Lin'an Prefecture Yin Cao Yong led three squads of government officials and policemen and rushed straight to the second floor with murderous intent. After seeing Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing, he ordered everyone to rush forward, intending to capture them on the spot. The gentlemen received the order and were about to take action when they heard someone scolding him coldly: "Presumptuous."
After hearing the rebuke, all the officers stopped. Cao Yong also turned around with big toad eyes, wanting to see who was this person who was obstructing the Yamen's handling of the case. When Cao Yong saw the man's true appearance, his face turned pale with fear and his legs trembled. He came to Zhao Ding tremblingly and said in a staccato tone: "Xiang...Xiang...Xiangye, why...why are you here?"
After Zhao Ding heard what Cao Yong said, he stared at him with a raised eyebrow, and then asked: "What? Is it true that only you, Mr. Cao, are allowed to come to this place, but not me?" Upon hearing what Zhao Ding said, Cao Yong was immediately frightened out of his wits. He fell to his knees with a thump, kowtowing like pounding garlic.
Cao Yong quickly explained to Zhao Ding that this was not what he meant. Zhao Ding felt very disgusted when he saw his cowardice and incompetence. He frowned frequently and waved his hand towards Cao Yong. Then he said in a sonorous and powerful tone: "How dignified is it for a dignified imperial official to kneel down in front of a large audience? Why don't you get up quickly?"
After hearing what Zhao Ding said, Cao Yong quickly stood up and stood respectfully in front of Zhao Ding. Zhao Ding had no time to wrangle with this villain, so he went straight to the point and asked Cao Yong why he wanted to arrest Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing.
Cao Yong raised his head and glanced at Fu Tianpeng, and when he saw him glaring at him angrily, he was so frightened that he quickly turned his face away. Cao Yong answered Zhao Ding's question. He said that Fu Tianpeng should be arrested and interrogated because he refused to pay the money to enter the city and beat the court generals.
After hearing Cao Yong's explanation, Zhao Ding's face became serious. After a while, Zhao Ding stood up and sternly rebuked the current behavior of charging city entrance fees in front of the people. Zhao Ding said: "A harsh government is fiercer than a tiger. The people of our Song Dynasty have suffered from war and chaos, and their livelihoods are in ruins. The current court does not know how to reduce taxes, reduce taxes, and provide benefits to the people. Instead, it intensifies exploitation. This is pushing the people into a pit of fire. Such a dear person Pain, something that pleases the enemy. Isn’t it chilling?”
Zhao Ding's impassioned speech attracted bursts of applause from the people present. And these powerful words were like hitting a snake seven inches into Cao Yong's ears. Cao Yong twisted his body in pain and kept spitting from his mouth. Obviously, he could not argue with Zhao Ding's words. However, relying on Qin Hui as his backer, Cao Yong began to show off his rhetoric again.
There was a provocative smile on Cao Yong's face. He looked at Zhao Ding and whispered to him: "Mr. Zhao, this matter of charging the city entry fee is the idea of Mr. Qin, the political advisor. Mr. Qin is now in front of the Holy Master. A famous person. You have to weigh the pros and cons yourself."
When Zhao Ding saw that Cao Yong actually threatened him with words, he was immediately furious. Zhao Ding pointed at Cao Yong's nose and reprimanded: "It's all slanderers like you who use words to deceive the saints and block the way of speech. You must remember that floating clouds cannot always block the sun."
Cao Yong nodded repeatedly and looked up at Fu Tianpeng again. Then after saluting Zhao Ding, he led his police officers and detectives and fled the inn in despair. After Cao Yong left, Zhao Ding knew that this person would definitely tell Qin Hui the whole story about the inn. If he slanders the Holy One, then Fu Tianpeng and both of them may become prisoners of the imperial court. The two knights traveled long distances and arrived at Lin'an. Such a loyal and courageous hero must never let them suffer unjust injustice.
Thinking of this, Zhao Ding asked the waiter to find the Four Treasures of the Study. He immediately wrote quickly, and after finishing a letter, he handed it into Fu Tianpeng's hands.
Zhao Ding told Fu Tianpeng that this letter was of great importance and must be handed over to Marshal Han Shizhong in person. Fu Tianpeng nodded, and he immediately stood up and said goodbye to Zhao Ding with Zhao Xueqing. Before leaving, Fu Tianpeng said to Zhao Ding: "Master Zhao, you are loyal and upright. Such a character will inevitably be tolerated by villains. You must be more careful in the future."
Zhao Ding nodded and said to Fu Tianpeng: "Thank you, Young Master Fu, for your kind reminder. I will keep it in mind. Young Master and Miss Zhao should also pay more attention and beware of evil plots." Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing said goodbye to Zhao Ding. The two decided that no matter whether the imperial court sent troops or not, they would stick to the Yangtze River line with the soldiers in front.
Fu Tianpeng and his two men turned back on their fast horses, after running for days. That night, I arrived in front of a ruined temple. Fu Tianpeng looked around and saw that the place was overgrown with weeds and deserted. On an ancient elm tree that four people could not close together, the cicada kept making noisy noises. Dark clouds were rolling in the sky, and lightning could sometimes be seen streaking across the sky. After Fu Tianpeng tied the horse, he took out some dry food from the horse's bag. He said to Zhao Xueqing: "Sister Qing, it looks like it's going to rain, and it's getting late. Why don't we rest in the ruined temple for the night. Let's go on our way again in the early morning tomorrow."
After the two entered the ruined temple, Fu Tianpeng handed the water bag and dry food to Zhao Xueqing. After she took it, she just took a sip, ate some dry food hastily, and then handed the rest to Fu Tianpeng. Zhao Xueqing said to Fu Tianpeng: "Brother Tianpeng, you should eat all these dry food. Running around for days is quite exhausting."
Fu Tianpeng saw tiredness appearing on Zhao Xueqing's originally pink and pretty face. He knew that this was caused by traveling all the way, not eating well, and not sleeping well. Fu Tianpeng covered a pile of hay with his cloak, and then spread the hay flat. He said to Zhao Xueqing: "Sister Qing, I'm asking you to run around here and there with me, and you have to work hard for the country. It's really hard on you."
Zhao Xueqing leaned her head gently on Fu Tianpeng's arms. Fu Tianpeng felt her breath was like blue, and he was unconsciously intoxicated. The two of them just leaned on each other. Although they were speechless at this time, their hearts were tightly connected to each other. Time is passing secretly. Only by deeply understanding the ups and downs and sufferings on the road ahead can we cherish this short-term happiness even more.
A silver moon quietly hid behind the thick clouds, and the sky became darker. At this time, several figures suddenly floated past in front of the broken window of the ancient temple. Fu Tianpeng said softly to Zhao Xueqing: "Sister Qing, someone is coming."
The two men stood up immediately, one drew his sword, the other drew his sword, and watched the movements around them with vigilant eyes. Suddenly, the tiles on the roof of the temple fell one after another, and as a puff of dust and smoke scattered, five masked men in black jumped out from beside them.
Facing these uninvited guests, Fu Tianpeng took out his sharp sword and said to the man in black: "Who are you?" After hearing the question, a man in black burst into laughter. From his laughter, Fu Tianpeng felt that this man seemed familiar, but for a while he couldn't remember where he had seen him.
Seeing Fu Tianpeng's contemplative look, the man in black smiled coldly: "What? You actually forgot about your old friend from Shaolin Temple in a month or so?" Fu Tianpeng then recalled that this person was the five swordsman he captured at that time. Lord. However, hasn't this culprit been picked up by Pu Shougengsuo? How did he escape? What the hell does this happen? Various questions lingered in Fu Tianpeng's mind, but he could not find the answers.
When Fu Tianpeng was stunned, the man in black used the "Treasure Offering from All Directions" move. Both claws came out like lightning and flint, and only grabbed Fu Tianpeng's chest. Seeing this, Zhao Xueqing quickly rushed to get out of the way, and the Chan Juan Sword Dragon came out of the abyss and stabbed straight into the side of the man in black.
The man in black was taken aback, and his claws hurriedly circled around. He moved away and dodged from the air of Chanjuan Sword. The sneak attack on Fu Tianpeng failed, and the man in black was furious. He said to the thieves: "Come together and deal with this girl for me."
The four men in black hold a horn, with wind in their fists and strength in their legs. Hitting and kicking, Zhao Xueqing was surrounded. Zhao Xueqing held her sword to block, her steps were full of flowers, and she walked nimbly between the four men in black. Here, the black-clothed hall master was fighting with Fu Tianpeng in person.
The black-clothed hall master said: "Boy, if it weren't for the bald donkey from Shaolin Temple who secretly helped me last time, would I be afraid of you? This time we meet again, I want to show you how powerful I am." Fu Tianpeng snorted and said contemptuously He replied: "Don't talk nonsense. If you want to beat me, let's show the real results with fists and feet."
After that, the black-clothed hall leader showed off the move of a tiger emerging from the forest, while Fu Tianpeng showed off the move of a dragon soaring into the sea. A fierce battle between dragon and tiger is inevitable. The black-clothed hall master was the first to attack. He jumped into the air, three feet above the ground. His legs twisted sharply, kicking towards Fu Tianpeng's heart like a shuttle. After Fu Tianpeng took a few steps back, the true energy in his Dantian gathered into the sea, and he secretly used his arms to perform the move of "Plucking Onions on Dry Land". Fu Tianpeng grabbed the black-clothed hall master's legs and swung them outwards.
The hall leader in black was hit by a strong internal force. When he landed, his center of gravity was unstable and he almost fell. Fu Tianpeng took this opportunity to step on the waves, like an arrow leaving the string. He gave the black-clothed hall master a hard push on his back with both palms. One move, "Qian Jiang Tide", hits hard and hard.
With a sound of "Ah", Tang Yi fell to the ground, curled up in pain for a few times, and then died. The remaining four people immediately panicked, and Zhao Xueqing took advantage of this opportunity. Using "Purple Swallow Passing the Curtain", the shadow of the sword flashed past, and the four men in black also fell to the ground.
Fu Tianpeng took off the masks of the five people and saw that they all had yellow faces and long beards. It was not difficult to tell that they were all Jinying's men. Then Fu Tianpeng took out the secret letter from the brocade box in the arms of the black-clothed hall master. When he saw the contents of the letter, his expression changed drastically. It turned out that Jin Wushu had revealed in his letter that the masters of Wujian Hall had sneaked into the Song Dynasty in batches. Waiting for an opportunity to assassinate the main battle general.
This news was no small matter. After Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing adjusted their status slightly, they jumped on the horse again. Go to Zhenjiang to meet with Marshal Han Shizhong and discuss the pros and cons here in detail.
