Cloud of the Qing Dynasty

Qin Wuqi shook his head: "It is enough for Xu Changge and the others to come with me, you and the iron guards must stay in the villa. If there is anyone else who can make Jinghong Villa survive the next crisis and keep you from being wiped out If it is exhausted, then this person must be Madam. But she is a woman and does not know martial arts. I am afraid that there will be many people who do not understand the reason and refuse to follow her orders, so you must stay and assist her. With the Iron Guard in hand, she can deter those who refuse to obey, do you understand?"

These words are already equivalent to explaining the funeral, Fu Jinglei said after a moment of silence: "If the owner of the village feels that there is no chance of winning the martial arts competition tomorrow, it is better to leave Jinghong Villa at night, and the subordinates will try their best to cover it."

"...I know that only those who really care about me will suggest that I run away and save my life. I appreciate your kindness, but I cannot escape. I am your owner. Even if there is only a dead end ahead You can't shrink back." Qin Wuqi looked at Fu Jinglei deeply, "You are my most trusted subordinate, and I will entrust this most important task to you. Are you willing to swear that you will obey me like you used to obey me?" Obey Madam, no matter how the situation changes in the future, you will never be half-hearted?"

Fu Jinglei was silent for a long time, and bowed his head deeply: "Subordinate...obey."

***

At this time, in an inn outside Wuling City, the disciples of Shangqing Palace were gathering together, whispering about tomorrow's decisive battle.

In addition to them, there were also many onlookers from other sects around, and some even came in person. People had their own purposes - those who simply wanted to pay attention to the development of the situation, those who had old feuds with Jinghong Villa, or those who had nothing to do Enmity is purely about making things worse, and they are all eagerly waiting for tomorrow's duel.

Mu Liuyun, who was the focus of everyone's attention, looked quite calm. He took a bath calmly, changed into clean clothes, and went back to his room to meditate after eating dinner in a leisurely manner. Everything was the same as usual.

Zhang Chi was so nervous that he couldn't sit still for a moment. He went to the duel site to survey the terrain, and arranged for people to follow the movement along the road. Until it was dark, he still walked around the room restlessly.

With such an ant on a hot pot constantly wandering around, even with Mu Liuyun's concentration, he couldn't continue to practice with peace of mind. He opened his eyes and looked at Zhang Chi: "What's wrong with you?"

"Ah? Did it bother you?" Zhang Chi immediately stopped moving, and after thinking about it, he sat down next to Mu Liuyun and told him his worries: "When I think of you going to be like Qin Wuqi tomorrow There is no way to calm down in a master duel."

Mu Liuyun looked at him clearly: "Afraid I will lose?"

"With your strength, you must have a better chance of winning, but no matter how sure you are, you won't miss it for a while. After all, your opponent is Qin Wuqi." Zhang Chi grabbed his hand and said worriedly, "If it's just a general martial arts competition , If you lose, you will lose. Tomorrow will be a duel with real knives, real guns, and endless death. If you accidentally miss... I really dare not think about it."

Mu Liuyun patted the back of his hand, and comforted him: "It is inevitable that there will be casualties in the struggle in the rivers and lakes. I will avoid unnecessary fights, and I will be careful, take care of myself as much as possible, and don't worry you. But tomorrow John, I must go."

"I understand the truth, but... oh!" Zhang Chi sighed heavily. Seeing that he was really restless, Mu Liuyun grabbed his hand and pulled him closer into his arms: "Don't think so much , since it is difficult to guarantee that there will be unexpected events in the sky, we should cherish the good night and the short life, right?"

Normally, even if Mu Liuyun took the initiative to make out with him even a little bit, it would make Zhang Chi happy, but today he was a little absent-minded. Gradually enter the state.

***

The two hugged each other for a long time and fell asleep. On the second day, Zhang Chi got up earlier than Mu Liuyun, and went to the kitchen before dawn. He personally prepared breakfast for him and watched him eat slowly. After exercising with him, they went to Luoxiapo to attend the appointment together.

All the people from the Shangqing Palace and many martial arts people who came to watch followed behind. There were more than a hundred people in a mighty way, and what's more, they were already waiting at Luoxiapo before dawn, just to occupy a viewing spot. Good position for this matchup.

When everyone came to Luoxiapo, they found that there were still some soldiers in armor standing there.

As the coach, Lu Zhiqian would never go to dangerous places in person, but he still sent some cronies to watch the battle, and he will decide the next action based on the outcome of this battle.

The leader, Tie Feng and Zhang Chi, were old acquaintances, and came to say hello to him. In addition, the arrester Long Jiu who was supposed to be in the capital was also there.

Zhang Chi said in surprise: "Ninth brother? You are not in the capital to handle the case, so what is the important matter here?"

Long Jiu coughed dryly and said, "It's Miss Cheng's business...or it should be Mrs. Qin, the imperial concubine is worried about her safety, so I'll come over to see if there is anything I can do."

Zhang Chi didn't say much, he patted him on the shoulder and gave him a look of "understand you", Long Jiu smiled awkwardly and stopped talking.

Everyone waited until the end of time, Qin Wuqi finally brought some people from Jinghong Villa to Luoxiapo.

Their footsteps hadn't stopped yet, some people in the onlookers shouted in the spirit of getting into trouble early: "Qin Wuqi, you also have today!"

"Jinghong Villa has been domineering for so many years, and it is finally about to suffer retribution!"

"With this little strength, you dare to rebel, and you don't know how to weigh yourself!"

"Daoist Tianxuan's martial arts are world-class, today is your death day!"

Zhang Chi silently observed who were being ridiculed and ridiculed. Of course, Qin Wuqi deserved what he deserved, but it was too ugly for these people to gloat so impatiently.

Mu Liuyun also pursed his lips tightly, and frowned in disgust.

Qin Wuqi didn't say anything, he came to the field and stood still without hearing it, raised his eyes to look in the direction of the noise, and those voices that dared to make noise only when they were hiding in the crowd disappeared without a trace.

Qin Wuqi said loudly: "This defeat is indeed due to my lack of preparation and lack of strength. I have nothing to say, but the imperial court will take away Jinghong Villa's hundred-year-old property with just a piece of official document, and also arrest the brothers in Zhuangzhong. It's the so-called "fadu", if I can swallow my anger and accept my fate, what kind of villa owner will I have to face Brother Zhuangzhong? You wait and watch the fun from the shore right now, wishing that the more unlucky I am, the better, until the next day When the imperial court wants to expropriate your property and arrest your disciples, I want to see how many of you present will accept their fate, and how many dare to fight to the death."

These words made the Jianghu people present look at each other in blank dismay, and many of them showed thoughtful expressions.

Indeed, the cause of this mutiny is well known to everyone, just as Qin Wuqi said, today the imperial court can forcibly expropriate the mines and salt roads of Jinghong Villa with a single official document, but who can guarantee that the imperial court will not take a fancy to it in the future? The industry they have in hand?They somewhat understood the reason why the rabbit died, the fox was sad, and the lips were dead and the teeth were cold. After the big tree in Jinghong Villa fell, the next unlucky person would be one of the onlookers.

As a person sent by Lu Zhiqian to watch the battle, Tie Feng clearly felt that something was wrong. He wanted to argue but was at a loss for words, so he could only reprimand: "Don't talk nonsense here to provoke right and wrong!"

Long Jiu also stood up and said: "This guy is best at bewitching people's hearts with rhetoric, everyone, don't be fooled."

But there are still people in the crowd: "I think what he said is not unreasonable."

This remark attracted some voices of approval, and Zhang Chi hurriedly said: "Listen to me, everyone, the Yandao Mine is the lifeblood of the country no matter which dynasty, and the court will naturally not allow them to continue to be in the hands of the gang, but the court has promised Qin Wuqi offered generous compensation and made it public, but Qin Wuqi agreed on the surface, but secretly planned a rebellion, completely disregarding how much disaster the resurgence of the war would bring to the people, and how many brothers who followed him would die. It's just his own ambition!"

Xu Changge, who was following Qin Wuqi, snorted coldly: "I heard that you are already the leader of the black dogs of the Yingmengwei. Naturally, the lackeys of the imperial court want to speak for the imperial court."

"Enough!" Mu Liuyun stared at Qin Wuqi and said sternly, "Since you are here for a duel, don't talk too much, let's do it!"

"... Between you and me, do you have to come to such a situation?" Qin Wuqi sighed, "I never thought of becoming an enemy of you, but the situation was like this, and I was forced to do nothing. If the court wants to deal with it The 'outlaw' is not a subordinate of Jinghong Villa, but a disciple of Shangqing Palace, so what will happen to you?"

Mu Liuyun said coldly: "You do have your difficulties, but you murdered your father and conspired against him, planted blame, almost caused Zhang Chi's death, and when he was in a critical situation, you even made trouble and sent people to hunt him down. Guang What I did to you, no matter how legitimate the reasons are, I will never forgive you lightly!"

As soon as Mu Liuyun's words came out, many people present looked at each other without knowing it. They only knew that Mu Liuyun and Qin Wuqi had become enemies, but they didn't know the many secrets behind this incident.

Qin Wuqi smiled wryly and shook his head: "Forget it, it's useless to talk too much. Although the situation forced me to do such a thing, but since I have done everything, I must bear the consequences. Before I do it, I still want to ask you One last question—have you ever considered me a true friend for even a moment since we met?"

"Until I knew the truth, I always regarded you as a friend." The Zhishui sword came out of its sheath and pointed at the ground obliquely. After the battle, regardless of life or death, all grievances between you and me will be wiped out!"

"Okay, have a good time!" Qin Wuqi laughed a few times, there was a bit of sadness and a bit of helplessness in the laughter, he stopped talking, calmed down and pulled out the Youlong Sword slowly.

Many people present have seen the peak duel between Mu Liuyun and Qin Wuqi at the martial arts conference that day. Their swordsmanship styles are like thunder and fire, like ancient wells and deep pools. A small victory is a half move, but everyone in the Jianghu knows that if the strength of the two sides has not reached a certain level, whoever wins and loses is a matter of half performance and half luck.