[Liao Zhai + Lu Xiaofeng] Gossip in Jianghu

"Have you heard? The head of the Iron Armor Sect and several chief disciples were killed on the way to Luoyang."

"It is said that the strange armor of the Tiejiamen can withstand all the weapons in the world, but they were all wiped out overnight. How terrible is this murderer?"

"That's right. I don't know if the murderer is seeking personal revenge, or he is aiming at the position of the martial arts leader this time. It seems that all sects and sects need to be more prepared."

"It's a pity that outsiders are not allowed to enter the strongholds of Shaolin, Wudang, Beggars' Gang, and Emei in Luoyang City. If you really want to avoid the limelight, you can enjoy the shade by leaning against a big tree."

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Lu Xiaofeng and Baolan fell into deep thought as they listened to the chatter of the people from the rivers and lakes at the table behind.After a while, Baolan frowned and said, "Speaking of which, I don't know who attacked us yesterday? Lu Xiaoji, do you think it's the same person who killed the Iron Armor Sect and attacked us?"

Lu Xiaofeng stroked his moustache and pondered: "It's hard to say now, the martial arts conference is approaching, and Luoyang City will only become more and more lively."

There are still two days before the martial arts conference, and the disciples of the great sect are resting quietly in their respective strongholds. On the contrary, some small sects like to socialize, and the business of restaurants and restaurants is booming.Countless invitations come and go every day, but the Jade Girl School has not received a single one.Baolan was happy to be at leisure, reading books and solving math problems in the room was also quite fulfilling.But Lu Xiaofeng is not a person who can live at leisure, he heard that there are lantern festivals in Luoyang City in the past two nights, and he dragged Baolan to the lantern festival before it was dark.

The annual Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Festival is organized by the government, and it is very grand. Both sides of the main street are full of magnificent, delicate or cute lanterns. The city of Luoyang is as bright as day when the city is full of lights. Walking and admiring the lanterns, I just feel overwhelmed.

"Hey, isn't that Master Wuhua?" Baolan saw the familiar moon-white figure not far away.

Lu Xiaofeng followed Baolan's gaze and saw that it was indeed Master Wuhua, and said with a smile: "It seems that Master Wuhua is indeed an elegant man."

"Today, I heard from people in the inn that the last leader of the martial arts alliance was Master Tianhu of Shaolin, but Master Tianhu passed away due to illness a few months ago, so he held another martial arts conference this month to elect a new leader of the martial arts alliance. Master Hua is the new head of Shaolin Temple?" Baolan asked curiously.

Lu Xiaofeng shook his head, and sighed: "I don't know what Master Tianhu thinks this day, he chose a martial arts and talent who is not as good as Wuhua, and he should be here with his senior brother this time."

"Everyone has their own ambitions, perhaps Master Wuhua prefers a leisurely life of cultivation." Baolan said.

Lu Xiaofeng flicked the mask on Baolan's face, teasingly said: "I can't see that you are Wuhua's bosom friend, why don't we invite him to go with us?"

Lu Xiaofeng has always been an actionist, without waiting for Baolan's reaction, he strode up to Wuhua and said, "Master Wuhua, do you mind walking with us?"

Wu Hua shook her head with a smile, and said humbly, "It's a poor monk's honor to be able to walk with the four-browed Lu Xiaofeng."

"Look, it's so lively there." Baolan pointed to the crowded street ahead.

"Oh, that's guessing lantern riddles." Lu Xiaofeng glanced at it and said.

The three of them walked inside, and sure enough, there was the sound of people guessing crossword puzzles.However, every stall was almost overcrowded. After walking for a while, I found a stall on the street corner that was hardly patronized.

"Hmph, this boss is really crazy, the lanterns are ugly, and the anagrams are so hard to guess, who wants to go?"

"Brother Wang, don't get angry with him, let's go to other stalls."

The three of them passed by two Tsing Yi scholars.Hearing the conversation between the two, Lu Xiaofeng shook his head and was about to leave, but found a familiar lavender figure in front of the booth.

"Boss, I really can't solve this crossword puzzle. How about I buy this lantern from you for ten taels of silver?"

The boss shook his head resolutely, and said with a straight face: "I don't sell my lanterns, I only give them away if I guess the lantern riddles correctly."

Baolan was originally not interested in guessing lantern riddles, which liberal arts students are good at, but after hearing what Ming Zi and the boss said from a distance, she aroused her curiosity, tugged at Lu Xiaofeng's sleeve and said, "Lu Xiaoji, this stall looks really interesting. , why don't we try to guess."

Just as Lu Xiaofeng had this intention, he stepped forward and said, "Let's try, if we guess correctly, I hope the boss will give the lantern to this girl."

The boss snorted and glanced at them without answering.

When Ming Zi heard Lu Xiaofeng's words, she turned around, her eyes flashed with astonishment, and then she smiled charmingly, "Ming Zi, I would like to thank you all first."

"Which one does Miss Mingzi like?" Lu Xiaofeng asked.

Ming Zi pointed to a lantern hanging above the booth, and everyone was slightly embarrassed, because the lantern turned out to be a strange animal that looked like a pig, but had no buttocks and no face, and had six feet and four wings on its body.All the lanterns at this booth are basically in this strange style, no wonder the two scholars complained a lot just now.

Mingzi saw through their thoughts and said with a smile: "It's called Dijiang, a kind of divine bird on the Tianshan Mountains in ancient times. Although it has no ears, eyes, mouth and nose, it knows how to sing and dance. It's very cute. This lantern is really lifelike. When I looked at it from afar just now, I really thought I saw Di Jiang."

The owner of the lantern nodded appreciatively, "This girl is quite knowledgeable. The lanterns at my booth are all ancient beasts. How can they be compared to ordinary little flowers, grass, cats and dogs."

Lu Xiaofeng teased: "Ms. Mingzi said these words, as if she had seen Di Jiang with her own eyes. Could it be that Miss Mingzi is an old man?"

Ming Zi was not annoyed when she heard Lu Xiaofeng's words, instead she smiled more prettily and said, "Yes, I am older than your grandma's grandma's grandma, you have to call me old ancestor."

Lu Xiaofeng wanted to fight back, but the lantern owner got a little impatient, "Can you guess the lantern riddles? If you don't, don't stand here and hinder my business."

Lu Xiaofeng smiled, "Guess! Of course we have to guess! We have a second monk here." After speaking, Lu Xiaofeng pushed Wuhua who had been silent behind him to the front.

"Master Wuhua, I'm not proficient in lantern riddles, so I trouble you to win this lantern for our Mingzi... old ancestor." Lu Xiaofeng laughed.

Wuhua was taken aback for a moment, then smiled helplessly, and looked at the riddle presented by the boss seriously: a head but no neck, eyes but no eyebrows, no legs to walk, and wings to fly. (hit an animal).

This question is not difficult, and Wuhua came up with the answer after a little thought, and replied: "The poor monk guesses that this animal is probably a fish."

"The answer is correct, Master is amazing." After saying that, the boss took off Di Jiang's lantern and handed it to Ming Zi.

Ming Zi happily held the lantern, looked at Wu Huayan, smiled and said, "Thank you, Master Wu Hua."

Wuhua's face flushed slightly, she lowered her head and didn't know how to respond.

Ming Zi thought that Wu Hua didn't hear her thanks, walked in front of Wu Hua, suddenly put her face in front of Wu Hua, and said with her red lips, "Thank you..."

Feeling the warm breath at the tip of her nose, Wuhua staggered back, and with a flash of her figure, she used lightness kung fu to escape quickly.

Ming Zi was taken aback for a moment, then covered her stomach and laughed, "This monk... is so interesting..."

After laughing enough, Ming Zi tidied up her clothes, looked at Bao Lan who was stunned by the side, and Lu Xiaofeng who was smirking and said heartily: "You guys helped me get the lantern, I invite you to Zuixianlou for supper."

After shopping all night, they happened to be hungry too, so Lu Xiaofeng and Baolan readily agreed.

"Lu Xiaoji, why did Master Wuhua run so fast just now?" Baolan asked secretly.

Lu Xiaofeng grinned and said, "If I were a monk and saw such a beautiful woman, I think I would run away too, haha."

Baolan glared at him and stopped talking.

The business of Zuixianlou has been so good these past few nights that there are even several tables lined up outside the door.The three of them didn't bother to wait, so they simply sat at a nearby roadside stall and ordered some side dishes.

Baolan ate a few mouthfuls of beef sullenly, and found that Mingzi didn't even move her chopsticks, so she couldn't help asking, "Miss Mingzi, don't you want to eat?"

Ming Zi looked at the small dishes and noodles on the table and said with embarrassment: "I'm not hungry for now, you guys should eat more."

Baolan remembered the scene when she saw her eating flowers in the morning, and just about to open her mouth to ask, Lu Xiaofeng stopped her with his eyes.

"Miss Mingzi, are you coming to Luoyang City to participate in the martial arts conference two days later?" Lu Xiaofeng asked.

Ming Zi was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and said, "En."

"Why do you only see you? Where's your companion?" Baolan looked around curiously and asked.

Ming Zi smiled, and replied naturally: "I am the only one in our sect."

Both Baolan and Lu Xiaofeng were startled.

Ming Zi sighed again and explained: "A few days ago there were still a few disciples, but they disliked our Dream Shadow Sect for being poor, so they defected to other sects one after another, so now I am the only one representing the Dream Shadow Sect to participate in this martial arts competition. General Assembly."

Hearing Ming Zi's words, Baolan suddenly had a feeling of being a fallen person in the world, and sighed: "Hey, I wish I was the only one in our sect." Thinking of her disciples, Baolan felt a headache.

"Why do you say that, Baolan?"

"Hey, haven't you heard of the prestige of the Jade Girl School?"

"Nope."

"I tell you..."

The more they chatted, the more speculative they became. Once the chatterbox opened, they kept talking, completely ignoring Lu Xiaofeng next to them.Lu Xiaofeng looked at them with thoughtful eyes.

After a few people satiated with wine and food, they returned to the inn.Lu Xiaofeng didn't go back to his room, but lingered to Baolan's room.

"Lu Xiaoji, what's the matter?" Baolan asked suspiciously.

Lu Xiaofeng thought for a while, and finally couldn't help asking: "Don't you think there is something wrong with that Ming Zi?"

Baolan was stunned, and asked back: "I don't think so. Do you think there is something wrong?"

Lu Xiaofeng nodded, "I have inquired about the gangs participating in the martial arts conference today. This Mengying faction suddenly appeared two months ago. Almost no one knows anything about this gang. The background of this Mingzi gang leader is even more mysterious. Guess, no one knows where she came from, where did she come from, how about martial arts, and everyone doesn't know why she was invited to participate in this martial arts conference. Many gangs expressed their dissatisfaction in private. It was drafted by Shaolin Temple, which has always been impartial, so no one dared to question it."

"But this doesn't mean that there is something wrong with Ming Zi, maybe she is relatively low-key."

Lu Xiaofeng frowned slightly and said: "The consumption of Zuixianlou is not low, one meal can cover a month's food expenses of an ordinary small sect, but she can invite us to have dinner in Zuixianlou, but she said that the gang can't afford to support disciples , don't you feel contradictory?"

Baolan thought about it, and felt that Lu Xiaofeng's words made sense, but she also felt that it was not a big problem.Intuitively, she always feels that Ming Zi doesn't look like a bad person.

Lu Xiaofeng understood Baolan's thoughts, and said: "Maybe she doesn't have bad intentions, but she must be hiding something. Don't forget, she can also deceive her eyes."

The two were talking, when they suddenly heard a fight and noise outside, and occasionally someone calling for help.

Lu Xiaofeng and Baolan rushed out of the room, but saw a room not far away with the door wide open, and a strong smell of blood came from inside.The two rushed over to have a look, only to see several bloody male corpses lying on the ground, and a bearded man was wielding an ax to frantically slaughter a dying man, the man looked at the bearded man in disbelief and said: "Master ...Guangzhu...what's the matter with you?"

It was only then that Lu Xiaofeng and Baolan realized that the vicious bearded man with a ferocious face was Gu Yongyi, the head of the Ax Gang.His eyes were red now, and he looked completely out of his mind.

Baolan slashed at him with a palm to stop Gu Yongyi from continuing to attack, but he didn't seem to be affected at all, and became even more frantic, swinging his ax and screaming like Baolan was coming.Although Baolan has strong internal strength now, she is not a martial arts practitioner after all, so she didn't know how to react for a while.Suddenly, a figure flashed out from behind Baolan, and he only tapped Gu Yongyi twice before he collapsed to the ground.

Baolan saw that it was Mingzi who came.I saw her brows tightened, her face pale as she clutched her chest.

"Are you okay?" Baolan asked with concern.

Ming Zi returned Bao Lan with a weak smile and shook her head.