Chapter 20 Visitors on the River
The three words "Long Shiqiu" have not only been a rumor on the rivers and lakes in the past two years, but also more like a curse for some people.
Legend has it that as soon as this person entered the rivers and lakes, he successively found various major sects in the Central Plains to learn, and it seems that he has not lost so far.
It is said that the first master of the Shaolin Dharma Academy began to think about it soon after he fought with him, and the seven real people of Wudang also collectively retreated and participated in the study of the "Tiangang Beidou Array" after he went down the mountain to make up for the defects of the formation;
A person who can convince his opponent and even doubt his life, is it terrible?
The Nine-Fingered Daoist couldn't help but be a little moved.
"Your Excellency is Long Shiqiu?" Shi Er still didn't believe it.
Yuan Tianqi, the nine-fingered Taoist, was much older after all, and arched his hand and said, "Long Daxia is here tonight, he must have some advice?"
"Don't dare to be. Long Shiqiu said: "Long was just entrusted by someone to retrieve the robbed silver." ”
"Oh?" Shi Donglai frowned, "I'm curious who has such a big face." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Shiyao and Ghost Xiao had already walked behind Long Shiqiu.
Long Shiqiu pointed at Tang Shiyao and said, "Introduction, Miss Yuding Dart Bureau, Tang Shiyao." ”
Tang Shiyao glared at her, but Long Shiqiu just didn't see it.
Shi Donglai only glanced at Tang Shiyao and then nodded and sighed: "If it were me, I would have helped with this." ”
Song Yukun, who had not spoken, suddenly said coldly: "Second Brother Shi, have you seen Long Shiqiu before?"
Shi Donglai was stunned for a moment and shook his head.
Song Yukun sneered: "Coincidentally, I haven't seen it either." ”
Shi Donglai finally understood the meaning of Song Yukun's words, although Long Shiqiu was quite famous in the rivers and lakes, not many people had really seen him. What's more, this person is good at disguise, and there are different opinions about his appearance.
It is said that when he went to the Shaolin Temple in Songshan, he dressed up as a leper monk, and when he broke the Wudang "Tiangang Beidou Array", he dressed up as a traveling veteran.
Shi Dong looked at Song Yukun and asked with a sly smile, "Does Lord Song have a way to verify his identity?"
As soon as Song Yukun stretched out his hand, one of his subordinates immediately handed over the saber, only to see him sneer: "Just try it." With the knife in his hand, he jumped up with one foot on the table, and it was a knife according to Long Shiqiu's chest.
This knife castrated extremely quickly, and the blade of the cold light had already reached the portal of Long Shiqiu, only to see the corners of his mouth slightly raised, not retreating but advancing, and slamming forward against Song Yukun's blade with a flick under his feet.
Everyone present was shocked, this person was looking for death?
Tang Shiyao was also so shocked that she almost didn't scream.
In the flash of light, Long Shiqiu's figure moved in front of Song Yukun like a ghost, and Song Yukunming saw that his knife had been cut at him, but he didn't touch anything.
Before he could react, Long Shiqiu's fingers had already lightly buckled at the wrist of his knife, and he turned sideways and hit Song Yukun's chest!
Song Yukun's entire arm was numb instantly, the steel knife flew out involuntarily, and his body was knocked back two feet away from Long Shiqiu's rush before he barely stood still.
This...... What kind of play is this? What kind of move is this?
Even Yuan Tianqi, the nine-fingered Taoist leader who has been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for decades, has never seen this kind of strange moves and deadly fighting style.
Tang Shiyao's heart was beating faster than just now, and even she couldn't believe what she had just seen! If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, who would have expected that the martial arts of this man in front of her, who would have gotten along with her day and night, be so terrifying!
Shi Donglai straightened his clothes, clasped his hands into fists and bowed deeply: "Long Daxia is really amazing, Shi is convinced!"
Nine-fingered Daoist Yuan Tianqi was secretly surprised in his heart, his heart Dao This person's martial arts are definitely not owned by all the martial arts sects in the Central Plains, such a swift body technique and simple and effective moves seem to integrate the strengths of Western Regions Tantra and Dongying Ninjutsu.
Another thought, the Western Regions and the Eastern Ying are thousands of miles apart, how can anyone learn these two supreme martial arts at the same time?
The dignified Dragon Gang divides the helmsman, and he hasn't been able to complete a move in this person's hands!
Judging from the battle just now, fortunately, Long Shiqiu's men were merciful, if he also had a blade in his hand, Song Yukun would not be enough for him to kill even if he had nine lives.
Yuan Tianqi finally understood why the elders of the Beggar Gang decided to withdraw from the rivers and lakes at this moment.
Long Shiqiu's face was expressionless, and he said lightly: "Now can we sit down and talk about things?"
Shi Donglai smiled and said, "Please, please sit." ”
Song Yukun's face was hot for a while, and he knew in his heart that if it wasn't for the mercy of the other party's subordinates, he would be a big loser.
Everyone was seated, and Yuan Tianqi, the nine-fingered Taoist, said first: "Since everyone's goal is the same, we must work together to discuss a countermeasure and find out who is behind the scenes." ”
Song Yukun sneered: "I have already sent a message to the chief helm of Yueyang, and asked the chief helmsman of Lan to convene a meeting of the nine and thirteen rudders of Dongting to discuss this matter together." ”
Yuan Tianqi glanced at Long Shiqiu and said, "I don't know what kind of opinion Long Daxia has?"
Long Shiqiu said: "Lord Song Helmsman really has foresight, since we have taken the first step of chess, we should go to Dongting next, one is to listen to the opinions of the Lan Helmsman and the gangs, and the other is to ask the Lan Helmsman for personal favors." ”
Song Yukun listened to Long Shiqiu praise himself, and the sullenness in his heart had already disappeared by half, and he looked at Long Shiqiu and said: "What Long Daxia said about the favor does it refer to the matter of Hong Guangrui and Hong Sanye of the Jade Ding Dart Bureau?"
Long Shiqiu nodded and said: "Facts speak louder than words, now it seems that although Hong San was reckless, he was involved in the scheme of the mastermind behind the scenes. ”
He looked at Song Yukun as he spoke, and saw that he had a difficult look on his face and said: "Having said that, Hong Guangrui indiscriminately led people to beat the helm of the Upstream Dragon Gang, and if the Yuding Dart Bureau did not ransom people with silver, I am afraid that the helmsman of Lan will not let go easily." ”
Tang Shiyao couldn't help but interject: "My father has already gone to Hunan, if the helmsman of Lan collects the money, will he release him immediately?"
Song Yukun frowned and said, "Ling Zun really brought the silver to ransom people?"
Tang Shiyao said: "Then there is still a fake?"
Song Yukun's face changed and said, "Which way did they go?"
Long Shiqiu sensed that his tone was wrong, and continued: "Judging from the current situation, it should be by water. ”
Song Yukun muttered: "The waterway has not been very smooth these days...... As soon as the words fell, a subordinate hurried to the scene and whispered a few words in Song Yukun's ear, only to see Song Yukun was taken aback after hearing it, and his eyes came out and said: "There is such a thing?"
Seeing this, everyone didn't know what was going on, and Shi Donglai couldn't help but ask, "Brother Song, what's wrong?"
Song Yukun frowned, glanced at Tang Shiyao and said: "Jiangshang Eye came to report, and found that many suspicious ships were speeding away to the west, so late, where are they going?"
Yuan Tianqi said suspiciously: "Are they chasing someone?" Lord Song Helm, do you want to catch up and take a look." ”
Song Yukun stood up with a "Huo" and sneered: "No matter who it is or what the purpose is, you should also inquire about whose territory it is." After that, he looked at Long Shiqiu and the others: "Is Long Daxia interested in going together?"
Long Shiqiu smiled slightly and said, "Lord Song, aren't we already in the same boat?"
It's late at night.
On the river, a big ship is slowly moving forward.
There was a person standing in the wind on the bow deck, and this person was Tang Tianlong, the head of the Yuding Dart Bureau.
I saw him standing with his hands in his hands, and the river wind blew, but it couldn't blow away the gloomy clouds on his face.
"Big brother, it's windy on the river, be careful of catching a cold. Xiao Wensheng walked out of the cabin and came to Tang Tianlong's side.
Tang Tianlong sighed deeply and said, "Fourth brother, you should go to Yueyang in two days, right?"
Xiao Wensheng nodded and said, "I just asked the boatman, and I will be there at noon the day after tomorrow at the latest." ”
"They're all asleep?"
"Sleep, the boatman said there is a fork in the road, let's go there for the night today. ”
The two brothers chatted at the bow of the boat for a while, and sure enough, the waterway was divided into two not far ahead, and the bow of the boat was deflected and entered the fork bay.
The boatman was an old man in his fifties, and when the ship anchored and stopped, he walked to the bow of the boat with a smile and said, "Second master, I will rest here tonight." ”
Tang Tianlong said with a smile: "It's hard work, you should rest early." The boatman retreated.
Xiao Wensheng said: "Big brother, you go in, I'll stare at it for a while and then call the fifth child up." ”
Tang Tianlong nodded, and as soon as he walked to the door of the cabin, he saw a dart master walking quickly to the front and said, "Big boss, the ship is coming from behind!"
Tang Tianlong and Xiao Wensheng saw that he looked flustered, and hurriedly came to the stern of the boat, looking up at the lights on the ship, and sure enough, there were a few lights in the distance that were rushing towards this side.
Where did these many ships come from so late?
Tang Tianlong knew that something was wrong, and shouted: "Everyone copy the guys, and everyone is on alert." ”
It was already quiet all around, and at his command, everyone walked out of the cabin with their swords struck.
Tang Tianlei and Yan Wuxiu didn't know what was going on, and while tidying up their clothes, they came to the aft deck, only to see six small boats in the distance riding the wind and waves, heading straight for their big ship.
"Prepare the bow and crossbow shield!" Tang Tianlong was quite well prepared for this dart, more than ten dart masters lined up in a line, erected shields, and more than 20 dart masters bent their bows and arrows to wind, staring at the incoming ship with all their attention.
Xiao Wensheng also shouted "palm lamp", and the whole boat was brightly lit for a while.
The six small boats on the river came very fast, and in a blink of an eye, they had come to more than ten zhang away.
"Shoot the arrows!" Tang Tianlong ordered, "Boom, Boom—" The arrows shot at the six boats like flying locusts.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
After a few loud noises like thunder, a few smoke clouds suddenly rose on the river surface where the boat and Tang Tianlong were located, and as soon as the river wind blew, the smoke clouds spread along the wind towards the big boat.
Xiao Wensheng was shocked: "This smoke is poisonous, everyone be careful." ”
Everyone rushed to find something to cover their mouths and noses, and as a result, the formation of the ship had been dispersed, and in an instant, five or six dart masters had inhaled the smoke, choked on tears, and slowly fell down with their hands on their throats.