Chapter 61: The Puzzle of the Beggar Gang (Part II)
"If Your Excellency still tries to kill people unscrupulously in Juyi Village, please pass my pass first!"
Ouyang He raised his sword and confronted the leader of the masked man in the smoky courtyard of Juyizhuang, but she didn't realize that the man with moist eyes standing in front of her at this time would not be willing to fight his most beloved person no matter what.
"Listen to the beggars, if you want to live, get out of here as soon as possible, otherwise in three days, this will be your grave!" The masked man quickly led the Lingquan Cave Mansion's men out of Juyizhuang after saying a harsh word, and as he left, he reluctantly glanced back at the girl he had been thinking about for a long time.
"That man...... Who the hell is it? Why did his skills and the way he spoke give me a strange feeling that was both familiar and strange? Ouyang He said silently in her heart, and then she helped the others carry the injured people into the house for treatment.
Meng Yan, who had returned to the Lingquan Cave Mansion, couldn't calm down for a long time, and he was very happy that Ouyang He suddenly appeared in Juyizhuang without warning this time, but on the other hand, he was very worried. Meng Yan thought to himself that if Ouyang He really stood on the side of those beggars, with her tenacious personality, wouldn't it be inevitable that he would be an enemy of her?
"No, no, I must take her away from Juyizhuang, and I can't let her suffer any harm here." Meng Yan thought to himself in his heart, so he immediately sat up from the bed and prepared to rush to Juyizhuang alone to take Ouyang He out.
However, just as he was about to slip out of the cave by avoiding the patrolling guards, he found that the Tiger Charm was already sitting leisurely at the entrance of the cave waiting for him.
"I advise Meng Gongzi not to act rashly, otherwise once he angers Wang Da, Meng Gongzi's sweetheart will probably suffer in this liquidation!"
"She has nothing to do with the beggars in the first place, why should I take her out of this place of right and wrong?"
Meng Yan wanted to forcibly leave despite Tiger Mei's advice, but he was suddenly immobilized by Tiger Mei's point from behind.
"Meng Gongzi, don't blame me, I'm doing this for your good." Tiger Charm beckoned behind him, and a group of men rushed up to take Meng Yan back to his room.
At the same time, in the Juyi Village, the beggars were discussing their next plans, and the sudden appearance of the Lingquan Cave Mansion caught them off guard.
"Tell us to go down, we welcome the disciples who want to live and die with Juyizhuang, and we will not stop the disciples who want to leave Juyizhuang and go elsewhere, so let everyone choose the next path for themselves." Lu Lin said with some sadness.
"No, helper, we won't leave, if a small Lingquan Cave Mansion scares us and the others, what kind of face will our beggar gang have in the Central Plains Martial Arts in the future!" An elder sitting next to Lu Lin said indignantly, and then everyone present stood up and shouted in response to the elder's call with a wooden stick in their hands.
On the other side, in the garden on the side of the front hall, Lu Lingxuan took Ouyang He for a walk in the garden while chatting melancholy about what happened in the village during the day.
"Sister He, I'm really sorry to involve you in such a thing, looking at the current situation of the beggar gang, I may not be able to mention things about you to my father for the time being, and I hope my sister won't be surprised." Lu Lingxuan changed her usual lively and naughty tone at this time, and her mood seemed to have become very low.
"Lingxuan, don't say that, now that the beggars have suffered this calamity, how can I be so inconsiderate of your difficulties? Rest assured, for your sake and for no more innocent people to die, I will definitely stay here and do my best to help the beggars tide over the difficulties. Ouyang He took Lu Lingxuan's right hand and said in a firm tone.
"However, during the day, those beggars still have some bad thoughts about Yufeng Villa, even if you help them now, then who can guarantee that these profit-hungry people will not take revenge in the future?" Lu Lingxuan continued to Ouyang He worriedly.
"If there really is that time, I will wait for them at Yufeng Mountain Villa!" Ouyang He looked at the night sky, reached out and stroked the bangs on his forehead, and said in a fearless tone.
"Well, Sister He, don't worry, if they really do this kind of thing, I will never let them go!" Lu Lingxuan also said categorically to Ouyang He.
The three-day deadline passed quickly, during which Meng Yan was under house arrest in the Lingquan Cave Mansion and could not leave, while Ouyang He helped the doctor treat the injured people in the gang. At the same time, the beggars were busy moving all the useful things in the village away from the place and keeping them as a backup. On the afternoon of the third day, after most of the items were transferred in large bags, Lu Lin once again summoned all the beggars to prepare for tomorrow's countermeasures.
However, when his arrangement was about to begin, a beggar disciple outside the door ran in in a panic and told Lu Lin that he had found that the people who had come here a few days ago to make trouble had appeared not far from Juyizhuang at the moment, and it was obvious that they were walking in the direction of Juyizhuang.
"I didn't expect them to come so quickly, it seems that a fierce battle is inevitable today." Lu Lin clenched the dog-beating stick in his hand, and came to the courtyard of Juyizhuang with the beggars with a nervous look like a great enemy.
As a gust of cold and biting wind whistled into the courtyard from outside the door, Tiger Charm, wearing a metal tiger-shaped mask, led a group of masked people with black hats and veils to cover their faces, strode into the Juyi Village.
Lu Lin stepped forward to ask why they came here before the appointed date arrived, Tiger Mei glanced at Lu Lin with contempt and asked him nonchalantly What is the difference between coming today and coming tomorrow morning, anyway, the people of the beggar gang did not plan to leave Juyizhuang just now, do they have to wait for the beggar gang to set a trap to deal with them before they come forward to throw themselves into the net.
Tiger Mei's prescient words made Lu Lin look a little stunned, and Lu Lin quickly guessed in his heart that there was an inner ghost within the beggar gang who informed the people of the Lingquan Cave Mansion of these news in advance.
"Hmph, I told you very clearly last time, if we see any more people from the beggars in Juyi Village in three days' time, we will all be killed. Since you haven't left this place tonight, are you ready to die? With a quick wave of his hand behind him, more than a dozen masked men instantly pulled out their broadswords and stared viciously at everyone remaining in the courtyard.
"Juyizhuang has been passed down in the hands of my beggars for more than a hundred years, how can you make us give up Juyizhuang today with just a few words from you, unless you step on our bones!" Lu Lin and the rest of the beggars stood fearlessly in front of the masked people.
"Hehe, since you are sincerely looking for death, then I will fulfill you!" At the order of the tiger charm, the masked people with big knives jumped up from their horses and jumped into the beggar gang to fight with everyone, and the entire front yard of Juyizhuang was suddenly killed.
Immediately afterwards, the Tiger Charm couldn't wait to jump off the horse with a sword and fight with Lu Lin, and as the battle progressed, one after another, the beggar disciples fell in a pool of blood because they were not the opponents of the masked man.
"I thought the beggars' dog-beating stick method was so powerful, it's really disappointing!" The Tiger Charm suddenly sped up the speed of his sword, while Lu Lin gradually became a little overwhelmed, and several wounds of different sizes were cut on his body by the sword in the Tiger Charm's hand.
"Daddy!" Lu Lingxuan saw that Lu Lin could not withstand the attack of the Tiger Charm, so she quickly got rid of the encirclement and suppression of the other masked people and covered Lu Lin to fight with the Tiger Charm. However, the Tiger Charm was already killing more and more happily at this time, and the speed of the attack was still accelerating, and Lu Lingxuan was also scarred by the damage of several swords in his body one after another when he struggled to resist the Tiger Charm's attack.
"Xuan'er, you go quickly, quickly!" Lu Lin covered his wound and shouted at Lu Lingxuan.
"No, Dad, I won't leave you, let's go together!" Lu Lingxuan wiped the blood marks from the corners of her mouth and said word by word.
"Hehe, what a scene of deep love between father and daughter, then you will die here together!" The tiger charm roared and stabbed at Lu Lingxuan, who was blocking in front of Lu Lin.
"Stop!" With a loud shout, Ouyang He suddenly rushed out from the side with a sword and tried his best to block the blow of the tiger charm, and then the two of them each made a sharp turn in mid-air due to inertia and fell to the ground to start a confrontation.
"Since Your Excellency is so confident in your martial arts, why don't you have a one-on-one duel with the little girl? Otherwise, if the two sides continue to fight endlessly, they will only lose both. Ouyang He held the long sword to his chest and said sharply with a serious expression.
"Hehe, this girl has a big breath, okay, since you said so, I'll have a good time with you tonight, you say, how do you want to compare with me?"
Through the sense of the true qi of the Jiuli clan on her body, Hu Mei quickly guessed that the woman in front of her who deliberately made herself ugly through makeup was Ouyang He, who inherited the bloodline of the legendary Yellow Emperor as said by the "Lord". Now that she had the opportunity to face each other for the first time, she wanted to take the opportunity to test the skills of this descendant of the Xuanyuan clan who had the "Emperor Soul Qi".
"As far as the little woman knows, there is a purple bamboo forest behind this Yizhuang, since your Excellency is willing to teach the little girl, why don't we try to do light skills in this bamboo forest? Whoever falls to the ground loses. ”
"Hehe, you actually have the courage to try light skills with me, okay, happy to accompany you!" After the tiger charm finished speaking, she used light skills and flew in the direction of the bamboo forest.
"Sister He...... cough cough ......" Lu Lingxuan endured the pain and whispered to her in a voice that only Ouyang He could hear, and at the same time, her eyes were also full of worry as Ouyang He who was about to go to the bamboo forest to fight alone with a strong enemy.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine, you guys, come and help them." Ouyang He squatted down and stroked Lu Lingxuan's forehead and whispered comfort, and then after calling a few uninjured beggar disciples to help help the Lu family father and daughter into the house, she went to the Purple Bamboo Forest alone to start the first head-to-head confrontation with the Jiuli Relics.
"No, no, I can't just sit still. Tiger Mei's martial arts are unfathomable, if she exerts her full strength, He'er will definitely not be her opponent, I must rescue He'er! ”
At this time, in the Lingquan Cave Mansion, Meng Yan, who was worried about Ouyang He's safety, took advantage of the servant's meal to quietly knock the servant unconscious behind the door, and then he changed into the servant's clothes and brought his own matching knife, and lightly rode a horse in front of the cave mansion and galloped towards Chengdu.
On the other hand, Ling Rui, who had made a special trip after successfully obtaining the Cold Flame Sword in the Golden Buddha Temple, had also arrived at the location where he could see the city wall of Chengdu at this moment. With a smile of pleasure, he wiped the remaining sweat on his face with his sleeve, and silently prayed in his heart that Ouyang He was still in the Juyi Village written in the letter at this time. He took out his last remaining water bag and gulped it down, and then with a look of joy on his face, he rode on his final journey.
"Miss Ouyang, let's make a move, there are no people in the way here, let me understand the power of the emperor's soul qi!"
"You...... I even know...... Well, Your Excellency, the little girl will do her best to fight today! ”
The two of them held their swords in the forest against the backdrop of the slowly swaying mottled bamboo shadows, facing the tiger charm who had not yet revealed their true identities at this moment, Ouyang He was about to encounter an extremely difficult battle.