over as much as he could.

"Which Huashan?" Zheng Yu asked, "The Huashan in Shaanxi? The giant spirit sect whose leader is named Du? The one with the nickname Giant God?"

Li Jingfeng nodded: "How?"

Zheng Yu's face turned pale: "Is there any small contribution you can make?"

Li Jingfeng scratched his head: "A group of horse bandits robbed the Huashan convoy a while ago. It was presided over by senior Peng Xiaobei. He and the third master are good friends. You just say that you helped, and I will testify for you?"

Zheng Yu asked: "Do you have the merit of not beheading, not exterminating the family, and not dying for three generations?"

Li Jingfeng shook his head: "No."

Zheng Yu was dejected. Li Jingfeng saw that he was pitiful and said: "Be honest with the third master and plead with him. The third master is a good person and will be more lenient."

Zheng Yu muttered: "Your third master must not be named Qi."

Li Jingfeng saw that he was reckless and straightforward, but had no ill feelings, so he said: "If you don't hit me, I will return the horse to you, and we will go to Qifeng Village together."

Seeing that he was willing to return the horses, Zheng Yu quickly agreed.Li Jingfeng returned the horse to him, Zheng Yu mounted the horse, and they walked together.

Zheng Yu asked: "You are wanted and you still have to go to the appointment. Why don't you just run away?"

Li Jingfeng wanted to say that he and Qi Zigai were acquainted, but he was afraid that others would not believe him, so he simply said: "A man keeps his word. I owe Third Master a debt of gratitude, and I must pay it back."

Zheng Yu said, "It doesn't look very bad." Then he asked, "Do you know how Chai Peng died?"

Li Jingfeng said: "Perhaps he met a strong man and was killed by bandits."

Zheng Yu muttered: "This Chai Peng's martial arts is better than mine. The person who killed him has such good martial arts. Why should he be a strongman? They are all loners. Isn't it good to be on the night list?"

When Li Jingfeng heard what he said, he remembered what was strange. Chai Peng didn't even draw the knife. If the person who killed him was not an acquaintance, how good would he have been?At least he is definitely not an ordinary path-cutting strongman.He asked: "Is it a personal enmity? Knowing that he was going to Qifeng Village, he ambushed and attacked?"

Zheng Yu said: "It should be like this."

While the two were talking, Li Jingfeng saw two riders walking on the path ahead and thought to himself: "Why are there so many people on such a path?"

The two people walked very slowly, seemingly leisurely. When they looked back and saw someone approaching, they even slowed down their hooves.Li Jingfeng was carrying a wanted man, and encountered many chases along the way. He was very wary. He saw two people, one tall and one short. The taller man had a short stick on his waist, and the short man carried a thick-backed knife. He had strong muscles. large.

The two of them noticed someone approaching and turned around to say hello: "Are you going to Qifeng Village?"

Zheng Yu said: "How could it be such a coincidence? Is it the night of life and death or the day of repayment?"

The tall man chuckled and said, "It's almost the Chinese New Year, who's going out in the cold weather? Aren't they all debtors who have to pay back their debts?"

The short man said: "We are repaying a favor. You two are not here to bring trouble to the third master, are you?"

Zheng Yu hurriedly waved his hand: "How dare you do this. You two must be strangers to each other. You have lived in Qifeng Village for one night and have seen the third master murder people. How can you still have the courage to do something?"

Li Jingfeng was suspicious and wanted to test the two of them, but he didn't know how. While he was deep in thought, Zheng Yu asked, "What good things have you done? Tell me."

The short man was stunned and said hurriedly: "It's all trivial and not worth mentioning."

The two people were just trying to avoid it, but Zheng Yu didn't let it go. He kept asking, "Tell me, if it's a good achievement, can I give you some remuneration and make a note of it?"

The tall man was anxious by his question, so he slowed down his horse and walked behind him. The short man spoke in front, saying: "This little thing about my brother..."

The tall man whipped out his short stick and hit Zheng Yu on the head. This blow was fierce, swift and powerful, and was about to crack Zheng Yu's skull.Li Jingfeng was already prepared, and when he raised his stick, Li Jingfeng jumped up and threw him off the horse. His blow was fast and hard. Although his body was pushed down, he still hit Zheng Yu on the buttocks of the horse, causing great pain to the horse. He stood up and kept jumping around.

Zheng Yu didn't know what happened and couldn't hold back the reins. The short man came at him with a knife. Zheng Yu was shocked and fell off his horse. He took out a wrought iron rod to fight the enemy. The short man was on the horse and kept slashing with his knife. The two of them exchanged blows. Get started.

Li Jingfeng threw the tall man to the ground. The man came at the door with a stick, but Li Jingfeng quickly rolled away to avoid it.The tall man kept moving with his chest and forehead, obviously intending to kill people, so Li Jingfeng pulled out his original intention and fought.At this time, his martial arts has not yet been fully developed. In terms of martial arts alone, he is really no match for this person. However, he has already known how to use his own advantages. He is not in a hurry to fight back and focuses on dodging. That person's moves are all wide open and wide, which requires heavy effort. There will be flaws if you wait.

After twenty or thirty moves, the tall man's strength gradually ran out.Before Li Jingfeng could take action, he suddenly heard a scream from the short man and was hit in the shoulder by Zheng Yu with a stick.Zheng Yu succeeded in one move and broke the man's calf, chest and ribs with three sticks in a row.When the tall man saw that his companion was seriously injured, his expression changed drastically, and he turned around to escape. How could Li Jingfeng let him go, and used his twilight scale armor to trap him.Zheng Yu took the opportunity to grab him and hit him in the chest with a stick. The tall man vomited blood and fell to the ground.

Zheng Yu asked angrily: "Fuck you, why do you want to harm us?"

The tall man gasped: "Someone... bought his life... to kill... someone who went to repay his kindness. One life in exchange for... 20 taels."

Zheng Yu was overjoyed: "Are you from the night list?"

Just as the tall man nodded, Zheng Yu jumped up and beat the man to death with a stick, but Li Jingfeng was unable to stop him.I just heard Zheng Yu shouting excitedly: "I killed two night list killers, and I have made a contribution this year!" Turning around to kill the short man again, Li Jingfeng hurriedly stood in front of the short man and said: "Don't kill in a hurry yet, and Something to ask!”

The short man was not nervous when he saw the tall man dead. Li Jingfeng admired his courage and asked, "You also killed Chai Peng?"

The man nodded.

Zheng Yu said: "You guys are not that good at kung fu!"

Li Jingfeng thought of the situation just now. It was expected that one person was in front to attract Chai Peng's attention, and the other person made a sneak attack from behind.These two people are really vicious. He had asked Li Zhui and other night list killers before, but knowing that he could not find out the mastermind, he asked: "Only kill those who repay kindness, but not if they want to go to the night of life and death?"

The man said: "That's right."

Li Jingfeng confirmed that it was correct and said anxiously: "Someone wants to harm the third master!"

Zheng Yu still didn't understand and asked, "Who wants to harm the third master?"

Li Jingfeng said: "Let's talk as we walk!" After that, he pulled the short horse, got on it and left.

Zheng Yu beat the short man to death with a stick, then chased him on horseback, shouting: "Wait for me!"

Li Jingfeng said: "They want to ambush in Qifeng Village and murder the third master!"

Zheng Yu was shocked and quickly caught up with him.

(End of this chapter)