Qi Ning's body trembled, and then he remembered that this Mao Hu'er was a helmsman under Elder Qinglong Lou Wenshi, and he should have followed Elder Qinglong to Forget Xiangyang Gulongzhong.
At this time, I heard that Mao Hu'er was asking for a meeting outside, and I felt that something was wrong. I wanted Li Tang to bring Mao Hu'er in. But after thinking about it carefully, I thought it would be better to go out and meet him by myself. I followed Li Tang out of the post house. It was already late at night, the prince and princess had already rested, and the post house was quiet.
Qining walked out of the gate of the post house and saw a figure standing under a tree not far away. Li Tang leaned closer and whispered: "Master Hou, that person is Mao Hu'er."
Qi Ning nodded and signaled to Li Tang that he didn't have to follow and walked over there. Mao Hu'er obviously noticed Qi Ning coming out and hurried forward to greet him, cupping his hands and saying, "Master Hou!"
Qi Ning took a look and found that he looked familiar. He was one of the three helmsmen who followed Master Lou Wen to Xiangyang. He asked, "Is it Master Mao? Why are you in Xuzhou? Didn't you go to Xiangyang with Elder Qinglong?" "
Mao Hu'er looked solemn and whispered: "Master Hou, I wonder if you are free now? The elder wants to see you."
"Meet me?" Qining frowned and said, "Where?"
"It's in Xuzhou." Mao Hu'er said, "It's not far from here."
Qi Ning wondered: "Why are you still in Xuzhou? The Qingmu Conference will be held soon. According to the time, you will all arrive in Xiangyang soon."
Mao Hu'er forced a smile, suddenly swayed, raised his hands to cover his chest, and frowned. Only then did Qi Ning realize that Mao Hu'er's face was pale. Seeing that he was about to fall, he stretched out his hand to support his arm and asked: " What happened? You... were injured!"
Mao Hu'er said: "Master Hou, here...it's hard to say much here. If Mr. Hou is...if you are free, go see the elder and everything will be understood. The elder...the elder said we have something important to discuss." He looked a little anxious. , Qining was a little suspicious.
In fact, he and Master Lou Wen had a similar spirit and became brothers of Jinlan. Qi Ning admired Master Lou Wen's character very much, but Qi Ning had no contact with the group of people under Master Lou, and he didn't know much about them. .
The Qingmu Conference is a grand event held every three years by the Beggar Clan. It is very important. Moreover, this Qingmu Conference is even more different than before. As an elder of the Beggar Clan, Master Qinglong, the elder, will never miss this conference.
Now Mao Hu'er said that Master Lou Wen was still in Xuzhou, which made Qining feel a little weird.
Mao Hu'er obviously saw Qining's hesitation, and said with a cupped hand: "Don't worry, Lord Marquis, I am indeed sent by the elders...!" There was a look of embarrassment on his eyebrows, and there seemed to be nothing to prove that what he said was the truth. .
Qi Ning pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll go with you now and lead the way."
Mao Hu'er's eyes showed gratitude. Li Tang had already called out: "Master Hou." He took two steps forward and asked cautiously: "Master Hou, I will take a few people with me."
Mao Hu'er said: "Master Hou, it is not suitable to have too many people. The elders said that the more secretive this matter is, the better, but... Master Hou still decides everything."
Qi Ning thought for a while and said: "Leader Wu can be at the post house. Li Tang, you go with me. There is no need to call anyone else."
Although Li Tang felt that it was inappropriate for the young marquis to leave with the beggar, he couldn't say much. Mao Hu'er led the way, while Qining and Li Tang followed behind.
After King Taishan's rebellion, although Xuzhou City was not greatly affected, a curfew was temporarily implemented in the city. After dark, there were no people in the streets and alleys. Only patrol soldiers occasionally appeared. Mao Hu'er's steps were not slow. But Qining could see that Mao Huer's feet were a little weak, and knew that this was due to damage to his internal strength.
After turning three streets and walking into a small alley, Mao Hu'er walked to a house at the end. He gently looked at the door three times. Someone in the house immediately tapped the door twice. Mao Hu'er looked at it twice more. , the wooden door opened, and Mao Huer went in first, followed closely by Qining and Li Tang. The person who opened the door looked around and closed the door immediately.
Qi Ning entered the courtyard and saw four or five beggars in the courtyard. They were all guarding various parts of the courtyard. The atmosphere was quite solemn. A solitary lamp was lit in the room, and the light was quite dim. Mao Hu'er raised his hand and said softly: "Hou Master, the elder is in the house."
Qi Ning nodded and signaled Li Tang to wait in the yard. He followed Mao Hu'er into the house and saw a table in the corner with a lone lamp on the table. The person next to him was Master Lou, sitting on a chair. On the table, the things on the table were quite messy. Master Lou was shirtless at this time. Behind him stood an old beggar. Under the light, the old beggar held a silver needle in his hand and was pricking Master Lou with acupuncture. At the feet of Master Lou, there was a wooden basin. As soon as he entered the house, Qining smelled a fishy smell.
When he saw that Master Lou Wen was indeed here, he felt slightly relieved and stepped forward. Master Lou Wen heard the footsteps, raised his head, saw Qi Ning, his eyes showed joy, and said: "Brother Qi...!" Not yet! After saying that, he heard a "wow" sound and spat out a mouthful of blood. The blood was facing the wooden basin at his feet, and everyone spit it into it.
Qin Ning smelled the fishy smell getting stronger, and heard the old beggar say urgently: "Elder, don't talk, wait a moment."
Master Lou nodded slightly. Qin Ning stepped forward and found that there was already a lot of blood in the wooden basin. The fishy smell was emanating from it. Under the light, he saw dozens of silver coins inserted into Master Lou's body. The needles are distributed in acupuncture points all over the body. At first glance, they look like hedgehogs.
Qi Ning knew something was wrong, but knowing that the old beggar was healing Master Lou Wen, he did not say anything. He turned around and walked to the door, asking the furry fox: "What happened? Why did the elder suffer so badly?" hurt?"
Mao Huer glanced at Master Lou Wen. Under the light, Master Lou Wen's face turned slightly blue, his eyes were closed tightly, but his upper body was dripping with sweat.
"Master Marquis, we crossed the Huaihe River and were ambushed on the way to Xiangyang." Mao Hu'er looked solemn, "The two helmsmen, Gongsun Jian and Zheng Quan, have been killed to protect the elders."
Qi Ning changed his face in shock and lost his voice: "The two helmsmen were killed?"
Mao Hu'er's eyes showed sadness and anger, and he nodded and said: "The other party has a large number of people, and we were ambushed. We and the elders fought hard, but we were no match for the other party. The two helmsmen were brutally killed in order to hold the other party back. , the elder and I also took advantage of the darkness and tried our best to escape. However, the elder was seriously injured, and we knew there would be an ambush on the way, so I protected the elder and returned to Xuzhou first. I originally wanted to rush to Lucheng to find the Marquis, but when we got here I saw the wedding party and knew that the Marquis was among them, so I went to look for him at night."
"Why not seek support from the local Beggar Clan?" Qi Ning frowned and said, "Beggars Clan disciples are all over the world. Brother Lou is an elder of the Beggar Clan. It is not difficult to find support from the local Beggar Clan disciples."
Mao Hu'er shook his head and said: "The elder said that it is an emergency and we must not let too many people know that he was seriously injured, otherwise there will probably be greater turmoil in the Beggar Clan. I have only found a few confidants here. Brothers come to protect us."
"I see." Qi Ning nodded slightly, thinking that Master Lou Wen was the leader of the Beggar Clan Dongfang Qisu. If news of the serious injury spread, something might happen, and asked: "Do you know who ambushed your opponent? Who is this?"
Mao Hu'er said: "We have never met before, and the elders couldn't figure out each other's origins later. Those two people's martial arts are very weird, and that... that monster is extremely powerful and weird."
"Monster?" Qining frowned and said, "Didn't you say that the other party has a large number of people? How come there are only two of them?"
Mao Huer explained: "At the beginning, there were more than ten people on the other side, all with their faces covered. We fought with them, but we did not lose. Instead, we killed several of them. At that time, the monster suddenly appeared. , extremely difficult to deal with, and later two powerful opponents appeared.”
"What kind of monster?" Qining asked.
Mao Hu'er thought for a while and then said with lingering fear: "The monster is tall and has a horn on its head. It is neither a deer nor an ox. It uses a huge pig iron as a weapon. It looks like a human, but its cry is like a wild beast. , that monster is so powerful...!"
When Qi Ning heard this, his expression changed with horror, and he sneered: "It's a medicine corpse. You guys encountered a medicine corpse."
"Medicine corpse?" Mao Hu'er said in surprise: "Does the Marquis know that monster?"
Qi Ning naturally knew, and his memory was still fresh. When he went to Xichuan, he encountered a medicine corpse chasing Eve and others on the way. The medicine corpse was refined by the white monkey. Qin Ning knew that there were two medicine corpses. However, the female medicine corpse has been eliminated by Qi Ning, but the male medicine corpse still exists.
As soon as he heard Mao Hu'er's narration, he immediately guessed that it must be a medicine corpse.
"Of those two powerful opponents, is one holding a white flag in his hand, short and thin, like a monkey, a dwarf?" Qining stared at Mao Hu'er's eyes and asked: "There is also a person holding a white flag in his hand. Erhu?"
Mao Hu'er clapped his hands and said, "Yes, they are those two guys. Their martial arts are weird, sinister, and extremely ruthless."
Qi Ning sneered and said: "It turns out that it was those two lonely ghosts who were causing trouble."
The origins of the white monkey and the old erhu monster Kongshan Xian are unknown, but every time they appear, nothing good happens. The last time Qining saw these two guys was in the Misty Flower Valley in Qianwu Ridge. Xiangrong took advantage of the chaos and entered the valley, intending to steal the ice coffin, but failed to escape.
Later, Hua Xiangrong led the water ghost to intercept him on the river, but the two people did not show up. He never expected that they would ambush Master Lou Wen on the way.
Suddenly hearing a "wow", the two people immediately turned around and saw Master Lou spitting out another mouthful of blood. However, the old beggar made a quick move and took out the silver needles from Master Lou one by one like electricity. , Qi Ning immediately stepped forward. After the old beggar took the silver needle, he said respectfully: "Elder, in another hour, we have to detoxify again. Within an hour, don't take any luck and don't eat anything."
Master Lou Wen nodded slightly, reached for a towel from the table, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and then looked up at Qining. Although he was seriously injured, he could still laugh at this moment, and said to Qining: "Brother Qi, If your skills are not as good as others, you will be a joke this time. If it weren’t for your fate, we brothers might never see each other again.”