Under the sky

Chapter 319: The Disaster of Mandrill Wall

Li Jingfeng was about to take action when he saw people around him. He heard several "dong dong dong dong" sounds, and another 30 to [-] people jumped up to the eaves. These people had different body styles, some were elegant, some were calm, and some had weird postures. Their eyes were sharp, and it was obvious at a glance that they were all ordinary people. These people were dressed in peasant clothes, carrying hoes, sickles and other items. They were all residents of the village. They were just watching from a high position. After a while, dozens more people came in groups. Equipped with various weapons, he was expected to be a hero from the green forest and a weirdo. Nearly a hundred people gathered in layers to watch. They all opened their eyes to see how Li Jingfeng planned to deal with this man.

Wu Datong said in a deep voice: "Brother Li, you can't kill anyone in the post village."

Li Jingfeng also said in a deep voice: "You know what he did."

"You also know where this place is." Wu Datong hinted, "You have to let him go."

Tiezhenzi's apprentice was pushed to the ground by Li Jingfeng, whining and screaming, "Uncle, save me!"

An old man in the crowd stepped forward and shouted: "You want to commit murder in Yi Village?"

Hundreds of eyes turned to him. Li Jingfeng pondered for a while, then let go of his hand. The eldest disciple hurriedly rolled and crawled towards the old man.

The old man pointed at Li Jingfeng and shouted loudly: "He is using force in the Yi Village, drive him out quickly!"

Li Jingfeng ignored him and waved to Amao. He said to the entrance of Wuhan University: "Brother Wu, I want to see Mr. Chen." After saying that, he pulled Amao towards the manor without looking back, but he looked at these hundreds of people. There was nothing and no one stepped forward to stop him.

Wu Datong quickly followed and whispered beside Li Jingfeng: "Brother, you don't want to just let it go, right?"

Li Jingfeng said: "Old man Chen and I still have something to say, and we are not in a hurry to leave. As for Tiezhenzi's apprentice, if he dares to escape, I will not ask for it. If he does not escape, I will take his life."

Wu Datong's expression changed: "Brother Li, he is just an accessory, not the mastermind. How about letting him go?"

Amao said coldly: "He dares to express his vengeance against the nine families. Do you think he can abide by the rules of this village?"

Wu Datong hesitated to speak, feeling very embarrassed. After a while, he laughed loudly and said, "Understood, you and Old Man Chen chat slowly. I'll go and find out. Not everyone in the Yi Village is taken in."

After he smiled, he straightened his expression: "Brother Li, I quite like you, but don't be impulsive."

Li Jingfeng casually agreed and went to see Old Man Chen.Old man Chen had sorted the letters and placed an old map on the long table, Wuhan University Passage: "You guys talk, I will go to the village for a walk." After that, he went on his own.Old Man Chen looked at Li Jingfeng and said, "Master Xie asked me to inform you of the situation in the Solitary Cemetery. This is the map."

Li Jingfeng was confused and asked, "How did Mr. Chen know Mr. Xie?" He would always call Xie Gubai Mr. Xie and Shen Yuqing as Mr. Shen outside to avoid getting involved.

Old Man Chen said: "Mr. Xie traveled to various places and met me when he passed through the Yi Village."

Brother, have you ever been to the lonely cemetery?Li Jingfeng was quite surprised.Although Xie Gubai is very clever and resourceful, he doesn't know martial arts, so entering Gu's graveyard is too much.Then I thought about it, if the eldest brother had really been to Lone Cemetery, he would know it very well. He had lived in Qingcheng for more than two months. Why didn't he tell me face to face, but pointed him to find someone?I couldn't help but ask: "How did you get acquainted with Mr. Xie?"

Old Man Chen squinted his presbyopic eyes and said, "I haven't heard that I want to explain this to you. If Master Li wants to know, go ask Mr. Xie."

Li Jingfeng nodded and asked no more questions.

Old man Chen pointed at the map and said: "This is a post village, close to Jinyang, an important transportation road. It goes west through the mountains to Yulin under the control of Huashan. Along the way, there are many deserts and little green space. The villages are rarely inhabited, and the bandits Don’t go in either. This area is mostly populated by lone thieves, but there are also a small number of gangsters who gather in groups. They usually lurk in the mountains. They let go when there are many people, and plunder when there are few people. It is the most unregulated place in Lone Cemetery."

"Is there any control over isolated graveyards?" Li Jingfeng wondered, "This is an ownerless land."

"There will be rules everywhere. If there are none at the beginning, rules will appear after more than ten years. No matter how chaotic it is, there will be rules, and no matter how chaotic the rules are, there will be reasons for their existence." Old Man Chen said, "Just like the rules of the Yi Village."

Li Jingfeng thought of the road bandits from the Xiangyang Gang. Wudang's governance was corrupt. Over the decades, the road bandits had developed their own rules. They exploited good people while living in harmony with the sect. It could even be said that the Xiangyang Gang was the bandit leader, and the road bandits governed Wudang on their behalf. place.He knew what Old Man Chen meant when he mentioned the rules, so he replied calmly: "Please continue."

"To the north of Xinzhou, there are mostly hilltops and horse bandits. Each village has at least one village or sect to take care of it, and sometimes there are two. Each village has its own territory, and there are attacks from time to time. The competition is who is in charge of the village. You Just imagine dozens of sects carving up the territory. Many wanted criminals seek refuge with their masters here, and some sea arrest yamen also have personal relationships with them for the convenience of arresting people."

"To the south is Pingyang, where there are big locust trees." Old man Chen pointed to a place in the south and said.

"Big locust tree?" Li Jingfeng asked, "A person or a place name?"

"It's the name of a person and a place. His name is Guo Sanhuai, a native of Fenyang. He has very good martial arts. It is said that even the night list does not dare to buy his head. After the night attack in Fenyang, the lonely graveyard was ownerless and in chaos. He couldn't see it. A 3000-year-old tree I swore an oath under the big locust tree in [-] to build a village and establish rules to take in the homeless people nearby. As long as you work diligently to open up wasteland, the big locust tree will shade you and protect you from the sun. He is good at it and has many subordinates. Over the past twenty years, it has grown from a land of one tree to a large town of thirty miles. The nearby bandits saw the fertile soil and the fertile fields, and they were repelled by him when they came to cause nuisance. Pingyang was followed by many small groups of horse bandits. Huaishu Town, Huaishu Town is the largest force in Gufendi."

Li Jingfeng said: "He sounds like a heroic figure."

"But the big tree attracts the wind. There is news from the south. Several groups of bandits have formed a force and plan to make some noise."

"There is no room for a single big locust tree in hundreds of miles, so we have to cause trouble?" Li Jingfeng frowned.

Old Man Chen said: "The Solitary Cemetery is the place where the Nine Families have become aliens. What you see in the barren mountains and wild ridges are either sea arresters or bandits. It is the poorest and the richest here. You have seen the poverty. There are three bandits in ten miles, pulling out rice seedlings." There are more people than those who plant rice seedlings, and the rich are also rich. People who have violated the law in the Jiu Family come to the mountain with large sums of stolen money to seek refuge, and there are rewards for each person's head. In other places, there are thousands of taels of silver hidden in the soil. Those who can get it, there are tens of thousands of taels of gold in this mountain, and those who can get more. If you can destroy a cottage, you will get at least hundreds or thousands of taels of bonus for your head alone, not to mention red and white goods. If you are not so rich, how can you get it? Can you attract so many sea arresters?"

"And it is said...that there is a treasure hidden in the big locust tree."

"What do you mean?"

"This Guo Sanhuai came out of nowhere and was born and raised in Fenyang. Which sect did he join to have this ability? Some people say that he dug treasures under the big locust tree and became famous because of it. This is one of the reasons why he became famous. One. Second..." Old Man Chen continued, "Those gangsters see that the tree is growing more and more prosperous, and the people and horses are strong, can they feel at ease?"

Li Jingfeng said: "Isn't the Yicun also stable?"

Old Man Chen said: "The Yi Village does not accept outsiders easily, and does not make grudges. No one will come to make trouble just to send letters. The land here is small and cannot support too many people."

Old man Chen also talked about the topography of the lonely cemetery and the famous thieves and villains everywhere. Li Jingfeng took a pen and paper and wrote them down one by one, and asked Amao to help me write them down.This old man Chen was really familiar with the Solitary Cemetery. He knew all the historical allusions of the mountains, rivers, people, and people. Li Jingfeng didn't know the general idea until it was late at night. Amao on the side reluctantly cheered up and nodded.

The two of them were resting in the manor. Amao endured his sleepiness and asked, "Do you think of a solution, stupid donkey?"

Li Jingfeng said: "First make sure you are safe, and then think of a solution."

Amao went to bed, and Li Jingfeng was sitting by the bed thinking about how to deal with Tiezhenzi's last disciple. He couldn't think of a way for a moment, and then remembered the battle with Tiezhenzi, so he drew out his original intention and stabbed out with his sword. From the outside, it looks like a normal thrust with a sword, but the force on the sword alternates between strong and light. Only the Marrow Cleansing Sutra technique can do this, but how to organize this technique and turn it into a useful trick?Li Jingfeng secretly sighed, if the third master or the younger sister were here, they would definitely be able to give him some advice, or maybe even if they were not there, it would be fine.

Li Jingfeng was suddenly startled when he thought of the unknown situation.He felt that this person was sinister, but he also thought that although this person was unwilling to kill the stinky wolf in Jiangxi, he saved his life after all, and he didn't kill animals, so how could he be forced to do so?To put it into perspective, Ming Wuxi saved his life in the cabin, and he also saved his life once in Wudang, but Ming Wuxi stabbed his younger sister again in Longdi, but that time in Jiangxi, he owed Ming Wuxi another favor.

Forget it, thinking about the unknown will give me a headache, it is better to think about my little sister more.What should I write in tomorrow's letter?His thoughts were racing, and he thought of those girls last night, and suddenly he was so angry that he wanted to pick up his sword and kill the villain.

Just as he was thinking about it, someone knocked on the door. It was Wu Datong, carrying a pot of wine and several plates of side dishes, and asked, "Brother Li, do you want supper?"

Li Jingfeng invited Wu Datong into the room and said, "Brother Wu, if you want to persuade me, I still won't eat."

Wu Datong chuckled and said: "Just a few gossips, it won't matter. Brother, you also know the root cause of my brother's difficulties."

Wu Datong poured the wine and said: "Yicun is not trying to protect him, but the brother killed someone in Yi Village. If we don't deal with it, a precedent will be set, and no one will give him a favor in the future. There will be chaos. The village is not protecting one person, but The dignity of the whole village.”

"I have inquired about it. Hao Tianchun is Tie Zhenzi's apprentice. He was originally from a post village. His parents died early and he only had an uncle. He despised the small village. When Tie Zhenzi came to Lone Cemetery, he became his apprentice and followed Tie Zhenzi to do evil. This It’s embarrassing.”

Li Jingfeng pushed the wine glass: "Don't tell me this, why don't you tell me how much you can pay for this favor? I'll earn a few melons for you."

"Brother Li has said this." Wu Da said, "They are all from Yicun..."

"Ten taels?"

"Let me think about it." Wu Datong scratched his cheek and shook his head, "No, it really can't be done. If I want to do this, why won't the Yicun kick me out? You have to follow the rules to make money. There are rules everywhere, too. Only Hero Li can ignore the rules, but no matter how capable you are, can you conquer the graveyard alone?"

"Yicun doesn't have to take him in."

"Yicun does not take in outsiders easily, and they must be useful people. But Hao Tianchun is from Yicun. He just goes home, so it is not easy to get rid of him. Besides, there are less than 200 people in the village, and they are all neighbors... "

"If everyone in Yicun went out to kill people and set fires like him, and returned to the village to take refuge in disasters, would Yicun still be able to last? Aren't you afraid that the third master would rise up one day and take over Yicun?"

Wu Datong hurriedly waved his hands: "We are good citizens in the lonely cemetery!" But Li Jingfeng was right. Wu Datong thought that the post village could only stand in the lonely cemetery for more than twenty years. Many things were unprecedented. Now that Hao Tianchun has opened If the precedent is not punished, if people in Yicun follow the same example in the future, Yicun will be in trouble sooner or later.

"It is still the rule of the post village that no one should enter unless past the fault." Wu Da said, "Can you give me a chance? He will definitely not dare to step out of the post village in the future. It can be regarded as a change of heart and a new life. I will ask him to pay some money. Wouldn't it be more practical to compensate those girls?" "If you don't pay the price, you won't be reformed." Li Jingfeng shook his head, "For his crime, he has to die several times before he can talk about reforming."

"Brother Li, don't think that there is no one in Yi Village." Wu Datong's face darkened, "The village only takes in useful people. How can there be few masters among the villagers who live peacefully? Brother, you may not get a good deal."

"I can afford it." Li Jingfeng said, "I can spend more than half a year with you to see if it is easier to prevent thieves or to be a thief, to see if it is harder to kill a stinky wolf or to get the heads in this post village."

"Is it because of this little guy?" Wu Datong was anxious, "He is not a stinky wolf, nor is he a man from Tiezhen. No one recognizes the name Hao Tianchun. Your name, Hero Li, can scare people even if you shout it in the lonely graveyard. Evil man There are evil people of their own, so just let God take care of him. Is it worth taking the risk for such a small person?"

"It's not about whether it's worth it or not." Li Jingfeng said firmly, "This is what I want to do."

Wu Datong sighed: "How can you be a wanted criminal with your temper? If you become the master of the Nine Families' Punishment Hall, you can take in dozens or hundreds of evildoers a year."

"The Master of the Punishment Hall also has people he can't accept." Li Jingfeng poured the wine and said, "The people above are capable. They can catch hundreds or even thousands of fish in a big net. They are responsible for the security and tranquility of a place. I don’t have this ability. But no matter how dense the net is, there will be fish that slip through the net. I pick up fish regardless of their size, and I catch them one by one. Brother Wu, I have figured out a few more reasons about this matter. "

"What's the reason?" Wu Datong asked.

"Those girls, you said it would be difficult to marry into a good family again, and they would be ridiculed by others. I have always thought about what to do about this matter? If a bad thing happens to a person in his life, it will be ruined."

Just like Amao, a single evil thought from the yellow beggar caused her to become homeless.

Li Jingfeng shook his head and said: "I can't help them, but someone can help them."

"Who?" Wu Datong asked.

"Good guy."

"Which good person?" Wu Datong was puzzled.

"A good person." Li Jingfeng said, "As long as you meet a few more good people, and less gossip, ridicule, and cold looks, even if your life is difficult, your heart disease will have a chance to be cured, and your life will be able to go on."

"Oh!" Wu Datong laughed, "Brother, what you say is so naive! If everyone is a good person, the solitary graveyard will not be a gathering of bandits and thieves, but a paradise!"

"I can't control others, I can only control myself. But is it so difficult to be a good person?" Li Jingfeng thought for a while and said, "Brother Wu, please do me a favor."

"I won't help you kill Hao Tianchun." Wu Datong shook his head, "But I can help you take care of Master Mao. If you can escape safely, Master Mao is safe in the village. You can find an opportunity to take him away."

Wu Datong said seriously again: "It's just that although this post village doesn't have thousands of guards like Fuzhou, it's not like you can come and go as you please."

Li Jingfeng shook his head: "I'm not asking you to kill someone for me. I just want to know if it's so difficult to be a good person."

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Early the next morning, Amao saw Li Jingfeng and asked, "Have you thought of a solution?"

Li Jingfeng asked: "Have you thought about it?"

"If you can't kill in the village, kill outside the village." Amao said, "If he can't survive in the village, he will leave the village on his own."

"How to do it?" Li Jingfeng was aroused with curiosity.

"When he wants to eat, you pee in his food. When he wants to farm, you throw him a hoe. When he wants to poop, you raise his latrine. When he wants to sleep, you wake him up at any time. You smash whatever he buys. What the hell, if you trip him when he walks, throw rocks at him if he doesn't walk, you can drive him crazy even if you don't use force or kill people for ten days and a half. I wonder if the village will let you deal with him like this? ."

Li Jingfeng was surprised: "Where do you get so many bad ideas?"

Amao said coldly: "You have been a beggar for three years, and you have to go through these things several times."

Li Jingfeng felt sad and touched Amao's head: "This kind of thing will never happen again in the future, and don't bully others like this."

Amao snorted: "You're going to die in desolation. I'll go to Qingcheng to beg your wife for food. I won't die of hunger."

Li Jingfeng just smiled bitterly, went to Old Man Chen to ask for pen and ink, and wrote two letters, one to Shen Yuqing to thank Gubai, and the other to Shen Weichen. The letter roughly stated that he had arrived at the Gu Cemetery, reported that he was safe, and expressed his gratitude to Gubai. Shen Weichen's longing also mentioned his rough understanding of martial arts.The letter will be sent to Qingcheng Xingtang, and the recipient is Shen Wangzhi. The Xingtang will present the letter to Shen Yuqing at the meeting.

He was not good at writing, and even though he had been thinking about it all night, he still wrote stumblingly and his handwriting was sloppy. He didn't know whether his elder brother or the others could read it or understand it. It took him almost an hour to finish the letter. After that, he went to the inn to buy dry food and fill it with water.He made such a big fuss yesterday, and many people looked at him along the way. The innkeeper seemed to appreciate him quite a lot, and gave him a few extra pancakes, and said to Amao, "Take care of yourself, Master Li."

Amao saw Li Jingfeng packing his bags and seemed ready to leave, so he asked, "Did the stupid donkey let that guy go?" Li Jingfeng replied, "I'm waiting for Wu Datong to come back." Amao didn't know what medicine he was selling in his gourd.

Before noon, bells rang outside the village, and Wu Datong rode in from the entrance of the village, carrying the crazy girl. It turned out that he was bringing someone to his hometown in Tiezhen.

The crazy girl's mouth was gagged with a piece of cloth, her hands and feet were tied, and a rope was tied to Wu Datong to prevent her from falling off the horse.Wu Datong untied the rope, took the crazy girl off the horse, and removed the strip of cloth from her mouth. The crazy girl immediately kicked her hands and feet, crouched on the ground and yelled, her voice was shrill.

"Don't touch me! Dad! Come and save me!"

The sound immediately attracted the attention of the villagers, who came forward to watch.When the crazy girl saw the crowd, she panicked and kept crying. She grabbed the sand on the ground and threw it around. Someone asked, "Wu Datong, why did you bring a crazy woman back to the village?"

Wuhan University Passage: "This is the girl who was captured by Tiezhenzi. I brought her to the villagers to see what happened to her."

The villagers frowned one after another...

Li Jingfeng didn't want to hear that sound anymore, so he carried his sword and led the horse out of the village with Amao. Even outside the village, he could still hear the girl's cries.Soon after, the sound gradually became quieter. Li Jingfeng looked from a distance and saw the villagers whispering to each other.Some people cursed loudly, some shook their heads and sighed, and some women silently wiped their tears.

He looked for a tree for shade. He didn't sleep well last night, so he took a nap for a while without Amao disturbing him.After waiting for almost an hour, I suddenly heard Amao shouting: "Come out!"

Hao Tianchun rushed out of the village entrance and saw Li Jingfeng running away. Li Jingfeng rushed out on horseback, drew out his original intention, and with just one strike of his sword, Hao Tianchun's head flew up, and blood splashed all over the yellow sand.

Wu Datong walked out of the village entrance and came to Li Jingfeng's horse. He bent down and picked up the head: "His uncle still wanted to protect him, but after discussion, the villagers decided to be a good person for once."

Li Jingfeng nodded: "What about the girl?"

"The village will take care of her. If she doesn't get better, we will help her take care of her in old age, so there will be more than one person to support her, so there will be no trouble. I will take care of the other girls." Wu Da Tong said, "The village also plans to set new rules for people who leave the village in the future. , as long as you commit any crime, you are not allowed to return to the village, so as not to be tainted with right and wrong."

Li Jingfeng said: "It's not that difficult to be a good person, right?"

Wu Datong looked at Yicun and said: "It is easy to be a good person for a while, but it is short-lived to be a good person for a lifetime."

Amao was chasing after him on horseback, and Li Jingfeng said: "Being a good person doesn't necessarily mean you have to work hard."

"I'm talking about you." Wu Datong looked at Li Jingfeng.

Li Jingfeng smiled: "As long as there are more good people, my life will be longer."

Wu Datong laughed loudly and asked, "Where do you plan to go?"

"Go to the south. I want to go to the big locust tree and meet Guo Sanhuai."

"Okay, let's not go here. Next time we pass by the Yicun Village, come and have a drink!" Wu Da said, "It would be better to bring a few melons along the way!"

Li Jingfeng smiled, raised his whip, and headed south with Amao.

Just before the moment was over, Li Jingfeng looked up at the sky, thinking of Shen Yuqing and Xie Gubai, and also thinking that his deputy had been missing for several months, and couldn't help but worry about Zhuge Ran.

I wonder what the war situation is like in the south?
(End of this chapter)