Chapter 60: Collusion Tracking
Li Feiyun looked at Shang Jiutian's leaving figure, and was a little stunned. Bai Furong behind him gently pulled the skirt of his clothes. Li Feiyun came to his senses and heard Bai Furong murmur again: "Hey... I don't know why. Just like that, when I looked at the retreating figure of Master Shang, I actually felt a heroic spirit..."
Li Feiyun said: "I don't know if I am heroic or not, but at this moment I am full of sourness." Bai Furong looked up and saw Zhao Min staring straight at this side. She immediately smiled at Li Feiyun and said: "It's so out of shape!"
At this time, Master Sun of Saiweituo was helping a few old monks to support the crowd. Li Feiyun, Lu Yunhan and Bai Furong, went to the courtyard again on the pretext of being worried about Shen Fu's safety. Shi Xiang was sleeping soundly on a chair. Li Feiyun was angry when he saw it. , kicked him awake and scolded him a few times, Shi Xiang grinned and said: "I won't let you watch the fight, and you won't let me sleep. If I had known this, I would have gone back with my eldest brother."
Not long after, the little novice monk came to report that the leader of the martial arts league, Zhao Kan, was visiting. Bai Furong's face turned red and she stood up to avoid the back room. However, she heard a voice walking in with a smile: "I've taken the liberty of visiting you. I hope you guys won't take offense!"
Shi Xiang ignored Shi Xiang, so Li Feiyun clasped his fists and said, "I have met the leader of the world's martial arts alliance!" Zhao An laughed and replied, "Oh, Brother Li, there is no need to make fun of me!"
Lu Yunhan clasped his fists in greeting and stood up to give up his seat. Zhao Chan went straight to his seat, laughed a few times and said: "You guys are rare upright people. There is no need for me to play tricks. There are still some things that I don't understand in my heart." , I’m here to ask for advice!”
Li Feiyun said: "Please give me your instructions, Alliance Leader Zhao!" Zhao Han said: "Mr. Lu, you and I met in a hurry last time. Mr. Lu took the opportunity to take away the sword. I don't know what to do with it?"
Lu Yunhan glanced sideways at Zhao An and replied: "Oh, that day when Lu saw someone actually fighting with Leader Zhao, it was dark and the sky was dark, and he wanted to step forward to help Leader Zhao. Seeing that the thief was very clever, Lu knew that his fists and feet were not good enough, so he saw the opportunity I snatched the man's package, hoping to distract him so that he could teach Alliance Leader Zhao to win. Unexpectedly, I opened the package and saw that it was actually the Zhenyue Sword that caused a stir in the martial arts world a few days ago. Everyone in the world knows that this sword has long been It was obtained by Chu Shaoxia, a young master of the Kongtong sect. Lu also had close friendship with several sworn brothers of Chu Jianghan, so he handed it over to Brother Li and Brother Shi in front of him to forward it on his behalf, so that it could be returned as a property. Original owner.”
At this point, he paused and said: "It is inevitable for a villager to act recklessly in the countryside. I wonder if it has caused any trouble to Alliance Leader Zhao?"
Zhao An replied: "Oh... Mr. Lu is too polite. It is only natural that the property should be returned to its original owner. To be honest, in the Demon Cult Futon Cave that day, a master from the Demon Cult secretly put this sword into the Emei Sect's Thousand-Handed Sword Ouyang Shao." Among the Xia's luggage, Zhao guessed that there must be a conspiracy behind this move, so he hid it. Sure enough, at the foot of Songshan Mountain, the master of Qinglong Hall of the Demon Sect secretly came to pick up the sword... It is embarrassing to say that Zhao My skills are low, I only fought equally with him, but I failed to defeat him in one fell swoop and eliminate harm to the martial arts world."
When Li Feiyun looked at Lu Yunhan, he felt that Zhao Chan had not concealed anything. It seemed that the master hiding in the futon cave that day was Zhao Chan. But he didn't know what the purpose of him coming to admit the matter now.
Then I heard Zhao An say: "Guys, I still have questions for you to ask!" Li Feiyun said: "Since Leader Zhao is honest with us, we should know everything we know."
Zhao An clasped his fists and said: "As far as I know, that day, the Qiankun Yijian Chu Shaoxia also appeared in the Demon Cult Futon Cave for some reason, and was treated as a Demon Cult monster by the minions of the Jin Yiwei who came to reap the profits later. He took it and locked it up in the Shaolin Temple..."
Li Feiyun and Zhao An were also surprised. They didn't expect that Zhao An actually knew about such confidential matters. It seemed that this person had great magical powers and should not be underestimated. He had to deal with it carefully.
Shi Xiang jumped up and said: "Hmph... I wonder which idiot, Leader Zhao, listened to this nonsense!" Zhao An stood up and said with a smile: "Zhao still has a few friends in the temple world!"
He then said to Li Feiyun and Lu Yunhan: "Presumably the sword was handed over to the hands of the Golden Sword and the Wooden Sword, and the young hero Chu relied on the sharpness of the sword to escape from being surrounded by the Jinyi Guards, right? Humph? ... It doesn't matter that Chu Shaoxia was released from prison, he even brought out demons like Shang Jiutian... The Jinlan brother that all the heroes have befriended is really the most righteous and benevolent man!" He said with sarcasm and no trace of emotion. You're welcome, Shi Xiang became furious after hearing this, and was about to curse when Li Feiyun stopped him.
Li Feiyun said: "It's true that Brother Lu gave me the sword. I'm ashamed to say that the sword was lost from the hands of my brothers. For this reason, my fourth and fifth brothers have already followed the Jin Yiwei to the capital and are waiting to be punished." ." Shi Xiang snorted and lowered his head.
Lu Yunhan also said: "Leader Zhao, please don't talk nonsense." Zhao Han obviously got the information he wanted, nodded and said: "I can trust Brother Li!" He then asked Lu Yunhan: "Brother Lu was in the Shaolin Temple that day, why? And how about using tricks to lure away the monks and lay masters who secretly guard the prisoners?"
Lu Yunhan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Lu heard about the strange movement, and then he was determined to take the life of the devil. Unexpectedly, there were Shaolin monks outside, and the dragon-subduing tiger formation of the Jinyi Guards inside guarding him at all levels. Then he lured Zhang Erxia, one of the Seven Heroes of China, and planned to join forces. Take action. Lu first used a strategy to lure away the Shaolin monks, and then broke into the Dragon Subduing Tiger Formation with Zhang Erxia. He wanted to kill the devil in prison, but he didn't want to make a big mistake by mistake. When the two of us were fighting against the Jin Yiwei, that devil The devil had already taken the opportunity to escape. When I saw this, I left Brother Zhang and chased him alone, but was seriously injured by him..." He looked gloomy and could not continue talking.
Zhao An stood up, clasped his fists, gave a deep salute, and said: "It's rare for you to be so candid, so Zhao thanked me." Li Feiyun and Lu Yunhan were not expecting it, and they also clasped their fists in return.
Zhao An let out a long sigh and said: "There are so many masters of the Demon Sect, and I really don't know how many strange people and strangers are hiding in the dark. Just imagine this time, someone can actually steal the sword from the hands of the two people, the golden sword and the wooden sword, and then pass it on to The thought of helping the devil escape from deep prison is frightening." He clasped his fists again and said, "Please allow me to say more: That young hero Chu has unique skills, but he is new to the world and is not familiar with the world. Please advise him as soon as possible not to be exploited by others and to associate with the devil's sect, so as not to miss a bright future."
After hearing this, Shi Xiang became happy. He clasped his fists and laughed, saying: "Oh, what Alliance Leader Zhao said makes sense! It's rare that you still think about my brother. We were rude just now. Don't blame Alliance Leader Zhao!" "
Zhao An smiled slightly and replied: "How dare you!" After saying that, he turned to leave.
Suddenly he looked at the inner hall again, sighed, clasped his fists at Li Feiyun and said, "Zhao needs to run around in the world, so Junior Sister Bai can leave it to Brother Li!" Her words were extremely sincere, and she turned around and left. Go, Lu Yunhan Shixiang got up and sent him out.
Bai Furong rushed out of the room, shedding tears long ago, and said intermittently: "How heartless you were back then... Now that I've seen you, you... care about me again." Li Feiyun had to be coaxed. After a long time, I just stopped crying.
The heroes gathered at the Buddha Protector's Villa, and found themselves in this situation again. Twenty-three out of ten left on the spot, and the rest stayed at the Buddha Protector's Villa for the night. Ye Zhao'an invited the leaders of various sects, a total of more than thirty People came to discuss again.
When everyone was about to gather, Zhao An said first: "Seniors, fellow martial arts comrades, today the leader of the Demon Cult, Shang Jiutian, came out again and used conspiracy and tricks to injure two Taishan Beidou from our Central Plains martial arts community. What do you think?"
Sun Daren, Saiweituo of Hufo Mountain Villa, said: "In today's competition, I, Shaolin Abbot Jueming, accidentally lost. I have already let them go as promised. I wonder what Alliance Leader Zhao wants to do?"
Zhao An said: "Yes, today the devil succeeded in using his dirty tricks twice, but he himself was also seriously exhausted and seriously injured. According to Zhao, let's just take the opportunity to pursue him and avoid future troubles. I don't know what you think?"
Kongtong Iron Hand Taoist took the lead and said: "I, Kongtong, have sent such self-destructive traitors. How can I spare him? Even without Shang Jiutian, we would have to get rid of him all over the world! Please give me the leader's instructions. The old Taoist is willing to be the vanguard on the road ahead. ." Zhao An was overjoyed when he heard this and bowed to thank him.
Master Juetong said: "The abbot of my temple was seriously injured, and I am afraid that another accident will happen in the temple. I have passed down a decree. No one under my Shaolin sect, whether monk or layman, is allowed to act rashly. The evil sect will no longer be involved in what Alliance Leader Zhao is planning." .”
Zhou Zaiqing of the Beggar Clan also said: "My master has also passed down the message that he needs to recuperate in the Shaolin Temple for several months. Before he comes out of seclusion, I, the disciples of the Beggar Clan, are not allowed to participate in the matter of the demon sect. Please tell me, Leader Zhao, please tell me, seniors I'm sorry." After saying this, he stood up and apologized.
Hearing this, Zhao An smiled and said: "The two masters are very old and have not yet suffered like this for the sake of the righteousness of the martial arts world. However, we juniors are too incompetent. I would also like to ask Master Juetong and Master Zhou to send their greetings to them." The two old masters need to take good care of themselves." After saying this, he bowed, clasped his fists, and bowed deeply.
Master Juetong and Zhou Zaiqing also returned the courtesy. After thanking them, they were about to leave. Suddenly they were stopped by Zhao An, who said: "Master Juetong, Master Zhou, please forgive me for being rude. Shaolin and Beggar Clan are not far away in this matter." It is understandable to participate, but what the heroes planned tonight..." Zhou Zaiqing replied loudly: "Don't worry, Alliance Leader Zhao and all the heroes, I know how powerful I am, so what happened tonight should be treated as unheard of." After saying this, he turned around and agreed with Master Juetong. They left together.
The heroes looked at Zhao An's face and froze in embarrassment for a moment. Suddenly Li Dadu burst out laughing and shouted: "No one from the Monk Temple or the beggar gang wants to go, but there is a Tibetan monk here. Do you want to go to the beggar gang?"
Hearing this, Zhao An was overjoyed again, clasped his fists and said, "I wish I could have two experts helping me." Li Da patted his belly and said, "Leader Zhao, please don't be happy too early. We can help you with three punches and two kicks at the critical moment." Okay, if you want to ask about things in the lake, I don't know anything about the old beggar." After saying that, he shook the wine gourd again, and the heroes laughed and passed.
After another round of discussions, among the major martial arts sects in the Central Plains, only the Emei sect did not participate, and the Wudang and Kunlun sects also did not participate. The heroes did not dare to offend Taoist Chongxuan, nor did they dare to ask more questions, so they had to let him promise to keep the secret and leave. .
The two sons of Yin and Yang shook their heads and said bluntly: "Didn't you hear what that surnamed Shang said? If you dare to pursue me, there will be an ambush."
"Do you all know how many strange people, officials and top masters the Demon Cult has attracted? In addition to the two masters and apprentices named Shang today, the four fierce men surnamed Chu and the Guanwai, and the Xuanwu Master on the top of Mount Tai. Besides, to be honest, the two of us have met a very good master. With our humble skills, we really don’t dare to risk our lives. The two of us will rush back to Kunlun Mountain, or concentrate on studying martial arts. Or I will devote myself to seeking the truth for the rest of my life. The light of fireflies and candles really dare not compete with the sun and the moon... We will also keep a tight lip about what will happen tonight, so we will say goodbye." The two shook their heads and sighed as they spoke, and couldn't help but sneer. He walked out of the door blankly.
The heroes looked at each other and left only the two of them.
Chao Yangzi said: "Head Zhao just let them leave like this. What if our plan today is just leaked?"
Zhao An smiled and said: "We have more than thirty people discussing together. It can no longer be considered a conspiracy. How can there be any revelation?"
Tang Shaojie from the Tang Sect had doubts in his heart and said, "If we are suddenly chasing you now, will we be suspected of breaking the contract?"
Zhao An waved his hand and said: "Hey... today Abbot Jueming only promised his master, apprentice, master and servants to leave safely, but he did not promise not to send people to kill him. This is one of the reasons. Battles in rivers and lakes have always been nothing more than fist duels. There are two types of conspiracy and scheming. Since his demonic sect can use tricks to injure Abbot Jueming, why not let us chase him afterwards? This is the second one. Today we are chasing this thief to eliminate the demon, defend the Tao, and restore peace to the martial arts world. Since ancient times, those who achieve great things do not pay attention to trivial matters. Once they are accomplished, your honorable names will not be harmed. This is the third one. With these three things, what else do you have to worry about?"
Penglai Lulong, Xiaofeng and his wife also said: "What the two sons of Yin and Yang said is true. There are so many masters in the Demon Cult. We must be careful to be on guard against the possibility of another master coming to help us and setting up an ambush secretly."
Zhao An nodded and said: "It is inevitable that people from the Demon Sect will take over, but I don't expect that all the masters from the Demon Sect will come out of their caves and show up. Even if they have masters coming, we may not be our opponents if we fight alone, but if it is a war With a large number of people, we can swarm forward and deal with three or five people, plus one seriously injured person, and beheading the demon is no problem."
Tang Shaojie asked: "How can Leader Zhao assert that all the masters of the Demon Cult will not come out of the cave to come to the rescue?" The heroes also asked this question, and they all looked at Zhao A. Zhao A only laughed three times and did not answer. Tang Shaojie thought for a moment. He seemed to understand, and then nodded and smiled.
The heroes discussed it until the middle of the night and then dispersed. The next day, they resigned from the Buddha Protector Villa one after another, and then disappeared again, secretly leaving.
The world is far away, especially in this snow season, ordinary people are too lazy to go out. Farmers who work all year round take advantage of this weather to stay at the edge of the kang, warming pots of crude wine, or surrounding their wives, busy After a year, it’s time to take a break.
The snow was still falling heavily, as heavy as it had been when the two met. In just two or three months, walking in the snow, these two old people, who had never known each other in the first half of their lives, became like-minded and inseparable.
"His grandma, I have been a beggar for most of my life, and I have seen a lot of loyalty. Hey, if it really comes to me, to meet such a person is really unspeakable, unspeakable! "
Li Dadu sighed suddenly in his heart, and then he thought of this sentence: "There are people who can put a knife in a friend's life, and there are people who can add blood to a promise. As an old beggar, I can meet such a person." , this can probably be regarded as loyalty to the world, right?"
The Tibetan monk Danzeng beside him lowered his head and followed along. When he saw Li Dawei sighing, he couldn't help but asked: "You know clearly that Leader Zhao is not a good person, why do you agree to help him? You just agreed to it yourself, but you still want to drag me along with you, the monk?"
Li Dabelly laughed out loud and asked, "Why, aren't you still willing to come with me?" Monk Tenzin did not answer, obviously denying it.
Li Dadu continued: "This nonsense in the Central Plains martial arts world is nothing more than fighting and killing. You are unlucky. You can encounter it even if you hide in the deep mountains and old forests. Since I, the old beggar, claim to have all the martial arts allusions in my heart, Then we can no longer hide away. Instead of being buried in obscurity, it is better to get together in front of others and maybe hide away." Tenzin smiled heartily: "The young monk has read a lot of Buddhist scriptures, but it is not as good as is you."
The two of them were silent for another while and continued to move forward. Suddenly Li Dadu opened his mouth again: "Since the leader of the Zhao Alliance said that they must be at Jumaji west of Luoyang, it can't be wrong. You don't know, this person named Zhao is quite well-established. His eyesight and ears are as good as those of Hanako from my hometown." Tenzin nodded and said no more. The two braved the wind and snow and headed west.
Songshan is not far from Luoyang, and we will arrive at the gate of Luoyang City after dark. Li Dadu asked: "Monk, do you know the origin of Jumaji?" Although Monk Tenzin has read many Central Plains classics, he still doesn't know. Li Dadu laughed and showed off: "When Emperor Yongle rebelled, he fought from what is now Beijing to Nanjing, which lasted four years. Jumaji was one of the secret transportation places. Later, Grandpa Cheng ascended the throne. When he ascended the throne, he kept secret about Jingnan, so no one mentioned it anymore."
Dan Zeng said: "It's just that it's dark and snowy at night, in this huge place, how can you and I find the traces of those people?" Li Dadu smiled and said: "Do you know why most of the people in the world's martial arts have anecdotes? In my old man’s belly?”
Denzin shook his head and said, "The world only knows that I am at odds with Brother Zhou Dalei, the leader of the Beggar Clan. I have always been a loner and not under his control. In fact, this is not the case. There are thousands of beggars in the Beggar Clan in the world, and there are all kinds of undercover information. How can the secrets of intelligence, and even the movements of experts from various sects, be hidden from my old man’s spies?”
Monk Tenzin suddenly realized it and asked: "So, Shang Jiutian and his party are also under the surveillance of your disciples?"
Li Dadu said: "Surveillance is out of the question, but it is not difficult to find out if there have been any injured people in this gathering." After speaking, he smiled, waved his hand, and said: " Follow me!" Then he took Monk Tenzin and bypassed Luoyang City and walked towards a village.
It was dark and the road was slippery, and the snow continued to fall. Monk Tenzin felt that he was getting more and more remote and had entered a dilapidated village. There were not even a few barks of dogs.
After bypassing seven or eight dilapidated alleyways, I saw Li Dadu imitating a few dog barks at a broken wall. It seemed simple but was actually very methodical.
There was a sudden response from inside, and it was also the barking of dogs. Li Dadu barked a few more times, turned around and patted Denzeng, saying: "Let's go!"
A light lit up in the dilapidated window, and Li Dadu jumped in, followed closely by Tenzin. When he looked up, he saw four or five beggars prostrating themselves on the ground. The leader raised his head and asked: "I don't know which elder has arrived. Please forgive me for my blindness and my inability to recognize him!"
Li Dadu helped him up and said, "Even if you know that the elder has arrived, you don't need to ask more questions." The man hummed and asked no more questions.
Li Dadu asked: "How many brothers are there in a radius of ten miles?" The man replied: "We specialize in keeping secrets inside and outside Luoyang City. Counting us, there are a hundred and eight people. This place belongs to Luoyang Branch Helmsman, the disciple is responsible for handling confidential information. On weekdays, the brothers report to the disciple once a day, and the disciple reports to the Luoyang sub-rudder every two days. If there is any important news, he will report it on the spot."
Li Dadu nodded and said: "Have six or seven people recently gone to the direction of Jumaji? Among them, an old man and a young man were seriously injured? Oh, by the way, the old man may not be able to see any injuries on his body, but the young man If you have difficulty moving, do you need someone to take care of you?"
The man replied: "No!" Li Dadu lowered his head and said nothing, and asked again: "Are you sure?" The man replied: "At sunset, the brothers just came to exchange news. Today and yesterday, there was nothing special inside or outside Luoyang City. You also know that the brothers are also veterans of the business for many years. They are determined to do anything with martial arts skills, not to mention there are injured people!"
Li Dadu no longer questioned. Danzin asked: "Is it possible that we have not taken this road?" Li Dadu also thought the same and nodded heavily.
The man added: "Elder, don't be upset. Maybe the person you want to find has never been to Luoyang. I will wait for the disciple to pass on the message overnight. I will order everyone to pay careful attention in the past few days. But if there is news, the disciple will immediately order someone to pass it to Luoyang." Let's go to the helm, and the elder will go to Luoyang to wait in person." Li Dadu nodded, took out some silver and threw it to him, and said: "Brothers, thank you for your hard work, let's make a pot of wine!" The beggar thanked me countless times and kowtowed.
Li Dadu and Li Dadu were about to leave when they were suddenly stopped. The leader said again: "Elder, please wait!" Li Dadu turned around and asked, "Is there anything else?" The leader said again: "Disciple, there is something else to report." , I just don’t know if it’s important or not…” Li Da felt anxious and cursed: “If you fart, hurry up! "
The leader replied: "Although I haven't seen anyone going west to gather in the past few days, there are two waves of people coming from west to east, which is really suspicious." Li Datu pulled Tenzin down and sat down, saying: "You Let’s talk about it, what’s suspicious about it?”
Want to know what's fishy? Let’s see the breakdown next time!
