Little did he know that his decades-long acquaintance would betray him.

He hugged Wang Yumeng, turned left and right from the mountains and forests, and approached the thatched hut of the Li family from due south, and there was nothing to do along the way.

The girl had only learned some self-defense skills, and she was very timid, so she clung to her grandfather's side with a knife and followed closely with trepidation.

The stars are moving, and the dawn has appeared in the eastern sky, and the hour is not early.

There are still more than 20 zhang away from the thatched hut, and the yellow dog of the Li family's gate made a barking sound that broke the silence.

"Yanyan, you go first and call the door. Zhuge Changqing said quietly, and added: "Be careful, let's see if there are any guests in the Li family first." ”

"Please let me down. Wang Yumeng said.

Zhuge Changqing put him down and asked in a low voice, "Can you walk?"

"I can hold on and rest assured. He said calmly, he can indeed support it, just now it was just a loss of strength, this time is enough for him to regulate his breath and recuperate, it is generally fine.

"If you don't help tonight, our grandparents and grandchildren will ......"

"In the same way, if I hadn't had my old man's help last night, I'm afraid I would have died. When I see your friend later, don't say that I am the enemy I repelled? I am a businessman, and I dare not grudge against the people of the rivers and lakes. ”

"Okay, I don't say it. ”

Zhuge Yanyan stepped forward first, approaching within five or six zhang, and the barking of the dog suddenly stopped.

Zhuge Changqing stretched out his hand to grab Zhuge Yanyan and whispered: "The Li family has already been prepared, I'm afraid someone has also come, be careful." ”

Approaching the three zhang area, the chai door quietly opened, and someone asked in a low voice, "Who?" ”

The girl asked nervously, "Is it Uncle Xu?" I'm Yanyan. ”

The person who came was a sleepy-eyed middle-aged strong man, and he sighed and said, "Oh! It's Yanyan, you ......."

"Shhhh

"In. ”

"Are there any strangers coming tonight?"

"This ...... No, who is here?" Uncle Xu replied hesitantly.

"Please inform Grandpa Li, my grandfather is here. ”

"There are two people behind you, and the other is?"

"It's my guest. ”

"Oh, please go to the living room and sit down, please come in. ”

Zhuge Changqing and Wang Yumeng had already approached, Zhuge Changqing hugged his fists and smiled: "Brother Xu's vigilance is really high! Is there an uninvited guest coming tonight?"

"Mr. Zhuge please come in. The little one just got up to feed the livestock, and when he heard the rhubarb barking, he came out to take a look, but he didn't expect that it was Mr. Zhuge who came, could it be that someone came to the house to disturb him?" Uncle Xu asked while covering the firewood door.

Crossing the courtyard, Uncle Xu stepped forward to push open the hall door, lit the ever-bright lamp, sat down solemnly, served three cups of cold tea, said please wait, and went inside.

Wang Yumeng's eyes kept staring at the Eight Immortals table in the hall, the cup marks on the table were faintly visible, and the tea stains were not dry, he thought: "Half an hour ago, there were at least six guests here, this Uncle Xu obviously didn't get up early to feed the livestock, and the feeding animals would not be dressed so neatly, but he said that no strangers had come tonight, it was weird!"

In the midst of his thoughts, an old man with a height of eight feet, a slightly unhealthy blue face, and a full face of meat and eagle eyes and a hooked nose came out of the inner hall, who seemed to be four or five years younger than Zhuge Changqing, about above the sixtieth birthday. Behind him, followed by a stout, sturdy, fierce-looking young man, Uncle Xu walked last, and the three of them hurried out of the hall.

"Hey, why did Brother Zhuge come so early? Yanyan also came. The old man cried out in surprise.

Zhuge Yanyan stepped forward and saluted and shouted, "Grandpa Li, Brother Xiang is also up?"

Zhuge Changqing stepped forward and saluted, and said hurriedly: "It's hard to say in words, I can be regarded as a human ...... in two lives."

"Who is this handsome guy?" Li Deming looked at Wang Yumeng and said.

Don't wait for Zhuge Changqing to say that Wang Yumeng rushed to say: "I am a businessman, I brought some souvenirs and planned to go to Zhongzhou to sell goods, but I didn't expect to encounter robbers on the road, although I escaped, but I was seriously injured, but fortunately the old gentleman rescued me." ”

Li Xiang stared at Wang Yumeng with burning eyes, and also looked at Zhuge Yanyan's expression.

"What's going on?" Li Deming asked Zhuge Changqing.

Zhuge Changqing slowly described what happened today.

"Brother Li, I don't think you are safe here, sooner or later they will find out your details and force you to join the gang, you must make plans early and move out of here. ”

"No, Brother Liu, don't worry. Li Deming replied casually. Then, he waved to Uncle Xu and said, "Xu Nian, get three cups of hot tea." ”

Xu Nian made amends and turned to leave.

Li Xiang's expression changed, and he said hurriedly: "Grandpa, why don't you prepare some wine and food for Grandpa Zhuge to suppress the shock?"

"It's almost dawn, what's the hurry?" Li Deming replied coldly.

Zhuge Changqing sighed and said, "Brother Li, I plan to leave Ningzhou, let's discuss whether you can go or not, you can go together." ”

Li Deming hurriedly said: "Brother Zhuge , are you so timid? I am a small village here, not as lonely as you are to attract attention......

"Brother Li, it's not that the brothers will grow up with the ambition of others and destroy their own prestige, the Five Poisons Gang will never give up easily, and they will definitely have a house, a house, a grass and a tree within forty or fifty miles of Dasuo. Although Brother Li is in seclusion and farming, his face has not changed, and his identity will be found out, forget it, if Brother Li doesn't want to go, I'll take Yanyan away now. ”

After speaking, he drank the cup of tea in one gulp.

Zhuge Yanyan is a junior, she doesn't dare to be presumptuous, and the original cup has not been moved.

Wang Yumeng had a dry throat due to the previous fight, and he couldn't help but drink, but the temperature of the tea was high, and he seemed to smell the rising mist, a little strange smell, faintly, if he didn't pay attention, it was difficult to find, but he found it after drinking the second sip, put down the cup and didn't drink it anymore.

"Brother Zhuge is not in a hurry, please wait and listen to me. Li Deming spoke up.

Zhuge Changqing had already stood up and looked at the sky through the hall door. There were successive rooster crows nearby, and the barking of dogs came and went, so he sat down again and asked, "It's not early, my brother must hurry early." Brother Li, what else do you have to say?"

"Brother Li, as the saying goes, a person who is good at understanding the times is Junjie. Li Deming said slowly.

Zhuge Changqing's face sank and asked, "Brother Li, what do you mean?"

"Brother thinks that although the Five Poisons Gang has done evil, they are treated well, and the people who died are people who have nothing to do with us, so why do you care about them?"

Zhuge Changqing stood up abruptly and said sharply: "Brother Li, you ......"

Before he finished speaking, his figure suddenly shook.

Li Deming also stood up abruptly and said in a deep voice: "Zhuge Changqing, you'd better figure it out." ”

As soon as Zhuge Yanyan heard Li Deming call her grandfather's name, she knew that something was wrong, and as soon as she stood up, Xu Nian had already arrived beside her.

Li Xiang walked towards Wang Yumeng, with bad intentions.

Wang Yumeng pushed the chair up, but before he could stand firmly, he felt lightheaded, and the objects in front of him were spinning.

Half a mile north of the trail, two healthy horses are running towards them.

Behind the two horses, a black shadow was like a ghost, flying with the two horses, about four feet apart.

Leap three or four feet, closely follow the reluctant, handsome light work.

Zhuge Changqing patted his head, his body swayed, and suddenly shouted: "Li Deming, you ......"

Before he finished speaking, he fell to the ground with a bang.

Originally, Zhuge Changqing's evil doctor immortal was not in vain, but he had lived in seclusion for many years and had not experienced the ups and downs of the rivers and lakes, and his friends for many years knew him very well, plus he was not vigilant, so he was tricked.

Zhuge Yanyan was shocked and rushed forward.

Xu Nian stretched out her foot and hooked, and she fell forward.

Wang Yumeng quickly retreated to the entrance of the hall, but Li Xiang arrived, and a punch flew out and shouted: "You also stay!"

Wang Yumeng wanted to parry, but his hands no longer listened to the command, and he was punched in the left cheek with a "bang", causing him to fall to the ground eight feet diagonally.

He only drank a sip of tea, the amount of medicine was not much, he could still struggle, but the person fell to the ground but was unwilling, and tried his best to struggle to sit up, but after his serious injuries were not healed and he barely supported the battle, he was scattered in the cartilage and was already weak.

Li Xiang also knew that he only drank a sip of tea, so he didn't relax, grabbed him with a split chest, smashed three punches in his lower abdomen, and the last punch hooked and hit him hard in the jaw, he beat him to the point that blood came out of his mouth, flew up more than a foot from the ground, hit the wall with a "bang" on his back, and slipped and fell on the wall and was dying.

On the other side, Xu Nian grabbed Zhuge Yanyan and shouted: "Zhuge Yanyan, your grandfather is not poisoned, he is cartilage, he can't die, don't struggle and scream." ”

"Bastard!" the girl cursed in despair.

"Tie her up. Li Deming shouted.

When Li Xiang arrived, he exclaimed, "No! ”

The voice fell, and he stepped forward and reached out to pick up Zhuge Yanyan in Xu Nian's hand.

Zhuge Yanyan spit out a mouthful of phlegm and screamed: "Your family is not a good thing, what are you going to do?"

Li Xiang dodged to avoid the spitting phlegm, and said softly: "Yanyan, it is grandpa's intention to use cartilage to disperse, I have done my best, but grandpa does not agree.......

"Brute, do you still have the face to intercede?" Zhuge Yanyan scolded angrily.

"Grandpa is also kind......"

"Good intentions? You are already the lackeys of the Five Poisons Gang, right? For the sake of gold and silver treasures, you can kill people and set fires with your conscience, you can betray your friends for decades, you can ......."

Li Deming grabbed Zhuge Changqing, who was weak and dazed, and shouted: "Li Xiang, restrain her, don't talk nonsense with her first." ”

He pressed Zhuge Changqing into the chair, and Zhuge Changqing stared at him and sneered.

"Brother Changqing, please listen to Brother Chen's interests and think twice. He said coldly.

Zhuge Changqing gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "Li Deming, when did you become a lackey of the Five Poisons Gang?"

"Brother Changqing, don't be impatient, don't get angry, anger is the most likely to hurt the liver. Last night, the Five Poisons Gang came to ......"

"Needless to say, the person who betrayed me must be your good friend and neighbor, I understand. Zhuge Changqing said sadly.

"Don't you think about Yanyan?" Li Deming persuaded.

"Yanyan has called you Grandpa Lin since she was a child, you want her to follow you, you traitor and beast with a human face and a beast's heart, I don't expect you to restore your humanity. Zhuge Changqing said sadly.

"Thinking of our decades-long friendship, I don't care about you, the Five Poisons Gang will send people here in the next two days, and I will hand you over to them, whether it is good or bad depends on your creation. Li Deming said.

"Grandpa, Yanyan, please leave it to me. Li Xiang said unruly.

"Grandpa gave her to you, but if you let her go, you are the only one who asks. This girl should have been your daughter-in-law, and she watched it herself. ”

Outside the door, the barking of dogs was deafening, and the sound of hooves was faint.

"Two horses are coming here. Xu Nian said awe-inspiringly.

Li Deming walked to the hall door and said, "It may be that the Master of the Five Poisons Gang Confucius Hall has gone and returned, ready to welcome guests." ”

"I'll take Yeon-yeon back to her room and hide first. Li Xiang hurriedly said.

"No, this matter must be explained to Hall Master Kong, anyway, the person is yours, what are you anxious about?" Li Deming shook his head and refused.

"What about this kid?" asked Xu Nian, pointing to Wang Yumeng, who was struggling at the root of the wall.

"I slaughtered him first. Li Xiang said viciously with a fierce look in his eyes.

"No, he was injured near his residence, and it is likely that Wang Yumeng of the Divine Dragon Jue was injured by Deacon Jiang, and he kept it for the people of the Five Poisons Gang to identify. Li Deming called.

Li Xiang was unwilling, and said fiercely: "This little white face is handsome, and he is a ...... It's the grandson-in-law of Grandpa Changqing, and I ...... if I don't kill him."

"You nonsense brute!" Zhuge Yanyan cursed with tears in her eyes.

It's good that she doesn't scold, but she detonated Li Xiang's jealousy, and she was ferocious, grabbed the steel knife left by Zhuge Yanyan on the ground, and ran close to Wang Yumeng to cut it down.

"Don't kill him. Li Deming sneered, and said: "He is likely to be the person the Five Poisons Gang is looking for, kill him, and I will break your dog's legs." ”

"I'm going to kill him. Li Xiang shouted obediently.

The sound of hooves stopped suddenly, and a loud bell came from outside the door: "Is Brother Li at home?

"Who's outside?" asked Li Deming loudly.