Chapter 20: Finding the Bandits' Lair
When the doctor in the hall saw Ye Feng like this, he was shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, and said with a smile: "What? Could it be that this guest officer can not recognize you? But in your memory, you have never seen your Excellency's face!
Ye Feng's eyes widened, and he shouted angrily: "Jiang Huaiqiao, you don't want to pretend to be garlic with me anymore, judging from the appearance and situation that my master described to me before, I dare to conclude that you are the Xuanwu Protector of the Four Great Protectors of the Ghost Sect back then-Jiang Huaiqiao!"
This person couldn't help but be stunned, and thought to himself: "Strange? After so many years, few people in this world know my true identity. Seeing that this person's age is not too old, I don't know, how does he know my details? Also, I don't know who his master is?" waved his hand at Ye Feng, and said with a smile: "This guest officer, it seems that you really recognize the wrong person, your surname is Liu, and your name is Liu Chengshi, it's not what you said Jiang Huaiqiao at all!"
Ye Feng smiled coldly: "Hmph! The name can be changed, and the appearance has indeed changed to a greater or lesser extent, but your kung fu has not been forgotten!" As soon as the words fell, he quickly drew his knife in his hand and rushed towards him, Jiang Huaiqiao couldn't help but be surprised, and in a hurry, he really showed his housekeeping skills and fought with Ye Feng. After fighting for a few moments, the two of them stopped, Ye Feng pointed at him with a knife and said with a smile: "Lonely Shadow Soul Searching Palm!Jiang Huaiqiao, do you still have anything to say now?"
Jiang Huaiqiao frowned, glared angrily, lowered his face, and shouted angrily: "Stinky boy, look at what you just made is the dragon snatching knife technique of the 'Deadly Swordsman' Golden Wind Daoist, I don't know what is the relationship between you and that Golden Wind Old Miscellaneous Mao?"
Ye Feng said unabashedly: "Let me tell you the truth, the Golden Wind Dao Leader is my master!"
Jiang Huaiqiao raised his eyebrows and shouted angrily: "Damn! I didn't expect you to be the apprentice of the old thief of the Golden Wind, who not only brutally killed the head of our Ghost Sect, Yu Fei, but also killed many good brothers of my Ghost Sect. Today, I'll cut you first, and then I'll go to settle accounts with the old thief of the Golden Wind. Boy, you just accept your fate!" Before the words fell, he waved his palms and attacked Ye Feng, seeing this, Chu Ping hurriedly drew his sword in his hand, and joined forces with Ye Feng to fight Jiang Huaiqiao. Seeing such a situation, the little brother who was standing in the hall was frightened, and hurriedly ran out of the pharmacy with his head in his hands, and after a while, outside the door of the pharmacy, there were many people around to see the excitement, and they exclaimed while watching: "Oh! I really can't imagine it, I can't imagine that this shopkeeper Liu of Huai'antang is still a practitioner! I just don't know what happened between these two young people and this shopkeeper Liu? Why did they suddenly fight?"
After thirty rounds of hard fighting between the two sides, Jiang Huaiqiao gradually became a little powerless, he knew that he was not the opponent of Chu Ping and Ye Feng, so he made a false move, kicked over a chair with a "bang", and fled, Chu Ping and Ye Feng were unwilling to let him go, and quickly chased after him. Seeing the three of them flying away from here, the crowd was even more shocked and kept talking.
At this time, I only saw the shopkeeper of the Fuchun inn, and hurriedly ran over to this side, came to the people, took a little breath, and told them in detail about the whole thing. When everyone heard this, they were all stunned, and scolded angrily: "The hateful thief actually used such a despicable method to harm people, fortunately, these two young heroes came to our Sanshi Town in time, otherwise, in the future, how many dumb babies will be born in our Sanshi Town?"
Someone proposed: "Everyone, this thief is so harmful to us, what are we waiting for, why don't we all do it together and smash his Huai'an Hall!"
"Yes! smashed his dog's day Huai'an Hall!" everyone shouted in unison, rushing in one after another, and in an instant, the entire Huai'an Hall was smashed to pieces.
It is said that Chu Ping and Ye Feng chased Jiang Huaiqiao and came to the open space outside Sanshi Town, the two sides were in a state of confrontation with each other, Jiang Huaiqiao shouted angrily at the two of them: "Hmph! You two yellow-mouthed children who have not dried up are so ignorant of cherishing their lives, then don't blame the old man for being ruthless, you two are ready to die!" Ye Feng was in his own position, waving his sword again and again to resist the attacking palm strength, the two sides were deadlocked, only to feel that his palm strength was strong and powerful, and the momentum was compelling, so that the two of them only felt that the pain in their palms was unbearable, and their arms were sore. After a long confrontation, Chu Ping jumped up in the air suddenly, and struggled to use a "tiger roaring dragon chant" style towards Jiang Huaiqiao, Jiang Huaiqiao couldn't help but be taken aback, and quickly turned sideways to dodge, a rare opportunity, Chu Ping used a series of slashes at him again and again, so shocked that Jiang Huaiqiao tried his best to roll and dodge, and there was no room to fight back. Ye Feng took advantage of the situation and slashed towards Jiang Huaiqiao, a dazzling cold light swept by, and the knife qi directly slashed Jiang Huaiqiao's left calf, only to see him fall to the ground with a "poof", making Jiang Huaiqiao grin. Chu Ping and Ye Feng walked towards him one after another.
When he came to him, Ye Feng put the knife on Jiang Huaiqiao's neck and shouted: "The surname Jiang, now that you have fallen into the hands of the two of us, I advise you to know each other better, and quickly tell us the whereabouts of Shangguan City, I may also consider letting you live, otherwise, I will kill you immediately." Tell me quickly, where is Shangguancheng boy now?"
"Hmph......!" Jiang Huaiqiao smiled coldly: "Ignorant Huangkou Xiaoer, how can you Grandpa Jiang and I be the kind of traitors who are greedy for life and afraid of death! Wanting to know the whereabouts of my master from my mouth is simply wishful thinking, daydreaming!" Ye Feng couldn't help but be stunned, and shouted angrily: "Damn! I finally got a clue about Shangguan City, but I didn't expect it to be cut off like this, if I want to find him in the future, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult!"
Chu Ping patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "Brother Ye, in fact, there is no need for you to be so discouraged! Although Jiang Huaiqiao is dead, isn't there still a little brother standing in the hall right now? We may be able to get clues about Shangguan City from him." ”
"That's right!" Ye Feng said excitedly: "Why didn't you think of it?" Brother Chu, it's still your brain!"
Chu Ping waved his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Ye, in fact, it's not a question of whether my brain is good or not, but that you are a little too anxious, so you didn't think of this." Okay, Brother Ye, you and I should hurry back to Sanshi Town and find that little brother standing in the hall to understand the situation?"
"Okay, let's go!" the two of them returned to Sanshi Town.
When I returned to the head of Huai'an Hall in Sanshi Town, I saw everyone led by the chief of Sanshi Town, standing there waiting for the return of the two. Seeing that Chu Ping and Ye Feng had finally returned, everyone hurriedly stepped forward and asked each other long and short questions, so that the two of them didn't know what to do. Seeing the embarrassment of the two of them, the chief of Sanshi Town took the lead in standing up and said to everyone: "Fellow villagers, listen to my Shi someone's advice, please calm down first, okay? As soon as Shi Bao's long words came out, everyone immediately quieted down, Chu Ping told everyone the ins and outs of the whole thing in detail, everyone listened to it, and they all laughed excitedly, and the shopkeeper of Fuchun Inn stepped forward and thanked the two of them: "Great, the thief is dead, our Sanshi Town, can finally restore the peace of the past!"
"Yes, thank you two heroes for removing this scourge for our Sanshi Town! thank you so much!" everyone thanked him and the two of them in unison.
Ye Feng walked in front of the people, waved his hand, and said: "Everyone, I'm afraid it's too early for you to be happy now, because the real mastermind behind the scenes has not been found out at this moment! Only by eradicating the culprit behind the scenes, that is the time when we are truly happy!"
One of the old men stepped forward to Ye Feng and asked, "Dare to ask this hero, I don't know who is the mastermind behind the scenes?"
Ye Feng smiled at this person and said, "Uncle, let me tell you the truth, the mastermind behind this scene is the master of this Huai'an Hall, and he is also a very powerful figure in the rivers and lakes!"
Hearing Ye Feng say this, some people in the crowd were quite shocked and said: "Oh! It turns out that the thieves in Huai'an Hall are all from the rivers and lakes, no wonder that the shopkeeper Liu can also do kung fu!"
The old man asked Ye Feng again, "Dare to ask the hero, I don't know if you two have ever found the hiding place of the thief head?"
Ye Feng said with a smile: "Uncle, this is the reason why the two of us returned to Sanshi Town! I don't know if any of you know, where is this little brother of Huai'an Hall hiding?"
Shi Baochang stepped forward and replied: "Don't hide it from the two heroes, that thief boy was just about to escape from Sanshi Town, but he was arrested by the gatekeeper, and now, he is tied to the stable in my backyard! Under the leadership of Shi Baochang, Chu Ping and Ye Feng walked towards Baochang's house.
After a while, he came to the stable in the backyard of Shi Baochang's house, and saw that the kid was really tied to a wooden stake tied to the horse, and when he saw someone coming, he hurriedly begged bitterly: "Please let the little one go, the little one and the shopkeeper Liu, oh! No, it's the thief surnamed Jiang, the little one and he are really not all the way! Please, let me go!"
Ye Feng walked over slowly, smiled at him, and said, "Boy, if you say you're not, then you're not?" Have you ever seen a thief who has the word 'thief' written on his face? Boy, I advise you to be honest and explain well, so as not to make Uncle Ben angry, and when the time comes, don't blame Uncle Ben for being unkind to you. Say, where is the main altar of your ghost sect? Where is Shangguan Xiao'er hiding? If you don't say it, I will cut off all the flesh on your body, knife by knife!"
The little brother standing in the hall was so frightened that his pants were wet, and begged for mercy: "Please spare me, uncle, I, I really don't know anything!"
Ye Feng shouted angrily: "You still have a hard mouth, don't you? I see that you don't cry when you don't see the coffin, that's good, then I'll let you taste a little bitterness first, I'll see how long you can last!" As he spoke, he pinched his shoulder blade with his hand, making him scream in pain, but he still insisted: "Please spare the little one, the little one really doesn't know anything!" Seeing that he still insisted on not speaking, Ye Feng increased his strength again, and the pain made this kid almost faint.
Chu Ping really couldn't stand it anymore, so he hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Ye Feng away, and said, "Brother Ye, it seems that what this person said is indeed true, I don't think he is a thief of the Ghost Sect!"
"Why did Brother Chu believe what he said so much? Don't you know that people are unpredictable? How can you conclude that he is not a thief of the Ghost Sect just by saying these few words?" Ye Feng said with considerable dissatisfaction.
"Then how can you conclude that he is a thief of the Ghost Sect?" Chu Ping shouted angrily at Ye Feng.
Ye Feng was stunned when he saw Chu Ping angry, but he didn't know what to say. Chu Ping suddenly realized that he had just behaved a little gaffe, and hurriedly apologized to Ye Feng: "I'm sorry, Brother Ye, I, I just treated you rudely, I'm really sorry!"
Ye Feng patted Chu Ping on the shoulder and said with a smile: "It's okay, Brother Chu, I know that you are a benevolent and righteous person, and you have always been unbearable to see others suffer, so how can the little brother blame you!"
Brother Chu, maybe you are right, I just tried it, and found that this kid doesn't even have a little martial arts foundation, maybe he is really not a thief of the Ghost Sect, it seems that the plan to find out the whereabouts of Shangguan Cheng from him is probably going to fail. ”
Chu Ping smiled and said, "Brother Ye, don't be discouraged, even if he is not a member of the Ghost Sect, I expect to be able to find some useful clues from him." Turning around, he asked the person: "Little brother, please recall well, since you came to the Huai'an Hall, have you ever seen any suspicious people who came to the Huai'an Hall to meet the shopkeeper Liu? Or is there a situation where you were asked to avoid the shopkeeper when the shopkeeper Liu met with someone? Please tell us after you think about it." ”
The man thought about it carefully, nodded again and again, and said: "Yes, there is a ......! I remember that once, there was a person who was dressed very strangely came to our Huai'an Hall, and that person hid in the back room of our shopkeeper Liu to discuss for a long time, and the little one only felt a little curious at that time, so he leaned on the door frame and eavesdropped for a while, only to hear them talk about some things about collecting cord blood, and they seemed to have mentioned a place name, as if it was called a mountain? Oh! By the way, it was a place called Qinglong Mountain. ”
"Qinglong Mountain!" Chu Ping and Ye Feng said in unison.
"That's right! It's Qinglong Mountain. The man repeated it again.
Chu Ping turned around and asked the chief of Sanshi Town, "Lord Bao, I don't know if there is really such a place as Qinglong Mountain near this Sanshi Town?"
Shi Baochang replied decisively: "Yes! Don't hide it, this Qinglong Mountain is directly north of our Sanshi Town, only seventy miles away from Sanshi Town, but as far as I know, there is only a group of bandits entrenched there, but I have never heard of any ghost cults!"
Ye Feng asked, "Dare to ask Elder Bao, do you know what kind of clothes those bandits are?"
Shi Baochang held his chin in his hand, thought about it carefully, and said: "I heard those merchants who have been robbed by the bandits talk about it, saying that those bandits, everyone wears an oil paint mask, a cyan scarf wrapped around their heads, a purple and brown wide-sleeved robe, and a purple and gold eight-step tiger head thin-bottomed cloth boots, and everyone also hangs a crescent moon scimitar on their waists, and carries a yew treasure carving bow, and each person's arrows are no more or less, exactly thirty branches. ”
After hearing this, Ye Feng suddenly felt excited, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes! This is exactly the standard configuration of the Ghost Sect disciples, so it seems that these bandits are undoubtedly the disciples of the Ghost Sect." ”
"Great!" Chu Ping said excitedly, "We have finally found the hiding place of the Ghost Sect!"
Ye Feng said to Chu Ping: "Brother Chu, without further ado, let's hurry up and head towards Qinglong Mountain, right?"
Chu Ping waved his hand and said, "No, we must not go to Qinglong Mountain like this, but we should plan well first, and then set off!"
"That's good!" Shi Baochang nodded in agreement: "This hero is right! Even though the two heroes have extraordinary skills, after all, they don't know much about the terrain of Qinglong Mountain, and they don't know anything about the deployment of thieves, so they definitely can't go there rashly." ”
"Then according to the meaning of the two of you, what are you going to do?
Chu Ping said to Ye Feng: "Brother Ye, don't worry about it first, I plan to do this!" leaned into Ye Feng's ear and quietly told him his plan. After hearing this, Ye Feng clapped his hands and smiled excitedly: "Brother Chu, Brother Chu, I didn't expect you to come up with such a good way, little brother, I really convinced you." But Brother Chu, although this method is good, it is inevitably a little too risky, if you don't do it well, you will take a few lives in vain. “
Chu Ping smiled and said, "Brother Ye, please rest assured, I expect that these thieves are just trying to make money, and they will definitely not kill people easily unless they have to." Do you think I'm right?
Shi Baochang nodded and said, "Yes, although these bandits often come down the mountain to rob passing merchants, as long as they don't get too entangled with them and are willing to give up those belongings, these thieves will not easily hurt people." Unless you're the kind of lord who wants money and doesn't want to die, once you push them to be in a hurry, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”
After hearing this, Ye Feng said to Chu Ping: "If this is really the case, then do it according to your wishes, Brother Chu!"
I don't know what Chu Ping is going to do?