Traveling through the heavens starts from practicing swords in the palace

Chapter 116 115. The Secret
What children fear most in fighting is being known by the school, so when Lin Pingzhi said that he would go to Wudang Mountain to find the disciple surnamed Zhu by name, he knew in his heart that the opponent in this martial arts competition would probably not be able to shirk.

So after hearing Fengliang say that he went to find the answer he was sure to give in the past two days, Lin Pingzhi didn't say anything more, and left with Yan Chu.

He always felt that this matter was not quite right. It was different from what he had imagined along the way. Looking at Fengliang's temperament, he did not seem to be someone who would pick fights just to vent his anger. However, the previous conversation with Fengliang and his self-confessed martial arts competition made Lin Pingzhi felt very strange.

He couldn't help asking Yan Chu: "I didn't expect Feng Liang to have such a temperament. Although he is young, he behaves like a senior. Has he always been like this or just pretended to be like this?"

Yan Chudao: "Hey, Mr. Lin, you don't know something. He comes from a family of martial arts, and his martial arts may not be very high, but this set of hypocrisy and affectation is well-learned. , How could I suffer such a big loss."

"It's just that I agreed to the martial arts competition myself. He is now the co-pilot of our sub-rudder. I can only smile in front of him and pretend that nothing happened. My humble appearance just now must be despised by you, Young Master Lin. .”

Although Lin Pingzhi faintly still felt wrong, but there was nothing wrong with Yan Chu's remarks, so he didn't ask any more questions.He thought in his heart that he was not Yan Chu's real father anyway, because of Ling Chang's friendship, he just wanted to help him get back in a fight, and there was no need to worry so much about the details of other reasons.

Especially since the fight was just incidental, the main purpose was to find Linghu Chong's whereabouts through the information network of the Beggar Clan.

Yan Chu seemed to see Lin Pingzhi's thoughts, and said, "Young Master Lin, I will take you to meet someone."

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The rivers in ancient times were really clear, with ripples caused by fishes and shrimps bouncing around, the families of the beggar gang members by the river were doing laundry, and occasionally there were children happily playing in the water by the bank, while their mothers were rubbing their clothes. Seeing that, I secretly took off my clothes and went into the water, but I couldn't hide it. I was dragged back and rewarded with a meal of fried chestnuts. I was also warned that there were water ghosts in the river, and if I went down, I couldn't come back.

No one has ever seen what a water ghost looks like, but every child has a very rich imagination, and he can freely set up a terrifying image in his mind.The mother's violent beatings are often forgotten when they don't hurt. On the contrary, the illusory water ghost who has not caused any real harm makes the baby dare to play with the water on the bank, and dare not go down the river.

Lin Pingzhi, who was passing by along the river, looked friendly and even had the urge to take off his clothes and play in the river. The scorching sun made his hair almost catch fire. It must be very refreshing to jump into the river and plunge into the water.But of course it's just thinking about it. Adults have adult things to do, so they can't be as unscrupulous as children.

Yan Chu led Lin Pingzhi to walk along the river, and the person he was looking for was the 65-year-old old brother of the beggar gang who wanted to become a co-pilot and retired. His name was Dong Lao. His original name was either too awkward or It's too ugly, maybe he himself forgot, but everyone just calls him Mr. Dong.

Yan Chu introduced Mr. Dong in front of Lin Pingzhi: "He is the most experienced figure in the Hubei branch of our beggar gang, and now he is in charge of logistics and intelligence in our branch."

Hearing the word "information", Lin Pingzhi's eyes lit up, knowing why Yan Chu brought himself to meet this person.

At first glance, Mr. Dong is the kind of loyal, honest and sincere person with a square face. He still has a figure in his sixties without a small belly. His hair is a little gray but still thick and lush. It's wrinkles, but the eyes are shining, showing that the energy is still strong.

He looked at Lin Pingzhi with a smile, with sincerity in his smile, as if Lin Pingzhi had been his friend for many years. This kind of natural acquaintance would make some people feel disgusted, but Lin Pingzhi gave birth to this Dong Lao. Feeling like a good friend.

He couldn't help sighing that although this place is only a sub-rudder of the beggar gang, and this person has not become the sub-rudder of the sub-rudder, it is obviously not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Coughing, Lin Pingzhi said: "Hi, Mr. Dong, I won't bother you any more, let's get straight to the point and tell you why I'm here: I have some connections with the Huashan sect, and I heard that there have been some changes in Huashan recently, so I want to ask you well-informed beggars. Help me find out if there is any news from the Huashan School recently—it would be best if I know the whereabouts of Huashan School Yue Buqun, his wife and their eldest disciple Linghu Chong."

When Elder Dong heard Lin Pingzhi's question, the light in his eyes suddenly disappeared, and he instantly turned into an ordinary decayed old man with dementia. He just poured tea for Lin Pingzhi and Yan Chu, and kept saying, "Drink tea, drink tea. "

Yan Chu suddenly felt embarrassed, and hurriedly wanted to plead for Lin Pingzhi, but Lin Pingzhi stopped him with a slight smile, three ingots in his left hand, and Ling Chang's token bamboo stick in his right.

Handing the bamboo stick and gold ingots to Elder Dong, Lin Pingzhi said: "Elder Dong, this is a token of your Beggar Clan. To be honest, I am familiar with Ling Chang, the rudder leader of your Fujian sub-rudder. Do me this favor on his face."

"In addition, the Beggar Clan's intelligence network naturally requires a lot of manpower and material resources. The 30 taels of gold is a small gesture. I invite all the Beggar Clan brothers to drink tea, and please accept it."

"After Mr. Dong told me the news, I naturally kept my mouth shut. I would never tell anyone that I got the news from the Beggar Gang, and of course I would not mention Mr. Dong's name."

When he said this long paragraph, Elder Dong always looked at him with a smile, and when he finished speaking, his smile disappeared, his eyes flashed, and he said seriously: "Young master doesn't look like a beggar sect disciple."

Yan Chu's complexion changed, and he wanted to say something, but Lin Pingzhi knew that he couldn't hide it from this seemingly honest and honest old Jianghu, so he said bluntly: "Mr. Dong has good eyesight, and I'm going to Fuwei Escort Bureau Lin Pingzhi, because I came to your beggar gang to share Ruo is afraid that others will be suspicious, so please forgive me for dressing up like this."

There was a trace of surprise in Dong Lao's eyes, and he said: "Lin Pingzhi from the Fuwei Escort? But Lin Pingzhi, the young master of the Lin family who has clashed with the Qingcheng faction in recent months? Hey, the young master's reputation has been really loud recently."

As he spoke, he took the bamboo stick from Lin Pingzhi's hand, and after verifying that it was genuine, he returned the bamboo stick to Lin Pingzhi and said, "Young master, you are welcome. Since you are a friend of Fujian Ling Tuozhu, it is naturally my friend." My good friend, a year ago at the Junshan Beggar Clan meeting, Master Ling and I drank for three nights in a row, we were so happy, and seeing him again this year, we will really get him drunk."

He said again: "Mr. Lin's bamboo stick is indeed a token of my gang, but you keep the gold, otherwise you will look down on me. Although our gang of beggars are all poor beggars, we will never accept money from good friends."

Lin Pingzhi smiled and said: "Mr. Dong is wrong. This is not a gift money I gave you politely. It is your Beggar Clan disciples who spend money to inquire about the news. You will definitely need gold and silver." Negative pocket.

Although people in the martial arts world don't value money very much, anyone will feel pleasing to the eye when the shining gold is in front of them.

So Mr. Dong couldn't make excuses repeatedly, but he still didn't take out the gold and return it to Lin Pingzhi.

Mr. Dong said: "Young Master Lin is indeed a generous man. The movements of the Huashan Sect - well, Mr. Lin is not an outsider, I'll just say it's okay - we have been paying attention and we have some information in the past few days, but we still need to verify it. , I will let my subordinates pay close attention to the traces of Xia Yue and the others, to see if they can know their whereabouts in detail."

"Mr. Lin, please rest assured. I will inform you as soon as there is definite news."

Lin Pingzhi nodded his thanks, he had nothing else to do, so he chatted a little more, took his leave and left.

Although Yan Chu had a thatched hut to live in, Lin Pingzhi, who had a lot of gold on his body, naturally wouldn't want to sleep in it at night.

So he left the sub-helm of the beggar gang, found the hotel where Yue Lingshan was staying, and went to sleep in a soft big bed room.Yan Chu had just returned from leave, and there were many things to do in the rudder, so he didn't come with him, but agreed to contact him at any time if there were any changes.

Of course, there is no instant messaging software. Contacting at any time means looking for each other at any time.

Yue Lingshan was bored at the hotel, and was very unhappy to see Lin Pingzhi come back. Lin Pingzhi told Yue Lingshan that he had contacted the members of the Beggar Gang sub-helm, and would know the whereabouts of Linghu Chong and others as soon as they found out. It is more accurate because Xiangyang is quite close to Mount Hua, maybe they can have their exact location, Yue Lingshan feels at ease after hearing this.

The two walked around Xiangyang City again, and felt that compared with Fuzhou, the folk customs and snacks were different. However, Yue Lingshan was close to her family, so she was always a little bored, so they stopped shopping and went back to the hotel room to rest.

Lin Pingzhi was lying on the bed. Although the luxury bed in the hotel was soft and comfortable, but there was no air conditioner in ancient times, he still felt a little hot. He was about to go out to see if there was any special service and find some beautiful girls to fan him. There is a knock on the door.

He couldn't help wondering, it's fine that Fuzhou is his hometown where people often look for him, but when he comes to a hotel in a different place like Xiangyang, there won't be someone looking for him in the room, so he decided in his heart that it was Yue Lingshan or Yan Chu.

When he opened the door, he was surprised——

It was Fengliang.

Lin Pingzhirao is a master of martial arts, and he has a calm state of mind after several life and death exercises, so he can't help showing surprise.

But he still said: "Master Feng, honored guest, please come in, please come in."

Feng Liang didn't refuse, he walked into the guest room with his legs up, his body was straight and his steps were strong but landed lightly, appearing confident and courageous.

Lin Pingzhi was about to close the door when he came in, but found another person walking slowly. Lin Pingzhi was even more surprised when he saw this person——a Taoist priest wearing a Taoist robe and carrying a long sword.

Lin Pingzhi has met many Taoist priests, Lingfengzi is a snobbish man but still has the demeanor of a master of the sect. The Quanzhou Xuanmiao Guanxuanzhen Taoist who recruited Lin Pingzhi for Wudang also has the bones of immortals. The "obscene Taoist" with one hand cut off also looks like a Taoist.

The Taoist priest in front of him does not have the unique temperament of a monk like an ordinary Taoist, but it cannot be said that his temperament is weak. He seems to be more like a swordsman than a Taoist priest who does nothing. He exudes a sharp aura all over his body. .

Lin Pingzhi glanced at him, knew who he was in his heart, and said with a smile: "It's Senior Brother Zhu from Wudang Mountain, I didn't expect Master Feng to invite you down the mountain so soon, please come in."

Most swordsmen are always a little arrogant, and this Taoist priest seems to be especially arrogant with his long sword on his back. He didn't even snort, but just walked in with a cold face.

Lin Pingzhi didn't take it seriously, and was even a little happy.In fact, he has no grievances or enmities with this Taoist priest, but he was entrusted by Ling Chang and Yan Chu to beat people. If this Taoist priest is as polite as Feng Liang, he would feel sorry for it, and he would not be able to do it.

Lin Pingzhi didn't have any scruples about the Taoist's indifferent appearance, so he stabbed him as often as he needed.

The Taoist priest slowly walked into the guest room with an expressionless face. He only showed some excitement when he passed by Lin Pingzhi and saw the sword on Lin Pingzhi's waist.

Rich people like Lin Pingzhi naturally stay in the upper room when they live in guest rooms. There is a huge space in the room. There is a table with tea sets and a kettle on the table, which comes in handy at this time.

Seeing that Lin Pingzhi was about to boil water and make tea, Feng Liang quickly waved his hands and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Lin, we beggars are content with drinking water and dare not drink tea."

Lin Pingzhi would not listen to him, so he lit the nearby stove and boiled water.

Feng Liang sighed and said, "Young Master Lin, you are being polite, so you don't wonder why we know you live here?"

Lin Pingzhi said: "There are so many disciples in your beggar gang, it's not easy to check the news of the newcomers who entered Xiangyang City yesterday. But doubts are naturally doubts. Master Feng came to me in such a hurry. Brother Zhu, do you mean to compete swords with me right away?"

Feng Liang said: "Hey, if Mr. Lin insists on fighting swords and also says he wants to go to Wudang Mountain for a sword competition, then Brother Zhu will not be able to cheer Mr. Lin up."

"It's just that your Lin family's evil swordsmanship is invincible in the world, even Yu Canghai Yu Guanzhu of the Qingcheng sect can't match a few moves. We all know that there is no chance of winning."

Lin Pingzhi was not surprised when he told his identity. His disguise was just a slight cover-up. If he had originally imagined that it was just an ordinary disciple of the Beggar Gang, it would be enough. Young and mature people are naturally seen through in a short while. With the strength of their beggar gang, it is not difficult to find out the whereabouts of Lin Pingzhi.

He said indifferently: "Mr. Feng Tuo has won the award. My Lin family's evil swordsmanship is just a heretic way of taking the edge of the sword. Wudang's Taiji swordsmanship is an authentic martial art created by the real Zhang Sanfeng. In comparison, the light of fireflies shines brighter than the sun and the moon. , how dare you say you will win."

Hearing what Lin Pingzhi said, the Taoist snorted coldly, as if to say that you know the seriousness.

Feng Liang knew the nature of his good friend from the Wudang School, fearing that Lin Pingzhi would be displeased, he hurriedly said, "Young Master Lin, I forgot to introduce you. This is Senior Brother Zhu Feizhu from Wudang Mountain. He loved swords like his life since he was a child. He has acquired the essence of Tai Chi swordsmanship, and is a rare swordsman at our age."

Feng Liang wanted to go on to say that of course he was worse than Mr. Lin, but he was afraid that Zhu Fei would not like it, so he held back and didn't say it.

Lin Pingzhi smiled slightly, he didn't want to be modest anymore, and asked directly: "What is the purpose of Feng Tuozhu looking for me?"

Feng Liang hesitated for a while, as if he was thinking about how to organize his words, and then said: "Mr. Lin, I heard that Yan Chu returned to Fujian a while ago. His uncle is Ling Changling, the leader of the Fujian sub-helm. The friendship is very good, did Master Ling Duo entrust you to help Yan Chu get ahead and compete with my brother Zhu?"

Lin Pingzhi didn't hide anything, and said, "Exactly."

Feng Liang said: "How did Yan Chu tell you about this matter, Mr. Lin, can you tell me?"

He added: "I mean he competed with Brother Zhu and got injured in the end. How did you tell you the ins and outs?"

Naturally, Lin Pingzhi would not sell Yan Chu, and said indifferently, "Speak directly to Master Feng."

Feng Liang was taken aback for a moment, then immediately understood Lin Pingzhi's meaning, nodded and said: "As an outsider, Mr. Lin is only helping Yan Chu to get ahead, so it's really not easy to repeat what he said to you."

"Mr. Lin, then I'll tell you what I know, and you can figure out what happened."

Hearing what he said, Lin Pingzhi remained calm on the surface, and murmured in his heart. Could there be something hidden about the fight? Could the injury on Yan Chu's hand be fake?

Feng Liang said: "It's a long story, and the key point has a lot to do with this brother Zhu Fei, so I'll start with this brother Zhu."

When Lin Pingzhi heard that the words were long and long, the water just boiled. He poured three cups of tea, handed them in front of the two, and took another cup for himself.

After staying in Fujian for a long time, I fell in love with drinking tea because of nothing else.With hot tea in hand at this moment, I am not afraid of the long story of Fengliang.

"Even though Brother Zhu and I are close friends at this moment, we have only known each other for nearly half a year, and the reason for our acquaintance happened to be related to Yan Chu." Speaking of Feng Liang stopped the booth, he seemed to think that Lin Pingzhi would ask something , but Lin Pingzhi just sipped his tea leisurely.

So Feng Liang continued: "Half a year ago, Brother Zhu came to me and said that he was a member of the Wudang sect. Although I have also learned swordsmanship, I only have a rough understanding of the basic moves. It is far from enough to compete with Wudang's Tai Chi swordsmanship, but he didn't ask me to compare swords, but told me something related to swords. things."

"It turns out that Brother Zhu was practicing swordplay alone in the front yard of the Wudang sect early one morning half a year ago when he suddenly heard a thin sound coming from the wall outside. He heard the sound and looked towards the wall, but only saw the back of one person, so he got angry I used Qinggong and jumped towards the man to catch him and asked him why he was spying on me practicing my sword. When the man saw that his whereabouts were exposed, he jumped off the wall and left a message at the same time, 'Wudang swordsmanship is nothing more than this, so I don't know how to learn it.'"

"It's a big taboo to peek at people practicing swordsmanship. I didn't expect that this person not only peeked, but also insulted Wudang swordsmanship. Naturally, Brother Zhu was very annoyed. He jumped out of the fence and wanted to chase that person, but that person's light work was not bad. Although Brother Zhu tried his best Exercising Wudang lightness kung fu, he was always two positions behind him, and finally let that person escape."

"Brother Zhu returned to the Wudang School, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became. Although there are many people on Wudang Mountain seeking Taoism and worshiping immortals, the current courtyard of Wudang is open for tourists to visit, and it is not a forbidden area. Although that person was peeping on the wall, it is not a big deal. Brother Zhu also said that Wudang swordsmanship will never be learned by others in just a few glances."

"But what the man said, 'Wudang swordsmanship is not good enough' really annoyed Brother Zhu. There was only one thought in his mind, which was to find that person and let him try Wudang swordsmanship. in this way."

Speaking of this, Feng Liang paused again, obviously afraid that Lin Pingzhi would be bored after listening to a long list of words.Lin Pingzhi smiled, raised his teacup and said, "Drink tea."

Feng Liang really took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and continued: "Brother Zhu went back to the Wudang faction, and he didn't tell the teacher about it, but he made up his mind to say it himself. Resentment. He thought of peeking at the man who was so dirty, his clothes were torn, and he looked like a beggar, so he thought that the man was a member of the beggar gang."

"He came to me because he asked a few members of the Beggar Clan to inquire that I was good at martial arts and light kungfu among the young people of the Beggar Clan, so it is speculated that I was peeking at the Wudang Clan's front yard wall that day. People. After hearing what he said about his visit, I hurriedly denied it, and found witnesses from several beggar gangs, proving that I was in the gang of beggars early that morning and did not go out."

"Brother Zhu listened to me and looked at my back. He didn't look like the person who peeked at him practicing sword that day. He couldn't help showing a disappointed expression. I think this matter is a trivial matter, but if that person is really a disciple of the Beggar Sect, Then it is related to the Wudang faction and the Beggar Clan. Xiangyang is not far from Wudang Mountain. The Beggar Clan sub-helm has always coexisted peacefully with the Wudang Clan. .”

"So I asked Brother Zhu to go back to Wudang Mountain first. I will investigate this matter, and I will give him a satisfactory explanation. After he went back, I asked the disciples of the beggar gang who peeped at him to practice swords that day based on the situation he described. People—I thought that person might not be a member of the Beggars’ Sect, and it’s better not to be a member of the Beggars’ Sect, but since I promised Brother Zhu, it’s better to find out.”

Hearing this, Lin Pingzhi hummed, poured out the cold tea in the cups for Feng Liang and Zhu Fei, added a pot of hot tea, and said, "The person who peeked at the sword technique is Yan Chu?"

Feng Liang said: "Young Master Lin is really smart, you guessed it was him before I said a word."

Lin Pingzhi said in his heart: "You are here for him, even if I am a fool, I will guess whether it is him or not, although I may not be right, but it is a very normal association, it has nothing to do with whether you are smart or not. "

While gesturing to Fengliang to continue talking.

Feng Liang said: "I'm a good brother in the sub-ruler, so after a little inquiring, I found out that the person who peeked at brother Zhu's sword practice was Yan Chu."

"At that time, I thought that this matter was actually not a big deal. Wudang Mountain often practiced sword arrays in the front yard, allowing tourists to observe. Naturally, it is impossible to give the secrets of swordsmanship to outsiders, but it's nothing if it's just a sword move, otherwise the world When the Venerable Master goes out, he always has to compare swords with others, is it true that every time he compares swords, he will kill everyone who has seen the sword move?"

"But of course, it is a big taboo for people in the martial arts world to peek at people practicing swordsmanship. If people think they are planning something wrong, if they are anxious, it may lead to a life-and-death fight. So I found Yan Chu and explained the matter to him. . Yan Chu didn’t make any excuses, he admitted that he was the one who went to Wudang Mountain to see Brother Zhu practicing swordsmanship that day.”

"I saw that he admitted this matter, so I thought I could make peace in the middle. Although Brother Yan Chu and I are both disciples of the Beggar Gang, but this matter is something wrong with him, I asked him to go with me. Go to Brother Zhu and sincerely apologize, thinking that although Brother Zhu is very angry, if he has a good attitude, then it is not necessary to do anything to him."

Hearing this, Lin Pingzhi nodded slightly, and said: "Well, if what you said is the truth, then it's normal for Yan Chu to apologize and admit it, and expose the matter."

Feng Liang said: "Mr. Lin is indeed a sensible person. If Yan Chu had agreed to apologize at that time, there would be nothing later. But he was very unwilling at the time, and said, 'Wudang swordsmanship is really useless, and he didn't say that. Wrong, why should I apologize.'”

"I said at the time: 'Whether Wudang swordsmanship is good or not is a matter for others, but it is a bad thing for us disciples of the Beggar Clan to watch people practice swords on the fence, and we should apologize to him.'"

Lin Pingzhi said: "That's not wrong, what happened afterwards?"

(End of this chapter)