The next day, as soon as the sky was slightly bright, both of them had already gotten up, and after washing, they used to check out early.

After leaving the inn, the two walked all the way, Zhou Tong knew that the separation was imminent, and along the way, he just told Li Qingcang about some of his experience and understanding of martial arts, and he couldn't teach each other.

Li Qingcang also listened carefully and asked questions from time to time, and the questions he asked were often unique, to the point, and between the questions and answers, both of them had gained a lot.

When it is about to arrive, go to the official road fork, one to the east, one to the west is to the direction of Hengshan County, after crossing the Hengshan Mountain is the realm of Xixia.

Zhou Tong held Li Qingcang's hand and said: "Brother be careful, if you go to the enemy country, if you can't do anything, you must not be strong." The Tangut people also hate me and the Song people, don't reveal your identity, remember, remember! ”

Li Qingcang responded: "Don't worry, big brother, little brother will take care of it, but it's just that the big brother has to work hard to be busy." I hope that the eldest brother will take care of his health, and when the younger brother returns, he will travel the world with the eldest brother and meet the heroes of the world. ”

Zhou Tong said: "I just hope that my brother will return as soon as possible!" Both of them are heroic figures, and after cherishing each other, they parted ways and did not look back.

Li Qingcang didn't know that this difference between him and Zhou Tong would become a permanent secret. It wasn't until nearly a thousand years later that I learned about the heroic deeds of his righteous brother from the biographical commentaries of later generations, and I didn't know how unique the "Returning to the Yuan" given to him by this righteous brother was.

Zhou Tong later passed on his skills and taught "Jade Qilin Lu Junyi, Leopard Head Lin Chong," these two later generations are familiar with the famous Water Margin heroes. Wu Song, the hero of the tiger fight, can also be regarded as Zhou Tong's registered disciple. The closed disciple is even more remarkable, it is the "King of Wumu" Yue Fei and Yue Pengju, who are extremely admired by future generations.

Although the master is not as famous as the apprentice, if you talk about preaching and teaching, and count ancient and modern figures, the first master of martial arts is none other than Zhou Tong. With a discerning eye that is unparalleled in the world, it is no wonder that Zhou Tong became a brother with Li Qingcang as soon as he saw him, not only giving exercises but also teaching experience. It's really Bole who met Maxima, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed!

Zhou Tong didn't expect that since then, he has never seen this heroic and courageous little brother again. It's just that after hearing that a strange incident happened in Yipintang, it was estimated that this brother had died in Western Xia, and his bones were gone. Every time I think of it, I sigh again and again, regretting that I shouldn't have let him go west, causing him to die young. How did I know that this brother encountered a rare miracle in ancient and modern times, and ran to a dynasty thousands of years later.

This is off topic. It is said that Li Qingcang traveled all the way to the west, and participated in the study of the exercises given by Zhou Tong every day, and it was beneficial to each other when he and the family tradition "Xiao Wuxianggong" he practiced confirmed each other. The internal force has been slightly improved.

Li Qingcang's father is the younger brother of the concubine of the Western Xia Emperor, and all his martial arts are passed on by his sister, and he stayed in the Western Xia Palace with his sister back then.

It's just that Li Yuanhao, Jingzong of Western Xia, implemented the "baldness order" after the founding of the country, where did Li's father, who was originally a Han Chinese, suffer from this ugly hairstyle with shaved on the top of his head and only a strand of bangs in front of his forehead, plus he accepted the influence of Confucian culture since he was a child, and regarded Li Yuanhao as a rebellious minister and thief, and did not want to stay in this rebellious place, and returned to his homeland after a big quarrel with his sister.

After returning to the Song Dynasty, he lived in seclusion in the south of the Yangtze River, married a wife and had children, regardless of the family and the country, the rights and wrongs of the rivers and lakes. Every day, I study astrological medicine, Qimen gossip, and accompany my wife and children at home, and enjoy myself. Li Qingcang's knowledge and martial arts are all from his biological father, so this Xixia script has been urinating since childhood.

Half a month later, Li Qingcang came to the border between the two countries, where all ethnic groups lived together, including Tibetan, Han, Dangxiang, Xianbei, and all kinds of people. The commoners of Western Xia all wore blue and green, and Li Qingcang also knew this custom. In order not to be obtrusive, Li Qingcang spoke Tangut and bought a cyan round-necked robe, a pair of trousers and a felt hat from a vendor. At a horse dealer, he bought a brown steed with a round back and thick limbs.

Then find a place where no one is around, change your clothes, put on a felt hat, cover your hair, and apply black ash to your face. At this time, the beard on his lips had grown, and black water was smeared on his face, and he suddenly changed from a heroic and vigorous white-robed young man to a swarthy man who had experienced a lot of weather.

After changing his costume, Li Qingcang galloped towards the territory of Western Xia, and when he met the city gate, the Western Xia soldiers guarding the gate only had to check a little tightly, Li Qingcang showed his waist card, and those soldiers immediately became respectful, it seems that the status of this Pintang spy in Western Xia is really not low.

There was no danger along the way, and this afternoon I arrived at Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Western Xia. After entering the city, he led the horse, found a small inn, handed over the horse to the inn Xiaoer, entered the store and ordered some beef pasta while eating and drinking, while thinking about how to inquire about the location of Yipintang.

While thinking, the curtain of the inn door was suddenly lifted, and three old men in leather armor walked in a hurry, and after sitting down at the empty table next to Li Qingcang, they shouted to the proprietress to come and serve.

The proprietress seemed to be very familiar with these military masters, and greeted them with a smile on her face, and she pretended not to know even if those clumsy hands rubbed oil on her body.

The shopkeeper put the wine and food on the table with a bitter gourd face, and the wine and food were spilled on the table, so that the wine in the tray spilled out.

Several military men laughed and scolded: "Fang Dangli is your frustrated grandson, it seems that your wife dies every day, you can't exert your strength on the bed but exert your strength on the table, do you have a grudge against this table?" The shopkeeper didn't reply, but walked to the counter with a straight face.

Li Qingcang frowned secretly when he saw that several people were speaking rudely, but he didn't care. was bowing his head to eat and drink, but he heard someone among the three soldiers next to him say: "Today, Lao Tzu can open his eyes and see a good baby, you must not have heard of it." ”

A person on the side was puzzled: "The patriarch's words don't make sense, our baby hasn't seen much, but what has he never heard?" ”

The proprietress who was pouring wine said in a greasy voice: "The patriarch is on duty in Yipintang, and the strange things in that place are gone!" It's not uncommon to have something you haven't heard. ”

When Li Qingcang heard the word "Yipintang", he was happy in his heart, thinking that he really just wanted to sleep and the pillow came.

Looking sideways, I saw a square-faced man with a scar on his face proudly picking up the wine glass, grinning and taking a sip with a wide mouth, smacking his mouth for a long time, as if he was reminiscing about the wine, but in fact it was appetizing. I saw that several people were staring at him, as if they were waiting for his next step. Only then did he cough and said: "This matter is long to say, everyone knows Helan Mountain, our old emperors are buried there, and this emperor is also building imperial tombs there." Not long ago! The craftsmen who repaired the Emperor's Mausoleum dug a big hole when they opened the mountain, and the hole was so big! There are more than ten zhang square, connected to the belly of the mountain, and I don't know where it leads? It's pitch black and gloomy inside, and you can't see the bottom at all! I don't know what's in that dark hole?

"At that time, it was said that the door of the underworld was opened, and Lord Yama was going to let the evil ghosts come out to eat people. Those craftsmen! Frightened, he ran around like a wild dog, and the officers and soldiers who supervised him killed several blind screamers before they counted the ball. Later, he spent silver and rewarded a few daring balls for them to go into the hole. After they came out, they were all scared half to death, saying that there were several crystal coffins inside, and there were a few dead monsters lying in the coffins.

"When the commander heard that there were dead monsters inside, and saw that a few of the balls were fine, he summoned his men to go in. I found that there were really a few fucking monsters in the cave who looked like people and ghosts lying in several transparent coffins, and there was a big iron plate the size of seven or eight feet upside down in the cave. The head of the army is also bold, seeing that the monsters did not move, so he called the big guy to open the coffin to find the treasure, and it took a long time to smash it open, and took out some strange objects inside. In the cave, the large stones of the grinding plate were scattered, killing many craftsmen and soldiers.

The leader of the army ran as fast as he could, and came out with two things. Those who didn't make it out were miserable, and the big iron plate thing went straight from the cave to the sky. The whole cave collapsed, even the top of the mountain collapsed, and the whole mother was buried at the bottom of the mountain. After the emperor and the queen mother found out, they appointed Lord Tuoba to investigate the matter.

"The two rare treasures made by the military leader were taken to Yipintang by Lian Ren today, ready to be presented to the emperor after the trial. When he explained what had happened to Lord Tuoba, Lao Tzu waited beside him and saw the treasure he had offered. That's it, the fucking Lao Tzu's mouth is dry! ”

The black-faced military man on the side who began to interject was fascinated by it, and when he heard the patriarch's dry mouth, he quickly poured wine and saluted with both hands, and said with a smile: "Patriarch, please moisten your throat." ”

The scarface lazily took the glass, took a sip, and threw a goosebump-inducing wink to the proprietress who heard it next to him.

continued: "As soon as those two treasures were taken out, the treasure light shot indiscriminately, and the big daylight was so dizzy that Lao Tzu was dizzy, especially a transparent thing that was not round, not square, the size of a goose egg, and the light inside was bigger. There is also a round, long and thick object, which is also shiny and shiny, and the light emitted is colorful. This kind of rare treasure that can emit colorful light in broad daylight, you say, don't say you see it, have you heard of it? ”

Although the scar-faced patriarch said that the language was vulgar, the story was clearly organized, and the head was the truth. The people at the table nodded their heads and said that the patriarch was right, and they had never heard of such a rare treasure.

Here, Li Qingcang had heard the patriarch's speech clearly, and made up his mind to follow the patriarch later, and ask for the news of Yipintang from his mouth.

So he ordered another pot of water and wine to eat and drink slowly, waiting for the table next to him to finish eating. These military men talked about this treasure topic for a long time, saying that this thing must be left by the immortal family, or it is a magic weapon cultivated by the goblin after gaining the Tao, in short, it is not a mortal thing, it will definitely be able to move mountains and reclaim the sea, or it will be able to turn stones into gold.

The proprietress waited on the side for a while, and left to do her work. The three elders continued to eat and drink, and talked until it was dark, and then they left the inn after drinking and eating.

Li Qingcang then got up to check out and followed, and saw a few people drunk, and after walking for a while, they dispersed, and followed the patriarch from a distance.

When he walked to the secluded and uninhabited alley, Li Qingcang's body was like electricity, and he stepped forward, and his palm edge was like a knife at the neck of the patriarch, and the patriarch immediately planted it softly forward. Li Qingcang clamped it under his armpit, took a breath of true qi, carried light skills, went up to the roof, and ran straight towards the desolate place where the black light was blinding.

Find a secluded place with a lot of woods and run into the woods. The finger flicked the acupoint under the nose of the patriarch, and the internal force was sent, and the patriarch opened his eyes in a daze, and he didn't know where he was or who was in front of him.

Li Qingcang's left hand was already pinched around his neck, tightened it hard, and raised it in the air with one arm, the patriarch scratched his feet with his hand, but he couldn't stand Li Qingcang at all, his face was blue for a moment, and his eyes were already white.

Li Qingcang's fingers loosened slightly, allowing his feet to touch the ground. The patriarch breathed a sigh of relief and sobered up. whispered to forgiveness: "The good man spares his life, I don't know where the little one offended the good man?" ”

Li Qingcang said: "Don't talk nonsense, let me ask you, you are on duty in Yipintang, do you know where the intelligence news from the Great Song Dynasty is placed?" ”

The patriarch's eyes rolled as if he was thinking about how to answer, and after a little hesitation, Li Qingcang exerted force in his hand, and the patriarch only felt that the big hand on his neck tightened like an iron hoop, and hurriedly said: "The little one is willing to say, the good man spares his life, but the little one really doesn't know where the news of the Song Kingdom is." These are known only to the Lord of the Ichipindo Takubahiro. ”

Li Qingcang frowned and asked, "Then what do you know?" Recruit me truthfully. ”

The patriarch hurriedly told Li Qingcang the location of Yipintang, the layout of the hall, the study room where Tuoba Hong worked, the location of the treasury where the documents and materials were stored, and the method of patrolling on duty.

After Li Qingcang asked questions several times, the answers were all the same, and it was expected that there were no lies. The right hand slapped down hard, and hit the patriarch on the top of the head of the Baihui acupoint, and with a muffled "pop", the patriarch was already shattered in his skull and fell down. Li Qingcang took off the leather armor on his body, pulled out a single knife, dug a big pit on the spot, buried the corpse, and cut some branches and grass and leaves to pile on it to cover the new soil.

It's no wonder that Li Qingcang is ruthless, if he doesn't kill this patriarch, as long as he is free and shouts, Li Qingcang's whereabouts will be exposed! In the hinterland of this enemy country, there is always no hidden danger, so they have to kill people and dig pits to bury corpses. After cleaning up the scene, Li Qingcang turned around and ran back to the inn, preparing to visit Yipintang tomorrow night.