Chapter 68: Western Venom Merges into One

  At this moment, everyone present felt that among all the strange and bizarre things they had encountered in their lives, this was absolutely the most astonishing.

  It was only because Big Brother Zhao didn't pay attention to her that she actually wanted to harm Big Brother Zhao. At the time, Qiao Feng was the leader of the Beggar Gang and Ma Daoyuan was the deputy leader, how could Ma Daoyuan's wife expect Qiao Feng to always go see her? In terms of emotions and reason, Qiao Feng didn't have a single fault in this matter.

  If saying this deserves death, then there would be no one in this world who doesn't deserve death.

  It was just that Mrs. Ma spoke so quickly, everyone only remembered to listen to her reason for harming Qiao Feng, and at the time, the flaw in her words was the question of who this "second Mrs. Ma" was, which no one paid attention to.

  Xiao Feng gradually brightened and said, "I remember now. That day by the peony flowers, there were indeed a few women. At that time, I was only focused on drinking wine and didn't have the energy to look at anything else. If it were senior female heroes, of course, I would go up and pay my respects. But you are my sister-in-law, and I didn't see you, what's the big deal about the slight disrespect? Why do you hold such a deep grudge?"

  "Are you blind? All those famous heroes and great men, they all look me up and down from head to toe. Some of them are so respectful that they don't dare to look at me straight in the eye, but when no one is paying attention, they still sneak a peek. But you, only you... Hmph, among the thousand or more men in the Hundred Flowers Pavilion, only you have never looked at me from start to finish."

  "You are the leader of the Beggar Clan, a renowned hero in the world. At the Luoyang Flower Festival, men naturally look up to you as their first choice, and women naturally take me as their first choice. You don't even give me a good look, what's the use of my beauty? Even if over a thousand people are infatuated with me, how can I feel at ease in my heart?"

  "Qiao Feng, you scoundrel, back then I was angry with you and didn't even give you a glance, so I had Ma Danyuan expose your scars. Ma Danyuan refused to do it no matter what, so I had Bai Shiming kill Ma Danyuan. You... today, you still don't have the slightest bit of remorse towards me."

  "It was also the old heaven's eyes, that day I found Wang Bangzhong's will in Ma Daxian's iron box. To steal and reseal such a letter without damaging the wax seal on the envelope, what a difficult task? I secretly read the letter, learned about the inside story, you think how happy I was at that time? Haha, it was exactly the opportunity for me to vent my anger, I wanted you to lose face and reputation, no longer be able to show off as a hero. I would have Ma Daxian expose you in public, so that all good people in the world know you are a Khitan barbarian, let alone become the leader of the Beggar Gang, even your life will be hard to guarantee."

  Xiao Fengming knew she couldn't move, and could no longer harm anyone, but such a vicious remark piercing his ears made him feel a chill on his back. He snorted and said, "Since Master Ma refused to listen to you, would you have killed him?"

  Mrs. Ma said, "Yes! He not only didn't listen to me, but also scolded me severely. More than a month later, Bai Shijian came to visit as a guest. That day was August 14th, and he came to my house to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. He took a look at me, then another look, humming, this old lecher! I compromised myself, enticing this old lecher to become infatuated with me. I told him to kill Ma Dajun, that scoundrel, but he refused. So I threatened to expose his lustful intentions. This old rascal, who puts on a stern face in front of others, showed all sorts of ugly expressions in front of me! I said to him, 'If you kill Ma Dajun, I'll naturally become your wife. Otherwise, just go ahead and kill me with one slap!' He didn't dare to kill me, so he had no choice but to kill Ma Dajun!"

  After finishing speaking, everyone's eyes turned to look at Bai Shiming who was kneeling on the side, and many helpers walked forward, spat saliva, and kicked him with their feet. Bai Shiming's face was ashen, not saying a word.

  Xiao Feng sighed and stopped the actions of the beggar gang, saying sorrowfully: "Bai Shiming, a good man with a strong sense of justice, was ruined by your hands."

  After hearing Qiao Feng's words, Bai Shiying suddenly burst into loud wailing, his voice almost piercing the sky. As he cried, he said: "Qiao Bangzhu, it was I who wronged you! I should die, I should die!" He wailed for a while, then suddenly turned bright red in the face, with blue veins on his forehead almost bursting open. Then, he tilted his head to one side and died from severed meridians.

  Qiao Feng wanted to intervene but it was already too late.

  Madam Ma ignored Bai Shiming and continued: "I told Bai Shiming to expose your secrets. Bah, this old lecher actually talked about loyalty with you, I was so angry that I took up a knife and wanted to kill myself. Alright, I let him off, and found Quan Guanqing, that dead guy. I only slept with him for three nights, he listened to everything I said, patted his chest loudly, saying everything would be taken care of by him, it was definitely going to succeed. You know the rest."

  Quan Guanqing heard this and saw that everything was exposed. He could no longer bear it and fainted straight away.

  Hong Qigong's face was as cold as black charcoal.

  The crowd of beggars around him simultaneously stamped their staffs on the ground and shouted loudly: "Kill! Kill!"

  Xiao Feng finally dispelled the last doubt in his mind, why Quan Qing was the mastermind behind the rebellion against him, while Bai Shiming was captured by the rebels.

  Mrs. Ma chuckled and said, "That day I said the moon in the sky was round and white, and Bai Shijian, that old lecher, said: 'There's something on your body that's even rounder and whiter than the moon.' I asked him if he liked sweet or salty mooncakes, and the old lecher said: 'The mooncake on your body is sweeter than honey.' Those two sentences were overheard by someone else, no wonder the old lecher was so scared that he knelt down at the time. Alas, this fool who can't even get things done but can mess them up."

  The matter was finally all said, Mrs. Ma leaned her head on Qiao Feng's shoulder and murmured: "Qiao Bangzhu, I've told you everything. Kill me now. Hehe, hehe, although I didn't get your heart in the end, being able to die at your hands is also good."

  Hong Qigong feared that Guo Jing would not be able to bring himself to do it, and coldly said from the side: "Conspiring rebellion, plotting to murder one's husband, deserves a punishment of being cut into a thousand pieces! Old Beggar has always thought that in his life he had never committed such an evil act, but today it seems like he will have to make an exception!"

  Mrs. Ma's whole body trembled and she desperately squeezed into Qiao Feng's arms, screaming: "Don't! Don't! Don't treat me like this, cut me to pieces a thousand times, ten thousand times, how can I...I still see people?!"

  When death draws near, what she fears is still her own appearance.

  The Beggar Clan disciples rose up again, shouting non-stop: "A thousand cuts and ten thousand slices! A thousand cuts and ten thousand slices!"

  Qiao Feng raised his hand to stop the commotion on the scene, looked at Mrs. Ma and said: "I'll ask you one last question, who is the leader of the group that wrote a letter to Wang Zhuangzhu? You've seen the letter and the signature on it."

  Madam Ma seemed to have grasped the last straw, suddenly coming back to her senses, and chuckled: "Heh heh, heh heh, Qiao Feng, in the end it's you who came to ask me, not I asking you? Ma Dajun is dead, Bai Shijian is dead, that letter was never seen by Quan Qing, and as for that battle back then, even if those who survived are still alive today, they probably wouldn't remember who was there. And as for Master Zhi Guang, you won't dare to interrogate him now. Now the only ones left in this world are me and that leader, and I finally know who he is."

  Qiao Feng's heart beat faster as he said, "Alright, after all it was Qiao Feng who begged of you, please tell me this person's name."

  Madam Ma said: "My life is at stake, what benefit can you bring me?"

  Qiao Feng said: "I, Qiao, only teach what is within my power, madam has any instructions, there is nothing that will not be followed."

  Mrs. Ma smiled and said, "What else can I think of? Qiao Feng, I'm annoyed that you didn't take a closer look at me, which led to this disaster. You want me to tell you the name of the leader, it's not difficult. Now that you've held me for half a day, I'm satisfied." As she spoke, Mrs. Ma's eyes rolled around and suddenly begged, "Qiao Master, you are a great hero, I want you to promise me, who is the leader? You can slap me to death with one palm, okay?"

  Xiao Feng immediately replied: "Good!"

  Mrs. Ma whispered a name in Qiao Feng's ear, and Qiao Feng's face suddenly changed greatly, slowly standing up.

  His mind was a jumble, his eyes were bloodshot, and he glared at Mrs. Ma who was kneeling on the ground, shouting: "Qiao Feng is a good man, a tall and upright hero, who has never laid hands on women in his life. Although I hate you to the bone, since Qiao has promised you, he will naturally not go back on his word!"

  Before anyone else could stop him, a loud crash was heard as he slapped Mrs. Ma's chest with his palm.

  Madam Ma slowly fell back and died on the spot.

  One palm shattered Madame Ma's heart pulse, but Qiao Feng suddenly turned his head and stared at Duan Yu with a fierce gaze, his fist clenched with a cracking sound, and then let out an extremely sorrowful long howl, before dashing away in a mad sprint, disappearing from sight in an instant.

  Seeing Chor's expression, Chen Xiao was greatly surprised and turned to look at Duan Yu. Suddenly, Chen Xiao's face changed drastically and he shouted: "Not good!"

  Wanted to stop Qiao Feng, but he had no martial arts skills at this time, how could he stop him?

  Finally, she ran to the front of Hong Qigong and grabbed his arm, begging: "Qigong, please hurry up and save Jiao Ergou, or else today's matter will become a tragedy!"

  Hong Qigong also knew that this matter was of great importance, but he couldn't think of a way out. However, he had always known that Chen Xiao was wise and resourceful, so he quickly asked: "What do you say?"

  Chen Xiao hastily said: "The name of the eldest brother that Madam Ma told Qiao Feng before she died must be Duan Zhengchun, the father of Sixth Brother Duan Yu!"

  Hong Qigong asked in surprise: "How did you know?"

  Chen Xiao was sweating profusely, damn it, Madam Ma and Duan Zhengchun also had an affair, she couldn't double-cross Duan Zhengchun, with her personality, how could she not design to harm? Qiao Feng only said that when a person is about to die, their words are also kind, at that time, who would have thought that this matter was fake?

  But Duan Zhengchun had an affair with Madam Ma, Chen Xiao knew about it, the problem was that this matter couldn't be mentioned, finally glanced at Duan Yu and said: "My sixth brother should understand!"

  Upon hearing the news about his own father, Duan Yu was also greatly alarmed. He had guessed that something like this might happen, given his father's tendency to be overly generous and the fact that Mrs. Ma was quite beautiful. Thinking of this, Duan Yu hastily walked forward, grabbed Chen Xiao's arm, and asked: "Fifth Brother, what should we do? What should we do? My dad will definitely not be a match for Qiao Feng, you quickly think of a solution, hurry!"

  Chen Xiao was also anxious and sweating, pacing back and forth in the hall. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly said: "I've got it! I've got it!" He then pulled over Hong Qigong, Zhu'er, Duan Yu, and Abi to a distant corner of the hall, where Chen Xiao whispered: "This Mrs. Ma is actually my friend Zhu'er's disguise."

  At the moment, he told several people about the whole story, and everyone suddenly realized. Hong Qigong still wanted to ask Chen Xiao how he knew what Zhou Botong had said, but he also knew that this was not the time to be wordy, so in the end he endured and didn't speak.

  "After explaining everything, Chen Xiao continued: 'Seventh Master, Qiao Ergou has gone somewhere now, I'm afraid he's seeking revenge for his parents' death and looking for Duan Zhengchun, so the best solution for now is to have Ah Zhu disguise herself as Duan Zhengchun again, and then ask Seventh Master to spread the news to lure Qiao Ergou over.'"

  Chen Xiao looked at Duan Yu and said, "Sixth brother, you must always stay by Ah Zhu's side. When Qiao Feng sees you, he won't attack immediately. At that time, Ah Zhu can remove her mask, and you two can explain things to him. It should be okay."

  This method can be said to be the easiest way to achieve at present.

  Everyone thought about it and felt that it was feasible.

  "But I've never seen Uncle Duan's face before?"

  Duan Yu said on the side: "With me here, at least dressing up as a 7 or 8 out of 10 shouldn't be a problem."

  Several people immediately decided that Duan Yu would take Wang Yuyan and the three women to prepare. With lives at stake, they couldn't help but rush.

  After a few people left, Hong Qigong patted Chen Xiao's shoulder heavily and praised: "Good kid, you're something. If it wasn't for you today, our Beggar Clan would have been in big trouble. Thanks to your clever plan, we cleared the name of Qiao Fangzhou from the crime of killing Ma Daxian, and also saved the reputation of Madame Ma."

  Chen Xiao smiled and said with some embarrassment: "Qiao Feng is my second brother, of course I have to consider him."

  Just as they were talking, a loud shout suddenly came from the apricot forest, saying: "Who is sneaking around in the apricot forest?"

  As soon as they heard this voice, Chen Xiao and Hong Qi Gong looked at each other and said in unison: "Xi Xia Yi Pin Tang!"

  Chen Xiao immediately supported Hong Qigong and ran towards the forest, just as they were running, they suddenly heard the distant sound of a horn blowing, followed by the faint sound of a large group of horse hooves coming from several miles away.

  While running, Chen Xiao asked: "Qi Gong, I've heard of this Western Xia's Yi Pin Tang before, who are they?"

  Hong Qigong sneered, "In the Western Xia Kingdom, there is a martial arts hall called 'Yi Pin Tang', established by the king himself. The hall recruits powerful warriors and treats them with great courtesy, asking them to teach their skills to the kingdom's military officers. I've never heard of any top-notch experts in Yi Pin Tang, yet this time they dare to come forward - who knows what kind of wild ambitions they have."

  "Anyone who enters the 'Yi Pin Tang' is known as the number one martial artist in the world. The leader of Yi Pin Tang is a prince, with the official title of General of Conquering the East, named He Lian Tie Shu. They know that our sect is a major pillar of the Great Song Dynasty's martial arts world and want to destroy it in one fell swoop, first by establishing their prestige, then leading their troops into our territory and advancing straight in."

  "He He Lian Tie Shu left Bianliang and arrived at the headquarters of our gang in Luoyang. Coincidentally, at that time, Qiao Bangzhu led us to Jiangnan to avenge Ma Fubangzhu, but the Western Xia people were empty-handed. These people did not give up, and they rushed to Jiangnan, finally making an appointment with Qiao Bangzhu."

  The Beggar Clan has Qiao Feng of the Northern Mount, and Qiao Feng of the Southern Mount. If someone from this sect dares to come looking for trouble with the Beggar Clan, they must have obtained some powerful backing. Otherwise, with their strength, if they came to fight the Beggar Clan on their own, they would certainly end up in a sorry state.

  As soon as the two entered the forest, they saw eight horses divided into two rows, rushing into the forest. The riders on the eight horses all held long spears, with a small flag tied to the spearhead. The spearheads shone brightly, and it could be vaguely seen that the four small flags on the left had the four white characters "Xi Xia He Lian" embroidered on them, while the four flags on the right had the four white characters "Xi Yu Ou Yang" embroidered on them, with additional Xi Xia script on the flag. Following this, another eight horses divided into two rows galloped into the forest. Four riders shouted in joy, and four beat drums.

  Hong Qigong's face fell as soon as he saw the four big characters "Western Regions Ou Yang". He exclaimed, "This is terrible! It's that old poisonous thing Ou Yangfeng! How did he get mixed up with Yi Pindang? This is going to be a disaster!"

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  I originally planned to post three chapters today, but due to scheduling conflicts, I'll combine them into two chapters instead, totaling over 8,000 words, nearly 9,000.

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