There is a small village in the south of the capital, which was originally a deserted hill, and houses have been built one after another in recent years, because it is surrounded by a still water river, so everyone simply calls it still water village. After Qi Niang sent Bai Toyota's painting to Xi Feng, she walked downstream of the river, and the painting saint reminded her that she was going out of the village to the other side, and Qi Niang thanked her and continued to go in the opposite direction.

This small village has a population of no more than ten households, and the neighbors all know each other, and the painting saint lives at the end of the village, and only moved here this year, and then there is a cliff outside the village, and everyone rarely goes to it, but he heard that there is indeed a family living there. For some unknown reason, someone once proposed to let them move into the village, and the neighbors would take care of each other, but the family refused the villagers' kindness.

The path on the road was overgrown with weeds because few people passed, and Qi Niang walked for almost a quarter of an hour before she saw the thatched house. A white-haired peasant woman was busy working in the vegetable field, and Qi Niang walked up to the peasant woman and called, "Aunt Qing." ”

The peasant woman looked up, stood up with a happy face, and said, "Xiao Qi is here!" ”

"Yes, Aunt Qing, are Uncle and Lan Shang here?"

The peasant woman greeted her warmly, and just wanted to reach over to take a good look at Qi Niang, but when she saw that she was a little dirty, she wiped her hands on her clothes with some embarrassment, and said, "Yes, yes, it's all inside." ”

Qi Niang smiled politely, "Then I'll go in, Aunt Qing, you're busy." So saying, he went back into the house.

"Is Little Sister Seven here?" A drizzle, delicate voice came from the door.

Qi Niang looked intently, and saw Lan Sheng standing by the door, holding her father's arm with both hands, with a happy smile on her delicate little face, only a pair of eyes seemed to be covered with a veil, looking at the direction outside the door without focus.

"Lanshang, I've come to see you." Qi Niang stepped forward to hold Lan Shang's hand and said to the man, "Uncle, I'll come." ”

"Little Seventh Sister, you haven't come to see me for a long time, no one to talk to me, I'm so lonely alone." Lan Shang was like a life-saving straw, holding Qi Niang's hand tightly, and I looked at the person in front of me with pity with my eyes without radiance.

Qi Niang said apologetically: "I'm a little busy this year, I can't spare time, can I send someone to send something?" ”

Lan Shang nodded obediently, an innocent smile on his face, "It's all delivered." ”

Qi Niang was relieved, and her brows were stretched, "That's good." ”

In previous years, Qi Niang would come to see them every three months, and she would save the monthly money sent to her by Qianjilou to help the family. But there are too many things in Qianjilou this year, and Qi Niang can't spare it at all, so she can only ask someone to send the materials over. However, Qi Niang and Lan Shang's family are not related to each other, but Qi Niang secretly helped the family in order to repay Lan Yi, a deceased comrade-in-arms who was once in Red Lotus Castle, for sacrificing her life to save her life. Before she died, Lan Yi had asked Qi Niang to take good care of her sister Lan Shang, who had been blind since she was twelve years old and was a poor child, without whom they would not be able to live.

"Look what I brought you." Qi Niang inserted an emerald green bead flower into Lan Shang's bun, glanced at it, and said, "It's so beautiful." ”

"Am I really good-looking?" Lan Sheng was overjoyed, touched the bead flower with his hand, and then his hand slowly stopped, the smile on his face became lonely, and he said depressedly: "Alas, what's the use of looking good, I can't see with my eyes, and I can't go out, who will look at me." I don't even know what I look like. Then he took the hairpin down.

Qi Niang was a little distressed, Lan Sheng was only seventeen years old, it was the age of youth and beauty, and the daughter of an ordinary family had already been married, but because of an eye disease, Lan Sheng had not left here since she was twelve years old, let alone talk about marriage.

Qi Niang rubbed Lan Shang's hair and promised very solemnly: "I will definitely find someone to cure your eyes." ”

But, that's easier said than done. Lan Shang's parents also invited several doctors to come and see them, but they were helpless against Lan Shang's eyes.

"Little Seventh Sister, you treat me so well, just like my own sister." Lan Shang looked in the mirror, and the smile on her face bloomed again.

Qi Niang accompanied Lan Shang for a while, and then hurriedly said goodbye to them. Before leaving, Lan Shang's mother sent Qi Niang to the end of the village, and took Qi Niang's hand for a while: "Xiao Qi, why do you walk so fast every time?" Lan Shang talks about you all day long, since her sister left, she is only herself, and she doesn't talk much, only when you come, she can be a little happier, I see her like this, it really hurts in my heart. ”

"Aunt Qing, you also know my identity, you can't stay too long, otherwise it will hurt you. I will continue to help Lan Shang find a doctor. ”

"Little Seventh Girl, in the past few years, you have always sent money and materials to us, and you have to worry about Lan Shang, there is no family and no reason, this is what our family owes you."

Qi Niang held the old woman's rough hand, shook her head and said, "Aunt Qing, don't say that, if I don't care about you, I will be uneasy." ”

The old woman suddenly turned her face away, and the old tears were all over her face, and her mouth said, "What kind of evil is this!" Little Seventh Girl, we are doing well, we don't lack anything, don't come in the future. You are a good girl, we can't take your things anymore, your great kindness, our family can't repay it, and we won't be able to pay it off in the next life. ”

Seeing that the old woman was so sad for some reason, Qi Niang comforted: "Aunt Qing, you treat me as your daughter, how can a daughter not respect her parents and take care of the family." Okay, Aunt Qing don't send me away, people like me, don't get too close to me. After speaking, he no longer paid attention to the old woman's expression of wanting to speak and stopped, and walked to Jingshui Village.

Three days later, on a fork in the road from the capital to Windy City, Ye Jiu had already set up an ambush and was waiting for Lei Dai's carriage to pass by. At the junction of the official road and the trail nearby, there is a post station where people can rest and drink tea. Bian Che was sitting in the corner drinking tea at the moment. Because of the distance from the town and the treacherous terrain, there are not many people coming and going here in a day, and there are only three tables in the Chenchen Post Station with Bian Che. One of the tables was surrounded by four elite men, who were discussing the martial arts event in three months in the windy city's unique accent, while at the other table, there were two people wearing Western Regions costumes, which were out of place with the table next to them, these two people never said a word from beginning to end, the man wore a hat, and the woman covered her face with a veil, and she didn't even drink tea.

Bian Che drank the tea in one go, put the silver two on the table, and said to the boss: "Boss, don't look for it." Then he got up and left.

The two people from the Western Regions looked at each other, and then stood up at the same time, and as soon as the man pointed at Bian Che and said the word "wait", the two suddenly collapsed on the chair like mud, and the tea on the table had turned black, and the two stared at the owner of the post station in disbelief.

"What's going on with these two people?" Seeing this, the strong men also stood up.

There was a commotion behind him, and he walked away without looking back. It's overwhelming! Bian Che thought to himself. Pity those two killers, they poisoned but found the wrong place, they may not understand when they die, the boss of this post station turned out to be the helmsman of the Qianjilou Wind City rudder.

When Bian Che returned to the ambush point, an official's carriage happened to pass through two forks in the road, and then walked towards the official road. Around the carriage, several guards with swords followed closely, and the person who walked in the front was none other than Lei Dai's retinue Xiang Kuan.

Ye Jiu glanced at Bian Che with an inquiring gaze, and got Bian Che to nod in agreement before signaling the people below to do it.

I saw that the official road that was originally at the end of the sky suddenly raised sand and dust, and Xiang Kuan saw that the situation was wrong, and immediately asked everyone to stop.

The Windy City is named because of its proximity to the desert, where it is covered in sand and dust all year round, and strong winds often blow. But now is not the typhoon season, how can this good weather change?

Xiang Kuan looked ahead vigilantly, quickly realizing that it was man-made sand. Sure enough, more than a dozen black-clothed people suddenly appeared from the dust raised, and they were menacing. Seeing that there were many robbers, Xiang Kuan calmly said to the people in the carriage: "My lord, there is a group of robbers ahead, don't come out yet, wait until I pack them up and then hurry." Xiang Kuan didn't know that these people who looked like robbers were actually just used by Bian Che to confuse and test them. When they had successfully beaten the robbers to their stomachs and were about to start their journey again, a man in a black suit suddenly flew from the hillside, estimated to be about eight feet tall, wearing a golden mask on his face, and unlike the previous robbers, he did not carry any weapons in his hands. But judging from the light skills of the wind under the feet, this person must not be underestimated. Behind him, there were also three masked men.

The man in the lead came directly at the people in the carriage, jumped up from the horse, and led the man to the roof of the carriage. One used his fist and the other used his sword, but Xiang Kuan didn't feel any advantage at all, on the contrary, that man's move was faster than all the martial arts masters he had ever seen, like a swift cheetah, pressing forward step by step, and finally knocking him out of the carriage. Knowing that there was no chance of winning, Xiang Kuan jumped into the carriage, clenched the reins, and said, "Sit tight!" Then he hurried up and wanted to get rid of the man.

After the man finished dealing with a few entourage, the carriage had already traveled for a while, and as soon as he raised his hand, three hidden weapons shot at the wheels of the carriage, and the carriage suddenly lost its balance and fell to the side of the road. The man hurriedly stepped forward to look, and Xiang Kuan also attacked him again. While they were fighting, a man in a brocade robe struggled out of the carriage, his movements slow and comical because of his obesity.

"Oh my God! It hurts me! Wide, wide! I feel like I've broken a bone! The fat-headed, big-eared man wailed.

The man who was fighting with Xiang Kuan looked at the carriage and saw that it was not Lei Dai, and with a wide of eyes, he threw a dagger at Xiang Kuan, and quickly withdrew.

On the hillside, Bian Che looked coldly at everything below, and the cold breath around him made people dare not approach. Ye Jiu, who had just come back, glanced at the group of people with strange expressions behind Bian Che, then took off the red gold mask on his face, and said to Bian Che: "Landlord, it seems that Hanjiang Pavilion is one step ahead of us." We waited for three days, but we were still escaped by Ray Dai. ”

Bian Che bit the word and said hatefully: "I really underestimated Jiang Qihan!" I just got the news of the sixteenth, Huaiyi's rudder was surrounded and suppressed by the imperial court and some martial arts people, who do you say exposed Huaiyi's rudder? ”

Ye Jiu's expression was solemn, and he lowered his head and said, "My subordinates don't dare to speculate." ”

Bian Che flicked his long sleeves and left indignantly, "Go back to the helm first!" Let Sixteen come back and find out for me! ”

"Yes."

At this time, in the direction of Fang Li, two extremely ordinary carriages were slowly driving on the road. There were several old and sick people in a carriage in front of them, and there were only two people sitting in a carriage in the back, one was plain-looking, pale and yellow-faced, but beautifully dressed, and it was Lei Dai who had just escaped. The other is dressed in plain and elegant green clothes, but it is the posture of an immortal, in this stuffy carriage, there is not a drop of sweat on his face, and the smile on the corner of his mouth makes people feel more cordial, he is the planner of this plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, Jiang Qihan.

Lei Daire shook his fan impatiently, but the placket on his body was already soaked with sweat, and he said to Jiang Qihan, who was sitting opposite: "Jiang Xian's nephew is really clever, knowing that Bian Che will kill me on the way, release fake news, and let that person replace me, otherwise it will be me who dies, this time thanks to my nephew." ”

Jiang Qihan frowned imperceptibly and looked at him, "Dead?" Does Lord Ray think I'm sending that guy out to die? Bian Che never kills anyone outside of the mission, unless that person kills him. ”

Lei Dai saw that although Jiang Qihan was still looking at him with a humble face, there was already a trace of disdain in his eyes, although he was angry in his heart, but he had no choice but to ask Hanjiang Pavilion, and couldn't help but sneer: "What the virtuous nephew said is that the virtuous nephew is a person who practices medicine, how can he casually cut off people's lives!" ”

Jiang Qihan smiled slightly, "Lord Lei, in order to prevent Bian Che from coming again, we have taken a long detour on this trip, and I am afraid that it will take two more days to get to Hanjiang Pavilion than planned, the mountain road is bumpy, and the climate is relatively humid and hot, so we can only be wronged to sit in this small carriage with Lord Lei and me." ”

Lei Dai continued to shake his fan and smiled: "As long as the virtuous nephew can cure my disease, this grievance is nothing!" ”