Under the sky

Chapter 230

But even if he knew that someone was going to deal with Qi Zigai, where would he find the third master at this time?Li Jingfeng ran out of the path and asked Zheng Yudao: "Which way to go from Sanlongguan to Qifeng Village?"

Zheng Yudao: "I'm not a local, how do I know?"

Li Jingfeng said: "Find someone to ask."

Although Li Jingfeng was anxious, Zheng Yu had different thoughts.I have seen the Third Master’s martial arts skills with my own eyes. If someone really wants to harm the Third Master, the ambush must be very powerful. What ability do I have to join in the fun?So he said: "I won't get involved in this matter. You go find the Third Master yourself and I'll go back to Henan."

Li Jingfeng said: "If you go back, it means you didn't come this year. If you miss one, you will be punished by two. You will have to come in the next three years, or the third master will have to look for you."

Zheng Yu was stunned. Qi Zigai's martial arts skills were unparalleled. If he was not dead and came to Henan, he would be punished by one penalty and two. If he still knew that he knew and refused to report it, he would be punished by three, four, five, six and seven. How would he live in peace in the future?But if the opponent is powerful, he doesn't want to take the risk.

Li Jingfeng knew that he was afraid of trouble, so he said, "You go and inform Third Master, and I will go to Qifeng Village to check the situation. It's not dangerous to inform Third Master, right?" Seeing Zheng Yu's hesitation, he added, "You have done this, Third Master Thanks, maybe you won’t have to use it for the next two years.”

When Zheng Yu heard that it made sense, he said, "Then I'll stop the third master." After that, he went north.

With the power and urgency, Li Jingfeng went to Qifeng Village that night and sneaked in in the dark.Qifeng Village was empty, and the dilapidated doors kept chirping in the wind. Even though it was his second visit, Li Jingfeng still felt that the village was very ghostly, and his hair stood on end.

The village was not big, so he walked around quietly and saw no living person.Have the enemies arrived yet?Li Jingfeng jumped up to the roof and looked into the distance, but when he got up, there was still no one there.He found the guest room where he and Qi Zigai had stayed. The oil lamp on the table still had the residual oil from last year. The quilt had been taken away. He spent the night curled up on the bed with his clothes and shoes.

Early the next morning, there was a "click" sound as the door opened. Li Jingfeng was startled, holding his original intention on guard, but an old man walked into the room.The old man was stunned when he saw him, and opened his white eyes wide. After a while, he said: "This room belongs to the third master, please change it."

Li Jingfeng recognized the old man who led the way last year and said hurriedly: "Old man, it's dangerous here. Someone wants to harm the third master. Please leave quickly!"

The old man ignored him, carried a package into the house, and took out the sweeping tools to clean the room.

Li Jingfeng said anxiously: "Old man, did you hear me? It's dangerous here!"

The old man brought a bucket of water to wipe the tables and chairs. He ignored what Li Jingfeng said.Li Jingfeng saw that he was old and slow, so he took the rag and helped him wipe the tables and chairs. While cleaning, he told Zheng Yu about his meeting and the ambush.

The old man still ignored him, and Li Jingfeng wondered if he was deaf.He hurriedly walked up to him and gestured, but the old man just ignored him.

Li Jingfeng couldn't help but said: "Old man, did you hear that?"

Seeing him lose his temper, the old man finally raised his head and said coldly: "I don't want to listen to a word you villains have to say."

Li Jingfeng was stunned and felt that there was infinite hatred in the old man's eyes. Then he realized that the old man didn't believe him at all, so he said: "It doesn't matter if you don't believe it. It's dangerous here. I should stay away first."

The old man said: "I have to serve the third master." After saying that, he went to light a fire and make rice.

Li Jingfeng walked outside the house. It was noon, and there were some horses approaching in the distance. Li Jingfeng didn't know who they were, so he made up his mind. He walked into the kitchen and said to the old man, "I'm sorry." After that, he knocked the old man unconscious and knocked him out. He carried him to the room, tied him with cloth strips and stuffed him under the kang, then walked out of the room.

There were three people who came. I don’t know if they were going to the Night of Life and Death to repay their favor or to ambush someone who wanted to plot against the Third Master.When the man in front saw Li Jingfeng, he didn't say hello. The three of them took the horses to the back of the village and tied them up, then chose a room and entered.

Not long after, another man came into the village, dressed in shabby clothes, on foot, and also found a house to stay.

Before dusk, more than a dozen groups totaling more than [-] people came to the village. Most of them were riding horses, and there were even people riding sedan chairs. They all found a hut and entered like the first comers.Most of the houses were in disrepair for many years, with broken windows and tiles. There were not many houses to choose from, and those who couldn't choose a good house would curse.After a while, these people came out in twos and threes, chatting with each other, and greeted familiar faces when they saw them. It seemed that the other party had not killed everyone who came to the appointment.Li Jingfeng mingled among them, trying to distinguish which ones were acquaintances, which ones were strangers, and which households were particularly suspicious if they stayed behind closed doors.

Someone asked: "Why are there so few people this year?"

Someone said: "Maybe I was delayed on the road."

Li Jingfeng had been paying attention to the outside of the village, and was shocked when he saw the dust and smoke rising far away.Seeing the power, other people entered the house one after another.

As the visitor approached, he saw the two men leading more than 20 riders. Li Jingfeng thought to himself: "Could these be the enemies?"

But I saw the two leading men, one wearing a green robe and the other wearing a gray-white cotton-padded jacket, with a fierce look in their eyes.The man in green robe shouted: "Is Brother Yi here?"

With a "Gah" sound, a small room opened, and a tall, thin middle-aged man in expensive clothes walked out, shouting: "Brother Song, Brother Chen!"

The man in green robe dismounted and said: "We, 25 brothers from Zhaotianmen, are here to help brother Yi!"

The man in gray robe said: "Fuck! Does this Qi Zigai really think that he has three heads and six arms and is all-powerful? The night of life and death? Bah!"

As soon as he shouted, several more people pushed the door open and walked out. It seemed that they were all going to fight for life and death, about seven or eight.Everyone greeted each other and scolded Qi Zigai, mostly saying that he was nosy, self-righteous and underestimated the heroes in the world.

Li Jingfeng couldn't help but be frightened when he saw these people were all tall and tall.He knew that with the Third Master's character, he would still go to the appointment tonight, but he would be more careful. He might bring the Iron Sword Silver Guard to protect him, so there was no need to worry.

He went back to the room to rest for a while. The old man happened to wake up and struggled under the kang. Li Jingfeng was afraid that he would be hurt, so he comforted him: "I really don't mean any harm. Listen to me, I am the third master's friend." He briefly talked about how to get acquainted with the Third Master and how to go to Lenglongling. He also mentioned that he had been an Iron Sword Silver Guard. Many of the details were difficult to fake. After listening to it for a long time, the old man seemed to believe it.

Li Jingfeng untied the bandage from his mouth: "It's dangerous tonight, please leave quickly. I'll greet you when the third master comes." After that, he untied the old man.

The old man got out from under the kang in a dusty state, patted the dust and soot on his body, hunched over and walked to the door. Li Jingfeng hurriedly shouted: "Where are you going, old man?"

"Prepare food for Third Master." The old man said, "I have to serve Third Master."

Li Jingfeng was stunned. He followed the old man and saw him returning to the kitchen to start a fire. He took out a large piece of mutton from the package to make soup, grilled the meat, put on the sauce, and murmured: "The third master really likes to eat my roasted leg of lamb." ." Li Jingfeng didn't understand why he was so persistent. He wanted to help but was scolded away by him.

Even if he believed Li Jingfeng's words, he still seemed unwilling to talk to Li Jingfeng, or even look at him.

Before nightfall, six or seven groups of people arrived at Qifeng Village. The number was uncertain, but most of them were one or two people. Only two groups came with a few brothers.There were about sixty people in total, more than ten people came to repay the favor, and about forty people came to seek revenge.

Just these people?Li Jingfeng thought to himself, if there were only these forty people, even if there were one or two top masters among them, the Third Master would be able to protect himself even if he could not win.

Li Jingfeng was not relieved because of this. He was even more worried, feeling that the real mastermind had not yet arrived.

He was so anxious waiting for nightfall that he couldn't even think of taking a break. He jumped up to the roof and looked into the distance. Qifeng Village was pitch black, just like the first time he came.After nightfall, everyone locked their doors, waiting for a good killing. They wanted to recharge their batteries in a life-and-death battle with the third master, and thought about avoiding disaster by turning in their contributions tomorrow. Everyone knew that most of the people who would gather here were not good people. , if you can make less enemies, make less enemies.

He sat on the roof for two hours. In addition to the sound of the wind, there was also the banging of the old wooden windows opening and closing, which seemed to knock on his heart. The howling of wolves in the distance was particularly sad.

There seems to be a figure?In the far south... No, not just the south, but also the east and west!Li Jingfeng cheered up. Even if he had night eyes, his vision at night would not be as clear as during the day.how many people?What time is it now?He couldn't decide.The number of people was not as large as expected, but there were at least dozens of people. Without lanterns, they marched in the dark using only moonlight, and gathered about twenty feet outside Qifeng Village.

Li Jingfeng couldn't help but shudder when he suddenly saw a faint light swaying in the dark night from the north.It was a strong horse with a lantern hanging on it. It approached slowly and calmly, taking a good rest.

Li Jingfeng was surprised, is it the third master?He quickly turned over and jumped down and ran towards the entrance of the village.

When the rider approached, he recognized Qi Zigai and Qi Xiaofang. Li Jingfeng was surprised and thought, why is the third master still bringing Xiaofang with him?But there was no one behind him. Where were the guards?He hurried forward.

When Qi Ziguan saw someone coming, he didn't light a lantern. He was puzzled. He slowed down his horse and asked, "Who is it?" Li Jingfeng was about to shout loudly, but suddenly stopped when he was about to speak, for fear of alarming the assassins.

Qi Xiaofang was very happy when he saw Li Jingfeng: "Brother Jingfeng!" He jumped off his horse and rushed forward to hug Li Jingfeng.

Qi Zigaice immediately stepped forward, surprised and delighted at the same time, and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Third Master, haven't you seen Zheng Yu?" Li Jingfeng asked.Could it be that Zheng Yu ran away after all and did not report the news to Third Master?

"This name sounds familiar, who is it?" Qi Ziguan asked.

"There is an ambush!" Li Jingfeng whispered, "Third Master, someone wants to harm you, leave quickly!"

Qi Zigai frowned: "What kind of ambush?"

Without further questioning, he stretched out his hand, grabbed a cold arrow, and immediately shouted: "Jingfeng, protect the small room!" He grabbed the horse's belly and ran towards the darkness.Qi Xiaofang also knew that something big had happened, so he huddled in Li Jingfeng's arms. Li Jingfeng said: "Xiaofang, follow me!" He pulled Qi Xiaofang and ran towards the village.

Before midnight, the sound of killing broke out all around, alarming the evildoers in the village. Someone jumped onto the eaves with a torch and shouted: "This opportunity is not to be missed. Anyone who wants to kill Qi Zigai comes with me!"

As soon as these words came out, several doors opened at the same time, and everyone who came out looked towards the eaves.Just listen to the man shouting: "What the hell, if you don't take action, Qi Zigai will come back to deal with you!"

Li Jingfeng was shocked when he saw the old man standing at the door holding a lantern. He hurriedly pushed Qi Xiaofang into the house and said, "Xiaofang, don't move in this room. I'll go help Third Master!"

Qi Xiaofang nodded, and Li Jingfeng said to the old man: "This is the third master's adopted daughter, look at her."

When he turned around, there were bright lights of fire outside the village, and there were thunderous sounds of killing.Li Jingfeng held a sword and was about to help Qi Zigai, but he thought that his martial arts skills were low and he was afraid that he would not be able to help. Just like the unknown Ming Dynasty's sudden attack last time, he would drag Shen Weichen down, so he knocked on every door. , shouted: "Someone wants to harm Third Master, come and help!"

Someone pushed open the window: "What does Qi Zigai's life and death have to do with us? We are here to repay the debt. It would be better if the creditor is dead!"

Li Jingfeng was even more anxious.

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There were torches lighting up one after another, and there were quite a few people.How many people are there on the east side?twenty?thirty?The number of people in the west is about the same, right?Qi Zigai was too lazy to think about it, so he put out the lantern and headed west first.

In the dark night, the sound of breaking wind came towards him. He suddenly lifted the reins, and Xiaobai pulled him horizontally. He tore off his cotton-padded jacket, used his true energy to make a circle, and put away all the hidden weapons.Seven or eight people forced themselves in front of the horse, and one of them slashed at the horse's legs with a knife. Xiaobai suddenly raised his front hooves to avoid it, as if he was spiritual. His feet were in the air. On the side of the horse, Qi Zigai took advantage of the situation and kicked the man two feet away. Far.Xiaobai lowered his front hoof, kicked backwards, and kicked away the assassin approaching from behind.

Qi Zigai let go of the reins and let Xiaobai run around at will. Xiaobai jumped and ran, left and right, like a frightened wild horse leaping and galloping in the crowd, but in fact he cleverly avoided the swords and swords that greeted him.Qi Zigai sat upright on the horse, no matter how bumpy and bumpy it was, he was not affected at all. He grabbed a person and lifted him up. He grabbed his leg with his left hand and pulled him down, breaking his waist and throwing him at many people. He was so strong that he knocked over two more people. Three people.

Someone shouted: "Disperse! Surround us!"

If you don't say anything, attracting attention is the same as seeking death.Qi Zigai shook the cotton-padded jacket wrapped with many hidden weapons, and the hidden weapons were activated, covering a ten-foot radius around the man. The man hurriedly jumped to avoid it, only his upper body was avoided, and the waist and abdomen were covered with sleeve arrows, flying knives, Bodhi seeds and iron caltrops. .

Just by looking at this flash, Qi Zigai knew that this group of people was not simple. They were comparable to the night list killers on Lenglong Ridge. Who was the leader?

The man shot the horse first, and a spear came towards Xiaobai. Qi Zigai stretched out his hand to catch the man, but before the man could withdraw his hand, Xiaobai kept footing and knocked him down. The horse's hoofs trampled on him, causing him to scream in agony. .

Even the weapons were brought. Qi Zigai turned the head of his gun upside down, reined in his horse, raised the gun and picked out one person. In just a moment, Qi Zigai's horses clashed with each other, charging in and out, killing five people.

From the west, many people came running with torches to look at their movements. Some were elegant, some were steady, some had strange footsteps, some were unpredictable, and none of them were simple.

Damn it, where did you find all these good guys?
Xiaobai ran quickly and rushed out of the siege. He was already more than a hundred feet away from the village and looked like he was about to escape.Several assassins with good qinggong skills followed behind. One of them pounced and slashed with a knife. Qi Zigai didn't move his head. He turned around, and the gun went out from his shoulder in a circle. He strung the man up with a carbine, and then held it with both hands. He threw the body out like a flagpole, jumped up, turned around in mid-air, threw the spear, passed through a person's chest, the head of the spear was nailed into the ground, he fell, and he picked up the spear and fired it at the remaining three people. Kill people.

Only then did the three people realize that they were running too fast and dropped the people behind them by more than thirty feet. They were dazzled when they saw Qi Zigai spinning his spear in circles. They didn't know how to get closer and hurriedly waved their weapons to protect themselves.How could Qi Zigai allow them to delay?The spear pushed away a man's sword and stabbed him in the lower abdomen, piercing his intestines with a single slash.The other person was holding a big knife and dancing like crazy. Qi Zigai's spear went straight into it. The spear was cut into two pieces with a "click" sound. Qi Zigai's hand was left with a sharpened eyebrow-leveling stick, and half of the spear head was still alive. into the man's chest.

In the end, the man was so scared that he didn't even dare to protect himself, so he turned around and ran away.A black shadow rushed out of the slanting stab, and there was a loud "bang". Xiaobai ran back without knowing when, knocking the man far away.Qi Zigai burst into laughter, flew up, sat back firmly on his horse, and galloped away. The little white horse was so powerful that after a while it was submerged in the night.

The horses crowed away, and the assassins looked at each other. Qi Zigai, who was famous all over the world, just escaped like this?However, the sound of the horse's hooves did not disappear after half a circle, and after a while it ran towards them again.

Everyone was concentrating on themselves, waiting to see the horses, but there was no one there. Only then did someone realize in surprise: "Behind!"

Qi Zigai had already used Qinggong to go around to the rear, and rushed into the enemy's formation in the dark. He made a few bangs, but he didn't know who was affected. He only knew that his fists, elbows and legs would hurt him if he touched them, and he would die if he touched them.

Qi Zigai was not fond of fighting. He succeeded in the sneak attack and was about to pull away when he caught a glimpse of a man holding a small shield and a knife in the other hand. He guessed it was a martial art from the hob sect. He was overjoyed and leaned forward.Seeing Qi Zigai approaching, the man squatted down, raised a shield with his left hand to protect his upper body, and held a knife in his right hand to chop off Qi Zigai's calf. Qi Zigai lightly jumped up and kicked him down. The man couldn't support himself and fell to the ground with the shield still there. Protect your upper body.Qi Zigai stepped hard with his left foot, almost trampling the man into the ground. The man's shield hit his chest with his arm, and the arm bones and ribs were broken at the same time, and it was inserted into his lungs. Qi Zigai grabbed the knife with his left hand and swept it all over his body, forcing him away. The visitor picked up his shield to protect himself and rushed out of the crowd. With a whistle, Xiaobai came. Qi Zigai got on his horse and galloped away again.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten people had been killed, and the assassins looked at each other in shock.Although they had heard about Qi Zigai's martial arts skills, they expected that no matter how strong a master was, he could be hacked to death with more than sixty people surrounding him. However, Qi Zigai's fighting style was really mysterious. They could only hear the sound of horse hooves whirling in the distance, sometimes far away and sometimes near. From left to right, why is it that the party that is clearly supposed to be besieging is on tenterhooks, wary of a sneak attack?

Not long after, there was a bright fire at the entrance of the village a hundred feet away, and more than thirty people rushed out with lanterns. It was the murderer who was preparing to catch Qi Ziguan on the night of life and death.Just listen to them shout loudly: "Qi Zigai come out and die!"

Don't shout, if you shout you will come.I saw a horse charging towards the thirty or so people in the dark night. There were a few snaps and a few sparse killing sounds. Before the shouts were finished, the horse was far away and no one could be seen. Except for a few corpses on the ground, the horse was even rooted to the ground. No hair was left.

When the group of people saw Qi Zigai running into the village, they shouted: "Qi Zigai has entered the village! Chase him!"

Qi Zigai ran into the village and saw Li Jingfeng talking to a group of people, but he didn't know what to say.The gang of thugs at the entrance of the village were chasing after them. Qi Zigai did not stop his horse. He flipped over and landed on the ground. He slashed at the attackers and stopped immediately.These people were originally here for the night of life and death. Their martial arts skills were not as good as those of the assassins. If they were surrounded, they could still fight with Qi Zigai for a while. Now they were chasing after each other. They were literally lining up to die. Qi Zigai held a shield with his left hand to block it. He slashed one by one with his right hand and killed them again in the blink of an eye. Six or seven people.

Xiaobai kept walking and walked half a circle around the village. He didn't wait for the people coming from behind to catch up, and rushed back to Qi Zigai to meet him.Qi Zigai got on his horse and ran out from the south exit. The horse was running at full speed. How could an ordinary person catch up?
There were only about [-] people left out of the thirty people, and they didn't dare to pursue them further.Just listen to Qi Zigai's voice coming from a distance with his inner strength: "Don't run around, it's inconvenient to clean up!" This frightened these people to the point where their faces changed drastically.

Qi Zigai ran out from the south of the village and ran a hundred feet away. He slowed down his horse's hooves to let Xiaobai rest while he took the opportunity to recuperate his inner breath.This group of assassins is much more troublesome than the villains, Qi Ziguo thought. Regardless of their martial arts skills, no matter how these villains tried to stir up crowds in the past, when it comes to the night of life and death, villains cherish their lives and find it difficult to protect each other. When faced with danger, they want to protect themselves first, even at night. The same is true for the Bang Assassin. As long as he kills a few people, he will flee.

But this group of assassins is different. These people are more desperate. Although they may not protect each other, they are obviously not afraid of death.This is a dead soldier, but there are not many dead soldiers with such good kung fu. One guy has more than sixty people here. How much does it cost?How long does it take to prepare?
Another problem is, who is the leader of this group of people?One of those 60 people?If that were the case, it would be easy to handle, but if there was a top expert commanding it, it would be troublesome.

He saw the group of people carrying lanterns running from the south of the village. Assassins and villains were mixed in, and the number became larger.I just like them to get together and smile together.The uneven team is easier to disrupt. Are you carrying so many lanterns for fear of being missed?

"Xiao Bai, let's play again!" Qi Zigai clamped his feet together, and Xiao Bai stepped forward, gradually speeding up.Suddenly, a gray shadow caught up with him from the right. It should be noted that although the little white horse had some remaining strength, it was already running at full speed like an ordinary horse. This man's lightness skills were so high that he was able to catch up with the horse.

He is a master, a top-notch master.

The man and Qi Zigai were about ten feet apart. With a wave of his hand, an iron cable hook flew out, and his fingers spread out.No, two!The man's side was also covered by a master in black clothes who also used hooks and claws. The two claws were like a skeleton in the dark night, grabbing the soul with open hands.

Qi Zigai swung his sword to block, the iron chain wrapped around the blade, the hook circled around and rushed towards the door, Qi Zigai ducked to avoid it.The two people pulled hard. If they were fighting on the horse, it would definitely affect Xiao Bai's running. Qi Zigai let go of the knife and clamped the horse fiercely. Xiao Bai galloped with all his strength. The two people ran quickly but their strength failed. The two forces rushed and his body He jolted backwards but didn't fall down.

A masked man in Tsing Yi appeared at the entrance of the village at some time. He only stood there standing still, as steady as Mount Tai. When Qi Zigai turned around, he found that the distance between the two was only more than twenty feet.I saw the man move, running straight towards Xiao Bai, and just as he was about to collide, the man jumped over Xiao Bai, struck down with a palm in the air, raised his shield together, and touched each other with a loud "ding" sound. , this man actually used a pair of fleshy palms to make a metal clashing sound. Qi Zijie felt his arms shake. Ordinary horses would have fallen down under this huge force, but Xiaobai stretched out his hooves to relieve some of the force.

Although Xiao Bai didn't fall down, his momentum was blocked. The two people behind him caught up with him and grabbed him with two hooks and claws.Shooting the man first, shooting the horse. What they captured was not Qi Zigai, but Xiaobai's hind legs.

(End of this chapter)