[Comprehensive Martial Arts] Destiny Green Book

Mrs. Ma is a slender young woman with delicate features.

No, it seems a bit inappropriate to say it is a "young woman", because some traces of wrinkles can be faintly seen between the corners of her eyes and the brows.

Judging from the appearance, Mrs. Ma should be 35 or [-] years old.

But she has spring eyebrows and a pretty face. She stands there coquettishly and timidly, and she wears a plain suit, which gives people a feeling of being extremely weak and charming. Looking at her now, she looks like a A beautiful girl in her twenties and eight years is average.

Mrs. Ma's voice is just like her impression, very clear and youthful.

Seeing her getting off the sedan chair, Yingying bowed to Qiao Feng, asking in a crisp voice, her eyes were as bright as jewels, shining a strange brilliance in the darkness, and they were destined to fall on Qiao Feng. on the peak.

However, Qiao Feng only returned the gift lightly, exchanged some polite greetings with Mrs. Ma, and then asked:

"Sister-in-law came here, and entrusted Elder Xu to spread the word first, and entrusted Senior Shan to uphold justice, but what did you find out about the death of Second Brother Ma?"

He didn't ask politely.

Originally, if Mrs. Ma really found any important clues about Ma Dayuan's death, according to common sense, she should give priority to reporting it to Qiao Feng, who is the leader of the beggar gang.

If Qiao Feng happened not to be nearby at the time, and it would take too much time to send letters back and forth, and there might be some accidents in the middle, then she should also go to the elders of the sixth elders, or the nearest sub-ruler to tell the story. Instead of looking for Elder Xu and Iron Judge Shan Zheng to "call the shots" for her as she is doing now.

This move is tantamount to blatantly expressing that she does not recognize or believe in the "justice" within the beggar gang, so she has to find some outsiders, namely Tan Gong, Tan Po, Zhao Qiansun, Shan Zhenghe who are gathered in this Xinglin at this time Only when his five sons came to be a witness could she feel at ease.

And Qiao Feng had already learned from Song Qingshu and Ye Gucheng beforehand that Elder Xu played a huge role in today's rebellion. Detailed and credible evidence of identity.

So now comes the problem.

Mrs. Ma found Elder Xu, who was neither an elder in power, but also a person with a very high seniority in the gang, to make decisions for herself. Was it out of her own will, or was she forced by Elder Xu?

If it was the former, then she must have played some very important role in the whole rebellion, but at this moment Qiao Feng couldn't figure out why.

If it is the latter, then she is just a poor person who lost her husband, but was coerced by the elders of the gang, and had to stand up and do things that she might not want to do.

Thinking of this, Qiao Feng's expression softened a little, but he would not take back the question he just asked, and only waited for Madam Ma to answer.

Mrs. Ma didn't seem to have expected that Qiao Feng would be so ruthless, and she was not in a hurry to deal with foreign matters first, but instead approached her directly in front of these "outsiders", her face couldn't help feeling a little nervous for a while. stiff.

But she reacted very quickly. Seeing that everyone's eyes were on her following Qiao Feng's questions, she timidly lowered her eyes and said in a low voice:

"Unfortunately, my husband passed away. The little girl knew that her fate was poor, and she only regretted that she could not leave a son and a half for him, so that she could not continue the incense of the Ma family."

Her voice was mournful, with faint sobs amidst helplessness, although her voice was a little low, but in this quiet night in the apricot forest, it was very clear because of the crispness of the voice itself, For a moment, everyone in the forest was infected by her voice, and they looked at her with pity and sympathy.

Mrs. Ma just didn't know, she still lowered her eyes, sobbing slightly: "A few days ago, the little girl was collecting her husband's relics, and found a suicide note sealed with wax in his collection of boxing scriptures."

"It is written on the book cover: 'If Yu dies, this letter will be incinerated immediately, and anyone who dismantles it will destroy Yu's body, which makes Yu Jiuquan uneasy. If Yu dies unexpectedly, this letter should be handed over to the elders of the clan for dismantling and reading immediately. This is of great importance , must not be mistaken.'1"

When she said this, everyone knew that the important point was coming, so they all stared at her with bated breath, waiting for her to continue.

Sure enough, Mrs. Ma paused, and seemed to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes with the handkerchief hidden in her sleeve. After putting away the handkerchief, she continued:

"The little girl saw that the letter was written solemnly, and she knew that this matter might be of great importance. She should take the letter with her, and if she wanted to ask to see the guild leader, she submitted the letter. Who knew that when I went to the main helm, I knew that the guild leader had already accompanied all of you. Elder, you have come to Jiangnan to avenge your late husband."

This sort of explained why she didn't present the letter to Qiao Feng and the six elders of the gang right away.

But this doesn't explain why she called Elder Xu, Shan Zheng and others to make decisions for her.

Everyone just quietly listened to her continue to narrate.

She said again: "However, it's fortunate that this is the case, so the leader of the sect didn't see this letter before Elder Xu."

When this statement came out, everyone was shocked.

What Mrs. Ruo Ma said earlier was reasonably well-founded, and no one could find any doubts, but the statement just now contained too much information!

"fortunately"?Fortunately, the sect leader didn't see the secret letter before Elder Xu?

why?

At this moment, the same question flashed in everyone's mind.

At this moment, Qiao Feng understood everything.

I'm afraid what Quan Guanqing said, the conclusive evidence that Elder Xu holds in his hands that can prove that Qiao Feng is a Khitan descendant is this secret letter, right?

Sure enough, Mrs. Ma was not in a hurry at this time, and continued to talk about how she was afraid of the content of the secret letter. If she didn't hand it over to the elders in time, she might be delaying the opportunity, so she rushed to Zhengzhou overnight to ask to see Xu Elder, hand over the secret letter to him and ask him to come to be the master and tell him.

After explaining the ins and outs of the whole matter clearly, Mrs. Ma seemed to have completed her mission, lowered her head, and only said, "Elder Xu will inform all uncles about the next thing" before stepping back. Two steps, no more sound.

Everyone's eyes then turned to Elder Xu.

But seeing, this very old beggar with white eyebrows and white beard coughed twice, stretched out his hand to untie a bundle from his body, and took out a letter from it.

He first proved Mrs. Ma's statement, and then said that when the letter was delivered to him, it was indeed sealed and no one had opened it.

On this point, he was a guest at his house at the time, and seeing him unseal the sealed slip with his own eyes could testify to him.

However, the content of this letter is not Ma Dayuan's last words, but written by an unspeakable person to the late former head of the Beggar Gang, Wang Jiantong.

The person who wrote this letter, Elder Xu only said that he was inconvenient to reveal his name in public, but this person happened to be acquainted with Shan Zheng, and the latter had many correspondences with the former in his family.

So Elder Xu, Mrs. Ma and Shan Zheng rushed to Shan Zheng's home together, dug out the old letter and compared it with the handwriting in the secret letter to distinguish the authenticity.

And the reason why they acted so cautiously was because the content of the secret letter "involved the fate of the gang's rise and fall, and the reputation and life of a hero", so they had to carefully verify the authenticity before they could use it as a basis Act accordingly.

As for this, Elder Xu said, if everyone present didn't know that the hero he was talking about was Qiao Feng, that would be too stupid.

For a moment, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and those disciples who didn't know the inside story of today's rebellion were even more anxious and had some bad premonitions.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Elder Xu continued to talk, because he knew that Tan Gong and Tan Po had some relationship with the person who wrote the letter, so he went to find two people to verify, and a story he heard from Tan Gong and Tan Po , but he couldn't bear to say, "It's a pity, it's a pity."

At this point, Tan Gong and Tan Po took over the conversation.

But Zhao Qiansun is Tan Po's senior brother. He and Tan Gong and Tan Po seemed to have some emotional entanglements back then. However, in the forest came another Tiantai Mountain, Master Zhiguang.

But it turned out that this person also came to Wuxi at the invitation of Elder Xu.

Next, everyone heard a story that happened in Yanmen Pass 30 years ago from Master Zhiguang.

It turned out that 30 years ago, the hero of the Central Plains received a message that the Khitan Kingdom had sent many warriors to attack Shaolin and snatch all kinds of martial arts secrets stored in the temple in one fell swoop.

Immediately, a "leader brother" led a team of 21 Central Plains martial arts masters to the Rocky Valley outside Yanmen Pass to ambush and kill the warriors sent by the Khitan Kingdom.

Unexpectedly, these 21 masters were killed by one person like pigs and sheep, leaving only the last four. If that person hadn't jumped off the cliff by himself in the end, I am afraid that even the last four would not be left. .

Three of the four felt that something was wrong at that time, so they returned to the Central Plains for investigation.

Afterwards, it turned out that what they received back then was actually false information. That team of Khitans was not some dead soldiers who sneaked into the Song Dynasty to sneak into Shaolin to snatch the martial arts secrets. The master, however, refused to reveal it, for fear that if he said it, the actions of the "leader brother", himself, and the former head of the Beggar Clan, Wang Jiantong, who also participated in the siege and killing of the Khitan people at that time, would appear to be even more serious mistakes. Very wrong, shameless to face everyone.

And in this story, at that time, he fought against the heroes with his own strength and killed the 21 Central Plains martial arts masters present to only four. In the end, after the Khitan master jumped off the cliff by himself, he actually left behind a child.

The child was adopted by a couple surnamed Qiao at the foot of Shaoshi Mountain. When he grew up, he was accepted as a disciple by Wang Jiantong and brought back to the Beggars' Clan...

When Master Zhiguang said this, what did everyone present not understand?

That baby... is clearly the current leader of the Beggar Gang, Qiao Feng!

Everyone's eyes focused on Qiao Feng in an instant, but they saw that his eyes were red, his fists were clenched, his eyes were glaring at Master Zhiguang, his muscles were tense, but in the end, he didn't make any drastic moves... …

"Master Qiao, you... oh!"

Seeing how restrained he was, Master Zhiguang couldn't help being both surprised and admired. However, after meeting Qiao Feng's eyes for a moment, he could only sigh in the end, and lowered his eyes sadly.

Elder Xu saw that Qiao Feng was not mad, but very calm, and was a little surprised for a moment. Seeing that everyone in the forest was silent for a long time, and no one dared to speak up to break the fragile balance at this moment, after thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and took the secret letter. out:

"Here is the secret letter left by Brother Ma, Clan Leader... No, Qiao Feng, if you don't believe me, you can see it for yourself!"

Qiao Feng was about to reach out to take the secret letter, but Master Zhiguang snatched the letter halfway, and then couldn't help but tore off the signer of the letter, stuffed it into his mouth, and swallowed it in two or three gulps.

"Master Zhiguang! You..."

Qiao Feng couldn't stop him for a while, he could only watch helplessly as he swallowed the shredded paper in his mouth.

Master Zhiguang smiled slightly, and said: "Qiao benefactor, since you already know your life experience, you probably want to find the murderer back then to avenge your murder of your father and mother. Gang leader Wang has passed away, and since the old monk has stepped forward today, I never thought about escaping, you can kill or cut, you can do whatever you want, but this old monk doesn't want you to know the name of the leading brother."

He spoke frankly and had a compassionate expression, Qiao Feng couldn't speak for a moment, he just silently reached out to take the secret letter, and lowered his eyes to read it.

There is not much content in the letter, other than expressing his admiration for Qiao Feng, he is also worried that if he learns about what happened outside Yanmen Pass from other sources in the future, not only the beggar gang will suffer because of this, but also the Central Plains Wulin may never have peace, hope Wang Jiantong Think twice.

And when Qiao Feng finished reading the secret letter, Elder Xu handed over another piece of letterhead, saying that it was written by Chief Wang himself.

Qiao Feng took it over, but saw that the letter said that if Qiao Feng had any relatives in Liao who rebelled against Han and helped the Liao Kingdom to attack the Song Dynasty, the gang members from the deputy leader to the six elders could use any means, and they would use anything when necessary In killing Qiao Feng, the one who killed him deserves credit and is not guilty...

When he saw the date at the bottom of the letter, he remembered that this was the day when he took over as the leader of the beggar gang. He thought that his master had taught him for many years and had always been kind to him, but on the day he took over as the leader of the gang, he wrote down such a secret order with his own hands. , I couldn't help but feel sour for a while, and finally a few drops of hot tears dripped from my eyes.

When Elder Xu saw it, he was still speaking righteously from the sidelines, saying that only Ma Dayuan knew about this secret order, but he kept it secret and never mentioned it to others, because Qiao Feng never did what was said on the letter since he took office. Helping the Liao to rebel against the Song Dynasty.

He also said that if Qiao Feng was willing to kill Murong Fu to avenge Ma Dayuan, then there was no need to expose the matter. He even wanted to destroy the secret order to keep the secret, but Qiao Feng was not willing, and even protected the "Murong" Surnamed Hu, as a descendant of Xianbei, Murong Fu, who is also a barbarian and barbarian with the Khitan...

In short, everything was explained by him.

And the beggars in the forest were also wavering at this time.

With the convincing words of Elder Xu and others, and the secret decree written by Chief Wang himself and the testimony of an old man with great reputation like Master Zhiguang, Qiao Feng's identity as a Khitan has been proved beyond doubt.

The second is that since Qiao Feng took over as the head of the clan, he has acted chivalrously to fight against the strong and help the weak. He has shown great kindness to the disciples in the clan. Some people kicked Qiao Feng from the position of gang leader and kicked him out of the beggar gang, but they were unwilling to speak up.

In the apricot forest, it became silent again for a moment.

At this time, a clear female voice was heard sadly saying:

"Uncles, the little girl doesn't understand important matters in the gang, and she is not qualified to intervene. But when my husband died, the little girl dared to ask my uncles to make decisions for me."

"My late husband is humble and steady. I have never heard of any enemies in the Jianghu. Now he died unexpectedly for no reason. The little girl really can't think of anyone who would do such a bad thing. Could it be... Could it be because my husband held What important matter, the man is afraid that his husband will reveal the secret, so he wants to kill him to silence him?"

That's right, it's short of bluntly saying that the murderer is Qiao Feng!

Qiao Feng narrowed his eyes, and asked in a cold voice: "You mean to say that you suspect that I was the one who killed Deputy Gang Leader Ma?"

Madam Ma fell to her knees when she heard the words, and kowtowed to Qiao Feng!

While kowtowing, she said: "Little girl dare not say who suspects who is testifying whom. I just want all uncles to remember the old relationship and find justice for my late husband! Little girl is very grateful!"

Qiao Feng didn't expect her to act like this suddenly, no matter how angry he was, he had no choice but to restrain his anger, and persuaded her to get up in a deep voice.

At this time, among the three beautiful girls who had not left in the crowd, the girl in red suddenly asked loudly:

"Madam Ma, I have a question in my mind, may I ask you for advice?"

Mrs. Ma turned her head to look at the young girl, and asked, "What advice do you have, Miss?"

The girl said: "I don't dare to advise. However, according to what you just said, the secret letter was sealed with wax until Elder Xu of your clan opened it. Except for the late Deputy Chief Ma, no one should know what is in the letter." Content. If so, why would you kill someone for fear of leaking the secret?"

Mrs. Ma saw that everyone in the forest heard the words, they all woke up suddenly, she only felt that what the girl said was very reasonable, she couldn't help but stare at the girl for a while, and said:

"I don't know, but now outsiders can interfere in the affairs of my beggar gang."

The girl was not at all afraid, met her gaze, and said with a charming smile: "Interference is not a matter, it's just about my son. Regarding the truth, I need to argue with you guys."

Mrs. Ma asked again: "Who is the son of the girl's family? Is it the master of Qiao?"

The girl shook her head, "No, it's Mr. Murong."

Madam Ma's expression seemed to relax a little.

She ignored the girl, and instead talked about a burglar in her home a few days ago.

Although the thief didn't hurt anyone and only stole some silver in the end, there was one thing left behind at the scene.

Having said that, Mrs. Ma took out something from the package on her back and handed it to Elder Xu.

Elder Xu reached out to take it, and slowly opened it, only to see that there was a folding fan in the package.

Unfold the fan, and there is a picture of a strong man going out to kill the enemy...

Coupled with the poem written on the fan that Elder Xu read out slowly, Qiao Feng immediately recognized that this was a gift from his mentor Wang Jiantong on his 25th birthday!

Qiao Feng was usually impatient to carry such elegant things with him, so he always kept them in his room, but why did this fan appear in Mrs. Ma's hands?

Qiao Feng looked up at the people in front of him.

He looked cold and stern, only to hear Elder Xu still shaking his head and sighing: "It's not my race, its heart must be different!"

Everyone was suspicious at first, but after hearing Elder Xu's exclamation that seemed to be talking to himself, how can they not guess who the owner of the fan is?

All of a sudden, the gazes looking at Qiao Feng were filled with suspicion and scrutiny.

Qiao Feng's expression became more and more serious.

He was opening his mouth to prophesy, but he didn't want to, his shoulders were suddenly pinned down. He turned his head and saw that Yin Liting, who had been polite and silent since just now, stood up at some point and walked to his side. In a daze, I heard the gentle voice of my friend sounding from beside me:

"Madam Ma, when and when your house was stolen?"

Mrs. Ma raised her eyes to look at Yin Liting when she heard the words, she had heard about this friend Qiao Feng made recently, but people said that he didn't seem to be from a large sect, and few people in the Song Dynasty martial arts had heard of him I only know that this person seems to be named Yin, and Dang even didn't take him very seriously, so he said slowly:

"It was the night before I received the news of my husband's death. The specific date was..."

She talked about a day, and then looked at Yin Liting quietly.

The latter's face was gentle and calm, but the moment he heard her answer, there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

He said: "If this is the case, the person who stole it must not be Brother Qiao. On the day Mrs. Ma said, Brother Qiao and I were boating and drinking on Taihu Lake. I can testify for him."

As soon as this remark came out, there was another uproar in the crowd.

If what Yin Liting said is true, then someone stole Qiao Feng's fan and deliberately left it in Ma Dayuan's house, intending to put the blame on Qiao Feng!

Mrs. Ma saw that everyone was wavering again because of Yin Liting's words, and a trace of unhappiness flashed in her eyes.

She said crisply: "Mr. is the best friend of Chief Qiao's. Mr.'s words, little girl... little girl dare not believe it."

This is cleverly said.

It is "dare not to believe it", not serious disbelief.

Sure enough, when she said this, the beggars who originally thought that Qiao Feng had been wronged, and were relieved, hesitated again. Gradually, "Yes! He is Qiao Feng's friend, who knows?" Did you tell a lie to protect Qiao Feng!" Such a voice came.

At this moment, Quan Guanqing stood up again.

He said loudly: "This...Brother Yin, not to mention that you and Qiao Feng are good friends, whether your so-called 'testimonies' are credible, just because you appeared out of thin air in our martial arts forest in Song Dynasty, your skills are extremely extraordinary, but You were not well-known in the martial arts before, which already made you look very suspicious. Who knows if you are from Khitan, you have colluded with Qiao Feng, and you want to plot evil in our Song country martial arts..."

After saying this, all the beggars were shocked.

Originally, because the other party was a good friend of the gang leader, everyone had never doubted his identity, but now hearing what Quan Ruozhu said...

It seems really reasonable!

The eyes of all the beggars looking at Yin Liting changed instantly.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Qiao Feng felt a dull pain in his heart.

Not only was he saddened that everyone's trust in him was so fragile, but because of the exposure of his own background, he lost all the loyalty and friendship he once had, and it was even more difficult that Yin Liting had to bear so many doubts and groundless abuse and accusations because of himself.

He was about to say something to defend his friend, but he only heard Yin Liting chuckle in his ear.

"I am a Khitan?"

The voice that was supposed to be as gentle as jade, in Qiao Feng's ears at this moment, carried an indescribably sharp meaning.

He subconsciously turned his head to look, and saw that his friend had a look of anger and a smile on his face, and there was determination in his eyes.

"Do not change your name and sit without changing your surname when you go down, Wudang in the Yuan Dynasty, Yin Liting."

Everyone was in a daze, only listening to the friend of the gang leader whose background was not revealed in the rumors and who had always been very gentle and amiable, said so in the usual gentle and calm tone.

"Please also, everyone advises."

Before the words fell, there was a dead silence in the apricot forest.