Seeing the clouds

Chapter 4: Three or two gifts

Li An squatted on the ground and finally figured out something, and said calmly: "Why?"

Zhao Ying looked confused and asked: "Brother, what are you talking about?"

Li An laughed silently, and then slowly explained: "At first, I attributed this incident to Black Hair, thinking that he had planned this escape for a long time. Later I discovered something." Li An Standing up from the ground, there were still some crumbs on his fingertips.

"First of all, you were the one who arranged for me to give the drug, and you did put the drug in the food. There is no problem. The question is, why didn't Black Hair eat the bowl of rice? You are very smart and knew that if Black Hair ate it, there was no medicine. The food would arouse my suspicion, so you brought the food in, but told Black Hair that the food was drugged, and then gave him a few safe buns to eat. Then you gave Black Hair the map of the animal pen, As well as the escape route, and pretending to be completely unaware in front of me, I almost deceived you."

Li An looked at Zhao Ying who was looking down, as if looking at a corpse and said: "You know how much I spent to get that mole, and you also know how important this win or loss is to me, but why? "

Zhao Ying, who was exposed, let out a horrifying laugh, raised his head and looked at Li An ferociously: "Then let me tell you something you don't know. Once upon a time, there was a pair of brothers. Their parents died when they were young. , the two lived alone and depended on each other, and were later adopted by a kind-hearted wealthy local businessman. When they grew up, the two brothers stayed in the house to serve their benefactor. Once, the kind-hearted wealthy businessman went to handle business outside the customs, so he took his stronger brother with him. , leaving the eldest brother at home."

Li An said: "Then what?"

Zhao Ying continued: "Later, the rich businessman lost news when he went outside the customs. The rich businessman's eldest daughter was greedy and used some tricks to drive the eldest brother and the rich businessman's frail and only eldest son who could only read out of the house, and even invited him privately. The killer chased the two of them, and in the end the eldest son died violently on the street, but the lucky eldest brother survived and became a homeless dog wandering around. The eldest brother's name was Lu Fu, and he changed his name in the past two years to Zhao Ying."

Li An nodded, and now the truth came to light, and he understood everything.

The man who was once named Lu Fu and is now named Zhao Ying had a ferocious face: "I tried hard to find the whereabouts of my adoptive father and younger brother, and found you. I hid under you for two years. I have been enduring it, I have been enduring it, and I have endured it until today. With this opportunity, before fighting the beast, I made a deal with Black Hair, as long as he can successfully defeat the soil bug and escape successfully. With his strength and importance, you will definitely send your most powerful Let Fan Li, the most trusted and most powerful man, go hunt him down."

The more he talked, the happier he became. The ferocious face and cheerful tone were really scary: "Once he successfully seduces Fan Li and his brothers, as long as he lives, I will leave him a large sum of money at the bank in Yumenguan." A small reward, plus I, Zhao Ying, owe him a favor. This is a win-win deal, so he agreed after thinking about it. Fortunately, he kept up the good work, otherwise I don’t know how many years it will take to get this opportunity again."

"You killed my biological brother who was dependent on me for life, you killed my adoptive father who was so kind to me, and you killed my adoptive father's poor son. In the past two years, I have been expecting you to die suddenly every moment."

Li An frowned slightly at Zhao Ying's scheming, but still did not feel the seriousness of the matter: "So what you did this time was to avenge them, right? But you seem to have failed."

"Failed?" Zhao Ying shook his head and said with a smile, "It seems you still don't understand."

Li An's face was gloomy and he said solemnly: "I want to see how you kill me!"

Zhao Ying patted the shoulder of the man on the side, and the man nodded. Seeing this, Li An narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "You bribed my brothers?"

Zhao Ying nodded: "Not all, but your loyal friends are now out to find the black-haired prisoner. Originally, your biggest reliance was the second-grade Fan Li, who was indeed the biggest obstacle for me to get rid of you. .”

Li An's eyes became colder and colder, and he said fiercely: "Aren't you afraid that Fan Li will come back and kill you?"

Zhao Ying said nonchalantly: "You don't need to worry about this. You just need to be ready to meet my adoptive father and two younger brothers down there."

Li An's face was full of reluctance, his hands began to tremble, and he hit his thigh with a hammer. Zhao Ying took out a sharp knife from his arms and walked up to him, patted his shoulder, and said softly: "When we get down there, can you follow me? My adoptive father, my two brothers can apologize?"

Li An's teeth were trembling, and he wanted to say something. The expression on his face changed from unwillingness to resignation to fear. The knife in Zhao Ying's hand turned upward and froze.

"I accept your apology on their behalf."

As soon as he finished speaking, the blade of the knife pierced Li An's body. Zhao Ying held the handle of the knife and pulled it up suddenly. Blood spurted out and stained the entire cell red.

Zhao Ying looked at the corpse on the ground indifferently.

When Zhang woke up at the beginning of the month, he found that he was being carried across an old camel. He propped up his body and slid to the ground.There is no pain in my body anymore, but some indescribable smoothness.The middle-aged people wearing bamboo hats around him were no strangers. It was Li Muzhi who had invited him to drink "wine" earlier.Li Muzhi was a little surprised to see that he woke up in just three hours, and then his face was full of joy.

He reached out and patted the arm of the boy in front of him and said, "Are you awake?"

The young man nodded and asked, "What happened to me before?"

Li Muzhi did not answer his question immediately, but asked softly: "I don't have time to explain to you now, there is an uninvited guest."

The young man frowned and asked in confusion: "Uninvited guest? Is he looking for you?"

Li Muzhi reached out and took off the white cloth hanging on the camel. There seemed to be something wrapped in the cloth, shaped like a stick: "No one has looked for me for a long, long time, so I guess it belongs to you."

Zhang Yue nodded. After all, the Zhang family had enemies all over the world, and it was possible that they were the three people who were chasing him.But the strange thing is that no one came to the door after being trapped in the animal pen for so long. Why did they chase him as soon as he came out of the animal pen?

Li Muzhi straightened the coir raincoat, letting out his breath as if facing a formidable enemy, and said softly: "I pretended to be an expert in front of you before, but I had no choice but to let out my breath, so it was noticed by others. Otherwise, I deliberately concealed my energy, even if I am the best in the world. Even the Qigong Practitioners can’t catch any clues.”

While talking, a figure fell on the loess, not far or close to the two of them.Zhang Chuchu looked around and saw the figure with his hands clasped behind his back. Except for the white right sleeve, the whole body was completely dark green. He wore a long knife on his right waist. Although he was middle-aged, his clean face was still handsome and young.Zhang Yue looked at the slovenly Li Muzhi next to him again. The two of them looked at each other in a superior manner.

Left hand knife.

The man smiled and said: "It turns out to be General Li of Li Muzhi. No wonder he has such strong Qi."

Li Muzhi, who was recognized, looked at the strange man who was obviously an enemy rather than a friend, narrowed his eyes, and said with a smile: "I don't dare to be a general, who is this brother?"

The man was still smiling, clasping his fists lightly and saying, "I'm Xu Luzhi.

"It turns out that he is the newly promoted No. [-] in the world. I don't know what he is doing." Li Muzhi was not polite.

The person who came was Xu Luzhi, the sixth newly ranked member of the martial arts ranking list. Legend has it that he is also the leader of the most mysterious organization in the world, "Mosha".Speaking of Mosha, ordinary people may not know it, but princes, generals, ministers or people in the rivers and lakes will be frightened when they hear it.I don’t know when Mosha arose, and I don’t know where it arose from, as if overnight, it spread all over the world.And all the members of Mosha are masters of martial arts, and their purpose is simple and clear: you pay, and I kill.

There are rumors in the world that there is no one they cannot kill unless the client can afford it. As long as you have enough gold and silver in your pocket, even the emperor can kill him!
As for whether the rumors of killing the emperor are true, no one knows, but since Mo Sha appeared until now, from the right ministers of the old Han Dynasty to the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and down to ordinary people, there have been a total of 320 seven assassinations without a single failure.Someone in the watch threatened, "Mosha wants you to die on the third watch, who can keep you until the fifth watch?"

However, despite his terrifying behavior, Mo Sha is indeed extremely mysterious. If the leader Xu Luzhi was not ranked sixth on the martial arts evaluation list, no one in the world except within Mo Sha would know the names of any of the members. The level of confidentiality is even higher than that of the secretaries in the imperial court. It's so overwhelming that it's unbelievable.

Xu Luzhi held the scabbard at her waist with her right hand. Inside the scabbard was Yu Gong, the third most famous swordsman in the world: "Come today and ask for a head from General Li."

Li Muzhi laughed: "It must not belong to Li."

Xu Luzhi shook his head.

Li Muzhi held the white cloth, his eyes gradually turned cold: "No need to talk?"

Xu Luzhi wants a human head. If Xu Luzhi and Li Muzhi are removed from the scene, the result will be obvious.

Xu Luzhi still shook his head.

Li Muzhi did not give up: "If I pay twice as much money..."

Before Li Mu finished speaking, he was directly interrupted by Xu Luzhi laughing: "Are you rich?" It can be said that Li Muzhi, who was in tatters all over, was not angry. He flicked his right hand upwards and pointed his thumb at Zhang Yue behind him: "His father has .”

Xu Luzhi looked amused. He didn't expect that the famous gun king Li Muzhi not only led troops to fight smoothly, but was also unambiguous in doing business. However, Mo Sha's rules cannot be broken: "It doesn't matter if his father has it, unless you take it on the spot now." Come out, for the sake of you and his father, I will take the money and leave, pretending that I have not accepted the order. But I am very curious, back then you and Zhang Yunping fought to the death, but now you are willing to protect his son, Could it be that your departure from Southern Tang Dynasty had something to do with Zhang Yunping?"

Li Muzhi, who had always kept silent about this matter, explained for the first time: "When I left Southern Tang Dynasty, I just followed my own wishes and had nothing to do with others. As for this kid, what does it have to do with him whether I win or lose in a fight with his father? I protect him. It has nothing to do with who his son is. I just listen to him calling me uncle. But as a killer who has no involvement in political affairs, why are you so curious about the Warring States period?" Then he read Mo Sha twice softly, and suddenly Suddenly enlightened, he smiled and said, "It turns out he is a remnant of the Mo family."

The word "remnant" hits the nail on the head!

When Xu Luzhi heard the word "remnants", she didn't get angry but smiled, and placed her right hand on Yugong on the right side of his waist.

"The remnant? What a remnant!"

Before the Warring States Period, the so-called three religions referred to Confucianism, Taoism, and Mohism.When the Warring States Period broke out and the war broke out, Confucians went to the temples and temples, and used the skills of emperors to make plans for the attacks of various countries; Taoists hid themselves in the mountains and forests, and did not care about the affairs of the world, but only pursued the Tao and soared, and had no disputes with the world; only the Mohists Braving the disapproval of the world, he proposed "non-offensive". The contemporary giant Gongsun Ban even lobbied all countries in an attempt to stop the war. As a result, the kings of various countries were furious and the world was destroyed.Only then did Buddhism replace Mohism and become the new three religions. During the annihilation of Mohism, the leader of Mohism was brutally cooked and killed. As long as the other Mohists were not killed, they would all disappear from the world, and the end would be very tragic.

Until today, Li Muzhi finally knew where those Mozi who had disappeared from the world had gone.

But knowing these is not important. What is important is how to save the life of the child behind him.

So Li Muzhi said: "I didn't expect that the Mo family, who was hiding in the world, would become Mosha who hired murderers to kill people. But back then, the extermination of Mo was initiated by the kings of various countries. Now that you are here to kill this kid for the imperial court, isn't it a bit... ...Putting the cart before the horse? And I remember that back then, Zhang Yunping was the only barbarian in the world who said a lot of good and conscientious words for your Mo family. Is what you are doing now considered repaying kindness with enmity?"

Xu Luzhi said quietly: "To use what General Li said before, those good words were all said by Zhang Yunping. What does it have to do with the kid behind you?"

Li Muzhi was speechless after hearing this.

Then Xu Luzhi continued: "At first, Mo Sha didn't want to accept this deal, but the price offered by the buyer was too tempting. But everyone in the Mo family, including Xu, was not an ungrateful person, and everyone often lamented that King Qi had provided help in times of need. , so I can make concessions today.”

Hearing that things had turned around, Li Muzhi quickly asked: "What?"

Xu Luzhi said slowly: "The two of us have a competition. If I lose, then even if I break Mo Sha's rules, I will not cause trouble to this kid again. Hey, what's your name, kid?"

Zhang Chuo, who was behind Li Mu, heard this and loudly replied: "Zhang Chuo!"

After listening to Xu Luzhi's so-called concession, Li Muzhi nodded.Then he thought of something and bargained with Xu Luzhi: "However, if I win, can I keep the sword? On the contrary, if you win, then I, Li Muzhi, will give you my head as well."

Xu Luzhi narrowed his eyes, looked at Li Muzhi's serious face, and thought about the reason.

Then he replied: "Exchanging a knife for a head of infinite value, I think I still made a profit. But why?"

Li Muzhi turned around and patted Zhang Yue, who wisely understood and led the old camel away from the two of them.Then Li Muzhi turned around and laughed: "This kid will be crowned in a few days, and I'm not ready for the crowning ceremony yet."

Xu Luzhi said without hesitation: "Okay!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Muzhi opened the white cloth, and a brand new spear fell into Li Muzhi's hand. The head of the spear was smooth but not sharp. It was a rare round-headed spear. There was a dragon lying around the head of the spear.

The second most famous gun in the world is Panlong.

At this time, the energy in Xu Luzhi's body also began to flow. The flow was not very deep, but it was so fast that Li Muzhi could not believe it.

Suddenly, Yu Gong took out his sheath and Xu Luzhi moved.

The sword was like a strong wind, attacking Li Muzhi.Li Muzhi raised his arm and shot straight in, breaking the sword. The head of the gun collided with Yu Gong who came forward. Yu Gong, the third most famous swordsman in the world, and Panlong, the second most famous gun in the world, were fighting each other. together.Xu Luzhi was in charge of offense and Li Muzhi was in charge of defense. The two went back and forth.

Yu Gong turned over in Xu Luzhi's hand and stuck it on Panlong's gun barrel. Xu Luzhi held the knife with both hands and pushed Yu Gong towards the root of the gun barrel. Li Muzhi could not abandon the gun with both hands, but at the same time he attacked Xu Luzhi with his right foot, but was dodged by the latter. After opening, Li Muzhi held Panlong in his right hand and knocked Xu Luzhi away with a sweep.But Xu Luzhi's offensive was still the same, and he charged forward with his sword, which was very fast and fierce, one sword after another, overlapping like a thousand waves, while the coiled dragon in Li Muzhi's hand curved and jumped in the air, melting those waves one by one.But I saw that Xu Luzhi's offensive did not show signs of decline, but became faster and more fierce.

Many of Li Muzhi's clothes had been torn by the sword energy, but he had no intention of retreating until the coir rain hat on his head was split an inch into cracks. He took a step back and gently pushed Panlong forward, and a blast was like thunder. The collapse force exploded in front of Xu Luzhi, and all the previous sword power shattered in the air. Ripples splashed between the two. Xu Luzhi was rushed back a few steps, and the offensive was temporarily interrupted. He held the knife in his left hand. Place Yugong in front of your waist and abdomen, spread out the five fingers of your right hand and place them on the blade, whispering in your mouth: "Move mountains." After a brief pause, the blade of the blade was attached with the force of wind and thunder, and the dust, flowers and grass all over it were Many were wrapped in wind and thunder.Xu Luzhi waved forward, and the force of wind and thunder that swallowed up the mountains and rivers swept across the country and slashed horizontally towards Li Muzhi. Seeing this, Li Muzhi threw the Coiling Dragon out. After several turns in the air, the Coiling Dragon landed not far away. In front of Zhang Yue's body, the head of the gun was inserted into the loess and stood upright.Just when Zhang Yue had not figured out what was happening, the sword force mixed with wind and thunder had already swept towards everything in front of Xu Luzhi. Li Muzhi, with a serious face, raised his right foot and shouted: "Define!" and fiercely The ground in front of him suddenly roared, and the beating sand blocked a small part of the sword.But the other huge swords that were not blocked still stabbed Zhang Yue, unable to open his eyes, and his ears were buzzing with the huge sound. For a moment, he didn't know what was happening between heaven and earth.

And when Zhang Yue opened his eyes again, he found that Xu Luzhi had no longer launched an offensive, and a small part of the surrounding land had been destroyed and filled with smoke and dust.As for objects that are more than the waist length around and within a hundred meters behind him, whether they are vegetation or rocks, they will be cut off in half.But he and the Coiling Dragon in front of him were unscathed, especially the Coiling Dragon Spear, which was still as straight as a tree without any deviation.

Zhang Yue quickly looked for Li Muzhi and found that Li Muzhi was standing behind the smoke not far away. He was standing astride, his knees slightly bent, his upper arms crossed in front of his chest, and a huge crack appeared on the waist of his shirt, as if he had been struck by a knife. It was cut off at the waist, but fortunately the body under the clothes was intact.He looked serious, but still as still as a mountain
Xu Luzhi looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, who was famous in the Central Plains and hidden in the world but no one underestimated him. He shook his head and smiled helplessly.

Who said he was extremely romantic back then?This wall is really smelly and hard.

On the other hand, Li Muzhi, who held the second most famous gun in the world, looked at the man in front of him who was extremely simple in both clothing and aura, and his expression was not relaxed.

Worthy of being sixth in the world!
The two were in a stalemate for dozens of seconds, and finally Xu Luzhi took the initiative. He took off the scabbard from his waist and put Yu Gong in it. The whole knife was inserted straight into the soil. He smiled at Zhang Yue and said: " I heard that you will be crowned in a few days, so this sword can be regarded as my crowning gift, and it can also be regarded as my gratitude to your father for what he said many years ago."

Zhang Yue, who had been stunned by the killing between the two men, slowly recovered, nodded, and said with difficulty: "Thank you, Uncle Xu."

Li Muzhi on the side suddenly widened his eyes angrily.

This knife was obviously a crowning gift from me to this kid, so why did it become yours!
Xu Luzhi ignored Li Muzhi's anger, smiled handsomely, and disappeared in an instant.

Li Muzhi was left sighing. How could this person be so stingy in his behavior?He walked over and picked up the famous knife that was inserted into the soil. Suddenly he felt something. He was first surprised and then laughed with relief.

It turns out that this is the crowning ceremony, and it doesn’t seem stingy.

Zhang Chuchu saw Li Muzhi laughing over there, and he was still confused. He thought that the fight he had experienced in the animal pen was a battle beyond ordinary people. It was not until today that he realized that compared with the real master, , he is as childish as a child playing in the mud. Of course, he himself is not very old.

Li Muzhi looked at Zhang Yue and threw Yu Gong in his hand to him. The latter caught it steadily with both hands. The carved scabbard and the black iron-forged knife inside were heavier than expected.Zhang Yue held the knife with one hand and stroked it gently with the other. He knew that it belonged to him from today on.

Seeing this scene, Li Muzhi smiled and patted the boy and said, "Okay, don't touch it. I'm so hungry after the fight just now. I have to find a place to fill my stomach. Are you hungry?"

I didn't mention it but didn't notice it. It seemed that I hadn't eaten for a long time. Zhang Yue touched his stomach and said a little embarrassedly: "A little."

The young man's answer was also what Li Muzhi expected. He said, "I know you have a lot to ask, so don't worry, just ask slowly while eating."

The young man nodded, held Yu Gong in his hand tightly, and looked firmly to the east, and Li Muzhi also looked to the east.

Yumen Pass is not far away.

The young man couldn't help but whisper softly: "May I ask about Luo Meifan's songs, Congfeng can fill Guanshan in one night."

(End of this chapter)