Chapter Fifty-Four: The Road Is Uneven
Early in the morning of the second day, Xiao Fan, Ji Hao, Nangong Xue resigned Gongsun Yang and others, and went down the mountain to Quanzhou Leiyin Temple, which was thousands of miles apart and almost crossed the entire Great Song Kingdom.
The three of them passed through the border villages of the Western Regions, this is the place where Mengjin and Song repeatedly fought over, only to see ten rooms and nine empty, starvation all over the wilderness, leaving behind are some hammer hammer old men who have buried most of their bodies in the yellow sand, Nangong Xue bit her lip and said nothing, Xiao and Ji were also heavy-hearted, Xiao Fan saw that only four words were written on the secret signature: pay attention to the beggar gang, the font is juanxiu, and the paper is yellowed, thinking that it should be the news that Luo Jingshu sent to Gongsun Yang a few years ago, he destroyed the secret signature, and secretly thought in his heart: The beggar gang has always supported justice, but Luo San'er's old-timers want the master to pay attention, what is the reason? Silent at the moment, secretly remembered.
When they arrived in Bazhou, they saw the fertile land, the traffic, the busy cars and horses on the road, and the people were freshly dressed and angry, which was simply made in heaven from before.
Xiao Fan said, "Ji Ye, you and my brother have finally come out to explore the rivers and lakes, have you ever thought about today when you were in Huainan?"
Ji Hao smiled and said, "That's nature, Xiao Shao is the dragon among the people, and it is a matter of time before he gets ahead."
This "Xiao Shao" erased the estrangement between the two for many years and became invisible, as if returning to the time when they were in their childhood, Ji Hao was silent when he was in the Snow Mountain Sect, and at this moment the words gradually increased.
Nangong Xue listened to them praising each other and said, "Did you two be so faceless and skinless before?"
Xiao Fan said, "Senior sister's words are wrong, do you know why the boy has a beard, but the daughter's family has fine skin and tender meat?"
Nangong Xueqi said, "Why?
Xiao Fan smiled and said, "Because..... We're thin-skinned!" After speaking, without waiting for her to react, she pulled her legs and ran.
Nangong Xue said angrily: "Bastard! Stop!"
The three of them laughed and laughed along the way, and after doing so for more than half a month, they came to Jiangling, where the flag fluttered at the head of Xiangyang City, and the cold light on the tip of the gun was dotted, with a solemn and murderous atmosphere.
Xiangyang City as the iron gate of half of the Southern Song Dynasty, since ancient times is the place where soldiers must fight, as the waist of the world, Xiangyang city wall is tall and strong, the city hoards a large number of weapons, grain and grass, all the poems, dances and songs of the temple of the Song Dynasty are built on the unbreakable city wall of Xiangyang.
Although this road is not a poor mountain and bad water, but also often sleep in the wilderness, Xiao, Ji and the two are okay, Nangong Xue is a delicate daughter's family, plain and clean, not to say anything, I am very eager to wash and tidy up, and when I entered Xiangyang City, Nangong Xue found an inn at random, and rushed to bathe. Xiao and Ji ordered four dishes of side dishes, asked for a pot of soju, and chatted while eating downstairs.
I saw that in the northwest corner of the hall, a table of colorful people called Huazi with a large glass of wine and a large piece of meat, so unhappy, one of the people with leprosy on his head said, "Hmph, the gang of dog thieves of the Wuyue Sword Sect, I don't know how many lives of the brothers in the gang have been harmed over the years" A tall and thin beggar scolded angrily, "This heroic meeting is to discuss the destruction of those thieves! It's really too deceitful!" Another man with a scar between his eyebrows said, "If it weren't for our Hong gang leader who disappeared for more than ten years, it would be the turn of the group of dog thieves of the Wuyue Sword Sect to commit murder! I don't know where the old man is where the gang leader Hong is..."The leprosy beggar said, "Fortunately, the Shangguan gang leader stabilized the overall situation in time, otherwise the century-old foundation of my beggar gang would be ruined... That's it, this matter is not for you and me to worry about, hurry up and finish eating and get on the road! The young helper and they went to Quanzhou three days ago, don't let them wait for a long time."
Xiao and Ji glanced at each other, isn't the young gang leader the Shangguan Yun.....?
Xiao Fan said, "Master Ji, it seems that this martial arts conference is on a grand scale, I don't know if the two of them will go."
Ji Hao said, "I will definitely go, but..."
Xiao Fan asked, "Just how?"
Ji Hao smiled bitterly, "I'm just afraid that I won't recognize us."
Xiao Fan leaned into his arms, touching the sachet that still carried his body temperature, but his heart was also mixed, and suddenly he thought of flying to Leiyin Temple immediately, even if she had forgotten herself, it would be good to take a look at it from afar.
Nangong Xue came downstairs after dressing up, and saw that the two of them were eating and drinking, her eyebrows were frowning, and she said angrily, "Senior Brother Xiao! Senior Brother Ji! Why did you eat by yourself first!
Along the way, Nangong Xue always regarded herself as a senior sister, no matter how big or small things were, she always wanted to ask one or two, making Xiao and Ji miserable, as long as she followed her wishes, Nangong Xue would not seriously get to the bottom of it.
I saw Xiao Fan smile and say, "We are just trying to taste the taste of this shop for Senior Sister, Senior Sister, please" said and squeezed his eyes at Ji Hao.
Ji Hao immediately followed and said, "Yes, senior sister, please take a seat"
Nangong Xue was a little amused when she saw the two of them singing and harmonizing, she found that Ji Hao seemed to have changed since he went down the mountain and was with Xiao Fan, and said, "Senior Brother Ji, is this revealing your true nature? I heard that you are the most diligent in cultivation among the disciples of Qinglong Hall, and you don't talk much."
Ji Hao smiled and didn't answer. The three of them hastily ate their stomachs, slept peacefully, and continued to hurry the next morning, out of Xiangyang City for about sixty or seventy miles, there was a sound of shouting and insulting mixed with weapons colliding in the forest ahead, Nangong Xue didn't say a word, a few of them swept over, Xiao Fan and the two were afraid that she would lose, so they immediately followed.
I saw two people lying on the ground, and the other three people held up their weapons to face more than a dozen strong men in shorts and shorts, and the people who were surrounded were the beggar gang disciples at the table just now, this group of short-clothed men was not outstanding in a single martial arts, but three people in a line, five people in a formation, and actually beat the beggar disciples to the strength of parry.
The tall and thin beggar hung his right hand softly, and he fought to the death with a short-mouthed knife in his left hand, and the other two had blood pouring from their heads, knotting their fluffy hair into a left and right piece, and one was pulled out of a long gash from his left shoulder to his waist, and his face was pale, and he looked like he would fall down at any time due to excessive blood loss.
Seeing Xiao Fan and the three of them coming, the slightly less injured disciple of the beggar gang shouted loudly: "Friend, go slowly! I am a disciple of the beggar gang of Weizhou, these thieves colluded with the golden dog to intercept and kill all the heroes who went to Quanzhou! Please help me..." Before he finished speaking, he ate a kick in his lower abdomen, only grinning in pain, but he couldn't say half a word.
The group of strong men also saw Xiao Fan and the three of them, and a young man who looked like a leader stood up and said, "Three of you, please excuse me, this matter is a personal feud between my crocodile gang and the beggar gang, don't listen to their words."
Nangong Xue said, "Since it is a personal vendetta, Zhengda Guangming is coming to the door, what is the matter with this sneak attack?"
The young man was speechless for a while, his face turned red, and he glared at Nangong Xue angrily and said, "Hmph! What's the matter if you ruin the reputation of the Crocodile Gang! The hatred of killing my father is not shared, I, Zheng Ping'an, will slaughter those stinky screams today no matter what!"
Nangong Xue said lightly, "These people are all righteous people who went to participate in the Heroes Conference, why don't you stop first?"
Zheng Ping'an scolded: "Phew, what are you? Don't think it's a woman, Lao Tzu won't beat you..."
As soon as the word "you" was spoken, Nangong Xue's wrist flipped over, and a bright silver long sword was already pressed against his neck.
Xiao Fan's eyes narrowed slightly, Nangong Xue drew his sword and shot in one go, it seems that his martial arts have also made great progress over the years.
Zheng Ping'an didn't expect this woman to shoot directly without greeting her, she was stunned in place, she was also a man, her legs trembled but she didn't say a word of begging for mercy.
Nangong Xue said, "Can we talk now?"
Zheng Ping'an gritted his teeth, and after a while, with a wave of his big hand, the group of strong men jumped out of the battle circle one by one, Xiao Fan found that their expressions were wooden, their eyes were blank, and their bodies were very tense and very strange.
Ji Hao leaned over and whispered, "Xiao Shao, those people.... It doesn't seem to have the breath of a living person..."
Xiao Fan nodded, and gently pressed down Nangong Xue's wrist, and the sword blade left an extremely deep indentation on Zheng Ping'an's neck.
Seeing that the enemy was retreating, the three beggars in the circle immediately leaned over to check their partner's injury, and saw that although he was extremely seriously injured, he still had a breath of air, and immediately put his mind at ease, turned to stare at Zheng Ping'an, and his eyes seemed to be about to erupt fire.
The scarred beggar arched his hand and said, "Thank you Engong for your help! In the beggar's help to the disciples of Weizhou Xiangmu Hall, the grace of saving lives will never be forgotten! Dare to ask a few Engong's surnames?"
Xiao Fan said, "It's just a gesture, you don't need to take it to heart, just now we saw a few beggars in the shop, I don't know how to provoke this crocodile gang?"
The scar beggar said indignantly, "I waited here and saw that he was beaten, so I kindly stepped forward to help, I didn't want this sudden killer to put my two brothers down, these puppet-like killers killed a thousand knives, stared at us and slashed without asking, I just heard him say what to go to Quanzhou to participate in the hero conference, intercept and kill, etc."
Xiao Fan saw that this Zheng Ping'an did not look like a treacherous person, and he couldn't tell if there was any misunderstanding in it, so he asked, "This brother, I don't know where you started when you said that you killed your father?"
Zheng Ping'an had calmed down at this time, seeing Nangong Xue staring at him, somehow he only felt that his cheeks were hot, don't turn his head and couldn't help but peek at her, hearing Xiao Fan ask such a question, he came back to his senses and said angrily, "Hmph! My father went to Kaifeng to do business last month, and on the way back, he was hit three times by a masked man.
Nangong Xue's face softened slightly, and she said to Zheng Ping'an, "When people die, the lights go out, the top priority is to figure out what is going on, don't let people take advantage of it."
Scar Beggar said, "Tell me what day of the month it is!"
Zheng Ping'an said, "What's the matter?" He recognized the beggar gang as the murderer, and he spoke without mercy.
The scar beggar said angrily: "Shangguan Gang Leader went to the desert on the fifth day of last month to find out about the Mongol army, how could he go to Kaifeng to commit murder within five days!"
Zheng Ping'an said: "That's your words! Just by these three words, you want to clear your suspicion? The beggars are too child's play."
The tall and thin beggar had recovered some strength at this moment, and said weakly, "This Zheng Ping'an brother, if you don't believe it, come with us to Quanzhou, and then the Shangguan gang leader will also go, and you can confront him in front of the heroes of the world!"
Zheng Ping'an said without hesitation: "Okay!
Xiao Fan and the others saw that this matter could only be like this for the time being, and it was not good to interfere anymore, and they were about to turn around and leave, Zheng Ping'an said loudly, "A few and slow!" He saw Nangong Xue turn around, his face turned red again, and said in a low voice, "I don't know... Girl's name..."
Xiao Fan scolded in his heart, this bastard is revenge and pickle girl...