Chapter 14: The Past (1)
Indeed, Tang Ji repaired another book, ordered to assassinate Luozhou, and asked Tang Linfeng to send it to Luozhou in person. I thought to myself, if this letter is intercepted, and then published to the public, the Shaolin and Shangqing factions, will no longer help the government, so I changed my attention, and when Tang Linfeng left, he followed him, to a secluded place, I set up a killer, that Tang Linfeng is also a person who practices martial arts, came up and received a palm from me but did not die, seriously injured and fled into a house, in the middle of the night, disappeared. This yard is very large, there are a lot of houses, I don't know how to find it, suddenly there was a muffled sound from a house on the east side, I pushed the door in, first smelled a faint aroma of rouge, vaguely a woman's boudoir. Just as I was looking for the Tang Linfeng, I suddenly shot a few poisonous needles, the room was small, it was difficult to dodge, so I brushed my sleeves away, and then heard a woman screaming. didn't have time to think about it, he stepped forward and knocked down the person who sent the needle with a palm, and saw through the moonlight that it was Tang Linfeng. Immediately opened the fire, only to see a woman lying next to the bed, her eyes were closed, and a poisonous needle was pierced in her shoulder, oozing a trace of black blood. The elder brother took off the poison needle, but he didn't dare to look at it more, so he wrapped her in a quilt. ”
Li Shi secretly thought: "This woman was accidentally injured by Brother Zhuo, is it my young lady?" Why don't you dare to look at it more, and wrap her in a quilt, could it be ......" Zhuo Buqun smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, as if he recalled the past, and then said: "I searched for the antidote from the body surnamed Tang and gave the woman a pill, I wanted to leave, but I was afraid that this antidote would not be enough to take once." If it is placed here, this woman wakes up and does not know that it is an antidote, so she will be discarded, and she will be carried back to the inn. Li Shi finally couldn't help but ask: "This woman is my young lady?" Zhuo Buqun nodded: "Yes, that was the first time I met Tingfang." The poison on the needle was really terrible, after arriving at the inn, she slept for a day and a night before waking up, and when she opened her eyes, she asked me who I was and what happened! I told my name directly, and told the story of last night, Tingfang gradually remembered, and suddenly exclaimed, "When did I put on my clothes?" I said that I put them on when you slept. Zhuo Buqun said that at this time, his eyes were infinitely soft, which was not commensurate with the width of his resolute face, and then said, "Tingfang was stunned for a while, and suddenly cried softly, I was a little overwhelmed, and it was useless to persuade for a long time, and gradually became irritable, and shook his hand and said: 'Since you are fine, I will leave. She stopped crying and said: 'You have seen my body and how I will see people in the future.' There was nothing to be done about this matter, and the children of the rivers and lakes had no intention of doing it, so they said: "First clean up the poison, heal the wounds, and talk about other things later." Then I stayed with her for two more days, and on the third night I snuck away. ”
Li Shi interrupted: "Brother Zhuo, can you rest assured that Miss is left alone?"
"At that time, Tingfang's poison was almost cleared, and if she wanted to go home, she could leave. Leaving Chang'an City, I hurried to Shaolin Mountain, the Five Elements Sect and Shaolin Temple have no friendship, so I didn't enter the temple, threw a sleeve arrow and fixed the letter on the pillar in front of the Shaolin Temple, and went down the mountain. A letter can only be left in one place, and it is useless to go to Maoshan again, thinking that sooner or later this matter will spread to the rivers and lakes, and the Shangqing faction will receive the news. Li Shi nodded on the side, Zhuo Buqun paused, and continued: "Back to Baiyun Peak, my brother told the brothers what happened in Chang'an, and everyone was indignant, but I didn't say anything about the secret on Baiyun Peak, and I only reported it to the sect leader in private." The sect leader thought about it again and again, and felt that the matter was very important, so he asked me to go to Chang'an City again to find out what new trends Tang Jiao had. ”
"It should be so, this Tang Jiao is in a high position, his methods are ruthless, and if he can't make a plan, he will inevitably play another trick. ”
"Yes, I went to Chang'an City again, and I went to the Tang Mansion on the night I settled, who knew that I saw Tang Linfeng!"
"Isn't that person beaten to death by Brother Zhuo, how did he come back to life?"
"My brother was also surprised at the time, seeing this Tang Linfeng walking staggeringly, with a sick face, obviously injured but not dead, what surprised me even more was that Tingfang was also arrested in the Tang Mansion, although there were no injuries, but her hands and feet were tied, and her face was pale, she should have been arrested for a few days. I remember that Tingfang once said that her father was also an official in the court, and Tang Ji imprisoned the eunuch's family here, because of me. At that time, Tingfang was half asleep, Tang father and son were asking something, and there were a few people around, I knew at a glance that they had taken sweat medicine, and they broke in directly in a fit of anger. ”
Li Shi asked: "Why did they let the young lady take sweat medicine?" Zhuo Buqun's face was angry: "In the official family, for those prisoners who cannot be punished, in order to make them confess, they will forcibly pour sweat medicine, and ask people when they are extremely sleepy, at this time they are drowsy and defenseless, and they will often tell the truth." Li Shi secretly exclaimed, "As soon as I entered the house, four guards rushed in, and my brother slapped them one by one and killed me." As soon as Tang Linfeng saw that I was in charge, he immediately recognized it, shouted urgently, and immediately jumped on three people, one of whom was my enemy Kong Da, and the remaining two were the kung fu of the Shangqing faction. As soon as these three people came up, they wanted to capture me alive, my brother sneered, these three people were so big, only one of them hit me in the palm of the hand, and I couldn't live. A middle-aged Taoist priest next to him heard the words and shouted: "You two should step back and wait for the poor Dao to learn the mastery of Zhuo Da's protector." In the middle of the words, the other person was also injured by me, but Kong Da was still struggling to support it, and the Taoist priest was afraid that I would hurt people again, so he jumped in the middle and exchanged hands with me. This Taoist priest is exquisite, and his kung fu is the essence of the Shangqing School, and he should be Xue Jichang, the real person of Lingxu among the five immortals of the Shangqing Dynasty. ”
"Who are the Five Immortals of Shangqing?"
"The five immortals of the Shangqing Dynasty are Xuanjing Zhenren Li Hanguang, Lingxu Zhenren Xue Jichang, Sanjing Zhenren Li Zhiying, Dongji Zhenren Xie Tiantian, Zhixu Zhenren Jiao Shoujing, and the Shangqing faction takes these five people as the highest cultivation. ”
"How does Brother Zhuo know that this old Tao is Ling Xu's real person?"
"Xuanjing Zhenren Li Hanguang is the head of the Shangqing faction, nearly seventy years old, much older than this Taoist, and Sanjing Zhenren, Dongji Zhenren, and Zhixu Zhenren are all women, so this middle-aged Taoist priest must be Lingxu Zhenren Xue Jichang. Zhuo Buqun thought to himself: "Brother Li seems to know very little about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and he dares to break into Baiyun Peak with Tingfang at night, these two people are really bold." After a pause, he asked, "Brother, when I came, I saw you and Tingfang coming from under the main altar, there are many organs there, how did you come here?" ”
"Miss's family has a map of Baiyun Peak, which seems to have been made by Lord Li Chunfeng. ”
Zhuo Buqun was taken aback: "No wonder, the detailed map of Baiyun Peak painted by Li Chunfeng, Tang Ji has always wanted to get it, and suddenly appeared in Du Mansion at this time, is it related to the secret of Baiyun Peak?"
"Master Du has resigned from the city, so he shouldn't want to go to Baiyun Peak!"
"The world is unpredictable, Du Shuming originally returned to his hometown because of Tingfang's resignation, but the undercurrent in the court is surging, after the death of Tang Jie, Yang Guozhong's power is increasing, and he can faintly compete with Li Linfu, Du Shuming is the prince's faction, and sooner or later he will return to the court, but the time is just short. ”
"Did the master resign because of Tingfang, and when did Tang Ji die?"
"When I said slowly, I fought with Ling Xuzhen for hundreds of moves that day, but I was finally restrained by me, and I was about to take Tingfang away, when suddenly countless officers and soldiers came outside, surrounding the Tang Mansion. Just thinking that this Tang Gang can endure it, I have only been here for a while, and so many people have been transferred, who knew that as soon as these officers and soldiers came in, even Tang Gang and others also looked at it, and later I learned that these officers and soldiers were here to save Tingfang, hey!"
"Why is Big Brother sighing?"
"At the beginning, my brother snatched Tang Jie's letter, injured Tang Linfeng, and then took Tingfang away. Tang Linfeng was seriously injured and did not die, and after he went back, Tang Ji sent people to surround Du Mansion, after all, his son was seriously injured in Du Mansion, and Lord Du did not care about reporting to the emperor. Tang Ji made trouble in Du Mansion for two days and did not find the murderer, and was about to come back with Master Du Yitingfang, so he took it to Tang Mansion without saying a word. Du Shuming only had one daughter, so he went to beg the prince in desperation. ”
Li Shi let out an "oh" and realized: "These officers and soldiers were sent by the prince!"
"Yes, it's a pity that they don't know each other with me, and when they come up, they fight, and when they are in chaos, that Kong Da stabbed me with a sword, which hit me in the chest, and the officers and soldiers rushed forward when they saw this. My brother was furious and grabbed a long knife, since he became the protector of the Five Elements Sect, he has been fighting with people empty-handed, rarely using blades, and hundreds of officers and soldiers died in that battle, but I lost too much blood and lost my strength, and finally fell to the ground. Kong Da shouted back from the remaining dozen officers and soldiers, wanting to capture me alive, so he stepped forward and sneered a few times, and slashed at my legs with a knife, thinking that he was afraid that I would have the remaining strength to take the opportunity to escape. I looked at the sky with both eyes, and secretly sighed at the dignified Five Elements Sect Protector, today the tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by dogs, at this moment everyone exclaimed, Tingfang didn't know when to jump to the front, Kong Da didn't have time to put away the knife, was slashing at her back, and suddenly blood gushed like a spring, flowing on my legs, Tingfang was seriously injured and said: 'Brother Zhuo, you will definitely get out alive. ’”
Zhuo Buqun paused slightly, his eyes were slightly tearful, and then said: "At that time, I don't know where the strength came from, my brother jumped up, lifted the knife and fell, the hole was caught off guard, and I cut off his head with a knife, and blood flew everywhere immediately. That day I was like a devil who came out of hell, covered in blood, there were mine, Tingfang, officers and soldiers, and Kongda, looking around, no one dared to step forward anymore, I helped Tingfang and left the Tang Mansion step by step. Li Shi secretly sighed at the tragedy of this battle, but he was shocked by Zhuo Buqun's murderous methods.
Later, this matter was made by Tang Ji to the emperor, so many officers and soldiers died, and surrounded the Imperial History Mansion, Lord Du took it for the honor and disgrace of the prince, and finally returned to his hometown. ”