Yours truly, Ouyang Feng

Chapter 57: Not Yet Met Wang Chongyang
The morning light filtered through the gaps in the window paper, poured into the inner room, and reflected on Lin Chaoying's face.

Ouyang Feng looked at her pretty face, which looked less cold and more gentle under the warm morning light, and asked:
"The meridians are now unblocked. Do you feel better?"

Lin Chaoying nodded slightly, "Thank you for your hard work, but your Qi is flowing smoothly now. Although your internal and external injuries have not healed, you can now perform some of your skills."

So Ouyang Feng slowly stopped the exercise, withdrew his palm, and said:
"We have to change the medicine again in the morning. Sister Lin, please change the medicine first."

He stood up and was about to leave the inner room when Lin Chaoying looked at his back and suddenly said:

"Ouyang, I owe you two lives. One in the Imperial Garden and one in the cellar. I will always remember your life-saving grace."

Ouyang Feng paused, looked back at her, and said half-jokingly and half-seriously:

"That's not necessary. Sister Lin and Brother Hong's suffering this time is also closely related to me. If I hadn't been determined to go down the tunnel to explore the underground palace, how could you have been poisoned? If you hadn't been poisoned, how could a mere Fu Dahai have hurt Sister Lin in the slightest? Anyway, since I call you sister, there's no need to be so clear."

Lin Chaoying paid no attention to his previous words of taking responsibility. She just smiled and said silently:

"It's your business if you don't want to make the distinction, but I will remember your kindness..."

……

"Brother Hong, you look much better, don't you?"

"Thanks to Brother Ouyang's antidote and healing chapter, I am indeed much better now. My strength has been fully restored overnight. How is Miss Lin's injury?"

"The meridians have been opened, and I can circulate my internal energy. Although my injuries have not healed, they no longer affect my movements, and I can now practice martial arts."

"Great! In that case, can we leave Xingqing Mansion? This damn place seems to be a bit offensive to me. Since I started practicing martial arts, I have never been so unlucky as this time. Now I don't want to stay here any longer."

"Okay, let's rest for a while, and we'll leave the city in the afternoon."

"After leaving the city, Brother Ouyang will head south to Guanzhong?"

"Yes, I am going to meet the master of Guanzhong."

"In this case, I cannot go with you."

"Oh? Where will Brother Hong go?"

"I originally came to Guanzhong from Sichuan and was going to work in Zhongdu of the Jin Kingdom. But when I heard about the atrocities of the Five Tigers of Qinling in Guanzhong, I turned to Xingqing Prefecture. I was delayed for so long. Next, I have to rush to Zhongdu day and night to avoid delaying Zhongdu's affairs. But I can no longer travel with Brother Ouyang. By the way, where is the table?"

"The table with the Lingbo Weibu carved on it? It's already destroyed."

"Very good. This kind of unique skill that does not require high skills must not be left to the enemy country of Xixia."

"Brother Hong, do you know that my family will sooner or later march eastward and destroy Xixia? I would like to thank Brother Hong for worrying about my family's cause."

"..."

……

In the afternoon, outside Xingqing Prefecture, in the wilderness.

"Brother Ouyang, Miss Lin, I have to take my leave now."

Hong Qi bowed and said goodbye to Ouyang Feng and Lin Chaoying.

"Take care on your journey."

Lin Chaoying said with a cupped hand.

Ouyang Feng took out a booklet from his pocket and threw it to him, "This is what you deserve."

Hong Qi took the booklet and said with a smile:

“Underground Palace martial arts again? Brother Ouyang, I, Hong Qi, am not a smart and delicate person. I can’t practice so many skills!”

"So I only picked out a few that are suitable for you."

Ouyang Feng smiled and bowed to Hong Qi:
"Goodbye, take care!"

"Brother Ouyang, Lady Lin, take care!"

After saying goodbye, the three of them went their separate ways. Hong Qi strode eastward, while Ouyang Feng and Lin Chaoying headed southward. After they parted, Hong Qi opened the booklet that Ouyang Feng had given him. He saw that it contained no specific martial arts moves, but only some extremely exquisite palm power techniques. Hong Qi couldn't help but smile knowingly:
"Brother understands me!"

Looking back at Ouyang Feng's back, which was now only a small dot, Hong Qi laughed and said:
"Brother Ouyang, when my palm technique is perfected, I will fight you in a serious contest!"

From afar, seeing Ouyang Feng raising his hand and waving, Hong Qi laughed again, took the Lingbo Light Step and flew towards the east.

the other side.

Ouyang Feng walked side by side with Lin Chaoying, listening to Lin Chaoying talking about the masters of Guanzhong.

"The martial arts world in Guanzhong has declined in recent years. Otherwise, the Five Tigers of Qinling would not have been able to commit atrocities in broad daylight and slaughter nine households in one day and night. As far as I know, there is no one who can compare with you, Ouyang, no matter whether young or old."

"No one?" Ouyang Feng was a little surprised: "Ms. Lin..."

Seeing Lin Chaoying's sidelong glance, which seemed to be dissatisfied, Ouyang Feng naturally changed his words:
"Hasn't Sister Lin ever heard of Wang Chongyang?"

After hearing his change of words, Lin Chaoying raised the corners of her lips, revealing a smile, and said:

"Wang Chongyang? I've definitely never heard of him."

never heard of that?

Ouyang Feng was startled, then he remembered that "Chongyang" was a Taoist name, and Wang Chongyang used a lay name before he entered Taoism, so he immediately asked:
"What about Wang Zhongfu, Wang Shixiong, or Wang Haifeng?"

Wang Zhongfu is Wang Chongyang's real name. Wang Shixiong and Wang Haifeng are also names used by Wang Chongyang.

Lin Chaoying said, "I have heard of the name Wang Haifeng. He was the leader of the anti-Jin righteous army and a hero who led troops to fight. As for his personal martial arts skills, I am not very clear."

Ouyang Feng said:

"So Sister Lin doesn't know that Wang Haifeng?"

Lin Chaoying also looked at him strangely, "Why should I know that Wang Haifeng?"

"Well..."

Lin Chaoying and Wang Chongyang had not yet met. Ouyang Feng had actually made some guesses about this because he was very familiar with the deeds of Lin Chaoying and Wang Chongyang:

The two were initially "rivals in life". Later, Wang Chongyang was completely defeated, disheartened, and secluded himself in the Tomb of the Living Dead. After hearing the news, Lin Chaoying rushed to the Tomb of the Living Dead and shouted and challenged Wang Chongyang to a fight, provoking him for seven days and seven nights. When Wang Chongyang could no longer be provoked and rushed out to fight her to the death, she suddenly said, since you're out, don't go back.

Wang Chongyang then realized that she had good intentions and didn't want to see him become depressed, shut himself in the mausoleum, and waste his best years. From then on, the two of them turned from enemies to friends and traveled the world together.

However, this time Lin Chaoying came to Xingqing Prefecture alone to kill the Five Tigers of Qinling, and no one accompanied her.

The "Fossil Pill" is still in the hands of the Five Tigers of Qinling.

After discovering that Ouyang Feng was bandaging her wounds, her reaction was not as intense as he expected. Later, when she was recovering from her injuries, her behavior in front of him did not seem like she already had a lover.

These doubts made Ouyang Feng vaguely feel that Lin Chaoying and Wang Chongyang did not seem to have any special friendship.

But what he didn't expect was that the two of them had more than just no special relationship.

They hadn't even gotten to know each other yet, not even close enough to being "lifelong rivals".

As for being single at the age of 29, it is easy to understand. Lin Chaoying is proud and arrogant, and she probably looks down on ordinary people. Given her temperament and martial arts skills, the elders in her family probably cannot decide her marriage.

While I was thinking about it, I heard Lin Chaoying say:
"Speaking of which, Wang Haifeng was indeed a famous person. It was said that he was originally from a noble family in Xianyang County. He studied literature when he was young and was good at riding and shooting. He was both civil and military. He was going to take the imperial examinations and become an official. But one year, a famine struck the village, and the Jin government did not provide disaster relief, leaving the hungry people to fend for themselves. In order to survive, the hungry people could only rob, and this time they robbed the Wang family.

"His uncle wanted to report to the government and ask for troops to suppress the bandits. Wang Haifeng saw that the starving people were too miserable, so he not only stopped his uncle, but also released grain to help them. But doing so violated the government's taboos, and they wanted to arrest him and convict him. Wang Haifeng was already dissatisfied with the Jin government's heavy taxes and disregard for people's livelihood. In anger, he simply led the starving people to rebel, and since then he has embarked on the road of resisting the Jin government."

Hearing this, Ouyang Feng said:
"I guess his start was not smooth."

Lin Chaoying nodded. "When Wang Haifeng started his rebellion, the Jin army was no longer as powerful as it was when the country was founded, but it was still the strongest army in the world. The Jin also promoted culture and education, established schools, held imperial examinations, and implemented the Han system. The key point was that the Song Dynasty also paid tribute to the Jin Dynasty. In the early years, there was a policy of letting southerners return to the south and northerners return to the north, completely abandoning the northerners. As a result, many northern warriors became discouraged and simply regarded the Jin Dynasty as the orthodox and worked for the Jin Dynasty..."

At this point, she said with emotion:
"In short, the Jin army is strong and has no shortage of experts. Even if Wang Haifeng is a man of both civil and military talents, how can he shake the rule of the Jin Dynasty with a group of hungry people? I remember when I was thirteen or fourteen years old, I heard that Wang Haifeng had conquered the county town with great fanfare. Until now, I occasionally hear some sporadic news, which is the official notice that the Wang family gang has been destroyed and the bandit leader Wang Haifeng has been executed. Of course, there have been too many similar notices, no less than four or five times, and Wang Haifeng has been executed four or five times."

Ouyang Feng burst out laughing. It turned out that lying about military intelligence had been a tradition since ancient times.

(End of this chapter)