ninety-four
Xiao Zhao insisted on following him on the road, so Song Qingshu had no choice but to take her with him. Fortunately, her own martial arts skills were not weak and she was quite resourceful, so she was not a drag.
The two of them galloped all the way, and as soon as they arrived at the border of Qinchuan, they found that the Mongolian officers and soldiers were increasingly restricting their inspections.
When I inquired about it, I found out that it was because of the recent chaos in the world and the rise of heroes from all directions that the Yuan Dynasty was on the verge of collapse. In order to protect themselves and prevent bandits from escaping to cause chaos, local provincial secretaries have adopted a policy of seclusion and closed the passes between provinces.
Be strictly guarded.
"Calculating the time, the collapse of the Yuan Dynasty is coming soon. Now Tuotuo's million-strong army in the north of the Yangtze River is forcing Liu Futong's rebel army in the south. This battle will become a key turning point in the civil uprising at the end of the Yuan Dynasty."
If Tuotuo can successfully suppress Liu Futong, then the momentum of the rebels in various places will definitely be dealt a huge blow, and the Yuan Dynasty will be able to survive. During the period when the six major sects besieged Guangmingding, Fang Guozhen and Zhang Shicheng in the south of the Yangtze River surrendered to the Yuan court, and only the Yuan Dynasty in the south surrendered.
Liu Futong's team is struggling to support them.
Song Qingshu knew that there was not much time left for him, and he had to integrate the martial arts forces as soon as possible, otherwise he would miss the best opportunity. He and Xiao Zhao disguised themselves and spent eight days rushing back to Wudang Mountain.
Strangely, it was extremely peaceful after entering the borders of Junzhou. None of the officers and soldiers blocking the road were encountered as expected. Entering Wudang Mountain was also peaceful. Song Qingshu and Xiao Zhao walked carefully along the mountain road without encountering an ambush.
When he arrived at the mountain gate, he saw two disciples guarding the gate from a distance, and Song Qingshu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, we are one step ahead." Song Qingshu stepped forward, but both disciples were strangers.
"Who is it?" The two disciples put their hands on the sword in unison.
Song Qingshu stared at one of them and said slowly: "I am a disciple of the Emei Sect. I have an urgent request to see Master Zhang."
The two disciples looked at each other, and one of them said: "Zhenzhen Zhang is not on the mountain, just go back."
"Then I dare to ask if Master Song is here?"
"Headmaster Song has not returned either."
"Okay, may I ask who is in charge now?"
The disciple paused and said, "It's Taoist Master Xu Guzi."
"Xu Guzi?" Song Qingshu was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered whose name Xu Guzi was. But when Song Yuanqiao left, he clearly asked his third uncle Yu Daiyan to take charge of the sect. How did he become Xu Guzi?
Xu Guzi is Chen Yuanjie's Taoist nickname, but he rarely uses this Taoist nickname, but he can only be worthy of it after he inherits the position of the Lord of the First Palace.
But Chen Yuanjie obviously followed Song Yuanqiao and others on the expedition to the Mingjiao in the Western Regions. Why has Song Yuanqiao not returned yet, but Xu Guzi has come back to take charge?
"Then please ask the two Taoist priests to report to Taoist Master Xu Guzi on your behalf." Song Qingshu cupped his hands and said.
The two Taoist priests were silent for a while, looked at each other, waved their hands and said: "The situation is unclear now, so please come back. Wudang Mountain is closed, thank you for visiting."
"Oh, that's it." Song Qingshu whispered, and the Qingfeng sword on his back suddenly came out of its sheath.
The two disciples were startled. They raised their swords and were about to slash at Song Qingshu when they suddenly felt a light touch in their hands. It turned out that the sharp swords in their hands had been cut off at some point.
"I have long seen that you are not Wudang disciples." Song Qingshu pointed his sword at the two of them, "You don't even know the basic etiquette, and you don't have the jade of a Wudang disciple, and you dare to act like a fool here, and try to steal others."
Whenever a Wudang disciple enters the mountain gate, he will have a piece of jade hanging around his waist to show his identity. Song Qingshu just lowered his head to observe the situation around their waists. Seeing that they were both empty and their words and deeds were weird, he guessed
These two people are not Wudang disciples.
"Yeah!" Seeing that their identities were exposed, the two men shouted together, dropped their broken swords, raised their palms and attacked Song Qingshu. Both of them were at the second-rate level, but their martial arts routines were those of the martial arts in the Western Regions.
Song Qingshu made a few gestures with his Qingfeng sword, and easily put the two of them to the ground, and asked Xiao Zhao and him to take off their Taoist robes and put them on. After the dressing was completed, he threw the bodies of the two impostors into the ravine.
Rush along the mountain road towards Zixiao Palace.
Along the way, I rarely saw disciples from various palaces in Wudang. When I arrived at the gate of Zixiao Palace, I saw a few disciples here and there, but I was surprised that these were all disciples from Chunyang Palace. There were six disciples standing on the left and right of the main hall, all with swords on their backs.
While standing, all he wore were Taoist robes from Chunyang Palace.
Such a scene has never happened before in front of the main hall of Zixiao Palace, but these six people are all wearing jade pendants, so there is no doubt that they are Wudang disciples.
Song Qingshu was about to step forward to inquire when he was suddenly tapped on the shoulder. When he turned around, he saw that it was not Xiao Zhao, but an old acquaintance.
Wen Youcai pulled Song Qingshu to the corner in front of the hall, looked around, and whispered, "Junior Brother Song, is that you?"
Song Qingshu nodded and was about to ask a question when he heard Wen Youcai say: "Junior brother, what are you doing here? Hurry down the mountain!"
"What happened? Where are the other disciples?"
Wen Youcai had an embarrassed look on his face. He thought for a while and sighed, "Junior Brother Song, the master led the masters to the Western Regions to besiege Guangmingding. They have not returned yet. Some time ago, Senior Brother Chen led a group of people back to the mountains.
, it was announced that day that the Wudang sect had turned against the Yuan court, and the dissatisfied elders and disciples of the sect were imprisoned in the underground palace by the Yuanren masters he brought."
The underground palace under Zixiao Palace is actually a place for storing sundries. Although it is spacious, it is a place that is dark and airtight, no different from a coffin.
After Song Qingshu heard this, he became furious! What a Chen Yuanjie, how dare he do this!
He had never had a good impression of this person, but he didn't expect that during this period, he would actually seek refuge with Yuan Ren, and even bring Yuan Ren back to Wudang to deceive his master and destroy his ancestors.
"This is Zhao Zhijing who wants to learn from the Quanzhen Sect!" The Quanzhen Sect back then fell apart because Zhao Zhijing took refuge with the Mongols and was severely damaged.
Song Qingshu looked around Zixia Palace again, but saw that these disciples who were guarding with swords must be Chen Yuanjie's gang members and had chosen to join the Yuan people.
He just didn't expect that there would be so many sanctimonious people in Wudang.
"Junior Brother Song, this is also a helpless move." Wen Youcai seemed to have guessed Song Qingshu's thoughts, "Senior Brother Chen said that Master Song and other masters have all died in the Western Regions, and now the only way to save the Wudang Sect is to cooperate with the Yuan people.
"
Song Qingshu loosened his fist. He knew that these people's choices were just to follow the crowd. At present, all the second-generation masters of Wudang Sect were gone, and Grand Master Zhang Sanfeng was also missing. Chen Yuanjie returned with a group of Yuanren masters, so naturally there would be disciples under his sect.
Fortunately, there are not many such spineless disciples.
This is actually a test. After this, some potential threats within the Wudang Sect have been exposed. If these people are eliminated afterwards, the Wudang Sect will develop more healthily.
"Senior Brother Wen, tell me where Chen Yuanjie is."
Hearing that Song Qingshu still called him "Senior Brother Wen", Wen Youcai thought that he had forgiven him, but when he heard him asking where Chen Yuanjie was, he hurriedly dissuaded him and said, "Junior Brother Song, you'd better go down the mountain quickly, you are no match for them
, don’t go looking for unhappiness.”
If Master Song and others returned to the mountains, they could still fight with those people, but with only Song Qingshu alone, he would not be their opponent.
"Senior Brother Wen, where is Chen Yuanjie?"
Song Qingshu's tone was cold, and Wen Youcai even felt a strong murderous intention.
"Earlier, he took his third uncle to the Golden Summit, saying that he wanted to find out the Tai Chi manual of the ancestor."
Song Qingshu nodded and hurried to the Golden Summit. But when he reached the iron cable plank road, there were four Yuan warriors guarding the entrance.
"The visitor stopped, why?" When they saw Song Qingshu wearing the Taoist robe of a Chunyang Palace disciple, they thought he was a surrendered Wudang disciple.
But what answered him was a sharp sword energy. This man's skills were also extraordinary, and he turned around to avoid the sword energy.
"Enemy attack!"
He shouted in Mongolian, and the three masters beside him joined the battle, and the four of them instantly formed a formation to attack.
Song Qingshu used the Qingfeng Sword to fight against four people. The four were all top-notch masters and formed a formation to surround him in the middle.
They did not use weapons, but they used their bare hands to fight against the Qingfeng Sword. They used Shaolin martial arts skills to fight against the Qingfeng Sword with their palms attached to their internal strength.
This is Shaolin’s Vajra Prajna Palm! There is an entry-level version among the people called Iron Sand Palm. When practiced to the extreme, Vajra Prajna Palm can be produced. It is also a unique skill of outsiders that does not allow powerful Vajra fingers!
These four Yuan people were one after another, attacking and defending together, and their Vajra Prajna Palms were equally powerful. For a while, Song Qingshu was unable to break the formation of the four of them.
"Sir, these four people should be using the Liuhe Formation of the Giant Whale Gang, but there are only four of them, and there are two flaws when they change positions." Xiao Zhao reminded from the side as he saw the doorway.
When the four Yuan people saw this woman disguised as a man, they revealed the secret of the four-person formation. One of them cursed "stinky girl" and wanted to raise his palm to attack her, but was entangled by Song Qingshu's Qingfeng sword.
Live, unable to escape.
Knowing the origin of the Liuhe Formation, Song Qingshu paid attention to the so-called Liuhe position. The four people blocked the southeast, northwest and four directions during the change, but there was a lack of one person to cover the top of the head. The top and bottom were the breakthrough points.
After thinking about this, Song Qingshu feinted, and then used the swinging sword stance to escape from the circle of four people. He then attacked their heads with the lifting sword stance, and then directly attacked their lower body with the sword stance.
This series of attacks pointed at their weaknesses. An ordinary swordsman would never be able to break through their aura, but Song Qingshu's sword aura was too powerful and the speed was weirdly fast.
Just four sword shadows flickered, and Song Qingshu made four moves in a row, killing these four masters one by one.
"Young Master's swordsmanship has improved again!" Xiao Zhao's eyes shone. Song Qingshu killed four first-class masters in one go. His swordsmanship was truly at its peak.
Xiao Zhao followed Granny Jinhua in his early years of wandering around the world and had a lot of experience, but he had never seen such a smart and elegant swordsmanship.
Chapter completed!