Comprehensive martial arts: He was in the Jin Kingdom, but he returned to the Southern Song Dynasty

Chapter 41: Those who have gained the right will get many help, but those who have lost the right will have little help.

Zhang Zi woke up from the pain and looked up in confusion. When he saw Geng Ping's iconic embroidery, he immediately shrank back and screamed in horror, "Geng... Geng Ping..."

Geng Ping glanced at him and said, "Tell everyone the truth. Don't hide or distort it at all, otherwise I won't let you go!"

Only then did Zangzi look around, and saw Li Sanquan and everyone else, all looking towards him.

He had been in a coma for a long time and his mind was confused. Seeing familiar faces gave him a sense of security, and he inexplicably said what was in his heart, "Folks, hurry up and report to the officials. If this thief is caught, we will be prosperous!"

Li Sanquan ignored the matter at all and asked, "You used someone else's name to taint the innocence of someone else's widow and killed someone else's mother and daughter. Is this true or false?"

The pole's body trembled, and his head finally realized that Li Sanquan was not on his side. He looked around and saw that although Geng Ping regarded himself as an insect, the common people were not very kind either.

With fear in her heart, her legs went weak, and she knelt on the ground, kowtowing for a moment, "Spare me, spare me... I just want her to be happy... I don't want to kill them either..."

When Li Sanquan heard this, he was furious. His anger was not all because of the pole, but because of himself. Zhuangzi only received a beating for committing this evil deed, and it was also because Li Sanquan was afraid of Dong'an Mountain's background. Now this background was fabricated. He felt that he had been fooled and resentful. He also felt that he was bullying the weak and afraid of the strong, and had a guilty conscience.

Unexpectedly, Geng Ping became even angrier when he heard that. He kicked out first and said, "Beast!" He kicked the pole until it rolled to the ground like a gourd, until it hit a beam next to it, banging his head and breaking a hole. , covered in blood.

But the guy couldn't feel the pain. He was still lying on the ground, half dead, muttering to himself, "Spare me, spare me..."

Geng Ping stopped paying attention to him, turned his head and looked around, "Fellows in the countryside, let me tell you the truth, although I, Geng Ping, am a robber on the mountain, I was not born like this. I am a commoner like you, and I suffered from suffering in my early years. After being oppressed by the Jin government, he was so angry that he killed the officials and fled."

"While escaping, I was lucky enough to be favored by a Taoist priest who taught me my rudimentary skills for half a year. From then on, I contacted my brothers from the same village and together we became bandits and plundered for a living."

"In the past three years, we have only robbed unscrupulous officials, and have done no harm to the people. We have no regrets in our hearts. Unfortunately, the world does not know the inside story. They only know that there are bandits in Dong'an Mountain, and they think they are murderers who do all kinds of evil. They are looking down upon them. I'll wait. In fact, if we have the chance, we'll all be as ordinary people as we are in our seats, how can we be willing to live a murderous life from birth to death?"

"The world is dangerous and we have reached such a situation. We have no regrets. We are not afraid of the government trying to suppress us. We are just afraid that the villagers will misunderstand us and make us live with a stigma and become rats on the street. This is absolutely unacceptable! Absolutely no way!”

Geng Ping said this in one breath, every word was impassioned and from the heart. At this time, I looked around again and saw that there was no doubt in everyone's eyes anymore, and I couldn't help but feel comforted.

He walked towards the pole again, slowly pulled out the knife, and said loudly, "This man ruined the reputation of our brothers, committed a great crime, and killed an innocent mother and daughter. It is truly intolerable in heaven and earth, and there is no chance of death. Everyone here. , there is no shortage of his fellow villagers. If you don't want to take action, I, Geng Ping, will take action. Please be a witness. If the government asks, this matter has nothing to do with you, it is all on our Dong'an Mountain."

He stepped forward and cut off the head of the pole with a clean slash, causing blood to flow freely.

There was no delay in this movement, and while others were still paying attention to his words, the pole had separated his head and body, and he died tragically on the spot. Many people saw it, and they were all frightened, but at the same time they felt inexplicably happy. Looking at Geng Ping again, I just felt that he was quite heroic.

Li Sanquan couldn't help but ask, "Since you have such thoughts, why were you so vicious in the first place?"

Geng Ping smiled, but before he could say anything, a big man next to him joked first, "Haha, when the eldest brother heard about this, he was both indignant and admired. He said that although our brothers have become evil people this time, we are fortunate in misfortune. , I met a heroic man, it shows that there are still people with ancient ways and warm hearts in the world, so I want to give you a try and see the grace of young people."

Then he turned to look at Lu Chen next to him, "I didn't expect that, there are many outstanding young people, except for Li Laosan, there is also a calf who is not afraid of tigers. Hey, boy, you are really good, and you know that Wei has not experienced it personally , Don’t make rash judgments, these words have reached our brothers’ hearts. Why don’t you just join the gang and accompany us to do justice for heaven?”

Geng Ping sheathed his sword and raised his hand, "Don't talk nonsense or ruin other people's futures."

He also ordered the strong man to collect the body and the head, and clasped his fists at everyone, "Sorry for disturbing you about today's matter, please forgive me." He took out the money from his pocket and placed it on the empty table next to him, "I offended the boss. This is considered compensation, please take it yourself.”

After a few words, he led everyone back as they were. After a while, there was a sound of horse hooves outside the door. Some big men laughed and said, "Brother, it's so fun!" and the sound of horse hooves gradually faded away.

There was silence in the tea shop for a while, and everyone returned to their tea seats. The boss went to get the money, and then nothing seemed to happen, just like before Geng Ping and his group came.

There was a tacit understanding among everyone that no one would take the initiative to mention Geng Ping, as this would cause trouble. But everyone knows that instead of talking about him, everyone is thinking of him in their hearts, so much so that they can't even continue their original topics.

This Geng Ping, at first glance, looks fierce and evil, giving people the impression that he is not easy to mess with. Even Lu Chen thinks that he is a "mafia boss". However, after actually getting along with him, you will know that he is proud of his superiors but not his inferiors. He values ​​his reputation, is capable in doing things, has a fiery personality, but remains polite, which leaves a deep impression on everyone he gets along with.

He came and left so suddenly, for no other reason than to clear his name and justice. Acting like this is like a whirlwind, breaking into everyone's heart and stirring up some boiling blood.

Lu Chen simply walked to Li Sanquan's seat and sat down, "Brother Li."

Li Sanquan, who was thoughtful at first, looked up at him and recognized the young man who had just spoken to support him. He smiled and said, "Ah, it's you... um..."

"My surname is Lu, Lu Chen." Lu Chen said, "Don't think I'm young. I'm actually pretty good at physiognomy. I can tell what you're thinking right now. Do you believe it?"

Li Sanquan has a good impression of him and has formed a filter. If these words had been spoken by anyone else when they first met, he would have called him sick. Now he just thinks it is a joke that is not very funny, but he is willing to listen to it. He shook his head and said, "I don't believe it."

Lu Chen said, "You want to go with Geng Ping, right?"

Li Sanquan was stunned for a moment, "You..."

Lu Chen said, "What you are thinking about now are the words 'how do you know', right?"

Li Sanquan was startled again, and subconsciously blurted out, "How do you know - ah!?"

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Okay, I won't tease you anymore. I don't know any physiognomy. I rely on a blind cat to encounter a dead mouse. But strictly speaking, I am a smart cat with sharp ears and eyes. You are too easy to see through." Little mouse.”

Then he became more serious and said, "Brother Li, you are a good man who is eager for justice and justice. That old brother Geng Ping naturally has some chivalrous demeanor. As for me, I am a bit nosy."

Li Sanquan had to say, "You can see it." He said this, but he was actually muttering in his heart: When they first met, he made a long and inexplicable speech about other people's feelings. He was not being nosy, and he really couldn't do this. Lu Chen really couldn't guess what he was thinking this time, so he thought to himself, "You two have met each other's eyes, and you have the same temperament. I think he came to you, intending to kill you with a pole, so this is natural That’s true, but he must have the idea of ​​recruiting you to join his team.”

When Li Sanquan heard this, he complained, "Then why didn't he just say it?"

Lu Chen sighed and said, "Hey, arrogance kills people... Well, I mean, in this line of work, he is risking his life. Look at his brothers, all of them are tall and thick, and they probably don't have a lot of money in their heads. Things, he takes care of them and is responsible for their lives. If you don't take the initiative to mention it, he really doesn't want to involve you."

When Li Sanquan heard this, his bad temper came up again, and he slapped the table, "He looks down on people. I have no father or mother since I was a child. I am clean and I grew up eating a lot of food. How have I ever needed to be taken care of by others? Hey, this guy Brother Geng kills people neatly, why are you so coy and pretentious about this!"

Lu Chen rolled his eyes, "Hey, hey, don't talk about others, aren't you yourself the same person?"

Li Sanquan groaned, his face full of confusion, "Me?"

Lu Chen said, "Yes, he didn't mention letting you join the gang just because he was worried about your safety. Then why don't you want to join the gang? Ha, it's just because you feel that you are not good at martial arts and you are afraid that others will look down on you, right? Ah yo , This is much more coquettish than others."

When Li Sanquan heard this, he felt that although this idea had not been implemented in his heart, once Lu Chen reminded him, he felt that it was all on his mind. He couldn't help but became speechless, "Brother Lu, can you really read people's minds? Even I didn't realize it myself." You can check all my psychology without any trouble!"

Lu Chen nodded seriously and said, "Yes, what you are thinking now is: wow, this guy in front of you is so handsome, I am more than ten times worse than him."

Li Sanquan was still an upright person. He looked at Lu Chen's features carefully before nodding and saying, "You are indeed handsome, but I swear I didn't have such thoughts, and the gap between us is definitely not ten times greater."

His drive to carefully calculate how many times it would take made Lu Chen really want to say: Give up, you are no match for me in terms of appearance.

He immediately stopped and said, "Let's get back to the topic, so I'm here to persuade you. How about calling me 'nosy'? Brother Li, you just don't have any worries. If you are interested, you should join the gang."

Li Sanquan lowered his head and was confused. He has never lacked self-confidence, but everyone has to doubt at this time, "Can I... do it?"

Lu Chen encouraged, "Actually, you should be able to think that in today's world, people like Zangzi are everywhere, and the tragedy of widow Liu is always there. With your temperament, sooner or later, you can't stand it anymore and commit murder like Geng Ping did in the past. It's about escaping, but Geng Ping is lucky. There is a Taoist priest who is irritable and likes to sneer and is still lying down to teach him martial arts. And if you don't go today, I'm afraid you will regret it for the rest of your life."

When he said this, he thought that the Taoist priest might return to the Southern Song Dynasty and he would have to clean up his mess. He couldn't help but sigh: As expected of the writer of Journey to the West, being your apprentice is as tiring as being Tang Monk's apprentice.

Li Sanquan didn't quite understand what the Taoist said, but he still understood the general meaning.

After pondering for a moment, he finally nodded, "What you said makes sense, I will defect to Dong'an Mountain right now." He stood up and looked at Lu Chen again, "Lu Chen... right? Are you going? I think Geng My eldest brother also admires you quite a lot, and if you go with me, he will definitely be very happy."

Lu Chen shook his head and said, "I'll forget it...as for the reason..."

After thinking about it, he said, "Hey, I'm not in good shape, so naturally I'm not as qualified as you, and I'm making rapid progress. Do you really want to read fortune tellers on the mountain in the future?"

Li Sanquan nodded, and he really thought that was what he said, so he didn't say much, clasped his fists with great respect, turned around and left the tea shop.

Lu Chen looked at his back, and the smile on his face slowly faded.

Then he shrank his head, frowned, folded his hands, and looked into the void in front of him as if he encountered some difficulty.

He secretly said to himself, "Oh, Lu Chen, why are you so mean? This old man may die in the future, does that count as your death? Isn't it good for him to be a woodcutter in the city peacefully? ...I am afraid that he will regret it for the rest of his life, but who can say clearly whether regret or life is more important... Hey, am I trying to persuade young people to make meaningless sacrifices..."

Another thought, "But I see his temper. If he doesn't go to the mountains to learn some martial arts, I'm afraid that he will be killed as a woodcutter... And hearing about widow Liu, I feel heartbroken. If he can let It would be great if there were fewer such things... After all, as the old saying goes, those who have gained the right will get more help, and those who have lost the right will have less help... Another saying is that we must not engage in personal heroism. Friends have done so many things... No matter how high your martial arts skills are, even as high as Wang Chongyang and Zhang Sanfeng, you can't eradicate all the great evils in the world... Only by finding people who share the same path and do righteous deeds and good deeds can we reduce the number of widows and mothers who die. Girl, what’s the problem with this..."

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, why do good deeds always come with danger? Is there any good thing that is not dangerous for everyone to do... what the hell is the world like..."

After thinking about it, Lu Chen didn't know whether his actions were good or bad. He stood up with some confusion and continued to go south.

Three or five hours later, he temporarily forgot about this matter. Regardless of whether he was right or wrong, the top priority was still how to reach the Southern Song Dynasty safely.

He expected that in the next few days, Wanyan Honglie would discover his deception. He had won a great battle, and Wanyan and his son would not have much time left.

But people in this situation are the most terrifying and crazy. There is a high probability that they will replace the departed Zhui Ming, Qiu Chuji and Bao Xiruo, and become the target of the desperate Wanyan father and son to vent their anger.

There is nothing you can do if you want to go back. If you go back, you will be trapped in the army, and there is still a slim chance of survival if you move forward.

In any case, this is the first time that he has become the focus of Wanyan and his son's eyes. The lineups that had been used to deal with Qiu Chuji or Zhui Ming would bombard them indiscriminately.

Lu Chen was not worried, or there was no point in worrying. He only felt a sense of anticipation. This might be a tough battle that would be very difficult for him to go all out.

This expectation came soon, just five days later.

On this day, Lu Chen was walking alone in the snow, but he saw a mountain forest ahead. A horse came out from behind a tree. On the horse was a person dressed in white, holding a folding fan, looking elegant and graceful.

The man smiled and said, "Hello, Lu Chen."

Lu Chen also smiled, "Hello, Ouyang Ke."

(End of this chapter)