Have You Met My Brother?[Comprehensive Martial Arts + Sword Three] Chapter 41

Chapter 41 Rumors in the world: Goose Bugui: (eating melon.jpg)…

The fish soup of the boatman is really delicious.

The whole big fish seems to be melted into a pot of milky white soup with meat and bones. There are not many ingredients, and the sweet and fresh taste that is almost the original river fish explodes on the tip of the tongue. The taste is so mellow that people almost want to chew the whole bowl after drinking it.

It’s a pity that such a large pot seemed to be empty after each person drank only two or three bowls.When they saw that there was nothing left in the pot, even Guo Xiang, who was used to eating all kinds of delicacies from her mother, and Zuo Mingzhu, whose father was a good fish cook, couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed and regretful in their hearts.

A few bowls of fish soup are definitely not enough for lunch, and subsequent river seafood dishes such as grilled fish, steamed clams, etc. are being prepared.As for the few people who returned to the cabin, the topic changed again –

“…Sister Mingzhu, when you were walking around the world, you saw injustice on the road and took action to teach the bad guys a lesson. Like in the story, have you ever met people who asked you to help redress their grievances? Or were you asked to pick a bandit nearby who was responsible for causing trouble?”

Guo Xiang held a teacup in both hands, her eyes were bright and bright, and she was looking forward to the topic she started, “A person tells a short story about his first entry into the world.”

Zuo Mingzhu’s face turned slightly red when she heard this, and she said with a smile: “It is better to leave things like redressing injustice to experienced hands like Er Ye. As for challenging a bandit village alone… let alone encountering a bandit village so easily; besides, I don’t have such an amazing ability to deal with a group of bandits who are helpless by myself!”

The eldest lady of Toiling Villa is quite calm about this. She knows that she may be the weakest in martial arts among the people here – even Guo Xiang, who is younger than her, is a little better than her. After all, in addition to her family’s martial arts, she also allocates her time to other aspects such as music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine and tea. She is not a gifted person, so she doesn’t think there is anything unacceptable.

“What Miss Zuo said is absolutely true.” Tie Shou strongly agreed with Zuo Mingzhu’s decision to act according to his ability. “The imperial court has always sent personnel to search for bandit villages where the common people live and clear them out. If such a bandit village really exists, and if some people do not go to the government but choose to block the road and request the passing Jianghu Rangers, we really need to be more careful.

“Firstly, it may be that the bandits are trying to exploit the evil forces, and they only select loners to attack; secondly, it may be that local officials and bandits are colluding, and the people have no way to ask for help, so they act rashly, and they may get trapped in it; thirdly, the banditry is too strong, or it has unknown backers, which in turn overwhelms the government, which is extremely dangerous.”

This famous policeman who was living under the government’s control had no qualms about talking about “collusion between officials and gangsters”. I don’t know if he had encountered it before or something, but he had no idea of hiding this gray area.

Having said this, he paused and directly gave an example: “For example, Qi Shaoshang, the leader of Lianyun Village, is not only extremely talented in martial arts, but also amazingly intelligent and good at adapting to situations.There are only a handful of people in the world who can securely defeat this person.If there is a conflict with such masters, it will be difficult to escape unscathed.”

“Master Qi Dazhai… I seem to have heard my father and mother mention it before.”Guo Xiang tilted her head, as if she was reminiscing, “They say that the leader of Qi Dazhai is a hero who knows how to defeat the strong and help the weak, values ​​love and justice, and promises a thousand pieces of gold!”

Tie Shou was silent for a moment, and then replied: “His conduct is indeed worthy of admiration.”

Yan Bugui didn’t know who they were talking about, how powerful they were, or even where the gate of Lianyun Village was.However, he could feel that Tie Shou’s emotions were a bit complicated at this time. He probably thought that the other person was a good person, but he didn’t quite agree with some of the things he did… Well, considering that one of them was from the imperial court and the other was a lawless copycat owner, it was understandable.

The court and the world are sometimes not so clear-cut, but many things are indeed very different, and conflicting positions are inevitable – it is not easy to be neutral, unless you have the strength to suppress dissatisfaction.As far as he knew, anyone who could stay on both sides of the court and the world was quite happy every day. It seemed that he was the only one who was a guest of many sects and became a friend of Lord Hongyi of the court.

When the swordsman was slightly distracted, Tie Shou, who had taken over the topic before, had already finished talking about his own past – talking about a few troubles he encountered when he was a bodyguard and small cases he took over before coming to Beijing. It sounded quite exciting and fascinating.

According to the order drawn before, it is Bai Youjin’s turn next.Bai once sang in an opera, worked as a bodyguard, and was involved in a gang… Bai Mou, who had an extremely rich life experience but was playing the role of a “scholar” at this time, was silent, and then he randomly picked an unimportant thing and said it – he even said it was someone else’s matter, and he seemed to be a bystander.

What Guo Xiang was talking about next was of course her first acquaintance with Yan Bugui, and Yan Bugui was talking about how she once came to the Central Plains and set up a ring in an unknown small town for three days, and then was taken home by her family to wait for the truth…

They took turns chatting and eating river delicacies, and before they knew it, the boat gently docked at a shore – when they walked out of the cabin, it was already dark.

The captain reminded: “We will rest in the city tonight and set off again tomorrow morning. We will almost reach the capital by the evening.”

Yes, Guo Xiang and the others had already changed their destination from near Luoyang to the capital.According to the girl, that is: “There is no rush over there, and I also want to go to the capital to see the world, let’s go together!”So their small boat headed north along the Grand Canal, and now there is only one day’s journey left from the capital.

Yan Bugui jumped from the boat to the ground, and the hanging pendant of the bamboo hat on his head swayed slightly.Xiaoyu, who had been forced to shut up for a long time, stood on the shoulder of the parrot, her head moving little by little, as if she was sleeping.

He turned his head and looked at the city behind him, where the lights were gradually lighting up. The rich smell of fireworks spread to this side.Thinking that he would arrive in the capital soon and might be able to meet Liu Yuan again, he hesitated for a moment.However, he soon put these things aside and followed his companions into the city to find a vacant inn to stay at.

Everyone in the hall felt increasingly hungry due to the hustle and bustle of changing glasses. As soon as they sat down, they heard the excited chatter of nearby tourists:

“Hey, have you heard about it?”

“What did you hear?There are so many things happening every day. If you don’t explain it clearly, you won’t know which one you are mentioning!”

“Don’t worry, wasn’t that what I was about to say – it’s that full moon night!”

“Oh oh oh—who doesn’t know about this yet?Ye Gucheng, the lord of Baiyun City on Feixian Island, has an appointment with Ximen Chuixue, the lord of Wanmei Mountain Villa. The two top swordsman masters are about to fight, and the world has gone crazy!”

“I’ve heard that too.It seems that Lord Ye originally made the appointment at Purple Gold Summit, but Lord Ximen accepted the offer, but postponed the date for a month.Moreover, I also heard that the original location of the fight – the ‘Purple Gold Summit’ was changed to the ‘Forbidden Summit’!”

“you do not say!When I first heard it, I thought there was something wrong with my ears. The top of the Forbidden City!How dare they!”

“But if you think about it carefully, with the skills of those two people, it doesn’t seem too surprising.”

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Conversations like this were introduced to a table of five people. Everyone’s expressions, including Bai Youjin’s, inevitably changed – Guo Xiang and Zuo Mingzhu were more surprised, and Guo Xiang was a little more curious and yearning than Zuo Mingzhu; Iron Hand, who had a status in the imperial court, was much more complicated, mostly worried, melancholy and confused; Bai Youjin’s expression was the calmest, but he was also surprised by this…

The change in Yan Bugui’s expression was also relatively small and light – mainly because he didn’t know people very well.His only familiar name is “Ye Gucheng, Lord of Baiyun City on Feixian Island”, because Xie Donghai is staying in that person’s territory.

“Master Yecheng and Master Ximen…wow!”Guo Xiang blinked his eyes one after another, “This trip comes to the capital first. It seems that we are on the right track!”

Zuo Mingzhu bumped Guo Xiang with her elbow, telling her to look at Tie Shou’s expression, and said: “Unexpectedly, there is such news circulating in the world.But whether it is true or false still needs to be confirmed.”

Tie Shou nodded and said: “Well, the situation is unclear now, and we haven’t eaten yet, so we’d better talk after dinner first.”As he said that, he called the waiter to order food.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the waiter ran to their table, he suddenly heard a high-pitched and high-pitched cry from outside: “It’s murder——”

The first one to duck out was Yan Bugui, and the swordsman was twenty feet away in an instant.The parrot Xiaoyu who was originally on his shoulder showed no signs of sleepiness. When his master made a move, he flew up on his own. However, it did not chase the swordsman, but fell behind and followed the two little girls Guo and Zuo.

In the event of an accident, the superiority of Qinggong became particularly clear – the first to react to the cry were Yan Bugui and Tie Shou, but the second master of the six-door Qinggong seemed to be average. Even Bai Youjin, who had not planned to move but thought about it and followed up to see the situation, was almost behind him and passed him.

As for Guo Xiang and Zuo Mingzhu, they were even more unbearable. First, their reaction was a few beats slow, and then their lightness skills were not as good as the others. They undoubtedly fell into the last echelon. When Tie Shou and Bai Youjin arrived at the scene almost in front of each other, they were still on the way.

At this time, Yan Bugui, who was the fastest one, even chased for several miles before returning to the painting boat where the murder occurred – yes, this was an ambiguous red-pink water painting boat, parked leisurely on the shore, swaying, and the stimulating fragrance of powder filled his nostrils, making the swordsman couldn’t help but sneeze twice.

The deceased was a middle-aged man in richly dressed clothes. He was lying on the deck, still holding a folding fan and swinging his posture. His expression could even be said to be quite happy, but at the same time mixed with unspeakable horror. Then everything froze and looked extremely distorted.

“A sword penetrated the throat, and at the moment of death, the person involved realized that he was about to die – such a fast, hard, and accurate sword!”Tie Shou, who was squatting down to conduct a simple autopsy, stood up with a sullen face. He did not immediately ask the women who were so scared that they were hiding in the cabin. Instead, he looked at Yan Bugui and said, “Young Master Yan, have you seen the perpetrator?”

Yan Bugui lowered his eyes and glanced at the blood spots from the throat of the deceased, and shook his head: “When I arrived, the person was no longer there. I noticed some traces and followed him, but after running for a while, I still didn’t find the person, so I flew back again.”

Tie Shou then gently asked the people inside across the cabin: “I wonder if any of you have witnessed the incident?It is still unknown whether the murderer deliberately sought revenge or acted indiscriminately. For your own safety, please tell the truth so that we can arrest him.”

The cabin was quiet for a while, and then some trembling whispers such as “I don’t know” and “I didn’t see” were heard one after another.After a while, a relatively calm female voice sounded: “Who are you?A passing ranger?Or a government official?”

Tie Shou paused and replied: “Both.”

The female voice added: “…No matter what your background is, if you really want to help, just move the body to the shore, and then you can leave.”

Tie Shou quickly asked: “Does the girl know something?”

The female voice replied: “The man said he was paid by others to help others to eliminate disasters… No matter how much I asked, he didn’t tell me.I tell you all I know, get off our ship quickly, we are leaving!”

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The author has something to say: ps: During the time period of this article, Qi’s thousands-mile escape has not yet happened, and there will be no such part of the plot.