step on mountains and rivers

Chapter 13 Distress

Li Zhenwu listened to the words of the two, and said softly to Tang Qingfeng beside him:

"Is it Zhu Xian'er?"

"I don't know, if you want to find out if it's her, just go down and ask." Tang Qingfeng said.

"What do you want to do?" Li Zhenwu asked.

"We use a bait strategy. I'll be the bait, and you seize the opportunity to go down and ask. After confirming that it's Zhu Xian'er, take her away. Don't worry about me, I have my own way to get out."

After Tang Qingfeng finished speaking, he jumped into the village and shouted:

"Master Qingshui, come out and die!"

Li Zhenwu saw that he was so reckless, he helped his forehead and thought: "This is your way?"

At this moment, the patrolling guards saw someone breaking in and quickly surrounded the intruder.

After Tang Qingfeng knocked down the guards easily, more guards came.When Tang Qingfeng saw it, he waved his folding fan and knocked down the guards, making them hesitate to step forward.

Seeing Tang Qingfeng being so fierce, the guard quickly shouted to the people around him:

"Go, call the village master."

The owner of Qingshui Village was flirting with Zhu Xian'er, but when he heard the noise outside, he immediately lost interest.He glanced outside the door, and said to the beauty beside him:

"Xian'er, there seems to be trouble outside, I'll deal with it, you wait here for me."

"Yes." The beauty replied softly.

After finishing speaking, the village master Qingshui got up and went out, walking towards the outer courtyard with an angry expression on his face.

Li Zhenwu saw the Qingshui creditor leave and saw that the time had come, so he turned over and got off the roof, and quickly entered the house.

Zhu Xian'er in the house was eating when she suddenly saw the man in black rushing in. She was so frightened that she wanted to yell for help, but seeing the figure of the man in black flashing, Shun came to her and quickly touched her acupoints.

Li Zhenwu looked at Zhu Xian'er who was frightened, and asked in a gentle voice:

"Is your name Zhu Xian'er? If yes, nod, if not, shake your head."

Zhu Xianer nodded.

"You have a younger brother named Zhu Mingming?" Li Zhenwu continued to ask.

When Zhu Xian'er heard him mention her younger brother, she nodded with surprise in her eyes.

After Li Zhenwu confirmed it, he said to Zhu Xian'er:

"Zhu Xian'er, my name is Li Zhenwu. It was your brother who asked us to save you. I will unlock your acupoints now. Come with me."

After speaking, he unlocked Zhu Xianer's acupuncture points, and when he was about to go out, Zhu Xianer suddenly pressed the mechanism on the seat.

With a click, the floor under Li Zhenwu's feet suddenly broke, and he fell into the bottomless darkness instantly without any precautions.

Seeing that Li Zhenwu fell into the trap, Zhu Xian'er patted his chest and breathed smoothly, then ran out in a hurry.

At this time, the village master Qingshui came to the outer courtyard, and saw that the guards were surrounding a man in black, who was timid and afraid to approach, so he yelled loudly: "Get out of here, useless things!"

The guards backed away after hearing his voice, making way for a road.

"What are you, dare to come to my Qingshui Village to act wild!" The owner of Qingshui Village stood in the middle of the road, looking at Tang Qingfeng and cursed angrily.

"Tsk, grandson, your grandfather is nothing." Tang Qingfeng mocked.

"Boy, you dare to provoke even your grandpa Gui Wushuang. I think you are tired of life, so you came here to die!" Gui Wushuang drew out his big knife and slashed towards Tang Qingfeng after speaking.

The one-foot-long sword came head-on with a strong wind. Tang Qingfeng dodged sideways, and the sword hit the ground with a bang. The ground was filled with smoke and dust, and gravel flew together.

Seeing that he missed Tang Qingfeng, Gui Wushuang raised his sword and slashed towards him.

Seeing him attacking, Tang Qingfeng raised his fan to block the attack.Then he waved his fan and pushed away the big knife, and jumped back.

Seeing him retreating, Gui Wushuang jumped up and chopped Tang Qingfeng's head with a big knife.

Tang Qingfeng raised the fan to block it, turned sideways into the air, stepped on the blade with both feet, and the sword was stepped into the ground with a bang, and Gui Wushuang was also pulled by the huge force and knelt on the ground.

"Ah!!!!" Gui Wushuang yelled, pulled out the big knife with all his strength, and slashed over again.Tang Qingfeng tapped the ground lightly, leaped back, the sword fell into the air, and slashed heavily on the ground.

Tang Qingfeng glanced at Gui Wushuang, then patted the dust off his body calmly.

"Boy, it's very good. I was able to do three tricks in my hands, but it's useless, because I killed all the people who did three tricks!" Seeing Tang Qingfeng, the owner of Qingshui village With a calm face, he said angrily.

Tang Qingfeng looked at him, and said calmly:

"You're wrong. First, it's not three moves, but four moves. I don't blame you if you don't count well. Second, no matter how many moves you make, you won't be able to kill me."

"Ah! The little thief who only knows how to speak quickly, take your life!" Gui Wushuang was enraged by Tang Qingfeng, and when he was about to slash at him, he suddenly heard Zhu Xian'er's voice from behind.

"My lord, my lord" Zhu Xian'er shouted in a panic.

Gui Wushuang stopped his movements, turned his head to look, and saw Zhu Xian'er running in a hurry, so he asked:

"Xian'er, why are you here?"

When Tang Qingfeng saw Zhu Xian'er running, he was startled suddenly, and then thought to himself, "Why is she here?"

He thought about it and looked at Zhu Xian'er, but saw Zhu Xian'er hugging Gui Wushuang and said with tears in his eyes:

"My lord, my lord, I was almost taken away!"

"Xian'er, don't cry, what's going on?" Gui Wushuang asked.

"As soon as you left, a man in black came in and wanted to take me away. Fortunately, I activated the mechanism of the water prison to trap him." Zhu Xian'er said weeping.

"Okay, Xian'er did a good job, Xian'er don't cry, get behind me, I'll take care of this troublesome guy first." Gui Wushuang said that he was about to do it, but felt a cold killing intent coming from Tang Qingfeng .

Tang Qingfeng looked at the weeping Zhu Xian'er coldly, and asked expressionlessly:

"You are Zhu Xian'er."

Seeing that Tang Qingfeng was full of killing intent, Gui Wushuang protected Zhu Xianer behind his back and said, "Who is she, it's none of your business!?"

Tang Qingfeng looked at Zhu Xian'er behind Gui Wushuang, and when he saw her avoiding eyes, he immediately understood.He looked at Gui Wushuang with cold eyes and said:

"Let people go."

"Hahahaha! What nonsense are you talking about?!" Gui Wushuang laughed at him when he said that, and then said to the guard:

"Come on, give me all together! Whoever kills this guy, I will immediately promote him to be the deputy village master!" He said and killed him with his guards.

Dazzled by fame and fortune, the guards rushed towards Tang Qingfeng in a swarm. After killing dozens of guards in a row, Tang Qingfeng gradually calmed down.Thinking that there is no way to fight like this, I have to go to save the Taoist leader as soon as possible.Thinking about it, he took out a smoke bomb from his body and threw it on the ground. With a bang, the smoke bomb exploded, and a stream of white smoke seeped out, filling the yard with smoke.

Tang Qingfeng glanced at the people in Qingshui Village, then performed lightness kung fu and flew out of the village.

Gui Wushuang and the others were blinded by the smoke bombs, blinded by the white smoke, tears streaming down their cheeks, and it took a while for them to recover.When everyone opened their eyes, Tang Qingfeng had long disappeared.

In Qingshui Village, Li Zhenwu fell from the trap and fell into the cold water prison with a pop.

The water in the dungeon was so deep that it reached his shoulders.The body entered the water, and the biting cold instantly hit from the water and hit the whole body.The ice water oppressed the chest cavity, making it difficult to breathe, which was very uncomfortable.

Li Zhenwu slowly mobilized his internal strength and gradually stabilized his breathing.

He carefully observed the surroundings, and saw dozens of iron cages placed in the dark cave.But the cave was too deep, and he couldn't see the specific situation clearly.

He looked at the dark cave, and tried to shout:

"anyone there?"

Half an hour passed without any response.

"What exactly is this place?" Li Zhenwu said to himself.

He touched the iron cage, pulled out the epee behind his back and hacked on it.With a crisp sound, the epee slipped from his hand in shock. Li Zhenwu dived into the water, picked up the epee and retracted the scabbard.

"No, the resistance is too great, the water is too cold, and the physical strength is not enough." Li Zhenwu calmly analyzed.

Just as he was analyzing it, a faint old voice came from the darkness.

"Young man, save your energy. This is a death row, and you can't escape." The old man said.

"Who are you?" Li Zhenwu asked vigilantly.

"I, I'm just a dying old man," said the old man.

"Old man, do you know what's going on here?" Li Zhenwu asked.

"Hmph, how could I not know about the water dungeon I built with my own hands?" the old man said slightly angrily.

"Old man, who are you?" Li Zhenwu asked.

"Forget it, I'm about to die anyway, ahem, it's okay to tell you, I was originally the village owner of Qingshui village, and then people from Sisheng Palace persuaded me to join, but I refused them, but they sent people to sneak attack. We lost to them, let them clear the Qingshui Village, killed my two sons, and imprisoned me here. All the disobedient brothers in the village were killed by them, and all the traitors who surrendered were taken away That damned soul-absorbing grass has been planted in the back mountain." The old man said angrily.

"Soul-absorbing grass?" Li Zhenwu asked

"Well, it's a hallucinogenic nerve poison from the Western Regions. If you take a little, you'll become addicted. It can control people's minds. It was because of this thing that I rejected them at first. They wanted to drag everyone in the town away. Come to be a slave to plant this thing. Although I am a pirate, I will never do anything to harm my fellow villagers." The old man said slowly.

After Li Zhenwu heard what he said, he was silent for a while, not knowing what to say, and now, nothing can help.

After feeling Li Zhenwu's silence, the old man asked:

"Young man, it sounds like you are very skilled in martial arts, how could you have fallen to this point?"

"I was plotted against accidentally." Li Zhenwu said.

"Hey, young man, the rivers and lakes are dangerous, you are too careless." The old man sighed.

Li Zhenwu was silent, because he really believed it. What did that woman want to do?When Li Zhenwu thought about it, he heard a light click in the prison, and then the water level of the water prison slowly dropped, and after a while, it all disappeared, revealing the mossy ground.

Then there was a loud bang, and the stone door on the wall slowly opened, and a ray of warm yellow light shone in.Li Zhenwu stayed in the dark for too long, and his eyes couldn't adapt to the light for a while, so he couldn't help but lower his head.

"Where are you?" A female voice asked softly at the door.

Hearing the voice, Li Zhenwu raised his head and looked at the person. He didn't expect that the person who came was the woman who made him fall into the trap.

"What are you doing here?" Li Zhenwu looked at Zhu Xian'er and asked coldly.