Chapter 217 Yang Fengming's Secret
Chapter 217 Yang Fengming's Secret
The man was wearing a light blue gown and had three long beards under his chin. His temperament was elegant and he was somewhat similar to Mr. Yue in Guanzhong, but his face was haggard and a little old, and it was obvious that his life on the run had not been easy over the years.
"Brother Niu, let's stop here!"
"Mr. Yang?"
Yang Fengming glanced at the bald giant's bleeding right hand and shook his head slightly. He then looked at the young man opposite him, who had a white face and no beard and was wearing eunuch's uniform. From the look in the other's eyes, he already understood about 60% of it.
"Finally found it!"
Zhang Yu sighed in his heart. He felt that this mission was like the journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures. After going through many hardships and defeating a troublesome female demon, he finally saw the real Buddha.
Yang Fengming walked up to Zhang Yu and looked at him calmly.
Zhang Yu vaguely felt that the other party seemed to have seen through his identity. He couldn't help but feel curious. Could it be that the people in the Divine Religion all had a unique smell on their bodies that allowed them to recognize each other?
"Looking for me?"
"From the mountain."
"Sooner or later."
Zhang Yu smiled frankly and said, "A friend has come from the East. Wouldn't Mr. Yang welcome him?"
Yang Fengming said softly: "I have been alone in a foreign land for ten years, just waiting for this day."
The two of them were playing a riddle.
The people from the Imperial Stables had already arrived and surrounded the gate of the courtyard. The four guards in flying fish uniforms were confused about the situation and stepped forward to ask, "Sir, do you want to arrest these two people?"
Yang Fengming looked at Zhang Yu with a strange look in his eyes, thinking to himself: "This is a ruthless person! In order to complete the mission of the Divine Religion, he was willing to... enter the palace and become a eunuch, and it seems that he has even climbed to a high position."
He nodded slightly and couldn't help but say, "Young people are very ruthless, much stronger than I was back then."
Zhang Yu saw that the other person looked at him with a bit of pity in his eyes, so he frowned and asked, "What are you talking about?"
Yang Fengming chuckled and said, "Nothing. Come in and sit down?"
Zhang Yu glanced at the bald giant and ordered, "Guard the gate and don't let anyone in!"
The yard was very small, with some sunflowers planted in the northwest corner, not growing well, and surrounded by a fence. There was a well nearby, and next to it stood a little girl of about sixteen or seventeen with pigtails. She still had a childish look on her face, but her eyes were mature beyond her age.
She held a long sword in her hand, which was shining coldly and full of murderous intent.
"suddenly!"
As the two men passed by, the long sword stabbed over as expected.
"Yuyan..."
Yang Fengming shouted to stop him, but it was too late.
"when!"
Zhang Yu stretched out his hand, and grasped the tip of the sword like lightning. Using only his internal strength, he broke it, and half of it flew out and stuck on the edge of the well.
"Girls should learn some needlework instead of wielding swords and knives. It's easy to hurt yourself."
She involuntarily took four or five steps back before she steady herself. Her bright eyes, innocent yet cold, looked at the young man in shock.
Yang Fengming said hurriedly: "I am so ignorant, I am sorry to have embarrassed you."
Zhang Yu smiled and said, "It's okay. Your daughter's swordsmanship is still far from perfect. She can't hurt me."
Yang Fengming walked to his daughter's side, held her hand, and sheathed the half-broken sword. He whispered, "Brother Niu is no match for him. This man is not only skilled in martial arts, but also extremely ruthless. In order to complete the mission at Blackwood Cliff, he even became a eunuch in the palace... Now that things have come to this, Daddy can only try his best to protect you."
She stood blankly in the courtyard, feeling hatred and then powerlessness...
Zhang Yu stepped over the threshold. The room was very simple. The inner room was the bedroom, and the outer room had two bamboo chairs and a wooden table. The oil lamp on the table illuminated a half circle of light, and the expressions of the two people seemed dim and unclear.
"Is the Eastern Patriarch okay?"
"My teaching position is low, and I have never had the opportunity to meet him."
"I haven't asked your identity yet?"
"The deputy head of the Dharma Protector Hall, Zhang Yu."
Yang Fengming chuckled and said, "The Dharma Protector Hall has an extraordinary status. According to the established rules, the deputy hall master is also appointed by the leader. It seems that Deputy Hall Master Zhang is highly regarded by the leader Dongfang. He is definitely not an unknown person."
Zhang Yu took out the blood file from his arms and shook his head, saying, "Time is running out. Do you have anything else to say?"
Yang Fengming picked up the iron kettle and poured a cup of herbal tea for Zhang Yu.
"Can you let my daughter go? As the old saying goes, the grudges in the underworld should not harm the family..."
Zhang Yu interrupted with a smile, "Mr. Yang, you left the church early, so you may not know some things. Butler Yang compiled a lot of church rules, one of which is that if you apostatize, your entire family will be punished."
"Yang Lianting?"
Zhang Yu nodded.
"You're really just tying yourself up in knots!"
Yang Yuyan came in from outside and glared at Zhang Yu: "Dad, don't ask him. I don't want to live alone. Even if we have to die, we will die together."
Yang Fengming shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Death is the simplest thing in the world, and also the most meaningless thing. Some mistakes were made by my father alone, so the responsibility should be borne by me. You go out, I will talk to Deputy Hall Master Zhang again."
"Dad..." "Get out!"
Yang Fengming stood up, pushed his daughter out and closed the door.
"How do you want to talk, Mr. Yang?"
"Yang's head is enough for you to report back to Blackwood Cliff. I will surrender and you let my daughter go."
"Yes, as long as you tell me the secret that made you apostatize."
Yang Fengming said coldly: "Sure enough, you also want to know."
Zhang Yu looked at him and said, "It's worth exchanging your daughter's life for it."
Yang Fengming sneered and said, "Do you think Wan Chonglou has never threatened me with my daughter?"
"Then there's no need to talk."
Zhang Yu stood up suddenly, walked slowly to the door and stopped, without looking back, and said in a cold voice: "I will kill your daughter first, and then I will kill you!"
His hand was on the door latch, and the next moment, he was about to push the door open and walk out.
"I can tell you."
Yang Fengming's voice came from behind.
"But I want Deputy Hall Master Zhang to promise that if she seeks revenge on you, you cannot kill her...you cannot hurt her..."
Zhang Yu turned and looked at Yang Fengming. As a father who was thinking about his children, he nodded, which was considered as agreement. Anyway, with her strength, it would be a pipe dream for her to defeat him.
"Give her three chances at most."
Yang Fengming thought to himself that if he really agreed right away, he would not dare to believe it.
"Five times?"
"it is good!"
Zhang Yu sat back at the table, and the oil lamp flickered.
Yang Fengming sighed and said in a deep voice: "From now on, every word I say will be related to the safety of the Divine Religion. If it is spread out, it will be a shocking secret. In this world, there are very few people who know these things."
"Say it quickly."
Zhang Yu's appetite was whetted.
"That secret is... Ren Woxing's whereabouts."
"What?"
Seeing that Zhang Yu was not shocked but just didn’t take it seriously, Yang Fengming quickly explained.
"Ren Woxing did not die from practicing martial arts and going insane, but was seriously injured by a sneak attack from the Eastern Sect Leader, who then secretly imprisoned him and sent him out of the Black Wood Cliff to a secret place, where he was guarded by someone. That year, I was promoted to the head of the Suzaku Hall and urgently went to the South Country. In fact, it was because of the Eastern Sect Leader's order to do this job..."
Zhang Yu looked a little stunned and didn't know what to say.
So this is the so-called secret?
Affect the safety of the Sun and Moon Sect?
This is true.
The news that Ren Woxing is not dead will definitely make people worried.
If it falls into the hands of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, it is more likely to be used to split the cult.
No wonder… No wonder Xiang Wentian repeatedly requested to accompany him to carry out this mission. He must have been searching for Ren Woxing's whereabouts for many years and had already found the clue of Yang Fengming.
Zhang Yu was indeed disappointed, but he decided to keep his promise.
"Anything else to say to your daughter?"
"Thank you."
Yang Fengming went out for a while, then came back, drank the cup of herbal tea, and sat on the bamboo chair.
"Let's go!"
A cold light flashed, blood splattered, and the oil lamp went out instantly.
"Being in the underworld is not like treating people to a meal. If I say I will kill your entire family, no one can be left behind!"
"At least you didn't implicate your family. I just hope she... doesn't do anything stupid."
The door opened and Zhang Yu walked into the yard with a bloody package in his hand.
Yang Yuyan had fainted long ago, with tear marks on her face.
At this critical moment, the giant man stood beside her. He looked at the package and his eyes gradually became fierce.
The full moon in the sky moved westward, and finally a frost fell on the courtyard.
For some reason, Zhang Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
(End of this chapter)