Chapter 20 The 20th Reunion Beyond the Great Wall: Friends Turn into Enemies
Wu Xuanshuang said: "Carlos, don't be afraid, this will definitely succeed." Carlos suddenly said: "No!" Let Da Khan find out. Not only Da Khan will come to ask me again, but also hurt you." Wu Xuanshuang said: "I saw Da Khan, I have my own way, and I guarantee that he will not pursue this matter again." Carlos said: "Are you going to assassinate him? It's not easy to do." Wu Xuanshuang said: "I don't want to kill him. I have another way. Just trust me." Carlos heard that she was a Tianshan swordsman, and saw her again After showing all kinds of abilities, since it was impossible to imagine, I had no choice but to trust her.
Wu Xuanshuang saw that she was still suspicious, and said with a smile: "What are you worried about? Do you feel that there are still loopholes?" Carlos said: "If you are like this, there are no loopholes. But after arriving at the royal court, how can I get out?" Go back?" Wu Xuanshuang said: "Sharhai has already made an appointment with me, let's go to the royal court first, and he will come later." Carlos said: "It still doesn't work. Let's go to the royal court, even if the sweat doesn't force me to marry immediately Even if you know Sharhai’s address, you can’t ask him to meet.” Wu Xuanshuang also felt that it was a problem, and was thinking about it. Carlos thought of a way first, and said: The custom in my hometown is that when a married daughter arrives at her husband's house, she will send her new wedding dress to her mother, which means that before that, she depends on her parents, and after that, she depends on her husband. Ting, please Khan, allow me to send two maids to send my wedding dress back in the original car, and give me a letter to report my safety to my parents. I think there is no reason for Khan to agree. Yi Rongdan, disguised as a maid, escaped from the cage."
After the plan was made, Wu Xuanshuang unlocked the sleeping holes of the maids. They were shocked when they saw a strange Han girl. Fortunately, Carlos was by her side and explained immediately, so they would not scream.These maids are Carlos' confidantes. They also know about the princess's love affair with Sharhai, and they sympathize with her very much. They are willing to take risks and act according to the plan.
On the second day, Wu Xuanshuang dressed up as Carlos's maid and accompanied her in a carriage, but no one of the escorting warriors knew about it.
The journey was uneventful, and after four days of walking, we arrived at the Turkic capital. The road was quiet, but Wu Xuanshuang's heart was not peaceful.It turned out that she wanted to take this opportunity to sneak into the Great Khan's palace, take advantage of the opportunity, and rescue Li Yi's son.
At this time, she was looking at the capital in the car, feeling extremely nervous, and thought: "Li Yi must have already arrived here, I don't know what happened to him? I hope I don't run into him." Thinking about sneaking into the palace, probably not I met Li Yi in the palace.She had a wishful thinking in her heart, if she could rescue Li Yi's son, she would go to Tianshan Mountain again, hand Li Yi's son to her senior brother, and ask him to return Changsun Bi.Thinking that by that time, his senior brother's injury should be completely healed.
Although I made a good idea, I was still uneasy.Even she didn't know, was she nervous about Carlos, or was her mood fluctuating because Li Yi was also in this city?
How did Wu Xuanshuang know that Li Yi also had a strange encounter. At this time, he was in the royal court of the Turks and fell into the snare of the Great Khan.
Just by the river where Wu Xuanshuang met Carlos, Li Yi passed by there a few days before her, and he also met an unexpected person.
After Li Yi came down from the Tianshan Mountains, he bought a horse from the hunter's house at the foot of the mountain, changed his attire, dressed himself as a hunter, and grew a beard. His face was ten years old.
In order to rush to the Turkic royal court and rescue his son, he went all the way non-stop. Today, he came to the bank of the Karashar River. His horse had driven a long distance, and had just passed through a section of desert tens of miles away. Not enough, the people are not exhausted yet, but the horse is already exhausted, spouting, hissing and panting, and now suddenly found a river, I am happier than a beggar who picked up gold, so Li Yi jumped off the horse, led the horse, Go to the river to drink water.
At this moment, only the sound of camels was heard, Li Yi looked up and saw two strangely dressed men with white cloths on their heads, riding a camel together, they also came to the river.Judging by their appearance, they don't look like ordinary Uighurs.
The two people jumped off the camel, picked up the skin bag, and were waiting to fill it with water. When they saw Li Yi, their expressions seemed a little strange, and they grunted for a while, then turned back from the river, and rode on the back of the camel. together.
Travelers in the desert are very happy to meet fellow travelers, especially those with a small number of people. , but seemed to avoid Li Yi, which made Li Yi a little strange.
Li Yi went to try Uighur to say hello, but the two men didn't seem to understand what he said, they shook their heads while chattering, and rode away on camels before Li Yi approached.
Hearing their accents and looking at their attire, Li Yi thought, "Ganqing are two businessmen from Huacizimo." Although the country is not a Turkic vassal state in name, it also pays tribute to the Turkic Khan every year, and the intention is to repair it, fearing that the Turks will attack it.Huacizimo had contacts with Turkic businessmen from time to time, and nine out of ten foreigners doing business in Turkic could understand the Uyghur language, but these two men refused to answer Li Yi's questions in Uyghur, and Li Yi didn't know either. They really didn't understand or they didn't understand, but they ignored him. Li Yi made a boss feel bored, so it was inconvenient to chat with them, so he had to step back, let the mount drink water, and let it rest by the river.Li Yi also closed his eyes to rest under the shade of the tree.
The camel hadn't gone half a mile when two vultures appeared in the sky. Li Yi heard the cries of the vultures, opened his eyes, and saw these two vultures jumping down on the camel. It turned out that there was dried beef hanging on the hunchback, and the two vultures must have been famished, so they jumped down to grab the meat.
This kind of vulture on the prairie is astonishingly big, with its wings spread out, like a black cloud, blowing sand and stones on the ground, whistling the wind, the two Huacizimo businessmen are standing on their hunched backs. On one side, it resembles the "golden hook hanging upside down" in the martial arts of the Central Plains. With a hunchback on both feet, avoiding the sharp claws of the vulture, both knives came out and slashed across, but they heard a "click" and jumped down first. The vulture in front of him was chopped off by a sharp knife, but he couldn't grab the piece of beef, but he scratched a package tied to the hunchback, and the contents of the package fell into a pile. The second vulture It jumped down again, but seeing the light of the knife flashing and the feathers flying, the vulture seemed to know what was going on, it missed and flew away.
Li Yi was taken aback, and thought to himself: "These two merchants from Huacizimo are very skilled, and they can actually deal with this kind of big vulture on the grassland!" Looking at the thing that fell on the ground, it turned out to be a branch of rhino horn.This is a very expensive medicine, Li Yi suddenly realized, and thought: "Yes, these two merchants are big businessmen in the medicinal material business, they are probably afraid that I am a robber who will rob their precious medicinal materials, so they avoid me .But since they have such martial arts, why are they afraid of single robbers?"
Unable to grab the piece of beef, the two vultures circled in the sky and then swooped down again, this time the force was even stronger, but the two businessmen had already prepared themselves, but when they saw that they shook their hands, Yang, two flying knives shot out through the air, and those two vultures were really powerful, they stretched out their claws to grab the flying knives, but the two businessmen's flying knives were fired as fast as lightning, and the two knives came out. Two flying knives came one after another, and the two vultures freed up another claw to grab them. After all, the vultures are not as good as martial arts masters. Injured a little, croaked in the air.Before the four flying knives fell to the ground, the two merchants threw out the knives for the third time, but seeing the silver light shoot out, the two vultures had suffered once, and this time they did not dare to use their claws to grab again, but they used their wings to catch the flying knives. The fan of the knife fell, but because of this, his figure also sank, as if he had to avoid the flying knife and spread his wings to soar. It was a difficult situation to balance. It was too late to say, but soon, the two businessmen Throwing knives were thrown out four times, but seeing the light of the knives, the two vultures wailed, spread their wings suddenly, and flew away, not daring to provoke the two businessmen again.It turned out that every vulture was blinded by the flying knife.
The two businessmen picked up the flying knives and rhino horns on the ground, tied up their backpacks, and moved on.Li Yi was also thinking about Cheng, when he suddenly saw a horse riding in front of him, galloping towards the two businessmen, and the rider on the horse shouted in Uighur: "Leave the camels, let you pass." The two businessmen spurred the camels towards He rushed forward, trying to overturn the horse with the great force of the camel, but the knight jumped off the horse suddenly, pressed his hands, and shouted: "Stop!" Can't move forward.The two businessmen swiped their whips, and the knight laughed and said, "Do you want the goods or your life?" With a flip of his wrist, he just met each other, and he snatched the two camel-driving whips.Only then did Li Yi see clearly that the knight was a Han Chinese.
The knight grabbed the long whip and swept it away with his backhand. Amidst the sound of the whips, he saw the two Huacizimo merchants soaring into the air from the hunchback, and the long whip passed over the hunchback. Upside down three feet away.
Li Yi applauded secretly: "What a handsome body!" It was too late and then quickly, four throwing knives had already attacked the knight from four different directions at the same time. Li Yi had seen their flying knives before, so he expected This knight is about to suffer a lot, but he didn't know what to think, I saw the knight whipped the long whip in a circle, and suddenly wrapped a flying knife, and then shook the long whip, the flying knife rebounded and flew out, "When With a sound, it collided with the second flying knife, and the two flying knives sparked a stream of sparks in the air, and fell to the grass like a meteor.The knight turned over, just facing the third throwing knife, concocted it according to the law, shook the long whip, and threw the third throwing knife back, knocking down the fourth throwing knife as well.
Li Yi was taken aback. One must know that these two merchants from Huacizimo stabbed the vulture with a flying knife just now. The sharpness of the knife and the strength of their hands can be imagined, but now they are wrapped up by the knight with a long whip Standing up, borrowing strength to strike, this kind of technique is not only extremely dexterous, but also makes no difference when it is handled properly. Of course, its own skill is far superior to that of the enemy.With such a skill, it can be regarded as first-class in the martial arts in the Central Plains.
The knight brandished a long whip, advancing step by step, and the two businessmen threw their knives one after another, but seeing the light of the knives gleaming, the shadows of the whips flying, the knives seemed to shuttle, the whips were like strange pythons, and the sound of clanging and clanging was endless, and the knives flew. The knife fell, and in a short while, the knight knocked down more than a dozen flying knives. The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer. The two businessmen panicked and sent out all the remaining flying knives. Each of them held three flying knives in one palm, and the two of them released twelve flying knives at once with four palms, weaving a web of knives in the air.The knight swung his long whip around his head, but he could hear the sound of tinkling. The long whip was cut by twelve flying knives, and it was broken inch by inch. The rider's shoulders slanted past, and even if he dodged quickly, the shoulder pads had already been cut off by the flying knife.
The knight was furious, and shouted suddenly: "Let you also see my saber skills." He tapped his toes to the ground, and made a "yellow crane rushing into the night" posture, just like the two businessmen just now, flew into the air, and He pulled out a steel knife in mid-air, and chopped off the heads of the two businessmen like a hungry eagle on a rabbit.
Li Yi saw that this knight was so vicious, not only seeking money, but also killing him, he couldn't help but feel chivalrous, jumped out and shouted loudly: "Stop!"
But it was too late for him to speak. The knight's moves were indescribably fast, and he only heard two bangs. The crescent scimitars in the hands of the two merchants were cut off first, followed by two horrific calls. When Li Yi arrived At that time, the corpses of the two businessmen had already fallen to the ground.
The knight turned his head and shouted: "Okay, you saw it, you go with them!" The sword came three times like a gust of wind.Li Yi used the "Dragon Gate Gulang" move, which is also a move of three moves, fast and incomparable.His sword is an Ouchi treasure, but it sounds right, right, right!After three rings, the knight's red-haired sword lost three gaps.
Li Yi was a little strange, he seemed to have seen this person somewhere, and his voice seemed to be an acquaintance of his own, but he couldn't remember it.
The knight's sword technique was extremely fast, which took Li Yi's time to think. His red-haired precious sword was cut by Li Yi, and he only heard a "噫", the blade turned and swung in a circular arc, immediately It was a move of "Night Fighting in All Directions" to cut horizontally, and in an instant the saber was shining, and turned into eight steel knives, slashing from all directions at the same time.Li Yi yelled "Good time", a horizontal sword, and a move of "Golden Steel Protector". Zhi Sheng, a sword exchanged eight times in this instant, because the two sides were reaching the extreme point, the swords intersected, and they just touched each other, and then passed. , but failed to cut off the opponent's sword.
In the blink of an eye, the two sides had already exchanged twenty or thirty moves. Li Yi took the lead and attacked, but the man's saber technique was very strict, and Li Yi couldn't win even though he was in a hurry. He thought: "If it wasn't for the past few years, I have mastered the master and father-in-law's two swordsmanship, I am afraid I may not be his opponent." Suddenly the man shouted: "Hey, you and I are both Han Chinese, why are you working for the tartar?" Li Yi said: "You have With this ability, why do you come to outside the Great Wall to do this business of robbing money and stealing goods? It’s unforgivable to hurt people’s lives under the blue sky! Can Han people be tyrannical?” Before he finished speaking, the man suddenly slashed his sword , flew out of the circle, and shouted: "You, you, are you His Highness Li?" Li Yi's heart shook, and he called out at the same time: "Are you Nan Gongshang?" Said: "Little brother is Nan Gongshang, Your Highness, please forgive me! Unexpectedly, the two of us can meet in a foreign country!" After finishing speaking, he wanted to come up to hug Li Yi.
It turned out that this Nangong Shang was another warrior who sneaked into the deep palace and assassinated Wu Zetian on the same night as Li Yi eight years ago.When Li Yi was in the Shenwu Camp, he was assigned to be a rotating guard of the outer court, and he happened to live in the same house as Nan Gongshang.Later, Li Yi learned from his father-in-law, grandson Junliang, that Nan Gongshang's father was the deputy commander of the imperial guards of Emperor Taizong (Li Shimin). , who wanted to assassinate Wu Zetian.That night Li Yi failed in the assassination, so he jumped off Mount Li, and Nan Gongshang was also found by the guards in the palace. When Li Yi ran for his life, he was surrounded by the guards. At that time, Li Yi regretted that he could not save him. Also escaped with his life.
Nangong Shang used to have a beard all over his face, but now he has been shaved clean, and it took eight years, so Li Yi couldn't recognize him for a while, and Li Yi also changed his appearance and grew a beard, so Nangong Shang also Didn't recognize him.It wasn't until both sides spoke out, and Nan Gongshang saw Li Yi's swordsmanship, that they dared to recognize each other.
They had this relationship before, they met in a foreign country, it should have been a pleasant surprise, but Li Yi just now had to fight for those two businessmen, and suddenly recognized him, which was a bit embarrassing.
Nangong Shang laughed loudly and said: "In today's chaotic world, human life is as cheap as an ant, winners and losers, who didn't kill Yingcheng and Yingye! I killed two businessmen in the district, so what is it?" Li Yi didn't think so. , because of the sympathy, it is not easy to attack.After meeting Li with him again, Li Yi asked, "When did Brother Nangong come to the Northland? Why did you want to kill these two businessmen?"
Nangong Shangdao: "I failed in the assassination, fortunately I escaped with my life. I wanted to join the Duke, but before arriving in Yangzhou, the Duke's volunteer soldiers had already disintegrated. It's a fugitive, but the desire to return to the Tang Dynasty has not been eliminated. Your Highness, when did you come? But do you have a plan?" Li Yi said: "My heart is cold. I also failed in the assassination, so I fled here. It has been eight years since I woke up. I have been living in the Tianshan Mountains in the past eight years, and I have no intention of asking about the rise and fall." Nan Gongshang said with a smile: "Your Highness, why should you be disheartened, I have a good opportunity!" Li Yi said: "What a good opportunity! "Nangong Shangdao: "The Turkic Khan is going to raise troops to invade the Central Plains. Don't you know, Your Highness?" Li Yi said: "I heard some rumors. What does this have to do with you and me?" , usurped the throne for many years, but most of the old officials of the Emperor and Tang Dynasty have not been convinced, taking this opportunity to cooperate internally and externally, why worry about the collapse of the puppet dynasty!" Li Yi's heart was shocked, and he didn't take it seriously, because he had just met him, and it was inconvenient to refute it.
Nan Gongshang didn't notice the change in Li Yi's expression, and continued: "I killed these two businessmen today, that's exactly why." Li Yi said in surprise: "Turks are going to start a war with China, and with these two flower thorns What's the deal with the mold merchants? Why do you want to kill them for that?"
Nangong Shangdao: "The Turkic Khan is about to raise his troops, so he must recruit talented people and recruit talented people. As far as I know, there are not a few warriors from all over the world who come here after hearing the news! Heroes' meeting." "Pulling Green Festival" is a major Turkic festival, about mid-February in China, when the spring breeze thaws, the pasture grass grows, the Turkic people pull the grass to feed the livestock, celebrate a big event, and ask the truth to bless the cattle and sheep Breeding, hence the name "Pull Green Festival".Li Yi counted the date and it was coming soon, he asked, "Brother Nangong also wants to attend the meeting?"
Nangong Shangdao: "As a Han Chinese, I'm afraid they won't hear from you, so besides asking for recommendations, I also want to find some gifts to meet you. Your Highness, do you know what I've been doing for a living these past few years?" Li Yi said: "How do I know if you don't tell me?" Nangong Shang said with a smile: "I'm doing business with no capital. After I fled here, I gathered a group of brave men from the rivers and lakes, and started working in the underworld outside the Great Wall. Hey, hey, this is a last resort. How can I grow up to be a horse thief? To tell you the truth, I really want to go to the meeting. I heard that the Turkic grand master is very greedy for money. My son is suffering from asthma and has not healed for many years. I am troubled by the ceremony, but I like to inquire about these two goats. A large number of precious medicines came, including panacea for asthma. Medicinal materials are very scarce in Turkic, let alone rare and precious medicinal materials? So I followed them alone, aiming to rob the loot, but they dared to fight me desperately , ha, ha, today we have to count them as unlucky!"
Li Yi didn't expect Nangong Shang to be so ruthless, he was very dissatisfied with him, so he held back for now.Nan Gongshang asked: "Where is Your Highness going?" Li Yi said: "I am also thinking of visiting the royal court of the Turks." Nan Gongshang said: "That's great! Your Highness, this opportunity is not to be missed, why don't you come with me to see the Turks?" Khan, as His Highness, the Turkic Khan will definitely show his welcome, and in the future overthrow the puppet Zhou Wu Clan, and this throne of the Tang Dynasty is where His Highness sits."
Li Yi sneered secretly in his heart, thinking: "The Turkic Khan is much smarter than you, he has already thought of using me, why should you invite me? We want to overthrow the false Zhou Wu clan, that's another matter Wouldn’t he be a sinner if he worked for a tiger and helped the Turks invade their own country?” When he was about to explain this truth to Nan Gongshang, he had another idea, thinking: “Nan Gongshang has been dormant outside the Great Wall for many years, and he never forgets to return to the In the Central Plains, if you want to be rich and honor me again, it is nothing more than climbing the dragon and the phoenix, trying to restore the family business and revive the reputation of the family. Judging by his character, I may not be able to convince him, but leaked my secret. I am about to Sneak into the royal court and rescue Min'er, why not just fall on this person and think of a wonderful way."
Seeing Li Yi's eyes flickering, Nan Gongshang seemed to be undecided, bowed again and said: "Your Highness, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you miss it, you will regret it. Even if Your Highness doesn't want to be the Son of Heaven, don't you want to be the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty? Please don't hesitate any longer, Your Highness. "Li Yi gathered his eyes, stared at him and said: "Brother Nangong, you are loyal to the Tang family, and you are admirable. Don't I want Tang Chongguang? It's just that we don't know the intentions of the Turkic Khan yet. Go forward without hesitation, misfortune and fortune are unpredictable!" Nan Gongshang said: "In my opinion, the Turks are located in the remote west, and it is difficult for him to rule the whole of China when he invaded the Central Plains. We must establish the descendants of the late emperor as the emperor of China. Your Highness Why hesitate?" Li Yi said: "Although that is the case, the barbarians have repeated temperaments, and it would be a shame for me to beg him." Nan Gongshang said: "But this opportunity should not be missed, Your Highness, why don't you go with me first, waiting to be found After knowing Da Khan's intentions, it will not be too late for His Highness to reveal his identity."
Li Yi stared at Nangong Shang with piercing eyes and said: "I can go with you, but you have to do something according to me." Nangong Shang said: "Your Highness please order." Li Yi said: "You must not reveal my identity! I want to rely on my own ability to be reused by Turkic Khan, so that in the future, he will not dare to look down on me." Nan Gongshang clapped his palms and said with a smile: "A great hero is just like this!" Li Yi said: "There is another layer , Wu Zetian also has a lot of capable men, if she finds out that I am in the Turkic army, she might send assassins to kill me, so my identity must not be revealed to all the monarchs, nor to anyone else!" Nangong Shang thought that in this way, he would be Li Yi's most confidant!Wouldn't it be so wonderful that he swore a heavy oath and agreed immediately.
Nan Gongshang removed the medicinal materials from the camel's back, picked out the most precious medicinal materials for treating asthma, put them on his mount, and rode with Li Yi.Li Yi asked: "You just said that someone recommended it, who is that?" Nangong Shang said: "That is a green forest tycoon I met after I arrived in Mobei." While talking, only the ringing of the horse bell behind him was heard, Nangong Shang looked back and said with a smile: "It just so happens that the eldest brother is here."
Li Yi said: "Remember, my name is Shangguan Min. Don't call him Your Highness anymore." Nangong Shang was stunned for a moment, and then realized that since Li Yi wanted him to conceal his identity, of course he also changed his name.At this moment, the horseman had already arrived, and the rider on the horse was an old man with a leopard head and a snub nose, his eyes were very majestic, and he was holding a three-foot long pipe in his hand. At this time, there was a sizzling sound, and the smoke pot glowed red.
Nan Gongshang was in awe of the old man, and immediately jumped off the horse, and Li Yi followed suit.Nangong Shang just said: "Brother, those two Huacizimo merchants..." Just as he was about to report the robbery of the camel, the old man shouted: "Wait a minute, who is he?" Nangong Shang said: "He It's my brother-in-law, named Shangguan Min." The old man said: "Oh, your brother-in-law! What do you do?" Nan Gongshang said, "I want to go to the Turkic court with him, and I have never reported to my elder brother. Please, please!..." The old man opened his eyes and said: "The rules of the gang will never be changed, so don't talk too much!" Interrupting Nan Gongshang's words and striding forward, Li Yi was very surprised. I thought to myself: "I'm not one of them, what kind of rules does he talk about?" As soon as he thought about it, the old man suddenly changed into a smiling face, stretched out a hand, and said, "Brother Shangguan, it's a pleasure to meet you." Nice to meet you!" Li Yi couldn't figure out why he was so condescending in the past, seeing that he was so polite, he could only greet him with courtesy, reached out to shake his hand, and suddenly felt a strong force, and the old man's five fingers seemed to melt into Like steel claws, tightly grasping his veins, Li Yi was taken aback, only then did he realize that the old man was stretching his kung fu, a martial arts practitioner, when suddenly attacked, his reaction was abnormally fast, Li Yi As soon as the palm was pushed outward, a wave of internal force was immediately transmitted, and at the same time, the arm turned, using a "unloading" formula, the palm slipped out of the opponent's palm like a swimming fish.
The old man said "yes" and then shouted: "Be careful to catch me with ten tricks!" The dry tobacco rod shook suddenly, and it was a very powerful acupuncture move. The smoke pot touched the "Xuanji point" on his chest, and Li Yi swallowed his chest and sucked his stomach, and narrowly escaped, the clothes on his chest were already splashed with a handful of soot, it was too late, and then soon, the old man's cigarette rod came like a storm, and his moves were all aimed at hitting Li Yi At Mingmen acupoint, Nan Gongshang shouted: "Brother, be merciful!" The old man didn't pay any attention at all, he didn't slow down at all, one move was tighter than the other.
Li Yi said angrily in his heart: "Why is this old man so unreasonable, he wants to kill me as soon as we meet?" He used his whole body skills, and managed to avoid three tricks. Dangers appeared everywhere, and he knew it was difficult to resist with bare hands. He couldn't separate his mind from speaking, so he was forced to draw his sword, and used the master's exquisite swordsmanship, using offense as defense, and a move of "Dragon Gate Drum Wave" cut across, the light of the sword flickered, like the surging waves of the Yangtze River, rolling Coming, but the sound of clanging can be heard endlessly.The old man pointed east to west, pointed to north, sometimes used the iron smoke pot to break his sword away, and sometimes held the smoke rod upside down as a acupuncture point, stabbing his thirty-six big acupuncture points, the technique was quick and incomparable.Li Yi had never seen such a powerful acupuncturist in his life. Even if he was proficient in the two schools of swordsmanship, he was only capable of parrying, not fighting back.
The iron pipe pipe held by the old man is very large, and it contains more than three times the tobacco leaves than ordinary pipes. When fighting for a cup of tea, the fireworks in the pot have not yet been extinguished. He suddenly took a puff, and suddenly a puff of thick smoke spewed out, and then he swung the round cigarette stick, as if there was something wrong, the smoke was blurred, and he couldn't tell where his attack was pointing.Li Yi was taken aback, and hastily slashed his sword. This move was the result of his master Wei Chijiong's life-long painstaking efforts. It was used for defense. Immediately, the old man suddenly withdrew from the circle, laughed and said: "Ten strokes are already full! Your excellency in martial arts is very strong, you can be regarded as a hero today!"
Li Yi put his sword back into its sheath, cupped his hands and said: "Thank you to the old hero for the award, but fortunately you only tried ten tricks. If you continue to fight, you will not be an opponent." Wang Ting, meeting heroes from all walks of life, since your Excellency is walking with us, even though you have not yet joined the gang, you can still be regarded as a member of the gang, so the little old man has to take the liberty to try." Only then did Li Yi understand, presumably the old man He is a very prestigious sect leader who disdains to walk with ordinary people, so we must stretch his abilities.Nan Gongshang wiped off his brow of cold sweat, and said happily: "My brother is both civil and military. If I didn't know each other well, how would I dare to invite him to go with me? Brother, you can rest assured now."
Li Yi met the old man again, and asked: "I haven't asked the old hero's name, where is your gang set up a kiln and a stronghold?" Master Cheng of the Tiger Gang!" Li Yi was taken aback, and thought, "It turned out to be Cheng Dasu, but luckily his son didn't come with him." Cheng Dasu's son was the Cheng Jiannan who wanted to snatch Li Yi's sword manual, although Li Yi has changed now. It's easy to look, but if Cheng Jiannan is watching the battle and seeing his sword skills, he can definitely see through his origin.
Cheng Dasu said: "I'm not afraid that Your Excellency will laugh at you, the Fuhu Gang was actually forced by a woman to move out of the Great Wall." Li Yi was surprised: "What kind of woman is so powerful?" Cheng Dasu gritted his teeth and said: "That is Wu Zetian, the only villain seen in the ages, the false heroine of the Zhou Dynasty!" It turned out that Wu Zetian wanted to eliminate some Jianghu gangs that harmed the people, and the Fuhu Gang was also eliminated. They couldn't stand in the Central Plains, so they moved here.In order to seek refuge with Cheng Dasu, Nan Gongshang went to outside the Great Wall to join the gang three years ago, and now he is the deputy leader of the Fuhu Gang.
Cheng Dasu asked: "Your Excellency's surname is Shangguan. I don't know if he is in the same family as the former minister Shangguanyi?" Ji, he casually replied: "He is my Shutang uncle." Cheng Dasu said: "So that's the case, no wonder your Excellency wants to die in the wilderness."
Cheng Dasu's suspicions eased a little, but thinking that Nangong had never told him that there was such a capable sworn brother, he still couldn't doubt it. He tested Li Yi's origin along the way, and Li Yi handled it carefully, but luckily he didn't reveal his flaws.
That night, when he camped in the grassland, Cheng Dasu talked about martial arts with him endlessly, talking late at night, he was not tired yet, and the conversation was full of enthusiasm, Cheng Dasu suddenly said: "Your Excellency's sword is really a magical weapon, can you borrow it for a look?"
Li Yi didn't want to at first, but he was afraid that he would become more suspicious, so he had no choice but to take off his sword, Cheng Dasu took it over, drew the sword out of its sheath, but saw a cold light, dazzling and vivid.Cheng Dasu stretched out his fingers and tapped lightly on the spine of the sword, making a clanking sound like a dragon's chant.Cheng Dasu praised it, and praised: "Good sword, good sword, it is really a precious sword, no wonder the old man's iron smoke rod also left a few sword marks on it!" Playing with it for a while, he suddenly cried out: "Hey, this sword It seems to belong to a great family?" It turned out that he found the stamp of "Qin Wangfu" on the hilt of the sword. Before Li Shimin became emperor, he was named "Qin Wang". Even if it is not Li Shimin's own sword, it should be his treasure.
Li Yi had already thought it over, and replied calmly: "Yes, this sword was given to my uncle by Emperor Taizong. Back then, Emperor Taizong hosted a banquet for his officials in the Chunhua Palace, watched the sword dance, and my uncle wrote poems impromptu. According to the decree, the emperor gave him this sword, and my uncle saw that I like to practice martial arts, so he gave me this sword." Shangguanyi is a first-class product in the dynasty, and the emperor gave him a treasure, which was not enough. Strange, but when Cheng Dasu thought that Shangguanyi was a civil servant, although he was granted the sword because of chanting "Sword Dance", it was reasonable, but it didn't fit his identity, and there was another doubt in his heart.
Li Yi was also worried in his heart, just as he was about to put away his sword, Cheng Dasu suddenly opened his eyes and shouted: "Who is outside the tent?" "You three traitors who betrayed the Hu and treason, eat me!" Three shining flying knives flew in from the crack in the tent, and divided the three of them. Two pieces, Nan Gongshang dodges to dodge, Cheng Dasu intends to show off his martial arts, he flicks with his finger, and with a bang, the throwing knife pops out of the tent, attacking the enemy back.
Cheng Dasu sneered and said: "It must be someone sent by Wu Zetian, Nan Gongshang, you killed him for me." Before Nangong went out, the man had already rushed in and slashed at Nangongshang with a knife, Nangongshang gave a "phoenix nod". , Immediately made a move of "Piercing the Flower Hand", and reversed his veins.That man's saber skills were amazing and his body was agile, Nangong still couldn't catch him, instead he slashed him three times, almost killing him.Cheng Dasu yelled: "Get out of the tent and fight, don't disturb the old man!" He split his palm twice in succession, the wind from his palm was so violent that the man almost lost his footing, he was greatly surprised, and thought: "This crouching tiger that crosses the river and lake Helping the Lord, really deserves the reputation!" Unable to stand in the tent, he had to run out.
At this moment, both Li Yi and Nan Gongshang had recognized the face of the visitor. It turned out that it was Bai Yuanhua, the guard of the Shenwu Battalion who pretended to oppose Wu Zetian and deceived Li Yi. Absolutely, compared to the two Huacizimo businessmen yesterday, it is much higher.
Nangong Shang shouted: "Okay, Bai Yuanhua, you bastard, I was just about to settle accounts with you, but you have thrown yourself into a trap!" After chasing out of the tent, he took off the soft whip around his waist, held the whip in one hand, Holding a saber in one hand, he fought fiercely with Bai Yuanhua, the two men's martial arts were similar, and the fight became inseparable immediately.Bai Yuanhua raised his voice and shouted: "Brother Tai, come quickly, the traitor Nangong Shang is here!"
At this time, Cheng Dasu and Li Yi had already walked outside the tent to fight, Cheng Dasu sneered and said: "My Fuhu gang moved outside the Great Wall, and I was already afraid of you, a witch, but you still can't let me go, and sent people from thousands of miles away Are you coming to follow me? Well, I want to see who you sent and how capable they are?" The "witch" he called was of course Wu Zetian.Li Yi was secretly amused, seeing Cheng Dasu's scolding expression, it was as if Wu Zetian was standing in front of him.Li Yixin said: "Although Wu Zetian took away the Li family, she is really a talented woman, Cheng Dasu cursed her as a seductress, it would be too boring."
Bai Yuanhua yelled loudly, but his companion hadn't shown up yet. Nangong Shang used the "Five Tigers Broken Door Sword Technique" with his left hand to seal the door of his body, blocking Bai Yuanhua's attack, and waved a long whip with his right hand to block out of his way.The two sides fought fiercely for more than ten moves, Nangong still had the upper hand, but Bai Yuanhua's saber technique was still not messed up in the slightest.Cheng Dasu frowned and said, "Why can't Nangong Shang even deal with this kid?"
At this moment, only the sound of horseshoes on the grassland was heard, and a horse galloped far away.白元化大喝一声，蓦然间长刀一劈，将南宫尚冲得斜身闪避，立刻夺路奔出，南宫尚喝道：“哪里走！”如影随形，跟踪急上，长鞭抖动，鞭梢卷到了他的衣角，白元化蓦地喝一声：“着！”反手便是三柄飞刀。南宫尚料不到他发刀的手法竟是如此迅捷，百忙中使了一个“铁板桥”的身法，腰向后弯，但听得“唰”的一声。两柄飞刀从他面门飞过，第三柄飞刀斫中了他的额角。李逸方道南宫尚要糟，忽听得一声尖锐的笑声，紧接着“咕咚”一声，倒在地上的竟然不是南宫尚而是白元化，原来是程达苏暗中发出了一粒铁莲子，打中了白元化的穴道。
就在此时，那骑马已飞奔来到，马上骑客是一个身材魁伟的中年汉子，但见马未停蹄，他便在马背上使了一个“一鹤冲天”的身法，凌空飞起，在半空中挽了一个剑花，立即便是一招“鹰击长空”，向南宫尚当头刺下！
这刹那间，李逸如受雷震，惊骇万分！这一招“鹰击长空”，正是他岳父长孙均量所创的峨嵋剑法，看清楚了，这个汉子不是别人，正是李逸妻子长孙璧的哥哥，长孙均量的儿子长孙泰！
李逸做梦也想不到是他，长孙璧曾经告诉过他，那一晚在骊山山脚，长孙均量和她兄妹二人碰到了恶行者与毒观音两个大魔头，长孙泰中了恶行者的毒掌，又被毒观音打了一蓬透穴神针，最后他舍命抱着了恶行者，早已与恶行者同归于尽，在长孙璧的心目中，也早已把这个哥哥当作死了，怎的还居然活在世间？这还不算奇怪，长孙均量一家都是痛恨武则天做皇帝，发誓与武则天不共戴天的，白元化是武则天派来缉捕南宫尚的人，长孙泰却怎么会与他同在一起，反而与他的世兄南宫尚为敌？
但听得“当”的一声，火花飞溅，南宫尚的钢刀已被削了一个缺口，惊诧之极，失声叫道：“你，你不是长孙兄么？”要知长孙均量做太宗皇的殿前检点之时，南宫尚的父亲正是他最得力的部下，当年，带引长孙泰兄妹到骊山山脚接应李逸的也正是南宫尚，如今突然见长孙泰杀到，南宫尚焉能不大为惊奇？
长孙泰喝道：“南宫尚，念在你我两家的交情，你随我回转长安，我可以替你向天后求恕！”南宫尚好像不相信自己的耳朵，叫道：“什么，向天后求恕？你，你是投靠了武则天啦！”长孙泰道：“人各有志，你愿投武则天那是你的事情，我管不着。但你要投顺突厥可汗，这我却非管不可，如今只有两条路给你选择，一条是你将功赎罪，与我把这老贼擒了，押回长安，另一条是你跟这老贼走，咱们兄弟恩断义绝，凭着手中刀剑，决个死生！”长孙泰口中的“老贼”，指的当然是程达苏，程达苏哈哈笑道：“无知小辈，妄出大言。好呀，南宫尚，你选择吧，你听他的话，就与他一齐上来，你听我的话，就与我一刀将他杀了。”
南宫尚一来是畏惧程达苏，在他积威之下，不敢不从。二来他以前行刺过武则天，绝不相信武则天会宽恕他，三来他想投靠突厥可汗之心已非一时，长孙泰只凭着三言两语，又焉能打动他？只见他呆了一呆，突然一咬牙根，朗声说道：“程大哥，我当然听你的。”猛地一刀劈出，长孙泰大怒，一个盘龙绕步，侧身闪开，长剑一挺，分心便刺，喝道：“好！你既甘心为虎作伥，休怪我手下无情！”剑光霍霍，立即展开了一派进手招数。
李逸正自心神不定，忽听得程达苏说道：“上官兄，我看这小子的剑术颇是不凡，南宫尚可能不是他的对手，但比起你来，却还有所不及。”言下之意，不问可知，乃是想请李逸出手。李逸装作不懂，淡淡道：“程帮主过奖了。”程达苏见他殊无动手之意，疑心更大，就在这时，只听得又是“当”的一声，但见南宫尚的左手刀已被长孙泰削断，只剩下右手的一条长鞭，挡不住长孙泰的攻势。
长孙泰剑势如虹，步步进逼，猛地大喝道：“祸福无门，由人自招，南宫尚你尚未悔悟么？”一招“星汉浮槎”，剑尖直指到了南宫尚的咽喉，正要喝南宫尚投降，忽地一般浓烟迎面喷来，南宫尚趁此时机，倒纵出三丈开外，烟雾迷漫，长孙泰一剑刺空，只听程达苏已在他耳边冷笑说道：“叫你见识老夫的本领！”好个长孙泰，居然临危不乱，身躯一矮，反手一剑，正好挡着程达苏的铁烟锅，一片金铁交鸣之声，震得耳鼓嗡嗡作响，程达苏的功力深厚得多，这一招长孙泰虽然挡过，虎口亦已被震得酸麻！
程达苏用铁烟锅喷烟打穴的功夫，乃是武林一绝，他一出手便用上这门绝技，实是想在照面之间，便将长孙泰击倒，岂知仍给长孙泰格开，程达苏也不由得心中一凛，不敢过份轻敌。当下将烟杆一抖串成小花枪用，向前一戳，抖起了碗口大的枪花，片刻之间，连袭长孙泰左右两胁的六处穴道。长孙泰移形换步，用了一招“白鹤亮翅”以快打快，瞬息之间和他的烟杆接触了六下，虽然给程达苏迫得连连后退，可是程达苏也未能刺中他的穴道。
程达苏又吸了一口浓烟喷出，笑道：“你的剑法尚称不俗，可是谅也难挡满十招。”长孙泰怕他暗算，抢到逆风之处，横剑一封，程达苏如影随形，长孙泰前脚落地，程达苏后脚便到，烟杆又敲到他的后心。长孙泰急使“倒踩七星步”，左脚右滑，剑随身转，反手一招“倒洒金钱”，剑光闪烁，既救败招，复截敌掌。程达苏数道：“三招。”烟杆向上一挑，寻瑕抵隙，再刺长孙泰肋下的“魂穴门”，紧跟着又是一口浓烟喷去。
李逸凝神观战，心道：“一别八年，长孙泰剑术亦已大有进境，可是却难挡满十招。”程达苏本是中原第一点穴功夫，在五十岁以前，用的兵器是点穴镢，长达三尺六寸，比其他各派的兵器都长得多，武林中有句话说，点穴的兵器乃是“一寸短，一寸险”。他的说法则是“一寸长，一寸强”所以不论兵器与手法，都与各家各派大不相同。到了五十岁之后，他改用铁烟杆点穴，烟杆的长度也是三尺六寸，可以当成点穴镢用，但因为可以喷拙浓烟迷人眼目，比起长点穴镢更为厉害。长孙泰的剑术虽然不错，可是一来功力不及，二来又不懂应付他这种点穴的怪招。不过几招，果然便给程达苏杀得手忙脚乱。
激战中长孙泰一剑刺出，扎了个空，脚尖点地，身形立即向后倒纵，他这招本来是“以进为退”的。岂知连这一招也早在程达苏意料之中，但听他一声喝道：“往哪里走？”程达苏窜起一丈多高，俨如飞鹰扑兔，铁烟锅照着长孙泰的顶门打下来，若然打中，长孙泰焉有命在？
这在这绝险的关头，忽见寒光一闪，“当”的一声，李逸忽然一剑飞来，架住了程达苏的烟杆，程达苏厉声喝道：“你干什么？”就在这刹那间，但见长孙泰双膝弯曲、身子也软了下去。原来程达苏的烟斗虽然没有砸中他的顶门，鞋尖却已踢中了他腿弯的“白市穴”。李逸见他点穴的功夫如此厉害，暗暗心惊，定了定神，说道：“程老帮主，留个活口不胜于将他打死吗？”南宫尚当然要帮李逸说话，也说道：“禀大哥，此人是长孙均量的儿子，咱们不妨暂时让他活命，问问他口供。”程达苏道：“也好，你与我将他缚了，押进帐来。”
南宫尚道：“还有一个呢？”他指的是白元化，程达苏道：“他给我打中了关元穴，非过十二个时辰，不能自解，暂时不必理他。”
南宫尚将长孙泰双手反缚，推进帐来，程达苏通了口通烟斗，重新装满烟叶，抽了几口烟，喷出一圈圈的烟雾，冷笑问道：“你真是长孙均量的儿子么？”长孙泰本来打定主意，不管他问些什么，都闭口不答，但听他如此一来，劈头就提及他的父亲，不禁怒火上升，睁眼怒道：“你这老贼敢辱及我的父亲？”程达苏冷笑说道：“哈，你还知道有父亲吗？哼，哼，那是你自己辱及先人，我程达苏对长孙大人却是钦佩得很。”长孙泰道：“我怎的辱及先人？”程达苏道：“长孙大人一生尽忠唐室，料不到有你这样的不肖儿孙！”长孙泰大怒道：“我怎样不肖了？”程达苏道：“你的父亲与伪周武氏誓不两立，你如今却甘心做武则天的奴才，岂非不肖？”
长孙泰生性耿直，被程达苏激怒，禁不住把本来不想说的说了出来：“你这老贼实是我父亲仇人的党羽，亏你还敢厚着脸皮说钦佩他。我父亲不但是唐室的忠臣，他也是为国为民的义士，你这厮要去投奔突厥，我父亲若是知道，也定然不能饶你。”程达苏冷笑道：“你父亲若还在生，他定然会重重教训你，可惜现在你我都不能将他起于地下，问他心中的真意了，那也由得你胡说八道吧。这个暂且不提，但你说我是你父亲仇人的党羽，这却又从何说起？”
长孙泰面色突变，身躯颤抖，颤声说道：“什么？我的爹爹，他，他已经死了？”程达苏冷冷说道：“不错，长孙大人在八年之前早已死了，他是被武则天的大内卫士杀死的，死在靠近边关的甘凉古道之中，要是他不死，他也一定是投奔突厥的！”长孙泰一咬牙根，忍着眼泪，仰天喊道：“爹爹，你死得好苦呀！你一直被人蒙在鼓里，直到临死之前，还不知道你的仇人是何等样人？”李逸心头一凛，想道：“原来程建男拦劫我岳父的灵车，与抢夺我岳父剑谱之事，他早已告诉他的父亲了。幸而我现在改容易貌，程达苏他看不出来。长孙泰说的这话却又是何所指呢？”
只听得长孙泰继续喊道：“爹爹啊，你生前一直莫名其妙，不知恶行者与毒观音那两个魔头何以要下毒手害你？你只当是武则天派他们来害你的，岂知他们正是天后的敌人所定下的诡计，要他们假借天后的名义前来用毒手伤你，为的是要你一生怀恨天后。最后还请出他们的师父天恶妖道来暗算你，这手段与他们暗杀太子贤的手段如出一辙，可叹你却一直被蒙在鼓中。”
程达苏冷笑道：“一派胡言！”李逸却知道长孙泰说的句句都是实话，心中想道：“这些事情想必是他投顺武则天之后才知道底蕴的。可是他又何以会相信武则天的话呢？”心念未已，只听得长孙泰又道：“程老贼，你敢说你不是天恶道人的党羽吗？天恶道人、灭度神君和你这一伙人，广招中原的江湖败类，要去投奔突厥，天后早已知道得清清楚楚了，她说你们反对她那还情有可原，叛国投敌则是罪无可恕！南宫尚，想不到你也受他们所愚。你们若不及时回头，将来悔之晚矣！”
程达苏道：“我说你才是至死不悟！你背父投敌，卖友求荣，罪不容诛，吃我一掌！”手掌抬起，缓缓向长孙泰顶门拍下，长孙泰神色不变，冷笑说道：“老贼，你要杀便杀，何必装模作样！你今日杀我，明日管教你死无葬身之地！”程达苏冷笑道：“你以为我当真不敢杀你么？”手掌拍下，忽听得“蓬”的一声，李逸突然伸手，接了他的一掌。程达苏双眼一翻，冷冷说道：“上官老弟，你怎么老是庇护这厮？”
李逸道：“程老帮主，你问问他还有几个同伙？”程达苏道：“对，对。”骈指如戟，指着长孙泰问道：“快说实话，武则天除了派出你和白元化之外，还派了些什么人来？你敢不说实话，我用分筋断脉的手法，叫你求生不得，求死不能！”分筋断脉手法，乃是江湖上一种处置仇敌的最厉害的毒刑，程达苏是点穴名家，这种毒刑正是他所擅长的手段。李逸也不由得心中一凛，想道：“我欲保泰哥，反而提醒他了。这种毒刑，比死更为难受，说不得只好和他反面了。”
但听得长孙泰哈哈笑道：“天后陛下高手如云，你一杀我，杀你的人也就马上来了！”程达苏冷笑道：“当今之世，能够杀我的人也实在有限得很。你说说看，是什么人。”长孙泰神色倨傲，闭口不答。程达苏道：“好，待我看你的骨头是不是铁打的？”正要施刑，李逸道：“程老帮主，不如将他留下，作为人质，纵有什么高手到来，他们也得投鼠忌器。”程达苏傲然冷笑道：“程某纵横江湖五十多年，岂曾怕过人来？何须用这种手段？”
长孙泰忽然面色大变，冲着李逸喝道：“好呀，原来你也是和他们一伙，你，你……”原来他这时已听出了李逸的口音，李逸心头大震，就在此时，程达苏一声冷笑，双指戳到了长孙泰的太阳穴上，李逸方在惊恐之中，程达苏的点穴手法迅如闪电，李逸要救已来不及，正道要糟，忽听得咕咚咕咚两声，倒下去的竟然不是长孙泰，而是南宫尚与程达苏！