Chapter 22: The Past of the Knife
Wang Xinyu guessed right, Qiao Qingxuan and her father were not from the Dayue Dynasty. They come from the Central Plains in the north of Da Viet.
It is a land of real vastness, abundance of goods, and outstanding people, and in this land, there are many gangs and countless holy places. The country in this land is called the Great Qin Dynasty, and the surrounding countries revere it as the Heavenly Empire.
The Knife Sect is the top sect in the Central Plains, and it belongs to one of the three evil forces. And Qiao Qingxuan's father is named Farmer Qiao. Fifteen years ago, he had already entered the innate realm, and he was deeply valued by the old sect leader of the Knife Sect.
Not only was he named the messenger of the knife by the old sect leader, but he also married his beloved daughter, who was originally a saint of the knife sect, to Farmer Qiao.
Qiao Qingxuan's mother, Bai Lingxin, liked the young and promising Farmer Qiao very much, and was willing to give up the position of saint for him. A year later, the two gave birth to their daughter Qiao Qingxuan.
Ten years later, Qiao Qingxuan was named a new saint. Four years later, the old sect leader was approaching, and he intended to pass on the position of sect leader to his son-in-law Qiao Nongfu, but he was jealous of his eldest apprentice Du Chunfeng.
Du Chunfeng united with some Dharma Protector members in the sect who were close to him, conspired to harm the old sect leader, and falsely accused Farmer Qiao of doing it.
The two sides launched a fierce battle for this, but they didn't expect that this infighting in the Knife Sect gave the righteous forces led by the Floating Heaven Pavilion a chance.
Futian Pavilion united with some small sects and factions to form a righteous path alliance, attacked the Great Snow Mountain at night, and attacked the Knife Sect, taking the Knife Sect by surprise. At a critical time, Farmer Qiao could only stop and temporarily join forces with Du Chunfeng to resist the attack of the Floating Heaven Pavilion.
The good and evil sides started a bloody battle in the Great Snow Mountain, and this fight lasted for a day and a night, and the blood in the Knife Sect flowed like a river, and even the snow on the ground was dyed red.
In the end, the Knife Sect resisted the attack of the Righteous Path Alliance, and both sides suffered heavy casualties, and the Righteous Path Alliance retreated down the mountain. And Qiao Qingxuan's mother, Bai Lingxin, unfortunately died in the melee.
This intra-church conflict, coupled with the attack of the Righteous Path Alliance, resulted in the death and wounding of those who supported Farmer Joe. And Bai Lingxin's death made him even more disheartened, so he took Qiao Qingxuan away from the church.
Du Chunfeng got his wish to ascend to the throne of the sect leader, he was also quite talented, and he stabilized the complicated situation in the sect in a short time, and then began to eliminate dissidents, and promoted his own people who were loyal to him, and it didn't take long for the Knife Sect to recover some vitality.
During this period, he has been sending people to arrest the father and daughter of the Qiao family, and after many bloody battles, Qiao Qingxuan's father and daughter finally fled.
Bai Ding, a member of the Dayue Dynasty, traveled to the Central Plains when he was young, met Qiao Qingxuan's mother Bai Lingxin, and developed admiration, and followed her in the rivers and lakes for several years.
Later, because Bai Lingxin was always uninterested in him, he returned to Chongshan County, Dayue. These things were later told by Bai Lingxin to Farmer Qiao.
So Farmer Qiao took his daughter to escape the arrest and pursuit of the Knife Sect, so he fled to Chongshan County, Dayue, and learned that Bai Ding had opened a martial arts hall and became the owner of the hall.
He let Qiao Qingxuan worship in the Sanyang Martial Arts Pavilion and became Bai Ding's apprentice, and he himself became Qiao Qingxuan's servant in order to hide people's eyes and ears, and he has always guarded her.
After entering the Sanyang Martial Arts Pavilion, it has been quite stable over the years, except that Qiao Qingxuan has attracted some wild bees and butterflies because of her beauty, but because of the prestige of the hall owner Bai Ding, no one has made a mistake. Wang Xinyu is an exception, but the consequences are also serious.
And this time, the Knife Sect chased and killed, and Qiao Qingxuan's father and daughter didn't know why the Knife Sect actually chased them to the border of Dayue, and they also found out their whereabouts.
Wang Xinyu finally had a little understanding of this matter and the Qiao family's father and daughter. Although Qiao Qingxuan is vague in some places.
For example, why did Du Chunfeng have to chase after their father and daughter, and why did his father have to go to the martial arts hall opened by Bai Ding, his former rival in Chongshan County?
These Wang Xinyu will not ask too much, after all, everyone has their own secrets, Qiao Qingxuan's father and daughter have them, and he himself has them.
After listening to Qiao Qingxuan's narration, it was not easy for the two of them to sleep in this broken temple, so they could only meditate to recover their true anger.
Slowly the rain stopped, and a ray of morning light appeared on the horizon, and it was about to dawn.
The barren mountain where this ruined temple is located still belongs to the lofty mountain boundary, and the vegetation on the mountain is not luxuriant, but there are many strange rocks. The mountain remembered the footsteps of a group of people.
"Ma Biao, are you sure you didn't chase in the wrong direction? It's almost dawn, and I can't find it yet, if you lose it, I can spare you, I don't know if the Dharma Protector will spare you. ”
The third commander, Cao Minggang, trained a thin man in front of him who did not match his name. At that time, after Wang Xinyu and the others broke through and fled, it didn't take long for Cao Minggang to chase after them.
Because it was at night and it was raining heavily, the difficulty of tracking could be imagined, especially since there was no one in Cao Minggang's team who was good at tracking, and after chasing a certain distance, Wang Xinyu and the two were lost.
When they converged with the second commander Jiang Tao who came to support, two of the subordinates of the second commander Jiang Tao were good at tracking, but it was true that the rain destroyed most of the traces, and there were two directions on a fork in the road, so the two commanders decided to divide the troops into two ways, and then sound the arrow after finding the target.
And this Ma Biao is a subordinate who is good at tracking under the second commander Jiang Tao, and now he is assigned to Cao Minggang's team.
Ma Biao was also unhappy in his heart, the person was lost by your three commanders, and it was you who messed up things, not me. Besides, he is not a subordinate of your three commanders, and now he can't find anyone, what is it to threaten him with a small person.
However, the official level crushes people to death, even if he is full of complaints, he can only be obedient. Ma Biao was born with a strange nose, and he can smell all kinds of breaths that ordinary people can't smell, and the rain didn't stop last night, and the function of his nose didn't come into play, so he couldn't find anyone, and his heart was also extremely anxious.
The group stopped and came to the barren mountain. Ma Biao sniffed vigorously with his nose, "There is someone's breath here." He continued to walk forward with his breath.
Cao Minggang shouted from behind: "Keep up, hurry." ”
After walking about 200 meters, Ma Biao saw the ruined temple in the distance, which was 400 meters away from Dayue.
So he turned his head and pointed at the broken temple with his finger, "Three commanders, the target is estimated to be in that broken temple, and I feel the smell of food here." ”
"Are you sure?"
"Eight or nine is not far from ten. ”
"Alright, get ready to take them down, watch out for that kid's weird martial arts, and send a signal. ”
Cao Minggang looked at the ruined temple in the distance, this distance was clear to a master of their level, as long as there was nothing to block it.
As soon as the third commander Cao Ming said that, he led people to rush towards the broken temple. Behind him, a subordinate took out an arrow and shot it into the sky, bursting into colorful fireworks, although the effect was not as good during the day as at night, but people within a radius of a few miles could still see it.
Several people approached the broken temple, and the people who walked in front were Ma Biao and Cao Minggang.
"Three commanders, I think something is wrong. Ma Biao whispered in Cao Minggang's ear.
"How..."The third commander, Cao Minggang, drew his long knife and was preparing to take precautions.
"It's late. "Wang Xinyu suddenly turned out of the soil, and a move of 'opening the stele and cracking the stone' was imprinted on Cao Minggang's back, and then Wang Xinyu used his shadowless foot and kicked Cao Minggang's waist.
Then grab him by the hair with his left hand and clasp his right hand around his neck. Cao Minggang became Wang Xinyu's hostage between lightning and flint.
At the same time as Wang Xinyu made a move, Qiao Qingxuan also flew out of the soil on the other side, and pointed at Ma Biao's neck with one finger of 'Sanyang Kaitai', without leaving his hand, and killed him with one blow.
Wang Xinyu only made two moves, and he seriously injured a top master, I have to say that this is definitely a fluke.
Not long after Cao Minggang and the others set foot on the barren mountain, when Wang Xinyu and the others were about to leave the broken temple, they were the first to find Cao Minggang and his party at a high place not far from the broken temple.