Chapter 23

After Li Qiufeng and Yan Dufei left Tongzhou City, they headed north, seeing that the number of pedestrians was gradually sparse, and in the end, only the two of them were left to walk together.

Yan Dufei said: "I haven't seen this cloud flying before, I don't know who is higher and who is lower in martial arts compared to Yang Zhenzhong?"

Li Qiufeng said: "It's hard to say. Yun Feiyang once served the first emperor and was one of the first emperor's henchmen, but he was also quite familiar with Mr. Qiao Sinan. Yang Zhenzhong is the former minister of the current emperor's mansion and the personal guard of the old Xingxian king. In terms of qualifications alone, Yun Feiyang is undoubtedly higher than Yang Zhenzhong, but he thought that he could take over as the commander of the Jinyi Guard smoothly, but he took it away from Yang Zhenzhong. I saw that although he didn't say it on the surface, he was very unconvinced in his heart. In the five years since I entered the palace, it is rare to see clouds flying and yang epicenters appear at the same time. The two were at odds with each other, and they each gathered a group of dead soldiers in private. If it weren't for the East Factory on the side, I am afraid that the two groups of people would have fought a long time ago. ”

Yan Dufei sighed: "My senior brother Qiao Sinan's talent and martial arts, it is difficult to have an opponent in the world, but it is a pity that he followed the emperor underground. If he is still in the palace, Yang Zhenzhong and Yun Feiyang will only have to bow their heads to their ears. ”

Li Qiufeng nodded and said, "This is natural." When the younger brother was in the palace, although he had never seen Qiao Daxia, he heard the old guards mention it a lot. I heard that Qiao Daxia is not only strong in martial arts, but also like a fish in water in the officialdom, but it is a pity that he has not been able to see Qiao Daxia in this life, which is a big regret for the younger brother. ”

The two talked and talked, and before they knew it, they had walked more than 20 miles.

At this time, the two of them had walked to a river's edge, and suddenly stopped at the same time.

All around is the silence of the mountains, and only the breeze can be heard to rustle the trees.

Yan Dufei said: "There are mountains and rivers here, but it is an excellent place to go." ”

Li Qiufeng said: "It's a pity that there are some less dogs barking and roosters, which is inevitably a fly in the ointment." ”

Yan Dufei said: "Although there are no dogs barking and chickens crowing, there are some roosters and dog thieves. Then he looked up at a big tree not far away, and said in a loud voice, "Since this friend has arrived, please show up." ”

Li Qiufeng had already noticed that there were people on the tree, but he didn't say anything. He looked up and saw that the big plane tree was more than four feet high, with lush branches and leaves, and the breeze blew and the leaves rattled.

As soon as Yan Dufei's words fell, he saw that the tree suddenly changed.

The tree has changed!

The tree was originally a hug thick, but in an instant, the trunk suddenly became thinner, and a large clump of leaves began to spin and move rapidly in the air. The whole tree seemed to come to life suddenly, constantly changing into various shapes in front of the two of them.

Yan Dufei and Li Qiufeng are both men who lick blood on their heads, and they don't know how many strange things they have seen in the rivers and lakes, but it is the first time they have seen such a strange tree.

Yan Dufei said in a low voice: "Things have changed, Brother Li should be careful." ”

At this moment, I saw the silver light flashing in front of me, mixed with a sharp sound of breaking the sky, and dozens of hidden weapons had flown from the branches and leaves of the big tree to the two of them.

Yan Dufei and Li Qiufei each danced their swords, only to hear the sound of weapons colliding, and all the incoming hidden weapons had been knocked away by the two of them with blades. Immediately, I heard a shout, and the big tree in front of me suddenly disintegrated, transformed into a dozen green or black figures, and quickly rushed towards the two of them.

These people came so quickly, and they were in front of the two of them in an instant. Li Qiufeng only felt that the sword flashed, and a strong wind rushed straight towards the front door. He didn't think about it, so he swung his sword to meet it.

"Zheng Zheng Zheng Zheng", the opponent slashed four times in a row from the four directions of up, down, left and right, and Li Qiufeng also blocked four knives one after another. The opponent's knife was extremely fast, and as long as the blade and Li Qiufeng's long knife intersected, he immediately changed his move and slashed from another direction.

Li Qiufeng sealed four knives in a row, and when the other party was about to split the fifth knife, Li Qiufeng shook his wrist and slashed out first.

The man didn't expect that Li Qiufeng would attack with a knife when he was fully defending, but he saw a flash of cold light, and Li Qiufeng's long knife had already reached the top of his head. He couldn't cover it, so he had to take three steps back. Unexpectedly, Li Qiufeng didn't let anyone do it, and stepped on three steps in succession, and the long knife in his hand had already slashed out six knives in an instant.

At this time, several killers were already surrounding Li Qiufeng, each slashing at him, trying to force him to turn around and shield him, relieving his companions. Unexpectedly, Li Qiufeng turned a blind eye to the rest of the people, and still pressed on the killer who shot first. I saw Li Qiufeng chasing after one person, and the long knife in his hand kept beckoning him, and several people around him were chasing Li Qiufeng, but they were always one or two steps behind.

Between the lightning and flint, only to hear the soft sound of "brush", the man finally took a step slower, and his left shoulder was slashed by Li Qiufeng, and blood burst out when he landed. The man snorted in pain, rolled to the ground, and disappeared among the weeds.

Li Qiufeng was stunned, and when he was about to search carefully, the enemy behind him had already caught up. Li Qiufeng didn't look at it, his backhand was a knife, and at the same time, his body was dripping and turning, and he had already circled to the sides of these enemies, and he was ruthless, only in the blink of an eye, he had already slashed six times at the three killers who had caught up.

only heard the sound of the sword impact endlessly, Li Qiufeng with one enemy three, the knife took the lead, forcing the three people to retreat. When the fight reached the interval, only one person shouted and shouted, and the three of them stood up and fell straight into the river, and then disappeared.

Li Qiufeng turned his head, but saw that the five killers surrounding Yan Dufei were also forced to retreat by his long sword. Li Qiufeng was about to step forward to help, one of the killers suddenly took out an object from his arms and threw it to the ground, only to hear the sound of "whew", and the ground suddenly flashed with fire, and a cloud of smoke rose. The strong autumn wind was frightened, and with a little right foot, it rose into the air like a big bird, and floated back three or four feet away. When the smoke subsided, he saw that Yan Dufei had also withdrawn a few feet away, with his long sword across his chest to prevent the opponent from pursuing.

Look at the five killers again, but they are nowhere to be seen.

Since Li Qiufeng's debut, he has experienced dozens of battles, large and small, but it has never been as fierce as it is today. Although the internal strength of these killers is not deep, their moves are weird, fast as lightning, and their moves are all life-fighting styles, which are many times more dangerous than the martial arts competitions.

Yan Dufei returned his sword to the sheath, walked to Li Qiufeng's side and said, "Brother Li is an expert in using knives, can you see the origin of these people's martial arts?"

Li Qiufeng shook his head and said: "These people are not like the famous and decent families in the rivers and lakes, but like the killers in the underworld." Although the shot is sharp, there are no moves to speak of. Looking at their posture, they were somewhat similar to the woman in white who met in the mountains that night. It's just that these people's moves are more ferocious, and the knives are deadly. ”

Yan Dufei turned his head and saw a hidden weapon inserted in the ground, he was worried that it was poisonous, so he picked up a branch and picked out the hidden weapon. I saw that this secret weapon was the size of a palm, cross-shaped, and the four corners were extremely sharp, faintly revealing a jet-black color, which was obviously coated with poison. The two of them glanced at each other and shook their heads at the same time, indicating that they didn't know which sect would use such a strange secret weapon.

The two of them each drew their swords and dug a large pit in the ground, sweeping all the strange-shaped hidden weapons scattered around into the pit. Some dead branches and fallen leaves were piled in, and the lighter fold ignited a fire, so that the poison on the hidden weapon would be burned off by the fire, so that someone would not accidentally touch it in the future and lose their lives.

When the fire burned out, the two buried the pit with earth.

fought this fight for no reason, and Li Qiufeng and Yan Dufei were a little depressed. When I walked under the plane tree from before, I saw that the tree was only the thickness of a bowl. Thinking that the clothes worn by the killers were the same color as the trunk of the tree, and they were close to the trunk of the tree, and they were one with the tree. And some killers are wearing green coats, hiding on the top of trees, mixed with leaves, and ordinary people are difficult to identify, for fear that a single negligence will be killed by these killers.

Li Qiufeng walked to the place where the previous person disappeared, and looked carefully, but saw a big hole in the ground covered with weeds, and the person got out of this hole.

Yan Dufei said: "These people have laid so many mechanisms in advance, and they have been here for a long time. It's just that I really can't figure out which sect of martial arts masters in the rivers and lakes can calculate so carefully and be so vicious. ”

Li Qiufeng said: "No one in the Jinyi Guard uses this weird sniping method, and I haven't heard of such a killer in the East Factory. It's only been an hour since you and I left Tongzhou City, how do these people know that we will take this path and make so many arrangements in advance?"

Yan Dufei saw him looking at him, and smiled bitterly at the moment: "I don't know about this." It's just that judging from the enemy's means, I'm afraid that there are more powerful killers lurking in front. ”