Chapter 69: Washing Hands in a Golden Basin
Last night, the sound in the inner courtyard of Liu's Mansion shook the sky, alarming many people living in the outer courtyard, just because there were people guarding the inner courtyard, except for some masters with extraordinary skills, others didn't know what was going on.
And after these people who knew the truth learned that the Songshan Sect and the Demon Sect were involved in the leader of the Wuyue Alliance, they were all interested in not openly discussing the matter.
On the second day, the golden basin washed hands as usual, although Liu Zhengfeng had a smile on his face, anyone could see that the smile was even more ugly than crying.
Before the handwashing ceremony, as in the original book, he still knelt in front of the heroes of the world to receive the holy decree of the county lord Zhang and became a general of the imperial court.
Most of the heroes sneered at this scene, after all, at present, the corrupt officials in the court are in charge, causing resentment among the people, and many colleagues in the rivers and lakes look down on officials.
Now that Liu Zhengfeng has got a small sesame mung bean, the general is still so grand, which naturally makes Qunhao quite dissatisfied.
The ceremony is held in the hall of the outer courtyard of Liu's mansion, in this hall of three or four hundred square meters, more than ten tables of banquets are loosely purchased, and most of the heroes who can sit here are famous and surnamed.
Of course, there are heads or representatives of major factions such as Shaolin, Wudang, Huashan, Hengshan, Taishan, and the beggar gang sitting at the central tables, but of course the Songshan faction is absent, and Mr. Mo Da, the head of Hengshan, did not come.
Zhang Yang was seated in the third seat in the middle, and at the same table there were old men with white beards in the beggar gang, and there were also businessmen with big bellies, all in all, they were different in appearance, and the only thing in common was that he didn't know any of them.
It is commendable that none of the people at Zhang Yang's table and the nearby tables are from the Taishan faction or the Qingcheng faction, and it is obvious that the host still put a lot of thought into arranging guests.
"Brother Zhang, it turns out that you are also here." When Zhang Yang was curiously looking around, a delicate voice of surprise came from behind him.
"Senior Sister Yilin, are you sitting here too?" Seeing the little nun with a face like a peach blossom and a chest like a ravine, Zhang Yang immediately smiled.
"Oh, my master and sister and I will sit at the table next to you." Yi Linqiao said with a blushing face, and then sat down in a position only half a foot away from Zhang Yang.
It turned out that in order to facilitate the Hengshan faction and the Shaolin faction to watch the ceremony, Liu Zhengfeng specially placed two tables of vegetarian banquets in the central position, and Yilin, as the personal descendant of Dingyi Shitai, was naturally qualified to sit down.
After the heroes sat down one after another, the servants came up one after another to offer food and pour wine, and it was very lively for a while.
Mi Weiyi brought out a coffee table, which was covered with bright red brocade. Xiang Danian held a golden basin with a golden radiance and a half-foot-long diameter in both hands, and placed it on top of the coffee table, which was already filled with water.
I could only hear three bangs outside the door, followed by eight big firecrackers in a row.
A group of junior disciples sitting in the back hall and flower hall all flocked to the hall to see the excitement.
Liu Zhengfeng walked into the hall with an ugly smile, hugged his fists, and then said loudly: "All heroes, all friends." Everyone came from afar, Liu Zhengfeng is really gold on his face, and he is grateful. Brother said that he washed his hands in the golden basin today, and from now on he will not ask about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and you must know the reason. The brother has received the grace of the imperial court to be a small official. ”
"As the saying goes: the food of the king, the matter of loyalty. The rivers and lakes pay attention to righteousness; The state is on official business, but it must obey the law in order to repay the king's kindness. If there is a conflict between the two, Liu Zhengfeng will inevitably be embarrassed. From now on, Liu Zhengfeng will withdraw from the martial arts, and if my disciples are willing to switch to other sects, they will do their own thing. Liu invited you here to ask all your good friends to testify. When you come to Hengshan City in the future, you will naturally still be a good friend of Liu, but Liu will not ask about the rights and wrongs of all kinds of grievances in the martial arts. He said with another slap.
Originally, under this situation, everyone should have congratulated Liu Zhengfeng one after another. But what happened in the inner courtyard of Liu's Mansion last night, although everyone knew it, they also heard about it a little.
Today, Liu Zhengfeng took over the official position of the imperial court in front of everyone, although the heroes did not say it, they were very dissatisfied in their hearts.
Therefore, for a while, the hall was silent, and more than 1,000 people gathered together, but no one spoke, and the scene was very embarrassing.
Liu Zhengfeng's face remained unchanged and turned outward, and he said loudly: "Disciple Liu Zhengfeng was included in the disciple by his mentor and taught martial arts, but he was very ashamed that he failed to open the lintel of the Hengshan faction. Fortunately, there is Senior Brother Mo in this door, Liu Zhengfeng is mediocre, there are not many people who are more Liu, and there are many people who are less Liu. From now on, Liu washed his hands of gold and concentrated on the eunuchs, but he also decided not to use his master to pass on martial arts, in order to be promoted to the knighthood, and died of grievances and disputes on the rivers and lakes, sectarian disputes, Liu Zhengfeng was even more resolute not to ask. If it is contrary to the word, there is such a sword. ”
With a flip of his right hand, he drew a long sword from under his robe, and with a twist of both hands, he only heard a clap, and the blade of the sword was broken in two.
After breaking the long sword, Liu Zhengfeng let the two severed swords fall, and with two soft sounds, the broken sword was directly inserted into the hard green brick.
When the heroes saw this kind of kung fu, they were all shocked, and from the sound of these two truncated swords inserted into the green bricks, this sword was obviously a sharp weapon for cutting gold and jade, and it could break an ordinary steel sword with the strength of his hands, and he was not surprised by characters like Liu Zhengfeng. But if you lift such a weight lightly and break a sword effortlessly, the purity of kung fu on your fingers is really the attainment of a first-class master in martial arts.
Liu Zhengfeng's face did not change at all, the reason why he showed this skill was naturally to warn those who wanted to plot against him.
Seeing everyone's faces surprised, Liu Zhengfeng nodded slightly with satisfaction. When he had attained his goal, he rolled up his sleeves and stretched out his hands to put them in the golden basin.
But at this time, I suddenly heard someone outside the gate shouting: "Liu Zhengfeng, slow down!" ”
Liu Zhengfeng raised his head with a gloomy face, without the slightest look of surprise on his face, obviously expecting someone to stop him.
At this time, I saw that the disciples who were watching outside the door involuntarily turned outward, and seven or eight people walked in one after another.
The first three were all wearing purple shirts, and they were Ding Mian, Lu Bai, and Fei Bin who ranked second, third and fourth in the Songshan faction, and followed by five Songshan disciples in yellow shirts.
Among the five Songshan disciples holding long swords, there were also two pretty women and a young man with a pale face, looking at the despondent appearance of the three of them, it seemed that they had been held hostage.
When she saw the two women, Zhang Yang frowned slightly, because she knew both of them, and they were Liu Jing and Qu Feiyan, who had intimate contact with his friends. It's just that Zhang Yang doesn't know why they were caught by the Songshan faction.
"This disciple of the Hengshan Sect is really a group of rice buckets...... Zhang Yang couldn't help but think in his heart.
You must know that last night he helped catch more than ten hidden Songshan disciples, and he had already reminded Liu Zhengfeng in disguise, but he didn't expect that in the end, he was still escaped by the Songshan faction and took a few hostages.
In fact, this is not to blame Hengshan for being incompetent, but the people of the Songshan faction are really powerful!
Last night, Mi Weiyi summoned thousands of disciples from the outer gate of Hengshan to enter the inner courtyard to take the thief, even if this move was small, it still alarmed the Songshan disciples who were on guard on the periphery.
After receiving the report, the three Taibao of the Songshan faction immediately couldn't sit still, so they had to cover their faces and personally go to Liu's Mansion to rescue these trapped elite disciples.
But there are too many people in Liu Fuzhong at this moment, although these three masters are powerful, it is impossible to defeat more than a thousand people.
Under the identification of a Songshan disciple who knew Liu Qin, Ding Mian, who had finally broken through, had no choice but to retreat and arrest the three Liu Qin and the other three who were watching the excitement in exchange for the captured Songshan disciples.
"Daddy, Daddy, come and save me!" As soon as she entered the door, Liu Qin, who was trapped between the five people, struggled and shouted in fright, while Liu Jing and Qu Feiyan were silent.
"Forgive Liu's clumsiness, the three should be Ding Mian, the Tota hand of the Songshan faction, Lu Bai, the crane hand, and the senior brother Fei Bin of the big Songyang faction, Liu has always been friendly with the left head of the Songshan faction, I don't know what the three of them sent people to lurk in my house last night and hijacked my children, what does this mean." Liu Zhengfeng turned a deaf ear to his son's shouts and said with a cold face.
When he opened his mouth, he naturally wanted to take the lead and let the colleagues in the rivers and lakes here jointly denounce the Songshan faction. In recent years, the power of the Songshan faction has become increasingly large, and it has always been extremely domineering, although the major factions in the rivers and lakes do not say it openly, there are also many complaints in private.
After everyone heard this, they really began to point fingers at the Songshan faction, and the discussion began one after another.
"Hmph, Liu Zhengfeng, you dare to collude with the Demon Sect Elder Qu Yang, and you also intend to join the Demon Sect to betray our martial arts righteousness, we are on the orders of the left head to arrest you." Ding Mian secretly used his internal strength and said sharply.
His words shook the entire hall, and immediately poured into everyone's ears, and for a while, the faces of all the heroes present changed greatly.
You must know that in the past few years, the Demon Sect has had many conflicts with various factions in the Central Plains, and they have formed indissoluble grudges. Liu Zhengfeng joined the Demon Sect, such things are openly enemies of fellow martial artists, how can Qunhao not be surprised!
Next, the two sides began a scolding battle in the hall. However, the fellow Jianghu people present listened to the opinions of both sides, and they seemed to be quite reasonable, but they didn't know who to help.
"Huh? Brother Zhang, look, that person seems to be Sister Qu? Yi Lin suddenly whispered behind him, and there was a worry in her tone.
"Well, it seems to be ......" Zhang Yang nodded and said, he was thinking about whether to rescue the two of them first, after all, Qu Feiyan was a member of the training manual, and he had done some very impolite things to Liu Jing, so he should also save him. And even if you don't talk about these, just the main quest 'help Liu Zhengfeng wash his hands smoothly' should also help rescue Qu Feiyan and Liu Jing to relieve Liu Zhengfeng's worries.
"Brother Zhang, you see that sister Qu is so pitiful, although she is indeed a little eccentric and offends you, but she is indeed kind. You are strong in martial arts, can you, can you rescue her? Yi Lin looked at him pitifully and said in a hopeful tone.
"Well, let's take a look first, if the situation is critical, I will take action!" Zhang Yang said to Yilin with a smile.
When an old man with a white beard and white hair at the same table as Zhang Yang heard this, he suddenly chuckled and said: "The thirteen Taibao of Songshan are the first-class masters in the rivers and lakes, and any one of them comes out, I am afraid that some of the gang leaders of small sects are not opponents." At the moment, there are three of them, no matter how high the little brother's martial arts are, it is difficult to save people from under them. Don't be surprised, little brother, the old man is just a kind reminder. ”
After the old man finished speaking, the people at the table, including the pot-bellied Jianghu people, began to chuckle, as if they were laughing at Zhang Yang for being too unbelievable.
"Yilin, don't talk nonsense!" Master Dingyi on the side immediately scolded, although she has always been praised for her straightforward surname, her chivalrous reputation is far and wide. But at this moment, the situation has already involved the Demon Sect, and even with her surname, she doesn't dare to get involved easily.
"Master Zhang, the three major Taibao of Songshan are all strong in martial arts, and they are by no means comparable to Yu Canghai and Mu Gaofeng. And this matter is very important, it has already involved the Demon Sect, this kind of thing, you still don't fall into it easily......" After Master Dingyi pondered for a while, he thought that Zhang Yang had saved Yilin after all, so he also reminded loudly.
When Yilin and the others were talking, they suddenly heard Liu Qin hissing out of fear: "Don't kill me, kill her if you want to, her name is Qu Feiyan, and she is the granddaughter of Demon Sect Elder Qu Yang!" It turned out that this Liu Qin couldn't withstand the alarmist intimidation of the Songshan faction, so she was so frightened that she told Qu Feiyan's identity.
Ding Mian looked at Liu Qin's point with a slight surprise, but he didn't expect to catch Qu Yang's granddaughter in one move last night.
"It turns out that she is the demon witch of the Demon Sect, okay, since this demon girl is here, presumably the demon head of Qu Yang is also here, kill this demon girl sacrifice flag first, and force the demon head of Qu Yang to appear." Fei Bin said with a sneer.
Liu Jing suddenly scolded: "Thief, your Songshan Sect is ten thousand times more evil than the Demon Sect!" A Songshan disciple slapped Liu Jing in the face, and the slap was so heavy that the corners of her mouth were bloodied.
"Liu Zhengfeng, we are under the secret order of the leader of the Left Alliance to investigate your collusion with the Demon Sect, and you also personally admitted to having a personal relationship with Qu Yang just now, and now the human and material evidence is there, and the evidence is ironclad, and the evidence is conclusive."
"But the leader of the Left League thinks that you are a masterpiece of a generation, and he can't bear to kill you, as long as you go to the Songshan faction with us, personally ask the leader of the Left League to plead guilty, and then release the imprisoned Songshan disciples, I expect that the leader of the Left League will definitely forgive you. Otherwise, I will kill this witch first, and then your daughter and son. Will you say yes or no? As Ding Mian spoke, the three Songshan disciples suddenly raised their long swords and rested them on the lower necks of Qu Feiyan's three people. As long as Liu Zhengfeng says nothing, the lives of Qu Feiyan and others will be in danger.
At this critical moment, before Master Dingyi's words of reminder were finished, in the stunned eyes of several famous people such as the elders of the beggar gang, I saw Zhang Yang suddenly swept in the air, his figure rose high, and swept towards the field like a flying swallow.
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