So Qiu Yizi turned around and looked at Yuchi Jiming. Seeing her nodding at him slightly with a serious and nervous expression, he made up his mind to step onto the boat.
He'er was about to walk onto the boat, but the woman in black stopped her and said, "He'er, you don't have to get on the boat. Just wait on the shore for your young lady to come back. This is what the leader wants."
He'er was stunned when she heard this and bit her lip. In the end, she didn't have the courage to disobey the order of the Tianzun Sect Leader and retreated back to the dock from the gangway.
Then the woman in black pointed at Yuchi Jiming and said, "Is this His Highness Yi's attendant? The boat is fully stocked with everything. His Highness Yi is also the leader's guest, so there is absolutely no reason for His Highness Yi to be wronged. Please wait on the shore with peace of mind!"
Yuchi Jiming smiled contemptuously, without answering, he exerted a little force with his feet and jumped up, landing right in front of the woman in black - he had already jumped onto the black-sailed boat.
The woman in black was not surprised to see Yuchi Jiming's kung fu. Instead, she praised him, "What a great kung fu. Are you from the Yuchi family? The Yuchi family's kung fu is good, but it's a pity that the current head of the family, Yuchi Lianghong, only wants to be an official and has even forgotten to teach the younger generation martial arts. I think the only one in the Yuchi family who can perform such light kung fu, besides Yuchi Lianghong, is his little daughter."
Yuchi Jiming was a little surprised to hear that this woman knew so much about the affairs of the Yuchi family. But she continued, "You are Yuchi Lianghong's youngest daughter, right? I see that you are so good at martial arts at such a young age. When Yuchi Lianghong was your age, he might not be as good as you! It's a pity that you have little experience in martial arts. From a distance, your clothes and appearance look like a young man, but you are exposed as soon as you start fighting."
When Yuchi Jiming's identity was revealed by the woman, he became alert and hostile, and his left palm was flattened and placed on his abdomen.
"Yuchi Long Fist!" The woman was surprised to see Yuchi Jiming's mediocre move. "You, a girl, are using the most basic kung fu of the Yuchi family to fight the enemy. Have you really mastered this set of kung fu to the extreme?"
Yuchi Jiming curled his lips and said, "There is such a small place on the boat, how can there be room for you to dodge and move around? Only my long fist is the most suitable!"
"Hahaha! That makes sense, that makes sense! I didn't expect that a girl like you actually knows actual combat!" The black-clothed woman's tone was full of joy, "I have never met an opponent in these years. Could it be that today is the day I can show my skills?" As she spoke, the woman also spread out her left hand and placed it in front of her chest, and her momentum when she raised her hands and feet was no less than that of Yuchi Jiming.
Just as a fierce battle was about to break out, a voice came from inside the boat awning: "Auntie, please don't be rude. These people are my guests. Hurry up and start the boat!"
Upon hearing this, the woman in black slowly lowered her left hand that was protecting her chest and directed the two boatmen, "Everyone is here, let's start the boat!"
The two boatmen agreed, picked up the two long poles stuck in the mud at the bottom of the river, and lightly pushed on the dock. The boat turned around quickly and steadily and headed towards the center of the river. As for the altar master Wang Tong and others who had brought Qiu Yi over, they could only bow on the shore and watch the black-sailed boat go farther and farther away.
The black-clad woman on the boat saw that the boat was already a hundred steps away from the dock, so she stretched out her hand to open the curtain hanging from the boat awning, and said to Qiu Yizi: "Sir, please come into the awning. The leader and the saint are both inside!"
Qiu Yizi calmed herself down a little, bent down and got into the boat awning.
Yuchi Jiming was responsible for protecting his uncle Qiu Yizhi, so he wanted to follow him in. However, the woman in black immediately lowered the door curtain and said, "The adults are talking inside, so you, a girl, should not get involved. Come on, let's sit outside together and discuss martial arts moves."
Yuchi Jiming certainly wanted to follow in, but he secretly thought that the woman in front of him must have extraordinary martial arts skills, so he did not dare to force his way in.
But Qiu Yizi, who had already gone into the tent, stuck half of his head out and said, "Jiming, just wait outside. It's okay inside." After saying that, he retracted his head again.
The boat that Qiu Yizi boarded was not very big, and the awning was not spacious either, with a total area of only about ten feet square. The roof was very low, so people could only move inside by bending over. The only thing was that the outside of the awning was coated with a thick layer of dark tung oil, which blocked most of the sunlight and made the inside of the awning appear a little dark.
Qiu Yizi fumbled for a cushion inside the boat awning and sat down cross-legged. After finally adjusting his eyes to the dimming light, he saw Wen Lingjiao sitting right next to him, with her breath right beside his ear.
Qiu Yizi had never been so close to Wen Lingjiao before, and he couldn't help but feel a little distracted. However, with a powerful enemy at hand, he reminded himself not to be distracted in the slightest. He quickly calmed himself, rubbed his eyes, and looked at the dark figure in front of him.
But the figure said, "Your Highness Yi is here. It's a pity that I'm being chased by the court like a stray dog. I can't even afford a cup of tea. I hope Your Highness Yi will forgive me."
Qiu Yizi felt the voice was very familiar, as if he had heard it a few days ago, but he could not remember where he had heard it. He rubbed his eyes hard again, leaned out half of his body from the ground, and looked forward carefully.
As Qiu Yizi's pupils gradually dilated, the outline of the figure became clearer, frightening her so much that she jumped up from the cushion, and her head hit the top of the boat awning.
He didn't care about the embarrassment, he leaned his head against the awning and took a half step forward, pointing at the black shadow opposite: "You... Aren't you Shi Wei? Weren't you kidnapped by the Bronze Eyed Arhat and his men? Don't play tricks on me here!"
Qiu Yizi did not recognize the wrong person. The so-called "Tianzun Sect Leader" sitting in the cabin was definitely Shi Wei.
He just smiled faintly and said slowly: "Your Highness Yi also pretended to be a disciple of my Holy Church in the past, using the pseudonym 'Xu Jia', and he immediately destroyed my Yuhuangding headquarters. When it comes to pretending to be a god, Your Highness Yi is no less capable than me."
Qiu Yizi was, after all, a resourceful and worldly-wise man. He calmed down in an instant and sat back on the cushions on the bottom of the cabin. He suddenly smiled to himself, "Shi Wei—real but fake, real but fake on the outside. What a good name! The court has been chasing you all over the world, but I didn't expect you to be right next to the emperor. What a good method! What a good strategy! What a courage!"
Qiu Yi said three "good" words, which made "Shi Wei" feel a little proud. He only raised a faint smile on his lips: "You are flattered. Your Highness Yi is the one who has the best method. I pretended to be kidnapped by the Bronze-eyed Arhat and others, but Your Highness Yi was not panicked at all. He just surrounded the city of Jinling like an iron barrel, trying to trap me here to death. Fortunately, the city of Jinling is surrounded by walls on three sides and faces the river on one side. I spent a lot of effort to build a new pier in a secluded place in Yanziji, and finally I can step half a foot out of this deadly place..."
Qiu Yizi listened to "Shi Wei" talking. His tone and expression were very calm and composed, and he looked quite heroic. He didn't have the slightest trace of the "turtle man" Shi Wei that he knew earlier. He kept thinking in his heart:
No wonder Wen Lingjiao was able to escape from Guangyang disguised as a camp prostitute in the warm tent; no wonder no matter how hard they searched, they could not find any trace of this Tianzun Sect Leader; no wonder Wen Lingjiao had not left the house in the past few days but was able to pass on messages for his brother - it turned out that it was all thanks to this Tianzun Sect Leader's second identity as the "imperial envoy". The so-called "darkness is under the lamp" is nothing more than this.
Thinking of this, Qiu Yizi broke out in cold sweat: the "imperial envoy" who was highly trusted by the emperor and was responsible for conveying the emperor's orders was actually the leader of the Tianzun Sect. I wonder how many backbones of the cult there are in the central government. Doesn't it make people's spine cold
Qiu Yizi's brain was spinning rapidly, and she could no longer hear what "Shi Wei" who was so close to her said. Suddenly, he said in a loud voice: "Don't be so secretive. What's your name?" After these words came out, Qiu Yizi realized that she had spoken inappropriately and rudely in panic, and she regretted it very much.
"Shi Wei" on the other side was also stunned when he heard Qiu Yizi say this, then he smiled and said, "Okay! Your Highness Yi is straightforward, so I won't lie in front of the real person. My real name is Wen Honghui." After that, he looked at Qiu Yizi with an indescribable smile on his face.
(Wen Honghui, Xu Hongru and Xu Shouhui were all leaders of the White Lotus Sect.)
The gaze from Wen Honghui's eyes seemed even more unfathomable in the dim light, making Qiu Yizi feel uncomfortable.
Then Qiu Yi's upper body shook unnaturally, and she said incoherently: "Thank you for your advice. Since it is Master Wen who invited me here, what do you want to teach me?"
Wen Honghui replied: "It's not really a teaching, but I want to show His Highness Yi a clear path."
"Haha!" Qiu Yizi laughed twice, "Forget about the bright road. I have killed too many believers of your sect. Even if I join your sect now, I will inevitably go to hell after death. I think there is no need for Master Wen to waste his words on this point."
Wen Honghui also smiled: "Your Highness Yi is indeed well-known for his sharp tongue." Then he sneered, "Humph! What heaven and hell are just a cover to deceive those foolish men and profiteers. I have killed many people and done many evil things in my life. According to the rules of the Holy Church, even if I go to hell ten times, it will not be enough to forgive my sins..."
He was halfway through his words when he heard Wen Lingjiao beside him say, "Brother, what are you talking about? Did Jiang Feng blow you so much that you said something so heretical?"
Wen Honghui's face suddenly became extremely serious: "No, I'm very sober now. I have been holding these words in my stomach for who knows how long. I'm afraid that His Highness Tongyi is the only one in the world who can say them." He suddenly laughed out loud, "Hahahaha! So, His Highness Yi is still a rare confidant of mine!"
Qiu Yizi didn't know how to respond, and Wen Lingjiao kept shaking her head and sighing.
Wen Honghui was still talking excitedly: "Sister, don't think I'm talking nonsense. Think about it, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty was also a disciple of my Holy Church. He betrayed the Church and massacred the Holy Church after he succeeded. Which of the three crimes of "anger", "foolishness" and "resentment" did he not commit? But what was the result? Not only did he enjoy all the wealth in the world, but his descendants were also supreme for generations. And the current emperor, Your Highness Yi also knows that he was just a vassal king in a bitter and cold land. How many people did he kill to ascend to the throne? On the road from Guangyang to Luoyang, which inch is not covered with corpses and bones?"
Qiu Yizi immediately said, "Since you don't believe in the teachings of Tianzun Sect, why do you want to be the so-called leader? You are now an imperial envoy after all. When you go out to pass on the emperor's orders, you are in charge of the eight seats, and all local officials bow their heads to you. You are already a superior person in the eyes of many people. I think you should just give up evil and do good, and make your fake play real, and live like a 'turtle man' Shi Wei until he dies!" (To be continued)