Chapter 83 Lin Pingzhi

As the eldest son of the Fujian Fuwei Escort Agency, Lin Pingzhi is a rich kid with little martial arts skills but good upbringing.

The Fuwei Escort Agency is not a big force in the underworld, but it still has some reputation in its small area of ​​Fuzhou.

No matter where Lin Pingzhi went, he was protected by a group of bodyguards, and everyone who saw him would politely call him "Young Master Lin".

However, all this changed on a rainy day two months ago.

That day, Lin Pingzhi, as usual, called a few bodyguards and took a group of brothers from the escort agency out hunting.

Unfortunately, it rained heavily, so the group took shelter in a nearby tea shed.

There was only an old man running the tea stall, so Lin Pingzhi would occasionally give him a few more copper coins.

It was behind the tea stall that Lin Pingzhi met several outsiders with Sichuan accents. One of them, seeing that Lin Pingzhi was handsome, not only flirted with him but also made a move on him.

Lin Pingzhi was so angry that he fought with those Sichuan outsiders.

He acted as fiercely as a tiger, but the result was that his head was covered with bruises.

In addition to the other party's repeated provocations, the young and energetic Master Lin pulled out the short blade hidden at his waist and killed the man with one blow.

Lin Pingzhi, who had killed someone for the first time in his life, was panicked. Fortunately, the two escort leaders around him were experienced in the martial arts world. They first directed everyone to bury the outsider to destroy the body and then found the old man who ran the tea stall, and after threatening him, gave him a hush money.

I thought the matter was over, but it turned out to be just the beginning.

From that day on, people start dying in the Fuwei Escort Agency every day. Today it's Escort Captain Zheng, tomorrow it's Escort Captain Wang, and who will it be the day after tomorrow?

For a time, people were in panic and many escort masters began to quit the escort agency.

As the chief escort of the Fuwei Escort Agency, Lin Zhennan was an old hand. He immediately realized that something was wrong. He then checked the causes of death of each escort leader and determined that the person who came to his door was Yu Canghai, the abbot of Songfeng Temple in Qingcheng Mountain, Sichuan.

Lin Zhennan knew very well his own strengths and weaknesses and was no match for Yu Canghai.

So, he organized everyone from the Fuwei Escort Agency overnight and prepared to seek refuge at his father-in-law's home in Luoyang, Henan.

Due to civil unrest in Jiangxi, Lin Zhennan and his family chose to travel through Jinhua, Huangshan and Chizhou.

However, it took them more than a month to reach Huangshan, and most of the bodyguards and escort leaders around them were killed by Yu Canghai in a surprise attack.

In the end, it was thanks to Lin Zhennan's desperate resistance that Lin Pingzhi had a chance to escape.

Originally, Lin Pingzhi wanted to go to Luoyang to ask his grandfather for help, but as a young man who had never traveled far, and was frightened by Yu Canghai, he just wanted to escape.

When he mustered up the courage to ask others, he realized that he had already arrived at Ningguo Mansion, which was completely different from his original destination, Chizhou.

Lin Pingzhi was devastated after hearing this, and even felt a kind of despair that he had no desire to live.

It was at this time that he heard the beggar who was spending the night in the same dilapidated temple telling the story of the Light of Righteousness, Tanhualang.

As if grasping a life-saving straw, Lin Pingzhi immediately asked: "Old man, do you mean that the third place winner is a disciple of the Hengshan School? Will he uphold justice? Will all the heroes in the martial arts world obey him?"

"Of course. Lord Ou is not only from a famous and upright family, but he is also the third place selected by the imperial court. He will not show any mercy when it comes to killing evil cult monsters. Is there anyone in the world who is more righteous than Lord Ou?!"

The old beggar was missing a tooth. He grinned and said, "Warrior heroes, don't you agree? Whoever disagrees, you have to get past our Beggars' Sect first!"

"that is!"

"We in the Beggars' Sect obey Lord Ou!"

Listening to the excited voices of the people around him, Lin Pingzhi's heart was rekindled with hope. After all, he was a student of sages, so he should be able to distinguish right from wrong and good from evil! Thinking of this, he asked tremblingly, "Which is closer, Luoyang or Hengshan?"

The old beggar thought for a while and said, "If you go to Luoyang, it will probably take 20 to 30 days. It's almost the same to go to Hengshan. But to go to these two places, you have to pass through Taiping Prefecture. You can take a boat in Taiping Prefecture and go up the river to Yueyang Prefecture. It's fast and comfortable. If you arrange it this way, you can go to Hengshan faster."

"Go away, you old beggar, you're talking nonsense. How can going up the river be faster than riding a horse?"

"You know nothing. Do you know there are night boats? They travel day and night, aren't they faster than riding a horse?"

Seeing the beggars quarreling again, Lin Pingzhi had no choice but to patiently appease both parties, and then asked carefully: "Brothers, do you have any news about Master Yu of Qingcheng Sect?"

The old beggar shook his head and said, "I only heard that Master Yu went to Fujian recently, but I don't know what he did there."

The middle-aged beggar who had just quarreled with the old beggar said, "We went to Fuzhou and destroyed the Fuwei Escort Agency."

Lin Pingzhi's face turned pale. Even after a month or so, he still couldn't adjust his mentality and accept this fact.

"Ha!" The old beggar laughed and said sarcastically, "Master Yu, do you have nothing better to do? You came all the way here to destroy an escort company? Did the escort company kill his son or rob his wife?"

The middle-aged beggar took over the conversation and said, "You are right, Master Yu. Master Yu has offered a reward of 500 taels to fellow martial artists to help him capture the young master of Fuwei Escort Agency, whose name is Lin Pingzhi. He looks like a decent man but flirts with women. He was stopped by Master Yu's son Yu Renyan. The two fought and Yu Renyan was killed by Master Lin's sneak attack."

"So, Master Yu is seeking revenge for his son's death!" The old beggar nodded, agreeing with Yu Canghai's approach.

Another young beggar also said: "In this case, Master Lin deserves to die."

"Bullshit!!!" Lin Pingzhi roared angrily, attracting the beggars' attention.

Lin Pingzhi was being stared at by so many pairs of eyes that he was so nervous that he couldn't speak. He was afraid that this group of beggars would catch him and send him to Yu Canghai in order to get the reward of 500 taels.

The next moment, the beggars sneered at the same time:
"Tsk~ It's just a fart, why are you so excited?"

"That's right, you are the beggar!"

"Farting is breathing, and breathing is living, isn't that good?"

"It makes sense!"

Lin Pingzhi took a few breaths to calm himself down before slowly retreating back into the corner.

Through the conversations among these beggars, he had a rough idea of ​​his current situation.

Yu Canghai didn't intend to let him go!
And it was clearly his son who made the rude remarks first, so how did the rumor spread that he was the one who molested the woman?

Lin Pingzhi was in a state of confusion, but he was also very clear that if the rumor continued to spread, even if he had not done it, it would become a fact that could not be reversed.

Therefore, in addition to seeking justice, we must also clear our name.

At present, it seems that the only person who can help him uphold justice is the third place winner of the Hengshan School.
After all, even the people from the Beggars' Sect respect him.

Lin Pingzhi didn't think that the Qingcheng Sect's power could be greater than that of the Beggars' Sect.

He leaned against the wall somewhat tiredly. The cold night wind came in through the cracks, making him feel a coldness he had never experienced before.

I suddenly thought of my parents whose life or death was unknown, and I was suddenly overwhelmed with grief, and tears gradually blurred my eyes.

'Dad, Mom, are you all right?'

(End of this chapter)