Li Mao had a righteous spirit in his chest, although he also knew that the current situation was not the time for him to be a hero, but in the face of the atrocities that happened in front of him, if he endured it, how would he be different from a beast?

He looked down the cliff, the old woman's head had been cut off, and a strong man was stuffing the leather bag he was carrying with him, and the skin bag was already stuffed with human heads, and it was a little difficult to add another one, and the strong man was scratching his ears and cheeks trying to figure out a way. The carnival on the grass continued, and the waiting crowd grew in size.

The middle-aged man with a stubby figure and a mole at the corner of his eye had already taken the path to the bottom of the mountain at this time, and was about to leave with Wang Xun, accompanied by six heavily armed guards.

Li Mao retracted his gaze: the bearded man had already pounced on the woman surnamed Zhu, and was playing a cat-and-mouse game with her, and his two companions, one helped to press the young woman's hand, and the other was busy undressing and waiting.

Li Mao quietly descended from the tree, like a nocturnal civet, he walked behind the stripper candidate, reached out to cover his mouth, and the dagger quickly slit his throat. Before his corpse fell, the bloody dagger was deeply inserted into the back of the beard's heart, and the beard fell on the young woman like a mountain, and the young man who helped to lay his hands suddenly sensed the danger, and rolled backwards on the spot, already three feet away, got up and ran, Li Maofei pounced and threw him to the ground, this young man was also well-trained, and fought with Li Mao on the spot.

However, in three moves and five moves, Li Mao knocked him unconscious to the ground, and with a flick of his hand, he broke his neck.

Turning around to rescue the young woman from her beard, Li Mao took off his shirt and draped it over her, took her hand and said, "Leave with me quickly." The young woman stubbornly broke free of Li Mao's hand, retreated to the cliff, and said with a sad face: "My family is ruined, what is the point of me stealing my life alone." ”

There was a cliff not far behind him, Li Mao didn't dare to force it, and reassured: "Killing people to pay for their lives, debts to pay back, and blood and hatred, how can you not repay it?" I heard that your father and brother are also big people, why bother looking for such a short view? The young woman shook her head and said with a sad smile: "Thank you for saving me." This revenge cannot be avenged in this life, only in the next life; This kindness cannot be repaid in this life, only in the next life. As he spoke, he had retreated to the edge of the cliff, and when he finished speaking, he leaned back, his body soared into the air, and he fell straight to the bottom of the cliff.

Li Mao couldn't save people, so he had to leave quickly. He was worried that the army would keep his eyes and ears on the ground, so he hid in the mountains all day and did not dare to descend until dark.

The mountains are rugged, the moon is unclear, Li Mao walked with one foot deep and one foot deep, unconsciously lost his way, tossed to the third watch, he came to a small mountain village, this village is very poor, the people can't even afford a dog, which gives Li Mao a lot of convenience at the same time, but also brings a problem, it is very difficult to find food, there is no food for a whole day and a night, Li Mao's hungry chest is close to his back.

He dragged his dagger and wandered the deserted village like a ghost, going from house to house searching for something to eat.

There is a light in a thatched hut at the east entrance of the village, Li Mao is happy in his heart, he can light the lamp at night, it seems that the family is in a good situation, and the five cents in his arms may be able to buy some food.

He walked over, the house had no walls, and there was an open space in front of the house.

There was a woman's sobbing sound in the room, and a man's **** teasing. Li Mao's hair suddenly exploded.

Looking through the windowless earthen hole, under the dim light, a strong man pressed a woman under him, the strong man twisted his waist and hips happily, fighting and fighting, the woman whined, and burst into tears. The two companions of the strong man, one helped to hold down the woman's hand, and the other was busy undressing.

Li Mao sneered, what kind of army is this, and all the evils are so uniform. He is an ordinary person, powerless to stop all the ugliness in the world, but as long as he can, he is willing to sacrifice his life for it. Li Mao jumped in, swam behind the man who was undressing, stretched out his hand to cover his mouth, his arms were wrong, there was a crisp click, and the candidate fell silently.

The dagger was not by his side, killing people like bare hands, Li Mao smashed the evildoer's cervical vertebrae with one elbow, kicked the accomplice to the ground with his flying feet, and before he could get up, his knee had already smashed his heart. The first time he killed someone with his bare hands, Li Mao did not show any softness, and some were just inexplicably excited.

After vigilantly scanning the surroundings and confirming that there was no danger, Li Mao turned around and pulled the stunned woman from the earthen kang, pulled a piece of linen cloth and wrapped it around him, pulled her wrist and said, "Follow me." ”

The woman was too frightened to move, so Li Mao carried her on his shoulders and slipped out of the small mountain village at night.

Coming to an inaccessible mountain stream, the two of them were sweating, and there was a pool of clear water in front of them, Li Mao put down the woman, gasped and said, "It's safe here, rest and go." ”

After saying that, he jumped into the water, poured water on his face, the cold spring water dispelled the heat, and also calmed Li Mao, he turned to look at the woman, and beckoned: "The mountain road is difficult to walk at night, and it is not too late to walk again in the morning." ”

The woman looked at Li Mao in the water distractedly, and didn't seem to hear it, for a while, she tore off the linen cloth, revealing a white carcass, and said to Li Mao: "The family was wiped out, and the blood is deep, I can't help but revenge, if you help me go to Shenjing to complain, in this life, in the next life, I will be a cow and a horse for you." Repay your great kindness. ”

What the woman said was categorical, and what she said was gritted her teeth.

Li Mao stepped forward to pick up the sackcloth and wrap it in her, and said, "After you get out of danger, I will try to send you to Chang'an." He also said: "Since you want to take revenge, you should take care of yourself and keep yourself useful, so that you can have a chance to avenge your grievances." ”

The woman looked at Li Mao blankly, and finally the tears rolled down, and she knelt on the ground with a plop, crying silently.

The woman's name is Mi Chunniang, the half-sister of Mi Xiucheng, the eldest son of Caozhou Thorn Shi Mi Rulong, who married Zhu Kejian, the Sihu of Yingzhou, and her brother Mi Xiucheng is also the daughter of the Zhu family in Yingzhou. June 15 of this year is Mi Rulong's fiftieth birthday, Mi Chunniang came from Yingzhou to congratulate, just arrived in Caozhou only half a month after this great change.

According to Mi Chunniang, two days ago, Wang Xun, a judicial member of the Caozhou Judicial Army, invited Mi Rulong to a banquet, and Mi Rulong suddenly vomited blood when he returned from the banquet, and returned to the west before dawn. As soon as Mi Rulong died, Liang Chengdong, the general of the state army, launched a mutiny, framing Mi Rulong for being greedy and unkind, and gathering people to rebel. The rebels broke into the Assassin's Mansion to kill Mi Xiucheng and wantonly killed the descendants of the Mi family.

Mi Rulong in Caozhou to implement the rule of inaction, won the hearts of the people, and also has a lot of prestige among the subordinates, Sihu joined the army to order Hu Zhongzhen and Xiong Chengru to sacrifice his life to escort Mrs. Mi and her sons away, Liang Chengdong and the rebels chased and killed all the way. Mi Rulong's second son, Mi Xiumo, was killed halfway, and the third son, Mi Xiugong, lost his footing and drowned.

Mi Chunniang was able to get out because of the escort of the Zhu family, and in the fierce battle, three of the four generals were killed and one was injured, and they were forced into the mountains, and Liang Chengdong chased after him. Yesterday evening, the whereabouts of the two of them were exposed, the last general was defeated and killed, she herself was also captured, and it was difficult to escape a knife, at the critical moment she reported the name of the Zhu family in Yingzhou, claiming that her husband was a general with a heavy army, so she bluffed the pursuers and temporarily escaped for her life.

The pursuers took her to the small mountain village to meet her companion, who was a man of insight and knew that keeping her alive was a scourge after all, and suggested that he kill her with a knife, but he coveted her beauty and was ready to kill her after humiliation.

Knowing the reason, Li Mao persuaded: "The matter involves the envoy of the Ziqing Festival, and it is only useless for you to go to Chang'an alone, why don't you go back to Yingzhou to discuss a foolproof plan with your husband?" ”

Mi Chunniang sneered when she heard this: "It's just that Li Shidao took a fancy to my sister-in-law's beauty and forcibly occupied her in the name of his nephew. My sister-in-law is just the daughter of a concubine of the Zhu family, how can they be willing to oppose the Li brothers in Ziqing because of this? It's better to fight and die to sue the emperor in Chang'an. ”

He also sneered: "Look at how neat you are in killing, and why you are so dragging your feet." ”

Li Mao was ashamed. Mi Chunniang has been in the boudoir for a long time and does not know about political affairs, so she naturally doesn't understand that even if she goes to Chang'an to sue the emperor, the emperor can't control the affairs of Ziqing, not to mention that this matter is confusing, even if he has the ability to manage it, he can't take care of it.

But Li Mao couldn't bear to say these words to her, not to mention that she still had a thought, but if she said it, she was afraid that she would commit suicide in despair like Mrs. Zhu.

Hiding in the valley all night, at dawn on the second day, I saw a mountain man who went into the mountain to collect medicine, Li Mao stepped forward to ask for directions, they couldn't understand each other, it took a long time to speak, ask the road out of the mountain, the mountain people glanced at Mi Chunniang, grinned and refused to talk, Li Mao took out five copper coins and handed them over, he took it, then pointed to a high mountain in the east, and said: "Turn over is the border of Chengwu County, there is a waterway to the county seat." Li Mao thanked him, knocked him unconscious, and took back five copper coins from him.

Mi Chunniang watched coldly, hehe sneered, Li Mao sighed: "I don't mean to hurt him, it's his heart that harms people." He pointed to the hands of the mountain people, but saw that he was holding the mountain knife tightly in his hand, and explained: "When he saw your beauty, he wanted to kill me and take you as his wife." ”

Mi Chunniang suddenly changed color, and sighed for a long time: "When did the hearts of the people of the world rot like this." ”

Returning to Qingfu Temple, and Qingmo and Mo Qi Shentong rendezvous, the two searched for Li Mao all over the place, although they were anxious, but they did not dare to walk around, according to the previous agreement in Qingfu Temple waiting.

Seeing Li Mao's safe return, the two were overjoyed, Qingmo cried like a child, appeased the little guy, and the group went to Chengwu County, Li Mao asked the two to go back to Gushan Town first, and he took the money, bought a few clothes, and hired a car to Yunzhou in the city, and sent Mi Chunniang to go to Chang'an via Yunzhou. Li Mao originally wanted to send someone to give her a ride, but Mi Chunniang insisted on refusing, she seemed to be a weak woman, but she was very resolute.

Li Mao didn't dare to force it, so he secretly sent someone to Yingzhou to deliver a message to Zhu Kejian, asking him to go to Chang'an to pick up his wife and go home.