The boatman said that he handed the flower cloth burden to Li Qiufeng. Li Qiufeng took the burden and thanked him, but he didn't open it immediately, and said, "Brother has worked hard, go and rest." ”

The boatman agreed, took out a small wine jar and two oil-paper bags from his arms, and said to Li Qiufeng with a smile: "The villain also bought a jar of wine, roast chicken, and pig's head meat by the way, so the son might as well have a drink with us." ”

Li Qiufeng shook his head and said with a smile: "Brother and a few boatmen go to drink wine and eat meat, don't worry about me." ”

The boatman was also polite, but when he saw Li Qiufeng refusing, he thanked him, and walked happily to the back cabin with the boatman who was standing on the side, and called the other three boatmen over, and went to drink and eat meat by himself.

After the figures of several boatmen disappeared, Li Qiufeng opened the burden and took out a gray sheath steel knife. He grabbed the scabbard with his right hand and gently swept it, which was slightly heavier than the embroidered spring knife he was used to. Li Qiufeng held the scabbard with his left hand, and slowly pulled out the knife with his right hand. I saw that this steel knife was very different from the ring-headed knife common in the rivers and lakes. The blade is much narrower, and the back is much thinner. Li Qiufeng was stunned, secretly thinking that this steel knife was not a waist knife used by ordinary Jianghu characters, but like a ring knife used by monks. The customer who commissioned the blacksmith to make the steel knife must have been a good hand with the knife. Later, he did not go to the blacksmith to get the knife, he must have been poisoned by the enemy, and nine times out of ten he was no longer in the world, but it was a pity, a pity.

Li Qiufeng held the steel knife in his hand, looked at it carefully, and then flipped his wrist, and the long knife spun like flying, making a sound of "snort" breaking the air. Li Qiufeng thought to himself, although this knife is not a divine weapon, it can be regarded as sharp, and it is very useful to carry it around. It was with joy in his heart that he made another fuss, and then he put the knife back into the sheath.

According to Li Qiufeng's original plan, he didn't want to travel with a steel knife. It's just that he suddenly encountered the killer of the Yanagi clan, but he had to be vigilant. These killers have strange martial arts and are elusive, and if they don't have a steel knife in their hands, they are very easy to be taken advantage of by the enemy. Li Qiufeng then started to find the knife. Fortunately, in such a remote place as Dongliao County, such a good knife could be found, but it was beyond his expectations.

At this time, the long knife was in his hand, and Li Qiufeng's chest was full of pride. He recalled the previous situation of fighting with Zhang Yong and Murong Qiushui, and thought about how he should fight against these two great martial arts masters if he had a knife in his hand. When he thought of rising, he pulled out the long knife again, closed his eyes and slowly danced the long knife.

I don't know how long it took, but I suddenly heard someone shouting: "Master Zhu, what are you doing at the bow of the boat?"

Li Qiufeng was stunned, and hurriedly opened his eyes, only to see Qin Lao Wu with his hands on his hips, standing on the shore and looking at himself. Li Qiufeng was a little embarrassed, put the knife back into its sheath, put the knife on the deck, and was about to lift the board to the shore, when several boatmen heard Qin Laowu's cry, they had already run over from the back cabin and rushed to put the boat on the shore.

Qin Lao Wu walked up to the bow of the boat, patted his shirt, and then arched his hand to Li Qiufeng, and said: "Zhu Gongzi is so interested, he actually practiced martial arts on the boat. ”

Li Qiufeng said: "Fifth Brother Qin laughed. Tonight, I had to go to Motianling with Lord Xiao to do errands, so I asked a boatman brother to buy back a steel knife for self-defense. Fang Cai just tried this steel knife, which made Fifth Brother Qin laugh. ”

Qin Lao Wu originally had a smile on his face, but when he heard Li Qiufeng mention the word "Sky Ridge", his face suddenly became gloomy. By this time, several of the boatmen had retracted the plank to the deck and had already walked back to the aft cabin. Qin Lao Wusi didn't care about anyone, so he approached Li Qiufeng, lowered his voice and said: "Zhu Gongzi, this Sky Ridge is really a bit weird! Let's go get wood tonight, I'm afraid it's not an easy thing." "Zero-One Reading Network

Li Qiufeng heard Qin Lao Wu say solemnly, and hurriedly said, "I want to hear it in detail." ”

Qin Lao Wu's face was a little gloomy, he turned his head and glanced at the shore, and then said to Li Qiufeng: "Motianling is the most evil place in Dongliao County, and it is said that it is haunted ...... there."

Li Qiufeng originally thought that Motianling was also hiding murderous intentions like Wangjiazhuang, but he didn't expect Qin Lao Wu to say the word "haunted", he was stunned at first, and then breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Fifth Brother Qin, I heard Zhang Yuanwai say that you once went to Saiwai with the first emperor to fight the Tartars, how can you believe these nonsense?

Seeing that Li Qiufeng didn't believe it, Qin Lao Wu was a little anxious, and his voice became louder: "Zhu Gongzi, when I went out with the first emperor, I also had to respect the heavens, earth, ghosts and gods first, and then I could set off from the camp." Otherwise, the evil spirits will cause trouble, and the army will be defeated. After I went ashore today, I asked more than a dozen people from Dongliao County, and I learned that this Motianling is a very terrible place......

Qin Lao Wu's words did not fall, only the sound of boots could be heard, but it was Xiao Dong and Zhang Shi who walked out of the cabin one after the other. When Qin Lao Wu saw the two of them appearing, he immediately kept silent, and clasped his fists at Xiao Dong and Zhang Shi and said, "Lord Xiao, Zhang Yuanwai, I'm back." ”

Xiao Dong nodded, and said, "Brother Qin, where is this Sky Ridge, and are those wood, bricks, and tiles that Wang Yuan bought outside on the ridge?"

Qin Lao Wu said in a deep voice: "Motianling is seven miles north of Dongliao County, and the timber and bricks and tiles used to build the temple purchased by Wang Yuan's expatriates are indeed placed on the top of the ridge. ”

At this point, he paused for a moment before continuing: "But this Sky Ridge is extremely strange and notoriously evil. The people of Dongliao County have said that the ridge is haunted......"

Xiao Dong and Zhang Shi heard Qin Lao Wu say the word "haunted", and their hearts were all in the same place. Xiao Dong couldn't help but say: "There are no ghosts and gods in the world, it's just nonsense from the foolish people in the world." Brother Qin, what news have you found, tell us about it. ”

Seeing that Xiao Dong didn't believe it, Qin Lao Wu was a little anxious, and said: "Lord Xiao, Zhang Yuanwai, Zhu Gongzi, I asked many people in Dongliao County this afternoon, and they all said the same, so I'll make a long story short." Motianling is seven miles north of Dongliao County, more than 100 zhang high, stretching more than 100 miles to the east. This skyscraper ridge is like a screen, which happens to lie in the north of Dongliao County. The only official road from Liaoyang Mansion to Dongliao County is through Motianling. In the past year, Tang Taizong went on an eastward expedition, and the vanguard general Xue Rengui led his army to fight fiercely in Motianling and won a complete victory. Folklore has it that Xue Rengui confronted the enemy general, the first arrow killed the opponent's number one fierce general, and the second arrow killed the enemy's military division. The third arrow pierced a boulder at the top of the Sky Ridge, sending the enemy into fear and crushing without a fight. It was the soldiers of the Tang Army who sang 'The General Three Arrows Set the Long Song of the Tianshan Heroes into the Han Pass', crossed the Ferris Ridge and recaptured the Dongliao County that had been occupied by the enemy for hundreds of years. There is still a boulder on the Motianling, and there is a huge stone hole on the boulder, which is the remains left by Xue Rengui's archery. ”

Qin Lao Wu said it with spit flying, Xiao Dong, Zhang Shi and Li Qiufeng didn't think so. I only heard Qin Lao Wu continue: "Since Xue Rengui fought against Motianling, every time it rains, lightning and thunder on a cloudy day, there are often gongs and drums on the ridge, and the sound of soldiers and horses fighting. It is said that these are the ghosts of soldiers who died on the Ferris Ridge, and their resentment will not dissipate, and they will come out to haunt them every time there is a thunderstorm. When these ghosts came out to fight, even the people living in Dongliao County could hear them clearly. At this time, the people hid in their homes, and some people lit incense and prayed for the blessing of the gods.

"After the Tang Dynasty recaptured Liaodong, it set up the Andong Protectorate. Motianling is the throat of Liaodong, and the government built a stone city on the ridge and sent troops to guard it. It's just that in the last years of Xuanzong, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, the world was in turmoil, and the Tang Dynasty was powerless to pay attention to Liaodong. In the following hundreds of years, Liaodong was first occupied by the Khitans and then fell into the hands of the Jurchens. When Meng Yuan rose, he fought fiercely with the Jin State in Liaodong, and finally captured the entire territory of Liaodong. It is said that the Yuan army and the Jin army fought at Motianling, and the Jin army was completely annihilated. The Yuan army cut off the heads of the soldiers of the Jin army and piled them up like a hill on the Sky Ridge. Since then, the ghosts on the ridge have become more and more fierce, and when it is cloudy and rainy, if someone climbs over the skyscraper ridge, it often disappears and can no longer be found.

"After the Yuan army seized the Sky Ridge, they thought that this mountain ridge was a natural danger, and if someone occupied the stone city at the top of the mountain, it would really be a one-man pass, and it would not be opened. It took the Yuan army to drive the people away, spent nine days and nine nights, exhausted more than 1,000 people, and demolished the stone city on the top of the ridge. It's just that in this way, there are more than a thousand unjust souls on the Sky Ridge. Every time lightning and thunder roar, the sound of ghosts crying and wolf howls becomes more and more terrifying!"