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It was late autumn. Du Jingfang was riding on her horse, far behind the group. Looking around, she saw that the night was closing. On the long ancient road, except for their group of people, there was only yellow sand and decaying grass, and the crows returned.Suddenly a gust of wind blew, and Du Jingfang chanted: "The green sky is mighty, riding horses towards the rivers and lakes. The cold shadows step on the lonely peaks, looking at the mountains and rivers. I want to raise my free wings, chase the flying snow, and ride the shocking waves. The strong wine is in the open space. Relying on the sky for thousands of miles, a sword splits thousands of mountains. The mandarin duck tent of the red dust hero, the dream is warm with the fragrance of harp and flute, and the heroic mood is sad. Let's put the false name, Fragrant Grass Path, Nanshan Mountain. Borrow the moonAn old friend visits.The boat is tilted and the old grudges are forgotten."At this time, she knew that her hair was white even though she had great internal skills and full of energy. She also thought: "The traitors are in power, lawlessness is rampant, and the people are suffering.But I am as hairy as snow, and I am afraid that I will never be able to do anything again." She couldn't help sighing, waving her whip, and riding forward.

The convoy climbed over a hill and saw that it was getting dark. The driver said that he would reach Taojia Palace in another ten miles and planned to settle in the township that night.At this moment, Du Jingfang suddenly heard the sound of fast horses galloping in front of her. In front of her, in the shadow of Zheng Chen, two jujube horses were galloping over with their eight hooves flying. In the blink of an eye, they were in front of them like a whirlwind.Immediately, the two men bent down and reined in, and jumped straight from both sides of the convoy.

Du Jingfang could tell from a glance that one of the two men was tall and one was short. The taller one had long eyebrows and straight nose, and a fair complexion, while the short one had a vigorous look on his face.She chased after Cui Ying and asked in a low voice: "Have you seen these two people clearly?" Cui Ying asked happily: "What's wrong, teacher? Are they from Green Forest Road?" She wished that these two people were gangsters of Jie Dao, so that they could show off the skills they had worked so hard to learn over the past five years.Du Jingfang said: "We can't tell for sure right now, but judging from the skills of these two people, they are not the young men exploring the Green Forest Road." Cui Ying asked curiously: "Are these two people good at martial arts?" Du Jingfang said: "Look at their riding skills, they are probably not mediocre."

The motorcade was approaching Taojia Palace, when the sound of horse hoofbeats came from the opposite side, and two more horses galloped over, passing by the motorcade.Du Jingfang said: "Hey, this is strange." It was dusk at this time, and the road we passed was all desert and poor countryside. In front of us was the Tao Family Palace. Why did someone come out of the countryside at this time, unless they had something important to do and were traveling at night.

Not long after the journey, the motorcade entered the countryside. Xiri Ahong led the motorcade and went straight to a hotel.

Cui Ying and her mother lived in a VIP room.Du Jingfang stayed in the standard room, had dinner, and was about to rest. It was late at night and people were quiet. Amidst the barking of dogs, she could faintly hear the sound of horse hooves in the distance.Du Jingfang thought to herself: "I'm still on the road at this time, what's the urgent matter?" Following the four people she met one after another on the way, she secretly thought that this was a bit weird.The sound of hoofbeats came closer and closer, and they ran straight to the front of the hotel. As soon as the sound of horse hooves stopped, there was a knock on the door.I heard the receptionist open the door and say, "Thank you for your hard work. The tea, wine and rice are all ready, please come in and use them!" A person said gruffly: "Hurry up and feed the horses. After eating, you have to rush to Yiwu." The receptionist agreed repeatedly.Footsteps entered the store, and it sounded like they were two people.

Du Jingfang thought about it, and a group of people rushed towards Yi Wu. They immediately saw that they were all people with martial arts skills. In the northwest for so many years, such a thing was really rare.She quietly walked out of the room, walked through the courtyard, and walked around to the back, only to hear the man who spoke harshly say: "Director Wang, do you think Mr. Ji is young, can he suppress these members?" Du Jingfang followed the sound and walked to the window. It was not that she deliberately eavesdropped on other people's privacy, but this group of people had a strange way, and she was burdened with a serious case, so she had to be careful everywhere.

I heard another person in the room say: "You have to suppress him even if you can't! This is the will of the old president. No matter whether Mr. Ji succeeds or not, we will always support him loyally and courageously." This man spoke loudly and full of energy. Du Jingfang knew that he had superb internal skills and did not dare to pry in, so she had to hold her breath and listen.

The man with the rough voice said again: "What's the point? I don't know whether Mr. Ji is willing to take office." Another person said: "Don't worry, Mr. Ji will abide by the old president's orders." He said the word "obey" with a strong southern accent.

Du Jingfang's heart was shocked: "This voice sounds familiar?" After thinking about it carefully, she finally remembered that it was Wang Wanhu, her good friend from the Anhui National Congress.Wang Wanhu is ten years younger than her, and is the head disciple of the Wang Family Tai Chi Sect in Wenzhou. At that time, the two often competed in martial arts and admired each other. They have been separated for nearly twenty years, and Wang Wanhu is also in his forties.After the turmoil in Anguo ended, I never knew where he was. I didn't expect to meet him in the northwest today. Meeting an old friend in a foreign land was an indescribable joy.Du Jingfang was about to step forward to recognize her, when suddenly the lights in the room went dark and an arrow shot out of her sleeve.

This sleeve arrow was not shot at Du Jingfang. As soon as the figure flashed, someone stretched out his hand to catch the sleeve arrow.As soon as the man grew taller, he opened his mouth to call out the formation.Du Jingfang jumped over and saw Cui Ying.Her martial arts skills were not high, so she was noticed by someone inside the window as soon as she reached the window, so she fired an arrow from her sleeve as a warning.Du Jingfang grabbed her and shouted in a low voice: "Be silent and follow me!" There was no movement inside the window, and no one chased her out.

Du Jingfang held her hand, sneaked under the window and pulled her into her room.When he looked under the lamp, he saw that she had put on her night clothes, with an eager look on her face. She couldn't help but feel angry and funny. Zhuang Rong asked, "Do you know who those people are? Why do you want to fight with them?" Cui Ying was shocked at this moment.The question left her speechless and unable to answer. After being stunned for a long time, she said coyly: "Why did they hit me with an arrow in my sleeve!" She was an officer's daughter, so naturally she only blamed others, but she didn't know that she had committed a taboo in the world by eavesdropping on other people's privacy.Du Jingfang said: "These two people are either from the Green Forest Road or from the gang. I know one of them is definitely not inferior to me in martial arts. They must have something urgent, so they traveled all night. This sleeve arrow is not meant to hurt anyone, but it just tells you to mind your own business. If I really want to shoot you, can you handle it? Go to sleep." As he spoke, the sound of the door opening and the sound of horse hooves were heard, and the two people had already left quickly.When Cui Ying made such a fuss, Du Jingfang thought that it would be inconvenient to see her old friend at this time, so she didn't chase him out to meet her.

The convoy started again the next day. After walking for three or four hours, it was about thirty miles away from Taojia Palace.Cui Ying said: "Teacher, someone is coming from the opposite side again." She saw two bay-red horses galloping towards her.After what happened last night, both teachers and students were wary of the people coming their way.The two horses are exactly the same, and their horses are extraordinary. What's even more surprising is that the passengers on the horses are also exactly the same. They are both about forty years old, tall and thin, with sallow complexions and slanted eyebrows hanging down. They look like a pair of hanged ghosts, obviously a pair of twin brothers.

When the two people passed by the motorcade, they both rolled their eyes strangely and glanced at Cui Ying.Cui Ying also glared at them, reined in her horse, and looked like she might as well come up if they wanted to fight.The two men ignored them and urged their horses to run westward.Cui Ying said: "Where can I find such a pair of skinny guys?"

Du Jingfang saw that the backs of these two people looked like two bamboo poles stuck on horses. She woke up suddenly and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Ah, it turns out it's them!" Cui Ying asked: "Does the teacher know them?" Du Jingfang said: "They are brothers from the north and the south - Xiang Nan, Xiang Bei." Cui Ying laughed and said: "Xiang Nan Xiang North. Hehe, they are born in weird shapes and have weird names." Du Jingfang.Said: "Don't talk about girls' families. They are not good-looking, but they are very capable! They are the sons of Xiang Zheng, a master from Sichuan and Sichuan. After Xiang Zheng's death, the Phantom Divine Fist and Iai defense skills were inherited by the two of them. Most likely, the two brothers also learned Xiang Zheng's unique skill of shadow warfare. They robbed the rich and gave to the poor in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, but they were ruthless and unkind, and they would never show mercy to evildoers."

Cui Ying asked: "What are they doing in the northwest?" Du Jingfang said: "I'm not sure either. I have never heard that they have committed crimes in the northwest." Cui Ying said: "If these brothers from the north and the south dare to touch our hands, let them try the teacher's Qiushui sword." The two brothers just glared at her, and she was not happy. She was too embarrassed to say "try Miss Cui's sword", so she pulled the teacher away.Du Jingfang said: "I heard that his brother never fights alone. To deal with one, it takes two brothers to fight together, and to fight with ten, it takes two brothers to fight together." Du Jingfang smiled lightly and continued: "I'm afraid the old bones of the teacher can't withstand the beating of their four fists!"

While he was talking, the sound of horse hooves sounded again in front of him.This time I immediately took advantage of Yisu.The Taoist was carrying a long sword on his back, his eyes were slightly closed, his face was ashen, and he seemed to be sick.The other man was short and fat, with fluffy red hair and pockmarked face, but his clothes were extremely bright.Seeing his ugly appearance and gorgeous clothes, Cui Ying laughed out loud, pointed and laughed and said, "Teacher, look at this pockmark!" Du Jingfang tried to stop him, but it was too late.

The pockmarked man glared angrily, and when the two horses passed each other, he suddenly stretched out his hand to grab Cui Ying.The Taoist seemed to have expected that Mazi was going to be angry. Without waiting for Cui Ying to get out of the way, he stretched out his riding whip to block Mazi's grasp, and said, "Don't cause trouble!" It only took an instant, and the two horses had already passed each other.

Du Jingfang and Cui Ying looked back and saw Mazi whipping his own horse and the Taoist's horse once. The two horses galloped out. Mazi suddenly made a "golden bell", flipped upside down on the horse's back, jumped to the ground, crossed his feet on the ground at three points, and rushed towards Cui Ying. Obviously he still couldn't swallow this breath.Cui Ying holds the long sword in her hand, adhering to the key point taught by her teacher: "Unmove the enemy, you will not move". The tip of the sword trembles slightly, but does not make a move.That Mazi was also strange. He didn't attack her. He stretched out his left hand and actually grabbed the tail of her mount.The horse was galloping when it was suddenly pulled, made a long neigh, and stood up on its front legs.Astonishingly powerful, Mazi was not pulled by the horse at all. He stretched out his right palm and made a stroke on the straight horse's tail. The horse's tail was cut immediately, as if cut by a knife.The horse rushed out. Cui Ying was startled and almost fell off the horse.She turned back and slashed at Mazi with her sword. The distance was far away, but where could she hit him?Mazi turned around and ran away.He ran very fast, rolling forward like a bulging sack in the rolling yellow sand. In an instant, he had caught up with the horse that was galloping westward. He jumped on the horse and disappeared after a while.

Cui Ying was so angry that she wanted to cry when Mazi made such a fuss, and she cried out aggrievedly: "Teacher!"