Thirteen 3
Everyone was stunned. Li Yunsheng pushed forward with both palms, staggered and swept across Mang Keshan's lower body, forcing Mang Keshan to dodge. He then turned around and pointed directly at Zhong Rui's forehead.
Zhong Rui took Wu Shuiqing and took two steps back: "Do you still want a wife?"
Li Yunsheng ignored him, and continued to move forward with his strength, still pointing at his Yintang acupoint. But at this time, Mang Keshan attacked again, and Li Yunsheng had to put Zhong Rui down and deal with Mang Keshan. He was fighting one against two, so his moves were inevitably a bit chaotic.
Fortunately, Cao Mengsheng had already cured Wang Chunshan and the others of the poison and led them to retreat. Seeing the danger here, he rushed forward to fight with Zhong Rui, but because he was afraid that he would hurt Wu Shuiqing, he could not defeat him.
At this time, Zhong Rui shouted again: "Li Yunsheng, Lord Mang Keshan and I have no interest in these rebels. We just can't stand you being a traitor and playing two sides, but the general still values you - today we want you to die anyway - if you commit suicide now, I will naturally release your wife and these rebels."
Mang Keshan said: "Why bother arguing with him? We want him to die anyway. After he dies, we still have to kill these rebels. But, if he doesn't die now - hehe, we have to take his wife for all the brothers to enjoy!"
"Bullshit!" Wang Chunshan shouted angrily and rushed forward with all his strength. However, the internal energy that was originally condensed by the poison was completely dissipated by the antidote. He couldn't get close to Mang Keshan at all and fell to the ground. He couldn't help but angrily said: "Li Yunsheng, what do you mean? Are you going to save us or kill us? Don't you even care about your wife?"
There was no expression on Li Yunsheng's face, he just blocked Mang Keshan's attack one move at a time.
Zhong Rui pressed the axe a little tighter and said, "Li Yunsheng, do you really not care about your wife?"
“Hahahaha…” Wu Shuiqing suddenly laughed, his voice desolate, like a madman, “He will care about me… He doesn’t care about me at all… Zhong Rui, stop daydreaming… You want him to die for me… What a joke…”
Her words made everyone stunned for a moment, and then she continued: "Li Yunsheng, there is only one person he cares about... that is his junior sister Ye Bailian... I broke them up, I broke them up... He didn't even have time to hate me..."
"Don't say any more." Li Yunsheng said in a low voice. At the same time, he saw Mang Keshan kicking him with his leg, so he slightly turned his body and stretched out his palm to cut his knee.
"No... I want to say it!" Wu Shuiqing said, "Li Yunsheng, you hate me... I know you hate me... I know... I know..." She said "I know" several times in a row and suddenly rushed towards Zhong Rui's axe with all her strength. Everyone exclaimed loudly, and even Zhong Rui was stunned. But Wu Shuiqing was already covered in blood on the spot.
Cao Mengsheng leaped up and took advantage of Wu Shuiqing's collapse to slap Zhong Rui on the top of his head. Zhong Rui opened his mouth, stared, and fell backwards without a sound.
Cao Mengsheng held up Wu Shuiqing's body and called out, "Senior Sister... hold on... you..."
Wu Shuiqing opened his eyes slightly, looked at Cao Mengsheng intently and said, "Brother...Brother...I know you hate me...I know..."
Cao Mengsheng quickly pressed a few of her vital points to stop the bleeding: "Senior sister... I am Cao Mengsheng, your junior brother... hold on..."
Wu Shuiqing was still murmuring: "Brother... I have liked you since childhood... But... Why do you like Junior Sister... Why do you like Junior Sister... I know it was my fault... to break you up... Although I married you... But I know you still miss her. I asked Daddy to marry her to Junior Brother Cao... Brother... I know you hate me... I told you... Junior Sister likes Junior Brother Cao... Actually, she likes you... Likes you..." Her voice gradually became lower, just like Cao Mengsheng's heart gradually sank. However, when it was so low that it could not be heard, she suddenly raised her voice and said: "Brother... Really, she liked you until she died... You don't know... When she was dying, she kept calling your name... She called 'Big Brother... Big Brother...'" Wu Shuiqing didn't know whether she was imitating Ye Bailian's dying words or calling her husband. But her voice of "Big Brother" gradually became inaudible, really inaudible.
Wang Chunshan screamed wildly and hugged Wu Shuiqing in his arms: "Fourth sister... Fourth sister... Why are you suffering... Why are you suffering..."
Liu Qingye only saw that Cao Mengsheng's mouth was twitching and his eyes were dull. He could clearly feel his master's heartache - now all those fragmented past events were connected... It turned out that the person Ye Bailian couldn't forget was Li Yunsheng! It turned out that the person Cao Mengsheng cared about the most in his heart loved someone else!
Cao Mengsheng suddenly roared and flew towards Mang Keshan. Liu Qingye only had time to call out "Master" before Cao Mengsheng had already inserted himself between Li Yunsheng and Mang Keshan. He only used offensive moves without any defense. In his fighting style, the "Free Flying Flower Palm" was completely free of freedom, and he just hit Mang Keshan's vital points with every palm strike.
Li Yunsheng was startled and shouted, "Junior brother...don't be impulsive!"
But Cao Mengsheng just didn't listen, and slashed at Mang Keshan's shoulder with his left hand, and at the same time, he slashed at his throat with his right hand. As the saying goes, "One man's desperate efforts are unstoppable to ten thousand men", and he was originally on par with Mang Keshan, and now these moves were fatal, which immediately made Mang Keshan panic.
Li Yunsheng knew that if Cao Mengsheng fought like this, something bad would happen sooner or later. He moved to his side, stretched out his hand to hold him and said, "Junior brother - you lead everyone, I will -"
Cao Mengsheng raised his elbow and hit him in the face. The force was so great that Li Yunsheng was shocked and took several steps back. Cao Mengsheng no longer used any moves and just hit Mang Keshan with both palms. Mang Keshan probably saw that Cao Mengsheng was in a state of confusion and lost his mind, so he was not afraid at all and carefully dismantled him.
Liu Qingye knew that if his master continued to beat him like this, he would be in great danger. Tears rolled down his eyes and he shouted, "Master... please ask Mr. Li to come... Master..." At the same time, he picked up Zhong Rui's axe and was about to go to help. At this moment, Cao Mengsheng kicked the ground with one foot, picked up an axe, and threw it at Mang Keshan. The axe was so powerful that Mang Keshan raised his head to avoid it, and the axe flew to the back of his head. Before the axe landed on the ground, Cao Mengsheng stretched out his ten fingers and rushed towards Mang Keshan.
Mang Keshan sneered and slapped Cao Mengsheng in the chest. Li Yunsheng, Meng Hu and Liu Qingye cried out in surprise and rushed forward to help. But Mang Keshan's palm was too fast and Cao Mengsheng was also very strong, so the palm hit Cao Mengsheng's chest hard with a "bang".
Liu Qingye screamed: "Master..."
But after being hit in the chest, Cao Mengsheng did not fall backwards. Instead, he hugged Mang Keshan tightly and continued to rush forward, all the way into the stone chamber filled with flames.
Everyone was shocked and rushed to the door of the stone chamber. They could only hear Mang Keshan screaming and cursing. Liu Qingye tried to rush in to save his master several times, but was stopped by Meng Hu.
Only a moment passed, but it seemed like tens of thousands of years. Everyone saw Mang Keshan, who was on fire, staggering out of the stone chamber. Liu Qingye knew that his master had met with an accident, so he shouted and swung his axe to chop him. Mang Keshan awkwardly leaned to the side, trying to dodge, and Li Yunsheng also slapped him on the top of his head.
When they left the south gate of the mosque, they were not afraid of the soldiers they met. However, everyone was in a heavy mood; Liu Qingye was even more distracted. Although he knew in his heart that Cao Mengsheng wanted to die because of Ye Bailian's matter, he felt even more sad when he thought about it: "Mr. Li said that Master had no home and no one to worry about, so he would rather die than surrender to the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty; but who knew that Master had been thinking about Junior Master Uncle in his heart for so many years, even though Junior Master Uncle had passed away, he still couldn't forget him... Master always taught me to focus on the great cause and not indulge in love affairs, but how could I, Liu Qingye, compare to Master's deep love?"
The group left the mosque far away and went straight out of Shanshan. When the mosque turned into a sea of fire, there was a commotion in Fu Chakang's camp, some were putting out the fire, some were chasing after the prisoners, but at this time, the group of the Lantern Festival, Liu Qingye and Li Yunsheng had already left Shanshan far away.
At this time, Li Yunsheng took out a prescription from his arms and said, "This is the prescription for the antidote for 'The Concubine Looks Back'. I only have two pills of this antidote. I gave one to Hero Meng, and the other one..." He didn't say it, but everyone knew that he gave it to Cao Mengsheng, and they felt sad.
Li Yunsheng glanced at Wang Chunshan, who was still in deep sorrow, and gave the prescription to Meng Hu, saying, "I'll leave it to you. There is actually no antidote. After five days, the effect of the medicine will dissipate on its own. You... all the heroes, please go back to the Central Plains!"
Chen Luohui asked: "Return to Central Plains?"
Li Yunsheng asked, "Otherwise, what are you doing here? Are you going to assassinate General Fucha? You have tried again and again, but have you ever succeeded in any of your attempts?"
No one spoke.
Li Yunsheng said: "Even if we kill him, what's the problem? There are still many capable warriors among the Eight Banners nobles, and among the Han people, how many are there who can make them a little afraid like you?"
Yan Tiebi said: "Sir, what you mean is..."
Li Yunsheng sighed and said, "Let's just disperse, turn light into darkness, break the whole into pieces..."
Chen Luohui interrupted, "Mr. Li, since you surrendered to the Tartars, why did you save us? Since you rebelled against the Tartars and came to save us, why do you want us to disperse?"
Li Yunsheng said: "I... I have seen too much killing. I just want everyone to live a good life, whether Manchu or Han, everyone can live a good life... Maybe my idea is not appropriate... At first, I heard that you were captured by General Fucha. I thought General Fucha should not repeatedly violate the creed that Manchu and Han are one family and kill Han people. However, you should also think about it. If I, a Han, became the emperor today and encountered a rebellion, should I suppress it? Should I kill one to warn the rest? Alas... I want everyone to live a good life... However, perhaps the affairs of the country are not as simple as I thought."
Yan Tiebi asked, "So, sir, are you telling us to disperse and let the Tartars do whatever they want?"
Li Yunsheng shook his head: "As long as the court is worthy of the people, everyone should stop making things difficult for the court... and the court also knows that there is a group of people who can scare them, hiding in the mountains and forests of all corners of the country, so the court will not dare to let the people down. Mr. Yan is a scholar, he should understand."
Yan Tiebi was silent. Meng Hu was silent. Everyone was silent.
After a long while, Meng Hu asked, "So, sir, what are your plans?"
Li Yunsheng looked back at Shanshan, where the flames were rising to the sky, and said, "I still have to go back to the general... He and Emperor Shizu have been very kind to me... Besides..."
Chen Luohui spoke frankly and said, "If you let us out like this, Fu Chakang will not let you go! Why don't you go back to the Central Plains with us!"
Li Yunsheng shook his head: "Whether he lets me go or not... I will go back to him... In fact, you heroes have been in the martial arts world for a long time and don't know what's going on in the court. You all hate traitors and surrendered ministers, but... In addition to heroes like Shi Kefa and Yan Yingyuan, there are also many surrendered ministers who protect the millions of Han people in the Central Plains. They endure humiliation and live, submit memorials and make direct remonstrations, share the worries of the emperor and relieve the suffering of the people... Without them, what kind of world would it be!" He paused, and then said: "Maybe my ideas are not practical, but with me by the general's side, I can at least persuade him from time to time not to suppress too fiercely... And what about the young master... How many children of the Eight Banners nobles are taught by Han people like me... I think, twenty years later, it should be a different world!"
Hearing this, Yan Tiebi couldn't help but think of his mentor Qian Qianyi, as well as Gong Dingci and Chen Mingxia, whom he knew at the time. He had once scolded them as traitors to their faces, but, as Li Yunsheng said, without them, what kind of world would it be! He couldn't help but laugh up to the sky: "Life is in this world... Life is in this world... Shi Duzhen, who died of loyalty, was a hero, Huang Lizhou and Gu Tinglin, who wandered around the world, were heroes, our anti-Qing patriots who would rather die than surrender were heroes, my mentor, Mr. Gong, Mr. Chen - and you, Mr. Li, are also heroes. As long as it is for the benefit of the people of the world, everyone is born and comes out in response to the times... Life is in this world... Life is in this world..." The laughter became more and more sad.
Some people in the Lantern Festival were originally mountain warriors, and they didn't know what Yan Tiebi and Li Yunsheng were lamenting about, but Yan Tiebi's laughter, in the dark night, was like the cry of a night owl, making everyone feel uncomfortable. Liu Qingye didn't remember anything, but just faintly heard the words "the people of the world", and thought to himself: "It's all for the people of the world! Is it really for the people of the world?" And he didn't have time to think about anything else, his thoughts had long been drowned in the words "life is in the world".
After a long time, Li Yunsheng reined in his horse and said, "Everyone, we will send you here..." He looked at Wang Chunshan, and the two of them never said a word. "Take good care of Mr. Wang," he said to Meng Hu, "We will meet later..." He was going to say "see you later", but after saying two words, he changed his words and said, "Let's not meet again later, otherwise it will be another bloody battle..." After that, he and everyone else clasped their fists, turned their horses around, and headed north.
Everyone in the Lantern Festival watched him go. Liu Qingye was stunned, and knowing that Li Yunsheng's back was about to disappear in the night, he shouted, "Mr. Li, are you going back to Naksu?" Li Yunsheng did not answer him at first, but he thought that he was going back to Naksu no matter what, so he bowed and said goodbye to the people in the Lantern Festival and rode away.
