Under the sky

Chapter 318: The Disaster of Mandrill Wall

Li Jingfeng went down the mountain to meet Amao and asked if he saw anyone passing by. Amao mentioned that there was fire running down the mountain and headed west.Li Jingfeng knew that he could not catch up, so he rested at the foot of the mountain. He tossed and turned all night, feeling sad and not in the mood to understand the martial arts principles he had just figured out.

Early the next morning, Li Jingfeng and Amao went west, and Amao asked the whole story.Before noon, the sound of horse hooves was suddenly heard again. The dusty Wuhan University rushed over, and immediately six more heads were hung.

Li Jingfeng saw him and asked sullenly, "Why are you here?"

Wu Datong said hurriedly: "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious. Those girls also have to pack their things and recover from their injuries. Besides..." He patted his chest and said, "I also have business to do, so along the way."

Li Jingfeng was still suspicious: "Aren't you going to lie to me?"

"How dare you lie to Daxia Li!" Wu Datong laughed loudly, "I don't want to be in fear for the rest of my life! According to your instructions, 30 taels per person and 50 taels for those with children. If you want to go home and find a place to live, I will help you. It will definitely be easy for them to find a place to settle down!"

Li Jingfeng said "hmm" and said, "You don't need to call me a hero. If you respect me, just call me Brother Li." After a while, he asked again, "The great disciple of Tiezhenzi ran to the west. Do you know where he went?" Is there any village on the way?"

Wu Datong was stunned and said: "That apprentice's martial arts is not very good. Tiezhenzi is dead. He is useless and wanted. He can't live without the lonely graveyard. With his ability, it will be difficult to survive in the lonely graveyard for a long time."

Li Jingfeng said: "I have to see him die in front of me to feel at ease."

Wuhan University Channel: "The third master is not so stubborn."

Li Jingfeng looked ahead: "Third Master is not as free as I am."

Wu Datong laughed: "I didn't ask yesterday, why did Brother Li come to Gu Cemetery? Are you trying to chase down some evil person?"

Li Jingfeng said: "Let's learn more, and we'll talk about other things later."

Wuhan University Channel: "Brother Li, why don't we make a deal..."

Amao sneered: "Okay, I'll take your shit. The stupid donkey won't follow you to pick melons and share the money!"

Wu Datong was exposed to his face and did not blush. He asked Amao: "What do you call brother?"

"Brother, it's your Master Mao!" Although Amao is a girl, she is young and ugly, and she is often mistaken for a boy because she is often mistaken for a boy. Fighting will make your efforts in vain, your tail is so high that your asshole can be seen!"

"That's not what you said." Wu Datong stroked his pointed beard, "I have always looked down on Tiezhenzi, but unfortunately I don't have the ability to accept him. This guy is just making money along the way. Besides, my status is inconvenient."

Amao sneered: "If you are not familiar with it, would Tiezhen allow you to enter his house? Stupid donkeys are easy to deceive, but Master Mao is not stupid!"

Wu Datong chuckled and said: "I can't kill Tie Zhenzi, but if Tie Zhenzi still wants to hang out in the lonely cemetery, as long as I don't lift the curtain of his house, he won't dare to touch a hair of my dick!"

Amao didn't believe it: "Zombie tug of war - nonsense!"

Wu Datong smiled and said nothing.

The three of them walked another twenty miles. The mountains and forests were getting farther and farther, and the yellow sand was getting more and more. Li Jingfeng looked from a distance and saw more than a dozen flags flying at the three-way intersection. Looking at the huge momentum, he didn't know how many people there were.He frowned and took out the map. Wu Datong stretched his neck to look at it and said, "You're right, it's right in front."

Li Jingfeng wanted to see the situation clearly and walked for about a mile. Amao also saw something was wrong and said, "There seems to be something over there."

"Flags, I estimate there are hundreds of people and dozens of flags." Li Jingfeng said, "Amao, be alert."

"Looking for you?" Amao heard that there were hundreds of people and asked, suppressing the fear in his heart.

"I don't have such a big face." Li Jingfeng said, "They shouldn't know that I'm here."

They were definitely not reinforcements brought in by Tiezhenzi's disciples. Firstly, because Tiezhenzi's disciples had this ability, they didn't have to hide in the mountains to make a living. Secondly, the other party had obviously seen him, but didn't seem to be planning to come over.

When he got closer, Li Jingfeng could already see various banners, most of them were copycat horse bandits, and there seemed to be sects mixed in among them.The copycat horse bandits are so arrogant when they mix with the sect, which is not something you can see in the Jiuda family.

"What are these people doing here?" Li Jingfeng asked.

"They are all heroes from the lonely graveyard, waiting for me." Wu Datong replied.

"Oh?" Li Jingfeng became curious, "Brother Wu turns out to be a local snake? No wonder Tiezhenzi doesn't dare to touch you."

Wu Datong chuckled: "I didn't invite Brother Li to drink yesterday. If I don't give up, I will go to the village and buy you a drink."

Li Jingfeng saw Wu Datong's strange aura and wanted to know what tricks he was up to. Besides, this village was exactly the one on his brother's map, and he had to visit it no matter what, so he said, "I was just trying to go into the village to find someone, but you were disturbed. "

"Yicun is my territory, who do you want to find, brother?" Wu Datong asked.

"Old Man Chen." Li Jingfeng said, "Let's call him Old Man Chen."

Wu Datong was surprised: "Do you recognize Old Man Chen?"

Li Jingfeng replied: "The solitary cemetery is dangerous. My friend specifically asked me to ask him first to find out the truth."

Wu Datong exclaimed: "What a coincidence, I also want to find Old Man Chen. It is easier to enter the village if you follow me." Then he drove his horse forward and shouted loudly: "I'm back, give way! Make way!"

His move was to make Li Jingfeng suspicious. Li Jingfeng and Amao followed him on horseback, and the more than a hundred people broke through the waves to make way for a passage.When someone saw Li Jingfeng, they said "Hey" and took out the paper in their arms to compare it. It seemed that there were people from the Haidu Yamen here.

Yi Village is a very small village. It is located on a three-way road covered with yellow sand and bushes. It has only a few dozen wooden houses. The back of the village is surrounded by farmland and rows of fruit trees, just like an ordinary farmhouse.The residents of the village wore coarse cloth, and men farmed and women weaved. If it weren't for the strong muscles and the stable footwork that had obviously been practiced in martial arts, Li Jingfeng would really believe that this was an ordinary village.

This village is different. Although Li Jingfeng has not gone deep into the solitary cemetery, he has also seen villages close to the solitary cemetery in Jinyang. Every door is closed, and a large number of bodyguards are hired to protect the courtyard. The villagers are equipped with swords, and their eyes are suspicious when they see outsiders. After looking at it, I saw that the shopkeeper hung the knife on the wall, and even the waiter had a dagger tied around his waist for protection.They were always worried about the horse bandits and thieves who emerged from the solitary cemetery and were also worried about the desperadoes who fled to the solitary cemetery. If the public security in Jinyang had not been so bad, Shaolin would not have moved the Jindi government office to Zezhou.

The situation is even more serious when entering a solitary cemetery.Li Jingfeng passed several dilapidated villages along the way. They were all deserted, with crumbling houses and crumbling walls. The original cultivated land was covered with weeds. Ordinary villages could not survive in lonely graveyards.

But this village is at the end of a deserted and disrepaired road. Inside, there are neat and orderly houses, which are in contrast to the bullies and gangsters gathered at the entrance of the village.The villagers were content, chatting and laughing as usual, even without weapons, and did not take outsiders seriously, as if the village was a paradise in a lonely cemetery. Even the people from all religions outside the village had some respect for Wu Datong.

As soon as Wu Datong entered the village, seven or eight people wanted to follow him in. Wu Datong waved and said: "Don't worry, just come in again after shouting! The village is so small, it will be crowded when a group of people come in!"

Someone pointed at Li Jingfeng and asked, "Why did he go in first?"

Wu Datong smiled and said: "Whoever has a reward of 1000 taels on his body, follow him in!"

Several people were surprised when they heard this and couldn't help but look at Li Jingfeng.Wu Datong reached out and shook the head hanging on the horse: "Tie Zhenzi was taken in by him last night. He didn't hurt him even a hair before he died. Anyone who is interested can just follow!"

When those people heard about Tiezhenzi's death, they dispersed with fear on their faces.Li Jingfeng ignored him after hearing this. Wu Datong led Li Jingfeng and said: "Brother, Yi Village is different from other villages in Gufendi. There are only three rules in the village: don't kill the people who belong to you, don't come in if you don't have to, and let bygones be bygones."

"What do you mean?" Li Jingfeng was about to ask when Amao suddenly shouted: "Fuck! Stupid donkey, what does that store sell?"

Amao was still learning how to read. Li Jingfeng thought she had seen some weird store sign that he couldn't understand, so he followed her hand and pointed to it. This sight made him dumbfounded even if he had traveled all over the country, his jaw wide open and unable to speak.

It was a small shop, located on the road not far from the entrance of the village. There was a counter across the shop, and behind the counter sat a strong man in green clothes, with his chin propped up on his left hand, half asleep and half awake. At first glance, it looked like a grocery store with poor business. .

But there were old wooden boards hanging on the left and right outside the shop, with words painted on them in black paint. On one side it said: "A handful of broken silver" and on the other side: "Three kilograms of blood steamed buns."A banner sign hung on the top of the store, with two words written in bright red paint: "Night List".

Not only that, there are also many pieces of paper pasted on the outer wall of the shop, with many words written to attract customers, such as: "The knife is happy and good, let go and earn ingots." "The king of hell asks for travel expenses, and keeps [-]% here." "There is no grudge. If you are not a gentleman, you will buy a true husband with a thousand gold." There is even a discount: "Opening in the year of Gengwu, the first three orders will be [-]% off and [-]% off."

This is too blatant!

Seeing Li Jingfeng's surprise, Wu Datong smiled and said, "Yebang doesn't have to hide when he arrives at Gu Cemetery. He opens the door for business."

Li Jingfeng asked: "Buy or sell?"

"Take it all. Those who want to take jobs will wait here for arrangements, and those who want to kill people will come here to pay the bill." Wu Da said, "Brother Li, don't fool around. Come with me. Let's get the business done first. Let's drink together later."

The Yi Village is not big, and after just turning down an alley, Li Jingfeng saw where Wu Datong was working.It was a manor that looked at least two-dimensional from the outside. Generally, in a village of this size, even the landlord or village chief would not have such a large manor.Although this manor is large, it is extremely simple, with only brick walls and wooden roofs, no decorations, and no walls or windows.

The three of them entered the manor on horseback. The layout inside was even more primitive. There was no screen wall behind the gate, and the house was empty. There were no landscape decorations or flowers and trees. Although there were corridors, they were extremely simple adobe bricks and wood. In the shed, including the central hall, the entire row of rooms on both sides has only two small windows less than two feet wide. The doors and windows are tightly closed. Each room has a house number, which reads Shaolin, Diancang, Kongtong and so on. Everyone has different names, and the rooms vary in size. Beggar Clan Wudang is the largest, and Qingcheng Tangmen is the smallest.

Li Jingfeng also smelled the smell of decaying trees in the mountains and forests, but it was lighter and more pungent.

The three of them went around to the horse gallery in the backyard. There were five horses parked in the horse gallery. Wu Datong took off the horse's leather bag and shouted, "Help me!" Li Jingfeng took the leather bag and felt it was heavy in his hand. "There are letters inside." Wu Datong had already strung six human heads on ropes and hung them on his body. Amao was so close that even though he was used to seeing dead people, he felt cold and terrifying, so he couldn't help but take two steps back.

The three of them came to the hall, which was also strange. In such a large manor, the hall door was only larger than that of an ordinary small house, and a dozen large crude wooden cabinets occupied the entire wall.Wu Datong threw the head and skin on the ground and shouted: "Old man Chen, we have guests!" After saying that, he went to move a big old table in the corner of the house, about one foot long and five feet wide. "Crack" sound.

Wu Datong weighed the bag, took one and poured it on the table. A large number of letters were scattered on the table, as well as a thick stack of banknotes, all in denominations of fifty taels. With this thickness, it was at least 3000 taels. .Seeing so many banknotes, Amao cursed: "It turns out he is a wealthy man, and he is pretending to be his grandson here!"

Wu Datong chuckled and said, "This is not mine. My money is still lying on the ground." Then he shouted, "Old man Chen, someone is looking for you!"

"Coming!" an old voice responded.

A rickety old man, about sixty or seventy, walked out from the side passage of the hall. He walked slowly and walked slowly with his eyes narrowed.He walked up to Li Jingfeng, raised his head and looked around, making sure that he did not recognize this person, and asked in surprise: "Are you here to see me?"

Li Jingfeng took out Xie Gubai's letter from his arms and handed it to Old Man Chen. Old Man Chen walked outside the hall and opened the letter in the sunshine. His old body trembled and he turned around and asked, "Are you... Mr. Xie's friend?" ?”

Li Jingfeng nodded: "He is my second brother. He said that I have to explore the way to you when I come to Gu Cemetery."

Old Man Chen nodded: "That's it."

Wu Datong poured all the skin bags on the table. They were full of letters of all kinds, piled up like a hill. Amao was curious: "Who are these letters to?"

"The only people who come to Gu Cemetery from other places are Haidu Yamen and wanted criminals." Wu Datong picked up a letter and shook it. Li Jingfeng saw that the name of the recipient's sect was written on the envelope, and he was from Tang Sect in Central Sichuan.

"Everyone knows that the Solitary Cemetery is dangerous, but even if there are wanted criminals and sea arrests, who doesn't have a few relatives? It's human nature to be attached to the old love when people leave their hometown. Since they are concerned, some people want to know whether their family members are safe or not." Wuhan University Passage, "This is called Yi Village. It used to be a post station. The road to the west leads to Huashan, to the south to Pingyang, and to the north to Xinzhou. The lonely ghosts in the lonely cemetery want to send and receive letters. The Yi Village is the only post station."

He paused and said, "Brother Li, come with me."

Wu Datong led Li Jingfeng and Amao to a room on the left with a Dian Cang nameplate. When the door opened, a sour smell hit their nostrils.The room is filled with cabinets, and each drawer has a last name written on it. The smell of decaying wood is the smell of decaying paper for letters.

"When these letters come to us, Old Man Chen will record them in the account book. According to the letters, they are divided into nine families, arranged by surname. As long as you report your name and sect to confirm your identity, you can receive the letter. If no one receives it for a while or never, it will be temporarily Being left here."

Amao asked: "There are so many letters and no one accepts them?"

Wuhan University Channel: "Some have returned to their hometowns, some have died, and some are too timid to accept. At least three of the ten letters have been shelved. That's all over time."

Li Jingfeng walked into the room and looked back at Wu Datong, who nodded.Li Jingfeng opened the drawer and saw that it was filled with letters, stacked in an orderly manner. He flipped through them and found that there were more than twenty letters from a man named Ma Xiao who had not taken them away. Some of the letters were old and some new, and the old letters had long since decayed. The writing in the new letter was as fresh as new. He guessed that the man should be dead, but his family didn't know the news, so they continued to send him letters.

The solitary cemetery is like an isolated island among the nine families. I don’t know how many people’s thoughts are stored in this room.

Wuhan University Passage: "Since Yi Village is in charge of the entire Solitary Cemetery's letters, the people in Yi Village can't touch it lightly. Brother Li, think about it, although the road from Solitary Cemetery to Jinyang is not far, it is not something ordinary people can walk. If Without me, who would dare to deliver the letter in this poor and harsh place like Gufendi? No one delivers the letter. What will happen to the people who are eagerly looking forward to letters from their hometowns? When we met each other on the first day of the new year, I knew that you were a child of Gufendi. Just because you didn’t. You can see the 'letter bell' I hung up immediately. From Jinyang to Gufendi, only Xinke's horse can hang the letter bell. Xinke and Yi Village must not move. If they move, they will be in trouble with the lonely ghosts in the entire Gufendi. "

Li Jingfeng said: "So Brother Wu doesn't have to worry about rushing through the city in the middle of the night. If you ask me to find Tiezhenzi to bring bad luck, you don't have to worry about him doing anything to you."

Wu Datong smiled and said: "Not only that, there are risks in entering and exiting the solitary cemetery, and I have to deliver the news of the Nine Families. You see there are so many people outside. In addition to receiving letters, they just listen to my news and see what turmoil has happened in the world recently."

Li Jingfeng thought for a while and said, "Is this also where you can send letters?"

Wuhan University Passage: "I will send the letter to Jinyang. There are messengers in Jinyang to distribute it to the nine major families. It will cost a lot of money."

Li Jingfeng asked: "How much silver does it cost to deliver it to Ba County?"

Wu Datong smiled and said, "Brother, if you want to send a letter, it's free."

Li Jingfeng said happily: "Then there will be Lao Xiongtai."

Amao said coldly: "As soon as I heard that I could send letters, my face immediately changed. Idiot is so easy to coax!"

Li Jingfeng blushed and said, "Just say hello."

Wu Datong saw that Li Jingfeng was less wary, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Old man Chen wants to share the information, let's go have a drink first."

The three of them came to a shed. There was no good food or wine in the village. Wu Datong asked him to kill a chicken, stir-fry some side dishes, and sift through two pots of rice wine. The waiter who was greeting him couldn't help but look at Li Jingfeng a few more times.

Amao hadn't eaten anything good for a few days, so he grabbed a chicken leg and stuffed it into his mouth. He mumbled and asked, "What's going on with those banknotes? How much money do you make as a messenger?"

"You don't make money as a messenger, it's just the bounty you keep for picking melons. Some yamen who pride themselves on their skills don't like the hard work of traveling back and forth, so they leave their heads here with me to deliver them to the sect. If the geese pluck their feathers, I will pump some water. Money." Wu Datong poured wine for Li Jingfeng, "It's just that there are not many heads on one horse, and I don't have to go far, so I borrow a melon shed in Jinyang and collect bills along the way every time I deliver letters."

He said and sighed: "After the war in the south, it became harder and harder to sell melon heads. Now even Shaolin has trouble. I'm afraid I won't get the reward in the future."

Li Jingfeng said in surprise: "If I can't get the reward, what will happen to the Haidu Yamen? Who will catch those wanted criminals?"

"The world is unstable and the people are suffering. Who cares about wanted criminals? Probably only Mr. Qi and Mr. Li care about such nosy matters. Come on, Brother Li, let me toast you!"

Wu Datong raised his glass, and Li Jingfeng sniffed the wine before drinking it.Wu Datong saw that he was cautious and said with a smile: "Brother Li is really careful."

"The journey is dangerous." Li Jingfeng said, "What's more, Brother Wu always hides and tucks away."

Wu Datong smiled and said: "I see that Tiezhenzi has long been dissatisfied. I will take this opportunity to see if the hero who dares to take revenge on the Nine Families is a madman or a fool or if he is really capable." He stood up, bowed and said respectfully, "Don't blame him for offending."

Amao said: "I also want to receive the reward."

Wu Datong twirled his beard again: "The more money you earn, the more you get to know Brother Li."

Amao scolded: "Then bring the money!"

Wu Datong smiled and said: "It's not impossible. A few hundred taels of silver can be exchanged for a friend of Brother Li. It's a sure profit without losing anything."

Li Jingfeng shook his head: "No, just take good care of those girls." He looked outside the shed, and more than a hundred strong men entered the village one after another, presumably to receive letters. More than ten people entered the inn, almost The inn was full, and everyone looked at him.

Amao noticed that the atmosphere was strange and pushed Li Jingfeng, but Li Jingfeng just ignored him.Wu Datong smiled and said: "Master Mao, don't worry. There are three rules in Yi Village. No one can touch you as long as you are in Yi Village."

Amao snorted: "My head is worthless!"

Li Jingfeng asked: "If the Yi Village is so peaceful, why are there so few people?"

Wuhan Daochao: "I just mentioned the three rules in the post village: don't kill anyone, don't enter unless you have to, and let the past go. In the post village, no one is allowed to use force, let alone kill. If anyone kills people here, the post village will not be stable, and the post village will not be stable. , who dares to come to receive and send letters? The entire solitary graveyard has been cut off from messengers, this is the first point. Please do not enter unless you are allowed to enter. This post village is small and has little cultivated land. Although it is stable, it cannot support many people, and the people in the post village do not want to He was tainted with too much right and wrong, so no one was allowed to enter the village without the consent of the villagers. That was why the hundreds of people stayed outside the village and did not dare to trespass. Forget about this, if someone really wanted to settle down, and the villagers agreed to take him in, the village No matter how many grudges have been made outside the village, they will be forgotten in the village. As long as you don't leave the village, no one will seek revenge on you."

He looked at the strong man in the inn: "Brother Li is safe as long as he is in this village."

Li Jingfeng nodded: "That's it."

The three of them ignored the others and ate and drank all the food and wine. Wu Datong was about to pay the bill when the waiter said: "The food is seven hundred yuan, and the wine is from the shopkeeper, Daxia Li."

Li Jingfeng turned his head and the shopkeeper nodded to him as a sign of goodwill. Li Jingfeng raised his wine glass and saluted the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper hurriedly found some tea and poured a glass of wine in return.

Wu Datong stood up and said, "Let's go back to the inn. Old man Chen should be free."

Li Jingfeng's expression suddenly changed and he asked, "What would happen if I killed someone in Yi Village?"

Wu Datong was stunned and said hurriedly: "You must not do it, the entire Solitary Cemetery will hunt you down!"

Li Jingfeng nodded: "What if I have to kill him?"

Wu Datong was surprised.

Li Jingfeng flew up, landed three feet away, turned and ran into the street corner. Wu Datong and Amao quickly caught up with him, and Li Jingfeng had already grabbed a person and dragged him to the side of the road.

This move shocked the surrounding guests and villagers, and everyone stood up and ran out. In an instant, Li Jingfeng was surrounded by dozens of people.I saw Li Jingfeng pinching a person's neck, turning his arm behind his back, and dragging him on the ground. Wu Datong shouted: "Brother Li, what are you doing?"

"I recognize him, he is the last disciple of Tiezhenzi!" Li Jingfeng said coldly.

(End of this chapter)