Chapter 124: The Woodcutter
Lou Hongyue nodded, "Well, after Qingxue knew about Shen Yuan's condition, she never gave up her plan to treat him, this time I heard her inquire about you, I think, she should have found some way to heal Shen Yuan, so she will look for you through the dark night, and after learning that you are in Tianshu City, she hurried to come to Tianshu City."
Speaking of this, Shen Kuo was excited in his heart, and couldn't help but ask, "Miss Qingxue is also here?" Why don't you see her, is it in the inn? ”
"Qingxue is not with us, it is a long story at this time, Shen Gongzi will listen to me calmly first.
Recently, some people in the rivers and lakes have released rumors, willing to pay 10,000 taels of gold to hunt down and kill a person, and all the famous assassination organizations have taken over the task, and the target of the mission is a woman in white and wearing a veil, her name is Mo Qingxue. ”
Shen Kuo couldn't help but exclaim, "Qingxue girl? Who was so vicious and paid such a big price to kill her?"
Lou Hongyue shook her head and said, "I'm still investigating, there are not many people in the rivers and lakes who can afford this price."
"Could it be Xiangjiazhuang?" Shen Kuo knew the relationship between Dai Yahe and Qingxue, so he naturally thought of Xiangjiazhuang.
"It shouldn't be, Xiang Jiazhuang may take advantage of the fire to rob after knowing the news, but at that time, they shouldn't have known that Qingxue fell off the cliff and didn't fall to her death, and now this ten thousand taels of gold is a bit like what they did, that is to say, it is very likely that there are two forces that want her life now" This matter, Lou Hongyue has been thinking about it, but the hateful employer has always been mysterious, and it has not been found out who it is until now.
"In this way, it is still Xiao Yuan who has affected Miss Qingxue. I don't know where she is now," Shen Kuo said with some regret.
"We don't know where she is now, but she should be safe now, and they'll definitely be here eventually. We came here to wait for her to "send someone to lure them into the woods, but it rained and snowed, and now she has lost their traces."
"Them?"
"Yes, Yijian also walks with her"
After listening to Lou Hongyue's words, Shen Kuo subconsciously glanced at Leng Guxing, who had been silent, and saw that he still looked cold, and had no other expression, "Hmm." The Yijian brothers are strong in martial arts, and the two of them can rest assured that they can walk together."
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Tianshu City can now be said to be a meeting of the wind and clouds. But the protagonist these people are waiting for has only just figured out the forest, and it is still a little far away from appearing in front of them.
It was not easy to get out of the big forest, and both Qingxue and Yijian felt that their bodies seemed to have shed a layer of skin.
Walked along the edge of the woods for a morning. Only then did I see a small path with sheep's intestines. Both of them were happy in their hearts, Yue Han had already rushed out, ran for a while, and when he didn't see his master, he hurried back again.
Yi Jian smiled bitterly, "Or your silver frost is more calm, the moon cold temperament is too wild, I'm afraid it's suffocated these days."
Qingxue smiled and didn't answer. Her heart was also full of excitement, and she couldn't wait to rush out and run. It's just that he was restrained by reason.
Walking in the forest these days, I also suffered two horses, and now on the road, the two did not urge the horses to hurry, and no one has come to chase them again in the past few days, and it is almost certain that the original guess was made.
After a long journey, there was a very small village, so the two bought some dry food and water in the village, simply packed their bags, and set out on the road again. Although no one has been found to be following them, it is better to be cautious so as not to disturb these innocent villagers. In this way, every day Xiaoxing sleeps overnight, taking some small roads, some even have no roads, and when they see some big mountains blocking the way, they can only bypass it, after all, they can walk on the mountain road, but two horses cannot.
After walking for seven or eight days in a row, the two of them didn't know how far they had gone, how far they were from Tianshu City, but they had been walking in the northeast direction by intuition, and occasionally met people, so they inquired and corrected the direction.
On this day, I had just rounded a mountain, and after walking for a long time, I saw a man lying on the ground in front of me, with a load of firewood beside him, as if he was a woodcutter. These days, I have been walking between these villages and the mountains, and I have met many woodcutters who sell firewood for a living, and occasionally ask them to be guides.
"Ouch, ouch" Before they got close, a scream came into their ears first, and Yijian and Qingxue glanced at each other, and they both saw a trace of doubt in each other's eyes. When I got closer, I saw a middle-aged man lying on the ground, his face was full of beard, so that he couldn't tell what he looked like on his whole face, and he had an axe pinned to his waist, which should be used for chopping wood.
The man was now holding his leg and howling, as if he had been wounded in the leg, and the two of them urged the horse forward without squinting, as if they didn't see a person lying on the ground. The woodcutter on the ground saw that they really didn't plan to take care of themselves, and hurriedly shouted, "Hey, hey, two young heroes, can you lend a hand?" ”
Leaning on the sword and holding the reins, he glanced back at him and asked meaningfully, "What's wrong with you?" Is there anything we can do to help? ”
There was still that gentle smile on his face, people who didn't know him would only think that this was a kind and humble gentleman, and he couldn't tell the subtleties in his smile, and the woodcutter naturally thought that it was easier to talk by leaning on the sword, so he ignored his request for help and hurriedly put on a smiling face, "I am from the village in front of me, and I usually make a living by collecting firewood, but today I unfortunately sprained my leg, and I can't walk here, I see the direction you are walking, you will definitely pass through our village, can you kindly take me for a ride?" ”
Yijian glanced at Qingxue, Qingxue turned around and dismounted, walked to the woodcutter and said, "Sprained?" I happen to know a little bit about medicine, can I help you take a look? ”
The woodcutter nodded hurriedly, thanked him again and again, and stared at Qingxue's movements without blinking, as if he was afraid that she would regret it. Qingxue lowered her head and leaned over, as if she was about to lift his trouser legs, but her hand was halfway out but stopped, and the woodcutter saw her stop, urging, "Please hurry up, girl, my ankle is really painful."
Qingxue nodded, and asked casually, "We are outsiders, and we are new here, dare to ask what kind of boundary is here?" What is the name of your village and how far is it from here? ”
When the woodcutter saw her like this, he was a little angry. couldn't help but said coldly, "Girl, can you see my feet first?" I'm in unbearable pain right now, but you come to talk to me, I don't know why? After speaking, he looked at Yijian, "This son." Since you ask my friend that you have no intention of seeing my foot injury, it is better for you to take me back to the village, and I will go to the doctor myself."
Yijian just stood aside with a smile, did not answer, and did not mean to take him away, which made the woodcutter inexplicable for a while, and shouted a little irritably, "What do you mean." Not far from our village, not far ahead, you have two horses. Take me for a ride and don't delay you anything, what do you mother-in-law and mother want to do here, bully me as a patient, right? ”
Qingxue still maintained a condescending posture, and the expression on her face was a little unpredictable: "You sprained your foot." It must be hurting now, right? ”
The woodcutter nodded with a bad face. I don't know what these two people are going to do, but with his current situation, he can only be slaughtered by others, thinking of this, the woodcutter's face has a look of death, which makes Qingxue a little crying and laughing.
was not in the mood to continue playing with him, so Qingxue had to say directly, "I said, since you took the task." You should always know something about me, and you should know that you know how to heal. In that case, are you still pretending to be like this, are you underestimating me too much, or are you looking too highly at your own acting skills? ”
A hint of nervousness flashed on the woodcutter's face, and he was hidden by him for a moment, but he was still in full view of the two people who had been staring at him, and the woodcutter's voice was a little panicked, "What did you say?" What acting? Do you think I'm pretending? Okay, okay, I can see that you are not good people at all, and you don't plan to help me at all, you can go, I don't need you to take care of it"
Qingxue was a little hesitant in her heart, and glanced at Yijian, Yijian still stood in place and didn't move, and there was no expression on his face, so he couldn't see what he was thinking in his heart, Qingxue was a little unsure, and didn't know whether to continue or leave here first.
Yi Jian saw Qingxue looking at herself, she knew that she had no idea in her heart, gave her a soothing smile, stepped forward and looked directly at the woodcutter, the woodcutter was stared at by his burning eyes, unnaturally turned his head, and stammered a little, "You, what do you want, think, do, do?" ”
Yi Jian still has that gentle tone, but there is no smile on his face, and his tone is rare and serious, "I don't want to do anything, I just want to make sure you won't do anything, I don't care if your leg is really twisted or fake, if you have any abnormal movements, I don't mind helping you make it really break, I think, so that next time you will know what it feels like, and the acting will be more realistic"
The woodcutter took a step backwards with some trembling, and felt that these two people were really terrible, and he better not get too close.
Seeing him like this, Yi Jian didn't continue to embarrass him, turned around and beckoned Qingxue to walk towards the horse together, as if he was planning to leave. Seeing this, the woodcutter scolded and said some ugly words in his mouth, and his hand was not idle, and the axe that had been pinned to his waist flew out of his hand, pointing directly at the back of Qingxue's heart.
The axe carried the whirring wind and arrived behind Qingxue with a thunderous momentum, but Qingxue didn't seem to notice, or hadn't reacted yet, and continued to move forward, but his right hand was raised, and he slightly adjusted the sword bag that had been carrying his back.
The woodcutter believed that even if the sword on her back could block the axe and cut it directly, the force of the axe's impact would hurt her a lot. Although it's a game, the realism of the inheritance is destined to be not so easy to get good if she suffers from internal injuries, no matter how good her medical skills are, she won't have the strength to fight for a while, and she will definitely protect her by leaning on the sword, so she will have a lot of worries, and she will have an opportunity to take advantage of. Since he had planned this in the first place, how could he not have calculated all the possibilities? The idea of these two people is inevitably too simple.
The axe hit the sword bag on Qingxue's back, and it did not make a crisp sound of gold and iron fighting, but made a dull collision sound, and the woodcutter who attacked after the axe was happy, it seems that what she was carrying behind her back may not be a weapon, just now, it may be that the axe directly concentrated her, that is to say, she is now injured, then she will definitely be able to succeed in this blow, and then when the sword is in turmoil, why is it difficult for her to escape?
I didn't expect it to be so easy to get it, those people were really waste before, so many people are not as good as themselves, but fortunately, those people are waste, so that they can monopolize those bounties, thinking of this, his eyes seem to be shining with gold, and he can also enjoy it when he walks the rivers and lakes in the future.
These thoughts were just a thought, but they changed beyond his comprehension. Originally, he thought that he should be seriously injured, but suddenly turned his head and looked at him directly, with a strange smile on the corner of his lips, this inexplicable change made him stop. (To be continued......)