Chapter 173 Battle against Qiao Feng
"Take me there."

Chu Yuan nodded.

"Messenger please follow us."

The leader of the three Beggars' Sect disciples said.

Chu Yuan followed them and left his residence together.

They didn't walk far before they arrived at the headquarters of the Beggars' Sect, which was only one street away. At the end of an alley about two or three hundred meters away, they entered a small blue brick courtyard with two entrances.

The courtyard is divided into the front yard and the back yard, and the courtyard is quietly arranged.

In the middle of the front yard there is a pomegranate tree with a trunk as thick as a bowl. In the northwest corner there is a pavilion with tables and chairs for people to rest. In the other corners there are flower beds with flowers such as roses, peonies and plum blossoms.

A large garden was opened up in the backyard, which was now overgrown with weeds, but one could still see a few cucumber vines with a few old cucumbers on them.

But the yard was overgrown with weeds, as if no one had lived there for a long time.

It’s just that the front yard is more sparse, while the backyard is more lush.

"This yard is nice."

As soon as Chu Yuan came in, he fell in love with this courtyard.

This small courtyard is very large.

Even Ma Dayuan, the deputy leader of the Beggars' Sect, only lived in a one-room house.

In addition, the environment of this yard is very good. The front yard is suitable for living, and the backyard is suitable for growing fruits and vegetables.

I usually grow some vegetables and I don’t even have to buy them.

There is also a pomegranate tree in the yard, full of red and white fruits.

"Since the envoy likes it, this house will belong to the Qinglian envoy from now on."

The leader breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Chu Yuan liked it, and he said with a smile.

Chu Yuan himself proposed to live outside the headquarters, so they were very sensible and found a small blue brick courtyard with two entrances for Chu Yuan.

As it turns out, they were right.

It seems that Chu Yuan likes this yard very much, and they have also solved this somewhat tricky problem.

"Messenger, the keys and deeds to the house are here. Take them and you can move in today."

Another person behind the leader took out a courtyard gate key and a house deed from his sleeve and handed them to Chu Yuandao.

"House deed?"

Chu Yuan was stunned.

Is the Beggars' Sect so wealthy?
He was promoted to a Qinglian Messenger with a position but no power, and the gang gave him a house.

"The gang leader specifically instructed me to do that."

Seeing Chu Yuan's expression, the leading Beggar Gang disciple seemed to have guessed what Chu Yuan was thinking, and he said to Chu Yuan.

"When the gang leader learned that the envoy decided to live outside the headquarters, he felt that he was not doing the envoy justice, so he ordered us to buy the selected house and give it to the envoy."

As they spoke, the three of them showed more or less envious expressions on their faces.

I have heard for a long time that the Qinglian Messenger in front of me was promoted to the position of envoy in the gang because he was appreciated by the gang leader Qiao Feng.

Now it seems that it is true.

Otherwise, how could such a big house be given away just like that!
As for the elders and deputy gang leaders who live in the gang’s headquarters, they actually only have the right to live in their houses, but not the ownership.

Once one resigns from the position of elder or deputy leader, he or she must return the house to the gang.

Although the Beggars' Sect is the largest gang in the world, it is ultimately a gang composed of a group of beggars, and the gang is not wealthy.

If we were to give a house to every middle and senior member of the gang, I'm afraid the gang wouldn't be able to come up with so much money.

Another Beggar Gang disciple said, "By the way, the leader also asked us to tell the envoy that this house is a gift from the gang to the envoy, not to him personally, so the envoy should not feel pressured."

Hearing the three people say this, Chu Yuan also took the keys and the house deed.

"No wonder the Beggars' Sect can thrive under Qiao Feng's leadership. There is a reason for this."

Chu Yuan said secretly in his heart.

As soon as he saw his martial arts, he felt that he was worth training, so he immediately promoted him and gave him a mansion, hoping to deepen the relationship between him and the Beggars' Sect.

What a pity, this is such a good situation.

It was all because Kang Min, Bai Shijing, Quan Guanqing and others revealed Qiao Feng's identity and framed him for the murder of Ma Dayuan, which brought an end to the good situation.

"Fortunately, nothing has happened yet. Kang Min should still be planning and hasn't started yet. I now have the opportunity to eliminate the hidden danger in the bud!"

Chu Yuan had an idea.

As for how to eliminate this hidden danger in the bud!
There are two things in total that enabled Kang Min to frame Qiao Feng!

One is the death of Ma Dayuan!
The other thing is the conversation between the former leader of the Beggars' Sect, Wang Jiantong, and the leader, as well as the two letters left by Wang Jiantong to check and balance Qiao Feng.

"If I steal and destroy those two letters now before anything happens, maybe I can stop Kang Min's plan."

Chu Yuan thought to himself.

"Emissary, this courtyard is very large. The owner has moved out for a long time and has not lived here. It looks a bit run-down and needs to be cleaned up before you can move in. Do you need us to find some disciples from the gang to help the envoy clean up the place?"

Then the leading Beggar Gang disciple interrupted Chu Yuan's wild thoughts.

"Then I'll trouble you all."

Chu Yuan thought about it and bowed.

This house has two courtyards, front and back, which together cover an area of ​​about 300 to 400 square meters, or half an acre of land. If he cleans it by himself, it will take who knows how long it will take.

It would be best if I could find some disciples from the gang to help me clean and repair the place.

"It's not a big deal. Please wait a moment, messenger. We will go find someone."

Seeing Chu Yuan being so polite, the leading Beggar Gang disciple was somewhat flattered.

The reason why they were respectful to Chu Yuan was not just because Chu Yuan was the Qinglian Messenger.

No matter how high the position of the Green Lotus Messenger is, his status is equal to that of the elders in the gang, but in the end he has no power and his influence is not great.

The most important thing is that the gang leader Qiao Feng appreciates Chu Yuan.

There have been rumors circulating in the gang that the reason why the gang leader gave Chu Yuan a position as a Green Lotus Messenger, a position with no power, is because it is only temporary.

Once Chu Yuan has achieved achievements that are convincing enough to convince the others, he may be appointed as the deputy gang leader at any time.

The Beggars' Sect originally had two deputy leaders, but now there is only one, Ma Dayuan.

The three Beggars' Sect disciples left immediately and soon brought another twenty disciples to help Chu Yuan clean and repair the house.

Two and a half hours later, the front yard and the back yard were completely new.

All the weeds in both the front and back yards were weeded away.

The dust and cobwebs in the house have also been cleaned up, and it is ready for habitation at any time.

Chu Yuan was not stingy either. While the Beggar Gang disciples were helping him clean up the yard, he went back to his own residence in the Beggar Gang and took out some of the savings that his predecessor had accumulated.

He put a bunch of coins in a cloth bag and handed it to the three disciples he had called to help him, saying, "I've made you all tired today. Take this money and take them to the city for a meal and a reward. I'll trouble you three to entertain them on my behalf."

The leader was stunned for a moment, then waved his hands repeatedly and said, "No need, Envoy... they are here to help you clean up the courtyard. They are all willing to do so. You don't need to spend any money."

Chu Yuan insisted, "This is my personal matter. I am very grateful to the brothers in the gang for coming to help me today. I will take you to the wine and restaurant in the city to eat and drink. This is my reward for you."

Seeing Chu Yuan's insistence, the leader had no choice but to accept it.

It is now the Yuanyou period of the Northern Song Dynasty, and prices are not expensive. It is enough for twenty people to eat and drink, even with wine and meat. There is even a little left over.

The three of them left with the group of Beggars' Sect disciples who were helping Chu Yuan clean and repair the house. When they heard that Chu Yuan was going to reward them, they looked very happy.

Among them, some people who had just been cleaning the house looked a little reluctant, but when they heard that there would be free food and wine, they immediately smiled.

After thanking Chu Yuan, they left in groups of three or five.

The house, which had been extremely lively just now, immediately became deserted.

Recalling the somewhat dramatic scene just now, Chu Yuan found it interesting and couldn't help but smile.

He always felt that no one should do things for you for no reason.

This is true even if those people are ordinary disciples of the Beggars' Sect.

Those people were not his subordinates. The reason they came must be that the three disciples called them over.

Since you have helped, you should naturally reward them.

……

After the Beggars' Sect disciples left, Chu Yuan locked the gate.

He went to Luoyang City again and bought some new daily necessities. He threw away all the unusable items in the courtyard. After a busy period, it was soon night.

That night, Chu Yuan simply moved into the house.

There are three rooms in the front yard. Chu Yuan planned to use the main room to receive guests, and he lived in the east wing.

On the first night after moving into the new house, the moon was high in the sky outside, and the moonlight was as bright as water.

Chu Yuan did not fall asleep, but tossed and turned in bed.

"Do you want to go to the Beggars' Sect at night and see if you can steal the letter?"

Chu Yuan pondered.

He remembered that there were two letters in total that revealed Qiao Feng's life story.

One was a letter from Wang Jiantong, the former leader of the Beggars' Sect, to all the elders in the sect.

The main purpose of this letter!

This was to prevent Qiao Feng from harboring hatred towards the Song Dynasty, betraying the Song Dynasty and defecting to the Khitan after learning the truth about his life experience. Before his death, he handed him over to Ma Dayuan for safekeeping.

The purpose is to check and balance. Once Qiao Feng betrays, let Ma Dayuan take out the letter and summon all the elders of the Beggar Gang to get rid of Qiao Feng together.

Who knew that this letter was accidentally seen by Ma Dayuan's wife Kang Min.

It just so happened that Kang Min harbored hatred towards Qiao Feng, so she thought of making the letter public and using it to take revenge.

Unfortunately, Ma Dayuan was an upright man, and he had great faith in Qiao Feng's character and abilities. He felt that without Qiao Feng in charge of the Beggars' Sect, the Sect would surely decline.

He did not agree with his wife Kang Min's proposal. After a quarrel, he slapped Kang Min.

This also brought disaster upon himself. The other letter was written by the leader, the current Shaolin abbot Xuanci, to Wang Jiantong, and it should be in the hands of Elder Xu now.

Theoretically speaking, if he found and destroyed the two letters, Kang Min would not be able to harm Qiao Feng, and there would be no need for her to harm her husband Ma Dayuan.

Because even if she was willing to kill her husband Ma Dayuan, she could not pose any threat to Qiao Feng's position.

Now that he has mastered the Tai Xuan Sutra, Chu Yuan is confident that no one in the Beggars' Sect can be his rival, except for the leader Qiao Feng.

If I want to get these two letters, it will just take some effort.

But there is a problem involved here.

If he got the two letters, he would know that everyone, led by Abbot Xuanci, who participated in the Yanmen Pass incident, as well as insiders like Elder Xu, were secretly watching Qiao Feng.

Once they learn that the letter proving Qiao Feng's identity is missing, whether they will think that Qiao Feng wants to betray the Song Dynasty and join the Khitan, and thus take action against him, no one can say for sure...

"Forget it, let's wait and see how this develops."

After some thought, Chu Yuan decided to give up looking for the two letters.

What happens in the future may be what Qiao Feng must experience.

"Qiao Feng, don't worry about him for now. Master Ma Dayuan has done me a great favor. I just need to take good care of Master Ma Dayuan's life and save his life if necessary. I just hope he won't be killed by that woman Kang Min."

Chu Yuan said in his heart.

After taking over the post of "Green Lotus Messenger" and stepping down as helmsman, Chu Yuan's free time suddenly became abundant.

He no longer had to worry about some of the things that he used to help his master Ma Dayuan deal with, and let his master Ma Dayuan handle them himself.

Chu Yuan spent all his extra time practicing martial arts.

Although he has already mastered the "Taixuan Sutra", there are still the "Shenzhao Sutra" and the "Jiuxiao Shengong" waiting for him to practice.

The "Shenzhaojing" has the miraculous effect of bringing the dead back to life and opening up the Ren and Du meridians.

After mastering the "Nine Heavens Divine Art", you can activate the protective qi.

No matter which martial arts it is, it will be of great use to Chu Yuan.

……

Seven days later.

Two guests came to Chu Yuan's yard.

A man with thick eyebrows, big eyes, a high nose and a wide mouth, a square face, and a weathered look. He looks very imposing when he looks around. He is six feet tall and has a sturdy build, looking like a tall northern man.

One of them had a gaunt face, a sparse, short beard under his chin, and was about forty years old.

It was the Beggars' Sect leader, Qiao Feng, and his deputy leader, Ma Dayuan.

"Your yard is bigger than the residence of me, the deputy gang leader."

Ma Dayuan walked around the house where Chu Yuan lived, then returned to the front yard. The three of them sat in the pavilion, and he said to Chu Yuan.

"I have to thank the gang leader for all this. It is because of the gang leader's kindness that I can live in such a nice house."

Chu Yuan poured the wine while looking at Qiao Feng.

"That's all done by my subordinates."

Qiao Feng said with a smile.

"Besides, with Brother Chu's ability, he can also afford the treatment within the gang."

Qiao Feng said again.

It's just a house.

"This matter still needs the Lord's approval."

Chu Yuan said.

The Beggar Gang disciple who handled the matter previously said that it was Qiao Feng who nodded in agreement to this matter.

However, this kind of thing is not good to be discussed openly.

"We are all brothers, let's not talk about this."

Qiao Feng waved his hand.

"Brother Chu, your master and I came here today. First, we want to see where you live and get to know you. Otherwise, we don't even know where you live. Second, we want to have a discussion with you. What do you think?"

Qiao Feng's tone changed.

He is a person who has a natural obsession and persistence with martial arts.

He was usually busy with gang affairs, and there was no one in the gang who was worthy of his efforts, so he could only suppress his anger.

However, when he saw a young master like Chu Yuan appear in the gang, he couldn't help but feel excited and wanted to compete with him.

Today, since he was free, he immediately brought the deputy gang leader Ma Dayuan, Chu Yuan's master, to Chu Yuan's residence. His main purpose was to learn from Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan glanced at the large wine jar on the stone table in front of him, and the fragrant braised beef and roast chicken wrapped in oil paper. He smiled and said, "I thought the gang leader and master came here with wine and meat to celebrate my new home. I didn't expect the gang leader to come and compete with me."

Qiao Feng laughed loudly and said, "All of them, all of them!"

Chu Yuan drank the wine in the bowl, put down the porcelain bowl in his hand, stood up and said: "Come on then."

As he spoke, he walked to the middle of the courtyard.

Actually, he doesn't drink very often.

Except for a few times when he and Dongfang Bubai drank very pleasantly in the world of Smiling Proud Wanderer, he never drank much after that.

Drinking with Qiao Feng today brought back the feeling of drinking with Dongfang Bubai.

Qiao Feng also drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp. After putting the bowl down, he walked into the yard and stood about ten feet away from Chu Yuan.

"I'm sorry, Brother Chu."

Qiao Feng didn't waste any words and was busy wondering who would attack first and who would attack later.

He punched out suddenly, like a dragon coming out of a cave, and punched Chu Yuan in the face.

Chu Yuan also immediately attacked with the "Tian Gang Di Sha Palm" to fight the enemy!
Although Chu Yuan used this "Heavenly Gang and Earthly Evil Palm" to pick up objects from a distance and absorb others, it is actually an extremely powerful palm technique.

According to Taoist Mufeng of Qingcheng School who taught Chu Yuan the palm technique at that time, this palm technique cultivates the power of both yin and yang. If one uses skillful strength, by pressing and retracting, one can pick up objects from a distance, and absorb objects and opponents.

If you use strong and fierce force, it will be as powerful as thunder and invincible.

When practiced to the extreme and utilizing the combined power of yin and yang, it is said to have the power to break metal and jade.

When the Island of Heroes first appeared in the Central Plains martial arts world, the two envoys who rewarded the good and punished the evil found the Qingcheng Sect with the reward order.

The leader of Qingcheng Sect, Taoist Master Xushan, used this set of palm techniques to melt the reward token issued by the two envoys of rewarding good and punishing evil into a piece of scrap copper, but he himself was later killed by the palm power of the two envoys of rewarding good and punishing evil.

Later, after the two envoys for rewarding good and punishing evil left, the disciples of the Qingcheng Sect saw that the bronze plate was red and hot, and thought that Taoist Master Xushan had used some special internal energy to melt the bronze plate.

Later, after explanation from the elders in the sect, the disciples of Qingcheng Sect learned that when their leader, Taoist Master Xushan, fought against the two messengers of rewarding good and punishing evil, he used a palm technique called "Tian Gang Di Sha Palm".

As for the red and hot copper plate, it was because Taoist Master Xushan had practiced the power of yin and yang to the extreme and destroyed it with his superb palm power, which caused that scene.

At this time, Chu Yuan had mastered the magical skills of the "Tai Xuan Jing", and his martial arts were much stronger than the so-called Taoist Master Xushan.

His understanding of the "Heavenly Gang and Earthly Evil Palm" is even greater than that of Taoist Master Xushan.

After fighting with Chu Yuan, Qiao Feng felt a little uncomfortable.

Because Chu Yuan's palms not only contain suction, but if you are not careful, you may be sucked into Chu Yuan's hands and captured.

On the other hand, his palm method is extremely powerful and as powerful as thunder.

The strange power between his palms was fierce and extremely hot, constantly disintegrating his fist power.

Not only that, when Chu Yuan fought with him, he could switch between the two styles at will.

You need to be on guard at all times and respond carefully to avoid suffering a serious loss due to a single careless move.

The two men were fighting in the yard, their fists and palms flying, the fight getting faster and faster, the branches and leaves of the flowers in the flowerbed next to them were all destroyed by the wind from their palms and fists, floating in the yard.

"Brother Chu, what kind of palm technique is this?"

After fighting for forty or fifty moves, there was still no winner, but Qiao Feng felt satisfied with the fight, so he asked Chu Yuan.

"The Heavenly and Earthly Devil Palm!"

Chu Yuan responded while fighting with Qiao Feng.

"Good palm skills!"

Qiao Feng praised.

It was the first time he had seen a palm technique that could switch so easily between two completely different styles.

"The leader is really powerful. He can fight me to a draw with a set of Taizu Changquan."

Chu Yuan sighed.

He had just fought with Qiao Feng for a long time and found that Qiao Feng was a natural martial artist.

Using a set of "Taizu Changquan", I can fight him for forty or fifty moves.

If Gou Ge’s talent is in martial arts, then Qiao Feng’s talent is in fighting.

He has an amazing talent and intuition for fighting.

So much so that a folk boxing style that can be seen everywhere was used just right in his hands, with every move giving a feeling of turning decay into magic, and its power was not weaker than those top martial arts of the big sects.

"Brother Chu's martial arts are stronger than I thought. If that's the case, I don't have to be timid in fighting you."

Qiao Feng said.

As he spoke, he clenched the five fingers of his right hand into a fist, like the sharp claws of a real dragon, imprisoning heaven and earth, and moved towards Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan, who was standing ten feet away, also felt an extremely strong force pulling him towards Qiao Feng's palm.

Chu Yuan finally understood how others felt when facing his "Heavenly Gang and Earthly Evil Palm".

"This is my 'Dragon Capture Technique', which I rarely use on weekdays. Since Brother Chu has the 'Heavenly Gang and Earthly Evil Palm', both of these martial arts can be used to take objects from a distance, let's have a fight to see who is better!"

Qiao Feng laughed.

Seeing the fight between disciple Chu Yuan and gang leader Qiao Feng, not only was the outcome difficult to determine, but the gang leader was also forced to use the "Dragon Capturing Skill", and Ma Dayuan was a little distracted watching from the side.

He didn't even notice that the wine he was about to drink spilled onto his chest.

(End of this chapter)