Zhu Tian: A journey of spiritual practice starting from Joy of Life

Chapter 226 The murderer was actually a member of the Grand Canal Gang.

"I've dealt with all the methods of suicide. I'll come back to ask you after I've saved the person."

Leng Feibai clapped his hands before turning to look at Qin Hongmian. He tapped her a few times from a distance, then placed his red hand, which was wielding the Double Perfection Technique, on the spiritual platform on her back.

A moment later, the poison in Qin Hongmian's body was completely neutralized. Leng Feibai then pressed her pressure point to put her to sleep and turned to look at the guy lying on the ground.

After all, torture is too bloody and inconvenient for girls to see.

But by the time Leng Feibai arrived, the man had already died.

Leng Feibai's expression changed slightly. After examining it carefully, he cursed, "Damn it, he even put poison under his lips. Isn't he afraid of accidentally licking himself and poisoning himself?"

Looking at the boatman who had already turned cold, Leng Feibai used his blue hand to extract his memories, and then rummaged through his body for a while, only finding a money bag containing a dozen or so taels of silver and a token.

Leng Feibai didn't rush to check his memories, but instead looked at the token in his hand.

The front of the token features a large ship and the two characters "漕帮" (Caobang).

The following text identifies the man as Xue Zongze, the fifth steward of the Hangzhou branch of the Canal Gang.

"Grass Transport Gang"

Leng Feibai's lips twitched involuntarily; he knew a little about the Cao Gang.

The Caobang, in later generations, had a more familiar name: the Green Gang.

Originally, it was a gang established during the reign of Emperor Yongzheng by a group of porters who cleared code headers in order to protect their own interests.

But in any case, the Grand Canal Gang would never have appeared in the Song Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Leng Feibai couldn't help but look at Qin Hongmian, who was still unconscious. He picked up an empty bowl, filled it with river water, and splashed it directly on her face.

Stimulated by the splashing of water on her face, Qin Hongmian immediately woke up from her coma.

"Mr. Leng!"

Feeling her wet face, Qin Hongmian panicked and quickly asked, "What happened to me? Why did I suddenly faint?"

"The boatman added some medicine to the fish soup!"

Leng Feibai said calmly, "However, I know a little about medicine and have already detoxified you."

"what!"

Qin Hongmian's expression changed drastically. She quickly recalled her embarrassing state just now and couldn't help but hug herself.

But she also knew in her heart that someone had done something bad to her.

Seeing this, Leng Feibai didn't ask any more questions. He simply walked out of the cabin to let Qin Hongmian calm down.

A moment later, Qin Hongmian slowly walked to Leng Feibai's side. "Thank you for saving me, Young Master Leng!"

"no need to thank me!"

Leng Feibai said calmly, "That guy is in cahoots with those people from last night!"

Qin Hongmian was shocked when she heard this. She had thought that the seven guys were just ordinary petty thieves, but she did not expect that they had accomplices.

"Miss Qin!"

Leng Feibai took out the token and asked, "Do you know anything about the Canal Gang?"

"The shipping guild?"

Qin Hongmian was slightly taken aback, and her gaze immediately fell on the token in Leng Feibai's hand. She immediately understood what was going on.

"So these people were those beasts from the Grand Canal Gang."

Seeing Qin Hongmian's angry expression, Leng Feibai's heart skipped a beat, and certain thoughts immediately arose in his mind about the Canal Gang.

Then Qin Hongmian said resentfully, "Does the young master know Li Yu, the last ruler of the Southern Tang Dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period?"

"Of course I know that."

Leng Feibai quickly said, "Li Yu, the last ruler of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was an exceptional calligrapher and poet. Later, the Southern Tang was annexed by the Song Dynasty, and Li Yu was imprisoned in Kaifeng Prefecture. He angered Emperor Taizong with his poems and was given poisoned wine to die."

"This canal gang was established by the former troops of the Southern Tang Dynasty."

Qin Hongmian recounted the events in detail based on the information she knew: "After the fall of the Southern Tang, some of the military and civil officials who had not been captured alive recruited scattered troops and formed the Canal Transport Gang. Because Li Houzhu was trapped in Kaifeng, they remained inactive, constantly looking for an opportunity to rescue him. However, due to the tight security of the Imperial City Guard, they were unable to find an opportunity. Later, Li Houzhu was poisoned to death. The Canal Transport Gang then recruited followers throughout Huguang and Jiangnan, selling contraband salt, smuggling goods, and even secretly seeking opportunities to sabotage the court."

"How dare you!"

Leng Feibai frowned upon hearing this and said, "Does the imperial court just allow them to act recklessly like this?"

"How can it be!"

Qin Hongmian continued, "In the third year of the Tianxi reign, with the help of the Shaolin and Beggars' Sects, as well as more than a dozen local sects, the imperial court launched a large-scale crackdown on the Canal Gang. The Canal Gang suffered heavy losses, and some of its members escaped to the Western Regions by boat. At this point, the Canal Gang temporarily disappeared from the martial arts world. Until the autumn of five years ago, the Canal Gang, with the support of a group of Westerners, returned to the martial arts world. They occupied Tianmen Mountain as their headquarters and resumed their evil deeds in the martial arts world."

"Upon hearing this, Leng Feibai frowned and couldn't help but ask, "Now that the Canal Gang has reappeared, is there no reaction from the martial arts world or the imperial court?"

Qin Hongmian shook her head after hearing this, "I don't know about that. I only heard my uncle mention it a few times, but I have no idea what happened."

Leng Feibai listened to Qin Hongmian's words and didn't ask any more questions.

After a moment, Leng Feibai suddenly said, "Miss Qin, I have offended you!"

After saying that, Leng Feibai stepped forward and knocked Qin Hongmian unconscious, then embraced her in his arms, while simultaneously raising his hand to draw a talisman in the air.

"Tongtian Lu: Wind and Fire Escape Talisman"

A burst of energy erupted from the passenger ship, instantly sinking it.

At the same time, two figures flew out like streaks of light and landed next to a dilapidated temple outside Jiaxing City in an instant.

When Qin Hongmian woke up, she found herself leaning against a pillar of a dilapidated temple, covered with a fur cloak, with a few words written in charcoal ash on the ground beside her.

"May we meet again someday, and please be careful!"

Looking at the flowing calligraphy on the ground, Qin Hongmian's lips curled up slightly, and a hint of girlish mischief appeared in her eyes. She thought to herself, "Did you leave me behind? Well then, I'll just go to Yangzhou's Slender West Lake and wait for you. Then I'll see just how good your kung fu really is."

But what Qin Hongmian didn't know was that as she set off to leave the dilapidated temple, a small bird that had been perched on the temple's roof beam also vanished.

Meanwhile, in an upper room of an inn in Jiaxing City.

Leng Feibai was pondering the issue of the Canal Gang. "I don't know why the imperial court didn't touch the Canal Gang. But the Beggars' Sect and Shaolin Temple didn't touch the Canal Gang, probably because Xiao Yuanshan killed a lot of the best martial artists in the Central Plains at that time. Xuan Ci and Wang Jiantong were still injured, so they didn't touch the Canal Gang. Hmph, two self-proclaimed top figures of the righteous path in the Central Plains, in the end they were still played with by Murong Bo."

The mere mention of Murong Bo made Leng Feibai's teeth itch with anger.

When he first read Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, the person he disliked the most was Murong Bo.

Putting aside the fact that he ruined his son's life, Xiao Feng wouldn't have become Qiao Feng without his letter.

Xiao Yuanshan wouldn't take away Ye Erniang's son and force out a madwoman who harms infants everywhere. After cursing Murong Bo a few times in his heart, Leng Feibai began to think about the Grand Canal Gang.

The situation of the Canal Gang is unknown. If there are a few real experts, it would be good to go and stretch our muscles. But if they are all small fry, it would be a waste of time to go.

Thinking of this, Leng Feibai yawned and turned to look out the window of the inn. The only famous tourist spot in Jiaxing right now is Nanhu Lake.

Thinking of this, Leng Feibai took out a piece of sandalwood incense, lit it in the stove in the room, and then sat on a stool in the inn, picked up a novel called "Unscientific Beast Taming" and began to read it silently.

Just as the sun was setting, there was a knock on the door.

Leng Feibai quickly put the book away and opened the door remotely.

The inn's waiter came in carrying a food box and placed four dishes on the table, saying, "Sir, your dinner is here. Chang'an Banquet Balls, Wenhu Braised Duck, Lotus Leaf Steamed Pork, Erjin Dumplings, Pinghu Pickled Eggs, and our most famous Jiaxing Zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) are all our inn's signature dishes!"

"Thanks a lot!"

As Leng Feibai spoke, he stood up, took out a dozen copper coins from his pocket, and put them into the waiter's hand, indicating that he could leave.

The waiter's face lit up with joy, but for some reason, the moment he turned around, his aura suddenly changed, becoming somewhat cold and even carrying a hint of murderous intent.

"Ok!"

Leng Feibai frowned slightly, then used the Emperor's Qi Observation Technique to look at the waiter.

But there was no sign of true qi circulating in him; he was just an ordinary person.

Seeing the waiter leave, Leng Feibai took out the medicinal needles that Fei Jie had given him and checked each dish.

As a result, when the needle was inserted into the Pinghu fermented egg, it turned black at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"poisonous"

Seeing this, Leng Feibai picked up a Pinghu salted egg and put it in his mouth.

The poison took effect quickly, and soon a sharp pain came from Leng Feibai's abdomen.

Upon seeing this, Leng Feibai quickly activated the characteristics of the Shennong Glazed Skill within his body, completely neutralizing the poison in him.

"The poison is colorless and odorless, and its effects are extremely rapid; it's definitely not an ordinary poison. This kind of poison isn't something an ordinary waiter could produce. Could it be someone from the Canal Gang again?"

As Leng Feibai finished speaking, a hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

Things shouldn't happen more than three times. If those guys from the Grand Canal Gang keep provoking me, I'll have to wait until the last minute.

Then don't blame him for massacring the Cao Gang headquarters at Tianmen Mountain before he went to Leigu Mountain to become an apprentice!

After saying that, Leng Feibai used his internal energy to eat all the dishes and zongzi on the table.

It must be said that the dishes in this restaurant are indeed good, but if there hadn't been any extra toxins in the Pinghu-style fried eggs, Leng Feibai's evaluation of the dishes would have been even higher.

"The poison was only applied to the eggs in Pinghu, and each egg was dripped with enough poison to be fatal."

Leng Feibai wiped his mouth, gave a rough assessment, and continued in his mind, "This poison is quite potent. Even in the novel 'Joy of Life,' it would at least be able to knock out a martial artist who has just entered the ninth rank."

"boom"

The room door opened in an instant, and two waiters rushed in together.

One of them, panting, said, "Sir, are you alright?"

Looking at the two of them, Leng Feibai couldn't help but say, "It's nothing. But you two, why are you in such a hurry?"

"The waiter who brought you food just now has been murdered in the haystack at the inn!"

One of the waiters exclaimed in panic, "The scariest thing is that his face has been peeled off!"

Upon hearing this, Leng Feibai frowned slightly, said nothing more, grabbed the plate that had previously held the Pinghu duck eggs, and threw it at the bed in the room.

The two waiters were startled, only to see Leng Feibai take out a half-ounce piece of silver and place it on the table, saying, "Payment for the plates, you can take your things now!"

After speaking, Leng Feibai got up and returned to sit down by the bed. Seeing this, the two waiters quickly went forward to collect all the plates on the table and left the room.

"That guy was probably a fake waiter!"

Leng Feibai frowned, his eyes flashing with cold light. If the poisoning failed, those guys might still make a move tonight!
Thinking of this, Leng Feibai got up, blew out the candles in the room, and lay down on the bed with his back to the outside.

During this time, government officials also came to the inn. The constables asked a few questions briefly, and left the inn without even seeing Leng Feibai's face.

An hour later, a small bamboo tube was inserted through the window.

The next moment, a wisp of white smoke drifted in through the bamboo tube. Leng Feibai, with his eyes tightly closed, immediately detected the scent of the smoke. To his slight surprise, the smoke's ingredients were exactly the same as the sleeping potion used by the gang member from the Canal Gang during the day.

Not long after, the window was pushed open with a bamboo pole, and a figure slipped in through the window and went straight to Leng Feibai on the bed.

Leng Feibai suddenly sprang to his feet, raising his hand and pointing out three fingers.

The powerful finger strike landed directly on the newcomer, immobilizing him and preventing him from speaking.

The person paused, then lay flat on the ground.

Leng Feibai did a somersault and jumped off the bed. In a few steps, he walked up to the person and lifted his chin.

The man's face came into Leng Feibai's view. The face had no special features; he was just an ordinary man.

Leng Feibai searched his body directly, and soon a token exactly the same as the one before appeared in his eyes.

"Guo Fusheng, disciple of the Jiaxing branch of the Cao Gang!"

Leng Feibai put down the token, a strange glint in his eyes, and said, "Your aura is different from that waiter's. It seems the person who brought me dinner wasn't you. Tell me, are you guys from the Canal Gang crazy? Why are you chasing me like this?"

"Pooh"

Guo Fusheng gritted his teeth and cursed, "You white-haired bastard, you've crippled seven of our brothers. You even stole the Blood Jade Coral Tree from the Hangzhou branch, which was meant to be used as tribute to the main headquarters. Everyone in the Canal Gang wants to tear you to pieces. And that woman, don't think she can escape alive!"

"hehe!"

Leng Feibai said coldly, "Very well, it seems that if I don't wipe out your Cao Gang, I'm afraid I won't have any peace and quiet!"

After saying that, Leng Feibai used his Double Perfection Hand technique to extract the memories from Guo Fusheng's mind, then snapped Guo Fusheng's neck and carried his corpse into the martial arts arena of the Twelve-Story Tower.

Fiery Cloud Palm - Boundless Sea of ​​Fire

The raging flames burst forth, instantly reducing Guo Fusheng to ashes that scattered in all directions.

After disposing of Guo Fusheng's body, Leng Feibai analyzed all of Guo Fusheng's and Xue Zongze's memories.

Before long, all the memories of the Grand Canal Gang in the two people's minds entered Leng Feibai's mind.

Leng Feibai quickly found the memories he wanted from here and directly focused his mind to connect with his clone left in Hangzhou.

(End of this chapter)