"Sister, he doesn't want to do that, don't embarrass others. Qin Rulan has a kind character, and when she heard that Zhang Xiaopaw didn't answer, she knew that he didn't want to, so she persuaded her sister not to embarrass Zhang Xiaopaw.

Qin Rulan's voice was glutinous, not as sharp as her sister Qin Xinru, but it made Zhang Xiaopu have a little courage, and said: "I, Zhang Dayong, am not a person who knows how to repay his kindness, the grace of saving his life is greater than heaven, and the benefactor has a life, so don't dare to disobey, but--I really don't want to become a slave and lose my freedom." My fiancée is still at home waiting for me to go back to marry her, my biological parents have not yet been found, and the elders of the clan who raised me have not yet had time to be filial. May the benefactor be merciful, and do not deprive me of my freedom. ”

Zhang Xiaopaw bowed to the ground and pleaded deeply.

Qin Xinru and Qin Rulan glanced at each other, and couldn't help but snort for joy, only to feel that Zhang Xiaopaw was stupid and stupid, and he actually regarded Hu Cong as a slave. But if you think about it, it is normal for a simple baby who grew up in a poor mountain to never see the world.

"Explain it to him. Sister Qin Xinru said, too lazy to waste saliva with Zhang Xiaopaw.

"Get up. Qin Rulan said to Zhang Xiaopaw, "You misunderstood, Hu Cong is not a slave, Hu Cong is similar to an entourage, not only will it not deprive you of your personal freedom, but will cultivate and educate you, pass on your martial arts, give you cultivation resources, teach you literacy, teach you social etiquette, etc., and you will have monthly salaries and holidays every month." Of course, what you need to do is to swear allegiance, to your lord, to charge for him, to fight side by side with him, his enemy is your enemy, and his honor is your honor. If you have made great contributions to the family, or if you have considerable strength, you can also be promoted from a subordinate to a party manager, and you can even become a guest elder of the family and enjoy infinite honor. ”

"Really, really?" Zhang Xiaopaw felt a little floating, as if he had drifted from hell to heaven at once.

"Hmph!" the man in Tsing Yi snorted coldly and said: "You are a mountain village man, what virtue and how can you deceive the second lady of the dignified city lord's mansion, do you know how many rich children in Baiyun City are vying to become the second lady's concubine? ”

"Brother Murong is not angry. Duan Baifei, the man in white, opened his mouth to persuade, "This little brother is also reluctant because he doesn't know, and now that he knows, he must be twelve points willing." Little brother, what is in front of you now is definitely a great opportunity that is enough to change your life, not to despise you, with your vision, you can't imagine what kind of opportunity this is. For a simple analogy, once you become Miss Rulan's servant, with your talent, under the cultivation of the City Lord's Mansion, as long as you work hard enough, it will only take half a year for you to single-handedly defeat the ruffians who oppressed you just now. All in all, my advice to you is to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. ”

"Thank you!" Zhang Xiaopaw thanked Duan Baifei.

Is he stupid?

Not stupid.

And on the contrary, he is very thoughtful and smart. His stupidity was only because he was too shallow to understand and didn't understand, so he made a joke, and now that he understands it, he won't let go of this great opportunity.

Zhang Xiaozu vaguely remembered that the champion had said that taking an oath of allegiance was a serious and solemn thing, and he needed to kneel on one knee or something, so he carefully tidied up his clothes, but the blood stains and mud stained during the battle made him look very embarrassed.

"Honorable, beautiful, and kind young lady, I, Zhang Dayong, am willing to be your servant and serve you. Since then, I will follow you and charge into battle for you, swearing to defend your honor and life to the death, and be loyal. If there is a violation, the sky will not be able to thunder and die!" Zhang Xiaopaw knelt down on one knee in front of Qin Rulan, and said sonorously.

Qin Rulan smiled, I don't know if it was because she was happy because she received a genius, or because she was amused by Zhang Xiaopaw's nondescript allegiance salute, she slowly stretched out her white palm, gently pressed it on the top of Zhang Xiaopaw's head, and exhaled like a land: "I, Baiyun City, Qin Rulan, accept your effect-"

"Wait a minute!" Zhou Jianlai, the man in black who had not spoken, suddenly interrupted Qin Rulan and said, "You might as well see what his qualifications are first." ”

"Confused, how can I forget such an important thing, or Xiao Jian is careful. Duan Baifei thumped his hands and said in annoyance.

"Again, warn you, don't call me Little Sword. Zhou Jianlai said coldly, very dissatisfied with Duan Baifei's name for him.

"Okay, Little Sword. ”

The corners of Zhou Jianlai's eyes twitched, and he wanted to slap the big sword in his hand on Duan Baifei's mouth, but in the end he endured it, because he couldn't beat Duan Baifei.

Zhang Xiaopaw was very confused, didn't he already say that he was a genius, why did he have to look at his qualifications?

"Hold your hand out. Duan Bai flew two steps forward and walked in front of Zhang Xiaopaw and said.

Hearing this, Zhang Xiaopaw stretched out his right hand.

Duan Baifei's right hand reached out and clasped Zhang Xiaopaw's wrist like a doctor's pulse.

Zhang Xiaopaw only felt a thin cool breath from Duan Baifei's fingers drilling into his body, and it was very comfortable to swim in his body coolly.

"This-" After a moment, Duan Baifei withdrew his hand with an ugly face and opened his mouth silently.

Zhang Xiaopaw immediately chuckled in his heart, knowing that it might not be good. Sure enough, Duan Baifei's next words made him feel like falling into an ice cave.

"The battle gate is closed, and I am afraid that I will not have anything to do with cultivation in this life. Duan Baifei shook his head with a wry smile, looking at Zhang Xiaopaw, his eyes full of regret.

"How? Let me see. Qin Xinru was surprised and disbelieving, and clasped Zhang Xiaopu's right hand, which had just been half withdrawn.

Zhang Xiaopaw couldn't help but snort, unlike when Duan Baifei probed for him before, this time he only felt as if a knife had penetrated into his body, rushing left and right, unscrupulous, as if he was going to wring his muscles and flesh, and the pain of this piercing heart made him break into a cold sweat for a moment.

"It's really wasted. After probing for a long time, Qin Xinru finally let go of her hand, her voice was cold, and she could hear that she was very displeased.

"Haha, that's funny. Xu Murong, a man in Tsing Yi, suddenly laughed, not caring about Zhang Xiaopaw's feelings at all, and sneered: "After a long time, it turned out to be a useless waste, a waste of time." ”

"Let's go, we've been delayed for a long time. Duan Baifei withdrew his gaze from Zhang Xiaopu, shook the fan gently, and looked flat, as if nothing had happened from beginning to end.

"Let's go. Qin Xinru responded, took Qin Rulan's hand, bypassed Zhang Xiaopaw and walked towards the canyon.

Listening to the footsteps gradually moving away behind him, Zhang Xiaopu couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, these sons and ladies of wealthy nobles are really realistic enough, when they learned that he was a genius, they were as enthusiastic as fire, and after finding out that he was a waste material, they were as cold as ice.

The five of them have gradually drifted apart, but Zhang Xiaopaw is still kneeling on one knee, not that he is deeply affected and forgets to get up, but that he can't get up, and his whole body hurts when he moves lightly, as if there are 10,000 silver needles pierced in the flesh and blood. He didn't know what Qin Xinru had done to his body.

"I'm sorry, my sister was in a hurry and hurt your meridians. I apologize to you on her behalf. ”

Zhang Xiaopaw was struggling to get up, and a sound of rice glutinous suddenly sounded in his ears, it was his sister Qin Rulan who went and returned.

"I'm fine, no need to apologize. Zhang Xiaopaw gritted his teeth and said stiffly, he didn't want to show his weak side in front of these noble children anymore, so as not to cause jokes.

"You sit down first. Qin Rulan didn't care about Zhang Xiaopaw's displeased tone, she helped Zhang Xiaopaw to sit down, and then took out a small porcelain vase with white flowers from the embroidery bag on her waist, handed it to Zhang Xiaopaw, and said: "This is a healing elixir, you take one, sit here and breathe for half an hour, and the damaged meridians can heal." And your elders are not lightly injured, give each of them one pill, and another one after twelve hours, and they should be cured after half a month in bed. ”

The resentment and displeasure in Zhang Xiaopaw's heart suddenly disappeared, like every person in Liujia Village, he had a pure heart and did not hold grudges, especially when he heard that Qin Rulan also carefully observed the injuries of Niu Yao and others, and sent healing pills, Zhang Xiaopaw immediately labeled Qin Rulan a big good person.

"Miss Da is gracious, Zhang Da will remember it in this life. Zhang Xiaopaw bowed deeply towards Qin Rulan.

"It's not enough to raise your hands. Qin Rulan waved her hand and smiled, "In addition, don't be too sad, the closure of the battle gate is not a dead end, there is still a way to break through the blockage." Although it is difficult, as long as you don't give up, no matter how difficult the hurdle is, you can overcome it. History—if you encounter difficulties, you can come to Baiyun City to find me! Come on! Goodbye!"

Qin Rulan wanted to encourage Zhang Xiaopaw more, but her sister's impatient urging voice came from the front, so she could only smile apologetically at Zhang Xiaopaw and wave goodbye.

A cheer made Zhang Xiaopaw's heart warm, looking at Qin Rulan's departing back, he silently said cheer to himself.

Looking at the white porcelain vase in his hand, Zhang Xiaopaw suddenly laughed happily, he felt that his body was not useless, because if it wasn't for the perfect performance of this body, it would not have attracted the attention of Qin Rulan's five people, and if they didn't attract their attention, they wouldn't have taken action to drive away the ruffians who were blocking the way. Zhang Xiaopaw was sure that they would not make a move, because listening to their conversation, they came very early, but they were indifferent to Niu Yao, Li Dashan and several people in Zhangjia Village being injured and disabled, and even seeing the thin monkey and another person in Zhangjia Village being brutally killed, so Zhang Xiaopaw decided that if they didn't feel that their body was useful, they would definitely not help.

Thinking about it like this, Zhang Xiaopaw was so beautiful that the snot bubbles were about to come out, and the value of his body was greater, not only drove away the ruffians who stood in the way, saved the people of Zhangliu and Liu villages, saved 600 catties of dry food, and even won 1,000 catties of food for each village present, 100 taels of funeral expenses for the dead, and 20 taels of medical expenses for each of the injured. and he was wounded, and he was given twenty taels of silver. Twenty taels, building eight bright brick houses is more than poked, if the finch knows, he will definitely die of joy.

Contentment.

The old village chief's life philosophy was instilled in Zhang Xiaopaw very thoroughly.

"Rulan, why is it so slow, what did you tell him?" Qin Xinru asked Qin Rulan, who had returned.

Qin Rulan replied: "I'll let him come on, don't give up." ”

"You-are you stupid?" Qin Xinru was actually laughed at by Qin Rulan's words, and said: "The battle gate is congenitally blocked, and you need the Ten Directions Demon Pill to have a chance to rush away, you let him cheer and don't give up, just let him go to find the Ten Directions Demon Pill, the entire Baiyun City is not worth the Ten Directions Demon Pill if it is sold, so do you let him cheer or make him more desperate?"

"Hope without hope is better than nothing. Duan Bai Fei said.

"It's better to kill him. Xu Murong said.

Qin Rulan's cheeks were red, and she also realized that she had given Zhang Xiaopaw an impossible hope, but after thinking about it, she felt that she had done the right thing, and said, "No matter what, it's better to have hope than no hope." ”

"Oh, that's a pity. Duan Baifei shook his head and regretted, "If he hadn't been closed in the battle gate and cultivated hard for a year, he would definitely be able to become a fighting force, adding a lot of chances for Sister Rulan's survival on the isolated island next year." ”

"It's a shame indeed. Qin Xinru also shook her head in regret.