Chapter 56: The Mountain Rain is Coming
There was a deathly silence outside the city, and even the stars in the night sky began to be silent like stones, and only the occasional abrupt crow chirped to show that there were still traces of life here.
Farther outside the city, in a dilapidated village, it seemed to be "prosperous", and waves of people moved in, making it a place of smoke and smoke again.
These people are the backbone of the martial arts brought by Ling Xiao, and they are also a new force. More than 1,000 martial arts disciples and masters set up simple camps under the ruins of this broken wall, ready for battle. It was only because Xiao Yi failed to break the Cheng clan for two or three consecutive months, which forced Ling Xiao to choose to make a big fight in the Cheng clan and swallow the green forest forces in Caozhou in one bite, and then go straight to Taihu Lake.
Ling Xiao stood in the bleak moonlight, his shadow slender and indifferent. He did not blame Xiao Xia, although he did not come in person, he also felt it from the faces, bodies, and eyes of the remaining people in the martial arts.
Most of these martial arts disciples have not experienced the line of life and death, and they usually pay attention to the point of learning skills, where can they compare with the green forest grass that "licks blood on the knife edge day and night, and hangs between the belts at night"? Only the baptism of blood can stimulate the greatest potential of martial artists. The people who survived, although their hearts were terrified, tangled, and even had nightmares at night, their combat power was fundamentally improved, as if they were reborn, which was not a good thing for the subsequent battles.
Ling Xiao cleared his mind, and recalled the words on the paper handbook of Fang Cai, which only had seven words on it: "Liu Ding and Huang Zhen captured one of them." Ling Xiao didn't worry too much about this matter, as long as these two people were here, they weren't ready to be caught, but they couldn't help but despise the unpopular means of the storyteller in his heart.
"Kill, Liu Ding and Huang Zhen capture one of them. Ling Xiao didn't make any extra moves, except for this sentence that was one more word than in the biography, which was no different from before he spoke, like talking to himself, and like speaking out of thin air. No one responded to his words, but if you look closely, you will find that the shadow cast by Ling Xiao on the ground seems to be a little lighter.
The heroes of the green forest in Chengshi City are not easy. From the eyes of the martial arts people who became more and more ruthless, they knew that the advantages of the ruthless psychology and methods that originally belonged to them began to slowly fade. This has made the people of the green forest quite a headache, and the arrival of the two factions of heaven and man and Shaolin is an even more tricky thing. If you want to bargain in the hands of Ling Xiao and Su and the old bald donkey, how easy is it to talk about?
In the council hall, Shui Mo's face was the same as before, the shade was just right, and it was not reduced a little because of the offensive that resisted Xiao, nor did it increase a point because of Ling Xiao's arrival.
"In the future battle, everyone here must obey the dispatch of the master of the thief door and ask Junping, and his order is like my order. Shui Mo's words were amazing.
As if he had discussed with Shui Mo, Wen Junping stepped forward to receive the promise. However, everyone below, especially the helmsmen of the Salt Gang, were not convinced, this thief was just a gang that had only risen in recent years, and he asked Jun Ping how he could call everyone?
Qian He, the helmsman of Chuzhou, got up and said: "Forgive Qian for being rude, if you don't show a few hands, the brothers are afraid that they will not be convinced!"
As soon as Qian He's words came out, dozens of people under him echoed and said: "Don't accept it! Don't accept it......
Before the two of them could speak, they only heard a voice outside the door: "You are not worthy to see the methods of my family master!"
Dozens of people of different clothes and ages swept past the crowd in a windy manner, came to Wen Junping, and saluted together: "See the door master!"
After these people said this, they all shook their sleeves, only to see that many money bags, pearls, and blades were shaken out, and they fell all over the ground with a "bang".
Qian He saw the hilt of the sword made of gold wire on the ground, his heart suddenly cooled, he touched his waist, and found that there was only a scabbard, and the long sword inside was pulled out silently by the comer, he was ashamed for a while, and scolded: "Stealing the door is only this ability to steal chickens and touch dogs!"
When all his men heard this, they all touched their waists, and they were empty.
It turned out that these people were all elite children who had stolen the door, and when they learned that the master of the gate was in the Chengshi City, they came in, and how could the factions of the martial arts guarding the border of Caozhou be able to stop these people who were flying on the wall? Because they heard that some people were not convinced and asked Junping, they took the property of these people, which was regarded as a small punishment.
Yuan Zifeng couldn't help but sigh when he saw that the thieves were acting so happily: "It's a pity that Changbai is too far away from here, if one or two senior brothers come here, it will be a little more imposing......"
Yun Hail heard this, and snorted: "There are only three of us in the Ice Gate, so what, if there are many people, we can help?"
Shui Mo suppressed the noisy voice, and took out a thing from his arms, and said: "This is the 'Black Jiao Flag', seeing this flag is like seeing the helper, who dares to disobey the order?"
This "Black Jiaoqi" is all black, and only the faint Jiaolong pattern case is slightly brighter. This thing is invasive, the knife and axe are difficult to break, it is the most important token of the salt gang, and it has never seen the flag as the gang leader. Lei Yuan handed over the "Black Jiaoqi" to Shui Mo, and Shui Mo now handed it over to Wen Junping.
Everyone saw that Jun Ping had received this "Black Jiao Flag", even if some people were not convinced, they didn't dare to speak.
"When the time comes, please ask the Lord of Yemen to entangle Su and the abbot. Shui Mo began to arrange countermeasures again. Ye Lianxue's martial arts are so high that he is rumored to be unpredictable by the people of the rivers and lakes, and he will definitely not lose to the Shaolin abbot.
Ye Lianxue nodded lightly towards Shui Mo as a sign of promise. Shui Mo's heart was slightly wider when he saw this, as for Ling Xiao, this top figure with the same name as the gang leader, if he wanted to come here, no one was his opponent, and it was inevitable that he would need to personally entangle.
The major masters in the martial arts, Shui Mo has already set a countermeasure, even if he is defeated, he can delay it for a long time. It's just that when he listens to the cicada of Tantra, he can't think of anyone to deal with it for a while. Shui Mo secretly pondered in his heart, "It is said that this cicada has the tantric stunt "Cicada Reading", and its actual combat power is much higher than its own skill, and people with the same skill are afraid that it will not help." However, there is no one available here, and this one vacancy may change the entire situation of the battle. Alas, if, if Brother Lu is here, why be afraid of a cicada?"
Shui Mo remembered the old incident of fighting side by side with the right envoy Lu Yan, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He swept through the hall one by one, shaking his head in his heart again and again. There are people who have the same skill as listening to cicadas, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist their tantric magic skills. Until the end, Shui Mo's gaze fell on Wei Qimu, this young man who could seriously injure Chu Jiangkai should be able to listen to the cicada in a fight, but ...... He said he wasn't from the woods.
"There is a person in the Wulin Tantric Sect, whose legal name is 'Listen to the Cicada', and it is rumored that he has a variety of Tantric skills, and ordinary masters are afraid that it is difficult to fight the enemy. Shui Mo said and looked at Wei Qimu, and finally spoke again after thinking about it, "I heard that Wei Shaoxia once participated in the fight with him, do you know what his methods are?"
When everyone in the hall saw Shui Mo asking, they all looked at Wei Qimu.
Wei Qimu shook his head and said: "I didn't fight him at the beginning, I only knew that he had defeated the enemy without making a move in a few consecutive games, and he was not defeated until he faced Chu Jiang. ”
Everyone was half surprised, half sneered. Although there is only one word difference between "don't make a move" and "don't do it", they are very different. "Without making a move" can also use other parts, such as the head and feet, and can also be used in other ways, such as internal force, poisoning, etc., and "without making a move" can win the enemy, what kind of realm is that? Everyone only thought that Wei Qimu was talking nonsense, laughing and laughing, and even worse, they hated Wei Qimu when he said that he was not from the green forest, but he was valued by the Shui Zuo envoy in this council room, so they said that he was shaking the heart of the green forest army.
A group of people led by the "Weiyang Five Ghosts" had a poisonous tongue and a cruel mouth, and even Feng Song frowned and said: "You can defeat the enemy without making a move, it is indeed unheard of, even if you have deep internal strength, you must release it through your limbs or chest, head, tongue and other parts." ”
After listening to what Feng Song said, everyone felt that Wei Qimu was untrustworthy and shook the morale of the army, but most of them were muttering in their hearts, and they didn't need to grudge with the people who were valued by Shui Zuo.
Wei Qimu didn't care, and was calm. Shui Mo waved his hand to stop the commotion, he was not one of those uninformed little minions below, and there was no gap between him and Wei Qimu. He has known tantric stunts, although he has never personally experienced the magic of the technique of "Cicada Reading", it must be the kind of "no shot" that Wei Qimu said can defeat the enemy's heart attack technique, if the internal force and concentration are not strong enough, I am afraid that they will be easily defeated.
Shui Mo spoke to Wei Qimu again: "Can you ask Wei Shaoxia to take action and deal with the cicada one or two?" ”
Although Wei Qimu was not good at brushing off the invitation of the water, because the last time the two families fought too fiercely, it was not inferior to the confrontation between the two armies, and he was already very resistant to life and death in his heart, not to mention this kind of large-scale fire, what is the difference between this and the fight of soldiers and horses?
Wei Qimu's heart was like water at the moment, and he shook his head gently.
Shui Mo didn't expect Wei Qimu to refuse so decisively, it was inevitable that he was a little lost and embarrassed, but he was silent on his face, smiled lightly, and signaled that it was okay.
Shui Mo doesn't care, it doesn't mean that the many green forests below, especially the Salt Gang, don't care. For a while, many people were dissatisfied with Wei Qimu's words and deeds, and the muttering became louder and louder. However, Zhang Fengchen, Sun Peilan, Chong Lin and others are all masters who are not afraid of the sky and the earth, how can they tolerate the gossip of these people, and immediately fight each other and make a noise.
Shui Mo naturally did not grudge with Wei Qimu and his many friends because of these trivial things, and drank the disciples of the Salt Gang in a deep voice, and apologized to Wei Qimu. This made Wei Qimu a little embarrassed, but Chong Lin and the others looked proud.
The noise stopped, but he saw the blue shirt running in in a hurry, his face blurred with tears, and he choked up: "Zuo envoy...... Huang Zhen, she was taken captive!"
Shui Mo heard this, and his complexion finally changed, and his sickly face became even whiter, like snow in the sun. He was puzzled in his heart, unsure whether this matter was done by Wulin or other forces.
Liu Ding and Wei Qimu asked almost at the same time:
"Who kidnapped Zhenmei?"
"Who took her captive?"
The blue shirt only cared about tears, choked up and couldn't speak. Feng Song stepped forward, gently hugged her, and whispered, "Don't worry, just take your time." ”
The voice was as soft as a spring breeze in Yanyu, and the blue shirt gradually calmed down, and said sadly: "I was talking to her in the room, and suddenly there was a figure in the room, Huang Zhen When she reacted, she was restrained by that person, and I was also knocked unconscious by that person, and when I woke up, Huang Zhen was gone......
It turned out that Huang Zhen and the blue shirt didn't come to participate in the meeting in order to catch up, but they didn't expect such a thing to happen. The people who came silently abducted Huang Zhen, and regarded the heroes of the green forest as nothing, not only were they bold and bold, but also insulted the reputation of the green forest. In addition to the concern and anxiety of Huang Zhen's relatives and friends, there are also many grief and anger from the green forest.
Wei Qimu couldn't hold back the most, so he said goodbye to Shui Mo first, and took the blue cedar away, wanting to ask for details. Zhang Fengchen and Sun Peilan had nothing to do in the conference hall and also followed. Liu Ding thought about it again and again, but after all, he didn't go with Wei Qimu.
Feng Song was unhappy when he saw Wei Qimu pulling Lanshan, but he couldn't say anything, and he couldn't leave the council hall without permission like Wei Qimu, so he had to be secretly dissatisfied in his heart.
Wei Qimu took Lan Shan to Huang Zhen's room, and saw that there was no trace of a fight in the room, and the doors and windows were not damaged in the slightest, he was also puzzled, so he asked: "Lan Girl, please explain the situation at that time in more detail!"
"The only thing I saw was a group of figures, no sound, let alone people, and Huang Zhen and I were restrained silently!" Lan Shan's mood was a little calm at this time, and she tried to think about it, she paused, and said, "It seems that Huang Zhen noticed it at the time, but it was too late, could it be that someone can really hide his body?"
Wei Qimu listened to what Lan Shan's words, and he was also puzzled, he had never heard of anyone in the rivers and lakes who knew this kind of martial arts. However, he was born in a hundred families and knows that there are many martial arts in the world, and some of them are extremely mysterious, so he may not be able to do this.
When Wei Qimu was thinking about it, he suddenly heard a voice from outside the door: "There is a kind of martial arts that can be done!"