Chapter 8 From Friend to Foe
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Let's say that Long Zi urged the horse to gallop to the west and looked forward, only to notice that it was the three heroes of the Qin family who saved him, but he didn't know where Hua Di Ning was.
At that moment, the four of them ran fifty or sixty miles away in a while, and came to a safe place.
Although Long Zixi is fast, he runs last.
When he saw that the three men had rescued him, how could he be the first to flee?
He deliberately controlled the speed of the horse, intending to break off the rear and prevent the pursuers.
The four stopped next to a field.
Long Zixi dismounted and thanked him:
"I am grateful to the three of us for saving me twice, I don't know how to be grateful!
"The younger brother only knows the name of the 'Three Heroes of the Qin Family', dare to ask how to call it?"
Three men jumped off their horses, and one said:
"It is my duty to practice martial arts.
"We have admired the 'Jin Liang Twin Heroes' for a long time, but we hate not having the opportunity to follow.
"The little brother is the servant of the son of the Flying Tiger hero, so you don't have to be polite."
After speaking, he introduced himself.
The three heroes of the Qin family turned out to be three brothers, called Qin Yingjie, Qin Xiongjie and Qin Shijie respectively.
The eldest of the three is steady, the second is honest, and the third is rude, but he has the highest martial arts.
It was the eldest brother Qin Yingjie who spoke just now.
Long Zixi was overjoyed to hear the introduction.
The second brother Qin Xiongjie asked:
"I don't know what the little brother is called?"
Long Zixi saw that the three of them saved themselves twice, and he couldn't bear to bully each other, so he said bluntly at the moment:
"It's not a secret, it's Long Zixi below.
"Just because someone thought he was under that day, he temporarily became his 'servant'."
The "three heroes" were first surprised, and then nodded:
"Yes, yes! No wonder there is such a great martial arts.
"Our brother had suspicions that day, it was really Long Shaoxia!"
Words are very admirable.
That Qin Shijie said:
"So, who is that masked boy?
"I see that he is both smart and bold, which makes me admire!"
Longzi West Road:
"I'm ashamed to say that I don't know even if I'm down.
It was only that day that I saw him fighting side by side in order to stand out.
After that, he mysteriously disappeared again.
The three of them looked surprised, and Qi Dao was really strange.
Long Zixi suddenly remembered and asked:
"Where is the big brother Hua below? Wasn't I with you? ”
Qin Yingjie said:
"Is the young man who saved you that day?
"We fled east together that day, and he was in front of us, but he did not know where he went.
"But looking at that strong man, although his martial arts are not high, he is alert, and there should be no danger.
"Since we are friends of Shaoxia, we must assist in the investigation."
Ryuko West Hug Fist Do:
"So, thank you three!"
Qin Xiongjie said:
"The young man's martial arts are superb and righteous.
"Being able to be friends with Shaoxia is a joy for our brothers, so why be polite!"
Qin Shijie shouted:
"That is, although I am a rough person, I am the most recognizable friend.
"I don't like someone Qin Shijie, I only think of him as a bird!"
Long Zixi was quite moved and said:
"At the beginning of the next day, but the waste is famous, but the three are heroic, and the martial arts are strong, which makes the next very admirable.
"Thinking of that Yin Jifu, he said in vain that he was proud and righteous, but he was willing to be a lackey of the court!
"It's too far from three!"
Hearing this, Qin Yingjie shook his head again and again:
"Shaoxia wronged Old Master Yin, even if we misunderstood him at the beginning."
Long Zixi was taken aback when he heard this! I can't help but ask:
"What do you mean by that?"
Qin Yingjie said:
"Don't hide it from my brother.
"That day, we beat Ma Dong and fled, but we didn't run far before they were caught.
"That Ji Gang wanted to kill the three of us, but was stopped by Lord Yin.
"We only said that the owner of Yin Zhuang wanted to interrogate us alive.
"Who knows, after Master Yin Zhuang took advantage of the excuse to support Ji Gang and others, he let us go, and apologized to us repeatedly, and we knew that Master Yin Zhuang was really a good person."
Qin Xiongjie also said:
"Exactly. Our three brothers didn't dare to believe it, but after thinking about it carefully, there were already signs that Master Yin Zhuang was not really an enemy of Shaoxia. ”
Long Zixi was puzzled:
"What signs?"
Qin Xiongjie said:
"Young man, imagine that day, in Camel Dongzhuang, sixty or seventy masters besieged the two of you, even if a few of us are added, the other party is bound to win, but how can we easily escape?"
Long Zixi groaned:
"Could it be that Master Yin Zhuang deliberately let us go?"
Qin Yingjie said:
"Exactly. We also found out later.
"Then what a smart person is Master Yin, how can he not be prepared for someone to rob the horse in advance?
"More than 20 of us are unwilling to participate in this matter, how can Master Yin let us leave easily, without precautions, let the three of us go and come back, as if entering a no-man's land?"
Long Zixi is indeed reasonable when he thinks about it.
I thought, is that really the case?
But there are doubts:
"Then how does Master Yin know that it is Long Zixi below?"
Qin Yingjie said:
"Master Yin Zhuang has been walking the rivers and lakes for many years, what can he hide from him?
"I heard that as soon as Shaoxia made a move that day, the owner guessed that it was you, but it was just in the way of everyone and didn't expose it!"
Long Zixi nodded.
Xindao, I thought that except for Fang Jie, no one knew who I was.
It seems that he really underestimated the heroes of the world.
But there is confusion:
"So, what about today?"
Qin Xiongjie said:
"It was not the people of Camel Dongzhuang who robbed and killed the young man today, and the person who was originally laid down by the owner of Yin Zhuang was just for outsiders to see.
"Two days ago, that is, after those martial arts people searched for you separately, they withdrew their cards.
"Today's people are from the Shudi Green Snake Gang, they are all first-class masters, pretending to be Zhuang Ding to rob and kill you, eighty percent of them are for that sword book."
Long Zixi thought about it for a while, but there was another section that he couldn't understand:
"Since Master Yin Zhuang intends to help, why did he recruit a martial arts conference to let the people in the martial arts know that he is an enemy of his subordinates?"
Qin Yingjie said:
But it's hard to put it into words.
"Old Master Yin is waiting for us not far in front.
"I'll go there and see Master Yin, and I'll find out."
Turn your head to Qin Shijie:
"The third child goes first, go and inform Master Yin Zhuang that we have found the young man."
Then Qin Shijie said yes, hit the horse and went first.
Long Zixi was full of questions, thinking that he could only take the risk to meet Yin Jifu and then argue the truth or falsehood.
At the moment, look at the wound on the shoulder, just scratch some skin, apply medicine, simply bandage, and follow Erjie.
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In less than half an hour, I arrived at a place early, but it was a grain store.
It turned out that Yin Jifu was rich and made a living by bartering grain, and many towns had his grain stores.
When he entered the house, he saw that Yin Jifu and Pei Zhen had prepared a table of wine with two entourages and were waiting for him in the store.
Seeing Long Zixi coming in, Yin Jifu got up and hugged his fists:
"Long Shaoxia, offended! Sit down! ”
Long Zixi returned the salute, and everyone sat down.
Yin Jifu poured a glass of wine, got up and said:
"The old man has something unspeakable, he had to make this decision a few days ago, and today I ask the young man for his guilt."
Long Zixi hurriedly stood up:
"The affairs of the rivers and lakes are complex and changeable.
"Since the owner of the village has something unspeakable, how dare he blame it?
"Just to make it clear, one can explain many doubts.
"The two, if they can help in the next place, they should go all out, or they can solve difficulties for the owner."
Yin Jifu was overjoyed and said:
"The young man is really broad-minded! We drank this cup and chatted while using it, and the old man with twists and turns told him truthfully. ”
Everyone raised their lamps and toasted together.
After three rounds of drinking, Yin Jifu said:
"There is a festival in this, but not only the young man may not know, but even the other people here may not know."
Everyone stopped, and listened to Yin Jifu continue:
After the news of the baby girl's rescue leaked, King Xuan sent the doctor Du Bodu to track down the whereabouts of the baby girl.
"First, Lord Du is quite upright, and he refuses to do the thing that harms the loyal descendants, and he does not do his best.
"Second, the Northwest Dog Rong has been disturbing the border for many years, and it has been very rampant recently, and the imperial court is dispatching troops and generals, and there is no time to send a large number of people to investigate this matter.
"Although Sanlai Baodi is a subject country of the Zhou royal family, due to the barrier of the Qinling Mountains, many government decrees are not smooth, and the Zhou royal family has a feeling that it is beyond the reach of the whip.
"Therefore, through Qiu Shan, the chief of the imperial guard, he entrusted the Jianghu Wulin to take this responsibility.
"As far as the old man knows, the slightly larger sects in various places have received this secret order."
And the people did not know what was going on, so they listened attentively.
Yoon Jifu continued:
"One is that the baby girl is hiding in the good land, and the two old men have had several friends with that Qiu Shan, and he has always respected the old man, so he entrusted the old man to coordinate the world's martial arts to discuss this matter.
"However, although I, Yin Jifu, am not a hero, but I am not a person who covets glory and wealth, how can I be willing to be a lackey of the court and do such an unrighteous thing?"
Qin Shijie said:
"That is, Lord Yin's family has a lot of property, and that bit of bounty in the palace is a bird!"
Qin Yingjie said:
"The third is wrong.
"Lord Yin Zhuang is a righteous man, and it has nothing to do with the amount of the bounty.
"Could it be that if there is too much bounty, will Master Yin Zhuang do that unrighteous thing?"
Long Zixi said in his heart: This is not bad, no matter how much money a righteous person has, it is not enough to shake his will.
But he didn't interject, and listened to Yin Jifu continue:
"The old man wanted to refuse this secret order, or treat it negatively.
But then I thought about it, the old man couldn't do this, but he couldn't stop others from doing it.
"Instead of being negative, it is better to take advantage of the opportunity of the palace to entrust the old man to be in charge of this matter, and secretly rescue the truth.
So, the old man convened a martial arts conference and publicized with great fanfare that he was the enemy of Shaoxia, intending to create a momentum and attract the attention of Shaoxia, and Shaoxia would naturally be cautious and vigilant, which would invisibly be a little safer.
"In addition, I also want to make a big noise and give an explanation to the court.
"But I didn't expect that the young heroes, knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, prefer to go to the tiger mountains.
"Really impress the old man!"
After speaking, he toasted Long Zixi with a glass of wine.
Long Zixi finished drinking and said:
"I understand a little below. On that day, after the masked young man came out in the name of the subordinate, the owner of the village fought with the subordinate on the surface, but because of the presence of everyone, he had to do it. ”
Yin Jifu nodded and said:
"Exactly, the young man can understand, the old man couldn't be more gratified!"
Qin Shijie interjected:
"But I still don't understand. In this way, many heroes in the world will not be able to get along with the young heroes, wouldn't the young heroes be more dangerous? ”
Yin Jifu said:
"This Third Brother Qin doesn't have to worry too much. The old man deliberately said that the young man had fled from the land and asked them to track him around, and he had already broken everyone apart in the past few days.
"The old man thinks, it's hard for everyone to imagine that the young man and the old man are together."
Long Zixi immediately stood up and said:
"It turns out that I don't know what to do, I misunderstood the hard work of the owner of the village, and I specially ask the owner of the village for guilt!"
The crowd did it again.
Seeing the two of them release their revenge with a glass of wine and turn enemies into friends, they couldn't help but rejoice.
Long Zixi asked:
"Why does the owner want to go north again?"
Yin Jifu said:
"It's about the masked boy."
Longzi West Road:
"Masked boy? Did the owner find him again? Do you know his details? ”
Yin Jifu shook his head:
"This masked young man has a strange origin, and the old man still doesn't know who he is and what his purpose is in the name of a young man."
Longzi West Road:
"So, Lord Yin Zhuang said that he snatched the baby girl, is this serious?"
Yin Jifu said:
"It's true, how dare the old man say it?
That day, the young man fled with him, and the old man did not let people chase after him, just to find out some of the whereabouts of the baby girl through the young man.
"By the way, did he reveal any of his style?"
Long Zixi shook his head and said:
"That day, Zaixia ran with him to a hillside northeast of Baocheng, and he said goodbye without saying goodbye, which really made Zaixia wonder tightly."
Yin Jifu screamed, his face showing anger.
Qin Yingjie said:
"How?"
Yin Jifu sighed:
The old man had always suspected that the masked young man was a spy sent by the court. Now it seems that there are nine times out of ten. ”
Longzi Xiyileng:
"Spies? If he is a court spy, why should he help? ”
Yin Jifu shook his head and continued:
"The young man is young, and he doesn't know the sinister rivers and lakes.
"Think about it, the young man and the old man almost learned that the baby girl was adopted by the eldest child, and this situation can only be done by people in the court, and this is one of them.
Second, the boy caught the baby girl but did not immediately withdraw it, apparently with other plans.
"Third, since he has already met Shaoxia, but he doesn't give the child to Shaoxia, and he doesn't even tell his whereabouts, it means that he doesn't really help you.
"Fourth, according to the old man, he took the name of Shaoxia, just to lure Shaoxia to show up and deal with Shaoxia together.
Perhaps this is the real reason why he is not in a hurry to withdraw even though he has snatched the baby girl.
"This conspiracy is really profound, and it is really admirable!"
Long Zixi thought about it, Yin Jifu made a lot of sense.
But I don't think the boy looks like a spy anyway.
Just thinking about it, Qin Shijie asked:
"Could there be such a young master in the court?
"I'm an old man, why haven't I ever heard of it?"
It seems that he did not believe it greatly.
Yin Jifu said:
The old man remembered.
"Qiu Shan has several special people under him, all of whom have special skills, and they specialize in secret investigations.
"Among them, there is the youngest but the best martial arts 'jade face hot hand'. The old man suspected that it was this person. ”
The three heroes of the Qin clan glanced at each other and muttered:
"Jade-faced spicy hands?"
Apparently I had never heard of this name.
Yin Jifu said:
"These people rarely walk openly on the rivers and lakes, and even the old man has never seen them."
Long Zixi has never heard of the name "Jade Noodles Hot Hand", and can't help but think:
This may indicate that Yin Zhuang's analysis is correct.
How can those people be so secretive that they can easily be known?
As he was talking, he suddenly heard a long laugh outside the window.
Immediately after the sound of "brush", a sharp blade flew diagonally through the window, piercing Long Zixi's chest.