Volume 1 Chapter 14 Interrogation (1)
After so stopping, the sunlight from the small holes in the cave wall became more and more oblique. Seeing that it was almost dark, Zheng Hengzhou only slapped seventy-two palms.
He was so tired that he couldn't even breathe, so he spread out beside Long Yougong and rested for a while, then he said while panting: "Senior...... Your martial arts, if not the first in the world, should be considered the second in the world, right? What is the ability of that Pu Chatai in the Black Dragon Gate to be able to capture you here? ”
"What's the point? Isn't it that I'm greedy for a good glass of wine and let him catch the opportunity to poison? "The dragon has merit and hatred." Let me tell you, you can't just rely on martial arts to walk the rivers and lakes, the most important thing is to have a bright head, and you can't just follow people's ways. Pu Chatai's real kung fu was a little better than yours, but now that you have learned not to use the hidden dragon, you don't have to be afraid of him. If you have a chance to meet him in the future, don't forget to help me get revenge. Confucius said to repay grievances directly, you don't need to fix him like me, just cut off his eggs and compensate me. ”
Zheng Hengzhou was speechless.
"His grandmother's, Lao Tzu has no eggs, what's the fun of being a man? There is no internal strength, or a waste person. Do you want to practice Pei Yuan Shengong like those eunuchs? Come on! Let's smash this stone door together! ”
When Zheng Hengzhou heard this, he hurriedly shook his hand. "Seniors, don't do it!"
Long Yougong said: "What can't you do? ”
"Huh?" Zheng Hengzhou was stunned. "I thought it was ...... The seniors are to ...... the skills Passed on to the younger generations. ”
Long Yougong laughed: "You kid, I've heard too many legends in the rivers and lakes." The skill is so easy to transmit, who still practices kung fu? Every master should pass on his skills to his apprentices before he dies! ”
Zheng Hengzhou's face turned red, and he said embarrassedly: "What do you want to do with that senior?" ”
"You carry me on your back, and I exert my strength through your palms."
Zheng Hengzhou carried the dragon on his back as he said, and the shackles of his hands and feet rattled.
When they came to the stone gate, Zheng Hengzhou set up a frame and said, "Senior, I'm going to do it." ”
Long Yougong said "um", and with his latent skills, Zheng Hengzhou immediately felt an endless internal force rushing into the dantian, as if a small pond had encountered a downpour, and in a blink of an eye, it was full of landing, and he had to find a place to vent.
He let out a long roar, and with a move, the hidden dragon didn't need to push it out, and slammed it on the stone door. The power of this palm is incomparable, and it actually left two shallow palm prints on the stone gate, and the palm prints are surrounded by cracks. Long Yougong shouted, "Come again!" ”
Zheng Hengzhou slapped his palm according to his words, and smashed the stone gate into a broken stone fly. When I got out of the third palm, I heard a loud bang, and the stone gate actually pierced a big hole, and the upper half of the stone gate flew out a zhang, and then it fell to the ground heavily.
Zheng Hengzhou shook his palms, jumped out, squatted down next to the stone gate, and put Long Yougong down.
"Senior, this is really too powerful...... Zheng Hengzhou didn't finish speaking, but he saw that Long Yougong's face was pale, and even his lips were not bloody, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly hugged him into his arms and shouted: "Senior! Predecessor! ”
Long Yougong slowly opened his mouth and said weakly: "This is called...... The oil runs out and the lamp withers. I have...... There is no way to return to heaven. ”
"I've given you internal strength." Zheng Hengzhou said that he wanted to help Long Yougong sit up cross-legged.
"Not necessarily." Long Yougong shook his head: "You...... Do you know why Elder Fan is looking for you...... An outsider came to my rescue? ”
Zheng Hengzhou was excited, and just shook his head.
"Because...... Only a genius like you can ...... In such a short period of time...... Pass on my miraculous skills. Long Yougong coughed, and a mouthful of blood splashed on Zheng Hengzhou's face. Elder Fan...... He is getting old and takes over as the helper...... It doesn't last long. In the future, the beggars will ...... I'm tired of Zheng Shaoxia, so I have to take care of it. ”
Zheng Hengzhou's eyes were full of tears, and every drop fell onto Long Yougong's face.
The dragon has a lot of qi and little qi, and struggled and said: "Descend the dragon...... Divine Palm...... Be ...... every day Practice every day...... Don't ...... Fell me...... I ......"
Zheng Hengzhou held Long Yougong's hand and cried, "I will, senior." I'll practice. I must practice every day. ”
The corners of Long Yougong's mouth went up, and he showed one last smile, and he died. Although he and Zheng Hengzhou do not have the name of master and apprentice, they have the reality of master and apprentice.
Although they have known each other for less than two days, Zheng Hengzhou feels like he has lost a loved one. He hugged Long Yougong and sat in place in a daze until the sun set, and the sky was so dark that even Long Yougong's facial features couldn't see clearly.
Then it rained heavily.
Zheng Hengzhou picked up Long Yougong's corpse and walked into the house of Yizhu Villa. It was pitch black in the villa, and there was not half a human figure.
He put Long Yougong on the table in the front hall, lit the candle, and went to the kitchen to find something to eat. When the rain stopped, he went out alone and ran back to Shili Pavilion along the road. It was almost sun, and the teahouse vendors had long since closed, but the beggars were still waiting there.
Zheng Hengzhou passed the word, and the beggar gang disciples immediately gathered the people outside the city. Early the next morning, Long Yougong's body had arrived at the helm of the Ying Tianfu Beggar Gang.
Zheng Hengzhou asked about Ke Wanqing, but the beggar disciples were submissive and did not dare to answer.
Zheng Hengzhou repeatedly pressed and asked, and the beggars helped everyone to tell the truth.
It turned out that Ke Wanqing followed Zheng Hengzhou and them left yesterday, and all the news was lost.
The disciples of the Beggar Gang have already issued an order, trying their best to find Ke Wanqing and the black-clothed man of the Black Dragon Gate, but two days have passed, and there is still no news at all.
Zheng Hengzhou was so anxious that he wanted to go out to look for it.
It was at this time that Fan Shihao rushed back to the helm, which persuaded him. Fan Shihao asked Zheng Hengzhou to describe Pu Chatai's appearance, found someone to paint a portrait, and also painted the portrait of Ke Wanqing, and sent people to each rudder, and did his best to find them.
Zheng Hengzhou passed on the will of the leader of the Dragon Gang, and Fan Shihao took over as the leader of the Beggar Gang. Then he stayed at the helm of the beggar gang, waiting for the news from Ke Wanqing, and teaching Fan Shihao six tricks to descend the dragon god palm.
Fan Shihao remembered that he was not as good as Zheng Hengzhou, and always asked Zheng Hengzhou to mention it when he practiced his moves, and sometimes he also rubbed it with him.
Fan Shihao has followed Long Yougong for many years, is familiar with his intentions, and has the intention to pass on the Dragon Descending Divine Palm to Zheng Hengzhou while learning the recruitment.
Zheng Hengzhou obeyed the dragon's meritorious will, and he was willing to learn the six palms that were passed down from generation to generation. But Fan Shihao wanted to pass on to him the five tricks of the Dragon Descending Divine Palm, so he resolutely refused to learn it. He always said that he was not a member of the beggar gang, and he had learned six tricks too much, and he must not learn all the tricks of the beggar gang.
In fact, he knew in his heart that once he learned the Dragon Descending Divine Palm, he would never be able to get rid of the beggar gang from now on. He promised Long Yougong to take care of the beggar gang, and he made up his mind to do so, but he didn't plan to carry the burden of the entire beggar gang on his shoulders.
After more than a month like this, Zheng and Fan have already practiced the six tricks of the Dragon Descending Divine Palm. The Dragon Descending Divine Palm is really getting stronger and stronger, and the internal force is becoming more and more fierce, and the entry is faster than practicing the strength of the Cangjue.
On this day, he and Fan Shihao dismantled and practiced, and suddenly felt impetuous, and slapped his palm, which shook a big banyan tree violently and sprinkled a large number of leaves. Fan Shihao flipped his palms, drove the two clumps of leaves to scatter to both sides, followed by clapping his palms, and walked in front of Zheng Hengzhou.
"The young man is impetuous, and he is still worried about the guest girl?"
Zheng Hengzhou nodded: "A month and a half will pass in the blink of an eye, and there is still no news of the guest girl." I'm a little worried......"
Fan Shihao said: "There should be a rudder return from Wuchang, Fengyang and Changsha today, so let's go to the main hall and wait for news." ”
The two of them arrived at the main hall, sat down in front of the hall, and immediately brought tea to the people.
These days, the beggar disciples of Ying Tianfu also treated Zheng Hengzhou very affectionately, speaking respectfully and respectfully, courteous and thoughtful, and strictly treating him as an elder in the gang.
Every time Zheng Hengzhou came back to the main hall to listen to the beggars' deliberations, he always felt that it was difficult to sit still.
However, in order to get the news of Ke Wanqing first, he often went to the hall to observe.
In the past month, the rudder of the beggar gang has sent back news, all about which officials and which academies have been burned down in Dongchang, and when it comes to the affairs of the rivers and lakes, most of them are also the deeds of martial arts people to deal with Dongchang.
Zuo Guangdou and the other six gentlemen of Donglin have been executed by the Criminal Department and beheaded by Wei Zhongxian himself. Most of the 108 Donglin Party members named in the Donglin Party Records forged by the Eunuch Party were arrested and imprisoned, and a small number of them fled to avoid trouble under the cover of martial arts people. The eunuchs were in charge of the six ministries and occupied the positions of power. Even General Yuan Chonghuan, who guarded Shanhaiguan, was almost replaced. Finally, the war on the frontier was tight, and the emperor was reluctant to change generals before the battle, so he kept a general.
The martial arts factions set off a wave of grievances, and the younger generation began to propose the private execution of eunuch officials, but most of the elders who were old and respected believed that they should not directly interfere in government affairs. At the Wuchang Mansion Heroes Conference in March, this matter will most likely become the focus of discussion.
Today, in response to the report of the Tianfu Gang, it was said that Dongchang would escort the officials of the capital to Yanjing for trial in the near future, and the Qingzhao Shitai sent by Emei was in Nanjing to contact the martial arts people, planning to join forces to rob the prisoners.
The beggar gang has recently lost a lot of masters in Yingtianfu, and the former gang leader passed away not long ago, Fan Shihao originally wanted to keep a low profile for a while and wait until after the martial arts conference to make plans. However, in such an eventful time, it is not easy to keep a mourning behind closed doors. Fan Shihao accepted suggestions and helped the public to discuss a lot.
Zheng Hengzhou knew that Fan Shihao would come to ask him for his opinion in the end, and thought that it would be better to retreat first. Just as he was about to find a reason to leave the main hall, a gang member suddenly ran in from outside the hall and said loudly: "Enlighten the gang leader, the disciple of the Wuchang Mansion rudder reported that he had discovered the whereabouts of Pu Chatai of the Black Dragon Gate. ”
Zheng Hengzhou got up suddenly. Fan Shihao also hurriedly said, "Quickly call him in." ”
The Wuchang Mansion rudder disciple immediately entered the hall.
Pu Chatai arrived at Wuchang Mansion in early February and immediately let the beggar disciples keep an eye on him, but there was no trace of Ke Wanqing.
He lived in an inn, in a secluded place, without contact with people, and could not see what his intentions were. The beggars sent people to sneak into the inn twice to investigate, but they all let him know. The second time he entered, he was seriously injured. After that, Pu Chatai changed to an inn and stayed overnight, and the beggars did not send anyone to explore again.
Zheng Hengzhou immediately bid farewell to Fan Shihao and rushed to Wuchang Mansion with the disciples of Wuchang Branch.