Chapter 8: An Encounter at the Inn
Ma Qingfeng sat down by the window on the first floor and ordered two dishes: a plate of stir-fried vegetables, two catties of beef in sauce, a bowl of haggis soup, and asked for four steamed buns, and began to eat beautifully.
These days, Ma Qingfeng relies on wild fruits and wild vegetables to satisfy his hunger, and the taste fades in his mouth. He observed the several tables of guests around him while eating, and in front of him was a table that had just been vacated, and next to him sat several martial arts people, some carrying swords and some carrying swords. Behind him were three merchants dressed in silk and with big bellies. I'm talking about an interesting business story. On the right sat an old man and a girl, the old man had white hair and bright eyes, the girl was wearing a long emerald green dress, she could look like she was eleven or twelve years old, and under the curved eyebrows was a pair of strange big eyes, which looked like a beautiful embryo. After she found that Ma Qingfeng was looking at her, she immediately blushed and lowered her head, not knowing what she was thinking. But after a while, he raised his head and looked at Ma Qingfeng curiously.
Ma Qingfeng observed for a while, put the focus on a table full of martial arts characters, and listened to a bearded man say: "The Ghost Shadow Gate is miserable now, I don't know why the Ma family, the famous family of Blue Wolf City, has been wiped out." The court was furious, and heard that the emperor had sent 3,000 imperial guards, led by the deputy commander, to attack the Ghost Shadow Gate, destroying several branches of the Ghost Shadow Gate along the way. ”
"Not only did the imperial court send troops, but several generals who graduated from the Blue Wolf Academy and served in the empire also encircled and suppressed the branch halls of the Ghost Shadow Gate in their own jurisdiction in the name of suppressing bandits, and even those civil officials made it difficult for the Ghost Shadow Gate for various reasons, causing the Ghost Shadow Gate to suffer huge losses. A middle-aged man with a sword on his back also interjected.
Listening to these words, Ma Qingfeng felt a little comforted in his heart, the imperial court did not forget his father's contribution to cultivating talents for the country, and his father's students did not forget the teacher's kindness. At this time, a thin and withered little old man took a sip of wine and said unhurriedly: "Your news is lagging behind, the latest news I got is that the Ghost Shadow Gate Master Bloody Hand Wuji Ximen Qiufeng entered the palace to negotiate with the royal family, the emperor has issued an order to suspend the attack, and ordered the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard to investigate the matter thoroughly. It seems that this is not easy. ”
Ma Qingfeng's hand shook fiercely, and he had to rely on himself for revenge. Suddenly, several of the people who were talking shut up and stopped talking. Even the other diners gradually lowered their voices until they were silent. What's going on? Ma Qingfeng looked up suspiciously.
It turned out that two men and three women appeared at the door at some point, all dressed as Jianghu people, led by a girl, wearing a white Luo skirt and embroidered with a sword-shaped pattern on her chest, which looked extremely heroic. Under his feet was a pair of small pink brute boots. Looking at his face again, he was about seventeen or eighteen years old, Ma Qingfeng's careful liver jumped up with a thud, beautiful, beautiful. A head of hair is like ink, coiled high, and a golden phoenix hairpin is obliquely inserted into the temples, and there is a trace of nobility in the beauty. His skin was white and red, his crescent-like eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and his big watery eyes were shining a cold light, glancing at the diners. This girl is like a snow lotus on a snowy mountain, not stained with a trace of dust, which is unbearable to blaspheme. Seeing that everyone was staring at her intently, she couldn't help but pout, snorted coldly, and at the same time put the ancient long sword in her hand in front of her, and a cold aura immediately spread from her body.
"Hmph, what do you see, I haven't seen a beautiful woman, it's really rude. On the left, a young man in a dark green samurai suit swung a long sword, and a wave of domineering aura arose, and the man was about to carry a sword-shaped jade pendant hanging from it, and a knife with a sheath inlaid with gems in his hand. Behind him was a girl with a knife, wearing a pale green dress, and she was also a beauty, but her eyes were always on the man in front of her.
At the end of the walk were two men and women who looked alike. The age is similar to Ma Qingfeng, and the man is dressed in a strong suit, holding a pair of handguards and double hooks. The girl was dressed in charcoal red, and her big eyes full of aura were shining, looking very cute.
A few people stopped at the door for a while, and saw that the eyes of everyone in the hall on the first floor were concentrated, and the girl in white at the front frowned, obviously feeling impatient, and after the man with a knife next to him reprimanded Wan Qun, he beckoned Xiao Er and said, "Give us a private room, be quieter." Xiao Erlian said okay, and hurriedly led the way to the second floor. It wasn't until the figures of a few people disappeared that everyone downstairs withdrew their gazes, staggered the light again, and began to drink.
Ma Qingfeng's heart gradually calmed down, the girl just now was so amazing, he lost his mind for a while, and when he woke up at this time, he secretly made up his mind to strengthen his willpower, otherwise he wouldn't know what was going on if he was plotted in the future. From the topic of discussion among the people around him again, Ma Qingfeng knew the identities of those people just now, the cold beauty in white was the second of the eight beauties of the rivers and lakes of the Great Xia Kingdom, and she was also an excellent disciple of the inner sect of the Sword Sect. At a young age, he cultivated to the realm of the seventh grade of the human level. The person who holds the knife is a disciple of the inner door of the Crazy Knife Sect, who is nicknamed the Bloodthirsty Crazy Knife Nan Tianba, and has also cultivated to the realm of the seventh-grade human level, and he is very spicy, and the enemy who opposes him has never got the whole corpse, and his death is extremely miserable, so the people in the rivers and lakes gave him the nickname of the Bloodthirsty Crazy Knife. Beside him was his little sister Yan Feifei.
And the pair of men and women who looked very similar were a pair of brothers and sisters, from a sect called Forgotten Valley that was friendly with the Sword Sect. They are a pair of sons and daughters of Xiao Chunqiu, the lord of the Valley of Forgetting Worries, the elder brother is called Xiao Rang, and the younger sister is called Xiao Li. They originally followed their father to participate in the 60th birthday of the Sword Sect's head Shenjian Invincible Gu Yuanshan, and met Hai Wushuang who was rushing back to the mountain gate after going down the mountain to practice, so they begged their father to let them go with Hai Wushuang, because there are many topics among young people, coupled with Hai Wushuang's beauty, it is quite charming. Therefore, the brother and sister followed Hai Wushuang to the Sword Sect. On the way, he happened to meet Nan Tianba and Yan Feifei, who also went to the Sword Sect to celebrate his birthday, and Nan Tianba had long admired Hai Wushuang. At this time, a fierce pursuit was launched, but Hai Wushuang didn't say anything, and always looked cold.
After Ma Qingfeng hastily filled his stomach and returned to the room, he fell into a deep sleep on the bed. It's been a hard time for him these days, so many things have happened, and the pressure on him is too great.
The next day, when the sun was three poles, Ma Qingfeng woke up, and after breakfast, he asked about the way to the Sword Sect, and learned that there were still more than 100 miles.
It's really rich and easy to do, and in a blink of an eye, a luxury carriage appeared in front of you. Ma Qingfeng was very satisfied, pedaled on the cart drawn by two tall horses, and told the coachman to go to the Sword Sect, and then sat on a very comfortable soft couch, tasting the fruits prepared for the guests in the car, and enjoying the beautiful scenery outside the car.
After walking leisurely for more than 50 miles, Ma Qingfeng was about to fall asleep, when suddenly there was a neighing sound of a horse outside, the body shook, stopped, and Ma Qingfeng was thrown by inertia and hit the wall of the car.
The driver's panicked voice came from outside the car, "Childe, come out and take a look, there's something wrong outside." Ma Qingfeng poked his head out of the car, looked forward, was surprised, and almost fell out of the car, but he had experienced fighting with wolves, so he was calmer, and hurriedly comforted the driver not to be afraid, and got out of the car at the same time.
I saw dozens of corpses lying on the road in front of me and in the fields on both sides of the road, all of them wearing black clothes and black scarves, and they were in a very miserable state.
Some of the corpses had their heads separated from their bodies, some of them had their stomachs disemboweled, and their internal organs and intestines were running all over the ground, and some of them were missing arms and legs. Ma Qingfeng even found half an ear at his feet. Judging from the blood on the ground, it seems that this happened not long ago, because some of the blood on the ground has not dried up. Although I don't know who killed these people, why they killed them, and whether the road ahead is still dangerous, Ma Qingfeng decided to move on, and after discussing with the coachman, he gave an extra five taels of silver, and the coachman rushed to the road again.
Walking about ten miles again, when passing by a forest, Ma Qingfeng's vigilant ears heard a cry for help from the woods.