Chapter 471: The White Lotus Sect's Methods
The Heavenly Wolf pondered for a moment and asked, "Was it Zhao Quan or Li Zixin who sent you to attack Cangzhou at that time?" Or is it that hall master of yours, Yan Hao? Did you agree on how you would return to the joint afterwards? ”
Liu Pingyi said: "It was Yan Hao who sent us to Cangzhou, the hierarchical division of labor within the White Lotus Sect is extremely strict, the sect leader Zhao Quan rarely comes forward, and the things that go out are often led by the deputy sect leader Li Zixin, he is responsible for managing several hall masters, and the usual training of newcomers and teaching martial arts are the responsibility of us incense masters, when we newly entered the White Lotus Sect, Yan Hao was our incense master, and he has been promoted to the hall master over the years, and our actions are often commanded by him. ”
The Heavenly Wolf continued to ask, "Then Yan Hao and the White Lotus Sect don't have any other means to restrain you?" Come when you want, go when you want? It seems that the general Jianghu sect must have all kinds of means to restrain their subordinates. ”
Li Pingyang sighed, his expression became extremely lonely: "Don't hide it, my two brothers are actually dying soon, the White Lotus Sect's restraint on the door is to feed us a White Lotus Transformation Pill at the level of the incense master every year, this pill can enhance the cultivation of internal force, but it is also a very powerful poison, the antidote every year, is a new pill of metamorphosis, if you don't take it on time, the toxicity of the previous year will attack, and then the intestines will rot, and the death will be miserable." ”
Liu Pingyi's body also began to tremble slightly: "Every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, hundreds of incense masters in the sect will gather at the main altar, and then the sect leader will evaluate the achievements of the past year one by one, if there are betrayal and unfaithful people. Take it directly, don't give it to the Transformation Pill, we have seen three people who want to apostate over the years. The poison attack on the spot, the stomach broke and the intestines flowed, and even the internal organs turned black, and I will never forget that terrible scene. ”
The Heavenly Wolf himself had been poisoned by Zhao Quan's sword, and he knew that the White Lotus Sect was very poisonous, and he was convinced of the two of them. He continued to ask, "Then since you two are highly poisoned, why don't you go back and take the antidote?" ”
Li Pingyang said categorically: "No, we have been in the bandit gang by mistake for so many years. Now that I know that these bastards not only hurt the heavens and reason, but also have access to foreign countries, they are dead, and they can no longer be in the same league with you. My lord. Our brothers just want to spend the rest of their lives here, and on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, they will keep jumping off this cliff and die a vigorous death, and it will not be in vain for the boy's life. ”
Liu Pingyi also said: "Yes, my lord, and the two of us are going back, I'm afraid they won't give us pills." Since we learned about the White Lotus Sect's refining of poison people the year before last, our enthusiasm has not been as good as before. In the past year, he has been reprimanded by Yan Hao many times, this time between going to Cangzhou, he threatened us, saying that if it can't be done, he will not give the antidote, we failed this time, and we haven't gone back to report for so long, presumably he won't let us go back. ”
Sky Wolf nodded: "I see, it's hard for the two of you, if you succeed in Cangzhou, where are you going to go back to connect?" Is this explained in advance? ”
Li Pingyang said: "Originally, according to the agreement, if the Mongolian army attacked Cangzhou, we would cooperate with the outside in the city, send poisonous people to attack the city gate, and let the Mongolian army enter the city. ”
The light in the eyes of the heavenly wolf flashed: "There is always a clue, try it, I will leave for Datong now, you two are waiting for me here, today is the second day of the lunar month, I will definitely try to get you back the antidote before Chinese New Year's Eve." ”
Liu Pingyi and Li Pingyang glanced at each other, and knelt down in both directions: "My lord, thank you!"
After the wolf asked the two of them about the incision of the meeting and some details of the canons in the White Lotus Sect, he asked the two of them to call back the three village masters, say goodbye to the three of them, and use light skills by themselves, flying directly over the canyon between the waterfalls, and drifting away from the other side of the mountain, seeing Yang Chun and the other three people stunned and shocked.
Three days later, the wolf changed his appearance into Liu Pingyi, unkempt, dressed in tatters, with a thick bloody bandage wrapped around one leg and a crutch, limping through the streets of Datong Town.
Datong is the head of the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, has always been heavily defended, and the families of the officers and soldiers stationed in the city also live in this Datong town, the last time Mongolia broke the pass, the deputy general and three thousand soldiers died in battle, but most of the towns and households who have been through the war for a long time fled into the nearby mountains, although the town of Datong was looted by the Mongolian army, and finally set a fire, but the towns did not die much, because the Mongolian army was anxious to march in the direction of Beijing City, there was no time to enter the mountains to search for people, so after the Mongolian army retreated, the towns here have returned from the mountainsto rebuild their shattered homeland.
The Ming generation, especially in recent decades, Datong has been broken by the Mongols many times, and it is not once or twice that it has been looted, so these towns have long had experience, the buildings in the town are mainly low-rise bungalows, and the reconstruction is also very fast, this cold winter wax moon, Datong every household has been rebuilt on the rubble pile of low brick houses, although it is not comfortable, but shelter from the wind and rain, there is no problem to survive this harsh winter.
Before entering the city, he specially wiped his face and exposed skin with snow, making his nose snot and snorting, and even his voice became thick nasal.
After entering the town, he was interrogated by patrolling soldiers from time to time, and when he saw the beggar dress of the wolf, and the stench that could be smelled from a distance of a foot, they all asked him to get out of the town early in disgust.
The wolf slowly paced to the vicinity of the Hu family's shop, the top floor of the shop has been burned black, temporarily covered with some thatch to cover a few burned places, the shop is still intact, that is, there are many traces of knives and arrows on the beams and pillars, in broad daylight, the shop has been covered with more than half of the baffle, leaving only a one-person wide passage, it seems that it is already in a state of half-closing.
The wolf's heart moved, this shop is obviously not doing business, but it left a passage to enter, obviously as Liu Pingyi and Li Pingyang said, leaving a place for joints, he made up his mind, picked up the broken bowl in his hand, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Kind master, give it to stuttering, don't want anything else, just give it a lotus cake." ”
The sentence behind this sentence is the code of the joint, and sure enough, a young man who looks like a guy walked out of the shop, about twenty-five or sixteen years old, with a birthmark the size of a copper coin on his left face, glanced at the wolf, and said coldly: "We are a copper shop here, and we don't sell lotus cakes!"
Sky Wolf put on a smiling face, brushed the hair on his forehead, and nodded again and again: "It's okay if you don't have lotus cakes to eat, I have a lot of strength and can work." ”
The guy with the copper coin birthmark nodded: "Come with me." Then he gave way to the narrow passage, and said "thank you" twice, and went into the shop, where the man hung up a sign behind him and closed the plank.
The room was very dark, there was no light, only a few rays of sunlight through the cracks in the wooden plank, the power of the wolf, even in the dark, he could see three zhang away, he lowered his head at this time, pretended not to see clearly, and said in a low voice: "Brother, I'm late, is the master of the Yan Hall here?" ”
The guy said coldly: "Hall Master Yan has been waiting for you for a long time, he is in the basement, please come with me." So saying, he lit an oil lamp, which illuminated the room, and the small door on the side of the front bunk led to guò, and suddenly disappeared.
The wolf pretended to limp and followed him into the back room, which was a barn, which was now empty, except for the underground entrance to a black hole in the corner of the room, and the light in the man's hand loomed.
The wolf threw away the crutches, pretended to be very difficult, and climbed down the ladder, as soon as he landed, he felt three or four cold steel knives on his neck and waist, and a gloomy voice sounded: "Lord Liu Xiang, do you dare to come back?" (To be continued......)