Volume 1 Chapter 22: Flying Letter to Police
Lin Longqing said, "It's healed a long time ago. This little injury can't bother me." After that, he looked around and smiled, "You've grown a lot taller. I never thought you would live where I usually live. Are you used to it?" Lin Jianlan nodded hurriedly and said, "Very well. If I miss you and grandma, I will open this window and stare at the outside like you used to do in my house." Lin Longqing said apologetically, "It was Uncle Qing who implicated you and separated you from your grandma. This time, Uncle Qing will take you back safely so that you two can be reunited."
Everyone saw Lin Longqing enter the main hall, ignoring everyone, but went straight to Lin Jianlan to talk about their parting and old feelings. Qin Tianxiong and others were very embarrassed. Seeing that Lin Longqing ignored them, they stood at the bridge head and didn't know what to do. It was not right to walk or stand. Leader Chen also stood at the bridge head in a daze, thinking: "The leader... I don't even recognize the leader, and I'm leading everyone to attack him..." He was extremely panicked. Those gang members who were thrown onto the bridge had already stood up, but they were not injured, and they were whispering to each other.
Qin Tianxiong glanced at Leader Chen and became even angrier, "Leader Chen, why are you still standing here? You attacked the gang leader without thinking, why don't you take your brothers away quickly?" Leader Chen felt quite aggrieved, thinking to himself, "Who knew that the gang leader turned into an old man? You were the ones who said before that you would stop any suspicious person you saw, but now you take it out on me." He did not dare to say anything back, and walked out of the yard with his men in a timid manner.
Doctor Cheng thought for a while before saying, "It's a coincidence that the gang leader came at this time. This way, it won't be a problem even if a strong enemy comes. But it seems that there are still not enough secret sentries outside, and we need to send more people..." Yue Lingfeng said hurriedly, "In this case, I will go to support Chief Chen. Later, let Chief Chen come in and select a dozen brothers to go out." After that, he ran out.
Everyone had the same idea as him. They were all unwilling to face Lin Longqing and Lin Hongfeng at the same time, and they were caught in the middle. However, he got there first. They looked up and saw Lin Longqing standing on the water, talking and laughing freely, with his sleeves fluttering. His posture had never changed. His figure was steady and he was really cool. They just didn't look over here, and they all looked at Doctor Cheng. Doctor Cheng shook his head, walked slowly around to the waterside pavilion, walked into the inner room, and said to Lin Longqing outside the window: "The gang leader has been tired all the way. The water is cool now. Please go to the lobby. You can talk to the young master there if you have anything to say."
Lin Longqing said: "In that case, you go first, Lan'er and I will follow soon."
Doctor Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, left the house, waved to everyone, and they all ran towards the lobby. Instantly, the surroundings returned to silence. Lin Longqing watched them walk away and said, "Lan'er, wait for me outside." After that, he used his toes to fly into the air and landed on the eaves. He could not hear any sound. Lin Jianlan thought of the experiences that Lin Longqing had memorized in books and thought, "Uncle Qing is such a smart person. I'm afraid he has learned a lot in the past few years." Just as he walked to the door, he saw that it was already open. Lin Longqing was standing outside, holding Lin Jianlan's hand and said, "Let's go."
The two were not in a hurry. Lin Longqing said as he walked, "Uncle Qing came too late this time. I'm really worried that my sister will do something bad to you." Lin Jianlan shook his head and said, "No, my aunt is very good to me, as are Grandpa Cheng and the others. He was afraid that something would happen to me, so he asked Chief Xiao to protect me specially."
Lin Longqing asked, "Just now I was wondering why there was no one patrolling near the waterside pavilion? On normal days, if someone approached the water surface, they would be dragged into the water." Lin Jianlan then told him about the incident at Taihu Lake and said, "Chief Xiao and his men are good at underwater fighting, so they went over with them."
Lin Longqing nodded and said, "As expected." Lin Jianlan asked, "How did Uncle Qing know in advance?" Lin Longqing nodded and said, "I saw that the guards in the forest were very strict, as if they were facing a great enemy. I thought there might be trouble in the gang. Since they were on guard against the masters of the Dongdu Yukou Division, it's no wonder that when Leader Chen and the others saw me, a 'strange old man', they jumped out to attack and stop us."
Lin Jianlan looked up and said, "Actually, Uncle Chen is a very good person. He is very honest. Uncle Qing won't blame him, right?" Lin Longqing shook his head and smiled, "Is Uncle Qing a narrow-minded person?" After thinking for a while, he said, "I wanted to take you out as soon as I found you. Now there is a big thing in the gang. I can't just stand by and watch. I'm afraid I have to help. Lan'er won't blame me, right?" Lin Jianlan shook his head and said, "How could that be? If Uncle Qing saw the gang in trouble and ignored it, he would not be my Uncle Qing." Lin Longqing was very pleased to hear this, and said, "Lan'er has always been so sensible."
The two chatted and laughed along the way. Lin Jianlan had lived with Lin Longqing for three years, and he was closer to him than his father whom he had never met. Therefore, he was very happy to see Lin Longqing, and felt that he had endless things to say to Uncle Qing. When he saw that Kuang Yi Hall was already in sight, he stopped talking. He was really worried that Lin Longqing and Lin Hongfeng would have another conflict when they met, but he felt his hand was tightly held by Lin Longqing, and he felt relieved, so he followed Lin Longqing side by side into Kuang Yi Hall.
In fact, when Lin Longqing revealed his true face and talked with Lin Jianlan, someone had already rushed back to Kuang Yi Hall to inform Lin Hongfeng. Lin Hongfeng thought to himself, "Sure enough, they are here." But he did not leave the hall, knowing that Lin Longqing and the others would definitely come, so he led them to wait in the hall. Not long after, Doctor Cheng and his people came in and told them what had just happened. Lin Hongfeng refused to beat around the bush and said sarcastically, "I don't know who is so obsessed with training a young master, but the young master's adoptive father doesn't appreciate it at all."
Qin Tianxiong's face turned red. He looked up and saw that Doctor Cheng was still expressionless and calm. He had to cough dryly to cover it up. After a while, he heard laughter coming from far away. Lin Hongfeng said bitterly in his heart: "You are so happy, I will let you know the hardship later." He stared straight at the door without blinking. After a while, the laughter quieted down. Two tall figures came in, and Lin Longqing was seen holding Lin Jianlan's hand and slowly walked into the hall.
As soon as Lin Longqing entered the lobby, he saw Lin Hongfeng sitting in the middle, with the couplet he wrote when he was young and arrogant behind her. It was the chair that symbolized the "gang leader's position" that he usually sat on. But he saw that his sister was holding the armrests tightly with both hands, her fingers were dry and pale. Looking up, her beautiful face had aged a lot in this year, and she was much thinner and haggard than that day in the courtyard. She must have been working day and night to guard against foreign enemies. He felt a pang in his heart, and his face was a mixture of sadness and joy, but there was still no hatred at all.
The two stood with their backs to the light, but Lin Hongfeng could not see the concern on Lin Longqing's face. He only heard him call softly, "Sister, how are you lately?" His tone was full of mixed feelings.
Lin Hongfeng heard the gentle tone, just like before, and his heart ached, but his face was still cold: "What does it have to do with you? After all, you didn't come here to see if I'm good or not, right? You came in so swaggeringly to the headquarters of the Kuangyi Gang, can you prove that you have neither colluded with the court nor killed Shujian, and come to us to ask for the power of the Kuangyi Gang and kick us mother and daughter out?"
In fact, Lin Longqing's state of mind over the past year has been very different from that day. Whenever Mosa held the Kuang Yi Order in her hand, she would think over it again and again, and finally made up her mind secretly: "If my sister continues like this, she will only have seven years to live. She can no longer take revenge. She only wants to be in charge of the power of the gang. If this sign can fulfill my sister's wish and protect Lan'er's safety, then why not?" In his heart, the Kuang Yi Order was no longer as important as it was at the beginning. He had secretly made up his mind that if Lin Hongfeng stopped him, he would give the Kuang Yi Order to his sister, and then take Lin Jianlan away from the Kuang Yi Gang to the Dongdu area to find his parents. After thinking about it, he smiled bitterly and said, "Sister, why bother to get stuck in this dead end? I came here just to take Lan'er and his grandmother to reunite. Now there will be a big enemy coming to the gang. Once the enemy is defeated, I will leave the headquarters immediately and have nothing to do with the Kuang Yi Gang from now on!"
At this moment, everyone in Kuang Yi Hall was stunned by Lin Longqing's decisive words. They talked about it. Fang Zheng asked, "Why did the leader say that?"
Lin Longqing waved his hands and said, "Dear brothers and elders, please stop calling me the leader. The current leader is my sister. It's up to her to pass the title to someone else in the future. It has nothing to do with me."
Lin Hongfeng was already suspicious of him, but he didn't believe him. He laughed sharply and said, "I have been in charge of the affairs of the gang for four years. Why do I need your approval to be the gang leader? Why do you have to be so hypocritical? With your ability, it shouldn't take a year for this kid to get to the headquarters from the day I took him away, right? The masters of the Dongdu Yukou Division are coming, and you just rushed back to the gang at this time. How could it be such a coincidence? I'm afraid you heard the news and want to do a great favor to the whole gang. Even if these people are not loyal to you, will they be loyal to you again?"
Seeing that Lin Hongfeng was misrepresenting his good intentions, Lin Longqing asked anxiously, "Sister, what do you want in exchange for believing me?"
Actually, Lin Longqing had something else in mind. When he arrived in Yangzhou, he wanted to slowly explore around the main hall before looking for Lin Jianlan. It would be best if he had a foolproof plan. However, he saw the imperial court sending reinforcements to the Jiangnan area, and some masters from the Dongdu Anti-Kou Division gathered here, looking suspicious. He immediately remembered that Cao Shujian colluded with the imperial court a few years ago to privately send a black-clothed team to kill fellow martial artists.
Although he had decided not to interfere in the affairs of the Kuangyi Gang in the future, he was still concerned about every person and thing in the gang, not to mention that Lin Jianlan was still in the main hall. He felt that it might be too late for him to plan slowly, so he returned to his residence and began to pack his luggage and prepare to set off for the main hall immediately, but he heard a "swish" sound, and when he looked back, he saw that the window paper had been pierced, and a note was nailed to the table. He hurriedly looked at it and saw the eight words "Return to the main hall as soon as possible, otherwise something might happen". He didn't have time to think about it, he opened the window and jumped out, and jumped onto the roof, but saw a tall and thin black shadow standing on the eaves not far away. When he saw him, he ran north.
Lin Longqing followed him with his Qinggong. He was known in the martial arts world for his palm and sword skills, but his Qinggong was not bad either. He followed him all the way , but he saw that the man seemed to be only a few steps away and could catch up with him, but he could never get any closer than these few steps. He became more and more confused. The two of them ran and chased each other. After a while, they had already arrived in a remote place. Lin Longqing felt that the man seemed to be deliberately leading him to chase, so he stopped and stopped chasing. However, he saw that the man also stopped and looked back at Lin Longqing. He was dressed in black, with a black veil covering his face, revealing only a pair of eyes.
Lin Longqing saw that man running for such a long time with Qinggong, but heard his breathing steady, showing no sign of fatigue. He thought to himself, "I had never seen this man when I was in Kuangyi Gang. I am not bragging. There are not many people who can beat me in the world except for the martial arts masters of the previous generation. How come such a person has appeared in just a few years? Lin Longqing, Lin Longqing, there are people who are better than you. Don't underestimate the heroes of the world." After thinking, he said loudly, "You sent a letter to warn me. You have outstanding Qinggong. It seems that you intend to lure me here, but why don't you dare to show your true face?"
The man laughed, and his voice was not young. He said, "Why does the leader of the Kuangyi Gang care so much about my identity? I am not a man of the underworld. I must have a secret in coming to meet you. Besides, aren't you also in disguise to avoid being known?"
Lin Longqing was suspicious, "Since I arrived in Jiangnan, I have not shown my true face to anyone, and I rarely display my martial arts. How did this person know my identity? It's really suspicious. Let me test his skills." He said, "Since you are not a Jianghu person, why did you send a letter to warn people? What's the purpose of those eight characters? Could it be that you are from Dongdu Yukousi?" After that, he flew up and gathered his palm power to chop down at the man. The man twisted his body to avoid it and said, "Boss Lin is so angry. Why do you treat the person who informed you like this?" But he was not idle. He turned around and his sleeves were full of true energy and rolled towards Lin Longqing. Lin Longqing used a move of "Fen Hua Fu Liu" to divert the opponent's momentum and another move of "Long Drive Straight In" to slap the man in the front, but the man did not dodge. He turned his sleeves and slapped Lin Longqing hard. In an instant, both of them felt a surge of blood. Lin Longqing was surprised and said, "I didn't expect that Dongdu Yukousi would have such a master!"
After his prime, he rarely met an opponent, but at this moment, he was aroused with a desire to win. Seeing that the man's eyes were full of admiration, he punched the man in black with his right hand. The man didn't seem to care. When he saw that his momentum was about to end, he stepped back a little and almost avoided it, but saw that Lin Longqing had changed his fist into a finger, which was two inches longer than the fist and reached his chest! The man's eyes showed surprise, with some regret. He quickly used two fingers of his right hand like scissors to block Lin Longqing's finger force, but he saw that Lin Longqing's finger method had changed into a palm method. Although the palm had not arrived, the palm force had arrived, forcing the man's right hand to slap his chest together. The man was hit by the palm and retreated several steps. He covered his chest with his right hand and coughed repeatedly, but said: "Boss Lin has great internal strength! It's a pity that my thumb has been lost, and I have no chance to appreciate Boss Lin's Qianyuan swordsmanship!"
