Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 114 Bandits
  The bandit leader quickly came to Uncle Lin who was about to stand up and lifted him up.

"Quickly tell me, where is that bastard salt patrol censor?" the bandit leader asked, holding Uncle Lin in his arms.

"Over there!" Uncle Lin was so frightened that his brain stopped and he instinctively pointed to the Lin family's old house.

"Brothers, if we rob the salt inspector, we won't have to worry about money for the rest of our lives!" The bandit leader pointed at the Lin family's old house and shouted.

"Come on, grab it!" The bandits were furious and howling, they rushed towards the Lin family's old house.

Lin Ruhai stood on the ladder behind the courtyard wall, surrounded by more than 20 salt men and some male servants, who guarded the courtyard wall.

"Don't let them go up the wall!" Lin Ruhai ordered in a deep voice.

The door of my old house is so heavy that I don't have to worry about it being opened in a short time, so I just need to pay attention to the courtyard wall.

As long as Jia Qiang discovers the situation here, the danger will be relieved.

He looked at the bandits getting closer and closer. The nearest bandit was thirty steps away from the courtyard wall, and he could see clearly the rotten teeth of the bandit.

Just when he was about to encourage Yan Ding and his servants, an arrow flew out and penetrated the body of the bandit in front.

The bandit fell thirty steps away from the Lin family's old house, twitching like a dead fish.

This arrow was like a charge, and the subsequent arrows seemed to be connected in a string.

These arrows are like eyes, and each arrow will take away the life of one or more bandits.

That is to say, the bandits were too scattered, so Jia Qiang's arrows were so wasted.

"Hahahaha!" Lin Ruhai couldn't help laughing loudly when he saw the fallen bandit.

The only one who can appear at this time and have such archery skills is Jia Qiang.

Sure enough, outside Linjia Village, Jia Qiang was riding on a white horse, holding a bow and shooting arrows.

The bowstring and fingers formed an afterimage, but within a few seconds, of the more than two hundred bandits who entered Linjia Village, only the bandit leader was left standing.

The bandit leader was so frightened that he blocked Uncle Lin in front of him, his whole body shaking involuntarily.

He had never seen anything like this before. More than two hundred brothers were all shot to death in the blink of an eye.

The other villagers in Linjia Village did not show up. They didn't know who was shooting arrows. It would be unfair if they went out and were regarded as bandits and died.

The sound of horse hoofbeats was particularly loud on the quiet stone road in Linjia Village. The bandit leader saw Jia Qiang riding a white horse and the bow in Jia Qiang's hand.

He couldn't recognize Bao Gong, let alone know that Jia Qiang was a warrior-level archer.

But he only had to think about how Jia Qiang could kill more than two hundred brothers with a bow in the blink of an eye, and he could judge how terrifying Jia Qiang was.

"Lin Da, this is the weak scholar you said. This is the incompetent scholar you said. You harmed my brother!" The bandit leader held a short blade against Lin Da. The uncle shouted in his neck.

Because he was too excited, the short blade pierced his skin and blood flowed out.

"Brother Qiang, save me!" Uncle Lin begged for help in horror.

Jia Qiang smiled faintly, and the white horse stepped on the road full of corpses, making this smile full of fierce murderous intent.

"Uncle, I invited you to bring these!" He lowered his bow and said.

The leader of the bandits thought that Jia Qiang was a rat trap and was concerned about Uncle Lin's life.

"Let me go or I'll kill him!" he shouted.

"Teacher, how do you think Uncle Lin's behavior should be dealt with?" Jia Qiang ignored the bandit leader and asked Lin Ruhai.

"If he is killed, the whole family will be expelled from the Lin family!" Lin Ruhai was also a decisive person, he decided in a deep voice.

If something like this happens to the Lin family, it is impossible to report it to the official. If such a scandal is reported to the official, it will become the laughing stock of the world after dinner.

Don't underestimate the power of Lin Ruhai, the patriarch. As long as a clan member commits a serious crime that endangers the Lin clan, the clan leader can deal with him.

It can be regarded as a supplement to the power of the government in this era, and it is also the routine for handling family affairs in the countryside.

The bandit leader heard something was wrong in Lin Ruhai's words. He held Uncle Lin's body in front of him and quickly fled in the other direction.

Jia Qiang smiled coldly, drew her bow and shot an arrow. An arrow passed through Uncle Lin's body, and then passed through the body of the bandit leader. The two fell heavily to the ground.

"There is a traitor in the Lin family. He actually colludes with bandits to attack the Lin family village. He also wants to kill officials and rebel. According to my teacher's order, the traitor's family will be expelled from the Lin family. Does anyone have any objections?" Jia Qiang's voice? It sounded above Linjia Village.

No one said anything at this moment, not to mention that Uncle Lin did collude with the bandits and let the bandits rush into the village. Even if someone wanted to plead for mercy, they were silenced by Jia Qiang's actions of killing more than 200 people in a row.

How had the country folk ever seen a murderer like Jia Qiang? Let alone killing more than two hundred people, even if he killed someone occasionally, it would make people fear him.

The door of the Lin family's old house opened, and the salt guards trotted out and began to clean up the battlefield.

There was a salt man who went towards Gusu City and killed so many bandits. He still had to report it, which was considered a great achievement.

"Teacher, I still have some things to do!" Jia Qiang rode a white horse to the old house and asked Lin Ruhai for instructions.

"You go ahead, there won't be any more trouble!" Lin Ruhai waved his hand and said.

Lin Ruhai knew that Jia Qiang was going to practice, and Jia Qiang had told him about this.

After that, even if someone from the Gusu government came over, he could handle it without Jia Qiang's intervention.

Jia Qiang nodded and left Linjia Village on a white horse.

After he left, the villagers of Linjia Village also came out and looked at the corpses that were pulled together.

One villager walked up to the uncle's body and spat on it, and then other villagers came over and spit on it.

For the family, internal competition is allowed, but if bandits are invited to target the clan members, such people are looked down upon by the clan members.

No one wants that one day when they have a conflict with their clansmen, their clansmen will find bandits to kill them.

Uncle Lin acted very fair in the past, but after today's incident, many people thought of the past. It seemed that many of them involved bandits, and I am afraid they are all related to Uncle Lin.

Before the officials came, Lin Ruhai asked for a genealogy, witnessed by the elders of the clan, and deleted Uncle Lin's family from the genealogy.

It was impossible for this family to live in the village anymore, and even the angry tribesmen did not let this family take away their property.

No one cares about the life or death of this family, and no one will be kind to such a family.

Jia Qiang has reached the cliff now. The reason why he has not used the 'Corpse Exorcism Technique [Elementary]' is not because he has no chance.

After he left the village, he had every excuse to say that he had recruited talents.

The reason why he did not use the 'Corpse Exorcism Technique [Elementary]' was because he had recently practiced the 'Wanjun Bone Refining Technique', which was a period when his strength was rapidly increasing.

'Corpse Exorcism [Elementary]' The attributes of the resurrected corpse, in addition to the original attributes of the corpse, will also have half of Jia Qiang's attributes. Based on his practice of the 'Ten Thousand Jun Bone Refining Technique', his strength has almost doubled after the ninth revolution. If he resurrects the corpse at that time, the combat power obtained will be even more powerful.

At the cliff, he began to practice the 'Wanjun Bone Refining Technique'.

He is not affected by external objects and practices over and over again. Every time he finishes practicing the 'Wanjun Bone Refining Technique', he will go back to Linjia Village to report that he is safe.

He didn't even go back at night and stayed in the mountains for two consecutive days.

It's a pity that even if he used all his time, he could only reach the fifth level in two days, which meant he practiced the 'Wanjun Bone Refining Technique' four more times.

He had no intention of practicing again on the third day because he was leaving Gusu and returning to Yangzhou at noon today.

Get up in the morning and have dinner with Lin Ruhai and his family again.

After eating, Jia Qiang was called over by Jia Min.

"Brother Qiang, Miaoyu is staying. I will follow you in the future. You must also have time to talk to Miaoyu!" Jia Min said with some hatred.

Originally, she was worried that Jia Qiang would be too good to Miaoyu, thus affecting her own Yu'er.

But she didn't expect that Jia Qiang didn't even return home for two days after Miaoyu came, and kept busy outside.

Jia Qiang is different from people in this world. Perhaps in the eyes of Jia Min or Lin Ruhai, although Miaoyu and Lin Daiyu are young, they are still old enough to understand feelings.

In this era, it was normal for women to get married very early, even at the age of fourteen or fifteen.

But in Jia Qiang's eyes, Miaoyu and Lin Daiyu were only elementary school students, and girls aged fourteen or fifteen were just junior high school students. It was still too early to talk about feelings.

Jia Qiang did not object to Jia Min's proposal. He thought about it. Although Miaoyu now lives in Lin Mansion, she is actually following him. When he returns to Beijing, he will need to go back to Beijing with him.

"Master's wife, I will talk to Miaoyu more!" Jia Qiang nodded.

Old housekeeper Lin came in and reported that Xing Zhong and his family were asking to see Jia Min.

"Brother Qiang, come with me to meet them!" Jia Min thought that Xing Zhong's family would not come, so she ordered Jia Qiang.

Although Jia Qiang was expelled from the Jia family, she was considered to be relatively close to the Xing Zhong family here. Since he was also present that day, she naturally wanted him to go with her.

In the side hall, Jia Min met Xing Zhong's family.

Xing Zhong was wearing an unpatched piece of clothing, but it looked like it had been washed many times, causing the color to fade badly.

One of his feet was hidden behind the other foot intentionally or unintentionally. Jia Qiang saw an obvious patch on the shoe on the hidden foot.

Xing also changed into a pair of clothes without patches. They were also worn for a long time, but they were well protected.

However, the clothes Xing Xiuyan wore were no longer the coarse cloth clothes of that day, but a small satin coat.

"Xing Zhong has met Mrs. Lin!" After Xing Zhong saw Jia Min, he hesitated for a moment, then kowtowed in greeting.

Jia Min's identity is Lin Ruhai, the official wife, who is just like an official to ordinary people.

Xing Zhong is the kind of commoner who has never seen much of the world. When he meets a noble person like Jia Min, he behaves extremely humbly.

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"Get up quickly, they are all relatives!" Jia Min said.

Xing Zhong felt a little less restrained when he saw Jia Min's friendly attitude.

"Xing Zhong, have you considered your choice?" Jia Min looked at Xing Zhong and asked.

"Please Mrs. Lin, please take us to Yangzhou to find food!" Xing Zhong lowered his head and replied.

He thought about it for a long time before making this decision. He knew his sister and it was hard to tell Mrs. Xing.

If Mrs. Xing really thought about her brother, she wouldn't have had no news for so many years.

Instead of looking for the unknown wealth, it is better to accept Jia Min's kindness.

"We will leave by boat at noon. You can pack up your belongings and go to Yangzhou to find us!" Jia Min nodded and arranged.

"Let me tell Mrs. Lin, I have disposed of all the things that cannot be taken away from home in the past two days, and I have brought all my belongings with me!" Xing Zhong bowed and reported back.

"That's the best thing. Let's go together later. You've already eaten. I'll ask the housekeeper to prepare something for you!" Jia Min said slightly surprised.

Jia Qiang took a serious look at Xing Zhong, but underestimated Xing Zhong's courage.

Maybe handing over a business to Xing Zhong would really allow Xing Zhong to run it.

He has a lot of business in his hands, and just one piece of it is enough to support Xing Zhong's family.

"Mrs. Lin, my daughter Xing Xiuyan is very close to Miaoyu. Can you let me stay with Miaoyu?" Ms. Xing interrupted at this time.

"This girl's birth is a sign. As long as Miaoyu agrees, there will be no problem!" Jia Min looked at Xing Xiuyan and said with a smile.

Old housekeeper Lin came over and took Xing Zhong and his family to dinner.

Jia Qiang had nothing to do for a while, so she walked to the backyard and found a pavilion to sit down.

He took out the 'Innate Divine Calculation' given by Master Lian Nian. He had been practicing the 'Wanjun Bone Refining Technique' for the two days since he came back, and had not read this 'Innate Divine Calculation'.

Open the 'Xiantian Divine Calculation'. The basis of 'Xiantian Divine Calculation' is an ability called Qi Watching.

Jia Qiang didn't know how Master Lian Nian learned this qi-watching technique. The qi-watching technique requires mobilizing the energy in the body to perform it.

The fact is that Master Lian Nian has been practicing Buddhism for many years. During this practice, a trace of energy will be produced, and it is precisely by using this energy that he can perform the qi-seeing technique.

When Jia Qiang casts the Zhanwang Qi Technique, the only energy she can choose is mana.

He mobilized his spirit and thought about the complex patterns of the qi-watching technique in his mind. He needed to construct the pattern of the qi-watching technique in his mind, and then enrich and activate it with energy.

His memory is extremely strong and he can memorize it completely after watching it twice. This ability allowed him to quickly memorize complex patterns when he was learning the qi-watching technique.

The mana was input into the Qi-gazing pattern, and his eyes felt numb.

After a moment, a light flashed across his eyes, and then the scene in front of him changed.

The qi-watching technique was activated, and the world he saw became much brighter.

Green light flashed on the plants around the pavilion, and the "Innate Divine Calculation" he opened was also shining with white light.

He looked into the distance, and more rays of light appeared. Each ray of light represented the existence of something. Some rays of light were very weak, so weak that they were difficult to detect, while others were very strong.

(End of this chapter)