Chapter 63 Old Events of Past Years

  Hong Qigong watched from the side with a cold eye, he knew that he and Jebe had always been close, they wanted to deal with Jebe, it was inevitable that he would defend himself. However, Jebe had always been iron-boned and never made any major mistakes, even small ones were extremely rare, yet no matter what, he couldn't think of why things turned out this way today.

  Bai Shiming tore open the envelope, pulled out a letter and read aloud: "Since this is what Vice Master Ma requested to be handed over to all the elders of our sect for joint reading, it's only right that we should all take a look together at this time and place."

  He finished speaking, and first glanced at the letter, but suddenly his face changed drastically. His hands were shaking, and he exclaimed in surprise: "It's actually outside Yammen Pass, in front of Luanshi Valley... I... I..."

  Just as he was saying this, a hoarse voice from afar in the apricot forest said: "Amitabha, I hope the old monk hasn't arrived too late."

  Everyone turned around and saw an old monk in a gray robe emerging from behind the apricot tree, with a large face and ears, looking majestic.

  "Bai Shiming hastily called out: 'Tiantai Mountain's Master Zhi Guang has arrived, it's been over thirty years since we last met, and the master is still as healthy and vigorous as ever.'"

  Zhiguang's name wasn't well-known in the martial arts world, and even the younger generation of beggars didn't know his background. However, Qiao Feng, Hong Qigong, and several elders all stood up respectfully, knowing that he had once made a great vow to sail across the ocean to distant barbarian lands, collecting rare tree bark to cure countless people in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong who were afflicted with malaria.

  He thus fell seriously ill twice, resulting in the complete loss of his martial arts skills, but brought great benefits to the people, which is no trivial matter.

  Taking advantage of the time when everyone went up to pay their respects, Chen Xiao carefully observed the people present, but suddenly discovered that Quan Guanqing's gaze was actually on Mrs. Ma, and at this moment, Mrs. Ma also exchanged a glance with Quan Guanqing.

  It seems that Quan Qing is also having an affair with Mrs. Ma, just like in the original work. I wonder who else is involved.

  Actually, the subtle movements between Madam Ma and Bai Shiming were originally not very noticeable, but Chen Xiao had long known that this woman was promiscuous and intentionally observed carefully, so she naturally discovered these small details.

  It seems that Qiao Feng and Qiao Er Ge's origins can no longer be hidden, but in fact, there is no need to hide this matter. Since the rebellion occurred, or even long before that, the outcome of this entire event has already been predetermined. Especially with what Bai Shi Jing just said about "outside Yanmen Pass".

  Because it has already been planted, the fruit has also been born. Now what Chen Xiao needs to do is not to prevent Qiao Feng from knowing his own life experience, but to think of a way to uncover the true face of Madam Ma!

  After all, it was this woman who was so vicious and sinister that she was the one who started everything.

  Now there's no more time for hesitation, time is running out, at least two of them have already been identified, so naturally start with them!

  Chen Xiao quietly came to Ah Zhu's side, pulled over this lovely girl, leaned into her ear and whispered a few words. Ah Zhu listened, her face surprised and uncertain, but soon nodded heavily. Taking advantage of the fact that everyone was listening to Master Zhi Guang speak, they quietly left the forest, and for a while, no one even noticed.

  Zhou Botong felt curious and was about to ask, but Chen Xiao pulled him back to their original position and sat down, whispering: "Brother Zhou, do you believe me or not?"

  Zhou Botong replied: "You are my fifth brother, of course I believe you."

  Chen Xiao immediately also leaned into his ear, softly saying a few words, Zhou Botong heard and exclaimed: "Haha, fun, fun. Let's do it! Let's do it!"

  Settling Zhou Botong down, Duan Yu was actually honest, his heart entirely on Wang Yuyan, which saved him from having to explain things.

  At this time, only Master Zhi Guang said: "The old monk did something wrong in the past, and it's not necessary to hide it. Just say it honestly." Bai Shi Jing said: "At that time, it was for the country and the people, and it can't be said that something was done wrong."

  Zhiguang shook his head and said, "If it's wrong, then it's wrong. Why must you deceive yourself and others?"

  Turning to face the crowd, he said: "Thirty years ago, the heroes of Central Plains received news that a large number of warriors from the Khitan nation in the northwest were going to sneak attack Shaolin Temple and take away the martial arts diagrams that had been secretly stored in the temple for hundreds of years."

  "This Khitan nation has always had a deep blood feud with us, and the ultimate skills of Shaolin martial arts are the treasures of Chinese martial arts. Although there are many masters in the temple, after all, it's not that we're afraid of them, but rather that we can't afford to take any chances. This matter is truly no small thing, and since time is of the essence, we didn't have a chance to deliberate on it thoroughly. We heard that these Khitan warriors are going to pass through Swan Gate, so on one hand, we sent someone to notify Shaolin Temple to be on high alert, while on the other hand, everyone immediately rushed there to ambush them outside Swan Gate Pass. Even if we can't annihilate them all, at least we must make it difficult for their treacherous plans to succeed."

  At this time, the great Huawang dynasty was strong in power, but the surrounding countries were also not weak.

  Northern Mongolia, Northwestern Khitan, Northeastern Jin Dynasty, Western Xia and Tubo, each country has its own masters, and the martial arts are also fierce.

  The fighting between the two sides has never stopped.

  Everyone who heard about fighting against Khitan couldn't help but have their blood boiling with excitement.

  Master Zhi Guang slowly turned his head and gazed at Qiao Feng standing beside him, saying: "Qiao Bangzhu, if you were to find out about this information, what would you do?"

  Qiao Feng said in a loud voice: "Master Zhi Guang, Qiao certain has shallow knowledge and insufficient talent to convince the crowd, which led to doubts among the brothers in the gang. It's really embarrassing to say this. However, although Qiao is incompetent, he is also a man with guts and backbone. On matters of great importance and righteousness, he will not fail to distinguish right from wrong. If he learns about this news, he will lead his brothers to rush overnight to intercept."

  His words were spoken with great enthusiasm and emotion, and everyone who heard them was deeply moved, thinking: "A real man should indeed be like this."

  Chen Xiao listened and clapped his hands loudly on one side, shouting "good".

  But didn't want to move the wound, it hurts so much that I'm gritting my teeth.

  He had previously shared hardships with Qiao Feng, and the crowd of beggars were deeply impressed. So when he broke the tense atmosphere, they all smiled slightly, without caring. Some people who admired Qiao Feng even secretly gave him a thumbs up.

  Zhì zhǐ zhì guāng xù dào: "Dāng shí wǒmen wéi kǒng dí rén shì dà, zhe shí jù jí le hǎo xiē qiáng shǒu. Gè mén gè pài, zhǐ yào zài běi fāng de, jiē dào le xiāo xī, jù dōu qián lái xiāng zhù. Dāng shí wǒmen jù jí le zuìshǎo sān bǎi duō rén, guò yàn mén guān xíng le shí yuè lǐ, tū rán zhī jiān, xī běi jiǎo chuán lái mǎ pǐ bēn pǎo zhī shēng, tīng shēng yīn zuìshǎo yě yǒu jìn qiān qí. Wèi shǒu de dài tóu dà gē gāo jǔ yòu shǒu, dà huǒ biàn tíng le xià lái. Gè rén xīn zhōng yòu shì huān xǐ, yòu shì dān yōu, méi yī rén shuō yī jù huà."

  "It was fortunate that the news was true, and we arrived in time to intercept them. But what was worrying was that there were nearly a thousand Khitan cavalrymen, and whether we could stop them was uncertain."

  "Even whether we can survive is an unknown quantity."

  At this point, Master Zhiguang looked at Qiao Feng and slowly said: "When the leader shouted, everyone hid. As they got closer, we saw that among the nearly thousand cavalrymen, the two leaders were a couple, the man was tall and handsome, dressed in luxurious clothes. The woman was a young mother, holding a baby in her arms, and the two of them came chatting and laughing together, their manner extremely intimate, obviously a young married couple.

  "Now that they are completely off guard, if we don't make our move now, when will we?"

  "As for the outcome, I suppose Qiao Bangzhong has already learned from Wang's help. In this battle, we suffered heavy casualties, with over 300 of our Jianghu masters either dead or injured. Although their martial arts skills varied in level, only a dozen or so managed to survive."

  More than 300 masters of the rivers and lakes, only a dozen or so survived, the cruelty of the battle can be imagined.

  Zhiguang continued, "Fortunately, at this station, we killed all the Khitan riders, and even that woman was beheaded with a single knife. In the end, although the leader's martial arts were extremely high, he alone killed more than 50 of our good men, but he was also powerless to change his fate. Finally, the leading big brother knew he had no luck and would eventually die at his hands. He repeatedly asked, 'Who are you? Who are you?' The man did not answer, turned around twice, and killed six people again. Suddenly, he kicked the acupuncture point on Wang Bangzhu's back with one foot, followed by a left-footed mandarin duck continuous kick, which also hit the leading big brother's ribcage acupuncture point."

  "But he didn't kill anyone again, instead he suddenly rushed to the young woman's corpse, hugged her and burst into loud wailing. The sound of his crying was so heart-wrenching that I couldn't help but feel a pang in my heart."

  The man cried for a while, picked up his son's body and looked at it for a while, then placed the infant corpse in his mother's arms. He walked to the leader of the group and scolded loudly. The leader remained unyielding, staring back at him angrily, but was unable to understand what he was saying due to the language barrier. Suddenly, the Liao man let out a long howl towards the sky, picked up a short knife from the ground, and began carving characters on the stone wall of the mountain peak. By then, it had already turned dark, and I was too far away from him to see what he was writing.

  "It was unknown how much time had passed, when suddenly a loud clang was heard. He threw down his short knife, bent down to hug the corpses of his wife and son, walked to the edge of the cliff, and then jumped into the deep valley below."

  Everyone present let out a collective "ah", no one could have anticipated such an unexpected turn of events.

  Even Qiao Feng couldn't help but let out an "ah".

  Master Zhi Guang said: "You all listen to this now, still feeling incredible. At that time, I personally saw it with my own eyes and was extremely shocked. I originally thought that such a highly skilled martial artist would surely hold a high position in Liao State, but never could have imagined that he would actually jump off the cliff to kill himself."

  "In the midst of this strange occurrence, an even stranger event took place. Just as I let out a cry of surprise, two faint wails of a baby's cry came from the valley below, followed by a dark object flying up from the valley and landing with a soft thud on Wang Bangzhu's body. The baby's cries continued nonstop, and it turned out that the object that had fallen onto Wang Bangzhu was indeed the baby."

  Qiao Feng said unintentionally: "Was it the young woman who was killed, her son fell to the ground, but only closed his breath and actually didn't die?"

  Zhī Guāng nodded and said, "That's right. The man initially only said that his wife and child had died, so he hugged the two corpses and jumped off the cliff to kill himself. However, the baby was shocked awake by the fall and immediately began wailing loudly. The Liao person's skills were truly impressive - not wanting his son to be buried alive at the bottom of the valley, he quickly threw the baby upwards, remembering the position and distance perfectly, so that the baby landed on Wang Bangzhu's stomach without getting hurt."

  "Everyone has a heart that feels compassion, so we didn't kill the baby after all. Later, several of us became increasingly suspicious about this matter, but couldn't come up with a conclusion. The leader said: 'The text he carved on the stone wall may contain some profound meaning.' We took down the text from the stone wall. Those ancient characters were deeply engraved in the stone, almost two inches deep, and were casually carved with a short knife, just this strength, I think it's already not under the current six great masters."

  Later we found someone who knew Khitan script, translated it three times, and the result was the same. It was only then that we realized we had killed the wrong person.

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