Ink panel: Hunting the sun and surveying the sky from the bow

A rugged mountain road outside the county town winds upward, covered with a thin layer of white snow.

A seemingly tired horse, exhaling clouds of white breath, pulled an old cart and moved forward slowly on this silent mountain road.

The wheels made a dull crunching sound as they pressed through the snow.

Along the way, the bare branches stretched out in a vigorous manner. Occasionally, the cold wind blew through, causing the branches to tremble slightly, and the snow on the branches fell rustlingly.

"Brother Qingzi, how did you discover them just now?"

After a period of self-comfort, Shen Xiaohu had gotten over the initial guilt of killing people and became much more magnanimous.

Shen Qing glanced at Shen Xiaohu and said truthfully: "I wasn't very sure, so I shot an arrow in advance and gave it a try."

"Ah? What if you kill the wrong person?"

"It's wrong." Shen Qing said softly without any psychological burden: "Sometimes if you are not ruthless enough, you won't be able to survive in this world. Don't think too much."

It is too common for an individual to die in this world.

Even in their small village, people often have accidents and are eaten clean by wild beasts.

Not to mention a county with more than 100,000 or 200,000 people, people might die every day.

One more person or one less person will not make any difference at all.

If Shen Qing doesn't want him to be the one missing, then he shouldn't be indecisive.

Shen Xiaohu fell silent after hearing this and did not refute.

Because he knew that Shen Qing was telling the truth and that was the way the world was.

Zhang Shuyuan, who was driving the little horse, heard the conversation between the two brothers and interjected: "You killed them today and escaped disaster, but you may not be sure next time when you enter the city again."

Hearing that Zhang Shuyuan seemed to know something, Shen Qing raised his hands and asked, "What's the explanation here? I hope you will give me some advice."

Zhang Shuyuan seemed to be somewhat impressed by Shen Qing's respect, and continued: "Those low-class people living in the outer city are not fighting alone. Today I saw that their group is being watched and attacked. There must be someone on top. "

"They are very loyal people. If something happens to the brothers down below, they who are the leaders must come out and calm things down, otherwise it will definitely lead to disunity. As long as you go to the county seat in the future, you will not be able to escape."

"But the good news is that we live in Hongshan Village, and these leaders can only take care of the one-third of an acre of land on their hands. They can't reach that far and can't control us. As long as you don't go to the county seat If so, it’s not a big problem.”

After listening to Zhang Shuyuan's words, Shen Qing, the person involved, frowned slightly.

The quota he had just obtained to study martial arts in Linfeng Hall's inner academy was an extremely rare opportunity, and he could not give it up so easily.

He must go to the county seat.

"Are these guys strong?" Shen Qing asked.

"Those who hang out in the outer city are definitely not as good as those real martial arts masters in the inner city. Most of them are in the perfect state of Qi and Blood, with half of their feet stuck at the door of the martial arts. They are more than enough to deal with ordinary people like us."

Great Perfection of Qi and Blood?

Shen Qing's brows wrinkled slightly.

Although he has not yet reached the state of Dzogchen in practicing the Nine Skills Brocade, the distance is not too great.

If that's the case, then it should be enough to just kill the guy who's carrying it.

Shen Qing thought this in his heart and let out a long sigh.

…

Time passed little by little.

Wait until the evening, when it is still bright.

Zhang Shuyuan relied on his superb driving skills to safely deliver Shen Qing and Shen Xiaohu to the village.

"Thank you for your work today, sir. This is your reward for today." Shen Qing took out the money he had prepared before and gave it to Zhang Shuyuan as agreed upon, the two hundred cash. Not only that, he also added twenty more cash. He said: "Mr. helped me a lot today. These twenty coins are the extra money I gave to him."

Zhang Shuyuan did not count the money in detail in front of Shen Qing, but put it directly into his pocket and said, "Don't forget it tomorrow. Come over and continue studying the Thousand-Character Classic."

"Okay, I'll go early tomorrow morning."

After sending Zhang Shuyuan away, Shen Qing looked back at the sky and felt that it was still early to get dark. He hurriedly walked towards his home, tied up the horse, moved the objects off the cart, and kicked open the dilapidated door. , shouted: "Sister, I'm back."

…

In Shen Er's home.

Shen Xiaohu, who returned to the village with Shen Qing, rushed home after getting off the car.

As soon as he opened the door, he shouted: "Grandpa, Grandma, I can go to Linfeng Hall to learn martial arts! I can go to Linfeng Hall to learn martial arts!"

As soon as Shen Xiaohu rushed into the house and saw the scene in the house, his voice suddenly got stuck in his throat and he became mute.

In addition to his father Shen Er, Tian Xiaohu and Zhang Baoqing were also in the room, seeming to be discussing some matters.

"Cough, cough..." Uncle Shen Er coughed twice, drew everyone's attention back, glared at Shen Xiaohu and said: "I came back from a trip to the county town, why was I whining, not in a straight line. Just now. What did you say?"

Shen Xiaohu immediately lost the excitement that he had when he just walked in. His voice dropped several times, and he said honestly: "Master, the master of Linfeng Hall said that my bones are not bad. I only need seven taels of silver to let me practice martial arts in the outer sect."

Uncle Shen Erteng suddenly sat up from his chair with a loud sound, trotted up to Shen Xiaohu and said in disbelief: "You can go to Linfeng Hall to practice martial arts?! Is everything you said true?"

He used to want his children to practice martial arts, and he put a lot of effort into it, but practicing martial arts was never that easy, and he had long given up hope.

He didn't expect it to come true, how could he not be excited?

Shen Xiaohu nodded heavily and said, "Aunt Li Linfeng promised to let me enter the outer sect and practice for three months."

"Three months, three months is fine." Uncle Shen Er looked at Shen Xiaohu up and down and was very satisfied.

Tian Xiaohu and Zhang Baoqing, who were in the room, looked at each other, stood up and congratulated one after another: "Congratulations, Brother Shen. When your son starts practicing martial arts, he may soon be able to change his martial arts status and become a high-ranking official." "

Uncle Shen Er was rarely happy, and his wrinkled old face showed a happy smile: "It's still early, it's still early."

Although he said this, Tian Xiaohu and Zhang Baoqing could still see the proud look on Shen Er's face.

There is Shen Qing in front and Shen Xiaohu in the back.

It seems that Hongshan Village will be ruled by the Shen family from now on.

Shen Er patted Shen Xiaohu on the shoulder and said happily: "How did you get admitted to Linfeng Hall so smoothly this time? I remember they were very strict in accepting disciples. Please tell me quickly, how did you do it? Did it?”

Shen Xiaohu said excitedly: "Thanks to Brother Qingzi, you don't know how powerful he is. Uncle Li Linfeng checked his bones on the spot and took him directly into the inner door. When he left, he also sent a deputy Medicine, that disciple said, this is a personal treatment."

boom!

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was silent.

Shen Er, Tian Xiaohu, and Zhang Baoqing were all stunned.