Jiangbei female bandits

Chapter 44
Due to the cold weather, there were very few Hukouling villages patrolling in the outer village. Chen Nian and Lu Xiao walked quickly all the way, and they easily reached the outer wall of the inner village.The wall is more than three feet high, and it is all made of blue stones, with crenels on it, just like a city wall.

Chen Nian looked up at the slippery wall, and asked Lu Xiao in a low voice, "How did you get up last time? Climb up?"

Lu Xiao nodded, but Chen Nian couldn't help but laugh, and deliberately teased him: "This time, you don't need to climb slowly, you send me up first, and I will turn around and pull you."

Lu Xiao looked at her silently and said, "Okay."

After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hands suddenly, grabbed Chen Nian's waist, lifted her up, and threw her vigorously towards the wall.Chen Nian forcefully suppressed a low cry from the edge of his mouth, twisted his waist and limbs in the air, and in the process of twisting and turning his body, he fell silently to the wall.

She originally wanted to ask Lu Xiao to build a personal ladder so that he could use his strength to jump up the fence, but she didn't want him to throw herself up like this. Chen Nian was slightly annoyed, leaned out and said to him in a low voice: "I won't pull you anymore , you should climb slowly by yourself!"

Holding back the smile on his lips, Lu Xiao stood under the wall for a moment, and sure enough, a thin rope was hanging down from the top of his head.Chen Nian lay on the crenel looking at him, and shouted coldly: "Hurry up!"

Lu Xiao pulled the rope and used his strength to climb up the city wall.Chen Nian glanced at him, wrapped the rope back around his waist, and whispered to him: "The people in Hukouling are too unprepared, no one has patrolled here for a long time, and when we occupy this stockade in the future, we can't help it." Manned patrols must be arranged."

As soon as she finished speaking, Lu Xiao suddenly pulled her and jumped into the wall. Just as the two of them were hidden under the shadow of the wall, the two village people patrolling with lanterns just happened to reach the top of their heads. Then I heard one of them say: "If you want to say that the Erdang family is wronged, it is clear that they have not even gone out of the stockade. The group of people at the foot of the mountain said it clearly, as if the Erdang family gave them food. I am grateful to Dade, and I wish I could come to worship as a Bodhisattva. At present, outsiders say that the first master is vicious and cruel, and the second master is kind and kind, so it is no wonder that the first master is so annoyed."

Another person sighed: "The first master was afraid that he would not be able to convince the public. Now seeing the second master's reputation soaring, he will naturally be annoyed."

The two walked away while talking, and after a while they were far away.

Lu Xiao turned his head to look at Chen Nian, and said in a low voice, "Your plan has worked."

But Chen Nian smiled: "Whether it really works or not, we have to wait and see for a while."

The two of them took advantage of the darkness to hide their figures and sneaked into the depths of the stockade.Because Lu Xiao had been here before and was very familiar with the terrain, he found the residence of the head of the family in a short while.The two split up and silently removed the guards outside before entering the house.

The head of the Hukou Ridge was originally just a leader in the village, and his martial arts were much worse than Liu Yanwang and Black and White Wuchang. When Lu Xiao walked to the kang, the man suddenly woke up from his sleep, and the knife beside his pillow hadn't been touched yet. In his hand, Lu Xiao's scimitar had been chopped off, killing him with one blow.

Chen Nian frowned and said, "Why did you cut off his head with a single knife? It won't be easy to do the scene after a while." After finishing speaking, he couldn't help complaining that the master's skill is too poor, "This master's skill is too poor It’s no wonder that I’m worried that I won’t be able to convince the crowd.”

But Lu Xiao said expressionlessly: "It's not that he's bad at martial arts, it's that I'm good at swordsmanship."

Ever since he was injured by Zheng Lun in Feilongxing, Lu Xiao has practiced his sword skills hard, and he is indeed much stronger than before.Naturally, Chen Nian also knew about this, not to mention Lu Xiao, even she herself began to practice martial arts hard, thinking that one day she would no longer have to show weakness to others.

Chen Nian was silent for a while, and suddenly said with hatred: "Sooner or later, I will beat Zheng Lun to his knees begging for mercy!"

Lu Xiao was taken aback by her thoughtless words, and after a while, he replied softly: "Okay!"

Chen Nian was too ruthless, but he couldn't help laughing again, and said: "We will talk about the future, and now we must do the immediate thing. You take this person's body with you, and let's go find the second leader. "

Lu Xiao then wrapped the head's corpse in a quilt indiscriminately, held it in his hands, and went out of the house with Chen Nian.Chen Nian also hid the corpses of the young men outside, and then went to look for the second head's residence.This time it was Chen Nian who made the move, and killed the second leader in a few moves, and asked Lu Xiao to throw the body of the first leader in his room, and said: "That's it, anyway, it's just a show, no matter how hard it is, I can't fool you Smart people, no matter how fake they are, there will be fools fooled."

The two of them went back to the north gate of the inner village, killed all the gatekeepers before alarming other places, and let Xiao Hou'er and others who had been hiding outside come in.

"You set two fires in the useless house in the south, as long as there is a lot of noise, be careful not to lead it elsewhere." After Chen Nian and Xiao Hou'er finished talking, he went to order Sha Da, "You lead the people directly from the fire. He broke out from the south gate, opened the gate of the village to let Cui Xi and the others come in, and shouted loudly along the way to kill the second master!"

These things were explained long ago before Chen Nian, and Xiao Hou'er and Sha Da hurriedly took their hands and parted ways.Chen Nian turned around and said with a smile to Lu Xiao: "Come on, let's go to watch the excitement, see which leaders in Hukou Ridge are smart and who are stupid, and then just keep the smartest and the stupidest. "

The two of them sneaked back to the depths of the stronghold again, and just as they hid in the hiding place, they saw a fire suddenly appearing from the south direction, and then there was a faint sound of shouting and killing.After a while, several leaders in the village were startled. In a panic, some people went to the place where the fire was lit to check, but most of them came directly to look for the big leader.

Unexpectedly, there was no one in the house of the master, and there was only a pool of blood on the kang.The leaders were frightened and horrified, and hurriedly rushed out to search around. Just as they were in doubt, someone crawled over and shouted tremblingly: "The big master is at the second master's place, both of them are dead, both of them are dead." La!"

Everyone's expressions changed drastically when they heard this, and only then did they realize that the Second Master was really not here, because they were too flustered before, and no one found out.Several leaders looked at each other, and rushed to the residence of the second master. As soon as they entered the door, they saw the corpses of the two masters lying together. One had his neck cut off, and the other was pierced by a knife. It was these two people who had a quarrel for some reason, and they fought to the death together.

One of the leaders yelled: "Oh! How did the two of them get into such a fight? Why did the first master come here to kill the second master?"

But the one who understood could not help shouting: "Nonsense, how could the first master come to kill the second master? This is clearly someone deliberately setting up a trap!"

The shouts of killing from the south became louder and louder, and everything was in chaos.Chen Nian and Lu Xiao simply sneaked down from the roof, taking advantage of the confusion among the crowd to watch the excitement.After hearing what the man said, Chen Nian secretly smacked Lu Xiao's arm with his fingers, and said in a low voice, "This man is smarter."

Lu Xiao was pinned on the itchy flesh by her, and couldn't help but want to laugh, so he quickly avoided to the side, but after thinking about it, he stopped again, and instead put a sticker on Chen Nian's side.

Chen Nian didn't notice it, and only focused on observing the reactions of the leaders in Hukou Ridge.

Another minion came to report in a hurry, saying that someone from the south was rushing out, shouting that the first master had killed the second master, and had already rushed out of the inner village.The refugees gathered at the foot of the mountain were also attracted, rushing into the stockade, clamoring to avenge the second leader's family.

Everyone was even more flustered when they heard the words, and the middle-aged man who scolded just now stepped forward and shouted: "Don't be chaotic! There must be thieves sneaking in to make trouble, we must not fall for their tricks!" He stopped Everyone, Shen Sheng assigned tasks to everyone, clearly organized, busy but not chaotic, but it can be seen that he is a person with some skills.

Lu Xiao asked Chen Nian in a low voice, "Is this the smartest one?"

Chen Nian shook his head slightly when he heard the words, and replied: "Zhenjing understands in his heart, but people are hiding behind, and will not stand out at this time to attract attention."

The two of them listened for a while, and saw the behavior of those leaders one by one.After a while, most of the village people gathered in the courtyard were sent out, Chen Nian and Lu Xiao also pretended to be the village people, and ran to the south gate after them.

The south gate of the city had already been breached by Shada and others from the inside, and everyone rushed out to open the gate of the outer village, but Shada was alone wielding a pair of stone hammers to stop those Hukouling villagers who were trying to close the gate. There is a trend of "one man is in charge of the gate and ten thousand men are not open".Chen Nian and Lu Xiao rushed over with the others, took advantage of everyone's unpreparedness and killed them from behind, and loudly ordered Sha Dao: "You go out to meet Cui Xi, we are here."

Silly Daddy didn't say anything, he took the stone hammer and rushed to the outer village, and quickly brought Cui Xi and others in, followed by a large group of refugees, hundreds of people at a rough glance.Except for a small number of these people who had weapons in their hands, most of them just held wooden sticks, kitchen knives, etc., shouting loudly to avenge the second leader, and the crowd was furious.

Chen Nian raised his arms and shouted loudly: "The eldest master suspected that the second master distributed food to everyone, so he killed him, everyone rushed in to avenge the second master!"

The people from Hukouling had gone down the mountain several times to drive these refugees away, and they had already aroused their resentment. Now that they heard that the kind-hearted second-in-chief was killed again, everyone was even more angry, waving all kinds of weapons in their hands, Led by Chen Nian, Cui Xi and others, they rushed into the village.

The people from Niutou Village rushed to the front, shouting loudly as they charged, "We are here to avenge the Second Master. We only kill those who killed the Second Master. Close the doors and windows to anyone who has nothing to do with you, and don't go out!"

Many village people in Hukou Ridge were confused. Hearing their yelling, they hesitated for a moment. Those who really believed in Chen Nian's words stopped, and those with more flexible minds saw that there were so many people on Chen Nian's side. The crowd retreated into the house first.

The chaos lasted until noon the next day, when Chen Nian and the others took control of the entire Hukouling cottage.The previous leaders were killed all over the place, and there were only two obedient ones left, who were temporarily pushed ahead by Chen Nian to deal with the aftermath.

Although the owner of the village has changed again, most of the people in the original village don't know the details. It is believed that the leader and the second leader died fighting for power, and the owner of the village is still an old man from Hukouling. Not much resistance.Secondly, most of the people in this village are refugees from other places. It is enough to have a house to live in and food to eat. Who cares who the owner of the village is!

It's just that there are so many refugees in the village suddenly, and there will inevitably be some disputes with the old villagers in Hukouling, but under the strong control of Chen Nian and others, the situation has gradually stabilized.The people in Niutoushan breathed a sigh of relief, Wen Daya rushed over from Niutou village, looked at the huge fortress, and then said with fear: "It's too risky for the big master, it only took thirty or so people to break into Hukou Ridge." .”

Xiao Hou'er smiled and said, "How can we take such a big cottage without taking risks? If the head of the family only cares about stability like you, we are still blowing the cold wind on Niutou Mountain." After he finished speaking, he looked at the Chen Nian said, "But according to me, the boss is still too soft-hearted, so he should kill all the leaders of Hukouling, and replace our people to take care of things!"

Chen Nian raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and asked him, "Our people? How many people do we have in total?"

At the beginning, there were only a dozen people in Niutoushan. Even if many people were recruited later, only a few dozen people could be used. If only these people were used, even if they were exhausted, they would be too busy.

Xiao Hou'er scratched the back of his head and smiled, "I just feel that now that we have occupied Hukouling, we still have to act under the banner of the original group of people, and I feel a little uncomfortable."

Chen Nian smiled, and before he said anything, Cui Xi said: "Everything has to be done slowly, you don't have to worry, in a few days, then Zhu Zhen will give up the position of the village master to our master."

That Zhu Zhen was left behind by Chennian to temporarily preside over the affairs of the Hukouling village. He was a little silent, but he did things very safely. Chennian had paid attention to him for a few days, and then secretly searched for news from other places, and learned that Liu When Yan Wang and others were still around, Zhu Zhen kept a low profile, although he was not favored by Liu Yan Wang, he was not punished.

"This is a real smart person." Chen Nian sighed with Cui Xi in private, "In a wolf den like Hukouling, there must be something special about getting a leader's position without much blood on his hands." excellence."

Cui Xi also agreed with Chen Nian's words, thought for a moment, and said: "This person must be killed first, but I don't know if he can be used by us."

Chen Nian said: "It can be used, but you still have to support your own people as soon as possible. Pay more attention to see if there are capable people among the refugees, their martial arts, temper and so on are easy to talk about, just one thing must be accurate." Now, the mind must be correct. It is not bad to have a flexible mind and a strong heart, but it must be used on the right path. We occupy Hukou Ridge for nothing else, but to save more poor people. The people used it."

Cui Xi nodded in response, and the two talked for a while. Chaoyangzi came in from the outside, beating the snowflakes on his body, and said after entering the door: "The medicinal materials stored in the stockade are almost used up. Now that the weather is cold, there will be more It’s okay for a person to be strong if he suffers from the cold, and he can survive after drinking the hot ginger soup. Even the old, weak, sick and disabled are difficult to deal with, and if there is no medicine, I can’t do it.”

Chen Nian felt dizzy when he heard this, thought for a while, and said: "Why don't I call Xiao Hou'er and go to Jizhou again to see if I can buy more medicinal materials."

Chaoyangzi rolled his eyes habitually when he heard the words: "Right now, there are wars everywhere in Jiangbei, and the medicinal materials are more precious than food. I'm afraid they have been controlled by the government for a long time. Can you open them up and ask you to buy them?"

Chen Nian worried: "Then what should I do? Even if you tell me to plant herbs for you right away, it won't grow right now."

Chaoyangzi stroked the poor beards on his chin, and said, "If you can't do it, you have to go to Jiangnan to buy it."

"Jiangnan?" Cui Xi couldn't help frowning. "Jiangnan? Jiangnan has just fought a war. Even if it is stronger than our Jiangbei, it may be limited."

Chaoyangzi rolled his eyes, glanced at Chen Nian first, and then slowly said: "At present, there is still a place where you can buy bulk herbs."

"Where?" Cui Xi asked.

After thinking about it for a while, Chennian guessed that Chaoyangzi was referring to Yunxi, and the world was in turmoil, but Yunxi was always stable. Compared with Jiangnan and Jiangbei, it was almost a paradise.It's just that Yunxi is Feng Junyang's territory, if he goes there, might he be able to hide it from him?

Chen Nian thought for a while, and asked Chaoyang Zi, "Is this medicinal material must be bought?"

Chaoyangzi replied seriously: "In the great chaos, there must be a disease. In the current situation in Jiangbei, you can't feel anything when it's cold. I'm afraid it will show signs in the summer of next year, but there are many refugees. They are also weak due to hunger and fatigue, and once the epidemic breaks out, I don’t know how many people will die.”

Although Chen Nian had never experienced the plague, but he heard about the tragedy, he couldn't help feeling cold, thought for a moment, and said to Chao Yangzi: "Then go to Yunxi."

Chaoyangzi said: "My teacher's school is in Yunxi. It's not difficult to purchase medicinal materials, but we need to discuss how to transport them out of Yunxi. If Feng Junyang knows, I'm afraid he won't enlarge it. Zong medicinal materials come out."

Chen Nian pondered: "Not only is it difficult to get out of the cloud, but it is also not easy to transport it back to the mountains. There are wars everywhere, and if you don't think carefully, you will be robbed by some military town."

Several people were discussing this matter, but Xiao Hou'er came in from the outside with a gust of cold wind, and reported to Chen Nian: "Master, a young girl came to look for you, and said that her surname was Lu, and she came from Qingfeng Village. "

"My surname is Lu? Could it be Lingque?" Chen Nian was both surprised and delighted, and hurriedly got up to go out to meet him. Sure enough, he received Lu Lingque and several former Qingfeng Villagers at the gate of the Inner Walled City.

Lingque was wearing a green shirt, a leather robe, and a long sword on his back. His cheeks were flushed by the cold wind, but his eyes were full of joy, and he said, "Chen Nian, my father and I have come to join you. , do you accept it?"

Chen Nian was naturally delighted when he heard the words, looked left and right, but did not see Lingque's father, Lu Rongfeng, and wondered, "Where's Uncle Lu? Why don't you see him?"

Lingque smiled and said: "My father said that he can't join your group empty-handed. He took some brothers to do some errands, and he will be there in a few days."

She spoke vaguely, so Chen Nian smiled, led her into the village, and asked someone to call Lu Xiao over to meet him.As soon as Lu Xiao came in and saw Ling Que, he looked her up and down, and asked with a smile, "Hey! Why are you here?"

Ling Que stood up from the chair somewhat awkwardly, but glared at Lu Xiao ferociously, and said, "I'm here to find Chen Nian, not you!"

Lu Xiao didn't speak, just grinned.

Wen Daya and others heard that there were guests, so they all came to see.Chen Nian introduced them to Ling Que one by one, everyone saw that Ling Que was a young and handsome girl, they were a little embarrassed, but Xiao Hou'er had the thickest skin, and he came up to Ling Que and said with a smile: "Lu Sister, I am the junior brother of the head of the family, you must not treat me as an outsider, just ask me if you have something to do, and I, Xiao Houer, will never say anything."

Lingque had a bright temper, smiled and nodded in response.

Chen Nian said again: "My master is a bit weird. He is currently in retreat. I will take you to see her after two days."

Everyone gathered together for a while, and Chen Nian asked Wen Daya to go out and help Ling Que and the others arrange accommodation.Cui Xi saw that she seemed to have something to say to the sparrow, so he found an excuse and took everyone out.

Only Chen Nian and Ling Que were left in the room to reminisce about the past, and Ling Que briefly talked about what happened in Qingfeng Village after Chen Nian left.When it was said that Shan Likun escaped and set up another mountain elsewhere, Chen Nian sighed unconsciously: "Uncle Jiang is too soft-hearted, and he is too cautious in his actions, not courageous enough. If Shan Likun was killed early, How can there be such things later."

Lingque nodded, and said: "Everyone also sees through this point, and thinks that Jiang Da's family will not be able to revive the name of Qingfeng Village. Many old people have left, some have invested in other places, some have set up another mountain, and some people have gone south. I joined the army. The originally huge stockade is almost empty now. My father was always reluctant to leave, and then he saw that Uncle Jiang was too defensive towards him. He didn't want to ruin the brotherhood for many years, so he made up his mind to leave Qingfengzhai. I happened to hear that you were in Beitaihang, so we came here to find you."

Hearing this, Chen Nian said: "There were so many people out there just now, it's not easy for me to ask, where did Uncle Lu go?"

Lingque smiled and said: "Chen Nian, don't bother me, my father said about this matter, it must be done before it counts, and told me not to tell you first. Don't worry, it will only be possible in a few days You have received the letter, just wait patiently."

Hearing what she said, Chen Nian didn't ask any more questions, and just settled the sparrow in the stockade.After four or five days, Nalu Rongfeng came chasing after him with more than a dozen capable men.Chen Nian personally went out of the village to welcome them in. Seeing that they were all dressed bloated, he felt a little surprised. These people are all martial arts practitioners. It stands to reason that they shouldn't be so afraid of the cold. Why are they dressed more than ordinary people? People are thicker?
After exchanging pleasantries, there was no one else in the room, so Lu Rongfeng and his companions took off their leather robes and turned them over, revealing the tightly sewn pockets inside.Spirit Sparrow walked forward with a smile, took out pieces of gold bricks from the hidden pocket and piled them on the table, and said with a smile: "I sewed these hidden pockets one by one, but I did it secretly for many days. "

The gold bricks were all the same size, and they were piled up on the table to form a small mountain, which was as many as tens of thousands of taels. Chen Nian was dumbfounded when he saw it, and asked, "Where did you get so much gold?" She stretched out her hand and took a gold brick. Let's take a closer look and see that there is a mark engraved on the back. If you look closely, it is a word of congratulations, and you can't help but wonder: "It's from the He family?"

Lu Rongfeng nodded and said, "It belongs to the He family. It was sent by He Ze from Yiping to Taixing's lair, and we robbed it."

Chen Nian was startled, that He Ze is not a good idiot, if he robs his gold like this, I am afraid that he will not be kind.

Ling Que looked at Chen Nian's face, guessed that she might be afraid of He Ze's revenge, and said, "Chen Nian, don't worry, this gold was robbed by my father and the others from Wanjiang River, they changed their clothes specially, so they won't be caught If people recognize it, they will not suspect that they came to you."

Lu Rongfeng also said: "After He Ze occupied Yiping, he took advantage of Jiang's luck to transport a lot of things to Taixing. We had already seen it, so we started to rob him of the gold. After the gold is in hand, , let's go around the south of the Yangtze River first, and then head north again, be careful where you are along the way, and we haven't been spotted by anyone."

Chen Nian had dealt with He Ze before, and he knew that that man was deep-minded, treacherous and cunning, and it would not be easy to take advantage of him.But the matter has been done, and both Lu's father and daughter are full of good intentions. She couldn't say anything else, so she smiled and said: "It's nothing, even if he knows that we did it, we are not afraid of him. He is currently Fighting the Zhang family together with Xue Shengying, I have too much time to take care of myself, and I can't spare myself to deal with us."

She looked at the gold for a moment, then smiled and said, "We were worrying about not having enough money to go to Yunxi to buy medicinal materials, and we didn't want you to send this lot of gold, which shows that it is God's will."

Lingque was taken aback when he heard that, and wondered, "Go to Yunxi to buy medicinal materials? Do you need so much gold?"

Chen Nian nodded with a smile, went to the door and told the villagers outside to invite Chaoyangzi, turned around and said to Lu's father and daughter: "The Taoist priest Chaoyangzi is going, and there are endless wars in Jiangbei right now. I'm afraid there will be another epidemic in the heat next year. It is necessary to take precautions in advance, lest there will be a shortage of doctors and medicines, and the lives of everyone will not be saved."

"But there is no need for so many herbs in the village." Lingque said, there are only more than [-] people in Hukou Ridge now, which is still less than half of the population when Qingfeng Village was prosperous, so why use so many herbs.

"It's not only used in this village, but also used to treat the people in other places." Before Chaoyang Ziren arrived, his voice came in from outside the door.He opened the door curtain and came in, looked at Lu Rongfeng and the others, and then glanced at the gold on the table, with a calm face, he said calmly, "When the epidemic happens, more than tens of millions of people will be affected, and this gold is much worse. "

Lingque had come a few days earlier and had already met Chaoyangzi, but it was the first time for Lu Rongfeng and the others to see this genius doctor, so they hurriedly came to see him respectfully.Chaoyangzi sat down in the chair carelessly, rolled his eyes, and said, "I've heard of your name Qingfengzhai a long time ago, since you call yourself a righteous bandit, you have to act like a righteous bandit. Being a chivalrous hero, robbing the rich and giving to the poor, even if it is righteousness, to be sympathetic to the world, and to cherish the common people, is the most righteous thing, that is great righteousness!"

Others didn't know Chaoyangzi's temper, but Chen Nian was afraid of his preaching, got up and interrupted him, saying: "The Taoist priest taught you the right thing, why don't we let the small righteousness do the big righteousness! The gold is not enough , there are still some in the stockade, and they are all taken out for the Taoist priest to buy medicinal materials." She said, then turned to look at Lu Rongfeng and the others, and told the sparrow, "Uncle Lu and the others have worked hard all the way, you send them Take a good rest, the house has been prepared long ago, and we will talk about other things later."

After Lingque brought Lu Rongfeng and others out, Chen Nian asked Chaoyangzi again with a smile on his face, "Master Daoist, when will you get up and go to Yunxi? I ​​can arrange people for you."

"Leave within two days, the sooner the better." Chaoyangzi replied.

Chen Nian nodded, thought for a while, and asked again: "Can my master go with you?"

Chao Yangzi rolled her eyes and said, "She won't go, she said she will stay in the village to teach you martial arts."

Chen Nian nodded again, and was about to speak again, when Chao Yangzi stretched out his hand suddenly, reaching towards her wrist like lightning.Without even thinking about it, Chen Nian turned his wrists to block, neither of them moved, they just fought with their hands, and in the blink of an eye they undid several moves in succession.Chaoyangzi attacked, and Chennian blocked it. After more than [-] moves, Chennian showed a flaw, and Chaoyangzi blocked the pulse door.

Chen Nian said rather dissatisfied: "The Taoist priest is bullying the young again, if he has the ability to find my master to dismantle the trick."

Chaoyangzi snorted coldly, focused on checking the pulse of Chennian, and after a while, he said strangely: "I see that your eyes are getting brighter, and you thought you practiced that shit magical skill with your master, so it didn't?"

Chen Nian felt guilty in his heart, but smiled very sweetly on his face, and said: "Master Dao, haven't you heard of the ancient poems describing beauty? There is a saying that bright eyes are good for eyes. I am so beautiful, so my eyes are naturally like that."

Hearing this, Chaoyangzi threw her wrist away: "Shameless and skinless, such a big girl doesn't know how to be ashamed, who do you hear praises herself so much?"

Chen Nian responded with a smile: "I'm just telling the truth."

The corners of Chaoyangzi's mouth couldn't help but turned up. Looking at her eyes, he said with a straight face: "Chen Nian, let me tell you, your master's five-aggregation magic skill is not a good thing, so don't practice it. The magic power is so powerful. Although it is big, it is very easy to get mad when you are behind. It is a martial arts genius like your master who has practiced hard for more than ten years, but he has not been able to break through the fifth floor. If I was not by her side, I forcibly scattered the needles With all her internal strength, she is afraid that her qi and blood are flowing backwards at this moment, and her meridians will explode and she will die."

Chen Nian felt a chill in his heart when he heard it, and couldn't help asking: "Could it be that there is no way to break it? Since there is such a magical skill, it must have been practiced by someone before, so we can't all go crazy."

Chaoyangzi said: "Except for the person who created this skill, I have only heard of one person who has practiced this skill, but he is still an old monk and left a few words of mantra."

"What mantra?" Chen Nian couldn't help asking.

Hearing the eagerness in her voice, Chaoyangzi glanced at her and frowned slightly.

Chen Nian hurriedly explained with a smile: "I'm just curious, Taoist priest, don't be suspicious."

Only then did Chaoyangzi say: "The magic power of the five aggregates comes from the fact that the five aggregates are all empty. It is originally a Buddhist scripture. What the old monk left behind is the eight-character mantra: calming the mind, purifying the mind, enlightening the mind, and clarifying the mind. Only in this way can this skill be practiced.”

Chen Nian seemed to understand but didn't understand, and wanted to ask in detail, but was afraid that Chaoyang would be suspicious, so he said: "The old monk just likes to play charades, and he refuses to explain everything thoroughly." After she finished speaking, she changed the topic and asked Chaoyang Zi said, "Master Taoist, have you thought about who will accompany you to Yunxi?"

Chaoyangzi shook his head: "You need to be quick-witted, yet prudent and reliable in handling things."

Chen Nian said with a smile: "I'll tell you some people, you can see if it's okay."

"Who?" Chaoyangzi asked.

Chen Nian asked: "It's Uncle Lu and Ling Que just now, okay?"

Chaoyangzi looked at it for the past two days, and felt that Lingque was a straightforward girl, but Lu Rongfeng didn't know how to behave.Chaoyangzi twirled his beard and remained silent. Chen Nian could see hesitation in his heart, so he took a gold brick from the table to play with, and persuaded him: "Needless to say, Lingque is bold, careful, resolute and resolute. Dozens of young girls in Qingfengzhai, she led everyone to escape from the first line of the sky to the village overnight, and she did not leave a single companion behind. As for Uncle Lu, he is an old man in Qingfengzhai, and he has always been prudent and reliable in his work. And he has enough experience in the world. Just because he was able to snatch He Ze's ten thousand taels of gold without anyone noticing, you can also see that Uncle Lu is not an incompetent person."

Only then did Chaoyangzi say: "They can do it too, but I have to ask if their father and daughter are willing to go with me to Yunxi. You just sent them on such a long-distance errand when they first arrived, so don't complain in your heart."

"Don't worry about that, Uncle Lu and the others are not that kind of people." Chennian smiled, threw the gold brick in his hand back on the table, made a jingling sound, thought for a while, and said, "I'll call you Xiao Houer again Go with you, he is the most naughty person, and he responds quickly."

The two of them talked a few more words, finalizing all the people who would go with Chaoyangzi to Yunxi to purchase medicinal materials.Chaoyangzi went to make preparations for his trip, while Chennian called Wen Daya and a few other confidants in, carefully put away the gold and hid it in a secret room before going to find Jing Yuxuan.

When Jing Yuxuan heard Chen Nian's mantra, he frowned deeply and scolded: "The old bald donkeys are too hateful, if you don't speak clearly, you have to play tricks! Just wait, wait until I practice this magical skill , it is necessary to write all the essential methods clearly, and throw this bullshit eight-character mantra in the face of the old monk!"

Although she scolded to relieve her hatred, she was still very troubled in her heart. She repeated the words "calm, purify, enlighten, and clear" over and over again, and almost shouted madly: "What the old monk said What exactly do you mean? Is it possible that you still want to lose your hair and become a nun?"

Seeing her like this, Chen Nian couldn't help thinking about Jing Yuxuan's appearance of knocking on the wooden fish in black clothes, and then moved Chaoyangzi in Taoist robes to the side. Goosebumps all over his body, and he hurriedly said: "Master, there is no need to become a monk. When you meet an eminent monk who has attained the Tao in the future, just ask him for advice."

Jing Yuxuan frowned and said nothing, but asked after a while: "Old Taoist Hei already suspects that you followed me to practice the Five Aggregates Divine Art?"

Chen Nian nodded: "The Taoist priest suddenly came to cut my veins and scared me. Fortunately, Master taught me the way to be prepared in advance, otherwise I would definitely reveal my truth."

"He has a way to investigate, so I have a way to hide it." Jing Yuxuan showed some pride on his face, paused for a while, but said again, "But what he said is right. Breaking through the fifth floor will indeed cause the qi and blood to flow backwards, and the meridians will burst. I got this exercise 11 years ago. You can only survive when your internal strength is exhausted. If you are afraid of death, it is still too late to stop now."

Chen Nian was silent for a moment, but he shook his head slowly, and said: "It took 11 years for a martial arts genius like Master to reach the last level, but I don't know how many years it would take me. Such a long time, You can always find a solution, even if you can’t, it’s not too late to dissipate your internal energy at the end.”

But Jing Yuxuan said: "When you taste the power of this magical skill, I'm afraid you will be reluctant to lose all your skills. Besides, if it is not for the old man Hei to help you, or if I lose my inner strength by myself, I'm afraid it will be the same. You will be obsessed. There are many risks in it, you have to think about it yourself."

Chen Nian said: "Master, there is no need to say any more, I have already thought about it clearly. Rather than being controlled by others because of poor martial arts, it is better to fight freely."

Since she said so, Jing Yuxuan stopped persuading her, and only explained to her the cultivation method of the Five Aggregates Divine Art in detail.Chen Nian stayed at Jing Yuxuan until it was getting dark, and then went back. Lu Xiao had been waiting for her in her room for a long time, and asked her, "Do you want to go to Yunxi with the Taoist?"

Chen Nian replied: "No, I can't get away from the many affairs in the village. Besides, I don't know medicinal materials, so if I go, it will add to the chaos."

Lu Xiao nodded when he heard the words, although his face was still calm, there was joy in his eyes, he nodded in agreement, "Yes."

Chen Nian couldn't help but glanced at him, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Which one? Is it because I can't leave the village, or will going to Yunxi cause trouble?"

Lu Xiao quickly grinned and said, "Of course the village cannot live without you."

Chen Nian somehow guessed what Lu Xiao was thinking, so he smiled unconsciously, thought for a while, and simply said in a low voice: "Lu Xiao, don't worry, I know it all in my heart. And what I said at that time was not angry. , I won't always dwell on the past." She wanted to say that if he wanted to, he would wait for her in front of her, but it was really hard to say, so she paused, and then changed to another sentence, "I will move forward See, live your life."

When she was in Qingzhou that day, she had told him that she and Feng Jun Yang En had broken off their friendship. From then on, he would marry his famous lady, and she would marry her man, neither of which had anything to do with it.Lu Xiao also remembered Chen Nian's words, but for some reason, he suddenly became a little enthusiastic and smirked twice at Chen Nian, and said repeatedly: "Okay, okay."

With his smile like this, Chen Nian didn't know what to say, the room fell silent for a while, and the atmosphere was a little bit awkward.

Chen Nian pretended to be innocent and poured two cups of tea, handed a cup to Lu Xiao, and sipped slowly, saying to Lu Xiao, "I want to wait until next spring to build some houses in the outer village. , and place all the displaced persons there. The inner village still needs to be cleared out, and no one else is allowed to enter at will, so as not to let people mix in and take the opportunity to cause chaos in the future."

Lu Xiao's mind was not here, and he only responded when he heard the sound: "Okay."

Chen Nian said again: "Although there is still some grain stored in the village, next year we will organize those refugees who come to seek refuge to open up wasteland and farm land. One is to collect some grain no matter how much it is, and the other is to find something for everyone to do so as not to cause trouble. Then For those women and children, we should try to get them to spin and weave."

Lu Xiao still just nodded and said, "Okay."

"There are no businesses nearby. Let us do it. Not to mention the fact that there are no merchants, even if there are a few, we don't have the heart to rob them of their money. We dare not mess with Jizhou and Qingzhou, so we can only get it from other places. I discussed it with Cui Xi and the others. If there is a chance, I have to go far away, no matter where, it is best to rob some property of the Zhang family, just to let them know that we did it. Yes, as long as he can't take down Qingzhou, we can't do anything."

Lu Xiao nodded again and said, "Okay."

Chen Nian saw that he was not thinking about it at all, he was speechless, paused for a while, and said: "Lu Xiao, let's go."

Lu Xiao replied "Yes" again, and then realized the meaning of Chen Nian's words. Knowing that she was just saying something angry, he smiled and said: "I will remember what you said, and don't care about it when the time comes." Where are you going, I'll just accompany you." After he finished speaking, he did not explain much, drank the already cold tea in one gulp, put the teacup back into Chen Nian's hand, and turned around and left the room.

It was already dark outside, Lu Xiao didn't go far when he saw Ling Que approaching, raised his face to meet him, turned around and walked back.Seeing Lingque like this, Lu Xiao felt very strange. He quickly chased after Lingque, stopped in front of Lingque, and asked in surprise, "Why did you see me hiding?"

Lingque's face turned red a little, she didn't know whether it was from anxiety or anger, and retorted: "Where did I hide from you?"

Lu Xiao wondered: "Then why did you turn around and leave when you saw me?"

"I, I forgot something in the house, I want to go back and get it." Sparrow replied.

"Oh, I think I offended you." Lu Xiao just got what he wanted from Chen Nian, and now his heart is full of joy, and he just wants to find someone to say a few words.Although Lingque's temper is a bit grumpy here, but during the period when Chen Nian was seriously ill, the two of them stayed together for seven or eight days and nights, and they were closer than others.He said, "What did you forget? Shall I go with you to get it?"

Although Lingque hesitated for a moment, she did not refuse, and walked slowly to her residence together with Lu Xiao.Lingque peeked at Lu Xiao secretly, seeing his happy face, and couldn't help but said, "How is Chen Nian now?"

Lu Xiao grinned and said, "Very good."

Hearing this, Lingque obviously felt that she was very happy for Lu Xiao and Chen Nian, but for some reason, her heart seemed a little empty, she forced a smile and said: "That's good, Chen Nian is good, you Don't bully her in the future."

Lu Xiao was puzzled, and wondered, "Why do I bully her when I'm fine?"

Lingque glared at him angrily, and said angrily: "Anyway, you just remember to treat her well in the future, if you dare to bully her, I won't let you go!"

Because Lu Xiao was happy in his heart, everything he saw was pleasing to the eye, and his temper was surprisingly good. Hearing this, he just smiled and replied, "Okay."

While talking, I arrived at Lingque's residence. Lingque asked Lu Xiao to wait outside. She went into the house and looked around. After searching for a long time, she didn't know what to get, but Lu Xiao couldn't bear to wait outside. Zhong then took a gold token from the bag, held it in his hand, and went out.

Lu Xiao asked: "What are you taking, why did you spend so long?"

Lingque hurriedly handed him the token in his hand, and replied: "My father and the others took it from those people when they robbed He Ze's gold, I want to show it to Chen Nian to see what it is and whether it is useful. "

Lu Xiao glanced at the token by the moonlight, and said with a smile: "This should be the token of the He family, what are you doing with this? If this thing is discovered, it will cause trouble."

"Using gold as tokens to use? Why are they so generous? Or is the token extremely effective?" Lingque wondered, and suddenly had an idea, and asked, "This token of the He family, we Can’t we use it secretly? Now that the Wanjiang water transport is in the hands of the He family, if we can pretend to be their people and buy medicinal materials from Yunxi, wouldn’t we be able to go directly to Wanjiang?”

Lu Xiao smiled, pointed to a small number on the token to Lingque, and explained: "Look here, the token is coded with a number, which should represent the person who holds the token. As for the identity, the He family must know that the person is dead now. You just use it indiscriminately, not only can’t fool them, but also let them know that the gold was robbed by you.”

Lingque was skeptical, and took the token to Chen Nian.Chen Nian carefully looked at the token, handed it to Cui Xi, and asked, "What do you think?"

Cui Xi replied: "I guess He Jia used gold to make this token on purpose. You see, Miss Lu is not willing to throw it away. If she really carries it with her or spends it out, she might be chased by the other party." Leads go."

Both Lingque and Lu Rongfeng were terrified after hearing this, and couldn't help saying: "The people of the He family are really cunning."

Cui Xi smiled and said nothing, Chen Nian thought for a moment, but said: "Since this piece can't be used, how about we fake another one? If we can really fool the He family, the Taoist chief and the others can directly board the boat in Fuping. Wouldn’t it be much cheaper to travel all the way to Yiping and then down?”

Cui Xi thought about it seriously: "I'm afraid that the tokens are not only different in numbers, but also have other subtle differences."

Chen Nian was still unwilling, and said: "It would be great if I can get two more yuan to see."

Having said that, she couldn't think of any solution at the moment, so she could only put the matter aside temporarily, and instead asked Lu's father and daughter if they could go to Yunxi with Chaoyangzi.Lu Rongfeng is not afraid of hard work, even Lingque's is not willing to stay in the village at the moment, so he and his father deal with this matter, and are willing to go with Chaoyangzi to buy medicinal materials.

Chen Nian was very grateful in his heart, and solemnly thanked their father and daughter for a few words, and told him to rest well for the next few days, and when everything was ready, he rushed to Yunxi with Chaoyangzi.

Because the gold was stamped with He's logo, Chen Nian thought about finding a goldsmith to melt and recast the gold, but Cui Xi said, "He Ze will definitely search everywhere if he loses the gold. Looking for goldsmiths among the refugees in this village, there is no guarantee that the news will be leaked, I don’t think so. Why don’t you ask the Taoist chief and the others to take them directly to Yunxi, and then make plans when you get there.”

Chen Nian thought he was right, so he handed over the gold to Lu Rongfeng and the others, and told them to put it back into the hidden pockets of the leather robes, saying: "Uncle Lu, you need to be more careful on this journey." She was also afraid that Chaoyangzi's Taoist attire would be too conspicuous, so she couldn't help discussing with him, "Daoist, can you change your attire to hide your identity?"

Hearing the words, Chaoyangzi had to turn his nose and raise his eyes, but on the day of departure, he didn't want to, but he really changed into a layman's attire, bringing Xiao Hou'er, Lu Rongfeng and his daughter with him, and the dozen or so who followed the Lu family's father and daughter. The people who came from Qingfengzhai went east out of Taihang, detoured from Jizhou to Jiangnan, and then turned overland to Yunxi.

(End of this chapter)