Chapter 179 One plays the good guy, the other plays the bad guy!
Speaking of which, Quan Guanqing is known as the "Ten-Direction Scholar" in the world.

He is the leader of the Dazhi branch and also an elder of the Beggars' Sect.

The Beggars' Sect has six main branches: Great Benevolence, Great Wisdom, Great Righteousness, Great Faith, Great Courtesy, and Great Courage. There are also many ordinary branches in various places. These six main branches are all the elite of the Beggars' Sect.

The leaders of these six branches are not only the leaders but also the elders of the Beggars' Sect.

Before his memory was awakened, Chu Yuan was also a helmsman, but he was only the helmsman of an ordinary branch.

He is incomparable to Quan Guanqing, the leader of the Dazhi branch and also an elder.

The reason Chu Yuan could become the helmsman was all because of his master Ma Dayuan.

Quan Guanqing is only middle-aged, but he has become the chief elder of one of the six main helms of the Beggars' Sect, all thanks to his outstanding martial arts and abilities. In addition, he is eloquent. He is a well-known rising star of the Beggars' Sect in the martial arts world, and one of Qiao Feng's most capable subordinates.

Ever since the last time he and Bai Shijing tried to frame Chu Yuan but failed, and Chu Yuan decisively took action against him, and he almost died at Chu Yuan's hands, Quan Guanqing has become much more honest and never dared to attack Chu Yuan directly again.

"Quan Guanqing, what do you mean?"

Qiao Feng frowned.

"The leader of the Dazhi branch, Quan Guanqing, and the elders of the Beggars' Sect, request that the leader step down. We all agree that you are no longer suitable to be the leader of the Beggars' Sect."

All crowns clear the way.

"Quan Guanqing, you dare to speak to the leader like that, are you planning a rebellion?"

Bai Shijing stood in front of Qiao Feng and looked at Quan Guanqing.

Chu Yuan: ...

Bai Shijing is really good at acting!
Together with Quan Guanqing, one plays the good guy and the other plays the bad guy!

If he had not heard the conversation between Bai Shijing and Kang Min with his own ears that night, he might have really believed Bai Shijing.

"Elder Bai, do you know the true identity of our leader and why he wants to stop our Beggars' Sect from avenging Deputy Leader Ma?"

Quan Guanqing said to Bai Shijing who was blocking Qiao Feng's way.

"Why?"

Elder Wu Changfeng, one of the six elders of the Beggars' Sect, said.

"Because the person who actually killed Deputy Gang Leader Ma was actually our gang leader."

Quan Guanqing looked at Qiao Feng and said.

They were originally planning to mobilize their trusted men to seize power by force, to see if they could first remove Qiao Feng from the position of leader of the Beggars' Sect.

However, seeing that Chu Yuan was also here, and knowing that if Qiao Feng was added, the chances of success in seizing power by force would be slim, he framed Qiao Feng as the murderer of Ma Dayuan, and then announced Qiao Feng's Khitan identity in front of everyone.

Kang Min is said to have already found witnesses and evidence, so Qiao Feng is absolutely powerless this time.

But Quan Guanqing's words made the apricot forest quiet down.

Everyone was looking at Quan Guanqing, especially Bao Bu Tong, Feng Bo'e, Wang Yuyan, A'zhu, A'bie and other people from the Murong family.

They thought that with so many masters of the Beggars' Sect gathered in Jiangnan, a big battle was waiting for them. However, what they didn't expect was that the Beggars' Sect actually started an internal conflict.

Moreover, Quan Guanqing, a well-known "Ten-Perfect Scholar" in the martial arts world, actually said that Qiao Feng was the murderer of Ma Dayuan, the deputy leader of the Beggars' Sect, which made the matter suddenly become confusing.

"Quan Guanqing, the gang leader and the deputy gang leader have a harmonious relationship, as close as brothers, how could you kill the deputy gang leader Ma, you are framing the gang leader!"

Bai Shijing defended Qiao Feng again.

On the surface, he seemed to be defending Qiao Feng, but in fact he was echoing Quan Guanqing and asking Quan Guanqing to produce evidence.

Chu Yuan was watching from the side and was amazed. If someone didn’t know, they would think that Bai Shijing was very loyal to Qiao Feng!
"That's right, Quan Guanqing, you said I killed Brother Ma, you need to produce convincing evidence, not to mention I haven't been in the gang for a while, how could I have killed Brother Ma?"

Seeing that Quan Guanqing not only betrayed him but also falsely accused him of killing Ma Dayuan, Qiao Feng looked at Quan Guanqing and said.

"The gang leader said that he went home to visit his family and is not in the gang. Who knows if this is something you arranged in advance to get rid of suspicion? What if the gang leader comes back and secretly returns to the gang to kill Deputy Gang Leader Ma?"

Quan Guanqing laughed coldly.

"As for the motive of the gang leader to kill Deputy Gang Leader Ma... I accidentally learned a piece of news. From this news, it seems that the gang leader did have a motive to kill Deputy Gang Leader Ma."

Quan Guanqing continued.

"What's the motive?"

Seeing Quan Guanqing's confident look, Qiao Feng's heart sank. It seemed that Quan Guanqing came prepared this time.

"Boss, you are not actually from Song, but from Khitan."

Quan Guanqing's words made Qiao Feng's expression change drastically.

What's more, all the elders and disciples of the Beggar Gang in the apricot forest changed their expressions.

Even Bao Bu Tong, Feng Bo'e, A'zhu, A'Bi, Wang Yuyan and others looked at Qiao Feng and the Beggars' Sect with surprise.

It turns out that the world-famous leader of the Beggars' Sect, Qiao Feng, was not a Song person, but a Khitan. Then what about Qiao Feng's deeds of leading the Beggars' Sect and leading the martial arts heroes to fight against the Western Xia and Liao dynasties over the years?
"Excellent, wonderful! I never thought the leader of the Beggars' Sect would be a Khitan."

Bao Bu Tong couldn't help but clapping his hands.

"But if you say that Boss Qiao is a Khitan, then he is a Khitan?"

"I don't believe that Khitan man can do what Boss Qiao did, leading the Song Dynasty martial arts world to fight against the Western Xia and the Liao Dynasty time and again!"

Then Bao changed his tone.

Since Qiao Feng had just spoken well of the Murong family and insisted on letting everyone in the Murong family leave, Bao Bu Tong admired Qiao Feng very much. Now that he saw Quan Guanqing committing treason and plotting rebellion, he immediately spoke up for justice.

"That's right, unless you can produce evidence to prove the identity of Boss Qiao!"

Wang Yuyan also said.

Seeing this, Chu Yuan shook his head.

Your focus is wrong!

Even if Quan Guanqing produced evidence to prove Qiao Feng's Khitan identity, it could not prove that Qiao Feng killed Ma Dayuan.

However, this is probably exactly the purpose of Quan Guanqing and others, to tie the fact that Qiao Feng is a Khitan to whether or not his master Ma Dayuan was killed.

"No, even if Gang Leader Qiao is a Khitan, it cannot be proved that Gang Leader Qiao killed Deputy Gang Leader Ma."

Instead, it was Azhu, the maidservant beside Bao Bu Tong, who hit the point immediately.

Quan Guanqing sneered:
"Of course we have evidence. We not only have physical evidence, but also witnesses, all of which can prove that Qiao Feng is a Khitan."

"As for the reason why Qiao Feng killed Deputy Gang Leader Ma, it was also very simple. Deputy Gang Leader Ma had a letter left by the old gang leader proving Qiao Feng's identity. In order to conceal his Khitan identity, Qiao Feng was afraid that others would know his Khitan identity, so he killed Deputy Gang Leader Ma and took the letter from him."

"It just so happens that there is someone else in the gang who has evidence that can prove Qiao Feng's Khitan identity, and there are also some insiders who know about this matter."

As soon as Quan Guanqing finished speaking, a carriage came over, accompanied by several ragged Beggar Gang disciples.

When it reached the crowd, the carriage stopped and a beautiful woman in her thirties, wearing plain white mourning clothes and looking haggard, stepped out.

This beautiful woman is Chu Yuan’s master’s wife Kang Min!
"I am the widow Kang Min. I am here to greet you all, and all the elders. My husband has been dead for more than half a month, and his body has not been found yet. Fortunately, I have worked very hard and found evidence and witnesses. I would like to ask the elders to help me, avenge my husband, and give justice to him and me."

Kang Min walked up to Wu Changfeng, Song Qingxi and other elders and was about to kneel on the ground to salute them.

The six elders of the Beggars' Sect hurriedly helped Kang Min up and said, "Madam Ma, please stand up quickly. No need to be polite. If what you said is true, we will definitely uphold justice."

Seeing the six elders of the Beggars' Sect say this, Kang Min did not kneel down.

When Qiao Feng saw Kang Min appear, he still didn't realize the seriousness of the matter. He said to Kang Min, "Sister Ma, I haven't seen you for a long time. Brother Ma died and I went home to visit my parents. I haven't had time to pay my respects yet. But what about the evidence and witnesses you mentioned?"

Kang Min looked at Qiao Feng, his eyes red as he said, "Qiao Feng, things have come to this point, you know it very well, why bother pretending?"

Qiao Feng still had a bewildered look on his face. He didn't even realize that it was because he had not paid attention to this sister-in-law at the Luoyang Flower Festival and was only focused on drinking that she became jealous of him and led to today's disaster.

Elder Chen Guyan, one of the six elders, said, "Madam Ma, you said you found evidence and witnesses. Why don't you show us the evidence you found and let us see if it's true or not. Then we can make a decision!"

At this moment, an old beggar with long flowing beard, wearing a patched clothes, and very old, probably in his 80s, walked out from behind the crowd.

As soon as they saw the old beggar, the elder Lu Zhang who taught the skills and the elder Bai Shijing who taught the law respectfully greeted him and said, "Elder Xu, I wonder what brings you here?"

When the beggars of the Beggars' Sect saw the old man, they immediately became agitated and were all moved.

Because the old beggar in front of him has a very high seniority in the Beggar Gang, and his name is Xu Chongxiao.

It is said that even the old leader Wang Jiantong has to respectfully address him as "Uncle Master", and everyone in the Beggar Gang is his descendant.

He has been in retirement for a long time and no longer cares about gang affairs.

As a rule, Qiao Feng and the elders in charge of teaching martial arts and enforcing the law had to visit him every year to pay their respects and say hello.

I didn't expect that such a highly respected senior would appear in this apricot forest.

"Elder Xu, why are you here..."

Seeing the old man appear, Qiao Feng and Chu Yuan also went to greet him out of respect for their seniors.

Xu Chongxiao ignored Qiao Feng and walked up to Kang Min.

Kang Min knelt in front of Xu Chongxiao and said, "Elder Xu, please make the letter public and make the decision for my husband."

Xu Chongxiao looked around and said, "Please wait for a moment. The physical evidence has arrived. It is on me. The witness will be here soon."

Seeing that it was Elder Xu Chongxiao who was in person, due to his seniority, no one urged them and everyone waited patiently.

Only Qiao Feng was in a heavy mood. The appearances of Kang Min and Elder Xu, who was of a very senior generation, all indicated that the Quan Guanqing rebellion was carefully planned this time, and a huge conspiracy was looming over him.

But he was powerless to stop it!

Because the other party framed Ma Dayuan by making use of his death and his identity.

If he tried to stop it now, it would seem that he had something to hide, which would play into the other party's hands.

Just then, the sound of horse hooves was heard, and horses were galloping from the north.

The horses soon arrived, and a Beggar Gang disciple wearing a cloak with hundreds of knots rolled off the horse's back. He didn't care that the horse behind him was foaming at the mouth, and fell to the ground, having been exhausted to death.

The Beggar Clan disciple held a small package in his hand and ran to Qiao Feng and the elders and said, "Master, elders, there is urgent military information from Xixia." Qiao Feng was worried about the affairs of his country and was about to take it and open it, but Xu Chongxiao walked up to Qiao Feng and snatched the package from him, saying, "Wait, Master, don't read this urgent military information until you are cleared of suspicion."

Xu Chongxiao has a very high seniority in the gang, so Qiao Feng doesn't want to offend him rashly, so he can only wait patiently.

After waiting for less than a quarter of an hour, the sound of horse hooves was heard again, and two horses galloped towards Xinglin and appeared in everyone's sight.

An old man and an old woman were sitting on the horse.

Qiao Feng recognized the two and stepped forward to greet them. "So you are Mr. and Mrs. Tan from Chongxiao Cave in Taihang Mountain. I am sorry that Qiao Feng failed to welcome you in person."

The other elders of the Beggars' Sect also stepped forward and saluted.

Only Chu Yuan was too lazy to step forward.

Although everyone had seen Chu Yuan's martial arts before, they also felt that Chu Yuan, who had mastered such martial arts at such a young age, was just arrogant.

At this moment, the sound of several horse hooves was heard, galloping from not far away.

In front was an old man in a silk robe, and behind were five young men, all with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and looked very similar. The oldest was over 30 years old, and the youngest was over 20 years old. They looked like five brothers from the same mother.

"It turned out to be Senior Shan, the Iron-faced Judge."

Seeing the old man, Qiao Feng stepped forward and said.

He recognized the man as Shan Zheng, the head of the Shan family in Mount Tai, who was known as the "Iron-faced Judge" in the martial arts world.

Shan Zheng hated evil all his life. As long as he knew of any injustice in the martial arts world, he would definitely intervene. In addition to his five sons, he also recruited two to three hundred disciples. In the martial arts world, the Taishan Shan family had a great reputation and everyone had to give them some face.

"I have brought my five sons here uninvited, so please don't blame me, Boss Qiao."

Shan Zheng laughed after the five sons dismounted first and then were helped off the horse by his own five sons.

As he spoke, he set his eyes on Chu Yuan:
"This is the Green Lotus Emissary of the Beggars' Sect who has recently gained fame in the martial arts world, the sworn brother of Sect Leader Qiao, and the disciple of Deputy Sect Leader Ma, Young Hero Chu Yuanchu, right?"

Qiao Feng introduced him: "Yes, he is Chu Yuan, and he is also my second brother. Don't be fooled by his young age, his martial arts skills are not inferior to mine."

Shan Zheng said: "If that's true, that's great. There are always talented people emerging in every generation, and the old ones are replaced by the new ones."

Chu Yuan clasped his fists and said, "Hello, old hero Shan."

Chu Yuan simply greeted Shan Zheng and was too lazy to pay any more attention to him.

Although these people have famous names, they are just incompetent people who are used by a woman.

Wait a minute for his master Ma Dayuan to show up and show these people what a surprise is.

Along the way, he secretly met with his master Ma Dayuan several times by leaving behind secret codes, and confirmed that Ma Dayuan had been following them in disguise.

Now that Kang Min has shown up and has brought so many people to expose Qiao Feng's identity and frame Qiao Feng for the murder of Ma Dayuan, it is time to come clean.

Shan Zheng originally wanted to chat more with Chu Yuan, but seeing Chu Yuan's cold attitude, he felt that Chu Yuan was young and arrogant and had no respect for his seniors, so he left in anger.

At this time, an old man riding a donkey and an old monk wearing a gray cloth robe, with big ears and a dignified appearance, came out from behind the apricot tree.

"Xiaojuan, how are you doing?"

When the old man on the donkey saw Tan Po, he was surprised. After getting off the donkey, he walked up to Tan Po and said.

"Zhao Qiansun, Juan'er is already my wife. What does it have to do with you whether she lives well or not?"

When Mr. Tan saw the posture of the old man riding the donkey, he immediately became angry.

"I'm just asking."

Zhao Qiansun knew he was in the wrong and could only smile awkwardly.

"It turns out that Zhao Qiansun and Master Zhiguang of Mount Tiantai have arrived!"

Xu Chongxiao went to meet him.

"Elder Xu!"

Master Zhiguang bowed and said.

Xu Chongxiao saw many martial artists gathered in the forest and said, "Now that everyone is here, please tell us what happened outside Yanmen Pass thirty years ago."

Qiao Feng thought to himself, "Among the people invited by Elder Xu, there are many respected martial arts masters. They have noble character and will not get involved in framing me."

Just when everyone in the apricot forest was confused, Master Zhiguang said, "We originally wanted to keep this matter to ourselves forever, but since Elder Xu and Elder Shan said in the letter that this matter concerns the fate of the people of the world, we can only tell this long-buried secret."

Zhao Qiansun said: "Many people present here participated in this matter. Who can tell me?"

Xu Chongxiao said: "Something has happened to our gang. Before I tell you the truth about what happened, please check whether this letter is genuine!"

As he spoke, Xu Chongxiao took out a letter from his sleeve.

Seeing this letter, Chu Yuan thought to himself, "Sure enough, Elder Xu has another letter in his hand that reveals Qiao Feng's identity."

The letter was handed over to Zhao Qiansun and others, and they passed it around to read. Master Zhiguang was the last one to read the letter and then returned it to Xu Chongxiao.

"Amitabha, the contents of this letter are genuine. Judging from the handwriting, it should be the content written by the old leader of the Beggars' Sect during the conversation with that big brother. But now that things have come to this, more than 30 years have passed. I think it is better to destroy the letter."

Master Zhiguang chanted the Buddha's name.

There was a look of pity in his eyes, as if he was recalling the horrific scene of that year.

"It cannot be destroyed. Now our deputy leader Ma Dayuan is dead, and he also has a letter left by the old leader. If this letter is destroyed, not only will Deputy Leader Ma die in obscurity, but the Beggars' Clan may also fall into the hands of treacherous people and fall apart."

Xu Chongxiao shook his head.

"Elder Xu, are you talking about the death of Deputy Gang Leader Ma..."

Master Zhiguang glanced at Qiao Feng and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"Who can say for sure? What if he accidentally learned about his life experience from somewhere else and wanted to erase his Khitan identity? He killed Deputy Gang Leader Ma and took away the letter left by the old gang leader that could prove his identity? Otherwise, this is all too coincidental."

Xu Chongxiao said.

Listening to the conversation between Xu Chongxiao and Master Zhiguang, Qiao Feng felt sad.

According to Master Zhiguang, there is indeed something wrong with his background.

This was so inappropriate that even the death of deputy gang leader Ma Dayuan could be linked to him.

"Forget it. For the sake of justice, I will tell you what happened that year. As for whether Boss Qiao is the murderer of Deputy Boss Ma, we will not comment. But we accidentally made a mistake back then."

Master Zhiguang said with a complicated expression:
"Thirty years ago, the heroes of the Central Plains received news that a large number of warriors from the Khitan Kingdom were going to attack the Shaolin Temple and seize the martial arts manuals that had been hidden in the temple for hundreds of years..."

As Master Zhiguang told the story, Qiao Feng was confused at first. He thought that Master Zhiguang and his men were doing a good deed by attacking and killing the Khitan warriors for the country and the people.

But what does this have to do with his background?
But when he heard the last part, his expression became uncertain.

"After we wiped out all 19 Khitan warriors in front of the Stone Valley, we saw a couple riding horses towards us. The man was tall and handsome, and the woman was a young woman holding a baby. We saw that they were dressed in Khitan clothes and spoke Khitan language. We thought they were the ones who ordered them to go, so we killed them again..."

"The man was a skilled martial artist, but the woman was not. She died in our hands. After a bloody battle, he left behind only the baby and a few lines of Khitan characters on the cliff. He then jumped off the cliff holding his wife's body..."

"We didn't know whether the Khitan text was real or not. Later, we asked someone to decipher the Khitan text and found out that the other party was just going home to visit his relatives. I...we killed the wrong person."

"Every time we think about it now, we feel extremely regretful and deeply condemned by our conscience."

"If the couple were really Khitan warriors, we had planned to kill the Khitan baby as well. But when we learned that the couple was just visiting their relatives, we killed them by mistake. We had already made a big mistake and we couldn't make it again. So we gave the baby to a village couple at the foot of Shaoshi Mountain to raise!"

Master Zhiguang's face was full of regret as he spoke.

At first, Qiao Feng thought that this matter had nothing to do with him, but when Zhiguang mentioned that the baby was given to a village couple to raise at the foot of Shaoshi Mountain, he almost lost control of his emotions.

"What are the names of the country couple?"

Qiao Feng said in a trembling voice.

"I guess you have guessed that the husband of the village couple is called Qiao Sanhuai."

Master Zhiguang said.

Qiao Feng's eyes immediately turned red: "Am I the Khitan baby from that year?"

Master Zhiguang looked at Qiao Feng and said, "Yes, Boss Qiao is the Khitan baby from that year. You look exactly like your father."

Seeing that the time had come, Xu Chongxiao opened his mouth and pressed, "Qiao Feng, listen carefully. You are a Khitan, not a Song. I have physical evidence here to prove your identity. You killed Deputy Leader Ma because you wanted to destroy the physical evidence proving your Khitan identity. Are you still unwilling to admit it now?"

The double blow of learning his Khitan identity and being falsely accused of murdering Ma Dayuan put Qiao Feng on the brink of collapse.

"I didn't do it, what do you want me to admit?"

Qiao Feng said bitterly.

"No, you must have framed me. You fabricated a barbarian identity for me just to frame me. Tell me, everything you said before was fabricated to deceive me!"

Qiao Feng's eyes immediately turned red, and he grabbed Master Zhiguang in his hands. Master Zhiguang, who was a good martial arts master, had no power to resist and was easily captured by Qiao Feng.

He clenched his fists continuously, as if he was going to kill Master Zhiguang with his fists if they disagreed with him.

Qiao Feng was unwilling to believe that he was a Khitan. If he was a Khitan, then what did it matter that after he became the leader of the Beggars' Sect, he worked hard for the Song Dynasty, dealt with the Western Xia and the Liao Dynasty, and rescued the people of the Song Dynasty?
A complete joke!

"Qiao Feng, put Master Zhiguang down quickly. You have already killed Deputy Gang Leader Ma, but you still want to continue to commit murders. Are you going to attack Master Zhiguang in public?"

Xu Chongxiao shouted to Qiao Feng.

Hearing Xu Chongxiao's words, Qiao Feng was stunned. He then threw Master Zhiguang out of his hands, stepped back a few steps, and said with a sad smile:
"You deliberately made up such a lie to deceive me and framed me for the murder of Brother Ma in order to gain the position of leader of the Beggars' Sect. Since you want the position of leader so badly, just take it. But why bother to force me so much?"

Seeing that the show was almost over and everyone had appeared, Chu Yuan walked up to Qiao Feng in full view of everyone and patted him on the shoulder:

"Brother Qiao, you don't have to care about what they say. They just want to frame you."

After saying that, Chu Yuan shouted to the outside of the apricot forest: "Master, it's your turn!"

However, Chu Yuan's actions made the people present feel a little puzzled, and everyone's attention was immediately focused on Chu Yuan.

　ps: What was written before was wrong and has been revised. The four elders of the Beggars' Sect are Wu Changfeng, Chen Guyan, Song Qingxi, and Xi Sanqi, the elder who transmits skills is Lv Zhang, the elder who enforces the law is Bai Shijing, and Xu Chongxiao is an elder with a long history but who does not take charge of things.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)