Chapter 287 Qingxuan takes action, Prince Su’s Mansion
With curiosity about Dong Haichuan and Yang Luchan, Lin Qingxuan headed north and slowly arrived at Hejian Mansion, where he also ate a few square fires.
Although the Hebei region at this time was under the control of the Emperor, the people in rural cities still wore clothes, and the living conditions were not much better than those in other provinces.
However, because the Zhili area is close to the imperial city and has many eunuchs and maidens in the palace, there are many more dignitaries than in the southern state capital.
After passing Hejian Prefecture and walking for less than a day, we arrived at Renqiu County. After passing Renqiu County and walking until dusk, we could see a reed marsh in front of us and an endless ocean behind the reed marsh.
Lin Qingxuan recognized this vast ocean as the Juli Lake directly south of the central capital of Yanjing, but in this era of this world, the wetland in front of him has been renamed Baiyang Lake.
Although it is close to the foot of the Emperor, due to years of wars fought by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Nian Army, and local regiments, as well as being hit by disasters every year, Zhili, like Shandong, Henan and other places, is also plagued by bandits and thieves.
Baiyangdian is connected in all directions, and many bandits and villains are hiding here. Later, the world gradually became chaotic. Even the governor of Zhili, Hengfu, sent officers and soldiers many times to clear it up, but it was ineffective. Therefore, merchants from the north and south have always been wary when they came to the vicinity of Baiyangdian.
, for fear that the gangsters and cult believers in Baiyangdian would rob me of all my wealth and then become a dead soul.
Lin Qingxuan has been rushing to eat every day in the past few days. Other than that, he has been quietly practicing Quanzhen's direct magic skills in order to build a foundation. However, because this world is the dragon and snake star world, the rules are different from those in other worlds.
, so the results of Lin Qingxuan's practice of refining Qi are extremely poor. Even after practicing hard for many days, there are still only traces of Qi in his body, which is out of shape.
However, Lin Qingxuan is a great martial arts master who has shocked the past and the present. After realizing that it is very inconvenient to practice internal skills, he immediately focused on practicing the Sakyamuni Elephant Throwing Kung Fu, Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung Fu, Holy Knight Body Building Technique, and Vitality
It is above the top ten outer sect magical arts such as Beijing Zhanfa.
In fact, Tai Su Hua Sheng Gong's effectiveness in practicing external skills is worse than these magic exercises for body building. However, because this skill involves both internal and external cultivation and requires internal strength to be effective, it is not as suitable as these exercises that focus on external skills and are suitable for today's Lin. Qingxuan practiced Qingxuan, so Lin Qingxuan practiced these external skills to strengthen his body, and at the same time he also practiced horizontal training.
After passing Renqiu County, Lin Qingxuan's external skills had some foundation, and he defeated three strong robbers in a row, with more than ten to dozens of people. Lin Qingxuan estimated that with his current foundation of external skills and peerless martial arts
, if you hold a sword in your hand, even the famous martial arts masters in this world will have the confidence to win.
Lin Qingxuan walked and stopped all the way north, exercising his body and strengthening his muscles and bones. He practiced the external skills without stopping. Not only did his physical fitness improve day by day, Quanzhen Wushu's martial arts moves other than internal skills were basically basically
I can use this body very skillfully.
Lin Qingxuan knew that he had no internal strength now, so he would not be able to support himself for long by just relying on his physical strength. If he encountered gangsters, he would not be afraid of eight of them. If there were hundreds of gangsters, he would not be able to support himself physically. Moreover, there were already many gangsters at this time.
Shotguns, flintlock muskets and artillery. If the gangsters in Baiyangdian had muskets in their hands, they might not be able to dodge under the volley of musket fire.
Precisely because he knew that his kung fu was incomplete, Lin Qingxuan was always vigilant when he saw Baiyangdian from a distance, fearing that he would be killed by hidden arrows and hidden guns of water bandits hiding in the reeds.
Carefully walking along the dirt road on the east side of Baiyangdian, it was dusk an hour later. Lin Qingxuan turned around a large locust tree and heard the sound of swords piercing the air in front of him.
Lin Qingxuan frowned slightly and quietly took a few steps forward. Then he saw dozens of ragged robbers wielding knives, forks and spears on a muddy pond in front of them, attacking thirty escort masters. Behind these escort masters were five vehicles.
The full carriage of the big car was covered with tarpaulin, and there was a flag missing from the back of the car, with the word "Yangwei" written on the flag banner.
Lin Qingxuan recognized that the leaders of these bodyguards were the ones he had met while drinking tea in Qinghe County five days ago. At this time, he saw them dancing the ring-headed knives and red-tasseled spears with cold light, and injured four or five people in a matter of seconds.
Lin Qingxuan also nodded secretly and thought: The martial arts of these bodyguards are pretty good. Although they are not as good as the Seven Jiangnan Monsters, they can still keep up with the "Four Ghosts of the Yellow River".
In the past few days, Lin Qingxuan has met many people in the martial arts world, but most of them have no martial arts skills. He has never met anyone with the same skills as these bodyguards. However, Lin Qingxuan knows that the upper limit of martial arts in this world is not under his own Five Immortals Avenue.
, so I didn’t take it lightly at all.
While Lin Qingxuan was watching the battle, a group of people who besieged the Yangwei Escort Bureau were killed and wounded more than ten people. The remaining forty or fifty people did not dare to go forward, but just shouted and waved their weapons around them.
Although the bodyguards and agents of the Yangwei Escort Bureau had some advantages and only suffered three casualties, the senior brother Ma Aitian and the other bodyguards, who were the best in martial arts, almost all suffered injuries. When they saw the Baiyangdian gangsters retreating, they
Ma Aitian and others also breathed a sigh of relief.
Ma Aitian took a step forward, cupped his hands and said: "A cloud in the northwest Xuantian sky, a lotus flower blooming all over the door, it will hit the king and his ministers, but not Anqing's family."
The expressions of the people surrounding the Yangwei Escort Bureau changed when they heard this. A skinny old man walked out of the crowd, shoveled a convenience shovel in his hand on the ground, frowned and said, "You haven't asked this friend yet?"
Ma Aitian raised his hand again and said: "My younger brother Gao Touman is known as the Iron Fist that shakes the Sanjiang River. Ma Aitian and I are members of the Yangwei Escort Agency in Kaifeng Prefecture. My master Bai Bao salutes the old man as Bajiquan, a famous Chaquan master..."
After hearing Ma Aitian's self-report, the skinny old man said coldly: "Why don't you recognize Bai Jingli? You are a member of the Anqing Gang. Lord Buddha, I am the leader of the Hongyang Sect, Marshal Qingming Zhenren. If you had reported your name early,
, the old man can still let you go because you are all members of the White Lotus Sect. Now that you have killed seven brothers in my guild and injured nine others, how can you be leniently spared?"
Ma Aitian's heart sank, and he quickly took out a few banknotes from his arms and said: "This is a money order of 600 taels from He Shengyuan. I will pay it to our senior brothers of Hongyang Sect. Old shopkeeper of Qingming, don't you think we also have it?"
Are there any casualties? I can’t help but pay for the settlement and funeral expenses of the senior brothers who died just now... We are all in the same boat after all, why should we ruin the harmony by fighting life or death?"
Master Qingming did not look at the banknote and said coldly: "You have harmed my disciples. This cannot be settled with money. Our Hongyang Sect will not be short of your money. If you want to survive, leave one for each of you."
Hands, just get out."
Ma Aitian saw that Master Qingming's words did not seem to be hypocritical, and his face became gloomy. He thought that if there was a fight again, he and others would attack more with less, so they would definitely not be their opponents. Not only would they die here, but the signboard of the Yangwei Escort Bureau would also be destroyed. Now Master Qingming is here
In front of him, if he can be taken down, the Hongyang Sect will be able to use the Rat Throwing Weapon.
Ma Aitian made up his mind and quietly winked at the two junior brothers beside him. Then with a muffled groan, he came to the front of Master Qingming. With a horizontal movement of his right hand and a thrust of his left hand, he used the "Immortal Shaking Clothes" move.
Ma Aitian used this move with all his strength, no matter the strength or heat. He was confident that even if his mentor was in front of him, he could not react in time.
The two bodyguards beside Ma Aitian also swung their broad swords and surrounded them with soft swords.
Master Qingming looked as thin as a monkey, but facing the iron fist of the tall Ma Aitian, he calmly raised his elbow sideways and raised his right foot at the same time.
Although Ma Aitian had a copper wristband on his wrist, his arm was still sore after being hit by Master Qingming's elbow. He hurriedly raised his leg and kicked his leg.
"Bang!"
There was an explosion, and Ma Aitian and Qingming Zhenren's legs collided and each took two steps back.
Ma Aitian's face was gloomy, he grunted, and he was busy adjusting his breath and luck to stretch his energy and blood. The two killing moves of his two junior brothers had already arrived in front of Master Qingming.
At this time, Master Qingming had already taken the opportunity to grab a shovel, and with a sweep, he pushed back the two escorts. At the same time, he shouted: "I will teach my disciples to kill these thieves quickly!"
The disciples of the Hongyang Sect agreed and rushed over again. This time, because Master Qingming was in the lead, they suppressed Ma Aitian and others in a few strokes, and several of the gangsters from the Yangwei Escort also died.
Ma Aitian held a single sword and attacked Master Qingming, but he knew in his heart that the Yangwei Escort Agency was going to fall here today, and he became more and more ruthless, forcing Master Qingming to turn his attack into defense.
However, the competition at the Mingjin level will not affect the outcome of this battle. The number of Yangwei Escort Bureau is far less than that of Hongyang Society, and it is only a matter of time before they are completely wiped out.
Lin Qingxuan didn't want to get involved at first, but when he saw that the head marshal of the Hongyang Sect claimed to be a real person, but sometimes he was talking about Buddha, and the next time he was a marshal, and the titles were all nondescript, he felt a little disgusted that he pretended to be a Taoist and ruined the Taoist tradition.
Qingyu also knew that the Hongyang Sect was a cult, so he had long been determined to help the escort agency.
At this time, seeing Master Qingming and others all taking action, Lin Qingxuan saw an opportunity. Suddenly he ran out with a strong step, and stabbed the back of Master Qingming like a sword with the wooden stick in his hand. Everyone only saw the yellow shadow flashing in front of them, Qingming
The real person fell to the ground and lost his breath.
Lin Qingxuan pulled out the bloody wooden stick from Qingming Master's body. Seeing Ma Aitian and others and everyone in the Hongyang Sect looking at him stupidly, he frowned and said, "Stop it."
…
A few hours later, although it was already dark, there were many escort cars from the Yangwei Escort Bureau, driving steadily on the streets of Bazhou.
Ma Aitian and others were all smiling, and they respectfully surrounded the first carriage because there was a young Taoist priest in apricot-yellow robes sitting in the carriage.
Ma Aitian and others had bandaged their injuries at this time. Seeing the inn arriving, Ma Aitian hurriedly walked to the car, bowed and said: "Director Lin, let's rest in front tonight and continue on our way tomorrow.
"
Lin Qingxuan, who was sitting in front of the carriage, opened his eyes from sitting quietly, nodded and said: "That's fine."
Ma Aitian nodded with relief and turned around to arrange many things for his stay.
It turned out that after Lin Qingxuan appeared, he was the first to kill the marshal in charge of the Hongyang Sect, leaving the Hongyang Sect without its backbone. Then Ma Aitian and others took the opportunity to fight back, and in a moment they drove the disciples of the Hongyang Sect back.
Inside Baiyangdian.
After surviving the disaster, Ma Aitian and others naturally thanked Lin Qingxuan for saving his life. Later, not only to repay the favor, but also to strengthen the strength of his own convoy, Ma Aitian asked Lin Qingxuan to accompany him in the car.
In the eyes of Ma Aitian and others, although Lin Qingxuan, a Quanzhen Taoist, is young, his swordsmanship is the best in the world. If he can help us along, it will not only make up for the reduced escort force of the dead and wounded escorts, but also increase it a lot.
Therefore, whether it was out of gratitude or respect, Ma Aitian and others already treated Lin Qingxuan as their master and elder.
With the careful care of Ma Aitian and his team, Lin Qingxuan finally could live a peaceful life of cultivation again.
Three days later, the convoy of the escort agency finally entered Yanjing City.
"This Sijiu City is far inferior to Lin'an and Bianjing..."
Looking at the dirty and messy Yanjing City, Lin Qingxuan couldn't help but sigh in a low voice.
Ma Aitian and others were not in the mood to talk to Lin Qingxuan at this time. After entering Yanjing City, they were almost at their destination. They had to work hard for almost a month to get this batch of Dushan jade from Prince Su, because the Nian army was so arrogant.
The water transport was damaged, and there were no officers and soldiers to escort them, so they hired the Yangwei Escort Bureau. Ma Aitian and others wanted to make this mission a beautiful one and use it to get involved with Prince Su. Not only did they die for this,
If there are fewer people, you will have to pay a lot of money.
Now that he had entered Yanjing City, Ma Aitian was naturally unwilling to wait any longer and immediately sent someone to drive to Prince Su's Mansion.
After the motorcade arrived at Prince Su's Mansion, a dark-skinned man wearing a red hat and official uniform walked out with a group of guards.
This black man in official attire is in his forties, and the patch on his chest is a bear with a white belly and a black back, which shows that his rank is either the fifth grade or a lower grade.
The fifth-grade military attache turned his nostrils upward and snorted: "Which one of you is in charge?"
Although Ma Aitian also donated to the Foreign Affairs Commission, there was a big difference in terms of rank, and he had to kowtow to the third-class guard of the palace in front of him, so Ma Aitian just stepped forward and bowed his hands and said: "Little man Ma Aitian,
He’s the boss of the Yangwei Escort Agency… May I ask your surname?”
The third-class guard smiled and said: "My surname is Sha, and I am the leader of the caretaker of Prince Su's palace. The prince has entered the palace, but he has already made arrangements. You follow me in and unload the Dushan jade to the warehouse...
"
Ma Aitian hurriedly bowed and agreed, and then the side door of the palace opened. Everyone drove their cars to the front yard of the palace and began to move the wooden boxes.
Lin Qingxuan was not a member of the escort agency, so he got out of the car and stood aside with his hands tied, watching quietly.
When Sha Huwei saw that Lin Qingxuan was wearing a Taoist robe, he was not very young, but he had a calm face. Everyone in the Yangwei Escort Bureau also treated this Taoist with great respect. This made Sha Huwei curious, so he snorted coldly and handed over to Ma Aitian.
When he handed over the receipt, he asked: "Who is that Taoist priest?"
Ma Aitian said in a deep voice: "That Taoist priest is the high Taoist priest of the Quanzhen Sect in Zhongnan Mountain, Taoist priest Lin Qingxuan. We asked him to go north with us, and that's why we followed him here."
Sha Huwei nodded when he heard this, but he knew in his heart that this Taoist probably had an extraordinary background, otherwise he would not be able to convince everyone in the Yangwei Escort Agency.
Remembering that many spies from the White Lotus Sect and the Southern rebels had entered the BJ, Sha Huwei became wary and asked Ma Aitian and Lin Qingxuan in detail where they came from.
However, although Ma Aitian had been with Lin Qingxuan for many days, he did not dare to ask for too much information about Lin Qingxuan, and he could not say much. He could only go back and forth about how Lin Qingxuan used his extremely powerful swordsmanship to save himself and others.