He set up a carriage, and between the axles of the carriage was the halberd of the square wheel, and in the carriage was the haggard Mu Qinglan and a large heavy box.

He looked at the surrounding scenery with a solemn face, and drove the carriage forward in the long yellow dust, the bright blade of the Pu knife at his waist flashing gloomily.

He comes from a closed town, he has an ordinary background, he wants to go to Ganyong Village, he wants to fight for the indifferent feelings of that young man.

"Check it, the silver you want is here, let go of your uncle!"

The Ganyong village is extremely hidden, and the cottage is built in a steep mountain range, and it is more than 20 miles away from the nearest city, so they are not afraid of officers and soldiers, and they are not afraid of power.

"Yo! What a handsome little lady, do you want to play with my eldest brother?" The mountain bandits in different clothes and linen clothes stood in the middle of the road, their greedy eyes staring directly at Mu Qinglan, and from time to time they uttered teasing filthy words. Mu Qinglan's face was pale and he followed Jiang Ming closely, and Jiang Ming secretly clenched his fist, and after a while, he secretly let go.

"Qinglan, just wait for me at home, I will definitely rescue Uncle Mu. Before leaving, Jiang Ming said this, but Mu Qinglan stubbornly begged him: "Daddy is in trouble, I can't help much, I just hope to see him come back safely all the way." ”

Mountain bandits have a unique temperament, rebellious, and fighting, so they fall into the grass for cowardice, for survival, for wealth, for freedom, in order to be able to go through their lives freely, rather than living under a bullying official. Jiang Ming looked at these mountain bandits, and felt a sense of sympathy in his heart, and he involuntarily reduced his killing intent a little.

The main name of Ganyong Village is Guan Huang, known as Guan Dadao, thick eyebrows and horizontal eyes, beard, eagle nose bridge, fierce face, so that a white tiger big knife has shocked countless officers and soldiers. He sat on the special chair at this time, looked at Jiang Ming with disdain, and said indifferently: "Only the two of you are here?

Jiang Ming said: "Saving people is important, losing money is small, I only hope that things will be calm, go to wealth and eliminate disasters, and I hope that the owner of the village can return to his uncle as promised." ”

Guan Huangleng snorted: "Have you brought all the goods I want?"

"Five hundred taels of silver, all in the box, please check. ”

"And what about your baby? You know I want that fine metal. Guan Huang looked at Jiang Ming gloomily, but he couldn't see the fear in Jiang Ming's eyes.

Jiang Ming naturally did not have high-grade metal, and the copper tripod he got from the Zhong family had already been given to Kwai Xi, and the treasure on his body was only the halberd. Jiang Mingying smiled and said: "The baby is on me, but you have to let my uncle go first and let him leave here, otherwise you will take things and hold people, won't I have no bargaining chips?

Guan Huang waved his hand, and his subordinates escorted a dying figure from the village, and when he looked closely, it was Mu Qinglan's father, but his clothes were in tatters, and he had obviously been whipped.

"Dad!" Mu Qinglan shouted, Father Mu slowly raised his head, the corners of his mouth twitched for a long time and he didn't spit out half a word, Mu Qinglan stepped forward angrily and said, "Why did you beat my father like this? We all agreed to make a deal with you!"

Are jackals human?

Guan Huang smiled and said indifferently: "Blame me for being indisciplined, and my subordinates treat the young lady's father like this." Hurry up and loosen the tie!"

Mu Qinglan was angry, and the next step was to go to Father Mu, but Jiang Ming grabbed his arm and signaled him not to act rashly.

"What a bold idea! Jiang Minggongzi dared to come to my Ganyong village lightly, and he could still trade with me so calmly, I wonder if he would be interested in joining my village? I can give you a comfortable seat to sit on, it is better than being aggrieved under the hands of officers and soldiers!"

"I have no intention of entering the village, I just want to run my own life in a peaceful and prosperous world. ”

Guan Huang laughed out loud and said mockingly: "If you just want to be a commoner, how can you slash the glazed lion with a sword? How can you slap the prince in the street and confront the hundred horsemen in the iron armor? Are you a reckless man who only knows the blade?"

Jiang Ming thought to himself that Guan Huang really knew about his deeds, which showed that this blackmail had been planned at all. He said with a cold face: "Since the owner of the village has accepted the benefits of his employer, he has also used this to extort my silver taels and treasures, which is really a hero who maximizes profits!"

Guan Huang said: "Those self-righteous officers and soldiers still think that it is so easy to kill people with a knife, how can they not pay the price if they want Lao Tzu to be the head of this gun." But if I kill you this time, I will get a piece of metal worth this price, not to mention a piece of metal worth ten thousand gold!"

The conspiracy of officers and soldiers drove bandits and killed people. Jiang Ming had only offended Prince Houfeng, but he had never thought that they would collude with the mountain bandits, which made his face even more gloomy, and he said: "Has the owner of the village made up his mind to fight with me? Since you know about me, you must also know that the three-foot Qingfeng can kill people and kill people, and my strength within seven steps can also make any of you bleed on the spot!"

"Oh?" Guan Huang laughed arrogantly and said disdainfully: "I have been dominating this Ganyong Village for decades, but no one is scared! Although your reputation is famous, don't be a papier-mâché tiger, that will disappoint me." ”

The so-called deal between the two parties has been torn apart so far, and they have both revealed their true colors, and there is no need to say too much about the murderous words, and the murderous intentions are enough to support this killing.

Jiang Ming watched Guan Huang hold the big knife, his heart was also nervous, holding the Pu knife on his waist with both hands, he already had the intention of rushing to kill, fortunately, the leader of the mountain bandits boasted of his great power, and gave the scene of the two people fighting, if it was a scuffle, he could not guarantee the safety of Mu Qinglan and the others.

"We can only catch Guan Huang as soon as possible, and the other bandits will not dare to act rashly, and we can leave safely!"

As soon as his mind moved, Jiang Ming swooped down and approached Guan Huang, and fought with his blade, and at this moment, the man's blood burned rapidly.

Guan Huang's murderous name is extremely loud in the entire Jiufu Alliance, this criminal who killed countless people stayed in prison for five years, and then killed the jailer and fled to Ganyong Ling, after more than a dozen groups of officers and soldiers surrounded and suppressed, he still lived the life of the owner of the village, whether it was the means or the strength can be regarded as a leader.

At the beginning of Jiang Ming's fight with him, he noticed that Guan Huang's knife technique was extraordinary, and when the knife was released, it was incomparable, chopping, chopping, blocking, and poking were all tricky, Jiang Ming was fortunate to pass through the remnant soul of the night spring in his body to pass on all kinds of martial arts images, and master the essence of martial arts in a very short time, otherwise at the same level, he really couldn't fight against Guan Huang.

Guan Huang slashed out with a knife, and then jumped into the air with his feet, swept out a pair of scissors, his legs had not yet fallen, and the blade was cut out diagonally, the coherence of the offensive was terrifying, and the combat instinct trained in this actual combat was far from being comparable to a martial artist who had not been exposed to life and death blood.

Jiang Ming dodged them one by one, but he was disgusted with the stormy waves in his heart, originally after the battle of Huangshi, he already knew that his strength was much stronger than ordinary martial artists, but he didn't want to have a sky outside the sky, and he only met a mountain bandit leader today, so he taught him to be difficult to deal with, and he couldn't help but feel ashamed. But how to get out? Jiang Ming actually felt that it was a little difficult to ride a tiger because of his own arrogance and self-righteousness, and he was very angry that he had put his companions in an unknown danger because of his arrogance and self-righteousness.

"Yes, you really surprised me, a rookie martial artist has such a quick reaction and ability to fight, just as I didn't hold a sword for three years. Guan Huang smiled grimly, revealing two rows of yellowed front teeth, full of bloodthirsty desire.

Jiang Ming waved his knife, and at the same time his body retreated, and Guan Huang chased after him, and this advance and retreat was approaching the carriage that Jiang Ming was riding in when he arrived. But seeing Jiang Ming throwing his knife out, he stretched out his empty hand and stretched out towards the axle, and a long halberd with a dark body was displayed in Guan Huang's eyes.

"Do you want to change the weapon, although this halberd looks like a treasure, you can't exert its power, so when you die, I will take good care of this weapon for you!" Guan Huang approached with a cruel smile, and swung the big knife towards Jiang Ming's neck.

Guan Huang's knife method is heavy in the fierce force, waving like thunder, moving like a sea collapse, ordinary people can't catch this strong force, but the knife and the halberd intersect, the sound of gold and iron, the strength on the knife was leaked five points, and the remaining five points were scattered by Jiang Ming's strength when he waved the halberd, and the power of the shock knocked Guan Huang back more than ten steps before he stopped in embarrassment.

"What a domineering halberd!" Guan Huang's heart throbbed, but because his subordinates were all here, he was afraid of losing face, so he attacked again. It's just that this time, he is completely out of the upper hand, the long halberd against the big knife, the victory is strong, the halberd also has the effect of suppressing short weapons, and the fear of Guan Huang is more and more prevalent, Jiang Ming's heart to fight to the death is stronger, the two are fighting, Guan Huang is dangerous and dangerous, and there is even a danger of life and death several times.

"Little ones, grab that woman and take her hostage!" Guan Huang shouted, knowing that the winner is king, and no matter how he wins, he can enjoy the glory of the winner.

The other mountain bandits listened to the order, and quickly surrounded Mu Qinglan, Jiang Ming saw it, and secretly cursed "bastard", and didn't even think about it, so he rushed towards Mu Qinglan. At this moment, Guan Huang slashed out, marking a bloody mark on Jiang Ming's back.

"Damn!" Jiang Ming endured the pain and finally ran to Mu Qinglan's side in time, holding the halberd in one hand and grabbing Mu Qinglan's wrist with the other, facing the mountain bandits who kept rushing in, his face was indifferent, his expression was arrogant and cold, he looked up to the sky and drank, as if the clouds suddenly opened and the fog dispersed, with the pride of looking down on the eternals, spreading out from the long halberd.

Dozens of mountain bandits looked at each other, but they were not afraid to rush over with knives, densely packed like locusts crossing the border, and the sword light shone with a cold edge.

"Snort!" The halberd fell without a trace, one person shed blood, one more step, the halberd waved, another person died, another step later, another person died, and so on more than a dozen times, and the ground had accumulated more than a dozen unsightly corpses.

Jiang Ming looked at the mountain bandit who was stupid and ready to move angrily, and said in a loud voice: "Whoever is close to me ten meters, kill one person in one step!"

Its sound was like a bell, ringing in the ears of the bandits, and the bandits were afraid and hesitated to move forward.

"Daddy, Daddy!" Mu Qinglan was paralyzed on the ground, looking at her father, who was slumped in breath and covered in blood, who was being held to his neck with a big knife, and his worry and fear surged again.

"Haha, Jiang Ming, although you are brave and fierce, although the halberd is fierce and unmatched, but after all, you are younger, with this hostage in your hand, can't you just be captured?" Guan Huang smiled presumptuously, his face full of sarcasm.

"Are you still a man? You have the ability to fight with me, what kind of ability is it to bully and hurt someone!" Jiang Ming provoked the general, but to no avail, and only listened to Guan Huangying: "Only the living have a chance to retain their dignity, if I fail, where can I still be a man! It is too naïve to use this ridiculous method of agitation." Throw your halberd away, or I won't guarantee that my men won't accidentally cut his neck!"

It's this scene again!

Jiang Ming knew that once he laid down his weapon, once he was defeated by Guan Huang, the fate of the three of them would be unimaginable. However, looking at Mu Qinglan's pitiful and painful eyes, he once again surrendered, it was a kind of helplessness that he hated not being a strong man, and it was a feeling that he couldn't stretch because he was fettered.

"Bang!" The halberd was thrown to the ground at random, Jiang Ming breathed a long sigh of relief, and his hands were spread flat, as if he had really become a lamb to be killed.

Guan Huang laughed, raised the big knife and rushed at Jiang Ming, but was interrupted by Jiang Ming's quick punch, but seeing that Jiang Ming had already given up the desire to fight him, he rushed straight to where Mu Father was, he thought that he could kill the mountain bandit before he could kill him, he thought that he could save Mu Father fast enough. However, no!

Seeing Jiang Ming approaching, the mountain bandit did not obey the command of the blade in his hand, and directly cut through the fragile skin, and red blood flowed from the neck of the wooden father, like a peach blossom in full bloom.

"Dad, father!" Mu Qinglan was already running towards Father Mu when Jiang Ming made a move, but when she saw this scene, she was immediately heartbroken and in pain.

Jiang Ming pulled out a dagger from his waist and slashed the throat of the mountain bandit, however, the person he saved also fell to the ground at the same time.

"No! no!" Jiang Ming saw that Father Mu was foaming at the mouth of blood, still muttering something, so he leaned close to Father Mu's lips, only to hear him say, "Protect it...... Take care of Qinglan...... Later go to the wooden ...... Wood...... A trip to home!"

Mu Qinglan had also run to Jiang Ming's side, her bright eyes were covered with dust, and she happened to see the moment her father lost his breath, his head tilted towards the ground, and his body suddenly softened.

"Daddy, what's wrong with you! Wake up, Qinglan is here! How can you leave like this, you said you wanted to watch me put on my wedding dress and get married, did you forget......"

The cry of pain resounded throughout the mountain, and the birds chirped together, the dead wood snapped, and the wind whimpered.

On the sixteenth day of the winter month of the year 225, Mu Qinglan's father died.

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Three days later, Mu's father's coffin came out of the funeral, and his daughter Mu Qinglan was buried in loess with plain clothes, plain clothes, and plain buns. Jiang Ming and Mu Chuan were behind him, and they were also wrapped around their shoulders to perform funeral rites.

Three days ago, Jiang Ming wielded his halberd in the midst of hundreds of mountain bandits, killing dozens of people, and Guan Huang, the owner of Ganyong Village, was angrily cut off by him and fled to the mountains and forests. He protected Mu Qinglan and the lifeless corpse of Mu Father, set up a carriage and rushed for twenty miles, returning to Yeyang City. However, the grief is not over, the dead cannot be reborn, Mu Qinglan buried the innocent smiling face of the past with his father, and the living are no longer the same as before.

"Qinglan, Uncle Mu has a spirit in the sky, and he doesn't want you to eat and drink without regard to destroying your life!"

"That's my business, and seven days of mourning is the only thing I can do as a daughter. ”

She became cold and sad, pale and thin.

Jiang Ming's brows were deep, and he choked up and said, "But ......"

"I'll live well!"

Her gaze was as pure as ever, but with a hint of determination.

At noon on this day, a sergeant in black armor rushed from afar, handed over a red letter, and only heard him say: "Mr. Jiang Ming, King Hou Feng invites you and Miss Mu Qinglan to go to the eighteenth birthday banquet of the fifth prince, and the banquet will be held ten days later, I hope you can go to the banquet on time." ”

Jiang Ming was stunned.

In the remote courtyard of Linqing Lane, Mu Qinglan knelt in front of the spiritual seat of Mu Father, and asked indifferently: "Let me ask you, is there anyone plotting about the matter of Ganyong Village?"

Jiang Ming was stunned for a moment, knowing that he couldn't hide it from her, so he said: "According to what Guan Huang said and some details, it should be the person who hired the mountain bandits to kill us, or he himself." ”

Mu Qinglan said: "What do you think is their intention in inviting us to the banquet this time?" Jiang Ming muttered: "Our identity is not so noble, so they can deign to invite us. There must be a conspiracy in this matter, but if we don't go, that person will have a handle against us in the open. ”

"You mean, we had to go?"

"There's another way, leave Night City!"

Mu Qinglan was silent, and only said after a while: "Then let's go, there must be an end to the matter." ”

Jiang Ming didn't answer and turned his head: "Uncle Mu said before he passed away that he would let you go to Mu's house in the future." Where is this Mu family, and how can I take you there?"

"No, I'll just go by myself in the future. ”

She began to become extremely apathetic. He sensed it.

Jiang Ming let out a long sigh and thought to himself, "If I can save Uncle Mu, won't she be like this?" He thought he could save her father, but in the end he failed, she didn't blame him, he knew that she was blaming him.

Winter is already coming, like someone's frozen heart, and it is cold.