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Chapter 4: Bandit(1/3)

Changfeng and Zhen Ping'er finally walked out of the small valley where the hardworking and simple village was located.

Zhen Ping'er had just recovered from a serious illness and walked quite slowly. She walked ten steps and took a hundred steps. Changfeng originally wanted him to carry her, but the willful Zhen Ping'er said nothing. Changfeng had to follow her step by step. In just ten miles, they walked for nearly six hours before they arrived at what Old Man Wang said about Mianyueji. Seeing that it was already dark, they finally stepped onto the bluestone road in the center of the museum.

The street was quiet, there was no figure, and the street was in a mess, and the houses on both sides of the street did not even have a trace of light. Isn’t this a small market? How could this happen? Changfeng couldn’t help but feel strange, there was no sound of animals, and it was a little scary. The intuition told him that something must have happened here, and people were hiding, and there must be people at the market. He felt countless eyes staring at them at the sixth.

With the cold moonlight on his head, Changfeng and Zhen Ping'er found an inn called Fulai.

"Ping'er, go up and knock on the door." Changfeng ordered Zhen Ping'er.

Zhen Ping'er felt a hint of chill coming up from the soles of her feet, and reluctantly stepped forward with her little hands that were red from the cold and knocked on the door.

Dong, Dong, Dong... The crisp knock on the door suddenly sounded on the quiet gathering, causing a considerable commotion, but it calmed down after a while.

Zhen Ping'er knocked for a long time, but no one came to open the door. Zhen Ping'er was a little discouraged and put her foot on the door post. She gritted her teeth in pain and hurriedly squatted down and rubbed her slender feet.

Changfeng sighed and went up to knock on the door:

"Is there anyone inside? We came from another place and stayed here. It was too cold. Please open the door and let us in."

Changfeng was relieved when he heard that the people inside heard that they were here to stay. Then there was a sound of footsteps. A sound of sound, the door of the inn opened, and a waiter-like man opened a gap with an oil lamp in his hand. The lights were swaying in the wind. When he saw that there were only one old and one young in front of him, he opened the door halfway.

"Little brother, we went out to travel here. This is my book boy. We want to stay in the inn. Don't you know if there is still a room?" Changfeng asked politely.

The waiter looked at the two people carefully. The clothes were thin, and the young one was still shaking in the cold wind. He didn't look like a bad person. He said, "Come in, there is still a room here!" The waiter opened the door and led the two people in.

This inn is divided into two floors, downstairs is a tavern, upstairs is an inn. When Changfeng entered, he found that there were tables and stools missing arms and legs in the lobby. Then he saw that the shopkeeper on the table was wrapped like a pig's head, and the wine was spilled all over the floor, and the aroma of wine was overflowing, as if he had experienced a fierce fight and had not had time to clean it up.

"What's going on here? Why are all the things in the store broken? Brother Xiao?" After the waiter sat Changfeng and Zhen Ping'er on the table and stool that had just been pieced together, Changfeng asked the waiter who was wiping the table.

"Hey!" The waiter sighed, but the words he said were blocked by a sentence.

"Xiao Li, don't clean the room for the customers, and you're so slow and ask you to do something like this. What else can you expect to do in the future?" At this time, the shopkeeper standing at the counter loudly scolded the waiter who called Xiao Li.

The waiter heard the scolding and could only walk back obediently, saying nothing, and he dared not say anything.

Changfeng knew that the other person didn't want to say it, so he didn't make things difficult for him. He didn't ask again. Zhen Ping'er had been walking for a day and had never eaten anything. She was so hungry that she was so hungry that she had no intention of caring about other people's business. She wanted to order something to eat as soon as she sat down. When she saw Changfeng, she didn't say anything. She stretched out her finger and summoned the shopkeeper from the counter and said:

"We were a little hungry when we traveled a long distance. The shopkeeper, what food can you eat in your store? Get some for us." Changfeng said.

"This, this..." the shopkeeper became embarrassed.

"There are no more dishes and restaurants. If the two guests don't dislike me, I will ask the kitchen to give two noodles. Do you think this is the case?" the shopkeeper whispered.

It doesn't matter if the wind is so good. Just have food. Zhen Ping'er stopped to rely on it. She had never touched any meat and finally left. When she ran into such a tavern, she actually said there was no food and food. She was very unhappy and said: "Shopkeeper, do you think we can't afford the meal? I deliberately said no, right?"

"How can this young man? This guest is always our parents who do business. How could the old man not do business?" said the shopkeeper unjustly.

"Then why do you say there is no food or food?" Zhen Ping'er asked curiously.

"Oh!" The shopkeeper sighed first like the waiter just now, and then said, "You both saw it, can you know why the shop is like this today?" Changfeng and the others shook their heads, with a look of confusion.

"This matter starts from half a year ago. Originally, our Mianyue Mountain area has always been calm. Half a year ago, a group of bandits suddenly appeared here. Cao Yuanbin, who was burning, killing, looting, and doing all kinds of evil. The leader was called Cao Yuanbin. Since he arrived here, our lives have become more and more sad. But about half a month ago, another group of people came to the mountain area. Their style was not like Cao's surname. They just robbed wealthy businessmen and officials who were unkind, and they did not make things difficult for us ordinary people. And gradually, as long as the Cao surname came to rob, we should notify them and they would come to help us drive them away. Afterwards, as long as we all gather some money and grain for them, everyone nearby knew that there were two bandits, one group was Yang Shan's evil, and the other group was doing evil... "The shopkeeper told Changfeng and the others like a storyteller, and his waist was flying, and his waist was straighter than anyone else.

"Then, what is the origin of those who robbed the rich and helped the poor?" Changfeng and Zhen Ping'er became interested and almost forgot about the hunger.

"I don't know this little old man. I heard from the person who came back that the news said that it seemed that a man named Qi was leading the group of people." The shopkeeper replied carefully.

"Then what I did on the street today should be the group of bandits surnamed Cao, right?" Changfeng speculated based on the situation on the street.

"This gentleman has such a clever knowledge!" The shopkeeper's dress was a middle-aged scholar who was wandering around, and he gave his thumbs up and changed his words and praised him.

At this time, the waiter brought the noodles from the two of them, and the shopkeeper said: Please use them slowly. Then he left the lobby and went in, leaving the waiter to greet them there.

Noodles may not be delicious, but in the hungry people, it is a delicious food. Changfeng thought while eating: "The shopkeeper said that the man surnamed Qi is a good man. At least he is not a bad person. It may be forced to fall here. He is like a thief who robs the rich and helps the poor. Changfeng has liked to hear his master talk about the anecdotes in the world since he was a child, and fantasizes that he can one day become a knight who robs the rich and helps the poor. This kind of person is exactly what he wants to make friends with. Changfeng couldn't help but long to see this person.

Even if a girl is hungry, she cannot eat a lot. Eating half a bowl of noodles is already Zhen Ping'er's limit. She can't eat it anymore. She has never carefully understood the middle-aged man around her. She now put her hands on the table and watched Changfeng swallow it with fun. What kind of person is she? Judging from his temperament, he should be a scholar, but he has high martial arts skills. Why has she never heard of such a high martial arts person in the world? Judging from his age, he should have been in the world for many years. He should be very famous, so he has no fame? It seems that only when he goes back to ask the lady, maybe only she can know the true origin of this person.

Zhen Ping'er quietly watched Changfeng eat a complete bowl of noodles, and even gave Changfeng what she had left. Changfeng didn't mind. Anyway, she was hungry and ate it all. It was not until she burped that Changfeng said, "Shopkeeper, it's time to check out."

"Hey, here we are." The shopkeeper heard the shout and ran to the front hall, panting: "Customer, you two stayed for one night and the 20,000 noodles today are a total of three cents of silver." Changfeng took out about half a tael of silver from his bag and handed it to the shopkeeper, "Don't look for it anymore, find us a guest room. We need to rest, and we have to hurry tomorrow!"

"Okay, thank you, please, please." The shopkeeper led his hand to the stairs and faced the Changfeng Road.

As soon as Changfeng stepped onto the first stairs, he suddenly heard noise outside. Could it be that the bandits were coming again? Through the window, Changfeng saw the fire outside, which had just stepped out, and took back the foot, and turned around and asked the shopkeeper, "Are those bandits coming again?"

The shopkeeper was asked in a daze and said, "It shouldn't be possible. We have already invited the leader Qi to come. Those bandits are not that stupid, right?"

"What are you doing here? Why don't you go out to see what's going on?" The shopkeeper suddenly scolded the waiter standing beside him and said.

"Oh," the waiter quickly agreed, walked to the door, opened a gap and looked out. After a while, the waiter said, "It's Mr. Qi's person."

"It's okay, I'm scared!" The shopkeeper's heart fell and patted his heart.

"Have the leader named Qi arrived?" Changfeng asked casually.

"I can't see clearly, it seems that I haven't come. The person who takes the lead seems to be his deputy, the surname Wei." The waiter replied.

"Don't worry, please, I won't have anything tonight?" Changfeng thought that he had nothing to do. Master often said that it's better to have less than more things. Why can't he get along with him? He followed the shopkeeper upstairs with Zhen Ping'er. Under the guidance of the dim light, they came to a guest room. The shopkeeper opened the door and walked in. Changfeng also walked in. The decoration of the room was very simple, with two chairs, a bed and a quilt, and a newly lit oil lamp on the table.

"Customer, this is the room. I'll ask someone to bring you hot water later and make a pot of tea for you. You can rest first." After the shopkeeper called him, they went downstairs.

"Why do I want to live in a house with you? You don't have the money to open a house!" Zhen Ping'er said unhappily.

"You and I are both men now, and they are masters and servants. What's wrong with living in one room? Besides, I bought medicinal money for you. Now I don't have the money to live in two rooms. You will sleep in the bed tonight, and I will sleep on the table, without disturbing each other. That's fine." Changfeng explained.

At this time, the waiter brought the hot water up and said, "Two guests, wash and relieve fatigue first. After washing, put the basin at the door. The young one came back to collect it." After that, he bowed and left the door.

"Thank you, brother." Before he finished speaking, brother had already left.

Changfeng opened a gap in the window and took a breath of fresh air. When he looked down, he saw the fire flashing below. It turned out that the thief mentioned by the shopkeeper had not left yet, so what were he waiting for below?

Changfeng stood in the window through the gap and looked at the group of people below in a daze. He didn't even hear Zhen Ping'er calling her over to wash her face.

It was Zhen Ping'er who increased her voice and realized it before Changfeng woke up, and said, "Ping'er, you wash first, I want to see what the people below are waiting for?"

"Brother Wei, we have searched all the places in Mianyueji, but no trace of Cao Yuanbin's group was found. It seems that they saw that we were about to arrive and had escaped before they could burn, kill and loot." A man ran over from the other end of the street and said to a man with a square face.

"Okay, let's go first and go back to Yunruo Temple!" The big man with square faces ordered loudly.

In an instant, the entire street of Mianyueji was empty, and Mianyueji, which had been lively for a while, returned to peace.

"They are going back. Should I meet the leader of this group of people?" Changfeng thought to himself. In the end, he made up his mind and left like this. If he wanted to get to know this person again, he didn't know when, but finally turned around and said to Zhen Ping'er:

"You are just sleeping here alone tonight. I want to get to know the leader of this righteous thief." After that, he pushed the window and walked out, ignoring Zhen Ping'er's reaction at all.

Changfeng quietly followed the group of people and used their light skills to track them. Their speed was too slow. Changfeng stopped and finally followed them to their stronghold in this mountainous area - Yunruo Temple.

"Brother, if we continue like this, we will almost have no money and food. What do you think we should do now?" Changfeng hid on the roof of the temple lobby and just uncovered a piece of tiles, he heard that the man with a square face named Wei said to a man sitting on the head. However, because he was carrying him on his back, it could not see his appearance clearly. He could only feel from his back that this man should be a man in his thirties.

Then everyone in the hall pondered. The man sitting in the head, the man named Qi, said, "Now we are almost at the time when we have ammunition and food exhaustion, and the rich people at the foot of the mountain have invited martial arts masters to guard the house. Now it is difficult for us to have any idea of ​​those people. We could have repelled Cao Yuanbin for the mountain people in exchange for the mountain people's relief for us. But now the group of people named Cao will escape as soon as we arrive and cannot catch them at all. In addition, our terrain is not familiar with us, so if we continue like this, we may starve to death in this Miyue Mountain."

"General, what do you think we should do?" asked a man standing by his attack.

"How many times have you called me? I'm still called General. I'm no longer in the barracks. I'm going to call you brother!" The man surnamed Wei scolded.

"Don't scold him anymore. You gave up your wealth and wealth for me alone, and... I am ashamed of you! We all don't know how much time we can be together, so let him continue to shout." The man in the lead whispered.

"Brother, we are willing to follow you, if not..." The big man named Wei bowed on one knee and bowed.

"Why are you doing this?" said the man in the lead.

"General, is this man a general of the court and a rebel general? The world has not been in chaos yet, and it is unlikely that he would have been wandering here?" Changfeng muttered mentally.

"Brother, brother, it's not good, we're surrounded!" A man rushed in from outside the court and said.

The leading man walked down from his seat, met him, grabbed the man who was about to fall and said, "Let's talk slower, what's going on?"

"When we left Mianyueji, the man surnamed Cao followed us and followed us all the way. Now we have surrounded us. General, what should we do?" The man said breathlessly.

Wei next to him cursed: "I said that Cao Yuanbin, this old fox, did not rob him this time. It turned out that he was to lure us into the bait so that he could find us and eliminate us in one fell swoop. It was indeed a four-headed snake. It was so cunning!" After saying that, he was angry.

"Let's go out and have a plan!" The leader's surname Qi Dahan said. Then everyone in the hall rushed out. Changfeng hid on the roof and was thinking about whether to help these "righteous thieves" who were at the end of the road. Suddenly, he found that there was a large group of people around the temple, with a number of about a hundred people. He did not go to count them seriously, but it was certain that these people were completely different from those in the hall. They were the real bandits. Could it be that they were the group of people led by the Cao surname? It seems that there was a fierce battle tonight. Changfeng also took advantage of them to walk out of the hall, followed them, and hid behind the temple gate. Watch the changes.

After everyone stood still and formed a formation, the big man led by him shouted: "The turtle named Cao, get out quickly. You are actually here. Are you afraid that I, Qi, have no money to entertain you?"

The loud shout was really powerful, and his voice could be heard throughout the mountain. Of course, those who didn't want to be a turtle were going to come out. Changfeng said mentally that this person's voice was really loud.

Sure enough, in a while, a hundred people gathered in front of the mountain temple. The lit torches shone like daylight in front of the mountain gate. The long wind hid behind the plaque. The atmosphere was not daring to show up, and he could not raise his head. He could only hear what they said.

"Brother Cao is so elegant. It's so late, and he has brought so many people to my mountain to enjoy the moon?" said a big man surnamed Qi sarcastically.

"Brother Qi said this, is it too flirtatious? I can compare with you, Brother Qi. The moonlight here is charming and it is a good place. Why didn't Cao find this good place before?" A sharp voice said. If he was in the capital, he would probably be regarded as a eunuch. In fact, Changfeng was just a guess, and then he knew that he was a eunuch who did not regard him as a eunuch.

"What happened to Brother Cao here late at night?" asked the man surnamed Qi.

"Cut the weeds and remove the roots!" The Cao surnamed laughed.

"Could Brother Cao come to kill me, Mr. Qi?" The man surnamed Qi also asked with a smile.

"Yes, since you came, our brothers have never had the same free days as before. In the past, there was no other place for two tigers. The surname Qi, either you surrender to me, or tonight is your death date. Brothers, come on me, and those who kill Qi Lei will reward 100 taels of silver!" Under the instigation of Cao Yuanbin, this group of bandits killed the group of Qi's surname. At this time, Changfeng was no longer afraid of being discovered by them. He poked his head out and looked down. It was indeed a melee.

The leader named Qi Lei rushed towards a thin middle-aged man and said, "Cao Yuanbin either dies or I die today. Come and let us see the true seal!"

"Okay, Qi Lei, I will fulfill you today!" He held a big sword and met him. Both of them had different skills. Cao Yuanbin's martial arts were better, but Qi Lei's martial arts were a bit lacking. He used all his strength to use his swords and the swords were very powerful, and he saw that this kind of sword technique would only have great effect on killing enemies on the battlefield. Fighting against the enemy in the martial arts world would only allow the opponent to avoid his sharp edge first, and then slowly try to do so. Qi Lei would definitely be defeated!

Sure enough, after more than a dozen slashes, Qi Lei's strength was already exhausted. Looking at Cao Yuanbin's battle, he became more and more brave. The sword stabbed him at the vital point, and he was about to lose. This was a turn of the way. It turned out that Qi Lei's subordinates were all brave soldiers, and they might not be as good as those under Cao Yuanbin's men. Once a soldier formed a formation, the group of mobs would be far from their opponents. They saw that the group formed a circular formation under the leadership of the Wei surname. Once someone was injured, they could hide in it and use it for rest on the battlefield. In a short while, Cao Yuanbin's 100 people were dispersed. Seeing that his subordinates were seriously injured, Cao Yuanbin had to order to retreat. Before leaving, he even slashed and injured Qi Lei on the shoulder. It seemed that Cao Yuanbin was also a relatively difficult person.

"Stop everything, Qi Lei, let you go today, I will come again one day!" Cao Yuanbin shouted loudly. Then he led his own group of people to disappear into the darkness. The abandoned torches were picked up by the winners and piled them into a fire, because their leader fainted at this time. Changfeng originally planned to pursue Cao Yuanbin, but thought that he could not save him. Although they were bandits, they did not disturb the people and took good care of the people. Now they were short of food and medicine, Qi Lei also looked righteous. Changfeng made up his mind to save people first.

At that moment, Changfeng jumped down from behind the plaque, and immediately scared everyone present. The man surnamed Wei was still calm. It seemed that he must be the most prestigious person among them except Qi Lei.

"In Xia Wei Yun, who are you and why are you here late at night?" Wei Yun asked, pointing to Changfeng.

"The following is named Changfeng, come to save your leader..." Changfeng said.
To be continued...
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