Chapter Forty-Eight: The Undercurrent
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Holding Nie Xiaoqi's shoulder, Nie Xiaoqi looked back at Nie Wuqi in surprise, in Nie Wuqi's eyes, Nie Xiaoqi seemed to see a kind of determination, and his heart was hot. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Nie Wuyi raised his eyebrows, gently pushed Nie Xiaoqi away, quietly looked at the four people opposite, and said coldly: "All hide their heads and shrink their tails!" At first glance, it's a rat! Although Nie is not talented, he is also a well-known man in this Daozhou City, who are you sending here, you don't have to hide! ”
The other party seemed to be a dead pig who didn't bat the boiling water, and didn't pay attention to Nie Wuyi's words at all, and looked at Nie Wuyi and the two of them coldly, as if these two people were two pieces of meat on the chopping board. The man in black who was facing Nie Wuyi on the left side of the knife said coldly: "As long as Nie Wuyi is above, that subordinate will teach him a lesson and let him go back and report the news!" He said to a man in black with a whip beside him, completely ignoring the two men, as if they would definitely compromise with them.
Nie Xiaoqi was surprisingly calm, looking at the appearance of these four people, remembering that two days ago, there was a fourteenth master in the fort, and suddenly disappeared inexplicably, but no one in the fort dared to talk about it. is also a descendant of a family born in Nie Jiabao, Nie Xiaoqi understands Nie Huzi's temper better, and will not allow any rumors in the fort to shake the prestige of the Nie family. Even if the Fourteenth Master really had an accident, no one would dare to talk nonsense.
Nie Xiaoqi naturally has no chance and no identity, he can know the specific fate of the fourteenth master, but he knows that the subordinate who served with the fourteenth master, the brother named Laifu, was cut off by someone, and he fainted when he fled back to the castle without his life, and it is said that he has not woken up yet. Nie Xiaoqi usually has a good relationship with Laifu, but later Laifu was closely protected by the people in the fort.
Whoever is in the Nie family's sphere of influence and dares to touch the Nie family's people, it is conceivable that the other party must not be afraid of the Nie family's forces. Nie Xiaoqi knew that if he fell into their hands like Laifu now, he would definitely not end well like Laifu, if these people were the ones who kidnapped the Fourteenth Master, he would definitely have fewer arms and legs, and they would all be light.
Now Nie Xiaoqi is a little glad that he listened to Xianglan's words, this Xianglan is a girl who serves Nie Sanniang, she is white, tender and slim, and she usually has a reputation among Nie Jiabao's subordinates. Although she is still young, she is no less than a few young ladies in the castle, and the important thing is his grandfather Nie Zhong, who is the enlightenment master of Nie Xiaoqi's kung fu practice. It is said that Nie Zhong had a very good relationship with his grandfather back then, and later Nie Zhong became the head of the Nie family's outhouse, also because he had good martial arts.
In the past few years, as he has grown older, and the Nie family has recruited many characters on the rivers and lakes, according to Nie Zhong's own words, he can't take those tricks of his own. He took the initiative to retire from the head of the nursing home, and was respected by the main family to retire in the Nie family. However, when he is usually free, he still takes the initiative to teach these young children, and Nie Xiaoqi is the one he likes more.
And Nie Zhong also encouraged Nie Xiaoqi more than once, as long as Nie Xiaoqi was praised and rewarded by the head of the Nie family, he would make his baby granddaughter Xianglan a woman for himself. Nie Xiaoqi knew that Xianglan was still good in the eyes of his subordinates, and it was said that there was a young master of the side branch who wanted to take Xianglan as a concubine, but Nie Xiaoqi never thought about these problems, even if he thanked Nie Zhong, he faintly remembered that it was indeed another figure in his heart, and he usually treated Xianglan like a sister.
Growing up in Nie's family since he was a child, he regards these familiar faces, as well as people near or far, as his relatives. Nie Zhong was very good to himself, when he was young, he often hung out with Nie Xiaoqi's grandfather, and followed the old lady to go north and south. He was later known as the Iron Arm Mantis by those who were familiar with him in the Daozhou City area, because he was said to have a set of mantis punches and a pair of hard arms. When he was young, it was said that the best of these arms was that he could break a tree trunk with the thickness of a bowl.
Nie Xiaoqi practiced kung fu relatively late, and as a subordinate, if it weren't for Nie Huzi in order to strengthen the power of the Nie family, he might not have had the opportunity to learn with everyone. Of course, he is also very smart, he usually serves and watches the masters practice, and when he rests, he will also compare according to his memory, even if he works hard, there is no special master, and he usually has to serve people, so naturally it is impossible to learn a lot. However, Nie Zhong saw Nie Xiaoqi's hardship, so he still called for a while, which was the biggest help to Nie Xiaoqi, and of course, the most important thing was to teach Nie Xiaoqi the Iron Arm Gong.
Nie Xiaoqi is far from practicing to the realm of the iron arm, it is said that Nie Zhong has practiced hard skills for more than ten years before he has the skills later. Nie Xiaoqi had also seen Nie Wuyi practice with several of his brothers, and Nie Wuqi had not practiced hard skills, but Nie Xiaoqi saw that he could cut down a big tree with his hands, and heard Nie Sanniang say that it was a kind of internal skill.
Nie Xiaoqi was naturally greedy, and Nie Wuqi's outstanding appearance in the later days made him gradually become Nie Xiaoqi's idol, because Nie Sanniang also admired Nie Wuqi. is Nie Sanniang as a woman, Nie Xiaoqi has also seen her skills, although she is far inferior to Nie Wuyi's brothers, but among her friends, she is quite good.
Xianglan has always been good to Nie Xiaoqi, although she has not risen to the height of admiration at a young age, but with her grandfather Nie Zhong's appreciation of Nie Xiaoqi, she and Nie Xiaoqi serve Nie Sanniang together, so she naturally takes care of Nie Xiaoqi more often.
Although there will be no good hints and gifts, the clever Xianglan still has a mind, and seeing that he often accompanies Nie Sanniang to go out for a walk, she can't help but equip him with a pair of arm guards made of iron sheets, which she secretly used the private pocket money she saved to go to the blacksmith shop after seeing the arm guards worn by her grandfather.
This arm guard is usually worn on both arms, and it can't be seen at all when she is wearing clothes outside, Nie Xiaoqi usually follows Nie Sanniang, although Nie Sanniang will not deliberately rectify Nie Xiaoqi, but many of her friends are trustworthy. There will always be boredom to call some subordinate competitions and the like, and Nie Xiaoqi has saved a lot of suffering. This is not a big secret, even the clever Nie Sanniang doesn't know.
What's more, during this time, the people in the fort often had accidents when they went out, and Xianglan was naturally a little worried about Nie Xiaoqi, who often went out. stalked and persuaded his grandfather Nie Zhong, and actually asked Nie Zhong to give his own arm guards, the ones made of stainless steel, to Nie Xiaoqi. Nie Zhong's thoughts about his granddaughter were naturally joyful and worried, but he still followed her wishes.
But where did Nie Xiaoqi dare to accept it, it was one of the weapons that Nie Zhong had been handy for many years. Later, Xianglan got angry and ignored him, and Nie Xiaoqi was a little helpless. Just taking advantage of Nie Xiaoqi to follow Nie Wuqi out this time, Xianglan insisted on stuffing the arm guard to Nie Xiaoqi. Nie Xiaoqi now feels that if it weren't for Xianglan's foresight, he might have been six gods and no master at this moment.
There has never been a moment when I wanted to be moved at this time. Nie Xiaoqi even felt in his heart that if Xianglan was here at the moment, he must say that you are too good, and you must marry her to be his own woman.
"Xiao Qi, are you afraid, remember not to take care of a certain family, wait for the chaos, no matter what happens to you, even if you are injured, you have to run back to the fort to report the news! You don't have to worry about a certain family, just tell Uncle Seven everything here! Nie Wuqi grabbed Nie Xiaoqi's shoulder tightly and looked at Nie Xiaoqi, who was very calm.
If it was usual, Nie Xiaoqi would not hesitate to listen to Nie Wuyi's words, and the next person should have been obedient. But he knew that if he ran away, these people would not necessarily let him go. What's more, if he ran back to Nie Jiabao, Nie Huzi, as the master, would not let himself go according to his usual temper if he saw that he was unharmed.
The other party was holding a weapon in his hand, and Nie Wuyi and himself were unarmed. Although Nie Xiaoqi is not afraid of death, especially with his idol. But he is not stupid, if the other party really wants to catch Nie Wuyi, it is impossible not to find out the details of Nie Wuyi and know Nie Wuyi's usual state.
At least, Nie Xiaoqi estimated that the combat effectiveness of these people must be the worst and not much different from Nie Wuyi, he was the meat on the chopping block in front of them, and he was a weak little person. But Nie Xiaoqi was thinking quickly in his heart, he didn't think that he could get away from them, even if they let themselves go and let them go back to Nie Jiabao to report the news, at least they would definitely be violent to themselves. At this time, looking at Nie Wuqi's calm expression, Nie Xiaoqi suddenly had an idea and made such a big and bold decision in his heart.
"Third master, Xiao Qi thanks the master and the Nie family for their nurturing grace, the example of Laifu two days ago is in front, these people will not let us go. Xiao Qi was entrusted by the third lady, and the third master is a person that Xiao Qi usually respects, and Xiao Qi served the third master for the first time, and he didn't expect this kind of thing. Xiao Qi is definitely not afraid of death, but he knows that his kung fu is too bad, but Xiao Qi will definitely not sit still, Xiao Qi has a plan here! Nie Xiaoqi looked at the four black-clothed people calmly, holding the umbrella, closer to Nie Wuji, looking very scared, but whispered next to Nie Wuji.
Nie Wuji looked at this subordinate who usually didn't pay attention to himself in surprise, only to see Nie Xiaoqi's face calm, Nie Wuqi couldn't help but seem as if he had just met him, and a wave of emotion rose in his heart, originally for this environment, Nie Wuji felt that there was no hope, but after listening to Nie Xiaoqi's words at this moment, his mind surged and felt that there were countless changes.
Nie Wuji's face was silent, listening to Nie Xiaoqi quietly talking about his thoughts, he couldn't help but feel a little more sure in his heart, although his eyebrows were still tightly locked, his eyes were indeed sharp. As soon as his ears moved, he saw that at the end of the alley where the yard came just now, two men in black also ran over, each holding a knife in his hand, knowing that he couldn't wait any longer. couldn't help snatching the umbrella in Nie Xiaoqi's hand, shaking the umbrella flower with his hand, and rushed towards the four black-clothed people.
The four men in black seemed to be stunned for a moment, but they didn't expect Nie Wuyi to dare to take the initiative. But after all, the two sides were separated by more than ten meters, and two of the black-clothed men with thick-backed knives were silent, and took the initiative to grab out and attack head-on. Without saying a word, everyone met head-on.
This stone alley is very narrow, and the widest is only about three meters. Nie Wuyi preemptively exerted the force under his feet, and the person jumped into the air, and the oil umbrella swirled into a shadow along the side, attacking the black-clothed man who was half a step ahead on the left. At this time, the short oil umbrella in Nie Wuyi's hand has become the best weapon in the alley of this house.
Condescendingly, his feet on one side of the wall were quickly clicked again, and the people rushed forward even faster, and actually brought a strong wind to the two black-clothed people. When he went out to meet a woman today, where would he think about bringing weapons with him, and he didn't expect that he would be targeted. With anger in his heart, after all, he grew up with his uncle Nie Huzi since he was a child, and he has also been passed down by Nie Huzi. Holding the oil umbrella, the internal force was used, and the whirling umbrella whirled sharply. The opportunity has been taken, and Nie Wuyi does not want to lose this opportunity.
If you are hit by the edge of this umbrella, it is not a trivial matter in the hands of someone who knows kung fu, and the man in black on the left hand seems to know that it is powerful, so he has no choice but to take half a step sideways and retreat. Nie Wuyi was unforgiving, his left foot kicked again on the courtyard wall next to him, the person did not land at all, the umbrella in his hand became a shadow, and the white flowers struck the black-clothed man on the right like dazzling eyes. In the blink of an eye, he had already taken the initiative to attack, even if he faced two men in black with knives in their hands, he had to avoid their edge.
However, the man in black is not easy to get along with, the man in black on the left retreated again and again, finally stabilized his body, and slashed at Nie Wuyi with a single step, although it was still far away, but the knife wind had already hit.
Where is this to arrest people, it is simply to kill. A man in black with a whip at the back of the four looked at his companion, and the long whip in his hand shook, and the horn sounded crisply in the air, and the head of the whip struck between the two. He didn't want to hack Nie Wujiao to death, so he reminded his companion in time.
The man in black with a long whip was standing behind for the time being because the stone alley was very narrow. However, the two black-clothed men with knives who came from behind the alley were already close at this moment. For a while, it seemed that the small stone alley was full of murderous machines.
At this time, the quiet Nie Xiaoqi suddenly acted and ran towards the four black-clothed people on this side like a ruthless man. He rushed over with his bare hands, and the two men in black with knives who were against Nie Wuyi saw that Nie Xiaoqi had no weapons, so they didn't bother to pay attention to Nie Xiaoqi, and let him rush over against the wall.
This time it was chaotic, and the man in black with the whip, who had not acted, saw Nie Xiaoqi rushing over, and there was a cruel smile in his eyes.
Others didn't come over, their fingers hooked at Nie Xiaoqi, looked at Nie Xiaoqi at night, motioned for him to come over, and the long whip in his hand swooped over like a snake.
"Report!" A cold crisp sound disrupted the thinking of the man standing high on the blue tile on the roof of the hall at this moment. He stood tall with his hands in his hands, on the top of the somewhat dilapidated blue-tiled hall, his face was chic and free. His eyes were introverted, although he couldn't see his expression, but he knew that this person was in a high position, and he was wearing a washed white blue robe and swayed slightly without wind.
He was looking into the distance, where there were rolling mountain peaks, and under the peaks there were large farmyards. At this moment, the flames of the courtyard rose to the sky, and there were faint sounds of screaming and killing. Hearing the news, he slowly turned his head, and by the light of the near evening, he could see that this was a thin man in his thirties.
This is an unnamed hill not far from Kaifeng Mansion, this hill is only about 200 meters above sea level, and even the mountain behind the village courtyard over there obviously belongs to a mountain range. Although the mountains here are also lush and full of towering trees, it may be because the mountains are too ordinary and the trees are too ordinary, but they are not famous.
It is said that later there were Taoist figures on the mountain here who came here to cultivate the truth, which was originally a small thatched hut, and then slowly developed into a small Taoist temple. Since then, I don't know how many generations have passed, but now because there is a small Taoist temple here, the locals usually call this place Guantang Mountain.
At this time, the village courtyard that caught fire under the mountain peak in the distance was originally a famous local viewing place, that is, this Guantang Mountain was the property of the owner of this village. The reason why this village is famous and huge is because it is a property under the name of a famous and powerful person in the Zhou State today. It is the current palace of the Zhou Kingdom, the close relatives of the first emperor Zhang Yongde, and the manor of his uncle Zhang Jun, the former Luozhou Terracotta Governor.
Let's not talk about what kind of prison and big man this Zhang Jun is, this Zhang Yongde alone is amazing, he is a great figure in the Zhou State in the five dynasties. He is the concubine appointed by Emperor Guo Wei of the Zhou State Taizu and the husband of the fourth princess, Princess Shou'an.
On the same day, because the former lord of the Northern Han Dynasty had no way to kill the descendants of Emperor Taizu in Beijing, Emperor Taizu Guo Wei, who ascended the throne as the Son of Heaven, had no queen. It can really be said that it is out of order, although Guo Wei has become the emperor and has thought of many ways, but there have been no descendants.
Emperor Taizu had no choice, and he did not leave any heirs in the case of the Guangzheng Inner Palace, so he had to look for a successor among his relatives. The first thing that came to mind was his nephew Chai Rong and his son-in-law Zhang Yongde, but in fact, he chose his nephew Chai Rong later, and did not choose this son-in-law, so Chai Rong changed his name to Guo Rong.
The most important thing for Guo Rong to succeed to the throne is that he is afraid that Zhang Yongde will not be convinced, although Zhang Yongde has always been benevolent and filial, but Taizu Guo Wei still made a decisive decision, and let Zhang Yongde be the minister of life, and visited Guo Rong in front of his hospital bed, and since then the master-slave relationship has been determined! But who doesn't know that Guo Rong, the current emperor of Zhou, paid tribute to Zhang Yongde, after all, Zhang Yongde's wife is the daughter of Emperor Taizu, and he is now his nominal sister, and Emperor Guo Rong is only Taizu's nephew.
And Zhang Yongde also lived up to expectations, first made miraculous contributions for the emperor to conquer the Northern Han Dynasty, and since then he has emerged. Then he followed the emperor Guo Rong to the south and captured more than ten states in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and since then the two countries have been bounded by the Yangtze River, and the emperor Guo Rong also promoted Zhang Yongde to the former capital of the Zhou Palace.
Especially in the battle of Gaoping in the Zhou State, it was an epoch-making battle in the military of the Zhou State, and it was also a battle in which the emperor Guo Rong was neutral in the Zhou army, and without this war, perhaps the history of the Zhou State in the Central Plains would have to be rewritten. In this battle, which is crucial to the overall situation, Zhang Yongde, as a general, is not only not afraid of death; And the establishment of miraculous feats in the face of danger. not only saved the emperor Guo Rong from danger in front of the battle, but also made a plan to kill the fleeing generals and the generals, stabilized the army's morale and examined the overall situation.
Moreover, what is even more prominent is that in addition to the war, he was careful to govern the army strictly, immediately observe the overall situation, measure up the situation in a moment, and judge the time in an instant. He said something to Emperor Guo Rong, which was full of his foresight in governing the army and the country.
Of course, there is another thing circulating in the army now, but there are still relatively few people who know about it. This matter, if it comes out, may cause turmoil in the Zhou State. That is to check the Son of Heaven, and this rumor is getting more and more fierce now.
And now, who dares to break ground on Tai Sui's head!