120. The way home

It has been a full four months since Xiao Feng and Murong Fu broke up at the foot of Shaomu Mountain. In the past four months, several major events have really happened in the martial arts.

This first major event was the beheading of Xiao Feng's sworn brother Xuzhu's biological parents, Xuan Ci and Ye Erniang. Xuzhu's biological father, Xuanci, the former abbot of Shaolin Temple, committed many crimes such as obscenity, lending money to collect money, and forcing people to kill people, and his biological mother Ye Erniang has stolen, abused, and killed countless babies over the years. The case of these two people was sent to Dali Temple, and the court remembered that Xuan Ci Lao Mai and Ye Erniang were women, so they changed the sentence to be beheaded after the autumn. And they were beheaded along with Yue Laosan, who committed the crime of murder, and Yun Zhonghe, who committed the crime of raping and killing women.

On the day the four people were beheaded, hundreds of people came to watch and cheer. Xu Zhu originally complained about Murong Fu, who sentenced his biological parents to a heavy sentence, but on the day of the execution, he could only sigh when he saw such a scene with his own eyes. Yue Laosan and Yunzhonghe have no relatives and have done a lot of evil for no reason, and no one was willing to collect their corpses. In the end, it was also Xuzhu who remembered their relationship with their mother, and buried them for the rest.

This second major event is that the old righteous martial arts leader of the Shaolin faction fell down because the abbot Xuan Ci asked and the Shaolin Temple was investigated by the imperial court. Many gangs in the rivers and lakes are peeking at the position of the leader of the righteous path, but the six gates set up by the imperial court have taken advantage of the situation to rise up, and they have established a great reputation by disposing of Shaolin, which has the faint meaning of being a leader.

This third major event is that after a martial arts conference, there are really many heroes in the rivers and lakes who have been re-educated by Murong and joined the army. As for whether it can be made a success, a marquis and a general, and a name in history, we still have to wait and see.

As for this fourth major event, it was the imperial court that really awarded the plaque of "Loyalty and Righteousness" to the beggar gang, and the beggar gang became famous and confirmed the prestige of this "first gang in the world". Soon after the plaque of "Loyalty and Righteousness" was sent to the beggar gang, many heroes came to visit and renew the old relationship with the beggar gang. But since the beggar gang learned that the gang leader Qiao Feng was originally Xiao Feng, a Khitan man, they have really had ups and downs in the past few months. At this time, those Jianghu guests came to take advantage of the hot stove again, but the beggar disciples were quite pampered and lukewarm.

Among the beggars, Xiao Feng finally held a meeting of the beggars, officially passed the green bamboo stick to Jiang Changyun, and taught him the eighteen palms of the dragon and the method of beating the dog. Jiang Changyun didn't have much talent in martial arts, and Xiao Feng taught it for almost three months. It wasn't until his two sworn brothers, Duan Yu and Xuzhu, came to help Xiao Feng drink on Chinese New Year's Eve, that Xiao Feng suddenly remembered that the day he left the Great Song Dynasty was approaching.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, Xiao Feng knew that his two righteous brothers were full of sorrow.

Duan Yu was invited by Wang Yuyan a month ago to visit Wang Yuyan's mentor Su Shi Su in Hangzhou, and by the way, he also met Wang Yuyan's fiancΓ© Su Yu. The twenty-three-year-old Su Yu has just passed the trial and won the case, and next year he will rush to the capital to Zhegui Toad Palace, which is the spring breeze. As for the prestige of his father Su Shi Su in the literati world, it is as brilliant as the sun and the moon. Although Duan Yu is a noble son of Dali, he has been fond of poetry and books since he was a child, and he admires Master Su very much. Therefore, when he saw the elegant and scholarly fragrance of the Su family, he didn't think that his identity as the son of Dali had much chance of winning compared with Su Yu. What's more, Wang Yuyan and Su Yu have a deep relationship and are well known.

Depressed, he left the Su family, and soon Duan Yu received a letter from his uncle Emperor Baoding. Emperor Baoding said a total of two things in the letter, first, it was Duan Yu's fisherman-like father Duan Zhengchun who went to the Central Plains and never heard from him again. Emperor Baoding, based on his understanding of this younger brother, speculated that he had a chance of falling in love with which one of the Central Plains was stunning. asked Duan Yu to arrange for someone to find out his father's whereabouts, so that he could go back to Dali as much as possible. The second thing is that the Emperor of Western Xia released a rumor that he wanted to choose a son-in-law for the princess, and Emperor Baoding thought that Duan Yu was single, and asked him to rush to Western Xia to be elected.

The whereabouts of his father Duan Zhengchun, Duan Yu is not very worried. Duan Zhengchun's own martial arts are good, and there are four guards around him, "fishing, woodcuttering, farming, and reading" to protect him, so he can't make a big deal. But when it came to choosing a horse in Western Xia, Duan Yu was very unhappy. He had just fallen out of love not long ago, how could he have the heart to please Princess Xixia? It's just that although Duan Yu's temperament is a little naΓ―ve, he is not the coward who only knows how to enjoy and does not know how to take responsibility. His uncle Emperor Baoding had no heirs, and a hundred years after his uncle and father, he was the lord of Dali. Marriage in Western Xia, that is a national policy, how can it tolerate personal feelings?

"So, third brother, you will soon set off for Western Xia?" Xuzhu listened to the bitter water poured out by Duan Yu, and immediately asked.

"yes!" Duan Yu nodded with a sad face, and said tragically as if he had been on the execution ground. "I've had drinks with my eldest brother and second brother today, and I should leave tomorrow."

When Xuzhu was married to Duan Yu in the Vulture Palace, he had heard him mention the "fairy sister" Wang Yuyan in his heart, and now he saw that he was not only out of love, but also wanted to marry her as a wife against his will, and he couldn't help but feel great sympathy. only patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "Third brother, maybe the princess of Xixia is also stunning?" ”

"I ...... Miss Wang" Duan Yu was about to defend that he admired Miss Wang not because of her appearance, but because of the words that came to his lips and was faintly empty. After being stunned for a long time, he only burped and shook his head helplessly.

But Xiao Feng didn't know how to explain it when he saw Duan Yu's depressed expression, so he hurriedly said: "Second brother, you left Shaolin, where have you gone in the past few months?" ”

Xiao Feng asked this, and Xuzhu's brows also wrinkled. "The little brother went to the Sea of Stars to find someone......"

This has to start with Xuzhu leaving Shaolin to send a hero post. At the beginning, Shaolin held a martial arts conference with great fanfare, and sent monks in the temple out of the temple to send hero posts, among which there was a void bamboo. As a result, after Xuzhu left the temple, the hero post did not have time to send a few copies, so he accidentally broke the Zhenlong chess game, and obtained 70 years of internal cultivation without cliffs. Xuzhu is sincere, and he wants to repay the benefits of others, so he promised him to kill Ding Chunqiu to clean up the portal for the free faction.

How do you know that he was buried without a cliff, and when he went out, he was kidnapped by Tianshan Tong's grandmother. The two didn't say a few words, and Li Qiushui came to rob him again. Tianshan Tong's grandmother and Li Qiushui were entangled and stubborn, and Xuzhu couldn't help himself, and was coerced by the two of them all the way to the Xixia Palace, and it took a few months to figure out the grievances of this carefree faction from their words. It turned out that Tianshan Tong's grandmother learned from Murong Fu's mouth that the whereabouts of her junior brother Wuyazi hurried to find him, and she couldn't take care of Murong Fu anymore. But when she found Wuyazi, she realized that Wuyazi was half paralyzed, and she was greatly disappointed in her heart. Soon, Li Qiushui killed again. The three of them, the elder sister, the younger brother, and the younger sister ate the old vinegar again, as if the Shura field had reappeared, and it turned the world upside down. In the end, Tianshan Tong and Li Qiushui were both angry with Wu Yazi, and as for the news that Ding Chunqiu, a gangster of the Easy Sect, had already died at the hands of Murong Fu and the Xingzhu Sect had been completely wiped out, Tianshan Tong had already put it in his mind. After these two people left, Wuyazi was still like the "big immortal" who set up a stall at the entrance of the hospital, conscientiously waiting for someone who was destined to put Zhenlong.

Tianshan Tong and Li Qiushui wanted to grab the Seven Treasure Ring and compete for the position of the head of the Loose Sect, but in the end, they fought together to die as in the original book. Xuzhu inherited the position of the palace master of the Vulture Palace, returned to Shaolin, buried his parents, and finally remembered the promise of no cliff. But when he searched for the Sea of Stars all the way, he found that the Star Sect that had once been in the rivers and lakes had long since disappeared. He went to Xiping County to inquire about the news, but when he said that he was Ding Chunqiu's junior brother, he was almost beaten into a pig's head by the angry people, so he had to flee back in a wolf.

Recalling the situation when he was chased and beaten by the people of Xiping with nail rakes and cow dung a few months ago, Xuzhu couldn't help but sigh and said gloomily: "I don't know which master is a righteous warrior who cleans the door for the free faction......"

Xiao Feng knew a lot about this matter, and he saw him raise his hand to pour a bowl of spirits into his stomach, and asked with an unpredictable expression: "Second brother, if you know who that master is, what are you going to do?" ”

Xuzhu Zhengse said: "This person is kind to my free faction, and the younger brother should know how to repay the kindness." …… On that day, Master Wuyazi passed on my Northern Spiritual Skill and the Seven Treasure Ring in the hope that I would clean up the portal for the Loose Sect, and if I found this person, I should give him the Seven Treasure Ring! ”

"Is it passed on to him as the head of the Loose Sect?" When Xiao Feng heard this, he held on to the wine jar and laughed, "He won't want it...... He won't ...... How could he look down on a mere carefree faction? It is the entire Central Plains Martial Arts, and it is just a water and land dojo for him, which is not enough to worry about......"

Duan Yu was born in the royal family, and when he heard this, he instinctively felt shocked.

But Xu Zhu didn't notice anything, and only pulled Xiao Feng with surprise on his face and said, "It turns out that the eldest brother actually knows who this master is?" Hurry up and tell my little brother! ”

"He ......" The three words "Murong Fu" clearly lingered on Xiao Feng's lips, but he couldn't spit it out no matter what.

"Big brother?" Xuzhu shouted curiously again.

Xiao Feng was stunned for a long time, and finally sighed heavily, picked up the bowl and said, "Drink!" ”

Although Duan Yu and Xuzhu have the Northern Spiritual Skill to protect their bodies, they are not Xiao Feng's opponents when compared to the amount of alcohol. When the moon rose in the middle of the sky, Duan Yu and Xuzhu shouted "Miss Wang" and "Aunt Meng" and fell asleep soundly.

Xiao Feng drank the remaining two jars of residual wine alone, and then wiped his face and walked out. As soon as he went out, he saw that Elder Wu Changfeng was instructing the disciples in the gang to help the many disciples who were drunk back to the room to rest.

Xiao Feng accompanied Wu Changfeng to stand in place and look at it for a while, Wu Changfeng suddenly said: "Brother Xiao, Old Wu is a little older, I want to persuade you, are you willing to listen?" ”

Xiao Feng glanced sideways at Wu Changfeng in surprise, and said for a while: "Elder Wu might as well say it directly." ”

"Let's go and make a compensance to Murong Gongzi!" Wu Changfeng sighed, "Wu doesn't know what happened between Brother Xiao and Murong Gongzi, but this Murong Gongzi and Wu are also old acquaintances." Don't look at him as shrewd and capable, in fact, his temper is still like a child, stubborn and hard. If you don't give him a step, he won't be able to come down himself. Brother Xiao and Murong Gongzi are righteous brothers after all, and they have lived and died together, so what hurdle can't be overcome? ”

If it had been the past, Xiao Feng would definitely laugh when he heard Wu Changfeng's words, just because Wu Changfeng was really insightful of Murong Fu's character. However, today, Xiao Feng really can't laugh. As for what kind of person Murong Fu is, Xiao Feng can't tell clearly. I saw that he was silent for a while, and finally said with difficulty: "Elder Wu, if the contradiction between me and him is a matter of life and death, and if what he has done over the years is all about other schemes, what should I do?" ”

Wu Changfeng was immediately taken aback, and said after a while: "Murong Gongzi is in the officialdom, and it is inevitable that his actions are not upright enough. But if he is a treacherous and capricious treacherous villain......" Wu Changfeng frowned and thought for a while, he really didn't dare to imagine such a terrifying scene, so he just shook his head helplessly. "Wu can't think of it."

Xiao Feng smiled bitterly, and only sighed: "The capable minister who rules the world, the traitor of the troubled times." Do you know that Lu Sikong once said that his heart was like that Cao Cao. If you don't see the poor dagger, how do you know which one he really wants to be? ”

Xiao Feng seems to be rough by nature, but in fact, he is rough and fine. This trait is mostly due to his own talent and intelligence, and the small half is influenced by the "good brother" who has been friends with him for ten years and will play his best in fighting with others. After saying goodbye to Shaomu Mountain, Xiao Feng did not regard their father and son as lifelong enemies just because of the words of Murong Bo's father and son, like Xiao Yuanshan, and he wanted to get rid of them as soon as possible. Instead, he immediately went to see Xuan Ci to confirm Murong Bo's words. The reason why he did this, in addition to the shrewdness in his nature, was more about the brotherhood between him and Murong Fu for ten years.

However, Xuan Ci confirmed that the foolish person who summoned him back then was indeed Murong Bo.

At this point, Xiao Feng had no reason to excuse Murong Fu. Murong Fu and Xiao Yuanshan have no grievances, even if they want to arrest him, they don't have to take his life. Then, there is only one reason to kill Xiao Yuanshan: to kill people and cover up the bloody case thirty years ago. And since he knew that the bloody case thirty years ago was caused by his biological father, but he still made friends with him, there was only one reason for thinking about it: to recruit talents for him to restore the Great Yan of the Murong Clan. In the past few months, Xiao Feng has only thought of the person he has regarded as a brother and sister and has always been concerned about him for ten years, but in fact, he has always falsely regarded him as a stepping stone to the revival of Dayan, and he can't stop chilling all over his body.

Wu Changfeng, who was standing beside Xiao Feng, thought back to the major events in the court and the rivers and lakes since he and Murong Fu met, and also broke out in a cold sweat with both hands, and said in a lost voice: "The traitor seems to be loyal, that is a traitor who came out of troubled times!" Brother Xiao, are you really sure? ”

That night, after asking the truth in Xuan Ci's mouth, Xiao Feng made a life and death covenant on the fifteenth day of the first month in a fit of rage. Now that the time has not yet come, maybe Murong will be able to give me a reasonable explanation by then? Xiao Feng knew that he had been depressed for the past few months, but he didn't mention anything about the scene under Shaomu Mountain just because he still had illusions about Murong Fu. Even though he had already understood early on that no matter whether the past ten years were all used or not, there was a blood feud between him and Murong Fu between him and Murong Fu after all, and it was impossible to go back to the past. "Zhou Gong is afraid of rumors, Wang Mang is humble and does not usurp the time......" In the end, Xiao Feng still didn't say a word, only sighed lightly and left.

Duan Yu and Xuzhu were about to leave together after they woke up. Xuzhu had nothing to do, so Duan Yu said that he would accompany him to Xixia. Before parting, Duan Yu and Xuzhu agreed to visit Xiao Feng in Daliao during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

And Xiao Feng also informed Xuzhu of Murong Fu's killing of Ding Chunqiu. Looking at Xuzhu's unbelievable face, Xiao Feng couldn't help but say, "That Lord Murong also has a family tradition of martial arts, which is very good. Besides, his heart is in his career, and a mere Jianghu sect may not be in his eyes. ”

Xuzhu was upright, and after a while, he still insisted: "No matter what, he is always the benefactor of my free faction, and the younger brother will go to find him." As he spoke, he wondered again. Why did the eldest brother know about this? ”

Xiao Feng immediately choked. At the beginning, he and Duan Yu worshipped, considering that Murong Fu was an official of the imperial court and it was very inappropriate to marry a foreign prince, so he never mentioned that he had another righteous brother. At the martial arts conference, he married Duan Yu and Xuzhu Yi Jin Lan in front of the heroes of the Central Plains, so it was even more inconvenient to mention Murong Fu. is so wrong, to this day, Xiao Feng doesn't know what to do with his two righteous brothers mentioning Murong Fu.

"It's the little brother who is too talkative." Seeing this, Xuzhu hurriedly whispered.

Xu Zhu was so honest, Xiao Feng couldn't help but smile dumbly, only patted him on the shoulder and said indifferently: "He used to be an old friend of mine, but what will happen in the future...... I'm not sure. ”

Although Xu Zhu was honest, he also knew how to observe words and looks, and when he saw Xiao Feng faintly revealing a look of lost soul, he couldn't ask again, so he went with Duan Yu.

Soon after the two left, Xiao Feng also set off to return to Daliao with Xiao Yuanshan. Jiang Changyun led the beggars to help the disciples send Xiao Feng and his son to Yanmen Pass. Seeing that the parting was imminent, the beggars at the farewell banquet were drunk and drunk.

I saw that under the cold moon, Jiang Changyun, the nineteenth generation leader of the beggar gang, led a group of beggars and said: "Mr. Xiao, even if you go to the Khitan, as long as you are still benevolent and righteous and live in harmony with my Great Song Dynasty, you will still be a good friend of my beggar gang!" But if one day, you invade the Song land for the Liao lord, the beggars will swear to take your life! ”

Xiao Feng didn't say a word, but looked at Jiang Changyun with blazing eyes. Xiao Feng is not only strong in martial arts, but also very prestigious, and at this time, he looked at Jiang Changyun coldly, just as the atmosphere of Yuanlin Yuezhi was majestic. However, Jiang Changyun was silent opposite to him, and he was also resolute and calm, without stage fright. At this point, Xiao Feng can finally be sure that Jiang Changyun is qualified to take on the position of the leader of the beggar gang. He couldn't help but smile aloud, and said word by word: "Although Xiao is a Khitan, he was raised by the Han people and made a group of Han friends. The so-called drinking water thinks of the source and knows the gratitude, Xiao Feng swears here: In this life and this life, he will never inflict a knife on the Han people! If you break your oath, it's like a tree! So saying, he struck a large pine tree beside him. With the strength of his palm, the big pine tree, which was as thick as the mouth of a bowl, was broken in two in an instant.

Jiang Changyun's eyes turned red, and he bent down to pick up a wine jar and said loudly: "Brothers, practice it for Qiao Gang Master!" As soon as his voice fell, the beggars behind him picked up the wine jar and shouted in unison: "Practice for Qiao's helper!" ”

Seeing this, Xiao Feng couldn't help but smile slightly, followed by picking up the wine jar and saying to everyone: "The green mountains are not old, and the green water lasts forever." Xiao was able to get acquainted with all the brothers, and he was lucky to have three lives! When he meets in the rivers and lakes every day, he should drink and talk happily, dry! ”

"!" The beggars responded in unison, looking up and pouring down the jar of spirits.

I only heard the "bang" sound, and everyone fell down the wine jar together. Jiang Changyun turned his head and walked south to join the beggars, while Xiao Feng took Xiao Yuanshan to the north step by step and walked out of Yanmen Pass.

"Joe's Gang Master!"

"Gang Master Qiao, cherish it!"

"Gang Leader Qiao, if the Khitans treat you badly, don't forget that there are also our brothers in the Great Song Dynasty!"

Behind Xiao Feng, countless beggar disciples shouted loudly and hugged their heads and cried, but Xiao Feng never looked back.