When Liu Yong heard Li Qiufeng say this, his face first showed a look of consternation, and after a while, the consternation turned into frustration.

Li Qiufeng suddenly remembered something and said to Liu Yong: "I almost forgot. Mr. Liu, after you entered this valley, didn't you meet Yu Qingzi and Monk Guangzhi?"

Liu Yong smiled and said, "Why didn't you meet it?" As soon as we rushed into the valley, we saw more than 40 monks and Taoist priests banging around this stone gate, trying to break into the cave. We have seen this monk in Shajiabao, and we know that they are the helpers of Dongchang, so after taking a face-to-face, everyone raised their weapons and killed them. There are also many friends in the rivers and lakes who have launched hidden weapons, and what flying knives, silver needles, steel forks, and money darts have all been hailed. Brother Li, do you think about the situation when hundreds or thousands of hidden weapons are launched at the same time? Although Yu Qingzi and Monk Guangzhi have high martial arts, they have no choice but to flee into the depths of the valley when they see this scene. It's just that the thirty or forty monks and Taoists under the two of them didn't have time to escape, and most of them died under the secret weapons of their friends in the rivers and lakes. The remaining few who did not die stubbornly resisted, and in the blink of an eye, they were dismembered by everyone. ”

Li Qiufeng thought of the situation at that time, and couldn't help but smile slightly, just remembering that Yu Qingzi and Monk Guangzhi had a lot of status in the rivers and lakes, and their martial arts were high, and they were actually surrounded by Liusheng Zongyan, if they wanted to thwart the conspiracy of the Liusheng clan, I was afraid that it would not be easy. After laughing, his face was full of sadness.

After Liu Yong met Li Qiufeng, he first saw him break into the Huashan faction's defense line at night in Yong'an City, and at that time he noticed that this young man's martial arts were extremely high, and he was unusually calm, and he was not sure of defeating him, so he did not fight with him. Later, under the Imperial Mausoleum of Babao Lotus Mountain, I saw Li Qiufeng defeat Tang He, and later heard that he killed the deputy commander of Jinyi Wei in the Gu family's old shop, Yun Feiyang, and even before Yong'an City was mighty in thousands of troops, he admired this mysterious swordsman very much, and he had never seen him so sad, and he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and said: "Brother Li, do you have something on your mind?"

Li Qiufeng smiled bitterly: "Mr. Liu, even great masters such as Yu Qingzi and Monk Guangzhi have come to make it difficult for us, and the mastermind behind them must be extremely difficult to deal with." At present, with the natural danger of the cave, although we can support it for a while, it is only difficult to bring these three or four thousand friends from the rivers and lakes away from this place safely. When Li thought of this, he felt that the future was bleak, and he really couldn't think of any good way. ”

Liu Yong frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "Disputes between rivers and lakes are indeed common. It's just that in the past few months, there have been constant turmoil in the rivers and lakes, and the imperial court forces have been mixed in it, not only is it difficult to distinguish between good and evil, but there is no distinction between good and evil, and now even who is helping us and who is harming us, but we can't figure out a clue. The battle between the dragons and tigers in the rivers and lakes is, in the final analysis, nothing more than power and money. A few months ago, my Huashan faction received a message from Liu Ge's old faction, asking us to send people to snipe at Yu Changchang and others in Wuhu Mountain Villa. Liu Ge has a great favor to my Huashan faction, and he sent people to ask us to contribute, and the Huashan faction fully supported it. It's just that the senior brother in charge is sitting in Huashan and must not leave lightly, so he sent Liu to lead people to the capital and set up an ambush in Yong'an City. I never expected that the situation would be extremely strange after that, Liu Ge Lao turned his hands into clouds and covered his hands into rain, playing with us in the palm of his hand. Later, Lord Yang also appeared in the lama temple and was separated from Liu Ge's old appearance. Although Liu knows a little about these court party disputes, he only has limited knowledge, and he doesn't know what these court bigwigs are fighting for. In Shajiabao, looking at Zhuang Hengyun's tone, Dongchang wanted to use the group of heroes to participate in the battle of the imperial court, which coincided with Liu Gelao and others. It's just that at this point, Liu Gelao, Lord Yang, Zhuang Hengyun, as well as Sang Liangtian outside Yong'an City, the Shanhaiguan General Soldiers in the mountains south of the city, the soldiers and horses of Xuan and Da Liangzhen in the west of Yong'an City, and the five military camps that trapped us under the Tiger Head Rock, what do these people want to do, and what is the relationship between them, I just want to break my head, but I can't figure out a clue......"

When Liu Yong said this, he looked at the loud heroes in the cave, and muttered: "They have soldiers and generals under them, and if they want to do something big, they can send their soldiers and horses, why embarrass these rude men in the rivers and lakes?"

Li Qiufeng said in a deep voice: "It is precisely because they have soldiers and generals under them that they have to encircle the heroes of the rivers and lakes to help them." ”

Liu Yong was stunned, and couldn't help but glance at Li Qiufeng, not knowing what he meant by this. Li Qiufeng said: "It's not a secret, Li has lived in Chengdu since he was a child, and he is at ease with a hermit. It's just that he was entrusted by someone to work as an errand in Jinyiwei. At that time, it was just said that someone was plotting against him and wanted to usurp the great tomorrow. However, later, Li found that the people who kept saying that they were loyal to the Ming Dynasty secretly tried to usurp the throne. And there are many people with this ambition, not only in the temples, but also in the rivers and lakes. Participating in this competition, there are court bigwigs, courtiers, vassal kings from all over the country, Dongchang, Jinyiwei, Fusang warriors who infiltrated the Ming Dynasty, Japanese thieves who caused trouble in the southeast, Tartar iron horsemen who plundered the border people outside the Great Wall, and Jianwen's relics who were defeated in the Battle of Jingyan more than a hundred years ago, and even heroes who helped Emperor Chengzu overthrow Emperor Jianwen......"

Li Qiufeng said this, paused for a moment, and then continued: "These people just used their knives yesterday, and today they will gather together to drink and talk, and tomorrow they may draw their knives again." Their struggle did not last a few years, but even began decades ago. Countless large and small friends were formed in the court, attacking and forming alliances with each other, and the party struggles continued. It's been a long time, and it's been you and me, and I've got you. From the elders of the cabinet and the secretaries and servants of various ministries, to the officials of the prefectures, provinces, and counties, all of them have friends, and everyone has a backer. As a result, the forces of all sides infiltrated each other, but no one dared to attack lightly. Whether it is the commander of the Beijing army, or the governors of various places, all of them are elites, and if the political situation is unclear, they will definitely not tear their faces easily. Although there are many troops in the left and west of the capital, they all accept it when they see it, and no one dares to do it without scruples. ”

When Li Qiufeng said this, he glanced at Liu Yong, lowered his voice and said: "Mr. Liu, do you think Sang Liangtian really can't capture Yong'an City? He is a general who crawled out of the pile of dead people, if he really wants to take Yong'an City, even if he fights until there is only one soldier left, he will definitely not withdraw his troops." It's just that the battle in the court is not decided, and he is just waiting and watching. Yong'an City, like the Imperial Tomb, is a chess piece on a chessboard. The chessboard now maintains a wonderful balance of power, and moving a chess piece will affect the whole situation, so that all the troops and horses dare not move. Those who want to win in the fire and win in chaos have no choice but to make up their minds on the heroes of the rivers and lakes. ”

Liu Yong listened to him talk eloquently, and seemed to understand something, but most of them didn't understand, and he wanted to ask but didn't know where to start, so he had to sigh and say: "Right now, I just want to get out of here and avoid the capital from afar." It would be best if you never dealt with these people again. ”

Li Qiufeng smiled bitterly and said, "People are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help it. Mr. Liu, even if you return to Huashan with all the friends of the Huashan faction, you will still have to face disputes with the Taihua faction. It's just that the Gui faction and the Taihua faction have had a grudge for many years, so do you know if someone is deliberately manipulating behind it?"

Liu Yong was shocked when he heard him mention the word "Taihua faction". The biggest enemy of the Huashan faction is the Taihua faction that has fought with it for more than 100 years and lived together on Huashan. The day before yesterday in Shajiabao, the head of the Taihua faction, Qingfeng Daoren, suddenly appeared, if he joined forces with He Yin and others, everyone present in the Huashan faction would have to be wiped out. It's just that Qingfeng Dao people did not embarrass Liu Yong, but helped Huashan send everyone away, which was much more unexpected than Liu Yong.

Li Qiufeng said: "Mr. Liu was trapped by He Yin and others in Shajiabao, if it wasn't for the Qingfeng Dao people to relieve the siege, I'm afraid that things will be quite troublesome." Judging from the demeanor of this Qingfeng Daoist, the Taihua faction is not an unreasonable person, how could it be that it has been entangled with the Huashan faction for more than 100 years? ”

Liu Yong was silent, recalling the desperate battles between the Huashan faction and the Taihua faction in the past hundred years, and the masters on both sides suffered heavy casualties, and his heart was full of emotion. But he heard Li Qiufeng continue: "In the imperial tomb, Zhao Zhen wants to encircle the heroes, as the internal response of the rebels, and capture the capital in one fell swoop. When his conspiracy was exposed, and the bigwigs behind him had their own strange plans, there was a big battle in Yong'an City. After the general army of Shanhaiguan and the soldiers and horses of Xuan and Da towns arrived in Yong'an, the forces of each other were balanced, and no one dared to make the first move. So this Shajiabao has become another chessboard for those bigwigs to fight. On the surface, Zhuang Hengyun sent by Dongchang colluded with Liu Sheng Zongyan, and he had already controlled the overall situation, gathering two or three thousand martial arts masters, and it was indeed a force to be reckoned with. It's just that Mr. Liu took these thousands of friends from the rivers and lakes out of Shajiabao, which is naturally a thorn in the side of those bigwigs, if you don't surrender, they will never allow you to leave Hutouyan alive. Seeing that the officers and soldiers are their own masters, confronting each other, and no one dares to act rashly, the heroes of the rivers and lakes have become a strange army, and whoever masters this strange army can take the capital and grab the chair in the Forbidden City!"

Liu Yong was dumbfounded when he heard this, looked at Li Qiufeng, and said in a trembling voice after a long time: "Who is the person behind it?"

Li Qiufeng shook his head and said, "I don't know." I only know that Liu Ge is always a group, Lord Yang is a group, and Lord Zhang and Lord Wang, who are in power in the dynasty, have their own factions. For example, Sang Liangtian, Feng Yanqing, including the general soldiers of Xuanfu and Datong towns, the commanders of the three battalions of the Beijing Army, as well as the commanders of the Jinyi Guard, the Governor of Dongchang, and even the officials of the prefectures, prefectures and counties, were all keeping an eye on every change in the imperial court, waiting for the situation that was most beneficial to them to appear, and they would make a move. ”

Liu Yong sighed, thinking in his heart: "I have been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for decades, and I originally thought that I could see the general trend of the world clearly. At this time, I realized that I was still just a chess piece in the hands of others, and when I was advancing and retreating, I couldn't help myself at all, and I could only be controlled by others. Alas. ”

Li Qiufeng saw Liu Yong's dazed face, but mixed with a little sadness, knowing that he must be very sad in his heart, but he didn't know how to comfort him, so he had to be silent. Since he came to Hutou Rock, he has not rested for several days, and at this time fatigue came up, and he fell asleep unconsciously.

(End of chapter)