Chapter 49: A Vicious Conspiracy
As soon as the "Jianghu Xuan Comment List" came out, the rivers and lakes also began to be restless. The battle between the superior and the inferior, the battle for the famous sword, the killing is everywhere!
As a high-ranking monk and the first person in the Zen sect, no one has seen his martial arts cultivation. He can become the first on the Xuan Comment List, of course, no one has an opinion. Won't take the initiative to trouble him.
The rest of the people are different, and gradually become the objects of the rookies to challenge the promotion, and the rivers and lakes suddenly become gladiatorial arenas.
Especially the loneliness. Excluding the fact that Master Rujian is an outsider, he is actually the number one in the rivers and lakes. And he also has two famous swords. Defeating him can not only compete for the ranking of the rivers and lakes, but also get a famous sword, how can he not become the object of competition.
"Fan Maitreya" Ashina has dominated the list for many years, but this year he was suddenly replaced by Lonely Wuyan, and it is even more unbearable for the sake of fame and profit. I heard that he was also looking for a solitary duel.
After Gu Wuya got the "Dragon Sword", he has been chased and killed by Shaolin. The sword has not yet become hot, and it was fueled by the "Jianghu Xuan Appraisal List", and suddenly became the target of everyone's pursuit.
Of course, his little lonely mountain is estimated to be calm. It's just that very few people know the way in and out of Little Lonely Mountain, because it is a very secret place. Many people also speculated that he would definitely go back to Xiaogushan, so many people from the rivers and lakes gathered in Taizhou, Yuezhou and Wuzhou in the south of the Yangtze River to wait for the rabbit.
Although the turmoil in the rivers and lakes cannot threaten the imperial court, many people in the imperial court are closely related to the rivers and lakes. Li Longji understands the truth, especially the person in the whirlpool of power and power, Li Chengtang, who ranks sixth in the rivers and lakes, and Nangong Qingwu, who ranks fourth, is also mixed in it. So, he finally issued an edict to calm the turmoil.
ordered the Qinghe Cui family to strictly manage the children of the family and no longer bully the people. Li Chengtang was justified in the first place, and he was not prosecuted for the crime of committing an official offense with a civilian character. But at the same time, he also ordered Jin Wuwei to return to Beijing as soon as possible and accept the responsibility of leaving Beijing without permission.
This matter seems to be His Majesty's fifty boards each, but in fact, there is no punishment for Li Chengtang. But secretly, Qinghe's Cui family lost face and their momentum plummeted.
The entire court was speculating about the origin of this young man surnamed Li, and he was a commoner in the rivers and lakes who beat the gate lord of the scholar clan relied on by the imperial court, and the Son of Heaven did not condemn him at all. I felt a little awe of Li Chengtang in my heart.
But the two Cui families are very angry, how can they stand the bullying of a little-known teenager, and if they can't use the official family to oppress people, then use the power of the rivers and lakes.
But when it comes to the forces of the rivers and lakes, it is obviously inferior to the Ran family.
The Ran family lives in Puyang, Weizhou, occupies the two places of Henan and Hebei, and has been operating for many years, and has become a martial arts gate valve outside the official government, and it is also intertwined in the officialdom, and no one dares to move.
The Qinghe River is located in Beizhou, on the border with Weizhou. Although Puyang and Qinghe are located in one south and one north of the two states, the closer they are to Weizhou, the greater the power of the Ran family. The more Qinghe Cui's family can't help them on the rivers and lakes. The rivers and lakes are one-sided towards the Ran family, and no one dares to stand up for the Cui family.
On the tenth day of Ran Jingjing, the Ran family had already discovered their whereabouts and sent someone to inform them that someone had come to greet them. By the time Jin Wuwei evacuated on the thirteenth day, the people of the Ran family had already rushed to the inn.
It was Shangguan Chi who rushed to Qinghe with three seventh-stage masters. A nine-dan master came with three seventh-dan masters, which was already daring to act in ordinary rivers and lakes. In fact, with the skills of Li Chengtang and Ran Jingjing, they are not afraid of any Jianghu people at all, not to mention the evil star of Nangong Qingwu.
Of course, Shangguan Chi didn't know that there was Nangong Qingwu, and when he saw him, he was taken aback, thinking that Li Chengtang had fallen into his hands again. Li Chengtang explained the reason after a long explanation, and Shangguan Chi let down his guard.
Thinking that Nangong Qingwu, the fourth-ranked old guy, had taken refuge in them, he was full of confidence in the upcoming "Shenjimen" establishment ceremony.
His arrival this time was not only to greet him, but also to carry the mission of the "Prosecutor's Yuan". Since Li Chengtang left Quyang, the "Procuratorate" has not found out his whereabouts. After Li Chengtang's incident in Qinghe came out this time, Shangguan Chi was the closest to the "Procuratorate", so he was ordered to watch the little sect master.
Shangguan Chi told Li Chengtang that Ayiyi and a large number of masters of the "Procuratorate" were already on their way to Qinghe. Li Chengtang understood that it was not a long-term solution to always evade, so he asked him to reply to the "Procuratorate", saying that he would return by himself in three months, and hoped that the "Procuratorate" would not interfere in his affairs again.
After Li Chengtang and Shangguan Chi finished talking secretly, he beckoned everyone to secretly rush to Weizhou. Cui Yicheng really didn't dare to send government soldiers to stop them from leaving the city.
Shangguan Chi personally drove for Li Chengtang and Ran Jingjing, another seventh-stage master drove for Nangong Qingwu, and the remaining two rode horses to accompany him. Two horses and two carts rushed all the way to Yongji.
Li Chengtang and his entourage were delayed in Qinghe for more than ten days, and he asked Shangguan Chi to rush to Puyang, Weizhou as quickly as possible. And Yongji is the only closest distance. After Yongji, it will directly enter the Weizhou Pavilion Pottery, and Puyang is in the southernmost part of Weizhou, and the official road can reach Puyang in a straight line from the Pavilion Pottery.
As the weather and geography change, it is getting hotter and hotter into June. Li Chengtang and Ran Jingjing were like roasted sweet potatoes in the carriage, Li Chengtang could still bear it, Ran Jingjing was drenched in sweat, and when he arrived in Yongji, he said that he would stay for one night before leaving.
Li Chengtang couldn't help it, and he was afraid of another incident, so he had to ask Shangguan Chi to find the villagers to charter a small courtyard nearby to rest. Ran Jingjing washed the dust for a few days before it was settled.
Thinking about her cowardice in her hometown, it is inevitable that she will offend the temper of the eldest lady again, which is forgivable. Although the two of them have not been married so far, there are no other secrets at all, but if they can satisfy her, Li Chengtang will try his best to satisfy her.
That night, when everyone was falling asleep. Suddenly, Li Chengtang heard the sound of rustling outside the door, and couldn't help but laugh in his heart. This girl must not be able to sleep and come to his room.
During the Tang Dynasty, the folk customs were open, and Ran Jingjing slept next to him all the way, and she was used to it. At this time, he pretended to be asleep and waited for her to come.
After a long time, Li Chengtang couldn't help but be surprised when he saw that there was no movement. Suddenly, I heard someone flying out of the door with a "whoosh", and hurriedly opened the door to check. I saw that Ran Jingjing's door was wide open, and a black shadow in the night was carrying a person and was rushing towards the field.
Li Chengtang knew something was wrong, and hurriedly flew out to chase him. That person is not weak, at least at the level of eight dans. Especially the light work, carrying one person is still like flying. The two chased one after the other for a while, and came to a field crisscrossed by canals.
Yongji is named after the Yongji Canal, the river is vertical and horizontal, the water area is wide, and the waterway leads directly to the canal. When the man arrived at the water's edge, he saw that he had been caught up by Li Chengtang, but he was not afraid, and suddenly threw Ran Jingjing to him, saying:
"Today is the place where the two of you are buried, even if you are the sixth-ranked master, see how you save her!"
After speaking, he made a whistle, and saw more than two dozen masters gushing out of the shadows. The current leader laughed and said:
"The surname is Li, the Cui family paid 1,000 taels of gold to buy the heads of the two of you, don't blame the brothers for being ruthless!"
Li Chengtang caught Ran Jingjing, feeling that her whole body was hot, her eyes were like silk, and her whole body was weak. Looking at this group of masters, although it took some means, there were no cultivators above the ninth rank, he glanced at it with disdain, and said:
"Just rely on you shrimp soldiers and crab generals! How is the ability master? ”
The man was completely fearless in the face of Li Chengtang at this time, and said with a sad smile:
"The brothers know that it is not your opponent, so they used a little means, that girl is in the 'spring like smoke', it is the best to promote spring, if there is no man to detoxify, the blood vessels will burst and die in half an hour, it will depend on how you detoxify, hahaha......"
These people actually used Ran Jingjing to contain themselves, Li Chengtang was furious when he heard this, and shouted:
"How can there be a bunch of despicable and shameless people in the world!"
He drew his sword and stabbed him. When the man saw Li Chengtang draw his sword, he retreated one after another with a whistle, but he was no match for Li Chengtang.
At this time, Ran Jingjing entangled Li Chengtang like a reckless snake, making him stagnant, his hands and feet were not smooth, and he was completely unable to hunt down those people. I don't know what to do for a while.
His mind was racing, and he quickly clicked on Ran Jingjing's acupoint and put it on the ground. Within the small world, the figure teleported, and suddenly moved to the side of the person who had poisoned him before.
That person didn't expect that Li Chengtang would abandon Ran Jingjing and ignore it, and he was caught by him, and his heart was horrified.
Li Chengtang picked him up and asked, "Where is the antidote?" ”
The man was terrified. He is an eight-stage master, and he was taken down by Li Chengtang with one move, how can he not be afraid, but he is helpless, so he has to say:
"'Spring is like smoke' has no antidote, if you kill me, it is useless, only use a man to solve it." Anyway, close your eyes and wait for death.
Li Chengtang didn't see him as a lie, so in a fit of rage, he put him on the ground, kicked his legs twice, and died with a whimper.
Those people are ordinary masters of the rivers and lakes, and they followed all the way for the sake of a thousand taels of gold, looking for an opportunity to take down Li Chengtang and Ran Jingjing together. They knew that Li Chengtang was very powerful, and it was only today that they thought of this plan when they stayed and led Li Chengtang to come.
But who knew that Li Chengtang was so powerful, and the masters on the ranking list were really not their enemies. In the fear in their hearts, they all retreated a few feet away, and surrounded them far away. Just wait for the opportunity to start.
At this time, Ran Jingjing groaned. Although he was pointed at by Li Chengtang, his body writhed slightly, and he seemed to be in extreme pain.
Li Chengtang was anxious, thinking that these people were really vicious. But if he did that happy thing in front of so many people, not to mention being embarrassed to go home, at that time, if they besieged him, then he and Ran Jingjing would only be embarrassed to go to the underworld. Isn't it a big joke?
But if he gave up Ran Jingjing and let her die, Li Chengtang couldn't accept it, and he was in a dilemma for a while, and he didn't know what to do.
Just as he was thinking, he suddenly saw Nangong Qingwu flying in the distance. I couldn't help but be overjoyed, why did I forget this old man and Shangguan Chi, but why didn't Shangguan Chi see them?
Li Chengtang didn't have time to think about it, and shouted: "There are Laonan Palace seniors here to solve it, Li Chengtang will come when he goes!" "Pick up Ran Jingjing and go back to the inn.
Nangong Qingwu didn't know why he left, stopped those people, and shouted to Li Chengtang: "There is also an enemy attack over there, you have to be careful!" ”