September 26, the twenty-third year of Zhaohua.

After ten days of walking from Kyoto, the bandit team finally arrived at the foot of the ten-mile slope in the evening of this day.

There were no anomalies along the way.

Ning Zhixing never said a word to Li Chenan again, he should have really died of heart.

The girl who rode the donkey would only chat with Li Chen'an during the meal, not about Wanxizhai or the disciples in Wanxizhai, and even rarely talked about the affairs of the rivers and lakes.

What she was more curious about was Li Chenan's strange behavior that slowly swallowed all the way-

He would always wander around the fields at noon or in the evening when the group was camping!

Even two nights, he took the two knives of the Mushan knife to two villages that were still popular!

She didn't go with her on the first night, but she went on the second night.

I saw Li Chenan sitting on the threshold of a dilapidated room chatting with an old man dressed in tatters!

This was unexpected by Xiao Baozi.

Because she knows that Li Chen'an's status is very high, and there are rumors of the emperor's eldest son.

Even though she has been living in Wanxi Zhai, she has read the entire first floor of the book left by the master, and naturally knows what the world is from the book.

There are masters in the rivers and lakes, and the masters are dismissive of the low hands.

There is a hierarchy in the temple, and the low level obeys the high level.

There are even more three, six, nine and so on in the world, and it is difficult to look at each other, let alone sit together and chat.

But Li Chenan really chatted with the old man for a long time!

At first, the old man was afraid.

But Li Chenan seems to have forgotten his identity, he puts himself very low, and speaks casually, without the nobility of the literati, let alone the arrogance of the emperor's eldest son.

He is very good at seducing people to talk.

So unconsciously, the old man seemed to ignore his dark and clean clothes, which were very expensive at first glance, and gradually opened the conversation.

The two actually talked about harsh taxes from farming, and from silkworms to maladministration.

At last the topic was at last, for the old peasant did not dare to say any more, even if he seemed to want to.

Li Chenan naturally did not force it, and then said goodbye and left.

In Xiao Baozi's view, Li Chenan's behavior is certainly not untargeted.

"I thought you'd give that old man a few taels of silver......"

Xiao Baozi raised her eyes and looked at Li Chen'an, sitting lazily on the stool, as if she felt a little uncomfortable, so she changed her posture and said:

After all, the old man is really pitiful, he has to wait for more than ten acres of crops, and he has to take two grandsons, the family can no longer open the pot, and the wild vegetables picked back from the mountains are not enough for the three grandchildren to fill their stomachs. ”

Li Chenan pondered for a moment, "This is not a problem that can be solved by giving a few taels of silver, if the root of this problem is not solved, their lives will never be sustainable." ”

Xiao Baozi's slender eyes widened, "Where is the root of the problem?"

"If a hard-working person like the old peasant can't eat enough, if the people of the world rely on their hard-working hands, they will be hungry and yellow-skinned......

Li Chen'an poured Xiao Baozi a cup of tea, "If the merchant works hard for a year, he can't get a few taels of silver, and if the handicraft is tired and sick, he can't even get the money for treatment...... That's what went wrong with the country. ”

"The root is above the temple!"

Xiao Baozi took the teacup and took a shallow sip with a small mouth, and then raised his eyes to look at Li Chen'an, "Then how to treat it?"

Li Chenan didn't answer, he smiled slightly: "Tell me your name first." ”

Xiao Baozi put down the teacup and glanced at him, "You go and ask the prime minister!"

Li Chenan turned his head to look, and the little black donkey was drinking water by the stream, and it was lying on the ground with its ass pouting.

"Who's that group over there?"

Xiao Baozi looked at the group of silver-armored soldiers in the distance, and then asked.

"The personal guard of the second prince. ”

"Second prince, he also came with you to suppress bandits?"

"No, he's here to kill me. ”

“...... Then why didn't you kill him?"

"Go to Shuangjiao Mountain and kill. ”

Xiao Baozi's mind suddenly went down, she looked at Li Chenan again, and her eyes, which had been dull, still showed a trace of doubt after all.

She found it difficult to comprehend the thoughts of the man in front of her.

"Do you have to choose a place to kill someone?"

"I didn't have to choose a place, but you can see that he has so many soldiers after all. If you do something to him at this time, my people will also be killed and injured. ”

Li Chen'an also looked at the silver armor army in the distance, "His life is not valuable, but my people's lives are all precious, the arrangement in Shuangjiao Mountain should be completed, and it will cost him not a single soldier to let him die, so it is more cost-effective." ”

Xiao Baozi pondered for a moment, "I think you're more like a shrewd businessman now, why don't I kill him?"

"Wait, there's no rush. ”

As soon as Li Chen'an's words fell, Xiao Baozi suddenly turned his head to look at the mountain behind the camp!

This mountain is the front mountain that enters Shuangjiao Mountain!

The mountain is not high, but there are many pines and cypresses on the mountain, so the forest is dense.

The sun had set, and the tired birds should have returned to their nests, but at this moment, a flock of birds flew on the mountainside about twenty feet away from here.

Xiao Baozi's slender eyes suddenly narrowed into a line and turned into an eye slit.

Li Chen'an saw Xiao Baozi's strange appearance, he also turned his head to look at it, and said a word: "I am the bait, I want to lure one or two masters of the rivers and lakes to appear, if it is the northern beggar Zuoqiu does not sing, he can shoot an arrow at most!"

Xiao Baozi ignored his words, she kept looking at the mountainside, and after a while, the birds that flew up fell back into the trees.

Not a single arrow came.

But that place had at least one trick just now.

"It looks like it ran away. ”

Li Chenan was looking at Xiao Baozi's eyes at this time, and he now felt that Xiao Baozi's eyes seemed to have a problem.

Because she always likes to squint, especially when she wants to observe something.

Could it be myopia?

This master of the rivers and lakes, if he is short-sighted, I am afraid that he will suffer a lot of losses if he fights.

Xiao Baozi retracted his gaze, and his slender eyes opened a little, "So you sent away the two knives of the Mushan Knife, just to let Zuoqiu not shoot you an arrow?"

"Well, after all, they are here, Zuoqiu Buming, even if he is a half-step great master, he is not sure that an arrow will hit me. ”

"Can you stop Zuoqiu's unsounding arrow?"

Li Chenan picked up the teacup and shook his head, "I can't, isn't there still you?"

“...... You're a shrewd businessman. ”

"What realm are you?"

Xiao Baozi didn't answer, she stood up, and walked towards the little black donkey like the weak willow supporting the wind.

"Why should I stop that arrow for you?"

She walked to the stream, sat on the back of the little black donkey, took off her shoes, and soaked the pair of white jade feet that Li Chenan couldn't see in the stream.

She was about to wash her feet pleasantly, but suddenly she turned her head to look at the mountain again.

Her eyes narrowed again, and in an instant, she tilted her head slightly, frowned between her eyebrows, and heard an extremely faint sound of breaking through the air.

There was a sword in the mountain that cut down.

But she already knew that an arrow was really shooting at Li Chen'an.

She reached out and plucked a handful of donkey hair from the little black donkey's ass.

The little black donkey let out a miserable cry, expressing its strong dissatisfaction.

But it was still lying by the stream, and it didn't dare to pout its ass and get up.

Xiao Baozi waved his hand.

A pinch of donkey hair flew towards the arrow.

Almost at the same time, she also flew off the back of the donkey.

Because that handful of donkey hair can block an arrow from a half-step grand master.

Her body flew into the air, her hands falling to her waist.

Li Chenan looked up and saw that her waist was suddenly loosened, and her wide long skirt bloomed like a mushroom.

She flew to the top of Li Chen'an's head!

Li Chenan's eyes widened suddenly.

But it wasn't because of the arrow that flew.

But......

He saw a dazzling ...... in the long skirt that was open Red!