Blessing is the source of misfortune--Lao Tzu
Fight to cross! Fight to cross! He accidentally entered the depths of the lotus flower.
The two chatted as they walked. They learned from Liu Qingping that this ancestral temple was built by the people of Wucheng after Xiang Yu committed suicide. On one hand, it was to commemorate him, and on the other hand, they hoped that he could protect the peace of the region. Xiang Ji Temple was 30 miles away from Taihu Lake, which was called Ju Qu Ze at that time. It was strange to say that since Xiang Ji Temple was built, Taihu Lake had not suffered any major floods, so the incense was even more prosperous.
An hour later, the two of them climbed the hill and arrived at Xiang Ji Temple. The two of them came out late, and there was basically no one on the mountain. After paying their respects to Xiangyu, the two of them planned to walk around the mountain peak first. When it was a little later and they did not meet anyone, they would go to the ancestral hall to find a place to collect books.
The hill wasn't very tall, and standing on top of it, one could see the entire Wu Cheng. A river flowed through the city and into Lake Tai in the distance. The setting sun shone its golden yellow light on the trees in front of him and the distant Wu Cheng City, giving people a feeling of relief. The occasional smoke from the chimneys and the small boats sailing on the river made people feel as if they had fallen into a painting. There was no smog, no noise, only the blue sky and golden sunlight. Everything was so beautiful.
"The setting sun is infinitely beautiful, but it's close to dusk.”Mu Weizhou could not help but recite two lines of Li Shangyin's poem.
Liu Qingping was stunned when he heard the two lines. After a while, he said to Mu Weizhou,""Brother Mu, there are some things that I don't know if I should ask.”
"We're brothers," replied Mu Weizhou."If there's anything else you want to ask, just say it.”
Liu Qingping said," I heard two lines of Brother Mu's poem just now. It was really vivid. Did you compose it?" I wonder who Brother Mu's teacher is? What books did you teach?"
Hearing this, Mu Weizhou was caught in a dilemma. After the incident with Tiger, he didn't dare to tell him about his background. However, he felt that it wasn't honest enough if he didn't.
Liu Qingping saw Mu Weizhou's troubled look and said,""If Brother Mu is in a difficult position, then there's no need to say it.”
When Mu Weizhou heard this, he quickly said,"Brother Liu, it's not that I don't want to tell you, but it's just that my matter is a bit special and it's not easy to explain. How about this? If there's a suitable opportunity, I'll tell you about my matter in detail.”
Although Liu Qingping was young, he was very quick-witted. Seeing Mu Weizhou's expression, he knew that there was a reason behind it, and it was not that he did not want to tell him. He smiled and continued,""Alright, find a suitable time and tell me.”
Mu Weizhou saw that he didn't insist and couldn't help but admire him. He was a person who thought highly of himself. After spending two days together, he realized that when it came to handling matters, he was far inferior to this friend who was two or three years younger than him.
"However, I can tell you that those two lines of poetry were not written by me.”Mu Weizhou said as he leaned against a tree beside him.
"Then who did it?" Liu Qingping asked.
"Yes, someone you definitely don't know. I'll tell you when the time comes." Mu Weizhou replied.
"What about the song you recited yesterday?" Liu Qingping asked again.
"Yesterday? Which song?" Mu Weizhou asked doubtfully.
"The wind dances for you, and I, Hu Zhen, am red. Heaven also has tears, why torture a good man? You rose up for me and went to Kunlun together. The soul of a hero returns to his hometown. Why abandon a person? How can I abandon one person?" Liu Qingping recited.
When Mu Weizhou heard that, he remembered that he had said a few words to Hu Zhenling yesterday. He didn't expect Liu Qingping to be able to repeat them word for word. He said in surprise,""This seems to be what I said. It's just what the heart and feelings go to. It can't be considered a poem, it can't be considered a poem.”
"Even the heavens have tears, why torture a good man? Brother Mu, you have such good feelings." Liu Qingping said.
Mu Weizhou was a little shy after being praised by him. He said,"This is really nothing. If you hadn't recited it just now, I would have forgotten it long ago. As for you, I only repeated it once and you remembered it.”
Liu Qingping chuckled." I won't hide it from you, Brother Mu. I have a unique ability. I can remember ordinary words as long as I read or listen to them once."”
" Eidetic memory?!" Mu Weizhou had only read about people who had this kind of ability in books, such as Liang Qichao and Chen Yinke. To him, these people were like gods. He did not expect to meet one today. For a moment, he was curious about the background of this "Brother Liu". Just as he was about to ask for an explanation, Liu Qingping put his hand to his mouth, signaling him to keep quiet. He then pulled her to hide behind a rock nearby.
The two of them hid behind the rock. Liu Qingping pointed into the distance and said to Mu Weizhou in a low voice,""Brother Mu, look."
Mu Weizhou looked over and saw two people, one in black and one in white, on the road to Xiang Ji Temple. The two of them looked around sneakily as they walked.
The two of them came to the front and back of Xiang Ji Temple and walked around. They heard the black-clothed man say,"Brother Cui, don't worry.”The man in white did not answer and walked into the ancestral hall with the man in black.
The sun had just set, and everything became dark. Mu Weizhou followed Liu Qingping around the back of the hall and looked inside through the half-opened window.
The man in black took out a candle from his back pocket and lit it. He inserted it into the incense burner in front of Xiang Yu's statue and said,""Brother Cui, your information is really accurate. Our trip to Wu Cheng was not in vain.”
"What are you talking about, Second Brother Li? If it weren't for Second Brother Li's ability to overturn mountains and fight back, we wouldn't have succeeded. Haha." The man in white said.
Second Brother Li continued," That's right. We don't dare to say much about our martial arts when we're going over the mountain gates. But when it comes to fighting over the mountain, even the old Chief Wang has to respect us."”
"Yes, yes. I admire Second Brother Li's ability. I think that when we were taking the things just now, even if Old Gang Master Wang was here, it might not have been so smooth. Hehe." The man in white's eyes flickered as he smiled and said," However, I hope Second Brother Li will be tired again. Put this thing away properly. We still have to hurry to Three Mountain Island, right?" What? Haha."
"What? Brother Cui, can't you wait?" " Don't worry, Brother Cui." Second Brother Li smiled sinisterly." The little girl has been knocked out by our unique drug 'One Sniff Knock'. I'm afraid that she won't wake up until tomorrow noon. Hehehehe. Besides, she's locked up in prison. Let's hide the things well and go to a restaurant first. Then, we can wait for the boat to arrive tomorrow morning before rushing over.”
"In that case, thank you! In a while, it'll be paradise on earth, my treat. That fan boss was the most famous in Wu Cheng City. Hehehe." The man in white squinted his eyes and said.
With the help of the candlelight, Mu Weizhou saw that the man called "Brother Cui" was about seventeen or eighteen years old. His figure was similar to his own. He was wearing a yellow collared white silk robe, a yellow belt with a golden snake-shaped buckle at his waist, black embroidered gold boots, and a golden Liu crown on his head. He had a broad forehead, a high nose, a round chin, pinkish white skin, delicate features, red lips, and white teeth. He exuded a noble and flashy aura. If they had not heard the conversation just now, no one would have thought that he had said those words.
Black took out a thin string as thick as chopsticks from his pocket and threw it over the beam of the hall. Then, he pulled one side with one hand and twisted, flipped, hooked, and coiled it up the beam. Then, he threw the rope down and said to the people below,"Brother Cui, tie it up properly, I'll pull it up.”
The man in white tied the rope to one end of a two-foot-long oilcloth bag and let Second Brother Li pull it up. After Second Brother Li hid the things on the beam, he slipped down the rope.
When the man in white saw Second Brother Li come down, he walked up and said,"Second Brother Li, you've worked hard. Have you put the things away?”
"If it's placed properly, there will definitely be no problem." However, I don't understand why Brother Cui would hide it. Why not just take it?”
The man in white held Second Brother Li's shoulder and said as he walked behind him,""Ah, this little brother has to go to Guangling (Yangzhou) to do something. It's not convenient to bring this thing along.”
At this moment, a dagger appeared in the hand of the man in white. Taking advantage of Second Brother Li's unguarded state, he stabbed it into his body from the back of his waist. Seeing this, Mu Weizhou wanted to save her, but Liu Qingping stopped him.
"You, you…Brother Cui, what are you doing?”After Second Brother Li was stabbed, he took two steps forward and fell to the ground. He covered his wound with one hand and said to Bai.
"Hehe, don't be afraid, Second Brother Li. I won't let you suffer too much. Let me stab you again. Just once. I guarantee that you won't feel pain anymore.”The man in white squatted in front of Second Brother Li and said with a smile.
" Brother Cui..." Just as Second Brother Li said this, he heard a slap. The man in white slapped Second Brother Li's face and said,""You stinking tomb raider, how dare you call me brother. I've changed my mind. I've decided to cut off your tongue first and let you go.”
Second Brother Li said,""Don't kill me, don't kill me. I've offended you, I've offended you. Gang Leader Cui, I've saved up a lot of good things over the years. As long as you don't kill me, I'll give you all of them.”
"Oh?" When the man in white heard him say this, he held Second Brother Li's shoulder and continued,"You should have said so earlier, Second Brother Li. I was indeed angry that you didn't respect me just now, but after stabbing you just now, my anger has dissipated. Tell me, where is it? I promise I won't kill you."
" The Buddha statue in Luoyang's White Horse Temple..." Before Second Brother Li could finish speaking, the man in white stabbed his knife into Second Brother Li's chest. Then, he stabbed her six times in a row and said,"I promise you, I promise you."
Mu Weizhou watched from a distance as he saw the ferocious and enjoyable expression on his face when he killed the man. He could not help but feel a chill down his spine and his scalp tingle. A trembling hand held his hand. It turned out that Liu Qingping was also frightened by this scene.
The man in white stood up and took out a white handkerchief from his pocket. While wiping the blood on his knife and hands, he smiled at Second Brother Li's body and said,"No one can negotiate with my beautiful husband, Cui Xiao.”
Cui Xiao wiped his hands clean and inserted the knife into his boot. He then took out a small bottle from his pocket, pulled out the stopper, and carefully applied some powder on Second Brother Li's wound. Second Brother Li's corpse began to rot rapidly. Suddenly, Cui Xiao seemed to have thought of something. He pulled out his knife and poked Second Brother Li's mouth a few times. He smiled and said,"Second Brother Li, I mean what I say. I said I'll cut your tongue, so I'll cut your tongue.”
Soon, Second Brother Li's corpse turned into a puddle of yellow water, and the Xiang Ji Temple was filled with the smell of decay. Cui Xiao looked at the yellow water on the ground, then looked at the roof beam. He smiled sinisterly, waved his hand to pull out the candle, and walked down the mountain.
The sky was completely dark. Mu Weizhou realized that he was sweating profusely. Even though this Second Brother Li didn't look like a good person, Cui Xiao was still so young, yet he was so despicable and vicious that it made him feel disgusted. He took a deep breath and said to Liu Qingping calmly,""Brother Liu, are you alright?" Liu Qingping calmed himself down and said to Mu Weizhou,""Brother Mu, should we follow Cui Xiao?”
Mu Weizhou suddenly remembered the conversation in the hall just now. It seemed that they had a woman in their hands. He was about to chase after the candlelight that was getting further and further away, but he heard Liu Qingping say to wait a moment. Then, he ran into the hall and jumped up. He reached out and took the things that Cui Xiao had hidden. Then, he and Mu Weizhou chased after the candlelight.
The two of them followed Cui Xiao down the mountain and entered Wu Cheng City. They followed him and turned around until they came to a three-story building facing the river. The plaque at the entrance had the words 'Paradise on Earth' written on it. Although the sky was dark, the building was brightly lit and exceptionally lively. Mu Weizhou watched Cui Xiao walk in, but he was in a dilemma. He had never visited a brothel in his entire life. Firstly, he had no chance to do so because there were no brothels in the great socialistic country. Although he had heard of entertainment venues like the people in the sky, it was really not attractive to Mu Weizhou, who was clean and self-disciplined. So he turned to Liu Qingping. When Liu Qingping saw Mu Weizhou looking at him with the same gaze, he could not help but say nervously,""Don't look at me. I'm not going."
"What's the big deal? We're doing this to save people.”Mu Weizhou put on the appearance of an elder brother and said.
"Then go ahead. I'll meet you outside.”Liu Qingping smiled.
At this moment, they saw Cui Xiao and two women in flirtatious clothes walking out of the paradise on earth and directly going to a pleasure boat by the river. It turned out that this pleasure boat was also a paradise on earth, so that the guests could have another kind of enjoyment. This pleasure boat would usually sail out at night and return in the morning. It could spend the entire night on the river.
Seeing this, Mu Weizhou thought to himself," God is on my side." He rented another boat with Liu Qingping and followed them. Liu Qingping gave the boatman extra money and told him not to light the fire. He followed Cui Xiao's boat and entered the cabin.
Mu Weizhou had never been on a boat before, but he felt very comfortable sitting on it. Sometimes, he couldn't even tell if the boat was moving or stopping.
"Looks like we're going to spend the night on the boat. This is the first time I've spent the night on a boat.”Mu Weizhou said to Liu Qingping.
"Oh?" Liu Qingping hugged his sword and sat in a corner of the cabin. He asked,""Brother Mu, do you rarely make boats?"
" Yes," Mu Weizhou lay on his side and supported his head with his hand."I'm from the north and rarely take a boat. I don't even know how to swim. What about you?"
"Me? I'm from Guangling. Actually, swimming is very simple. I'm a natural swimmer. If there's a chance, I can teach you. By the way, Brother Mu, what did you say Cui Xiao hid on the beam?”Liu Qingping said.
"I'm not sure about that. We'll go and take a look after we save her tomorrow. Tell me, have we beaten him?" Mu Weizhou said.
"Although this Cui Xiao is insidious and despicable, his martial arts doesn't seem to be very high. It's a pity that your martial arts are too weak. Otherwise, you wouldn't have to worry.”Liu Qingping said.
Hearing this, Mu Weizhou felt regretful and said,"Looks like I still have to learn a martial art. Sigh, Brother Liu, why don't you teach me a few moves first, just in case?”
"I'm afraid that won't do. The sword technique I practice is called the "Sunset Smoke Sword Technique". It can only…can only be used in conjunction with the mental cultivation method of my sect. I'm afraid I won't be able to learn it in a short period of time. It would be terrible if I went berserk. Hmm, how about this? When we reach Guangling, let my third brother teach you. What do you think?”Liu Qingping said.
"Oh, alright." Mu Weizhou said,"Then let's go to sleep quickly. Wake up early tomorrow morning. Don't let Cui Xiao escape."?”
Liu Qingping immediately said," Brother Mu, you should sleep first. I woke up late, so I'm not sleepy yet. I'll keep watch for a while more."”
Mu Weizhou thought for a moment and realized that it made sense. He lay there and closed his eyes to practice the Returning Origin Technique. The first four quarters went smoothly, but it was not the case in the fifth quarter. He felt that his Qi could not pass through his head and return to his Dantian from the other side. Later, when he thought of what Liu Qingping had said about Qi deviation, he did not dare to practice blindly. He went through the first four sections a few times.
After an unknown amount of time, the surroundings quieted down. After Mu Weizhou practiced the first four sections a few times, he felt full of energy and no sleepiness at all. He sat up and opened his eyes. He saw Liu Qingping curled up in a corner of the cabin, dozing off. Mu Weizhou shook his head and called out in a low voice,"Brother Liu, Brother Liu." Seeing that Liu Qingping didn't respond, she walked to the stern and patted him gently.""Brother Liu, you rest for a while. I'll keep an eye on you.”
Liu Qingping seemed to be very sleepy. He only told him that the ship had entered the water of Taihu Lake. Cui Xiao seemed to be going directly to Sanshan Island, so he went to the cabin and fell asleep.
At this time and even in the middle of the night, Mu Weizhou sat by the window and saw Cui Xiao's pleasure boat still flickering with candlelight and shadows. He thought that this kid was quite energetic. He remembered Liu Qingping telling him that Cui Xiao was the young leader of the Path of Peace. Whether it was his previous experience or Cui Xiao's actions, they had left a bad impression on him.
Lake Tai was shrouded in the night sky full of stars, and the sound of the waves could be heard. Looking at the fishing fire on the lake, Mu Weizhou felt a little homesick. He missed his mother, grandfather, brother, and of course, his father. What were they doing? Are you asleep? Ever since he went to university, Mu Weizhou had become very independent. He rarely took the initiative to call home. Every time, his family would call him. His father had specially spoken to him about this matter, but Mu Weizhou was still the same old man. It was obvious that he was putting on an act for his father. However, after a long time of not contacting each other, she thought to herself, just like now. Thinking of this, he could not help but silently pray to the North Star.
Mu Weizhou leaned against the cabin, staring and thinking, then he became confused.
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