step on mountains and rivers

A few days later, in the Yangzhou Tavern, two knight-errants were drinking, and one of them said:

"Hey, did you hear about the strange disappearance of Qiu Renxi, the young master of the Qiu family at home yesterday?"

"What?! Missing again? How many times is this the first time? The young master of the Shen family disappeared mysteriously ten days ago, the young master of the Wu family also disappeared five days ago, and now the young master of the Qiu family has disappeared again. It disappeared strangely, what is going on here?"

"I don't know, but I heard that the young master of the Qiu family disappeared in an extremely strange way."

"Oh? What kind of weird method?"

"I heard from the guards of the Qiu family that their young master stood on the water surface in the middle of the lotus pond with dull eyes in the middle of the night. Under the moonlight, his body gradually became transparent and illusory, and then disappeared in an instant."

"what?!!!!"

"What you said is so mysterious, did you make up a story to lie to me?"

"Who made up the story? I heard it from the guards of the Qiu family. They really saw it with their own eyes."

"How is it possible? Standing on the water? Disappear out of thin air? Even a master of one-on-one can't do it!" the knight companion asked in disbelief.

"This, how do I know?" The knight replied dissatisfied.

After he finished speaking, he glanced at his companion, and then said in horror as if he suddenly thought of something: "Could it be?"

"There are ghosts!!!"

At the same time, in Yangzhou City, Tang Qingfeng led a white horse and walked slowly in Yangzhou City, shaking the Meteorite Fan. Seeing a crowd gathering not far away, he stepped forward curiously to wait and see.

He walked closer and saw a sea of ​​people here. After thinking for a moment, he jumped onto the roof next to the ring.

Sitting on the roof and looking down, Tang Qingfeng saw two young men with better looks competing in martial arts on the ring in the center of the crowd.

Tang Qingfeng glanced at the two contestants, shook his head and said, "The martial arts of these two are really not satisfactory."

After Tang Qingfeng finished speaking, the competition between the two ended.In the end, the young man with the sword won the competition.Afterwards, several challengers came up, but they were defeated one by one by the sword-wielding young man.

The young man looked at the crowd under the ring and said:

"Is there anyone else coming to fight?"

Everyone looked at the young man in silence.

"Tsk, no one can defeat him in the early stage of Dacheng. These people are really too weak." Tang Qingfeng couldn't stand it anymore, so he jumped off the roof and said:

"I come."

Seeing someone falling down, the young man looked at the handsome man holding a silk fan in front of him, with a somewhat disdainful expression on his face:

"You? Young master, you should step back. Swords have no eyes. I can't afford to hurt you."

"It's nothing, you don't need to pay." Tang Qingfeng smiled.

The young man looked at him, thought for a moment and said: "Well, since the young master insists, don't blame me for being rude."

"You're welcome." As Tang Qingfeng said, he raised his fan and tried to stab the young man.

Tang Qingfeng raised his fan and attacked the young man. When the young man saw him attacking, he immediately raised his sword to block it. Tang Qingfeng smiled and suddenly retracted the fan, and kicked the young man's waist.

Seeing his sudden change of move, the young man immediately raised his hand to block his attack. With a bang, his fist and foot collided, and the young man's body was kicked and flew sideways. Before landing smoothly, he glanced at Tang Qingfeng and sighed:

"What a powerful force."

Just when he landed with a sigh, the sharp fan blade firmly touched his throat.

Tang Qingfeng looked at him with a fan and said with a smile:

"You lost." Then he quickly retracted the fan.

Seeing how powerful Tang Qingfeng is, everyone in the audience exclaimed:

"Who is this person? Why is he so powerful that he can defeat Wang Lu with three or two moves."

"Wang Lu has the title of "Master of the Long Sword" in the martial arts world. Not only is he handsome, but he is also skilled in swordsmanship. He is loved by girls from famous martial arts families."

"Yes, I heard that Tang Sect, one of the famous martial arts sects, wanted to recruit him as his wife, but he refused."

"Really? He refused even such a big sect as the Tang Sect. What did he think?"

"do not know."

Tang Qingfeng listened to the words of everyone in the audience, looked at Wang Lu in front of him and said:

"When did the Tang Sect intend to recruit you? Why didn't I know about this?"

"Who are you?" Listening to the man's question, Wang Lu guessed that his identity was not simple, but such a master has no name in the Jianghu, which is really suspicious.

Tang Qingfeng glanced at him and said:

"Tang Qingfeng from Tang Sect."

"You are from the Tang Sect?!" Wang Lu said in shock.

"Yes, you haven't answered what I asked you just now." Tang Qingfeng said calmly.

"That's a rumor." Wang Lu said.

"Oh, forget it." Tang Qingfeng was about to turn around and leave, but was stopped by a woman's voice. "Young master, please stay."

Tang Qingfeng turned around when he heard the voice, and saw a beautiful woman in a vermilion dress slowly walking towards him.

The woman came closer and said in a soft voice:

"Young master, I am Princess Pingyang, the daughter of Marquis Wu. In this ring competition to recruit relatives, your son is outstanding in martial arts, unparalleled in talent and appearance, and won the first place in fighting everyone. He is really the best husband-in-law candidate. Please also return to Wu with me, son. The Hou Mansion is discussing about the wedding."

"???? Martial arts competition to recruit relatives??" Tang Qingfeng looked at the princess in front of him with doubts on his face.He looked at Wang Lu and said, "Is this a martial arts competition?"

Seeing his doubts, Wang Lu asked puzzledly, "You don't know?"

"Why do I know? I just saw that they were too weak, and my hands were itchy for a while before I tried it." Tang Qingfeng said.

After listening to Tang Qingfeng's explanation, Wang Lu was speechless for a while.

Princess Pingyang was also stunned by his words for a moment, then she immediately recovered and said to Tang Qingfeng:

"It doesn't matter, you can have any reason. Since you won, then you are the best son-in-law of Marquis Wu."

Hearing what she said, Tang Qingfeng smiled and replied:

"Thank you Princess for your kindness, but I already have someone I like, but I can't let him down."

"My lord, it's all right, you can take her as your concubine," said the princess.

Tang Qingfeng saw that the princess seemed to be relying on him, so he refused:

"Sorry, the person I like will only be my first wife, and I will only marry him once in this life."

After hearing Tang Qingfeng's words, the princess was slightly shocked that there are still such infatuated men in the world.But he doesn't know who the woman he likes is, who can make such an excellent person give up his heart.

Seeing the silence of the princess, Tang Qingfeng turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by the princess with his hand:

"My lord, the whole city knows about martial arts competitions to recruit relatives. If you leave like this, how can I face everyone?"

Seeing her stop him, Tang Qingfeng glanced at the princess, and said indifferently:

"Princess, this matter seems to have nothing to do with me."

"You..." Seeing his answer like this, the princess seemed to be on the verge of crying with tears of grievance rolling in his eyes.

Seeing her like this, Tang Qingfeng ignored her grievances, turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Wang Lu at the side.

"Why are you so cold and mean? Your daughter's family has the most honor. How could you abandon her?" Wang Lu said.

"Really? If that's the case, you can just marry her." Tang Qingfeng said indifferently.

"You are unreasonable!" Wang Lu said angrily.

Tang Qingfeng ignored Wang Lu and turned to leave, but the princess reached out and grabbed his sleeve.

Tang Qingfeng glanced at the princess and said coldly:

"open."

"Young master." The princess looked at Tang Qingfeng with cold eyes, and slowly let go of her hand, tears of grievance poured down from her eyes.

At this moment, Li Zhenwu was leading his horse and walking along the streets of Yangzhou. He saw a young man in indigo-colored clothes on the ring not far away, looking indifferently at the beautiful woman, and turned to leave.The woman looked at the young man with tears all over his face, and there seemed to be thousands of grievances in his eyes that he could not confide in.

He saw that the woman was very pitiful, so he leaped onto the ring with his lightness kung fu, and stopped Tang Qingfeng who was about to turn around with a sword.

Tang Qingfeng frowned when he saw someone coming out to block the way again, and looked at the person very displeased.

But he saw a very handsome Taoist priest in a dark blue Taoist robe, holding a dark blue long sword in front of him.

The Taoist priest looked at him calmly, and said slowly in a calm tone:

"Your Excellency bullied a woman like this, but it's not a manly act."

Tang Qingfeng listened to the Taoist priest's words, looked at him unhappily and asked:

"Who are you?"

"The impoverished Wudang should be Li Zhenwu." Li Zhenwu replied.

"You are Li Zhenwu?!" Tang Qingfeng said with a surprised expression after hearing Li Zhenwu's answer.

"Yes, do you know Pindao?" Li Zhenwu asked.

Tang Qingfeng was taken aback when he heard his question, then smiled softly and said:

"Li Zhenwu, the apprentice of Li Chengfeng Daoist in Wudang, one of the top masters among the juniors in the martial arts, it is said that his martial arts has reached the peak of Dacheng, and he is about to step into the realm of transformation."

Li Zhenwu saw that he knew him so well, looked at the person in front of him in surprise, and thought to himself: "I practice in Wudang all day long, never travel down the mountain, and I am unknown in the rivers and lakes, but why does he know me so well? "

Thinking of this, Li Zhenwu asked, "Who are you? Why are you so clear about my affairs? I don't seem to know you?"

Hearing what he said, Tang Qingfeng felt a little depressed, and then quickly put away his mind and smiled and said:

"My name is Tang Qingfeng, and I am the son of Tang Xiaolong, the head of the Tang Sect. My father and your master are old friends, so I have to know about the elders."

"You are Tang Qingfeng?!" Li Zhenwu was a little surprised when he heard his answer.

"???? The priest knows me???" Tang Qingfeng asked.

Li Zhenwu looked at the questioning Tang Qingfeng, shook his head and said:

"My master asked me to come to Yangzhou to find you and assist in the investigation of the disappearance of the famous martial arts family."

"Oh, so that's the case." Tang Qingfeng understood, then smiled and said:

"It doesn't matter if the Taoist leader doesn't know me, we will have a lot of opportunities to get to know me slowly in the future."

"Let's not discuss this matter for now. Do you have any clues about the disappearance?" Li Zhenwu asked.

"The disappearance is complicated. Let's go to Shuxiang Tower to discuss it." Tang Qingfeng said.

"Okay." Li Zhenwu nodded.

The two of them turned to leave after talking. At this time, Li Zhenwu suddenly remembered that he seemed to have something to do, so he looked at the woman behind him, and suddenly realized that he stopped Tang Qingfeng and said:

"Brother Tang, wait a minute."

"What's wrong?" Tang Qingfeng asked.

"This woman?" Li Zhenwu asked.

Tang Qingfeng explained the reason of the matter again, Li Zhenwu understood it, then looked at Tang Qingfeng and said:

"The matter of women's reputation should not be sloppy. Since you have won the victory, Brother Tang, you should abide by the rules."

"Master Dao, I didn't know about this, besides, I already have someone I like, but I can't let him down." Tang Qingfeng looked at him and smiled softly.

"Really? It's really difficult to do this." Li Zhenwu said distressedly.

"I don't think it's difficult." Tang Qingfeng said as he pulled Wang Lu over and said, "He's pretty good. Princess, think about it."

"I..." The princess looked at Tang Qingfeng, she was really reluctant to let go.

Tang Qingfeng saw through her thoughts, and then said indifferently: "Since the princess doesn't want it, I can't force it."

As he spoke, he smiled at Li Zhenwu and said, "Master Daoist, let's go."

"Brother Tang." Li Zhenwu looked at the silent princess, and slowly persuaded him: "Princess, you can't force the marriage. Since brother Tang doesn't want it, you still do."

Before Li Zhenwu finished speaking, Tang Qingfeng grabbed him and said, "Master Daoist, the matter of disappearance is urgent, let's go."

"En." After Li Zhenwu nodded, he and Tang Qingfeng turned and left.