Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Bloodstained County Government
In the county government of Wuxi City, Hu Sheng, the magistrate of the county, had just been woken up by the rapid drumming and hurriedly ascended to the hall. He sat under www.biquge.info the plaque of "Mirror Hanging", holding a startling wood in one hand and supporting his head in the other, and asked loudly: "Who is drumming?" β
At this time, it was Lei Zhenggang who stood up in the hall. He replied, "Me." β
Hu Sheng opened his drooping eyes, and when he saw that it was Lei Zhenggang, he immediately sat upright, straightened his voice, and said, "It turned out to be Lei Zhenggang." Late at night, what advice do you have? β
Lei Zhenggang said: "Lei has just caught two important suspects, and he didn't dare to be negligent, so he disturbed the adults overnight. β
Hu Sheng asked, "What suspect?" β
Lei Zhenggang turned around and pointed at Li Que and Xinlan behind him, and said, "It's them." A few days ago, murder and arson cases occurred one after another in Jinling Purple Mountain Villa and Changzhou Yingunmen, and I suspect that they were responsible. Today, they went to the local Monkey Mountain to commit a crime and were arrested by me on the spot. This case involves nearly 100 lives of the three sects, and it is now handed over to adults for trial. β
Hu Sheng looked at the man and woman standing in the hall and shouted, "Bold suspect!" When I saw the official, I dared not kneel! β
Li Que said: "I, Li Que, only kneel to the sky and kneel to the earth, kneel to my father and mother, how can I kneel to you?" β
"You are Li Que?" Hu Sheng was shocked in his heart, and his hand holding the shocked wood couldn't help shaking, he took a deep breath, and asked, "Lei Zhutou said that you committed murder and arson, can you admit your guilt?" β
Li Que replied: "These three murders were not committed by me. β
Lei Zhenggang asked: "Since it wasn't you, why are you on the scene every time?" β
Li Que replied: "Like Lei Catcher, I also went to find the real murderer. β
Lei Zhenggang asked: "Where is the real culprit?" β
Li Que replied: "Ran away." β
Lei Zhenggang smiled: "What a good one ran away!" Then you are empty words! But more than a dozen disciples up and down Monkey Mountain insisted that you killed their heads. β
Xinlan was anxious and shouted, "Those dead monkeys! It's a bunch of rice buckets! I don't know what to do, En will take revenge! β
Hu Sheng patted the wood in surprise and said, "Okay! Spread the Monkey Mountain disciples to the church. β
So, several Monkey Mountain disciples were brought to the hall and repeated what they had said to Lei Zhenggang before.
Li Que closed his eyes and listened quietly.
Xinlan stomped her feet and shouted at the disciples of Monkey Mountain: "If you dare to talk nonsense again, see if I don't tear your mouth apart!" β
The Monkey Mountain disciple was so frightened that he shouted for help to Hu Sheng.
Hu Sheng slapped the startled wood again and shouted, "Vixen! Now that the evidence is conclusive, how can you deny it? If there is no more noise, the punishment is waiting! β
Xinlan scolded: "You foolish official! β
At this time, Li Que spoke: "Lan'er, forget it, it's useless to tell them more." β
Xinlan was about to continue scolding, but suddenly stopped. "You ......" she turned her head to look at Li Que, and a smile appeared on her face, "What did you call me just now?" β
But Li Que didn't answer her again.
Hu Sheng straightened his voice again and announced loudly: "This case involves three places, and this county needs to make a decision before making a decision." The two were imprisoned. β
However, when the official wanted to confiscate the Maitreya knife on Li Que's body, he was pushed away by Li Que with a palm. Li Que said: "Li can go to prison, but he can't leave this knife." β
"Are you ......" Hu Sheng was shocked and angry, his eyes widened, and he pointed at Li Que, but he couldn't speak. He looked at Lei Zhenggang and saw Lei Zhenggang nodding slightly. Even if he was extremely reluctant in his heart, he was helpless, shook his official sleeves, and said, "That's it, that's it!" β
Lei Zhenggang said: "I will leave immediately to inform the prefects of Jinling and Changzhou. β
Hu Sheng nodded with a smile and said, "Then it's bothering to catch the head." β
Li Que and Xinlan were imprisoned separately in men's and women's prisons. Until she saw Li Que walk into the prison, Xinlan refused to believe that Li Que would be arrested. No matter what Li Que thinks, Xinlan will not be willing to stay here.
An hour later, in the second half of the night, there was silence in the cell. Suddenly, Xinlan's screams were heard. The guards woke up from their dreams and hurriedly ran to the cell to check, where they saw Xinlan lying on the ground with her face facing the wall. The guards were at a loss and quickly took out the keys. But just as they were about to open the cell door, the cell boss said, "Don't worry! This girl is very good, I don't know if this is a trick she played. β
The guards also hesitated, but Xinlan had been lying still, and they couldn't ignore it. After thinking about it for a while, the cell boss decided to let only one guard go in and have a look, while the others waited outside the cell. The guard cautiously opened the cell door, reached into the cell, approached Xinlan, and slowly turned her over. Unexpectedly, two white smoke came out of Xinlan's sleeve. Before the guard could see Xinlan's face clearly, his eyes turned black and he fell. White smoke quickly filled the entire prison. The cell boss realized that he had been fooled, but he could not make any sound, so he could only fall asleep quietly.
After a while, the white smoke cleared, and Xinlan swaggered out of the cell, looked at the guards all around, and said proudly, "How does our Eagle Sect's soul smoke taste?" You guys just get a good night's sleep here. β
Xinlan next wanted to rescue Li Que, but she didn't know where Li Que was kept, so she had to look for them one by one between the prisons. Strangely, she searched all the cells and didn't see Li Que. Could it be that Li Que was locked up in a special place? Xinlan had to leave the prison before making plans.
Ke Xinlan had just walked out of the prison when a hand was on her shoulder. She suddenly looked back and saw that Li Que was standing behind her, which made her almost cry out in surprise.
After Li Que took Xinlan to a secluded place, he said, "You must be very strange, why should I be arrested. β
Xinlan nodded.
Li Que asked, "Do you still remember that the Monkey Mountain disciple said that who informed them of the Purple Mountain Villa and the Silver Spear Gate?" β
Xinlan replied: "It's the government." β
Li Que said: "So, who can tell Monkey Mountain these things before us? β
Xinlan replied: "It's the real murderer." β
Li Que said: "Not bad. Therefore, there must be some kind of connection between the government and the murderer. To find out the murderer, the only way to start is to start with the government, and the most direct way to get close to the government is to let them catch it. β
Xinlan suddenly realized and said, "No wonder you obediently let them be arrested." But how did you get out of your cell? β
Li Que smiled: "As long as I don't leave the knife in my hand, why is it difficult to escape from this small prison?" β
Xinlan asked again: "Now, although we have entered the county office, where do we start?" β
In fact, Li Que didn't think about this well. But at this moment, he saw a black shadow fly into the county government and go straight into Hu Sheng's bedroom, and this black shadow was very similar to the man in black he had met in Monkey Mountain before. If that's him, what is he doing here? Could it be that even Hu Sheng has to be killed? Li Que didn't care to explain to Xinlan, and hurriedly followed to the door of the bedroom. But suddenly the lights came on in the bedroom, and two figures shone out under the light. Seeing that the situation had changed, Li Que did not break in, but jumped to the roof, gently uncovered a piece of roof tiles, and spied on the movement in the room.
In the bedroom, Hu Sheng had already gotten up and was not wearing an official uniform. He walked under the lamp and said with a panicked expression, "Why are you here?" β
Then, Li Que heard the voice of the man in black: "Things have changed a little. This is really not Ye Feng's voice. Regarding this, Li Que should have expected it a long time ago. But the man in black spoke with a somewhat strange accent, not like a person from the Central Plains.
Hu Sheng asked: "You also did the Monkey Mountain incident?" When he asked, he clearly said that he had already known that Li Que had been wronged, and that he was in the same league as the man in black at all.
Of course, Li Que was angry in his heart, but in order to know more of the truth, he temporarily suppressed his anger.
The man in black said, "Yes." β
Hu Sheng was anxious and said, "The leader of the Zhongli Alliance only said that he wanted you to solve the Purple Mountain Villa and the Silver Spear Gate, and then lead Li Que to Monkey Mountain, but he didn't want you to destroy Monkey Mountain as well!" Now you're making trouble on my turf, and you're telling me how to keep up with me? β
Zhongli Alliance Leader? Could it be that they are talking about Zhong Liyan, the leader of the current martial arts alliance? Is he the real culprit behind the scenes? Although Li Que has never had a good impression of Zhong Liyan, he didn't expect him to set up such a game, and he didn't know why he did it.
The man in black yelled instead, "What do you know? At that time, Li Que had escaped from the trap of Monkey Mountain. If we don't kill the head of Monkey Mountain, Li Que will definitely ask about us from him. However, I didn't expect that as soon as I left Monkey Mountain, the thunder catcher would take someone in, and instead arrest Li Que squarely, which saved us a lot of work. β
Hu Sheng asked: "Now, Li Que is in my cell, what should I do?" β
The man in black said, "If you don't do it, you won't stop it." It simply ended up with him! β
Hearing this, Li Que kicked the roof down, jumped into the room, and pushed Hu Sheng to the corner with a palm. It was only at this time that Li Que finally saw the appearance of the man in black, with a line of eyes, a mustache, and a bun on the top of his head. Li Que smiled slightly and said, "It's actually a Dongying person." β
The man in black still said calmly, "Not bad." I'm Hattori Masanoshi of Iga. β
Li Que said: "No wonder you are agile, it turns out that you use ninjutsu." β
Hu Sheng's legs were already weak, and he secretly hid behind Hattori Shochang.
Hattori Masaga was not nervous, and objected to Hu Sheng, saying, "What are you afraid of? When I was in Hanzhong, I fought against Ye Feng, and he couldn't help me. As for the Maitreya knife, I also saw it when I was in Monkey Mountain, but that's it. Anyway, I came to take his life today, and this is where he died. β
Hattori Masaga pulled out a ninja knife from behind his back, held the knife on his right with both hands, and slowly pierced his legs into a horse step. Suddenly, a flash of sword light flashed, and the blade was already in front of Li Que. Li Que retreated, and the blade flowed in front of Li Que's throat, less than two inches close, no more than half a foot away, like lightning shining and meteors flying. Such a quick shot is rare in the world. However, Hattori's blade never touched Li Que's body. When Li Que took ten steps back in a row, another trace of sword light appeared, like the light of the morning dawn breaking through the dark night sky, and the Maitreya knife was unsheathed. In the past thousands of unsheaths, I don't know how many heroes of the rivers and lakes have spilled their blood on the earth. And now this knife is cutting through Hattori's waist and splitting Hattori Masanga in two, which frightened Hu Sheng and shouted "wow".
However, Li Que felt that this knife was not steady, and even did not hit it at all. Sure enough, instead of bleeding, the two parts that Hattori Masacho had been separated disappeared in an instant. They were not split by the Maitreya knife, but the illusion of the ninja doppelganger. Next, the bedroom was as quiet as death. Li Que stood in the center of the room, held his breath, and slashed three hidden weapons flying from nowhere. It is exactly the same as the hidden weapon that Ye Feng met in Hanzhong, black, with four corners, in the shape of a whirlpool. This is the most commonly used ninja dart by Toei ninjas. Li Que turned around and stabbed again, and hit three more ninja darts, but Hattori Masanaga still disappeared like smoke. Li Que closed his eyes, pricked up his ears, calmed down, and felt the flow of breath. A third wave of ninja darts arrived. This time, Li Que no longer just knocked them down, but brandished the Maitreya knife to hit them head-on. The blade slashed a half-moon arc from top to bottom in the air, splitting the ninja dart and slamming it into the wall in front of it. There was a scream, blood splattered all over the walls, Hattori took shape, and a knife cut from his right shoulder to his right leg. Pain and surprise were written all over his face.
Li Que opened his eyes, saw Hattori Masanaga, and said, "Although your Dongying ninjutsu moves quickly, you have no mental method, how can you compare with my Central Plains martial arts?" Last time I was in Monkey Mountain, my knife slashed you. If I hadn't wanted to keep you alive, how would you have escaped? β
Hattori covered the wound with his left hand, put his right hand to his mouth, and whistled. Soon, four more black-clothed ninjas broke through the window, set up four ninja knives, and killed Li Que together. The first knife was blocked head-on by the Maitreya knife, the second knife was flashed sideways by Li Que, the third knife was grabbed by Li Que's left hand at the wrist, and the fourth knife had not had time to stab over, and it had been killed by the Maitreya knife. Then, the light of the Maitreya knife spilled blood all over every corner of the room. In the mixture of light and blood, the ninjas in black fell one by one.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Hattori Masacho quickly took out the life-threatening projectile from his arms and threw it on the ground, causing smoke to fill the room. Li Que closed his eyes again, and with the breath he sensed, he turned around and swung out a horizontal knife. Another handful of hot blood spurted out and squirted straight into Hu Sheng's face. When the smoke cleared, Hu Sheng saw that Hattori Masacho was still in the room, facing out of the window, but his head was bowed, motionless, and the Maitreya knife had crossed his waist. Where has Hu Sheng seen this scene? He yelled again and slammed under the table in a panic.
Li Que put away the knife, and Hattori Masacho fell. Li Que walked to the table, pulled out Hu Sheng, and shouted: "Dog officer! Dare to collude with the Dongying people to frame me! β
Hu Sheng hurriedly begged for mercy: "Hero, spare your life!" This is all what Zhongli Alliance Master means. The villain is also forced to be helpless! β
Li Que asked: "The Zhongli Alliance leader you are talking about, is it Zhong Liyan, the current martial arts alliance leader?" β
Hu Sheng replied: "Yes! Be! That's him! It was he who asked this Dongying person to destroy the Purple Mountain Villa and the Silver Spear Gate, and then blame the hero. β
Li Que asked: "Did you tell the head of Monkey Mountain that I did the things of Purple Mountain Villa and Silver Spear Gate?" β
Hu Sheng replied: "Yes, this is also arranged by the leader of the Zhongli Alliance. He expected that when the hero saw the accident between the Purple Mountain Villa and the Silver Spear Gate, he would definitely rush to Monkey Mountain, so he wanted to use the hand of Monkey Mountain to deal with the hero. Who knows that the hero is brave, and the Monkey Mountain Dungeon can't trap you, this Dongying person is afraid that the matter will be revealed, so he simply kills the head of Monkey Mountain and exterminates it. β
Li Que finally figured out the truth of this series of murders, but he still had a question: "Why did Zhong Liyan frame me?" β
Hu Sheng replied: "This ...... The villain is not very clear either. The leader of the Zhongli Alliance only asked the villain to do things, and did not tell the villain the reason. β
At that moment, a man pushed the door open. Li Que looked at it, and it turned out to be Lei Zhenggang. Li Que calmed down a little in his heart and explained: "Lei Zhutou, you came just in time, about the truth about the three murders in Jinling, Changzhou, and Wuxi, this dog official has confessed, it is their ......"
Lei Zhenggang raised his hand to interrupt Li Que's words, nodded, and said, "Well, I heard it all just now." He slowly walked up to Hu Sheng, showed a fierce gaze, and said, "Dog officer, I can't imagine that all this was done by you!" You know the law and break the law, and your crime should be punished! Before the words fell, I saw a cold light passing by, Hu Sheng's throat was slit, and blood splattered on the white jade hook.
"You?" Li Que didn't expect it, although Hu Sheng was hateful, how could Lei Zhenggang, who was the head catcher, kill him so rashly? Li Que stared at Lei Zhenggang in surprise, and the uneasiness in his heart was expanding.
Lei Zhenggang pushed Hu Sheng's body away and said, "It's useless to keep him." β
Li Que asked: "Could it be that you are also ......?"
Lei Zhenggang's face did not change, and said: "Li Que, you are too naΓ―ve! Zhong Liyan has become the leader of the martial arts alliance today. Do you think that with you, you can fight the entire martial arts? β
Li Que immediately understood Lei Zhenggang's identity, and the shock and anger made Li Que have the urge to draw a knife again. But at this moment, he found that his right hand was no longer obedient, his legs were weak, and his head was dizzy.
Lei Zhenggang said: "Lei thinks that he is not your opponent, so before coming in, he has cast Ecstasy. I know that with your Li Daxia's skills, it will be easy to force out this little poison, but I won't give you this opportunity. β
Li Que knelt on one knee weakly, lowered his head, and said helplessly: "Unexpectedly, you are the first head catcher in the south of the Yangtze River, and you are willing to be Zhong Liyan's lackey." β
Lei Zhenggang said: "The so-called person who knows the times is Junjie, besides, Zhong Liyan has agreed to bring all the factions in Jiangnan Wulin under my jurisdiction." Don't you want to know why Zhong Liyan framed you? I can tell you and make you die with understanding. Because that good friend of yours, Ye Feng, is now in Shandong. Zhong Liyan wanted to take this opportunity to call on the martial arts of the world to kill together, but he knew that you and Ye Feng swore to live and die together, and once the killing document was issued, you would definitely rush to Shandong to support. So let's preemptively get rid of you in Jiangnan. β
Li Que shook his head again and again, and said, "In order to get rid of me, you actually did not hesitate to kill the three factions of Purple Mountain Villa, Silver Spear Gate and Monkey Mountain. Thinking that Huang Duo, Bai Shaolong and Nie Huai were all looking forward to Zhongli Yan and the horse, but now they are abandoned like mustard. β
Lei Zhenggang said: "The Maitreya knife in your hand is unparalleled in the world. If it's hard, the few of us together won't necessarily be your opponent. But you are upright by nature, and if you are caught up in a life lawsuit and imprisoned, you will definitely stay and find out the truth. Moreover, after those three people were defeated by you in Huashan, they were useless, but they would hinder my great cause of arbitrarily asserting Jiangnan, so it might as well be used as bait to lure you into the urn. β
Li Que sighed and said, "Alas! What a painstaking effort you have! β
In the end, Lei Zhenggang said coldly: "Okay, everything you want to know already knows." Now, it's time to look at it! He raised the white jade hook, and in the moonlight, the cold light was close to the human eye, as if it was a call from the underworld.
Just as the white jade hook stabbed at Li Que's throat, an eagle's claw fell from the sky and hooked the white jade hook, and the back of the claw was attached to a rattan, and the other end of the rattan was Xinlan. She appeared outside the door.
Lei Zhenggang was startled at first, then became angry, and said, "I forgot about you." β
Xinlan cried out, "You hypocrite! I didn't think you were a good person. β
Lei Zhenggang asked: "This place has been filled with ecstasy, how can you be safe?" β
Xinlan smiled: "Haha, your ecstasy is far worse than the soul hooking smoke I taught." β
Lei Zhenggang shouted: "Presumptuous! With a twist of the hook blade, it broke the talons and set off a gale. As soon as Xinlan dodged the wind knife, a white jade hook flew in front of her. She bent back, causing the white jade hook to slice two inches above her. Before he could get up, another white jade hook followed. She rolled over, the hook blade only scratching off a few hairs on her forehead. At this time, Lei Zhenggang had no weapon in his hand. Seeing this opportunity, Xinlan flew out of the eagle's talon again. Lei Zhenggang caught the eagle's talon with one hand, and compared his strength with Xinlan at the ends of the rattan. At this time, Xinlan suddenly felt a gust of wind coming from behind her. Looking back, the two white jade hooks turned back again. In a hurry, Xinlan dodged sideways, only to find that her right hand was still tied with an eagle's claw. At this moment, the white jade hook had already flown in front of him, and it was slashing across Xinlan's right arm, and the right arm was bleeding profusely. Xin Lan suddenly felt a piercing pain and was weak, so she had to cover her right arm and lean against the door frame.
Lei Zheng just took back the white jade hook, and a slight sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "See what tricks you can play." But just as he pointed the white jade hook at Xinlan, he suddenly remembered that there was another person in this room. He turned around suddenly, and saw that Li Que had taken advantage of the opportunity of his fight with Xinlan, and had already used his skills to force out most of the ecstasy in his body. Panic surged into Lei Zhengang's heart, and he hurriedly cut the white jade hook towards Li Que's throat.
However, Li Que's hands and feet had regained consciousness, and his right hand had already touched the Maitreya knife. Another cold light appeared, colder, sharper, and paler than the cold light emitted by the white jade hook. Lei Zheng just saw a pillar of blood quietly erupting, it was his own blood. He fell, although there was still a lot of unwillingness in his heart, but he still fell silently.
Xinlan breathed a long sigh of relief, looked at the blood and corpses in the room, and said, "Alas! It's all settled. β
Li Que walked up to Xinlan, tore off a piece of gauze on his body, wrapped up Xinlan's wound, and whispered, "This time, thank you!" β
Xinlan was stunned for a moment, and laughed again: "Look, I've saved you several times!" If you don't have me by your side, you're really dangerous! β
Li Que said: "This place is not suitable for a long time. Let's leave this county first. β
It was dawn and the sky was clear. Xinlan followed Li Que and walked out of Wuxi City all the way. She asked Li Que, "Where are you going next?" β
Li Que replied: "Since Zhong Liyan is ready to attack Ye Feng in Shandong, I have no reason to sit idly by. β
Xinlan said, "Then I'll go to Shandong with you." β
Li Que shook his head and said, "This is a matter of the Central Plains Martial Arts, and it is inconvenient for you, as an Eagle Sect person, to interfere." Moreover, this trip to Jiangnan has already affected you a lot, and you don't know how sinister it is to go to Shandong. β
The corners of Xinlan's mouth curled up and said, "Hmph! Whatever you say, I'm going to follow you. β
When Li Que was helpless, he suddenly noticed that there were other people's breath around him, so he shouted: "Who? Come out for me! β
Out of the grass came a man, disheveled and in shabby clothes.
Li Que recognized that this was the female beggar they met in Wuxi City, and couldn't help but be suspicious, clenched the Maitreya knife, and asked sharply: "I thought you were sneaky at the beginning, and now you are following us here, what is your intention?" β
The female beggar was so frightened that she retreated.
Unexpectedly, Xinlan hurriedly stopped Li Que and said, "Don't be nervous, I know her, she is from our Eagle Sect." β
The female beggar also hurriedly knelt down towards Xinlan and said, "Liuyun, the envoy of the Eagle Sect to the south of the Yangtze River, meet the envoy of the left wing. β
Li Que was even more curious and asked, "Since you are an eagle sect, why do you dress up like this?" β
Xinlan said: "This is the territory of your Central Plains people, of course the Eagle Sect people have to hide their eyes and ears here." β
Li Que asked again: "Then why is she following us?" β
Xinlan said, "What are you following us?" She's just stalking me. Something must have happened in the church again. β
Liuyun replied: "The subordinates do have important things to report. Previously, he met the left-wing envoy in the city, but he didn't have a chance to speak, so he had to follow the lord all the way to wait for the opportunity. β
Xinlan said, "Okay! All right! Don't be verbose! Tell me what's going on! β
"This ......" Liuyun looked at Li Que and didn't dare to continue.
Xinlan said, "But it doesn't hurt to say it. β
"Yes." Liuyun continued, "My subordinates were ordered by the second princess to take the adults back to Miaojiang and discuss the restoration of religion with the second princess. β
"Second princess?" Xinlan hurriedly asked, "Is she okay now?" β
Liuyun replied: "The second princess was blessed with Qitian, and was blessed by the first sect leader, not only escaped the pursuit of the eldest princess, but also went straight to Tubo, eliminated the white-haired ice demon, and avenged the first sect leader and all the sect members. Now the second princess has returned to Miaojiang, gathered the loyal people of our sect, and wanted to return to the main altar to take the position of the head of the orthodox sect. β
Xinlan was overjoyed to learn that Biling was unharmed. Xinlan received the grace of Yaoluan's acquaintance, and she couldn't repay it, and later she was born and died with Bi Ling, and her friendship was great. Now Bi Ling's return to religion is not only Yao Luan's last wish, but also can help Bi Ling get out of the sea of suffering, which is more in line with the long-term interests of the Eagle Sect. It is reasonable for Xinlan to help Biling. But just as she was about to agree, she hesitated. She knew that Li Que would definitely go to Shandong, and if she went to Miaojiang, it would be a lot of mountains and rivers from now on, and she didn't know when she would be able to meet Li Que again. The joy in her heart turned into contradictions, and the contradictions turned into sourness.
At this time, Li Que patted Xinlan on the shoulder and said, "Now is the time when Biling needs you the most." β
"But ......" Xinlan looked at Li Que, and didn't know what to say.
Li Que actually showed a smile on his face: "When I finish the matter, I will go to Miaojiang to find you." β
Xinlan asked, "Really?" β
Li Que nodded.
Xinlan suddenly pushed Li Que's hand away and said, "Why do you think that your business will be done before mine?" Maybe after I help the second princess to return to the Middle Plains, I will come back to the Central Plains to find you! β
Eventually, Xinlan headed west with Liuyun. Li Que watched them disappear into the horizon. And in the east, the early morning sun is already showing. Li Que picked up the Maitreya knife and embarked on a thousand-mile journey to Shandong.