Mysterious Martial Arts: The Record of the Swordsman

Chapter 133
It was not half past the next day, under the dazzling sky, two green flags fluttered from the top of the two-foot-high pole, embroidered with yellow silk with a majestic and powerful lion, the flag fluttered in the wind, the lion It is more lifelike.

When the bustling crowd of Fuzhou City passed by Ximen Street, they were surprised to find that the long-closed door of the Fuwei Escort was quietly opened with the creaking sound of pushing.

Inside the gate, Lin Zhennan sat in the courtyard with five escorts, all dressed up and holding their breath, but the chief escort was wearing a Confucian blue scarf. Front yard wanders.

As if making an appointment, not long after the gate of the Fuwei Escort Bureau reopened, there was a lively sound of gongs and drums in the distance from Ximen Street. With a clear chest, he went to the Fuwei Escort Bureau with a clear air.

Biaotou Shi and Biaotou Zheng glanced at each other, and unconsciously tightened their grip on the fingers on the back of the waist. The already tense joints gradually turned white, and then they looked into the distance again.

The team beating gongs and drums seemed to be slow, but the speed of progress was not slow at all. They soon came to them, and the one in the lead strode across the threshold without reporting. The cloth plaque resisted into the yard.

"Brother Zhennan, it's been a long time since I haven't seen you, you really want to scare me!"

Escort Shi has been curious for a long time, and has always wanted to see what kind of extravagant person will be the leader of the team, so that the chief escort will feel uneasy when he sees the letter.

But what disappointed him was that the person who entered the door looked handsome, elegant in conversation, elegant in gestures, and suave. While calling Lin Zhennan a good brother, he actually looked younger than Lin Zhennan by more than ten years. If it weren't for the smile around his eyes The fine lines at that time were not like that of a middle-aged person at all.

"Tian Xianggong! Lin has also been fascinated for a long time, and he only wishes to express his heartfelt love, so that he can't sleep day and night!"

The two held their arms and hugged their shoulders intimately, and they pushed and walked slowly towards the lobby, like old friends who have seen each other for a long time, without any smoke.

The bearded Biaotou Zheng was ready to draw his sword to face each other, but he was dumbfounded when he saw this scene, and quietly patted Biaotou Shi on the back.

"Old Shi, the Chief Escort is welcoming the wrong person? Could it be that the unexpected guest didn't come today?"

With a smile on his face, Biaotou Shi bowed his hands and saluted to the fellow martial arts who entered the door together, and instantly transformed into a welcoming pine tree, and took time to talk to Biaotou Zheng who was stunned.

"Laugh with me, don't think about it... Do you think that when Daoist Jiang came here a few days ago, the head of the escort was so nasty?"

Lin Zhennan walked to the lobby and invited the other party into the honored guest's place, and then he broke into a sweat, sighing in his heart that it was really this person who came here.

Tian Guinong, the head of the northern sect of Tianlongmen, is known as "Tian Xianggong" because of his handsome appearance, and his family-inspired swordsmanship is superb. , I met Lin Zhennan once a year ago in Jiangyin.

But these are not important, the important thing is that Beizong of Tianlongmen has been outside the pass for a long time, and his rise time is not too long, but he has a close relationship with the Jianzhou people who are also outside the Longxing pass. The visitor is not good.

"Brother Zhennan, this time I sent this plaque for my brother from a long distance, just to add some color to your Fuwei Escort, but I didn't bring any other gifts. Don't despise me as a shabby brother!"

Tian Guinong smiled very kindly, held Lin Zhennan's hand reluctantly, and looked around the lobby, "The head office is beautiful, it can be seen that the business of your escort agency is booming!"

Lin Zhennan waved his hands in fear, as if he was at a loss.

"Thank you Brother Tian for your kindness. The Fuwei Escort Agency is just a small business. It can only survive thanks to the love of the brothers in the rivers and lakes. How can I be called the leader? In terms of martial arts, qualifications, foundation, and connections, I, Lin Zhennan, are no more than Yingying The light of fire, dare to compete with the bright moon?!"

Hearing Lin Zhennan's refusal, Tian Guinong suppressed a little smile on his face, and patted the other party's arm reassuringly.

"My dear brother, why should you be overly modest? The Fuwei Escort Bureau spans the lakes and rivers and Guangxi, and the escort flags are safe to go. You are just and fair, and you will never be dissatisfied with it. How can the leader not let you sit? Could it be that the Southern Shaolin gang rebelled?" Did the thief take it?"

As soon as the word traitor came out, something jumped out of the paper.

When Tian Guinong said this, he looked at Lin Zhennan encouragingly, "This is also a high expectation of the imperial court, unprecedented in history, brother Zhennan, don't miss this opportunity!"

As Tian Guinong's subordinates suddenly lifted the horizontal plaque, it turned out to be "a piece of jade with black lacquer and gold characters", without any frame decoration, only with black lacquer as the background, with gold-painted characters, and the six words "Nanlulin Chief Alliance Leader" are majesticly written. Official characters, silkworm head and swallow tail, majestic and unrestrained!

Lin Zhennan hastily kept silent, because he had already seen that the inscription on the horizontal plaque was actually a private seal from Shunzhi—at this time, if he said something wrong and it was used as a fuss, and it was an easy crime of contempt, he would I can't eat and walk around.

Lin Zhennan did not expect that the other party would throw such a bomb.

Originally, Lin Zhennan thought it was an act of the quack. It was not a big deal for everyone to proclaim themselves the leader of the martial arts alliance and the leader of the green forest.

It can be replaced by the imperial title of the Qing court, even if it is a central decree without the approval of the cabinet, it is an extremely dangerous signal.As the saying goes, if you don't get paid for nothing, if the hat given by the other party is so high, if your head is not strong enough, the two may fall to the ground together.

"This this……"

Lin Zhennan's mind turned, he pretended to be speechless, and looked at Tian Guinong for a long time.

"Your Majesty loves so much, what kind of virtue is Lin Mou, I only regret that the meager strength of the Fuwei Escort Bureau has not been respected, I have to report it with my head, so as to express my affection!"

Then the topic changed again, and the voice became more and more passionate, "I am ashamed to get this imperial plaque today. Lin must hide it in the mansion and think about it day and night. I hope to serve the imperial court with this ambition! If my wish is not fulfilled, I will never steal the high name. So as not to insult the high hopes of the emperor!"

After the words were impassioned, all the martial artists in the hall nodded and cast admiring glances at Lin Zhennan, which also made Tian Guinong's calm smile freeze for a few seconds.

Lin Zhennan's words were beautiful, but they clearly expressed two meanings.

First of all, I kept this brand and confessed it high. I didn't dare to say more than what the court said.

Second, I am not worthy of being the leader. I will be the leader when I am qualified. As for when I am qualified, I have the final say.

The interesting thing about this approach is that Jianghu has always been a self-contained place, and the emperor can't speak well.Not to mention the emperor's order, even if the heavenly king, Lao Tzu, and Chen Dabrigade have risen, everyone will not accept it if they say it.

The Qing court hoped to kill Lin Zhennan, but people in the Jianghu may not necessarily recognize this title—otherwise let the emperor make a master of the Great Nei to try to become the master of Wudang and the abbot of Shaolin?See if this person can take a step into the mountain gate?
Therefore, Lin Zhennan's words calmed down the jealous martial arts practitioners.Who is the real leader is up to everyone to decide, isn't it just a brand, taking it home is a crime of decapitation, let the Fuwei Escort Bureau keep it for themselves.

Tian Guinong is also a wonderful person, and suddenly he cupped his hands in shame and said: "It is Brother Lin who has seen Zhuo Yuan! The Holy Majesty awarded the plaque to Brother Yu, and I was complacent for a few days, but it was just a blindfold, and I laughed for the people of the world..."

Lin Zhennan breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Tian Guinong in amazement, "Brother Tian, ​​why should you be modest? Brother Tian must be..."

"I'm ashamed to say that the imperial court has made four plaques, respectively conferring the leaders of the Green Forest Alliance on the southeast, northwest, and four roads. Brother Yu is the leader of the North Road Alliance. I am ashamed."

Tian Guinong said slowly, "At the same time, the Holy Majesty also ordered the four major sects in the southeast, north and west, which together are called the eight famous sects in the world. The decree will be officially issued on the Mid-Autumn Festival today. We sincerely invite heroes from all over the world to gather in the capital and be honored for canonization!"

Lin Zhennan was shocked after hearing this.

The trick played by the Qing court is much more clever than San Francisco's recruiting of martial arts professionals.Since ancient times, there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. Using the method of imperial conferment and imperial gift to cover martial arts, it is easy to separate Zhengshuo. Once someone takes refuge in San Francisco, he only needs to open his mouth at that time. The martial arts of the rivers and lakes scrambled to pull each other down first.

This is not a question of whether people in the Jianghu recognize it or not, it is a business of killing people under orders and killing people under imperial orders.There are more or less conflicts of interest among the sects of the rivers and lakes. It is not too easy to take this opportunity to divide and disintegrate.

Leaving aside, the Southern Shaolin, which used to keep pace with the Songshan Shaolin, was beaten as a traitor a few months ago, and now it can only behave as a man with its tail between its legs, without the arrogance it used to occupy the southeast.

"Tian Xianggong, I don't know who will get the other plaques?"

Tian Guinong took a sip of tea and said solemnly, cupping his hands.

"According to the meaning of the current sage, you and my brother are fortunate to always belong to the north and south of the green forest. The leader of the West Road has other arrangements, and I don't know about it."

"The lord of Lulin East Road was originally intended to be given to the old hero Wang of Heshuo, who is powerful, but the old hero is old and doesn't want to get involved in the affairs of the world, so he gave it to his disciple, Shang Jianming of Shandong Merchant Fort. This person's Eight Diagrams Saber Palm is extremely sharp, and he deserves his name!"

"As for the four major sects in the south, east and northwest, Shaolin is in the north, Wudang is in the south, Emei School is in the west, and Taiji Gate is in the east. The four schools have already been settled, but there is no need to guess."

Lin Zhennan hurriedly nodded and said that the emperor was a wise man, and he really had a good opinion, but in his heart he wished he could throw the table over.

This arrangement is too insidious.

Among the four major sects, Wudang and Shang Kexi are now somewhat hooking up, Emei is also closely related to Wu Sangui, and Northern Shaolin and Taijimen are doing dirty hands and feet all day long. The Qing court obviously wanted to drive away the wolf. Whoever dares to make trouble among them will set fire to Southern Shaolin again.

Among the leaders of the four-way green forest alliance, Wang Laoxiong, who was so powerful in Heshuo, founded the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau, and his two sons served as military officers in the Qing court.

Canonizing his apprentice is equivalent to canonizing him and the Bagua Sect, and by the way, it is convenient to secretly stir up a fight between the Bagua Sect and the Taiji Sect.

Are the eight famous families on the list?

It's almost on the assassination list.

The Fuwei Escort was included in this assassination list, and from now on it can only be like a thorn in its back, either it works diligently like Tian Guinong, or it tremblingly hopes that the knife will not be swung at itself!
The two flattered the court with a smile on their faces, and Lin Zhennan suddenly remembered the people in the seat, and said to Tian Guinong quickly.

"Tian Xianggong, Lin was negligent and forgot to ask the names of the heroes!"

Tian Guinong smiled lightly, pointing to several martial arts practitioners who came with him.

"These are all good friends on the road. The first one is Xiong Yuanxian, the 'hundred-armed bear' from the Pingtong Escort, and the next one is Tao Baisui, the 'sick beard' from the Yinma Escort. Waiting for a martial arts hero, come here today to pay a visit."

The two greeted Lin Zhennan respectively, but their expressions were particularly unruly, which seemed to have a lot of meaning.

"The other one is Ma Xingkong from the Pegasus Escort Bureau. He is nicknamed 'Baishengshenquan' in the world. He shocked Beidi with his fist check. He is also your famous brother who has been admired for a long time."

Lin Zhennan had never heard of the first two escorts, and presumably they were just one of the escorts under Tianlongmen. The Pegasus Escort was different from the previous two. As a standard line, Lin Zhennan had long been famous in Heluo. He is a master of boxing.

Lin Zhennan hurriedly cupped his hands in salute.

"Boss Ma, it's a pleasure to meet you! This visit is really splendid, everyone must stay for a few more days, and let Lin express his feelings!"

Tian Guinong smiled and waved his hands.

"Brother, you don't need to be polite. This time, sending a plaque to my brother is secondary. I just want to remind you that the struggle for fame and fortune in the world has always been dangerous. Now that the imperial plaque is in the house, don't make any mistakes, otherwise the Mid-Autumn Festival will suffer. !"

Lin Zhennan nodded repeatedly.

"What Tian Xianggong said is exactly! I will definitely send more people to guard it day and night, and never let the thieves take advantage of it!"

Tian Guinong smiled lightly and continued.

"When the imperial envoy came here, he gave instructions. The thieves are in the dark and we are in the light. There is always a slack in day and night defense. You must choose a master leader in the door so that you can rest easy. My martial arts are low. Since I came here today , but he does not spare his strength and is willing to compare skills with the warriors in the family to choose a real master!"

Tian Guinong finally saw him, with a sense of complacency in his smile, "This is what the Holy Majesty ordered, so don't blame me for being troublesome!"

Lin Zhennan also smiled, but unconsciously clenched his hand holding the cup a little bit.

The Fuwei Escort is now trapped in the mansion and cannot go out. It has been suppressed to the limit by the Qing court, and then it was immediately publicized by a plaque to the extreme. After that, there is only one dead end.

Instead of believing that the other party has no malicious intentions, Lin Zhennan would rather write his name upside down.

What is the selection of masters?This is obviously to find out the reality of the Fuwei Escort, and to suppress the momentum of the Escort!
In this contest, if you win this contest, you will lose your troops and destroy your own foundation, and if you lose, it will shake people's hearts even more. Maybe the golden sign that Lin Zhennan worked so hard to build will fall apart at this opportunity.

But it happened that the other party had a sacred order, and Tian Guinong tricked himself into saying his words of gratitude. At this time, he couldn't turn a blind eye. The Qing court said that he had to be protected by a master, and he had to complete the order even if he sacrificed his fortune.

"Boss Xiong, Boss Tao, you two have great opinions on the road. I don't know whose high disciple is willing to throw bricks and attract jade first, so that Lin Xiandi can see it?"

Tian Guinong said without hesitation. In the plaque delivery team that came together, many people who were already eager to try looked at him, and there were even a few especially young men and women who also looked happy and wanted to go forward.

Tian Guinong expected that from the head of the Dingfuwei Escort to his men, none of them were good at martial arts. When Lin Zhennan met someone who came to his door, he had to find a way to deal with it.

You will fall into a trap no matter what you do, this is an inescapable conspiracy.

Lin Zhennan let out a sigh of relief slowly, and said while turning his head.

"Several escorts, if any of you are willing to volunteer, why not take a step forward?"

As soon as these words came out, Zheng Cui Jidi's four escorts all had firm eyes and awe-inspiring momentum, and they took a step back without hesitation, leaving only Shi escort at the front.

(End of this chapter)