Chapter 8 Gone with the Wind · Chapter 8

Li Qiang guessed correctly, since the first day he lived in the magistrate's yamen, Feng Kaiyun sent an urgent official document and sent it to the capital through the post station.Feng Kaiyun can't be blamed either, no matter which country Li Qiang appears in Tiantingxing, as long as the local officials find out, they will report it immediately.The power of a cultivator is an important resource for any country, especially the masters among the cultivators, who are the targets of every country. Feng Kaiyun's report directly alarmed the emperor.The reason is that Li Qiang can speak the official language of the palace, and it is the kind spoken by the royal family members in the palace.The emperor ordered to inquire about Li Qiang's birth.The official document has gone back and forth several times, but still can't get the point. Finally, it is determined that it may be the descendants of the royal family members scattered among the people.

Li Qiang showed great power in Hanlin City and severely damaged the Black Banner Army.After En Gang, the leader of the Black Banner Army, was seriously injured and reluctantly withdrew from Hanlin City, Feng Kaiyun hurriedly activated the sound transmission array set up by the royal family and reported the situation to the palace. Li Qiang's head was getting big, he didn't want to accept any imperial edict, so he quietly asked, "Old Master Cheng, what will happen if I don't accept the edict?" Cheng Zizhong was in a cold sweat, and said in a panic, "No, it's okay to resist the edict and not obey it." Those who want to beheaded will not only kill your head, but also the heads of Mr. Zhao’s family will be lost, absolutely not." I thought: "If he doesn’t obey the order, I’m afraid I won’t be able to keep my head either. If he really doesn’t want to Accept the order, who can stop it."

Li Qiang thought to himself: "What is a dictatorship? This is it. It is unreasonable. If I want to escape, no one can do anything to me, but my old apprentice's family will be ruined. Oh, forget it, let's talk about it later." Cheng Zizhong looked at Li Qiang nervously, seeing that his face was cloudy and uncertain, and advised: "You should accept the order and listen to what is said in the order before making a decision, okay?" Li Qiang could only nod his head and said, "Okay. " When I turned around to call Zhao Hao, I saw that the incense table in the hall had been set up, and the official who announced the imperial decree was standing behind the incense table, unfolding the imperial decree and elongating his voice like singing: "Holy... decree...down, Li... Qiang... take... Purpose."

All the standing people knelt down, and Li Qiang stood there alone.Cheng Zizhong was so anxious that he kept tugging on Li Qiang's trousers. Li Qiang lowered his head and said, "Old Master, stop tugging, the trousers will be pulled down for you." Cheng Zizhong almost passed out. Li Qiang said with a hippie smile: "My brother, my knee is injured and I can't even kneel, so please help everyone so carelessly. If you give me the imperial edict, I will accept it. It's convenient for you, convenient for me, convenient for everyone, okay?" I thought: "No, no, the last sentence is wrong, isn't it convenient to go to the bathroom? Hey!"

Cheng Zizhong knew it was wrong, seeing Xuanzhi's official body trembling wildly, and he was about to explode, he hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Master Imperial Envoy, I have a secret report." Xuanzhi official said: "Speak!" Cheng Zizhong got up and left Go to his side and whisper in his ear.The decree official nodded and said, "Okay, you can take care of everything." He handed the decree to Cheng Zizhong. Who is Li Qiang, as long as he wants to hear it, it doesn't matter how low his voice is.He heard Cheng Zizhong say to the decree official: "I have a secret decree, and I will do everything cheaply. Please give me the decree, and I will announce it." Li Qiang glanced at Cheng Zizhong as if he had some understanding.

Zhao Hao gave the Xuanzhi officer a lot of money, watched him leave with a smile on his face, wiped off his cold sweat, and muttered in his heart: "My master is really different, I don't take the imperial edict seriously." Li Qiang patted Cheng Zizhong raised his shoulders and said: "Master, I underestimated you, tell me, what does the imperial decree say?" Li Qiang didn't want to expose him, but just nodded him lightly, which means I know everything. Cheng Zizhong blushed slightly, and said, "I want you to come to Beijing to face the saint." Li Qiang didn't understand: "What kind of face saint, I don't understand." Cheng Zizhong said, "I want you to see the emperor." Li Qiang thought to himself: " It’s fun to meet the emperor, I’ve never seen a real emperor when I’m so old, I’m going to see it, I’ll learn a lot.” Li Qiang said with a smile, “I’m just going to Beijing for fun. Go, I’ll definitely go. .”

Zhao Hao said: "Master, I also opened a silver house in the capital city. When I arrive in the capital, I will live in my house." Li Qiang asked: "Aren't you going?" Zhao Hao said: "I have decided to practice Taoism with Master. Wherever I go, my disciple will never leave." I thought: "It's hard to find a master who is really willing to teach me how to practice. This opportunity is fleeting, how can I let you leave." Zhao Hao said again: "Lingji Firm There is a batch of local mountain products that will be transported to the capital. That is the big man in the blue shirt in the hall just now, his name is Ling Hongxuan, Master, do you think you should go with him?"

Li Qiang felt that it didn't matter: "Okay, please make some arrangements and see what else you need to prepare?" Then he said meaningfully to Cheng Zizhong: "Old Master, you are going to the capital too?" Cheng Zizhong was looking for someone Reason, so that I can go with Li Qiang, and said with a smile: "Hehe, yes, with a master like you, the journey will be much safer." I thought: "Good guy, he is really not easy. " Li Qiang returned to the house and fell into deep thought.After the sudden battle in Hanlin City, Li Qiang came to his senses, he was not strong in fighting the cultivators, and killing ordinary soldiers was meaningless, they didn't even have a chance to fight back, it was really invincible.

Li Qiang thought to himself: "I can't kill like this. I'm just a traveler. I'm just a passer-by on this planet. There's no need to participate in the disputes in this world." In fact, it's impossible for Li Qiang to stay out of it, unless Fu Shan immediately takes him away. Go, he can't help himself. Starting from Fengling Town to the capital city, one has to pass through three extremely dangerous places. These three places are Qicha Ridge, Shocking Slope, and Delusion Forest. The caravans passing through must gather together before they dare to pass through in a large group.Seven Forks Ridge is the haunt of more than a dozen bandits and bandits.Frightful slope often encounters unknown monsters.And in the forest of Misty Forest, there is an abandoned star formation built by practitioners. If you accidentally step into it, you will be trapped to death.

Ling Hongxuan was very relieved to transport the goods this time, because Li Qiang and Mr. Zhao were accompanying him.He thinks that Li Qiang is very mysterious, and often gives them things he has never seen before. He has no airs at all, laughs and laughs all day long, always looks very happy, is interested in everything, and keeps asking questions. All the people in the caravan liked him. Li Qiang is indeed very happy. The journey along the way is really picturesque and pleasing to the eye. Li Qiang pestered Cheng Zizhong and Zhao Hao to learn about the local customs. Zhao Hao said: "Master, Qicha Ridge is in front of us." Li Qiang asked curiously: "Is this the place where robbers often appear?" Ling Hongxuan interjected: "What our caravan is most afraid of is going to Qicha Ridge and meeting little The robbers in stock, that’s good luck, just give some money, or else rely on the number of people to forcibly pass through. I’m afraid of encountering a large number of bandits. If one fails to negotiate, the goods will definitely be gone. If people can’t escape That would be miserable."

Li Qiang suddenly thought of a question and asked, "How many days will it take us to travel from Fengling Town to the capital?" Ling Hongxuan said with a smile, "Hurry up and it will take about forty days. If you are slow, it will be hard to say." Li Qiang shook his head, thinking "How did that imperial envoy arrive at Fengling Town so quickly?" Cheng Zizhong said beside him, "The royal family has small teleportation formations in various places, but they can only send important people and things, and they must be ordered. Only then can it be activated." Li Qiang looked at Cheng Zizhong and thought, "Hey, he's quite clever, so I can guess that." Cheng Zizhong smiled and said nothing. Arriving at the foot of Qicha Ridge, Ling Hongxuan waved his hand to stop the convoy, and said to Zhao Hao: "Master, you can arrange it." Li Qiang looked curiously.Zhao Hao jumped onto a big cart: "Listen, this is not the first time you have crossed Qicha Ridge, don't talk nonsense, just listen to my arrangement. Every driver just watch his own car, don't fall behind, Hongxuan My brother is in the middle to support, and ten guys will lead the way in front, all bring me weapons, and the others take bows and arrows. Also, fasten the goods on the cart for me, Qichaling has no time to wait for you, hurry up Walk over. If you are lucky, you will be able to arrive at Panshi Town in the afternoon. When I arrive, I will treat everyone to a drink. Do you understand? Louder! I can’t hear you clearly!” All the guys shouted loudly: “It’s clear!” Zhao Hao whispered to Li Qiang: "Master, you and your disciples will walk in front of the caravan, okay?" Li Qiang said with a smile, "There really aren't robbers, are there?" Li Qiang's luck is beyond words. Not only did he meet the robbers, but he also... The terrain of Qicha Ridge is very strange, as if a giant fork fell from the sky, smashing the earth deeply, leaving seven deep trenches.The seven ditches stretched for more than ten miles, gathered at the fork handle, formed a road, and then led to the front.For robbers and bandits, this criss-cross terrain can be used to attack when advancing, and defend when retreating, and it is the only way for business travel. Xiaoju here is really ideal. Ling Hongxuan's caravan entered from the second road. Li Qiang and Zhao Hao, master and apprentice, were exploring the way ahead, and ten men with knives followed not far behind.Li Qiang is not nervous at all now, he clearly knows that as long as he is not fighting with a cultivator, ordinary people can't hurt him, even martial arts masters can't do it.And Zhao Hao didn't want Li Qiang to make a move at all, and he still remembers everything that happened in Hanlin City. Walking on the road at the bottom of the valley, Li Qiang's head was like a drum, looking east and west, and asked: "Who are the bandits here?" Zhao Hao replied, holding a treasured sword, "There are all kinds of people. There are prisoners who escaped, deserters who were defeated in the war, and ordinary people who can’t survive. The bandits and robbers here are well-known in the Green Basin, and they come in groups with complicated backgrounds, and there are people from all countries.” "Oh, why didn't the country come to clean up and let these bandits run rampant?" Li Qiang felt a little inconceivable, "Isn't this the main throat leading to the capital?" Zhao Hao was about to answer when he heard a sharp "squeak..." At the sound of the whistle, Zhao Hao shouted: "It's a loud arrow!" He immediately waved his hand to the men behind him, and one of the men turned around and ran back to report the news. Li Qiang asked curiously and excitedly: "Is there a robber coming?" Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of "Keng Keng" gongs, and he couldn't help laughing: "It's quite lively, there are whistles and gongs Yes, hehe, why don’t they beat the drums?” Zhao Hao couldn’t laugh or cry when he heard this, he thought: “Ordinary people are scared out of their wits when they see the robbers, Master is like watching a play, it’s too insignificant .” Zhao Hao smiled wryly and said: "I hope it's not a large number of bandits. Master, please don't do anything, let the disciples come." Li Qiang didn't want to kill any more, and said: "Okay, I will watch from the side." A large group of people rushed out from the forest on the side of the road. Li Qiang couldn't help laughing when he saw it. This group of robbers dressed better than the beggars, they were tattered, and they carried decent weapons, including knives and sticks.The leader was a tall man nearly two meters tall, with an unshaven beard, black skin, big eyes, a lion nose, and a wide mouth. a big axe.But this big ax is very good, it is two meters long, the ax head is the size of a washbasin, it is so black that it is impossible to tell what material it is made of. Li Qiang suddenly became playful, jumped in front of the big man, and said with a smile: "Hey! I opened this mountain! I planted this tree! If you want to lose your life! Stay to buy money!" Zhao Hao laughed Said: "It's wrong, it's wrong!" Li Qiang scratched his head and said, "That's right, that's what it says in the book." The big black man raised his axe and shouted: "Hey! This mountain was opened by me! This tree was planted by me! If you want to fight this! Save money to buy roads!" Li Qiang couldn't hold back anymore, he laughed loudly: "Haha , Hahaha, I was wrong, or the big man was right." Zhao Hao said: "Yes, yes, they want life and money, such a robber is too cruel." The big man confused them two I thought to myself, "Who are the robbers? Why are they not afraid at all?" The big black man swung his long ax and shouted again: "Leave your silver, goods, clothes, I won't kill you, hurry up!" The young men behind him yelled in unison: "Put down the silver taels!" "I want that man's clothes!" "Hey! I want those shoes, don't compete with me!" Big Hei turned his head and cursed: "Grandma, shut up!" Li Qiang asked with great interest: "Hey, I said Big Hei, why should I give you my money? It would be nice if I kept the flowers for myself." Big Hei replied simply: "Because I am a robber, I My fist is big, and my ax is powerful, so you have to listen to me, and I won’t kill you when you put down your things.” Li Qiang said with a smile: "If my fist is bigger than yours, if my knife is stronger than yours, if you can't beat me, then what will you do with me? Oh!" Zhao Hao laughed "puchi", heartbroken Thinking: "Master is not an ordinary talker, I am coming and going, I am dizzy." The big black man looked at the big ax in his hand with a puzzled face, and said, "Impossible! With this big ax, you will be cut in half with one stroke. I think you have a strangely handsome face. It’s a pity for me to kill you, but if you don’t obediently put down your things, I’ll spare your life!” Li Qiang thought to himself: “This big black guy has a good heart, he seems a little naive, and it’s quite fun.” Pointing at Zhao Hao, Li Qiang said with a smile: "Big man, do you dare to bet with me? I bet you can't even beat my apprentice, do you dare?" The big black man looked at Zhao Hao, and suddenly laughed loudly: " Haha, don't lie to me, I know, this old man can't be your apprentice, I think he can be your father at his age." Zhao Hao was a little angry, and said: "Hey, I said black man, don't talk nonsense Ba Dao, my master is easy to talk, but I am not good at talking!" Big Hei was surprised and said: "Hey, it's really your apprentice? Well, what are you betting on? I, Zheng Peng, bet with you!" Li Qiang smiled slightly and said, "Just bet that you can't beat my apprentice. If you win, we will bet on you!" I will give you everything, but if you lose, what will you do?" Zheng Peng, the big black man, said: "I will not lose, if I lose, I will give you my life, look at the axe!" Zhao Hao withdrew his treasured saber, and went forward with empty hands.He had already heard that Li Qiang had a crush on this big black man, so he didn't want to hurt him with the precious sword. After the two fought, Zhao Hao immediately understood that this Zheng Peng was only relying on his natural supernatural power, and he could only do three kung fu moves, which was too far behind him, and he was a bit invincible.Zheng Peng was furious, the old man hid faster than a ghost, no matter what he couldn't hit him, he took the big ax away and shouted: "Old man, stop and don't move, give me an axe!" Li Qiang laughed at the side, his legs were weak, and he said: "That's right, that's right, just give him an axe." Zhao Hao also laughed, and said: "Okay, you can cut it!" Zheng Peng got excited, and shouted: "Eat my axe!" Holding a big ax from top to bottom with both hands, he slashed down wildly when the round was round. The strength of this axe could even split a big stone in half.Zhao Hao's martial arts can be regarded as top-notch, and he doesn't like this kind of brute force without skill at all. He used the technique of "four or two strokes of a thousand catties" to lightly flick the side of the axe, and "bang!" Most of the ax fell into the ground.Zhao Hao stretched out his hand and rubbed it on the handle of the axe. Zheng Peng let go of his hands with a yell, and his hands were covered with blood. Li Qiang smiled and said, "You lost!" Zheng Peng looked at the bleeding hands in disbelief, and said with a bitter face, "Uh, I lost. I would like to accept the bet. You can cut me off." Not only Li Qiang but even Zhao Hao also began to like this straightforward guy. The minion soldiers behind Zheng Peng were chattering, "The Lord of the Three Villages has lost, hurry up and inform the Lord of the Great Village." Him." The young men dispersed in a rush. Li Qiang said seriously: "Big man, I don't think you are a robber, you should go home, don't be a robber, I will not kill you." Zhao Hao shook his head and said: "Master, I think he is A homeless man would not be a robber, if you don't want him to be a robber, unless you can take him in." Zheng Peng is simple and straightforward, but he is not stupid, and others can tell whether he is good or bad.Hearing what Zhao Hao said, he hurriedly said: "Little brother, since I lost the bet, I will do as you please. If you don't kill me, I will follow you." Li Qiang thought to himself: "Hey, this big man It’s pretty good at climbing along poles!” Li Qiang felt that it was a pity for a person like Zheng Peng to be a robber, so he might as well take him away, so he said, "Okay." "Hey, who hit my brother? Xiao Heizi, tell my sister who bullied you, and my sister will teach him a lesson!" Li Qiang was surprised and said: "There are also female robbers?" Zheng Peng blushed slightly, and said, "She is the head of the village, much stronger than me." A girl turned out from behind the tree, swinging a whip in her hand , walked over gracefully.