Jiangbei female bandits

Chapter 39

At the same time, on Niutou Mountain thirty miles away, Chaoyangzi was changing the dressing for Chen Nian's injured arm.When the old ointment was scraped down, the scraper touched the wound, and the pain was so painful that he shivered unknowingly.Chaoyangzi looked at her like this, snorted disdainfully, and said, "Why does it hurt like this, little girl, I'm getting more and more squeamish just looking at you!"

Chennian has long been used to Chaoyangzi's temper, and he was not angry when he heard the words, but Jing Yuxuan, who was sitting immobile on the kang next to him, couldn't hear it, and said in a cold voice: "Little girl is too honest, if I had to, I would have Big ear slaps this black old man, he doesn't feel pain in his back when he's standing and talking, and when he turns around, he folds his arm and reconnects it, let's see if he feels the pain!"

Chaoyangzi has a very weird temper, if someone else said this, he would definitely turn his face, but Jing Yuxuan said so, but he didn't have the slightest temper, he just glanced at her, then drooped his brows and eyes, and silently bandaged Chen Nian After hurting his arm, he went outside.

Chen Nian looked at Coke, and couldn't help asking Jing Yuxuan, "Senior, have you known Dao Chang for a long time?"

Jingyuxuan's magical skills have been completely dissipated by Chaoyangzi, and his acupoints have also been sealed by him. After being trapped for these days, no matter how big his anger is, his anger has gradually diminished. After hearing Chen Nian's question, he replied: "When he was a little Taoist priest, I knew him already."

Chen Nian couldn't help being curious again, and asked, "Was the Taoist priest also so dark when he was young?"

As soon as she asked this question, Chao Yangzi who had already gone out turned around again, stood at the door with a dark face and shouted: "Little girl, come out!"

Chen Nian guessed that he must have heard her and Jing Yuxuan's words, so he wanted to ask her to go out, and he found this black old man even more funny.She got up and walked to the door, and asked Chao Yangzi, "What is the Taoist priest looking for me for?"

Chaoyangzi rolled his eyes, and replied: "Go and see Cui Xi, and the little doll, don't teach her to cry later, it hurts my brain from crying so much."

Cui Xi is Yang Cheng's youngest son, Yang Yi. In order to avoid Xue Shi's pursuit, he has changed his name to Cui Xi, and even his younger sister, who is less than one year old, also changed her nickname to Mao'er.Maoer is a very well-behaved child, and he seldom cries. Chaoyangzi said that he just wanted to call Chennian away, and he didn't want her to talk about himself with Jing Yuxuan.

Chen Nian didn't say anything, just smiled and replied: "Okay."

She responded like this, but she didn't go to see Cui Xi and Maoer when she came out of the house, but went straight to the back of the village to look for Lu Xiao.Wen Daya bought a new machete for Lu Xiao from Jizhou. Although the shape is somewhat similar to his original one, the weight is much worse. It is very difficult to teach him to use it.

Chen Nian waited quietly at the side until he finished practicing a set of saber techniques before walking forward and said: "I see that some of your moves are similar to those used by my adoptive father, but they are not as simple and smooth as his." As she said that, she took the scimitar from Lu Xiao's hand, imitating the way she remembered, and showed him the move "Catching the Moon from the Water".

Lu Xiao stared at it for a moment, then said, "Xie Chennian, show me the drawing from the beginning."

Chen Nian also learned a few sets of sword skills from Mu Zhanyue before, but he didn't pay much attention to teaching them at the time, and she learned even more sloppyly, so she only learned a little superficially. Now I heard that Lu Xiao asked her to practice sword skills for him Seeing it, he bowed his head and thought about it seriously, and then slowly drew it out for him to see.

Lu Xiao looked at it, with surprise on his face, and praised: "Good sword skills!"

Being praised by him like this, Chen Nian felt a little elated, and was about to speak, but he heard Lu Xiao ask: "Xie Chennian, you have such a good master, why is your skill so poor?"

Chen Nian choked, and threw the scimitar back to Lu Xiao with some shame, and said angrily, "I am willing!"

Lu Xiao smiled, picked up the scimitar and practiced according to the moves she had just done.Chen Nian stood by the side with a sullen face and watched for a while, pointing out a few mistakes to him, and seeing that his sword skills were gradually proficient, he left him and went forward alone.He was only halfway there when he saw Xiao Houer running towards him and shouted, "Miss Xie, brother Wen is back, I tell you to go back quickly."

Chen Nian knew that Wen Daya had taken Shada out early in the morning to pay homage to his dead brother in the ravine, now that he heard that he would look for him as soon as he came back, he didn't feel his heart move, and he quickened his steps.As soon as he turned around the half-height wall, he saw Wen Daya and Sha Da standing at the gate of the village looking over here. What Wen Daya was holding in his arms was none other than Lu Xiao's scimitar.

Chen Nian hurried over a few steps, took the scimitar from Wen Daya's arms and looked it over carefully, with a look of joy on his face, he asked, "Where did you find it?"

But Wen Daya didn't care about answering her, he just pointed to the foot of the mountain and said to her: "Miss Xie, you have a friend who came to look for you, we asked him to come with him, but he refused."

Chen Nian was a little puzzled when he heard the words, and subconsciously looked in the direction Wen Daya pointed, and saw seven or eight riders parked on the mountain road, and a man in front of him reined in his horse and stood quietly towards her with his face raised. Look over here.

With just one glance, Chen Nian's body suddenly froze.It was Feng Junyang, the Feng Junyang she didn't know whether to love or hate every time she thought about it.

The distance between the two is only a stone's throw away, so close that you can almost see the brows and eyes of the person opposite.Chen Nian ran away without turning around, and Feng Junyang did not take a step forward, the two just looked at each other from a distance of more than a hundred steps, just like that day on the Ziya River.

Feng Junyang clenched the rein with both hands, and then he restrained himself from going forward, and just stood there looking at Chen Nian.Her face has changed a lot, even her stature has grown a lot, her left arm is hanging in front of her body, and in her right hand is holding the scimitar, which he just handed back, Lu Xiao's scimitar.A hint of self-deprecation suddenly appeared on the corner of Feng Junyang's mouth, he only nodded slightly to Chennian, then turned his horse's head and walked back.

Shunping never expected that Feng Junyang would look at Chen Nian like this and leave. After he opened his eyes, he patted his horse and followed closely, and persuaded Feng Junyang in a low voice: "Master, it's so easy to see, why don't you go and say a few words?"

Feng Junyang said nothing, but walked slowly with the rein in hand.

Shunping glanced at him secretly, and then said to himself: "Looking at Miss Xie's skinny shape, I don't know how much I have suffered these days. She looks cold and hard, but in fact He is softer than anyone else, and seeing these bandits are pitiful, he wants to stay and help them. Sigh, with such a soft heart, don't be fooled."

Feng Junyang listened quietly, but remained silent.

Shun Ping gritted his teeth, moved a little to the side, and said: "Fortunately, Lu Xiao has been by Miss Xie's side all the time. Miss Xie has a headache, but he also takes care of her. If you say that Lu Xiao is also Not bad, even though he is from the Xian family, he is really kind to Miss Xie..."

Before he could finish his last sentence, Feng Junyang's horsewhip came towards him, Shunping let out a low cry in shock, and hurriedly dodged aside, avoiding the tip of the whip.Feng Junyang's originally indifferent face had become very ugly, but he just glanced at Shunping coldly and didn't speak.

After receiving his glance, Shunping was so frightened that he kept quiet, not daring to pretend to be smart anymore.

Chen Nian saw Feng Junyang turn around and leave, and then let out a breath, he couldn't tell whether he was lucky or disappointed, and thought that Feng Junyang should be so proud, he never lived that day He chased her, so he would not come here to catch her again, but I don't know why he came to Taihang Mountain again, could it be that something changed in Qingzhou?

Her mind was in a mess, and she was not in the mood to pay attention to Wen Daya and the others beside her, so she turned around and walked slowly into the village.Just as she walked into the courtyard, Chaoyangzi came out of the house and asked her, "Who's here?"

Chen Nian's reaction was still a bit sluggish, he glanced at him, and then replied: "Feng Junyang."

Chaoyangzi was startled when he heard the words: "Feng Junyang? Are you here?"

Chen Nian shook his head, entered the house but came out immediately, and took the scimitar to Lu Xiao behind the village.Lu Xiao was immersed in the saber technique just now, completely unaware that Feng Junyang had come, and seeing his scimitar was also very strange, and asked Chen Nian, "Where did it come from?"

After thinking for a while, Chen Nian still told Lu Xiao what happened just now, and asked strangely, "How does he know we're here?"

Lu Xiao glanced at her, and said lightly, "Since Wen Daya brought him here, you can ask Wen Daya to find out."

Chen Nian was in a turmoil before, and didn't think of it at all, but now he suddenly realized it when he reminded her, and hurriedly turned around to look for Wen Daya, unable to take two steps, but Lu Xiao suddenly asked her: "You still like him, don't you? "

Chen Nian paused and stood there for a while before answering him softly: "I don't know either."

Lu Xiao followed from behind with a scimitar in his arms: "I'll go with you."

The two of them found Wen Daya, Chao Yangzi was already asking what happened to Wen Daya.I heard that they met Feng Junyang in that ravine, and Feng Junyang misunderstood that Chen Nian was dead at first, Chaoyangzi frowned unconsciously, and said: "Lu Xiao's scimitar fell into their hands , it can be seen that they have been to that valley a long time ago, could it be that they burned the Li family drugstore?" At this point, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he asked Wen Daya, "Among them, there is a 35-year-old , a man with short stature and a brown face?"

Wen Daya thought for a while and replied, "Yes."

Chaoyangzi immediately jumped up from the ground, and shouted in surprise and anger: "It was actually Feng Junyang who sent people to chase me down! It caused me to wander around the Taihang Mountains for so many days! This fellow is indeed a man with a heart. The amount is small, and you will be punished! Fortunately, I have saved his life before, if I knew this, it would be better to teach him to die!"

Chaoyangzi kept yelling and cursing there, but Chen Nian vaguely guessed something in his mind, even Lu Xiao thought of something, and couldn't help but look at Chen Nian's injured arm.Sensing his gaze, Chen Nian also looked down at his left arm, and after a while, he said suddenly: "I want to leave here."

Now that she has left Feng Junyang, she wants to break up with him completely, and never wants her every move to be still in his eyes.

When Wen Daya heard that Chen Nian was going to leave, he immediately panicked and hurriedly said: "It's winter, where is Miss Xie going? Even if we really want to leave, we have to wait for the weather to warm up."

Chaoyangzi also didn't want Chennian to leave at this time. With Chennian here, he could continue to live here with Jing Yuxuan by treating Chennian's injuries.Although the place is a bit dilapidated, the place is remote and Lu Xiao is here. Even if Jing Yuxuan's enemies come here, as long as he joins forces with Lu Xiao, there won't be too much danger.Chaoyangzi was thinking about his own calculations secretly, but he threatened Chennian by saying: "Your arm is not healed, if you suffer from cold again at this time, it will leave the root of the disease in the future."

Chen Nian pursed his lips slightly and remained silent.

Lu Xiao had been with her for a long time, and by looking at her expression, he could tell that she still wanted to leave, so he didn't say anything at the moment, and when he was the only two left in the room, he asked Chen Nian in a low voice: "Xie Chennian, are you afraid of him?" What?"

Chen Nian was slightly taken aback, and couldn't help but look up at him.

Lu Xiao asked again: "Since he has stopped arresting you, why are you afraid of him?"

Chen Nian couldn't answer this question, and she didn't know what she was afraid of, was she afraid that Feng Junyang would arrest her if he changed his mind, or was she afraid that one day she would shake her heart?She was torturing her heart, but she heard Lu Xiao ask: "Xie Chennian, is it possible that you want to hide from him for the rest of your life? Do you have to stay away from wherever he has been in the future?"

Chen Nian was silent.

Lu Xiao couldn't help being a little annoyed seeing her like this, and shouted: "Xie Chennian! You are not a bird hanging on the porch, you are a young eagle soaring on our Mobei grassland. Don't try to escape, you will Those who hide in the eaves are birds, and the young eagles can only grow into eagles if they are not afraid of the wind and rain and spread their wings high!"

Chen Nian unconsciously raised his head to look at him, slowly straightened his back under the bright and scorching eyes, and replied in a deep voice: "Okay, I won't go."

Since you can't hide from Feng Junyang wherever you go, it's better to simply stay here. She's going to live her life and see what he can do to her.

Since Chen Nian had decided not to leave, he gathered Wen Daya and the others together, and said, "I've already decided to stay and join the gang. Since everyone trusts me, I shall take the title of Master. I won't do anything else." Say more, here is a word with everyone, I, Xie Chennian, only abide by the word 'righteousness', as long as you are worthy of me, I will never betray you!"

Wen Daya and the others were overjoyed when they heard the words, and they recruited Lu Xiao into the gang again. They didn't want Lu Xiao but refused. He looked at Chen Nian and said, "Where she is, I will be where she is. Don't worry."

With his words, Wen Daya immediately felt reassured, and said with a smile: "As you wish, as you wish, this matter cannot be forced, as long as you wish."

Since Chen Nian and Lu Xiao were willing to stay, everyone suddenly felt that the future was very bright, needless to say they were happy, they only bought firecrackers to set off.

In stark contrast to the joy in the village is Feng Junyang's. He has been silent since he came down from the mountain. Seeing him like this, Shunping didn't dare to speak any more. He could not help complaining to Mr. Qiao secretly. : "The son of the world really wants to save face and suffer. He finally found Miss Xie, but he only took a look from a distance and left. Hey, what do you think he is thinking?"

Qiao Lao was obsessed with martial arts all his life, and he never knew anything about men and women. He heard Shunping complain to him, thought hard for a long time, and said: "I don't know either."

Fortunately, Shunping was just complaining, and didn't expect to hear any answer from Mr. Qiao. Hearing this, he sighed and said, "Forget it, go to bed early, we have to hurry tomorrow."

They still have to chase the fleet going up the river, and they will have to gallop fast, and they will suffer a lot. Moreover, if others find out their whereabouts, it will be very dangerous.The more Shun Ping thought about it, the more he felt that his son's trip to Jiangbei was not worth it, even if he couldn't take Miss Xie away, he should go up and say a few words to comfort Acacia!

Shunping slept full of complaints for less than two hours, got up before dawn and followed Feng Junyang on the road.Everyone had just left the Feilongxing pass, but they didn't want to meet a group of Taixing cavalry head-on. The person in the lead was none other than the twelfth son of the He family, He Ze, who was supposed to stay in Yiping.

He Ze left the brigade and went forward alone, stood in front of Feng Jun raising his horse and watched him silently for a moment, then said solemnly, "Yun Sheng is gone."

He Yunsheng, the daughter-in-law of the Taixing He family, disappeared. She disappeared alive in the backyard of the Taixing city guard.Only a letter written by her was left in the room, and she wrote a few simple lines, saying that she was going to travel far away, and please don't worry about her parents.Just looking at the surface, it seems that Yunsheng really ran away from home in a moment of capriciousness.

But there are many doubts in this.First of all, the last place Yunsheng stayed in was not her own courtyard, but a very remote small courtyard in the back house of the Chengshou Mansion, where the letters were also left.Secondly, if there is no help from others, it is impossible for Yunsheng alone to go so smoothly, and there is no trace afterward.Finally, and most importantly, although Yunsheng was raised and brought up pampered, she is not a willful girl.On the contrary, she is very sensible. After she has a marriage contract with Prince Yunxi, she will not do something like run away from home that will damage the reputation of the He family.

He Ze and Feng Junyang avoided the crowd and found a gentle slope leeward of the wind.He Ze simply told Feng Junyang about the matter, his eyes were fixed on his face, as if he wanted to see some flaws in it.Seeing how he doubted himself, Feng Junyang couldn't help but smiled wryly, and said with some helplessness: "He Twelve, I didn't do this, and I won't make a fuss about Yunsheng's reputation."

But He Ze asked, "What are you doing here?"

Feng Junyang replied lightly: "I'm here to find Xie Chennian."

He Ze had vaguely guessed that Feng Junyang's trip might have something to do with Xie Chennian, but he didn't want Feng Junyang to admit it so easily. Taihang Mountain?"

Feng Junyang curled his lips mockingly at him, and asked, "He Shier, Qingfengzhai is only a few hundred miles away from your Yiping City. If Xie Chennian made such a big commotion in Qingfengzhai, will you not get it?" information?"

Although he was exposed by Feng Junyang on the spot, He Ze still didn't change his face, he just said: "I heard about the things in Qingfeng Village, but later I heard that she left, I didn't expect her to stay in the mountain."

Feng Junyang only sneered this time, without even saying a word.

He Ze turned a blind eye to his ridicule, and asked again: "Can you find it?"

"I found it." Feng Junyang nodded and said, "But I feel that it doesn't matter if I find it or not."

His words were twisted, and He Ze raised his eyebrows unconsciously, and asked, "How do you say it?"

Feng Junyang looked into the distance, and said slowly: "I heard the wrong news before and thought she was dead, so I thought I had to come over to see her again, but when I really got here, I also stood on the grave. Only then did I feel that even if she died, it would be nothing more than that. For some reason, I let go of it all at once, what I couldn't let go before was nothing but my obsession."

He Ze suddenly smiled, and said: "Either you say you have experienced life and death, it is easy to look away from the world, not only your own life and death, but also the life and death of others. The reason why you can't look away is because you worry about gains and losses. When you really feel the loss , I realized that nothing is impossible.”

It had been a long time since the two of them had spoken in such a calm manner. Feng Junyang turned his head to look at him, and after a while he said lightly, "I'm sorry about Xian'er."

He Ze shook his head with a smile: "I don't blame you. I would use such a good chess piece." Although he said this, the smile on his face became weaker and weaker. Finally, the smile finally disappeared from the corner of his mouth, "You are right, I dragged her into these fights, but I was powerless to protect her."

He Ze raised his eyes to look at Feng Junyang, with a hint of sadness hidden in his eyes: "Jun Yang, we have all grown up, you, me, and Yunsheng, even the eldest sister is no longer the princess of Yunxi, she is The imperial concubine of Shengdu."

The big sister who trained them and protected them in the past has long since ceased to exist. Now the one who lives in the palace is a scheming concubine Feng, who can deceive everyone, use everyone, and put everyone on the bed. The imperial concubine who stepped down to help her advance.

Feng Junyang lowered his eyes, and asked He Ze lightly, "You chased me here just to tell me these things?"

"No." He Ze shook his head, looked at Feng Junyang and said, "All of us have changed, but Yunsheng still has that sincerity. So, Feng Junyang, even if you don't want to protect this sincerity, And please don't destroy it."

Feng Junyang finally couldn't help frowning, and said: "I said before, the matter of Yunsheng has nothing to do with me, even if I really have no conscience, I would not attack her, she is not Xian'er."

He Ze also thought that Feng Junyang shouldn't do this, even without Yunsheng, Xie Chennian's status would not change, and he still wouldn't be able to marry him.He couldn't help thinking hard: "Then who else can take her away? She didn't even resist, it should be someone she knows."

"A living person will not disappear for no reason, and will always leave some clues. I will go to Taixing no matter what, and I will investigate this matter carefully." Feng Junyang said in a deep voice, he paused, and asked again, "Can you go back to Taixing with me?"

"Uncle wants me to stay in Yiping and doesn't allow me to go back." He Ze said, looking at Feng Junyang, he seemed a little hesitant.

Feng Junyang said: "He Twelve, if you have something to say, just say it."

Only then did He Ze ask in a low voice: "Do you remember the small courtyard in the northwest corner of the backyard of the Chengshou Mansion?"

Feng Junyang thought about it for a while, and said: "I have some impressions, but that courtyard where no one is allowed to enter?"

"Exactly!" He Ze nodded, "That's where Yun Sheng disappeared."

That yard is a taboo place in the Taixing City Guard's Mansion. They played in the mansion when they were young, and they could go almost anywhere, but they couldn't get close to it.Feng Junyang was also quite impressed by this, and he frowned unknowingly: "How did Yunsheng go there?"

"I don't know, this matter was not mentioned in my uncle's letter to me, or I got the news from other sources. It seems that my uncle deliberately concealed something, so I think this matter is very strange." He He Ze replied.

Feng Junyang was silent for a moment, then asked again: "Who originally lived in that courtyard?"

This matter involves the secrets of the He family, He Ze hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Uncle had a monogamous wife before marrying you, Mrs. Feng, and that woman came from a declining family in Beimo. At that time, when my uncle married that woman He was opposed by the elders in the family, but his uncle was very firm and the family couldn't hold him back, so he was allowed to marry the woman. In the second year of Yongping, the back house of the city guard's mansion caught fire, and many people in the family were killed in the flames. It was the woman He also died in that fire, and only one daughter was left behind. Later, you and my two families got married. For the sake of looking good, the family covered up the fact that my uncle had married a wife, and even more so. The traces left by the woman have been wiped clean. Even the daughter she left behind, the clan boss also wanted to hide elsewhere to raise her, but uncle refused to allow it, so she stayed in the city guard's mansion."

Such a secret past was deliberately covered up and cleared by the He family, and until now few people knew about it.

He Ze said again: "Madam Feng knows something about this matter, you can ask her when you go to Taixing."

In fact, Feng Junyang already knew that He Zhen had a monogamous wife before marrying his aunt, and even guessed that the woman's death was not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster.Hearing He Ze talk about this now, he couldn't help asking, "Is that daughter still there?"

He Ze said: "It should still be there."

Feng Junyang was a little puzzled: "From what you've said, my uncle should value that daughter very much, why did he keep her locked up in the small courtyard?" Even if the daughter's identity is not upright, she should be replaced by someone else. It's better to be raised by someone who comes out of her identity, even if she pretends to be He Zhen's concubine, it's better than being locked in a small courtyard for many years.

He Ze looked a little ugly, paused for a while, and replied: "That girl's brain was burnt out when she was young, and she is a bit stupid."

Feng Junyang was speechless, and after a moment of silence, he said: "I see."

He Ze smiled wryly, and said, "Feng Junyang, I really never thought that one day I would ask to come to you. All the power in the He family is in the hands of my uncle. I have some here, but I can't do much. Yun Sheng The matter can only be entrusted to you, since she is already your fiancée, please do your best."

Feng Junyang looked a little displeased, and said lightly: "Since you still know that she is my fiancee, you shouldn't have said these things to me."

"I want to talk." He Ze looked at him and said seriously, "Feng Junyang, ever since Xian'er died, I have something to say to you. No matter what happens between you and me, if we want to fight the enemy side by side Okay, it’s better to meet each other in battle, this is between you and me, don’t involve others anymore. I won’t touch your Xie Chennian, and you don’t want to touch the person I want to protect, okay ?”

Feng Junyang looked at him silently for a long time, then nodded slightly, and replied, "Okay."

He Ze just laughed, stretched out his fist and punched Feng Jun Yang's shoulder, and said with a smile: "This is a man! Don't learn those scheming tricks from big sister, if you keep doing it, one day you won't even dare to see the light! "

Feng Junyang bent his lips and smiled, "It seems that you were the one who used tricks on me first."

He Ze smiled embarrassingly when he heard the words: "The Qingzhou matter is my fault, anyway, you can let it go now, so don't bring it up again."

The two laughed and chatted for a while, as if they were back in their childhood, he was still Feng Junyang, not the prince of Yunxi, and he was just He Twelve, not He Ze who took away Yiping.

"There has been movement in Jingyang, maybe it's coming from the east." Feng Junyang said suddenly.

"I know." He Ze nodded and said with a smile, "Already prepared, even my uncle has started to prepare. Once the Zhang family dares to go east, my uncle can lead the army to dig out his lair." He said, but smiled again Leaning at Feng Junyang, he joked, "However, your Feng family won't stab you in the back at this time, will you?"

"No, you and my family are going to fight at this time, and they will only teach others to watch the excitement." Feng Junyang said lightly, paused, and then smiled, "Besides, the scene in Shengdu is like that, my father is afraid It’s because I can’t care about the north for a while.”

Shengdu is not calm at the moment, and several princes surnamed Qi are a little ready to move, greedy for the throne of the ninety-five lord.In the current Great Xia, all forces are intertwined and intertwined, and it has gradually become a deadlock.Everyone has a prey he wants to swallow in front of him, and everyone has eyes staring at him behind him.Everyone can see this situation clearly, but there is always one side that can't bear it first.

One hair will move the whole body, and by then, I am afraid that it will be the real chaos in the world.

(End of this chapter)