Chapter 119 119, Killing people like grass without hearing a sound
When the song ended, all the guests were still immersed in their own emotions evoked by the sound of the flute, and the lingering sound seemed to linger in their ears for a long time.
After a long while, the great scholar Wang Tong suddenly sang sadly, his eyes filled with tears, and his tone was desolate:
"Forget it, forget it! After hearing Miss Shi's music, I'm afraid I won't be able to hear good music again. Miss's flute art not only inherited your mother's true teachings, but also surpassed her. Wang Tong is impressed."
Judging from his tone and expression, this old man must have been deeply in love with Bi Xiuxin when he was young, but unfortunately he couldn't get her, and he still misses her to this day.
Ouyang Xiyi, an old senior of the same generation as Ning Daoqi, also had a gentle look in his eyes:
"Qingxuan is here, why don't you come in and see me? Then I can see how much you look like Xiuxin."
Got it, another unrequited love.
Ba Fenghan also said loudly at this time:
"If I could see your beautiful face, I would die without regrets!"
He had just fought on equal terms with Ouyang Xiyi, who had not yet exerted his full strength, and had already made a great success. At this moment, he was in high spirits.
All the guests looked expectant, hoping to catch a glimpse of the true face of the flute-playing goddess who was known for her "beauty and talent" - two old acquaintances of Bi Xiuxin had invited them, and with a young talent like Ba Fenghan, who was highly skilled in martial arts, speaking up, Shi Qingxuan would probably give them some face, right?
however.
A soft sigh sounded from above the eaves outside the courtyard, and then a sweet and soft female voice came into the hall:
"It is better not to see each other than to meet. Qingxuan has come here to play a song for the two uncles according to my mother's will. Now that this matter is settled, Qingxuan will leave."
Hearing this, there was a great uproar in the hall, and all the guests tried to persuade him to stay.
Ba Fenghan was a man of action. With a gleam in his eyes, his figure suddenly disappeared and he chased towards the source of the sound.
"gentlemen?"
Although Shan Wanjing was also looking forward to meeting Shi Qingxuan, she was more concerned about Ba Fenghan. Seeing him leave, she quickly asked Ouyang Feng for instructions.
Ouyang Feng said calmly: "Go ahead."
Shan Wanjing smiled excitedly, and like a flash of crimson purple lightning, she flew out of the hall with a sword in hand and chased after Ba Feng's cold air machine.
Ouyang Feng put his hands behind his back and walked leisurely out of the hall. Seeing his tall and handsome figure, Ouyang Xiyi couldn't help but ask curiously, "Young friend has an extraordinary demeanor. I wonder which family you are from?"
Since he was from another time and space, and he boasted about his extraordinary bearing, Ouyang Feng couldn't just give him a cold shoulder, so he bowed and replied:
"My name is Ouyang Feng, nice to meet Lord Xiyi. I have important matters to attend to, so please forgive me for being rude. I'll take my leave now."
After saying that, he nodded slightly to Ouyang Xiyi and walked out of the hall.
Ouyang Feng?
Ouyang Feng who fought and killed Yu Wenzhi head-on?
Hearing this name, everyone in the hall was stunned, and some martial artists were ready to take action - Sui court's sea arrests were fine, as anyone with a little knowledge knew that the broken ship of the Great Sui Dynasty could not hold out for much longer. But the bounty offered by the Yuwen clan was different.
As one of the four major clans, the Yuwen clan has deep roots and is able to enjoy a high position even if dynasties change as long as they surrender quickly.
Therefore, if Ouyang Feng could be captured and killed and the Yuwen clan's appreciation could be obtained, the benefits would not only be immediate but would also be of endless benefit in the future.
However, ordinary warriors would not dare to provoke a master who was able to fight Yu Wenzhi head-on, and would have to gather together to besiege him.
At that moment, some martial artists looked at each other for a while, reached a tacit understanding with their eyes, and then chased after him.
Ouyang Xiyi had no idea about the Sui court's arrests and the Yuwen clan's bounty.
This time he came out of seclusion to help Wang Shichong at the invitation of Wang Shichong.
But this old man had no good feelings towards Yang Guang in his heart, and he helped Wang Shichong only because of their personal relationship, so he never thought of making things difficult for that young friend of his.
Although Wang Shichong was a high-ranking official in the Sui court who was deeply trusted by Yang Guang, his martial arts skills were slightly inferior to those of Yu Wenzhi. How could he dare to personally take action to embarrass Ouyang Feng?
Seeing that Ouyang Xiyi had no intention of helping him, Wang Shichong knew that this old man could help him out for personal reasons, but would never help him for the bounty offered by the emperor and the Yuwen clan. So he tactfully did not ask Ouyang Xiyi to help, so as to avoid ruining their relationship.
But Wang Shichong was a man who was always good at dealing with people. After discovering Ouyang Feng's whereabouts, he wanted to do a favor for the Yuwen clan.
He immediately called over the expert attendant beside him and whispered a few words to him. After the attendant agreed, he quickly left Wang Tong's mansion, rode a fast horse, and went to report the news to the expert of the Yuwen clan who was active nearby.
Next to the lobby, in the side hall where the women are.
Shan Ruyin peered out the window for a while, then quickly returned to Madam Dongming, who was sitting and drinking tea, and said urgently:
"Madam, after Mr. Ouyang left, many people followed him out stealthily, and they seemed to have bad intentions."
Shan Meixian said calmly,
"Are there any famous masters?"
Shan Ruyin: "Uh, I don't recognize most of them. They seem to be unknown. Oh, I know a little famous guy. He is Chen Yuanzhi, the leader of Qingshuang Sect, the largest sect in Dongping County."
Shan Meixian said calmly:
"In that case, Ruyin, why are you panicking? If that kind of scum dares to set his sights on Mr. Ouyang, no matter how many people go there, they will only seek their own death."
After saying this, he put down his teacup and stood up gracefully:
"Now that we have listened to Shi Qingxuan's flute music, it is time to return to the ship."
"Aren't you going to wait for the princess and Mr. Ouyang?"
"Why wait for them? They will go back when they have had enough fun."
……
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling also left Wang Tong's house at this time. They not only had a good meal at Wang Tong's house, but also listened to Shi Qingxuan's performance and packed two large bags of delicious food. They were walking in the alley with the packages, enthusiastically discussing Shi Qingxuan's peerless flute art.
As he was speaking, he suddenly heard a burst of hurried horse hooves sounds, as if several horses were galloping at full speed.
The two men had been chased and besieged many times and had become frightened birds. When they heard the sound of horse hooves, they shuddered all over and jumped onto the roof next to the alley like lightning. They hid in the shadows and peeked towards the source of the sound. They saw dozens of horses galloping towards the city gate, followed by hundreds of martial artists holding swords and carrying knives, each of them running while performing lightness skills.
"My dear, there are more than a hundred people, and all of them have Qinggong skills..."
Although the direction these people were coming from didn't seem to be the one to surround them, Kou Zhong was still shocked for a while:
"With so many martial artists, who are they going to chase? The Feng Shihan who caused a scene at Wang Tong's birthday banquet?"
"I'm afraid not." Xu Ziling frowned and said, "Although Feng Shihan was in the limelight tonight, he didn't kill anyone on the spot, so he wouldn't have attracted so many people to chase him."
"If it's not Ba Fenghan, then could it be... that person?"
"It could be. He is a wanted criminal of the Sui court and has a bounty on his head from the Yuwen clan. Who knows, someone might want to earn this fame."
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling looked at each other, became very interested, flew down from the roof, and quietly followed the large group of people.
They had met Ouyang Feng twice, and his name had now spread throughout the world with the Sui court's wanted warrant and the Yuwen clan's bounty, but Kou Xu had never seen with his own eyes his peerless martial arts that allowed him to fight Yuwen Huaji head-on.
Since I had the chance, I naturally wanted to go over and broaden my horizons, maybe I could learn a few tricks. It was already night, and the city gates should have been closed.
However, the Sui court's control over the local areas has greatly weakened. Although many local counties have not yet openly established themselves, they no longer abide by the laws of the court. In some places, such as Shuzhong, where the emperor is far away, even the local officials have been completely marginalized by local forces, and the area has become gang-governed.
Although Dongping County City had not yet fallen to this point, with the intervention of the leader of the Qingshuang Sect, the largest local sect, the guards at the city gates still opened the city gates and let the more than one hundred people chase out.
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling also picked up a sword each and followed the crowd out.
There were too many people coming out to hunt them down at this time, not just the Qingshuang Sect, but also some from other small sects, and even independent martial artists from other places. Many of them were strangers to each other. Kou and Xu were at the end of the team, and no one noticed that they were coming from the wrong place.
After leaving the city, they chased for several miles. The more than one hundred people on foot were gradually left dozens of feet behind by the fast horses in front.
Although there were stars and the moon tonight, it was still dark after all. At a distance of dozens of feet, even with the perception of Kou and Xu, they could not see the pursuers on fast horses over the crowd of people in front of them.
As they were chasing, the sound of horse hooves that had been as deafening as thunder just now suddenly disappeared, as if more than a dozen fast horses had stepped into a trap at the same time, and their riders had disappeared into the world.
Most people hadn't noticed anything was wrong, but Kou and Xu, who were both very perceptive, felt a chill in their hearts the moment the sound of horse hooves disappeared. They seemed to see a terrifying blood-red cold current sweeping over.
Without saying a word, the two men stopped decisively, looked at each other, went into the woods beside the road, and moved forward cautiously.
While sneaking through the forest, they finally heard shouts of anger, cries of killing, the sound of weapons breaking through the wind, and the sound of bodies falling to the ground.
But the strange thing is that not a single scream was heard.
Kou and Xu became more vigilant, holding their breath and keeping quiet, sneaking slowly, covering a distance of several dozen feet, which took them half a quarter of an hour.
After sneaking for dozens of feet, all sounds suddenly disappeared, even the chirping of insects at night disappeared completely. There was only an eerie silence between heaven and earth.
The eerie atmosphere of silence and solemnity made Kou Xuhao's scalp tingle. He looked at each other in bewilderment, then groped his way behind a big tree at the edge of the forest that was so big that two people could hug it. He carefully peeked out using the cover of the tree trunk and immediately gasped.
A tall and straight figure in white was seen standing under the moon, one hand behind his back and the other holding a knife. Opposite him stood a tall man holding a long sword, motionless, seemingly confronting the figure in white.
All around the two men, there were corpses lying in a mess, all with their heads and bodies separated. A quick look revealed that there were no less than a hundred of them.
More than a hundred people who had just chased after them were all killed in just half a quarter of an hour!
However, the dozen or so horses were safe and sound. They were all scattered far away, quietly eating the grass.
At this moment, the figure in white suddenly swung the long sword towards the ground, as if shaking off the blood on the sword. Then he turned his wrist and the long sword disappeared like a magic trick.
The head of the tall man who seemed to be confronting him suddenly fell off his neck and rolled to the side. The headless body fell straight to the ground.
It turned out that the man who seemed to be in confrontation had his head chopped off long ago, but he just hadn't fallen down yet.
At this moment, the figure in white suddenly turned his head and glanced at the place where Kou Xu was hiding in the woods. The calm and deep gaze made the sharp-minded Kou Xu feel a chill in his heart. His thoughts stopped and his brain went blank.
When the two men came to their senses, they looked tremblingly, but the figure in white was nowhere to be seen.
Under the moonlight, there were only a dozen horses that survived the disaster and the body parts scattered all over the ground.
Gudong.
Kou and Xu swallowed a mouthful of saliva with their throats rolling. They looked at each other, then slid down to sit down with their backs against the tree trunk. They felt their thighs trembling, their calves cramping, their foreheads covered with sweat, and their faces were pale.
After a long pause, Kou Zhong said in a trembling voice:
"Too horrible, so horrible. It's only been a short while. More than a hundred martial artists, all of whom have Qinggong skills, were slaughtered completely..."
Xu Ziling's voice also trembled, his eyes full of horror:
"They say killing people is like slaughtering chickens and dogs, but when you slaughter chickens and dogs, they will scream a few times. But among these more than a hundred people, not a single one screamed. They were all beheaded with a clean and sharp knife. This is simply... killing people is like mowing grass."
"Xiao Ling, I suddenly don't want to fight for world domination anymore."
After getting acquainted with Mr. Li Er and meeting Li Xiuning, and falling in love with her at first sight, and then being tragically hit by the fact that the beautiful woman was already engaged, Kou Zhongzeng developed the ambition to dominate the world and establish an immortal reputation.
But now, after seeing how a truly powerful person kills people, Kou Zhong's ambition was shattered. Not to say that he was devastated, but at least his already immature determination was seriously shaken.
After a moment of silence, Xu Ziling said slowly:
"No matter what decision you make, I support you."
He had no interest in fighting for world domination, but he had not yet found his true ideals, so out of brotherhood, he habitually supported Kou Zhong. If Kou Zhong gave up, he would not persuade him. If Kou Zhong insisted, he would continue to support him.
"Mother's hope for us is to avoid the troubled times, live a good life, get married and have children..."
Kou Zhong raised his head, looked at the stars and the moon in the night sky through the gaps between the branches, and murmured:
"I have decided that after I have avenged my mother's death, I will retire from society... Then we will open a bun shop together. With our skills, our business will surely flourish and we will make a lot of money. By then, it will be no problem for me to marry three or five concubines."
Xu Ziling smiled and said, "Women are troublesome. I don't need so many wives. But the world is in such a mess. It will get even more chaotic in the foreseeable future. How can there be room for a bun shop to run peacefully?"
"Lingnan." Kou Zhong laughed, "We have a good relationship with Mr. Song Lu and Young Master Song. If we open a steamed bun shop in Songjia Mountain City in Lingnan, they might even waive our rent for a few years."
After saying this, he wiped his face vigorously, stood up and said:
"But all this is only possible after my mother's revenge. Let's go and touch the corpse. Maybe we can find some martial arts manuals."
"These people couldn't even block a single blow from Master Ouyang. What's the point of learning their martial arts?"
Xu Ziling complained like this, but still stood up and went to touch the corpse with Kou Zhong.
No matter what, if they want to avenge their mother and defeat a powerful hero like Li Mi, they must find ways and make every effort to accumulate martial arts resources and improve their own strength.
When they arrived at the killing field strewn with corpses, looking at the corpses and the clear and smooth knife marks on the ground, feeling the knife intent condensed in the ice crystals that had not yet dissipated, the two suddenly had a wonderful feeling.
After looking at each other, they seemed to have telepathic connection and used the "Moon in the Well" mental method. Relying on the extraordinary powerful spiritual perception after practicing the Longevity Technique, they found some places where Ouyang Feng had once stood.
Then, based on the position where he was standing and the knife marks on the corpse and the ground in front of him, they used their spiritual sense to feel the remaining knife intent and at the same time used their amazing comprehension to figure out the knife technique.
not far away.
Ouyang Feng seemed to have sensed something, and leaped onto a big tree. After a few jumps, he came to the top of the tree more than ten feet above the ground. He stepped on a thin branch, focused his eyes and vaguely saw the movements of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.
After realizing what they were doing, Ouyang Feng couldn't help but shook his head in amusement:
"What a clever couple..."
He didn't pay any more attention to it, flew down the tree, and continued to chase the aura of Shan Wanjing and Ba Fenghan.
(End of this chapter)
