The king will never go to court
Chapter 284
Chapter 284
Both of them reached a certain tacit understanding, Feng Tianyuan did not move Pingtian Tower again, and Xie Wufeng just stayed here, and did not attack the Yunan Army and Feng family members.
As soon as he dodged, Xie Wufeng appeared on the orchid on the top floor of Pingtian Building, with a trace of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.
Once again attracting the attention of the Heavenly Dao of this world, under the purple thunder, he was seriously injured again.
Sitting cross-legged, Xie Wufeng shot his right hand, and another brocade box fell into his hand, quickly absorbing the vitality of heaven and earth contained in a century-old rare herb.
A bewitching young man who can induce visions of heaven and earth, and an old monster who can be overwhelmed by strength.
Both of them have a tacit understanding and no longer lay hands on each other.
In the main hall of the main residence of the Feng Mansion, Feng Tianyuan was still a little dazed after freshening up, thinking about the purple thunder before.
In the hall, the elders of the Feng family stood respectfully.
"Old Ancestor, Ancestor, why don't you?"
Feng Bufan, who stood at the front of the crowd, was a little puzzled, looking at the back of the ancestor.
My ancestor could directly raze the Pingtian Building to the ground, so why did he let that kid Xie Wufeng go.
The rest of the people in the hall were silent, waiting quietly for the ancestor of the Feng family.
After a long time, Feng Tianyuan came back from his contemplation, turned his head and glanced back at the head of the Feng family whom he personally appointed.
"Extraordinary, you are still extraordinary. You can go against anything the old man told you!"
Everyone in the audience was shocked, and everyone thought that the ancestor would punish Feng Bufan severely for his previous decision.
As a result, what Feng Tianyuan said next made everyone even more terrified.
"I don't know if you can feel what is hidden behind that purple thunder. If the old man's guess is correct, then there must be a heaven behind Zilei."
Feng Bufan stood there, stunned, unable to believe what he heard.
"Xie Wufeng can actually let the Heavenly Gate come down? That is the Heavenly Gate that the Xu family's celestial beings once cut off."
Feng Bufan sucked in a breath of cold air, his eyes showed undisguised shock, "Old Ancestor, is this serious?"
There are also half-step Heavenly Human Realm powerhouses in the hall, but there is still a huge gap between them and the Heavenly Human Realm, unlike Feng Tianyuan, who are only separated by a thin line.
"This is also the reason why the old man didn't continue to do it. If that young man really has some kind of secret technique to lead the Tianmen, our Feng family must not make enemies with him."
"Once the gate of heaven is opened, warriors on this continent will have a way to ascend to heaven. At that time, heavenly beings may also come to the world again through the gate of heaven."
"We don't know the real details of that young man now, so there is no need to completely offend them because of some trivial matters before. I believe that with the strength that the old man has shown today, that young man will not target what you did before."
"Thank you old man!"
Before, Xie Wufeng wanted to seal the life of Bufan's lineage, but now that he was blessed by the ancestor of the Feng family, Bufan breathed a sigh of relief, and the heavy pressure hanging over his head dissipated instantly.
"Doesn't he need a lot of cultivation resources? If the old man remembers correctly, the largest mine vein in the Southern Region is located in Nan'an Mansion. It can be given to the young man as a good fortune."
"Old Ancestor, that is the largest mining area of our Feng Family in the Southern Region, do you really want to give it to that young man?"
An elder from the Feng family bowed in salute, with a hint of unwillingness in his eyes.
Although the mine vein in Nan'an Prefecture only produces the lowest level of heaven and earth spiritual materials, it is also the largest in the Southern Region.
"Don't talk more!"
At this moment, in Feng Tianyuan's heart, nothing is as important as opening the gate of heaven.Once the gate of heaven is opened, he can catch a glimpse of a chance to break through the shackles and bottlenecks.
As for Xie Wufeng's arrangement, Feng Tianyuan hoped to firmly trap him in the Southern Region. He didn't need cultivation resources, so he would give them.
If there is no one in the southern domain, go to other domains to seize it.As long as the Heavenly Human Realm of the Dynasty does not make a move, Feng Tianyuan really has no one to fear.
After giving orders, Feng Tianyuan asked everyone to disperse.
And the news that the ancestor of the Feng family regained control of the Feng family also spread throughout Yunan City after the war, and the previous head of the family, Feng Bufan, appeared in Pingtianlou.
However, only human heads.
"That patriarch of your Feng family is really willing."
Xie Wufeng frowned slightly, looking at a large box of natural materials and earthly treasures, all of which were cultivation resources for a hundred years, and the human head beside him.
His gaze finally fell on a middle-aged man in a fine attire, the new head of the Feng family, Feng Changyi, an elder from a collateral clan.He chuckled lightly, "Even if Feng Tianyuan doesn't kill Feng Bufan, I can't do anything about the Feng family now. What's the meaning of your patriarch?"
Knowing from the old ancestor that the young man in front of him might have a way to lead out of the Tianmen, Feng Changyi put his posture extremely low and said. "Mr. Xie, don't worry, our Feng family hopes to be friends with Mr. Mr. I hope Mr. can forget the past and forgive the previous mistakes of the Feng family."
"Also, our Feng family will fully bear the cultivation resources that Mr. needs. You just need to ask, and our Feng family will do our best to do it."
Looking back on his previous life, Wanqian Daoyu would do whatever Xie Wufeng wanted as soon as possible. He never thought that he would have this feeling again when he came to this world.
After thinking for a while, Xie Wufeng still didn't think about what the ancestor of the Feng family wanted to do.
However, he does need a lot of cultivation resources at present, since the other party is willing to send them to his door, he will accept them all.
As for Feng Changyi's mention of the Nan'an Mansion's mine veins, I also want to know what the so-called spiritual mines in this world are like.
Xie Wufeng did not refuse the Feng family's wishes and accepted them all.
In this way, he can get whatever he wants for the cultivation resources in the entire southern region, and the sense of urgency in his heart is slightly relaxed.
As for the mine vein, Xie Wufeng planned to take a rest for a while and go to see it himself.
Nanyu, Nan'an Prefecture.
In an unnamed mining area, there are many rocks and jagged rocks.
The periphery of the mining area is an ancient dense forest with a radius of more than ten miles.There is a wide mountain road leading directly to the ring mining area.
At this moment, hundreds of men in rough clothes are walking heavy steps in the mining area, slowly walking out of the dark and bottomless mine.
The heavy back basket pressed out a huge arc on the body of every rough-clothed man who walked out of the mine.
At the entrance of one of the mines, a pair of callused fingers stretched out to block the sunlight that pierced the eyes.
Soon, a thin young man wearing a tattered clothes struggled to prop up his weak body, exhausted his last bit of strength, and crawled out of the mine.
The figure fell to the left before standing still.
Before the young man's butt touched the ground, he heard the sound of stones rolling to the ground.
A few off-white stones fell from the back basket to the ground.
Before the young man reached out to pick up the few gray-white stones that had rolled on the ground.
"Crack!" A crisp whip sound sounded above the young man's head.
The young man wanted to sit at the entrance of the mine to take a rest, but he never thought that when he turned sideways due to his thin body, some of the gray-white stones in the basket fell to the ground.
"Inspector Zhao, please be merciful, I will pick up the gray stone right now." The young man replied hoarsely.
The gray stone is just the off-white stone in the young man's back basket, which contains a trace of earth soul essence.
It is also a kind of earth vein essence abundant in the Bainan Region, and it is also a resource for warriors to practice.
The young man endured the pain, completely ignoring the crimson blood that had flowed from his forehead, and blocked his sight.
But the moment before the young man bent over, there was a trace of longing in his eyes, and his eyes looked at the end of the high sky in the distance through the gap of blood.
The young man hastily picked up all the gray and white stones that had fallen on the ground, and was bowing his body, when he was about to put a few gray and white stones in his hand into the basket, he saw another whip shadow out of the corner of his eye.
On the other end of the whip shadow is a burly middle-aged man, wearing a light blue gown, who is the supervisor of the mine here, known as "Zhao Supervisor".
"Snapped!"
There were a few gaps in the already tattered coarse cloth robe on the young man's body.
"Xu Ping, don't let me get out of the way! If you delay the adults' errands, it will not be too much to take your life!" Supervisor Zhao scolded coldly.
The young man who had been whipped several times was named Xu Ping, and his real identity was Li Xing, the only surviving man from the Li family's lineage in Yunan City.
After the battle between the ancestor of the Feng family and Xie Wufeng, the Feng family took over the property of the Li family in Yunan City.Li Xing was dispatched by the Feng family to the mine here.
Although he was a warrior, Li Xing dared not fight back under the whipping of these supervisors.
Survival is his greatest hope now, and coming here to the mine vein is an opportunity he spent a lot of resources to get.
The purpose is to cultivate secretly, and this is the largest mine vein in the southern region.
Hearing Supervisor Zhao's icy voice, the young man didn't dare to resist, so he could only fasten the pannier tightly on his body, and then hid himself aside, so as not to affect the accomplices who came out of the mine behind.
At the same time, he also cleverly avoided the heaviest blow of the whip.
He was still muttering in his heart, "Zhao Tou is usually a kind person, why is he so cold today, and his strikes are so heavy. Fortunately, I have quick eyesight and quick hands, otherwise I would really lie flat."
Soon, dozens of laborers came out of the mine one after another, and their backpacks were filled with a lot of gray-white stones.
Just when Li Xing turned around, from the corner of his eye, he saw more than a dozen men in brocade clothes standing on the high platform of the square, and dozens of first-rank warriors from the Feng family were around.
At this moment, a middle-aged man in a blue robe was standing respectfully beside a straight young man with a smile on his face.
The middle-aged man said something from time to time, because the distance was too far, it was a full three or four hundred steps away.
Naturally, Li Xing couldn't hear it, and could only vaguely see the young man in brocade clothes, occasionally nodding slightly.
On the other side of the youth in Chinese clothes stood two first-rank warriors in light blue robes.
These two first-rank martial artists are all imposing, with the posture of a peak powerhouse, which is really different.
"What are you still doing here? Why don't you hurry up and hand over the gray stone. Don't you want this month's money?"
Noticing that Li Xing was distracted, Supervisor Zhao snorted again.
"Yes, yes, how can I not! The family is still waiting for my monthly silver!" Li Xing grinned.
With a smile on his face, he didn't have the painful look when he was beaten just now, but the steps under his feet still betrayed him.
The person in charge outside the warehouse checked and accepted the gray and white stones that Li Xing took out from the basket with both hands one by one.
"I was lucky this time. I actually dug out 61 gray stones. The moon silver is 50 taels." After careful inspection, a manager covering his mouth and nose said.
A strong man at the end of the counter threw a bag of broken silver at Li Xing.
Li Xing hurried forward and grabbed the bag of broken silver that was thrown over.
He shook it slightly in his hand, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, bowed and said with a smile, "Thank you, brother. Thank you all in charge."
Knowing that I haven't bathed for more than a month, I already have the smell on my body.
In order not to annoy the staff in charge, Li Xing put the broken silver in his arms and left the counter with brisk steps.
Walking through many teams, he came to Supervisor Zhao's side after a while.
"What? Haven't had enough whips yet?"
Before Li Xing could speak, Supervisor Zhao raised the whip in his hand again.
Li Xing hurriedly grabbed Supervisor Zhao's wrist holding the whip with his right hand, and smiled brightly. "Don't, Zhaotou. You can be my Xu Ping's reborn parents. You love me the most."
After pressing the long whip in Supervisor Zhao's hand back to his side from mid-air, Li Xing took out five taels of silver from the bag in his arms, and quietly handed it to Supervisor Zhao.
"Zhao Tou, this is your allowance for this month."
Supervisor Zhao didn't hesitate, took the broken silver in Li Xing's hand with his right hand, stuffed it into his arms, and whispered, "Don't cause trouble for me."
At the same time, the right hand held Li Xing's left hand again, and returned some of the money that Li Xing gave.
"Zhao Tou, how dare I make trouble for you."
Supervisor Zhao glared at Li Xing, with a look of warning on his face. "Don't stay in the mining area, wash up and go back early."
In order to prevent people from carrying private goods, the mining area smuggled gray and white stones out.
Everyone who leaves the mining area has to wash up before leaving, and the clothes they carry are also carefully checked to prevent someone from smuggling gray and white stones.
The hard workers who had accepted the Huishi were all happy at this moment, and everyone had this month's silver in their arms.Everyone headed towards a mountain spring bath on the north side of the mining area.
The mountain spring bath consists of more than a dozen pools with a diameter of more than ten feet. The upstream spring flows from the south to the north, rushes into each pool, and then flows into the mountain forest further north from the other end.
Each pool is made of gray boulders, and there is a two-foot-wide stone road between the two pools.
Li Xing walked towards the mountain spring bath with the team, and greeted the blue-shirted supervisors patrolling back and forth on the stone road with respectful smiles.
Sometimes he would deliberately open his tattered robes to show his innocence and prove that he did not bring any private goods with him.
Previously, when someone entered the mountain spring bath, the supervisor found that he had brought private goods with him, and that person was naturally beaten to death outside the mountain spring bath in front of many coolies.
Since then, no one dared to carry private goods.
"Here you are." As soon as he entered the mountain spring bath, a big-armed supervisor handed over a brand-new set of robes, shoes and socks to Li Xing.
"Thank you, supervisor." Li Xing bowed and saluted.
When they came to a pool more than ten feet away, dozens of shirtless men were already crowded in the pool, scrubbing each other's bodies.
As soon as the clear river water entered the pool, it immediately became turbid.
But rough men like Li Xing would not dislike the muddy water in the pool, and would talk and laugh in the pool.
Li Xing had no choice but to go to the pool on the other side to take a bath, and wash off the dirt that had accumulated on his body for a month.
After walking through seven or eight pools in a row, Li Xing found a pool with a slightly smaller number of people. He carefully placed the newly issued robes on a high side of the pool, and at the same time took off the tattered robes on his body and put them aside.
He turned around and jumped straight into the pool, splashing a cloud of muddy water.
Li Xing stretched comfortably, and smiled brightly at the few people who were taking a bath together.
After rubbing his hands back and forth on his body, he subconsciously touched his abdomen with his right hand, but quickly moved away.
"Hey, Xu Ping, are you causing trouble again?"
A man in the pool next door asked with a frown when he saw the bright red welt on Li Xing's shoulder.
The person who shouted was Li Jiujiu, a man from the same village as Xu Ping.In his early thirties, he was muscular.
Every time he came to work in the mining area, he would be told by Xu Ping's mother, hoping to take care of Xu Ping in the mining area.
After scrubbing casually, when Li Xing hurried ashore, Li Jiujiu's voice came from behind him again, "Xu Ping, what are you going to do so fast?"
"I have to go back early to see my mother and brother. I won't wait for Uncle Li."
While speaking, Li Xing put on the brand new set of robes, shoes and socks, and put the bag of broken silver in the tattered clothes beside him into his arms.
"Remember to go back early, don't worry your mother."
"Thank you, Uncle Li, for your concern. You too..." Li Xing was very tactful and didn't continue talking.
After leaving the mining area and walking on the familiar mountain road, Li Xing walked lightly. There were laborers who went out of the mining area together in front of him and behind him, but there were not many people, only a dozen or so people.
After walking for more than an hour, Li Xing stopped at a tea shed in the mountains.
Looking up at the sky again, Li Xing estimated in his heart that he would be able to get out of this lush forest after walking for more than an hour.
With the sun above his head and hunger and thirst in his belly, Li Xing hesitated for a moment, then walked straight towards the tea shed, and greeted the old man who was the shopkeeper.
I ordered a bowl of cool tea, Gulu Gulu drank two bowls in a row, and ordered two big steamed buns.
The shopkeeper of the tea shed is a more than 60-year-old man, and there is a seven- or eight-year-old girl beside him to help the old man take care of the guests.
After eating and cleaning up, Li Xing took out a piece of broken silver from his pocket and handed it to the other side of the table.
"Little girl, you and grandpa made a lot of money today."
The little girl turned her head and smiled, showing a pair of small canine teeth to Li Xing happily, and handed him another bowl of herbal tea.
Turning around, he put away the piece of broken silver at the corner of the table, and handed it to his grandfather.
There was a soft smile in Li Xing's eyes, when his eyes fell on the little girl's hands.He was hesitating in his heart, "This hand is not like a girl's immature little hand."
Li Xing did not suspect him, picked up the tea bowl, and as soon as he handed it to his mouth, he saw the tea in the bowl rippling continuously, and the sound of horseshoes neighing not far behind him.
The sound of horseshoes was getting closer, and then, the sound of ruts rolling over the rocky floor clearly reached Li Xing's ears.
Li Xing turned his head curiously, looking in the direction of the sound of horseshoes, several white lights flashed across his eyes, and rushed towards the team of horses and horses not far away.
The front hooves of the two horses rushing forward were cut, the two horses neighed miserably, and they rowed forward together, drawing four extremely long bloodstains on the mountain road.
The two brocade-clothed men hurriedly stood up from the ground and looked around to guard.
One of them shouted loudly, "Who is it? How dare you attack Feng's car!"
The sudden surprise attack caused the carriage to draw two deep ruts on the ground, and the whole body was shaking constantly.
Fortunately, the coachman was a man with extremely strong arms, so he pulled on the reins with all his strength to hold the two horses he was driving.
"What's going on?" A young man's cold voice came from the carriage, with a hint of displeasure in his tone.
"Don't worry, young master, they are just some little thieves blocking the way."
A brocade-clothed man guarding the carriage glanced disdainfully at the tea shed at the corner of the mountain road, and replied in a gentle voice.
"solve quickly."
"Yes."
With a wave of his right hand, the man in brocade clothes led six or seven guards and galloped towards the tea shed.
The remaining seven or eight guards stayed around the carriage, watching the forest on both sides of the mountain road vigilantly.
Li Xing was terrified when he was suddenly blocked and killed. Like the others in the tea shed, he hurriedly ran towards the mountains and forests, not daring to stay here any longer.
The long sword was unsheathed, and the cold light suddenly rose.
The old man in the tea shed and the little girl took out their long swords from under the wooden table, leapt forward, and charged directly at the six or seven guards who came on horseback.
The figures of the two were extremely strange, and they appeared next to the two guards rushing forward in an instant, leaving two afterimages behind them.
The long swords in the hands of the two pierced the void, the horse's head fell directly, and blood sprayed into the air like a spring.
Due to the extremely fast running speed, the horse's body still maintained a posture of continuing to charge forward.
Looking at the two in front of him, they don't look like old men and children at all.
The leading guard hastily tightened the reins, and asked cautiously, "Who are you? How dare you rob and kill members of the Feng family!"
The leader of the guards directly stated his identity, hoping that through the identity of the Feng family, he could deter the other party and make these road robbers retreat.
"Feng Family? We are the ones who specialize in robbing the Feng Family."
In the dense forest on one side of the mountain road, six figures flashed quickly, including men and women, old and young.
The person who spoke was the old man standing in front of the carriage.
The leader of the guard looked again, and at this time the old man had a crooked figure. After tearing off the human skin mask, the leader of the guard exclaimed in surprise. "It turned out to be you!"
"Uncle Zhong, what's wrong?"
The boy in the carriage waited a little impatiently, he lifted the curtain of the carriage, and frowned slightly when he saw the gangsters surrounding the way.
When he saw the old man standing directly in front of him tearing off the human skin mask, his heart trembled, his right hand tightly grasped the car curtain, his figure swayed, and he almost lost his footing.
The portraits of the nine pirates in Nan'an, the heads of the robbers, have long been hung all over the major cities in Nan'an Prefecture. The appearance of the man in front of him is exactly the same as that of Wang Yuanjiang on the most wanted list.
When Li Xing walked through the dense forest, his face was already in a state of distress. His brand-new robe was covered with dust, branches and leaves, and there were several scratches on his trousers.
And these injuries were nothing in Li Xing's eyes. If it wasn't for hiding their identities, those little thieves were nothing at all.
Looking at the sky that was gradually slanting to the west, Li Xing reached into his arms and touched his money bag, and heaved a sigh of relief.
Looking around and recognizing the direction back to the village, Li Xing headed west.
Back to "Zhaojia Village", it was already sunset.
The dog barked again and again, and the cock crowed into Li Xing's ears.The children in the village are chasing their yellow dogs and chickens to play at the gate of the courtyard.
"Brother Daxing, when I grow up, I will go to work in the mountains with you."
"Brother Daxing, is it fun in the mountains?"
"Xu Jia Dalang is back?" A woman who had finished washing her clothes embraced a wooden basin full of starched clothes in her left hand, and walked past Li Xing with a six- or seven-year-old boy in her right hand.
The little boy naughtily tugged on Li Xing's underwear, which had a hole in it, and poked it a few times with his little hand from time to time.
Li Xing had no choice but to answer in embarrassment, touched the child's little head with his right hand, and said with a smile, "I'm back."
Hearing Li Xing's answer, although the woman was smiling, her eyes still inadvertently showed a hint of worry, and she turned her head slightly and glanced towards the entrance of the village.
The path to the village was empty, and the end of the field of vision was already dark, only some forest trees could be vaguely seen.
Xu Ping's house is a brick house with two courtyards. There are two wing rooms on the left and right sides of the front yard, and each of the two brothers has a room.
In the middle of the courtyard there is a towering old pagoda tree. At the root of the tree is a stone railing made of gray and white stones. Outside the stone railing lies an old yellow dog, taking a nap.
Li Xing learned the details of this family from Xu Ping's narrative. The backyard was the main house. Ever since Xu Ping's father died unexpectedly in the mining area, only Xu's mother lived alone in the backyard.
After Li Xing replaced Xu Ping, he would come back once a month, just to avoid attracting the attention of outsiders.
Earlier when Xu Ping was moving gray and white stones in the mining area, his younger brother Xu An was studying in the side room in the front yard.
After saving some money, Xu Ping deliberately sent his brother to the county school in order to allow his brother to have a good study environment.
I just hope that my younger brother can have a successful day, and don't use coolies to make money like myself.
"Brother, my husband has something to do these few days. I, we just rested for a few days. I will go back to the county school in two days."
Xu An's eyes were full of joy, and he was very happy to see his brother when he returned home this time.
In January, schools in the county are closed for six days, three days each at the beginning, middle and end of the month.
Several times before, every time Xu An came back, only his mother was at home. This time, he was able to meet his brother when he came back, and he was really happy.
More than half of the monthly silver that Xu Ping obtained from the mining area was used to support his younger brother to study and study.There is also a small part of Xu's food and clothing.
"You brat, how have you been reading recently?"
Li Xing patted his brother's broad shoulders and smiled.
"It's okay. I have learned everything my husband taught me recently."
Holding Xu An's arm, the two returned to the yard together.
As soon as he entered the yard, Li Xing yelled towards the backyard, "Mom, I'm back!"
Following the sound of talking, Li Xing kicked the old yellow dog who was still napping, and walked towards the backyard.
"Ping'er is back?"
An old woman's joyful voice came from the backyard, "Wait a little longer, the food will be ready soon."
"okay."
In order to prevent his mother from discovering the scratches and holes in his robe, Li Xing went back to his house to change into an old robe.
Just before entering the door, he threw a bag of broken silver in his arms to his younger brother.
"This is my monthly silver. You take out your expenses, and the rest will be handed over to Mother in a while."
"Okay, brother."
Xu An looked at the bag of broken silver that was still warm in his hand, his eyes were a little moist, and tears welled up in his eyes.
Holding the bag tightly with his right hand, he watched Li Xing stepping into the wing.
The moon and stars are sparse, and the night covers the entire sky.The candles in Zhaojia Village were lit, becoming a ray of light in the darkness.
The "Xu Ping" family of three sat under the old pagoda tree for dinner, and the old yellow dog sat cross-legged next to Xu An, chewing on half a steamed bun thrown by Xu Ping.
"Mother, you need to eat more. As long as you can take good care of your body, Xu An will pick you up and go to Annan Mansion to enjoy your blessings."
"Ping'er, eat more too." Mother Xu picked up some pieces of meat for Li Xing while eating.
A family of three enjoying themselves.
"Mom, I'm going to help my brother in the mining area." Xu An, who had just swallowed a mouthful of food, mumbled.
"Bullshit!"
The chopsticks that Li Xing picked up the food stopped in the air, and he slapped the table heavily, his tone cold.There was a cold look in his eyes, staring at his frail younger brother.
"An'er, how did your father die?"
Hearing that his mother's tone was also cold, Xu An had no choice but to shrink his neck, buried his head in his meal, and dared not speak any more.
"Mother, don't worry. I will persuade my younger brother. Make sure he studies hard. Our family will also produce a scholar."
Li Xing glared at his younger brother again, and his tone was a little milder, "Quickly admit your mistake to mother."
Looking at his brother's sullen eyes, Xu An could only say timidly, "Mother, I know I was wrong. Please forgive me this time."
"Okay, let's not talk about it, you and your brother finally reunited once."
For a while, the atmosphere at the dinner table fell into embarrassment again.
Li Xing could only smile awkwardly, "Mother, you put your heart in your stomach, Xu An dare not listen to you, let's see how I deal with him."
"Okay, mother is not angry. You all have a good meal."
"Well, okay, the food mother cooks is really delicious, it's a thousand times better than the food in the mining area!"
After dinner, the two brothers lay on the roof, and from time to time there were two old yellow dogs barking under the old locust tree in the courtyard.It made Li Xing pick up a piece of gravel from the roof and throw it at the old yellow dog.
"If you dare to quarrel again, you will eat dog meat tomorrow."
Seemingly able to understand Li Xing's words, the old yellow dog immediately shut his mouth, not daring to growl further away.He lay cross-legged back outside the stone railing again, but his two big ears perked up from time to time.
Looking at the moonlight in the sky, Li Xing turned his body sideways, looked towards the direction of Baiyu City in the night sky, and asked casually, "What happened?"
"No, nothing."
"Xu An!"
Li Xing held a weed growing on the roof in his mouth, and lay lazily on the roof, but his voice raised a bit.
Xu An knew that this was a sign before his brother got angry, so he could only reply indifferently, "Brother, I'm really fine."
"Did you get bullied?" Li Xing asked speculatively.
Once the father of the two brothers died, if the mother hadn't asked someone to find a relationship, it would be difficult for him to replace his father's position in the mining area.
And my younger brother entered the county school, which consumed a lot of savings in the family.Li Xing could imagine what happened to Xu An in the county school.
Surrounded by a group of children from aristocratic families, Xu An, a child from an ordinary poor family with no family background, will naturally be bullied by others.
"Mister didn't care?"
Before waiting for his brother's answer, Li Xing asked again.
"It seems that I have taken care of it, but the teachers of the county school are useless." Li Xing spat out the weed leaves in his mouth, and continued to himself.
He patted his younger brother on the shoulder lightly, and said slowly, "If you come to think of a solution to this matter, you should act as if you don't know anything. Study hard at the county school."
"Brother" Xu An suddenly couldn't stop crying.
"They are all big men, don't cry! Let my mother hear it, what will it look like!"
Hearing the crying, Li Xing gave Xu An a cold look, and then said softly.
Thinking that I am so useless, I need my brother to sell coolies to support myself.I was bullied at the county school, and I had to help my brother in the mining area.
Thinking of this, Xu An felt that all his books had been read into the dog's stomach.
More than three hours ago, the dense forest on the mountain road obscured the afterglow of the setting sun, and the wounded little girl ran forward quickly.
Her whereabouts are extremely secretive, and she is also the most secretive one among the nine thieves.
The little girl has escaped three waves of pursuit.Precisely because she snatched something that shouldn't belong to her.
There were a lot of people chasing her, more than ten people.
The little girl lost a lot of blood, and against the backdrop of the moonlight, her lips and cheeks looked paler and bloodless.
The dense forest was surprisingly quiet, and no sound could be heard around.
At this moment, there was a look of smug joy in her eyes, but her hands tightened the brocade box tied behind her back again.
This is what her brothers and sisters exchanged for their lives. I don't know how many of the Nan'an Nine Pirates are left at this time.
If Li Xing was here, he would definitely be able to recognize this thin girl as the little girl in the tea shed by the mountain road who collected his broken money.
The appearance of the Nan'an Nine Pirates on the mountain road was originally a well-planned robbery, and the nine of them had received careful information from their superiors before they set off.
The mining area here is located in a remote place in Nan'an Prefecture, and it is an unnamed mine vein.
The nine of them originally only needed to rob the Feng family's gray stone spirit crystal.I never expected to meet two first-rank warriors.
Three months ago, there was news from the upper family, but there was no mention of a rank-[-] martial artist guarding it.
There were actually two first-rank warriors in that carriage.If the nine of them hadn't shot at the same time, I'm afraid they wouldn't even have the chance to escape.
Before the two first-rank warriors appeared in the carriage, the nine of them chose to attack at the same time.
The nine rolled up leaves are like nine giant dragons rushing towards the carriage.
But those two first-rank warriors only held their right hands horizontally, with their palms down, slightly pressing down.
The strong wind rolled up by the nine broken leaves smashed the carriage, but the two first-rank warriors and the young man in brocade clothes behind them were safe, even unscathed.
If it wasn't for the young man in brocade clothes who had murderous intentions, the nine of them would not have been able to snatch the brocade box behind the little girl.
The little girl who was running wildly in the dense forest didn't dare to think about the two first-rank warriors anymore, but just raised her hand, and in the center of her palm, a sword light kept spinning in front of her, at an increasingly faster speed, until it was almost invisible to the naked eye.
The moment the carriage collapsed, two first-rank warriors stepped on the void, one behind the other, with a faint ripple under their feet, and walked slowly to the stone road full of potholes.
But the sword light in the palm of that first-rank martial artist became more and more glaring, and when he waved his hand, it pierced the air like a sharp arrow, making bursts of buzzing sounds.
If the two nine thieves hadn't tried their best, the rest of them would have been stunned by the sword light on the spot.
At that time, Wang Yuanjiang, the leader of the Nan'an Nine Pirates, chose to quickly grab the brocade box that the brocade-clothed boy had been carrying while the rest of his brothers and sisters were rushing towards the two first-rank warriors.
Fortunately, the boy in brocade clothes sent two first-rank martial artists to kill the Nine Pirates of Nan'an, leaving only a few guards around him.
Otherwise, Wang Yuanjiang would not have had the opportunity to give the little girl a hands-on look.
Wang Yuanjiang attacked from the front, while the little girl hid in the dark and attacked.
The two attacked at the same time, and while the brocade-clothed boy was flustered, the little girl caught the brocade-clothed boy in an instant and snatched the brocade box.
While everyone was fighting, he wounded the young man in brocade clothes.It quickly disappeared into the dense forest on one side, completely disregarding the lives of the rest of the nine robbers who came together.
Looking up at the moonlight in the sky, the little girl's body trembled slightly, her breathing became more and more disordered, and she ran continuously, causing his physical strength to be exhausted to the limit.
Now, I can only lean against a tree trunk quietly, panting heavily.
"It's really unlucky to meet a first-rank martial artist. I don't know if the others can escape."
The little girl tapped her toes lightly, and her figure appeared in the dense canopy, blending into the night.
Looking at a light at the foot of the mountain, a village could be seen vaguely, and the little girl didn't move anymore.
After going around for a long time, he sneaked towards the village in his memory a few days later.
Early the next morning, Li Xingyuan wanted to take his brother to the county school with him during his rest day.
It's also good to investigate secretly to find out who is bullying his younger brother.
As a result, I was still having breakfast in the courtyard with my mother and younger brother, when I heard the sound of dogs barking and chickens barking in the whole village, which was very noisy.
"Search door-to-door, and don't let go of any suspicious places."
"My lord, what happened, I'm afraid that the villagers' homes will be searched like this."
"I said Zhao Lizheng, you'd better cooperate with the adults of our government office, otherwise you will have good fruit to eat."
Li Xing, who was sitting in the courtyard having breakfast, directly heard the worried voice of one of the old men. It was the father of Supervisor Zhao in the mining area and Li Zheng of their Zhaojia Village.
And the other person who shouted the order, took Li Xing to push open the corner of the house and saw clearly that he was the arresting officer of the government office.
At this moment, the villagers in the village all noticed the noise at the entrance of the village, and they all came out of their homes one after another, watching a group of more than a hundred government officials appear at the entrance of the village.
Li Xing was very sharp-eyed, and he noticed at a glance that there were a few men in brocade clothes standing outside the government office, and they were carefully watching the movement outside the village.
"Ping'er, you must not go out and cause trouble."
Before Li Xing stepped out to find out what happened, Xu's mother's voice came from behind him.
"Mother, don't worry, I have my own measure. I will never worry you. Besides, there is Uncle Zhao, he is the father of Supervisor Zhao. I just went to see."
"I'll go too." Xu An, who had put down his chopsticks under the old locust tree, was about to get up when he met his brother's warning eyes, and obediently sat back in his seat.
Only then did Mother Xu's worried expression ease a little, and she exhorted softly, "You must obey the orders of the official servant in everything."
"Okay. Mother, I see."
Before Xu's mother could continue to give instructions, Li Xing had already walked out of the house and closed the door behind him.
"Stay where you are and don't move!"
Li Xing had just stepped out of the house when he bumped into two yamen servants head-on, one of them said coldly.
Seeing hundreds of officials going from house to house to search the house, Li Xing had no choice but to stand obediently and ask Zhao Lizheng what was going on with his eyes.
Zhao Lizheng bent down and lowered his head to explain a few words to the adults on the side. The government office officer looked at Li Xing carefully from the side, and motioned to an officer on the side to bring Li Xing closer.
When they got closer, the government officials looked at Li Xing carefully again, and squeezed Li Xing's shoulders with his hands. At the same time, he lifted his robe and carefully checked his chest, abdomen and back. Scabbed welts.
"Your name is Xu Ping?"
"My lord, the Caomin is Xu Ping."
"People in the mining area?"
Li Xing didn't know what the other party wanted to do, and he replied in a low voice, "Yes, I don't know what's the matter, my lord?"
When Li Xing replied, he noticed out of the corner of his eye that more than a dozen guards came out of their house and shook their heads at the government officials.
"You went back to the village yesterday afternoon and didn't find anything suspicious?"
"Suspicious?" Li Xing was startled, and thought to himself, "Could it be the robbery that happened on the mountain road yesterday afternoon?"
"Huh?" The guard frowned slightly when he saw the young man in front of him, as if he was thinking, he asked in a cold voice, "What are you thinking!"
"No, I didn't think about anything." Li Xing recovered from his contemplation, and hurriedly denied, "I didn't find anything suspicious."
Li Xing didn't want to have anything to do with the robbery yesterday afternoon, he just drank a few bowls of tea.
The guard stared at Li Xing again. "Well, since you haven't found anything suspicious, you can go first."
The government official waved his hand, motioning for Li Xing to back down.
Li Xing turned his head and walked slowly back to his home.But he never expected that there were two pairs of sharp eyes staring at his back quietly.
The servants of the government office stayed in Zhaojia Village all morning before leaving.Every corner of the village was inspected, and nothing suspicious was found, so everyone left angrily.
After the servants of the government office left, many people in the village fell into tension and panic.
"I heard that there was a robbery and killing in the mining area, and many people died. What should we do now?"
"Did the official come to our village to find the murderer?"
"No way, the village is full of kind-hearted people, how could someone do such a thing as blocking the road and robbing and killing people?"
"Master Xu, is Mr. Xu there?"
Li Xing was listening to the discussions of the villagers outside, but he heard the village chief's voice outside his house.
Still in deep thought, I heard the door creak open.
"So it's the Erlang of the Xu family. Where's your brother?" Zhao Lizheng asked hoarsely.
Lizhang Zhao has been busy this morning, just to prevent the police officers from being rude.
"My brother? He's here."
As soon as Li Xing opened the door of his room, he saw the village head leading two men in light blue robes into his courtyard.
As soon as the two strangers stepped into the courtyard, the old yellow dog kept barking at them.
"Go, go. Stay and go." Li Xing kicked the old yellow dog next to the stone fence.
With a whimper, the old yellow dog could only curl up and stop hissing at the two men in light blue robes at the door.
"Uncle Zhao, who are they?"
Li Xing asked curiously. He still had an impression of the clothes of the two men. He had seen them in the mining area. They were the two men next to the young man in brocade clothes.
"Oh, these two are adults from Nan'an Mansion." Zhao Lizheng came sideways to Li Xing's side, and whispered, "The two adults are warriors."
Although Li Zheng didn't know the true identities of the two, the servants of the government office had always been respectful in front of them before, and even reminded him in a low voice, "Don't be negligent, let alone offend."
If Zhao Lizheng did not go to the government office frequently, he would never have received such shocking news.
"Musha!"
Li Xing was taken aback skillfully, and then a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.
The two more than 20-year-old men in front of them were dressed in light blue robes, with a windy figure.
With an embarrassing cough, Li Xing led the way, and they came to the main hall of the Xu family together.One of the warriors randomly found a place, and the other warrior in a light blue robe stood outside the door under the eaves and waved his hand, signaling Xu An and Zhao Lizheng to leave temporarily.
"What's the meaning here?"
Li Xing just wanted his younger brother to serve tea to the two warriors, but the man in the light blue robe in front of him carried him to his side like a chicken.
The man standing under the eaves said coldly to Zhao Lizheng and Xu An, "There is nothing for you here."
"Brother, you guys!" Xu An was about to argue, but Li Xing turned his head and stared back.
Feeling the opponent's decisive shot, Li Xing didn't want his cheap brother to make any mistakes.
The two had no choice but to retreat under the old locust tree in the courtyard with helpless faces, and peeked anxiously at the main hall.
Being held by the neck, Li Xing felt a chill, so he could only smile cautiously, "What do you two adults want from me?"
"You lied"
"Lying?" Li Xing's complexion changed slightly, his body tightened slightly, and he smiled wryly, "I don't understand what your lord said."
"Don't understand?" The corner of the mouth of the man leaning on the wooden chair raised slightly, and with a slight push with his right hand, Li Xing staggered and fell to the ground.
Inadvertently, the two looked at each other, and seeing each other's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, Li Xing gritted his teeth and insisted, "I really don't know what the warrior means."
"Ok?"
The man in the light blue robe had a cold expression on his face, leaned forward slightly, stared down at Li Xing on the ground, and said coldly, "We are from Nan'an Mansion, you'd better tell the truth, but if there is even the slightest deception, there will be consequences."
The man's slender fingers pressed down slightly, and a breath rippled at the fingertips, centered on the fingertips, and continuously spread to the surroundings.
An invisible coercion enveloped Li Xing's head, making him breathless.
His limbs tried their best to support his body, but the invisible coercion was like a mountain, so he didn't have the strength to answer.
The cold sweat on his forehead kept oozing out, dripping down his cheeks and chin to the ground.
Li Xing watched the accumulation of sweat on the ground, his pupils constricted, he fell into panic, and his heartbeat became more and more violent.
The invisible coercion around his body is getting bigger and bigger, and the beads of sweat dripping from his jaw are getting bigger and bigger.
For a moment, Li Xing's whole body was pressed to the ground.The jaw directly hit the puddle of sweat, and the splashed sweat directly hit his face.
Li Xing felt that his body was about to fall apart completely, his bones were about to stimulate his muscles, but the pressure on his body was getting heavier and heavier, causing his body to sink into the ground.
Li Xing's nose, mouth, palms, stomach and toes all sank into the ground.
After a full quarter of an hour, this terrifying coercion suddenly dissipated.
"hu~hu~hu~"
It was as if he was on the line between life and death, pulling back his own life.Li Xing was panting heavily, but his face was as pale as snow.
"You still dare to lie?"
The man in the light blue robe raised his fingers slightly upwards, and Li Xing was lifted by an invisible pull. He knelt on the ground and looked at the man in brocade in horror.
"Nan'an Prefecture, it's not something you can provoke. You'd better answer truthfully."
Looking at the cold gaze in the other party's eyes, Li Xing nodded hastily, fearing that the man in front of him would be slightly displeased and let himself feel the terrifying coercion again.
"Excuse me, my lord. I dare not lie a little bit." Li Xing opened his mouth wide, tried his best to pretend to be scared, took a deep breath, and replied.
"very good."
The man shook his hand, threw Li Xing on the ground, and then asked, "Can you find suspicious people appearing in the village?"
Without hesitation, Li Xing shook his head like a rattle.
"No?"
Another man standing under the eaves made a curious sound. Although his back was facing the two people in the main hall, he had a clear perception of every move in the house.
The man was indeed a little curious. He never thought that this mountain villager would dare to answer such a question when he was pressed so hard.
Sensing the displeased tone of the warrior outside the house, Li Xing hurriedly explained, "I really didn't find anything suspicious. After I got home yesterday, I stayed at home and never went out. I, I really"
Before Li Xing could finish speaking, the man standing under the eaves flicked his right middle finger, and a gust of wind hit Li Xing's chest directly, and the breath that had just eased was hit by an invisible air current.
"Feng Hao, be careful to scare people silly." The man sitting opposite Li Xing said softly with a smile on his lips.
"The little girl disappeared in the forest outside the village, and the young master's people searched for it all night but found no clues. Aren't you curious?"
The man named Feng Hao still turned his back to the two people in the room, and Li Xing turned his head sideways, spitting out blood.
"The Nine Pirates are too courageous, even dare to snatch the gray stone spirit crystal of the Feng family." The man in front of Li Xing clenched his right hand tightly into a fist, making a creaking sound of bones colliding.
"Could it be that this kid reported the news, otherwise how could they be so well prepared?" Feng Hao's right hand was behind his back, his voice was cold.
"No, it's not me. I'm just a small man in the mountains. How dare you?" Before Li Xing continued to explain, the man sitting opposite him laughed.
"he?"
"He was in that hut yesterday." Feng Hao said flatly, without any turmoil in his mind.
"I, I'm just resting there, I really don't know that group of people."
"I'm just an ordinary coolie in the mining area, and I really have nothing to do with them."
(End of this chapter)
Both of them reached a certain tacit understanding, Feng Tianyuan did not move Pingtian Tower again, and Xie Wufeng just stayed here, and did not attack the Yunan Army and Feng family members.
As soon as he dodged, Xie Wufeng appeared on the orchid on the top floor of Pingtian Building, with a trace of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.
Once again attracting the attention of the Heavenly Dao of this world, under the purple thunder, he was seriously injured again.
Sitting cross-legged, Xie Wufeng shot his right hand, and another brocade box fell into his hand, quickly absorbing the vitality of heaven and earth contained in a century-old rare herb.
A bewitching young man who can induce visions of heaven and earth, and an old monster who can be overwhelmed by strength.
Both of them have a tacit understanding and no longer lay hands on each other.
In the main hall of the main residence of the Feng Mansion, Feng Tianyuan was still a little dazed after freshening up, thinking about the purple thunder before.
In the hall, the elders of the Feng family stood respectfully.
"Old Ancestor, Ancestor, why don't you?"
Feng Bufan, who stood at the front of the crowd, was a little puzzled, looking at the back of the ancestor.
My ancestor could directly raze the Pingtian Building to the ground, so why did he let that kid Xie Wufeng go.
The rest of the people in the hall were silent, waiting quietly for the ancestor of the Feng family.
After a long time, Feng Tianyuan came back from his contemplation, turned his head and glanced back at the head of the Feng family whom he personally appointed.
"Extraordinary, you are still extraordinary. You can go against anything the old man told you!"
Everyone in the audience was shocked, and everyone thought that the ancestor would punish Feng Bufan severely for his previous decision.
As a result, what Feng Tianyuan said next made everyone even more terrified.
"I don't know if you can feel what is hidden behind that purple thunder. If the old man's guess is correct, then there must be a heaven behind Zilei."
Feng Bufan stood there, stunned, unable to believe what he heard.
"Xie Wufeng can actually let the Heavenly Gate come down? That is the Heavenly Gate that the Xu family's celestial beings once cut off."
Feng Bufan sucked in a breath of cold air, his eyes showed undisguised shock, "Old Ancestor, is this serious?"
There are also half-step Heavenly Human Realm powerhouses in the hall, but there is still a huge gap between them and the Heavenly Human Realm, unlike Feng Tianyuan, who are only separated by a thin line.
"This is also the reason why the old man didn't continue to do it. If that young man really has some kind of secret technique to lead the Tianmen, our Feng family must not make enemies with him."
"Once the gate of heaven is opened, warriors on this continent will have a way to ascend to heaven. At that time, heavenly beings may also come to the world again through the gate of heaven."
"We don't know the real details of that young man now, so there is no need to completely offend them because of some trivial matters before. I believe that with the strength that the old man has shown today, that young man will not target what you did before."
"Thank you old man!"
Before, Xie Wufeng wanted to seal the life of Bufan's lineage, but now that he was blessed by the ancestor of the Feng family, Bufan breathed a sigh of relief, and the heavy pressure hanging over his head dissipated instantly.
"Doesn't he need a lot of cultivation resources? If the old man remembers correctly, the largest mine vein in the Southern Region is located in Nan'an Mansion. It can be given to the young man as a good fortune."
"Old Ancestor, that is the largest mining area of our Feng Family in the Southern Region, do you really want to give it to that young man?"
An elder from the Feng family bowed in salute, with a hint of unwillingness in his eyes.
Although the mine vein in Nan'an Prefecture only produces the lowest level of heaven and earth spiritual materials, it is also the largest in the Southern Region.
"Don't talk more!"
At this moment, in Feng Tianyuan's heart, nothing is as important as opening the gate of heaven.Once the gate of heaven is opened, he can catch a glimpse of a chance to break through the shackles and bottlenecks.
As for Xie Wufeng's arrangement, Feng Tianyuan hoped to firmly trap him in the Southern Region. He didn't need cultivation resources, so he would give them.
If there is no one in the southern domain, go to other domains to seize it.As long as the Heavenly Human Realm of the Dynasty does not make a move, Feng Tianyuan really has no one to fear.
After giving orders, Feng Tianyuan asked everyone to disperse.
And the news that the ancestor of the Feng family regained control of the Feng family also spread throughout Yunan City after the war, and the previous head of the family, Feng Bufan, appeared in Pingtianlou.
However, only human heads.
"That patriarch of your Feng family is really willing."
Xie Wufeng frowned slightly, looking at a large box of natural materials and earthly treasures, all of which were cultivation resources for a hundred years, and the human head beside him.
His gaze finally fell on a middle-aged man in a fine attire, the new head of the Feng family, Feng Changyi, an elder from a collateral clan.He chuckled lightly, "Even if Feng Tianyuan doesn't kill Feng Bufan, I can't do anything about the Feng family now. What's the meaning of your patriarch?"
Knowing from the old ancestor that the young man in front of him might have a way to lead out of the Tianmen, Feng Changyi put his posture extremely low and said. "Mr. Xie, don't worry, our Feng family hopes to be friends with Mr. Mr. I hope Mr. can forget the past and forgive the previous mistakes of the Feng family."
"Also, our Feng family will fully bear the cultivation resources that Mr. needs. You just need to ask, and our Feng family will do our best to do it."
Looking back on his previous life, Wanqian Daoyu would do whatever Xie Wufeng wanted as soon as possible. He never thought that he would have this feeling again when he came to this world.
After thinking for a while, Xie Wufeng still didn't think about what the ancestor of the Feng family wanted to do.
However, he does need a lot of cultivation resources at present, since the other party is willing to send them to his door, he will accept them all.
As for Feng Changyi's mention of the Nan'an Mansion's mine veins, I also want to know what the so-called spiritual mines in this world are like.
Xie Wufeng did not refuse the Feng family's wishes and accepted them all.
In this way, he can get whatever he wants for the cultivation resources in the entire southern region, and the sense of urgency in his heart is slightly relaxed.
As for the mine vein, Xie Wufeng planned to take a rest for a while and go to see it himself.
Nanyu, Nan'an Prefecture.
In an unnamed mining area, there are many rocks and jagged rocks.
The periphery of the mining area is an ancient dense forest with a radius of more than ten miles.There is a wide mountain road leading directly to the ring mining area.
At this moment, hundreds of men in rough clothes are walking heavy steps in the mining area, slowly walking out of the dark and bottomless mine.
The heavy back basket pressed out a huge arc on the body of every rough-clothed man who walked out of the mine.
At the entrance of one of the mines, a pair of callused fingers stretched out to block the sunlight that pierced the eyes.
Soon, a thin young man wearing a tattered clothes struggled to prop up his weak body, exhausted his last bit of strength, and crawled out of the mine.
The figure fell to the left before standing still.
Before the young man's butt touched the ground, he heard the sound of stones rolling to the ground.
A few off-white stones fell from the back basket to the ground.
Before the young man reached out to pick up the few gray-white stones that had rolled on the ground.
"Crack!" A crisp whip sound sounded above the young man's head.
The young man wanted to sit at the entrance of the mine to take a rest, but he never thought that when he turned sideways due to his thin body, some of the gray-white stones in the basket fell to the ground.
"Inspector Zhao, please be merciful, I will pick up the gray stone right now." The young man replied hoarsely.
The gray stone is just the off-white stone in the young man's back basket, which contains a trace of earth soul essence.
It is also a kind of earth vein essence abundant in the Bainan Region, and it is also a resource for warriors to practice.
The young man endured the pain, completely ignoring the crimson blood that had flowed from his forehead, and blocked his sight.
But the moment before the young man bent over, there was a trace of longing in his eyes, and his eyes looked at the end of the high sky in the distance through the gap of blood.
The young man hastily picked up all the gray and white stones that had fallen on the ground, and was bowing his body, when he was about to put a few gray and white stones in his hand into the basket, he saw another whip shadow out of the corner of his eye.
On the other end of the whip shadow is a burly middle-aged man, wearing a light blue gown, who is the supervisor of the mine here, known as "Zhao Supervisor".
"Snapped!"
There were a few gaps in the already tattered coarse cloth robe on the young man's body.
"Xu Ping, don't let me get out of the way! If you delay the adults' errands, it will not be too much to take your life!" Supervisor Zhao scolded coldly.
The young man who had been whipped several times was named Xu Ping, and his real identity was Li Xing, the only surviving man from the Li family's lineage in Yunan City.
After the battle between the ancestor of the Feng family and Xie Wufeng, the Feng family took over the property of the Li family in Yunan City.Li Xing was dispatched by the Feng family to the mine here.
Although he was a warrior, Li Xing dared not fight back under the whipping of these supervisors.
Survival is his greatest hope now, and coming here to the mine vein is an opportunity he spent a lot of resources to get.
The purpose is to cultivate secretly, and this is the largest mine vein in the southern region.
Hearing Supervisor Zhao's icy voice, the young man didn't dare to resist, so he could only fasten the pannier tightly on his body, and then hid himself aside, so as not to affect the accomplices who came out of the mine behind.
At the same time, he also cleverly avoided the heaviest blow of the whip.
He was still muttering in his heart, "Zhao Tou is usually a kind person, why is he so cold today, and his strikes are so heavy. Fortunately, I have quick eyesight and quick hands, otherwise I would really lie flat."
Soon, dozens of laborers came out of the mine one after another, and their backpacks were filled with a lot of gray-white stones.
Just when Li Xing turned around, from the corner of his eye, he saw more than a dozen men in brocade clothes standing on the high platform of the square, and dozens of first-rank warriors from the Feng family were around.
At this moment, a middle-aged man in a blue robe was standing respectfully beside a straight young man with a smile on his face.
The middle-aged man said something from time to time, because the distance was too far, it was a full three or four hundred steps away.
Naturally, Li Xing couldn't hear it, and could only vaguely see the young man in brocade clothes, occasionally nodding slightly.
On the other side of the youth in Chinese clothes stood two first-rank warriors in light blue robes.
These two first-rank martial artists are all imposing, with the posture of a peak powerhouse, which is really different.
"What are you still doing here? Why don't you hurry up and hand over the gray stone. Don't you want this month's money?"
Noticing that Li Xing was distracted, Supervisor Zhao snorted again.
"Yes, yes, how can I not! The family is still waiting for my monthly silver!" Li Xing grinned.
With a smile on his face, he didn't have the painful look when he was beaten just now, but the steps under his feet still betrayed him.
The person in charge outside the warehouse checked and accepted the gray and white stones that Li Xing took out from the basket with both hands one by one.
"I was lucky this time. I actually dug out 61 gray stones. The moon silver is 50 taels." After careful inspection, a manager covering his mouth and nose said.
A strong man at the end of the counter threw a bag of broken silver at Li Xing.
Li Xing hurried forward and grabbed the bag of broken silver that was thrown over.
He shook it slightly in his hand, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, bowed and said with a smile, "Thank you, brother. Thank you all in charge."
Knowing that I haven't bathed for more than a month, I already have the smell on my body.
In order not to annoy the staff in charge, Li Xing put the broken silver in his arms and left the counter with brisk steps.
Walking through many teams, he came to Supervisor Zhao's side after a while.
"What? Haven't had enough whips yet?"
Before Li Xing could speak, Supervisor Zhao raised the whip in his hand again.
Li Xing hurriedly grabbed Supervisor Zhao's wrist holding the whip with his right hand, and smiled brightly. "Don't, Zhaotou. You can be my Xu Ping's reborn parents. You love me the most."
After pressing the long whip in Supervisor Zhao's hand back to his side from mid-air, Li Xing took out five taels of silver from the bag in his arms, and quietly handed it to Supervisor Zhao.
"Zhao Tou, this is your allowance for this month."
Supervisor Zhao didn't hesitate, took the broken silver in Li Xing's hand with his right hand, stuffed it into his arms, and whispered, "Don't cause trouble for me."
At the same time, the right hand held Li Xing's left hand again, and returned some of the money that Li Xing gave.
"Zhao Tou, how dare I make trouble for you."
Supervisor Zhao glared at Li Xing, with a look of warning on his face. "Don't stay in the mining area, wash up and go back early."
In order to prevent people from carrying private goods, the mining area smuggled gray and white stones out.
Everyone who leaves the mining area has to wash up before leaving, and the clothes they carry are also carefully checked to prevent someone from smuggling gray and white stones.
The hard workers who had accepted the Huishi were all happy at this moment, and everyone had this month's silver in their arms.Everyone headed towards a mountain spring bath on the north side of the mining area.
The mountain spring bath consists of more than a dozen pools with a diameter of more than ten feet. The upstream spring flows from the south to the north, rushes into each pool, and then flows into the mountain forest further north from the other end.
Each pool is made of gray boulders, and there is a two-foot-wide stone road between the two pools.
Li Xing walked towards the mountain spring bath with the team, and greeted the blue-shirted supervisors patrolling back and forth on the stone road with respectful smiles.
Sometimes he would deliberately open his tattered robes to show his innocence and prove that he did not bring any private goods with him.
Previously, when someone entered the mountain spring bath, the supervisor found that he had brought private goods with him, and that person was naturally beaten to death outside the mountain spring bath in front of many coolies.
Since then, no one dared to carry private goods.
"Here you are." As soon as he entered the mountain spring bath, a big-armed supervisor handed over a brand-new set of robes, shoes and socks to Li Xing.
"Thank you, supervisor." Li Xing bowed and saluted.
When they came to a pool more than ten feet away, dozens of shirtless men were already crowded in the pool, scrubbing each other's bodies.
As soon as the clear river water entered the pool, it immediately became turbid.
But rough men like Li Xing would not dislike the muddy water in the pool, and would talk and laugh in the pool.
Li Xing had no choice but to go to the pool on the other side to take a bath, and wash off the dirt that had accumulated on his body for a month.
After walking through seven or eight pools in a row, Li Xing found a pool with a slightly smaller number of people. He carefully placed the newly issued robes on a high side of the pool, and at the same time took off the tattered robes on his body and put them aside.
He turned around and jumped straight into the pool, splashing a cloud of muddy water.
Li Xing stretched comfortably, and smiled brightly at the few people who were taking a bath together.
After rubbing his hands back and forth on his body, he subconsciously touched his abdomen with his right hand, but quickly moved away.
"Hey, Xu Ping, are you causing trouble again?"
A man in the pool next door asked with a frown when he saw the bright red welt on Li Xing's shoulder.
The person who shouted was Li Jiujiu, a man from the same village as Xu Ping.In his early thirties, he was muscular.
Every time he came to work in the mining area, he would be told by Xu Ping's mother, hoping to take care of Xu Ping in the mining area.
After scrubbing casually, when Li Xing hurried ashore, Li Jiujiu's voice came from behind him again, "Xu Ping, what are you going to do so fast?"
"I have to go back early to see my mother and brother. I won't wait for Uncle Li."
While speaking, Li Xing put on the brand new set of robes, shoes and socks, and put the bag of broken silver in the tattered clothes beside him into his arms.
"Remember to go back early, don't worry your mother."
"Thank you, Uncle Li, for your concern. You too..." Li Xing was very tactful and didn't continue talking.
After leaving the mining area and walking on the familiar mountain road, Li Xing walked lightly. There were laborers who went out of the mining area together in front of him and behind him, but there were not many people, only a dozen or so people.
After walking for more than an hour, Li Xing stopped at a tea shed in the mountains.
Looking up at the sky again, Li Xing estimated in his heart that he would be able to get out of this lush forest after walking for more than an hour.
With the sun above his head and hunger and thirst in his belly, Li Xing hesitated for a moment, then walked straight towards the tea shed, and greeted the old man who was the shopkeeper.
I ordered a bowl of cool tea, Gulu Gulu drank two bowls in a row, and ordered two big steamed buns.
The shopkeeper of the tea shed is a more than 60-year-old man, and there is a seven- or eight-year-old girl beside him to help the old man take care of the guests.
After eating and cleaning up, Li Xing took out a piece of broken silver from his pocket and handed it to the other side of the table.
"Little girl, you and grandpa made a lot of money today."
The little girl turned her head and smiled, showing a pair of small canine teeth to Li Xing happily, and handed him another bowl of herbal tea.
Turning around, he put away the piece of broken silver at the corner of the table, and handed it to his grandfather.
There was a soft smile in Li Xing's eyes, when his eyes fell on the little girl's hands.He was hesitating in his heart, "This hand is not like a girl's immature little hand."
Li Xing did not suspect him, picked up the tea bowl, and as soon as he handed it to his mouth, he saw the tea in the bowl rippling continuously, and the sound of horseshoes neighing not far behind him.
The sound of horseshoes was getting closer, and then, the sound of ruts rolling over the rocky floor clearly reached Li Xing's ears.
Li Xing turned his head curiously, looking in the direction of the sound of horseshoes, several white lights flashed across his eyes, and rushed towards the team of horses and horses not far away.
The front hooves of the two horses rushing forward were cut, the two horses neighed miserably, and they rowed forward together, drawing four extremely long bloodstains on the mountain road.
The two brocade-clothed men hurriedly stood up from the ground and looked around to guard.
One of them shouted loudly, "Who is it? How dare you attack Feng's car!"
The sudden surprise attack caused the carriage to draw two deep ruts on the ground, and the whole body was shaking constantly.
Fortunately, the coachman was a man with extremely strong arms, so he pulled on the reins with all his strength to hold the two horses he was driving.
"What's going on?" A young man's cold voice came from the carriage, with a hint of displeasure in his tone.
"Don't worry, young master, they are just some little thieves blocking the way."
A brocade-clothed man guarding the carriage glanced disdainfully at the tea shed at the corner of the mountain road, and replied in a gentle voice.
"solve quickly."
"Yes."
With a wave of his right hand, the man in brocade clothes led six or seven guards and galloped towards the tea shed.
The remaining seven or eight guards stayed around the carriage, watching the forest on both sides of the mountain road vigilantly.
Li Xing was terrified when he was suddenly blocked and killed. Like the others in the tea shed, he hurriedly ran towards the mountains and forests, not daring to stay here any longer.
The long sword was unsheathed, and the cold light suddenly rose.
The old man in the tea shed and the little girl took out their long swords from under the wooden table, leapt forward, and charged directly at the six or seven guards who came on horseback.
The figures of the two were extremely strange, and they appeared next to the two guards rushing forward in an instant, leaving two afterimages behind them.
The long swords in the hands of the two pierced the void, the horse's head fell directly, and blood sprayed into the air like a spring.
Due to the extremely fast running speed, the horse's body still maintained a posture of continuing to charge forward.
Looking at the two in front of him, they don't look like old men and children at all.
The leading guard hastily tightened the reins, and asked cautiously, "Who are you? How dare you rob and kill members of the Feng family!"
The leader of the guards directly stated his identity, hoping that through the identity of the Feng family, he could deter the other party and make these road robbers retreat.
"Feng Family? We are the ones who specialize in robbing the Feng Family."
In the dense forest on one side of the mountain road, six figures flashed quickly, including men and women, old and young.
The person who spoke was the old man standing in front of the carriage.
The leader of the guard looked again, and at this time the old man had a crooked figure. After tearing off the human skin mask, the leader of the guard exclaimed in surprise. "It turned out to be you!"
"Uncle Zhong, what's wrong?"
The boy in the carriage waited a little impatiently, he lifted the curtain of the carriage, and frowned slightly when he saw the gangsters surrounding the way.
When he saw the old man standing directly in front of him tearing off the human skin mask, his heart trembled, his right hand tightly grasped the car curtain, his figure swayed, and he almost lost his footing.
The portraits of the nine pirates in Nan'an, the heads of the robbers, have long been hung all over the major cities in Nan'an Prefecture. The appearance of the man in front of him is exactly the same as that of Wang Yuanjiang on the most wanted list.
When Li Xing walked through the dense forest, his face was already in a state of distress. His brand-new robe was covered with dust, branches and leaves, and there were several scratches on his trousers.
And these injuries were nothing in Li Xing's eyes. If it wasn't for hiding their identities, those little thieves were nothing at all.
Looking at the sky that was gradually slanting to the west, Li Xing reached into his arms and touched his money bag, and heaved a sigh of relief.
Looking around and recognizing the direction back to the village, Li Xing headed west.
Back to "Zhaojia Village", it was already sunset.
The dog barked again and again, and the cock crowed into Li Xing's ears.The children in the village are chasing their yellow dogs and chickens to play at the gate of the courtyard.
"Brother Daxing, when I grow up, I will go to work in the mountains with you."
"Brother Daxing, is it fun in the mountains?"
"Xu Jia Dalang is back?" A woman who had finished washing her clothes embraced a wooden basin full of starched clothes in her left hand, and walked past Li Xing with a six- or seven-year-old boy in her right hand.
The little boy naughtily tugged on Li Xing's underwear, which had a hole in it, and poked it a few times with his little hand from time to time.
Li Xing had no choice but to answer in embarrassment, touched the child's little head with his right hand, and said with a smile, "I'm back."
Hearing Li Xing's answer, although the woman was smiling, her eyes still inadvertently showed a hint of worry, and she turned her head slightly and glanced towards the entrance of the village.
The path to the village was empty, and the end of the field of vision was already dark, only some forest trees could be vaguely seen.
Xu Ping's house is a brick house with two courtyards. There are two wing rooms on the left and right sides of the front yard, and each of the two brothers has a room.
In the middle of the courtyard there is a towering old pagoda tree. At the root of the tree is a stone railing made of gray and white stones. Outside the stone railing lies an old yellow dog, taking a nap.
Li Xing learned the details of this family from Xu Ping's narrative. The backyard was the main house. Ever since Xu Ping's father died unexpectedly in the mining area, only Xu's mother lived alone in the backyard.
After Li Xing replaced Xu Ping, he would come back once a month, just to avoid attracting the attention of outsiders.
Earlier when Xu Ping was moving gray and white stones in the mining area, his younger brother Xu An was studying in the side room in the front yard.
After saving some money, Xu Ping deliberately sent his brother to the county school in order to allow his brother to have a good study environment.
I just hope that my younger brother can have a successful day, and don't use coolies to make money like myself.
"Brother, my husband has something to do these few days. I, we just rested for a few days. I will go back to the county school in two days."
Xu An's eyes were full of joy, and he was very happy to see his brother when he returned home this time.
In January, schools in the county are closed for six days, three days each at the beginning, middle and end of the month.
Several times before, every time Xu An came back, only his mother was at home. This time, he was able to meet his brother when he came back, and he was really happy.
More than half of the monthly silver that Xu Ping obtained from the mining area was used to support his younger brother to study and study.There is also a small part of Xu's food and clothing.
"You brat, how have you been reading recently?"
Li Xing patted his brother's broad shoulders and smiled.
"It's okay. I have learned everything my husband taught me recently."
Holding Xu An's arm, the two returned to the yard together.
As soon as he entered the yard, Li Xing yelled towards the backyard, "Mom, I'm back!"
Following the sound of talking, Li Xing kicked the old yellow dog who was still napping, and walked towards the backyard.
"Ping'er is back?"
An old woman's joyful voice came from the backyard, "Wait a little longer, the food will be ready soon."
"okay."
In order to prevent his mother from discovering the scratches and holes in his robe, Li Xing went back to his house to change into an old robe.
Just before entering the door, he threw a bag of broken silver in his arms to his younger brother.
"This is my monthly silver. You take out your expenses, and the rest will be handed over to Mother in a while."
"Okay, brother."
Xu An looked at the bag of broken silver that was still warm in his hand, his eyes were a little moist, and tears welled up in his eyes.
Holding the bag tightly with his right hand, he watched Li Xing stepping into the wing.
The moon and stars are sparse, and the night covers the entire sky.The candles in Zhaojia Village were lit, becoming a ray of light in the darkness.
The "Xu Ping" family of three sat under the old pagoda tree for dinner, and the old yellow dog sat cross-legged next to Xu An, chewing on half a steamed bun thrown by Xu Ping.
"Mother, you need to eat more. As long as you can take good care of your body, Xu An will pick you up and go to Annan Mansion to enjoy your blessings."
"Ping'er, eat more too." Mother Xu picked up some pieces of meat for Li Xing while eating.
A family of three enjoying themselves.
"Mom, I'm going to help my brother in the mining area." Xu An, who had just swallowed a mouthful of food, mumbled.
"Bullshit!"
The chopsticks that Li Xing picked up the food stopped in the air, and he slapped the table heavily, his tone cold.There was a cold look in his eyes, staring at his frail younger brother.
"An'er, how did your father die?"
Hearing that his mother's tone was also cold, Xu An had no choice but to shrink his neck, buried his head in his meal, and dared not speak any more.
"Mother, don't worry. I will persuade my younger brother. Make sure he studies hard. Our family will also produce a scholar."
Li Xing glared at his younger brother again, and his tone was a little milder, "Quickly admit your mistake to mother."
Looking at his brother's sullen eyes, Xu An could only say timidly, "Mother, I know I was wrong. Please forgive me this time."
"Okay, let's not talk about it, you and your brother finally reunited once."
For a while, the atmosphere at the dinner table fell into embarrassment again.
Li Xing could only smile awkwardly, "Mother, you put your heart in your stomach, Xu An dare not listen to you, let's see how I deal with him."
"Okay, mother is not angry. You all have a good meal."
"Well, okay, the food mother cooks is really delicious, it's a thousand times better than the food in the mining area!"
After dinner, the two brothers lay on the roof, and from time to time there were two old yellow dogs barking under the old locust tree in the courtyard.It made Li Xing pick up a piece of gravel from the roof and throw it at the old yellow dog.
"If you dare to quarrel again, you will eat dog meat tomorrow."
Seemingly able to understand Li Xing's words, the old yellow dog immediately shut his mouth, not daring to growl further away.He lay cross-legged back outside the stone railing again, but his two big ears perked up from time to time.
Looking at the moonlight in the sky, Li Xing turned his body sideways, looked towards the direction of Baiyu City in the night sky, and asked casually, "What happened?"
"No, nothing."
"Xu An!"
Li Xing held a weed growing on the roof in his mouth, and lay lazily on the roof, but his voice raised a bit.
Xu An knew that this was a sign before his brother got angry, so he could only reply indifferently, "Brother, I'm really fine."
"Did you get bullied?" Li Xing asked speculatively.
Once the father of the two brothers died, if the mother hadn't asked someone to find a relationship, it would be difficult for him to replace his father's position in the mining area.
And my younger brother entered the county school, which consumed a lot of savings in the family.Li Xing could imagine what happened to Xu An in the county school.
Surrounded by a group of children from aristocratic families, Xu An, a child from an ordinary poor family with no family background, will naturally be bullied by others.
"Mister didn't care?"
Before waiting for his brother's answer, Li Xing asked again.
"It seems that I have taken care of it, but the teachers of the county school are useless." Li Xing spat out the weed leaves in his mouth, and continued to himself.
He patted his younger brother on the shoulder lightly, and said slowly, "If you come to think of a solution to this matter, you should act as if you don't know anything. Study hard at the county school."
"Brother" Xu An suddenly couldn't stop crying.
"They are all big men, don't cry! Let my mother hear it, what will it look like!"
Hearing the crying, Li Xing gave Xu An a cold look, and then said softly.
Thinking that I am so useless, I need my brother to sell coolies to support myself.I was bullied at the county school, and I had to help my brother in the mining area.
Thinking of this, Xu An felt that all his books had been read into the dog's stomach.
More than three hours ago, the dense forest on the mountain road obscured the afterglow of the setting sun, and the wounded little girl ran forward quickly.
Her whereabouts are extremely secretive, and she is also the most secretive one among the nine thieves.
The little girl has escaped three waves of pursuit.Precisely because she snatched something that shouldn't belong to her.
There were a lot of people chasing her, more than ten people.
The little girl lost a lot of blood, and against the backdrop of the moonlight, her lips and cheeks looked paler and bloodless.
The dense forest was surprisingly quiet, and no sound could be heard around.
At this moment, there was a look of smug joy in her eyes, but her hands tightened the brocade box tied behind her back again.
This is what her brothers and sisters exchanged for their lives. I don't know how many of the Nan'an Nine Pirates are left at this time.
If Li Xing was here, he would definitely be able to recognize this thin girl as the little girl in the tea shed by the mountain road who collected his broken money.
The appearance of the Nan'an Nine Pirates on the mountain road was originally a well-planned robbery, and the nine of them had received careful information from their superiors before they set off.
The mining area here is located in a remote place in Nan'an Prefecture, and it is an unnamed mine vein.
The nine of them originally only needed to rob the Feng family's gray stone spirit crystal.I never expected to meet two first-rank warriors.
Three months ago, there was news from the upper family, but there was no mention of a rank-[-] martial artist guarding it.
There were actually two first-rank warriors in that carriage.If the nine of them hadn't shot at the same time, I'm afraid they wouldn't even have the chance to escape.
Before the two first-rank warriors appeared in the carriage, the nine of them chose to attack at the same time.
The nine rolled up leaves are like nine giant dragons rushing towards the carriage.
But those two first-rank warriors only held their right hands horizontally, with their palms down, slightly pressing down.
The strong wind rolled up by the nine broken leaves smashed the carriage, but the two first-rank warriors and the young man in brocade clothes behind them were safe, even unscathed.
If it wasn't for the young man in brocade clothes who had murderous intentions, the nine of them would not have been able to snatch the brocade box behind the little girl.
The little girl who was running wildly in the dense forest didn't dare to think about the two first-rank warriors anymore, but just raised her hand, and in the center of her palm, a sword light kept spinning in front of her, at an increasingly faster speed, until it was almost invisible to the naked eye.
The moment the carriage collapsed, two first-rank warriors stepped on the void, one behind the other, with a faint ripple under their feet, and walked slowly to the stone road full of potholes.
But the sword light in the palm of that first-rank martial artist became more and more glaring, and when he waved his hand, it pierced the air like a sharp arrow, making bursts of buzzing sounds.
If the two nine thieves hadn't tried their best, the rest of them would have been stunned by the sword light on the spot.
At that time, Wang Yuanjiang, the leader of the Nan'an Nine Pirates, chose to quickly grab the brocade box that the brocade-clothed boy had been carrying while the rest of his brothers and sisters were rushing towards the two first-rank warriors.
Fortunately, the boy in brocade clothes sent two first-rank martial artists to kill the Nine Pirates of Nan'an, leaving only a few guards around him.
Otherwise, Wang Yuanjiang would not have had the opportunity to give the little girl a hands-on look.
Wang Yuanjiang attacked from the front, while the little girl hid in the dark and attacked.
The two attacked at the same time, and while the brocade-clothed boy was flustered, the little girl caught the brocade-clothed boy in an instant and snatched the brocade box.
While everyone was fighting, he wounded the young man in brocade clothes.It quickly disappeared into the dense forest on one side, completely disregarding the lives of the rest of the nine robbers who came together.
Looking up at the moonlight in the sky, the little girl's body trembled slightly, her breathing became more and more disordered, and she ran continuously, causing his physical strength to be exhausted to the limit.
Now, I can only lean against a tree trunk quietly, panting heavily.
"It's really unlucky to meet a first-rank martial artist. I don't know if the others can escape."
The little girl tapped her toes lightly, and her figure appeared in the dense canopy, blending into the night.
Looking at a light at the foot of the mountain, a village could be seen vaguely, and the little girl didn't move anymore.
After going around for a long time, he sneaked towards the village in his memory a few days later.
Early the next morning, Li Xingyuan wanted to take his brother to the county school with him during his rest day.
It's also good to investigate secretly to find out who is bullying his younger brother.
As a result, I was still having breakfast in the courtyard with my mother and younger brother, when I heard the sound of dogs barking and chickens barking in the whole village, which was very noisy.
"Search door-to-door, and don't let go of any suspicious places."
"My lord, what happened, I'm afraid that the villagers' homes will be searched like this."
"I said Zhao Lizheng, you'd better cooperate with the adults of our government office, otherwise you will have good fruit to eat."
Li Xing, who was sitting in the courtyard having breakfast, directly heard the worried voice of one of the old men. It was the father of Supervisor Zhao in the mining area and Li Zheng of their Zhaojia Village.
And the other person who shouted the order, took Li Xing to push open the corner of the house and saw clearly that he was the arresting officer of the government office.
At this moment, the villagers in the village all noticed the noise at the entrance of the village, and they all came out of their homes one after another, watching a group of more than a hundred government officials appear at the entrance of the village.
Li Xing was very sharp-eyed, and he noticed at a glance that there were a few men in brocade clothes standing outside the government office, and they were carefully watching the movement outside the village.
"Ping'er, you must not go out and cause trouble."
Before Li Xing stepped out to find out what happened, Xu's mother's voice came from behind him.
"Mother, don't worry, I have my own measure. I will never worry you. Besides, there is Uncle Zhao, he is the father of Supervisor Zhao. I just went to see."
"I'll go too." Xu An, who had put down his chopsticks under the old locust tree, was about to get up when he met his brother's warning eyes, and obediently sat back in his seat.
Only then did Mother Xu's worried expression ease a little, and she exhorted softly, "You must obey the orders of the official servant in everything."
"Okay. Mother, I see."
Before Xu's mother could continue to give instructions, Li Xing had already walked out of the house and closed the door behind him.
"Stay where you are and don't move!"
Li Xing had just stepped out of the house when he bumped into two yamen servants head-on, one of them said coldly.
Seeing hundreds of officials going from house to house to search the house, Li Xing had no choice but to stand obediently and ask Zhao Lizheng what was going on with his eyes.
Zhao Lizheng bent down and lowered his head to explain a few words to the adults on the side. The government office officer looked at Li Xing carefully from the side, and motioned to an officer on the side to bring Li Xing closer.
When they got closer, the government officials looked at Li Xing carefully again, and squeezed Li Xing's shoulders with his hands. At the same time, he lifted his robe and carefully checked his chest, abdomen and back. Scabbed welts.
"Your name is Xu Ping?"
"My lord, the Caomin is Xu Ping."
"People in the mining area?"
Li Xing didn't know what the other party wanted to do, and he replied in a low voice, "Yes, I don't know what's the matter, my lord?"
When Li Xing replied, he noticed out of the corner of his eye that more than a dozen guards came out of their house and shook their heads at the government officials.
"You went back to the village yesterday afternoon and didn't find anything suspicious?"
"Suspicious?" Li Xing was startled, and thought to himself, "Could it be the robbery that happened on the mountain road yesterday afternoon?"
"Huh?" The guard frowned slightly when he saw the young man in front of him, as if he was thinking, he asked in a cold voice, "What are you thinking!"
"No, I didn't think about anything." Li Xing recovered from his contemplation, and hurriedly denied, "I didn't find anything suspicious."
Li Xing didn't want to have anything to do with the robbery yesterday afternoon, he just drank a few bowls of tea.
The guard stared at Li Xing again. "Well, since you haven't found anything suspicious, you can go first."
The government official waved his hand, motioning for Li Xing to back down.
Li Xing turned his head and walked slowly back to his home.But he never expected that there were two pairs of sharp eyes staring at his back quietly.
The servants of the government office stayed in Zhaojia Village all morning before leaving.Every corner of the village was inspected, and nothing suspicious was found, so everyone left angrily.
After the servants of the government office left, many people in the village fell into tension and panic.
"I heard that there was a robbery and killing in the mining area, and many people died. What should we do now?"
"Did the official come to our village to find the murderer?"
"No way, the village is full of kind-hearted people, how could someone do such a thing as blocking the road and robbing and killing people?"
"Master Xu, is Mr. Xu there?"
Li Xing was listening to the discussions of the villagers outside, but he heard the village chief's voice outside his house.
Still in deep thought, I heard the door creak open.
"So it's the Erlang of the Xu family. Where's your brother?" Zhao Lizheng asked hoarsely.
Lizhang Zhao has been busy this morning, just to prevent the police officers from being rude.
"My brother? He's here."
As soon as Li Xing opened the door of his room, he saw the village head leading two men in light blue robes into his courtyard.
As soon as the two strangers stepped into the courtyard, the old yellow dog kept barking at them.
"Go, go. Stay and go." Li Xing kicked the old yellow dog next to the stone fence.
With a whimper, the old yellow dog could only curl up and stop hissing at the two men in light blue robes at the door.
"Uncle Zhao, who are they?"
Li Xing asked curiously. He still had an impression of the clothes of the two men. He had seen them in the mining area. They were the two men next to the young man in brocade clothes.
"Oh, these two are adults from Nan'an Mansion." Zhao Lizheng came sideways to Li Xing's side, and whispered, "The two adults are warriors."
Although Li Zheng didn't know the true identities of the two, the servants of the government office had always been respectful in front of them before, and even reminded him in a low voice, "Don't be negligent, let alone offend."
If Zhao Lizheng did not go to the government office frequently, he would never have received such shocking news.
"Musha!"
Li Xing was taken aback skillfully, and then a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.
The two more than 20-year-old men in front of them were dressed in light blue robes, with a windy figure.
With an embarrassing cough, Li Xing led the way, and they came to the main hall of the Xu family together.One of the warriors randomly found a place, and the other warrior in a light blue robe stood outside the door under the eaves and waved his hand, signaling Xu An and Zhao Lizheng to leave temporarily.
"What's the meaning here?"
Li Xing just wanted his younger brother to serve tea to the two warriors, but the man in the light blue robe in front of him carried him to his side like a chicken.
The man standing under the eaves said coldly to Zhao Lizheng and Xu An, "There is nothing for you here."
"Brother, you guys!" Xu An was about to argue, but Li Xing turned his head and stared back.
Feeling the opponent's decisive shot, Li Xing didn't want his cheap brother to make any mistakes.
The two had no choice but to retreat under the old locust tree in the courtyard with helpless faces, and peeked anxiously at the main hall.
Being held by the neck, Li Xing felt a chill, so he could only smile cautiously, "What do you two adults want from me?"
"You lied"
"Lying?" Li Xing's complexion changed slightly, his body tightened slightly, and he smiled wryly, "I don't understand what your lord said."
"Don't understand?" The corner of the mouth of the man leaning on the wooden chair raised slightly, and with a slight push with his right hand, Li Xing staggered and fell to the ground.
Inadvertently, the two looked at each other, and seeing each other's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, Li Xing gritted his teeth and insisted, "I really don't know what the warrior means."
"Ok?"
The man in the light blue robe had a cold expression on his face, leaned forward slightly, stared down at Li Xing on the ground, and said coldly, "We are from Nan'an Mansion, you'd better tell the truth, but if there is even the slightest deception, there will be consequences."
The man's slender fingers pressed down slightly, and a breath rippled at the fingertips, centered on the fingertips, and continuously spread to the surroundings.
An invisible coercion enveloped Li Xing's head, making him breathless.
His limbs tried their best to support his body, but the invisible coercion was like a mountain, so he didn't have the strength to answer.
The cold sweat on his forehead kept oozing out, dripping down his cheeks and chin to the ground.
Li Xing watched the accumulation of sweat on the ground, his pupils constricted, he fell into panic, and his heartbeat became more and more violent.
The invisible coercion around his body is getting bigger and bigger, and the beads of sweat dripping from his jaw are getting bigger and bigger.
For a moment, Li Xing's whole body was pressed to the ground.The jaw directly hit the puddle of sweat, and the splashed sweat directly hit his face.
Li Xing felt that his body was about to fall apart completely, his bones were about to stimulate his muscles, but the pressure on his body was getting heavier and heavier, causing his body to sink into the ground.
Li Xing's nose, mouth, palms, stomach and toes all sank into the ground.
After a full quarter of an hour, this terrifying coercion suddenly dissipated.
"hu~hu~hu~"
It was as if he was on the line between life and death, pulling back his own life.Li Xing was panting heavily, but his face was as pale as snow.
"You still dare to lie?"
The man in the light blue robe raised his fingers slightly upwards, and Li Xing was lifted by an invisible pull. He knelt on the ground and looked at the man in brocade in horror.
"Nan'an Prefecture, it's not something you can provoke. You'd better answer truthfully."
Looking at the cold gaze in the other party's eyes, Li Xing nodded hastily, fearing that the man in front of him would be slightly displeased and let himself feel the terrifying coercion again.
"Excuse me, my lord. I dare not lie a little bit." Li Xing opened his mouth wide, tried his best to pretend to be scared, took a deep breath, and replied.
"very good."
The man shook his hand, threw Li Xing on the ground, and then asked, "Can you find suspicious people appearing in the village?"
Without hesitation, Li Xing shook his head like a rattle.
"No?"
Another man standing under the eaves made a curious sound. Although his back was facing the two people in the main hall, he had a clear perception of every move in the house.
The man was indeed a little curious. He never thought that this mountain villager would dare to answer such a question when he was pressed so hard.
Sensing the displeased tone of the warrior outside the house, Li Xing hurriedly explained, "I really didn't find anything suspicious. After I got home yesterday, I stayed at home and never went out. I, I really"
Before Li Xing could finish speaking, the man standing under the eaves flicked his right middle finger, and a gust of wind hit Li Xing's chest directly, and the breath that had just eased was hit by an invisible air current.
"Feng Hao, be careful to scare people silly." The man sitting opposite Li Xing said softly with a smile on his lips.
"The little girl disappeared in the forest outside the village, and the young master's people searched for it all night but found no clues. Aren't you curious?"
The man named Feng Hao still turned his back to the two people in the room, and Li Xing turned his head sideways, spitting out blood.
"The Nine Pirates are too courageous, even dare to snatch the gray stone spirit crystal of the Feng family." The man in front of Li Xing clenched his right hand tightly into a fist, making a creaking sound of bones colliding.
"Could it be that this kid reported the news, otherwise how could they be so well prepared?" Feng Hao's right hand was behind his back, his voice was cold.
"No, it's not me. I'm just a small man in the mountains. How dare you?" Before Li Xing continued to explain, the man sitting opposite him laughed.
"he?"
"He was in that hut yesterday." Feng Hao said flatly, without any turmoil in his mind.
"I, I'm just resting there, I really don't know that group of people."
"I'm just an ordinary coolie in the mining area, and I really have nothing to do with them."
(End of this chapter)
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