Because the amount of exercise every night is gradually increasing, Xu Anping gets up late as always. After rubbing his eyes, he picked up the wooden basin in the house and scooped a few scoops of water into the water tank of the Yu family, looking at his slightly green face in the water, with upright facial features, a straight nose, thick eyebrows, and raised corners of his mouth, no matter from which point of view, it can only be regarded as ordinary. But if you look closely, you don't look like a farmer and have a bookish atmosphere. I can only sigh that the genetics are really powerful, and then I stabbed my face into the basin, and after a cold water shock, the whole person came to his senses. He raised his hand, and Yi Lian'er had already handed over a handkerchief. Xu Anping took it in his hand, wiped it on his face for a while, and then picked up a nest head left on the table, stuffed it into his mouth in a few bites, and felt his throat hurt when he swallowed it. Since his body recovered, Xu Anping has never received special care. It is estimated that the eggs of Aunt Yu's house were also eaten by herself. He knew that only in a good harvest year could the Yu family eat the nest head mixed with bran at once. Once the harvest fails, the family will go to Yuzui Mountain to pick wild vegetables and come back to satisfy their hunger. Xu Anping has also experienced this situation many times. Thinking of this, he decided to go to Yuzui Mountain today to hunt some game and come back to sacrifice the five viscera, and let Lian'er relieve her hunger while Aunt Yu was not at home.

Returning to his senses, Xu Anping swallowed the last bite of Wowotou, and after feeling that his stomach was not too hungry, he casually said to Yi Lian'er: "Lian'er, I want to walk around the village." Do you want to go? ”

Yi Lian'er had a moved expression on her face, hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Anping, go by yourself, don't go to the Taiping River again, there are water ghosts there." "It's scary to say that it's scary, but it's indescribably cute." A-Niang won't be able to see us when she comes back, so I'll be at home to watch the door. ”

Xu Anping was not reluctant, and walked forward along a somewhat crooked village road with his head down after going out. The village is not big, and it takes less than half an hour to walk to the old locust tree at the head of the village. According to the past practice, a group of old and young masters in the village always gather under the trees to brag and chatter during the slack time. Several families near the entrance of the village will also squat under the tree with a large bowl at dinner, sucking the edge of the bowl while the parents are short. At this time, if a piece of fat appears in someone's bowl, it is enough for others to envy and ridicule for several days. It stands to reason that Yujia Village is surrounded by water on both sides and mountains on one side, and the gentlemen in the village can also fish and hunt, so they should not worry about eating meat. In fact, when the farming is not working, the young and middle-aged people in the village will also go into the mountains to hunt in groups of three or five, but the hares, pheasants, and even the wild boars that are occasionally caught will sell the meat to the county restaurant, and after the money is exchanged, they will buy a few buckets of coarse grain and a few catties of salt, and their own families will definitely be reluctant to eat. Those who can marinate a piece of rabbit meat and hang it on the beams of the house will go out and talk louder. Of course, there is no shortage of mushrooms and wild vegetables, and every family will dry them and put them away for cooking in winter.

Raising his head, Xu Anping really saw the familiar face of his uncle and uncle. A shy smile appeared on his face, and he greeted them one by one, and ushered in a variety of responses. Uncle Yu, who had a rough temperament, stretched out his hand and patted Xu Anping's shoulder hard, and said with a smile: "Good boy, after this hurdle, it will be smooth in the future." The bones of the body are still thin, so I need to eat more. Fourth Uncle Yu, who has always been unsmiling, stabbed him, "Then Anping will go to Old Yu's house for dinner today, anyway, his family has a lot of food." I just don't know if his mother-in-law will let him go to the kang at night. Everyone burst into laughter, Uncle Yu's face was black and red, slightly embarrassed, and then they laughed together. Before Xu Xiucai moved here, the old boy Shengyu, who had been acting as an "intellectual" in the village, was already a little confused, and said in a hurry: "Housheng, your father and mother left early, leaving you to suffer alone." You don't have to be bad, otherwise the Xu family will cut off the incense, which is a big unfilial piety! "Xu Anping is the only thing he should be.

Xu Anping remembered that he had been looking through the books and notes left by his father in his spare time in the past few days, and the time had reached the sixteenth year of Jianping in the Hua Dynasty, and he didn't know what the situation was now. finally met a literate and knowledgeable person, and when he saw other people making trouble next to him, Xu Anping leaned close to the old man's ear and asked his own question, "Master, what dynasty and era is it now?" ”

The old lady shook her head, as if she was also thinking about this question. "Now that the Son of Heaven is in power, it should be twenty years after Jianping."

Well, it's been seven years since I've grown up in four years! Since he couldn't get an answer, Xu Anping walked out of the village as a farewell uncle, and then turned a corner to the right and went straight to Yuzui Mountain.

After entering the mountain, worried about meeting acquaintances, Xu Anping specially picked a place where he couldn't see his footprints, and his usual training allowed him to walk on the ground, so he reached the depths of Yuzui Mountain. The trees and weeds are becoming more and more dense, the shadows of the trees are crisscrossed in the sunlight, and the sound of birds and insects is now inaudible. Xu Anping stopped, he couldn't help but be a little distracted, and a scene in the Amazon jungle came into his mind again, and Anna's frowning appearance seemed to be right in front of her, and her heart twitched. The two thoughts collided with each other: "Anna should be okay?" I don't know if she'll miss me. "How long are you going to pretend to be confused?" If Anna hadn't told Old King in advance where you would have met, they would have been able to find you so quickly, even if they had been able to get out of the base!" "Even so, Anna had no choice but to do so." "Silly boy! What a last resort, she just thinks you're not that important. "The violent emotions in my heart are piling up more and more, and I am about to fall into a mental barrier.

At this time, there was a moist coolness and a tight entanglement in his ankles, which pulled Xu Anping back to reality from his heart. Past experience told him that a snake was crawling on his lap. The distraction just now made the snake already close, and at this time Xu Anping didn't dare to be careless at all, and slowly lowered his head slightly, it turned out to be a "flying on the grass". This pit viper is not ferocious and will bask in the sun on rocks in late autumn when temperatures are cooler. However, the venom it spits out is violent enough to be collected and used to prepare some poisons for self-defense. Xu Anping took a deep breath, relaxed his tense muscles, and stared at the snake's movements with the rest of his eyes. When he saw the pit viper crawling to his thigh and raising his head, sticking out his tongue and hissing about to bite down, Xu Anping suddenly shook his forearm and pinched the snake's seven inches. I saw the snake shaking its head and tail and struggling violently, and after a few breaths, the snake's body completely relaxed and hung softly in the air.

Because he was carrying a snake, Xu Anping did not continue to go deeper into Yuzui Mountain, but began to return after identifying the direction. On the way out of the mountain, he also met two pheasants standing on the branches and stretching their wings, so he picked up two stones and threw them off, knocked the pheasant unconscious, picked it up and twisted his neck. Xu Anping carried a snake in his left hand and two chickens in his right hand, and went home leisurely. In order to avoid the surprise of his neighbors, he deliberately made a half-circle from outside the village, through the grove behind the village, and left and right to see if anyone had climbed over the wall to enter the house.

Xu Anping threw the two pheasants to the ground, turned around and walked to the chicken coop stacked together, and put the "flying on the grass" in his hand in a chicken coop that looked the sturdiest. As soon as it was put in, the snake, which was still soft just now, immediately began to crawl on the ground and rattle the chicken coop. Xu Anping found a porcelain bowl with a notch in the corner of the room, washed and dried it, covered his mouth and nose and grabbed the "grass flying" and let its fangs hit the edge of the bowl. As a result, the snake's venom formed two lines of water and fell into the porcelain bowl, covering the bottom of the bowl shallowly. It is believed that after a few times, enough venom can be collected, and after the venom is dry, it can be made into a powdered poison. After spitting out the venom, the "Flying on the Grass" wilted and curled up into a ball. Xu Anping threw the snake back into the chicken coop, then grabbed a few mice and a few handfuls of grass and put them inside.

After doing this, it was close to Shen Shi. Seeing that Aunt Yu and Father Yu are about to come back, he must hurry up and ask Yi Lian'er to make a chicken stew with mushrooms, otherwise there will be no appetite today. Xu Anping picked up two pheasants and walked into the gate of Yu's house, looking at Yi Lian'er wearing a plain cloth skirt, washing wild vegetables with cold water, and her white and tender little hands were a little red.

When Yi Lian'er heard someone coming in, her eyes lit up, and she complained, "Brother Anping, why have you been out for so long?" People are worried about dying! If you don't come back, I'll be looking for you. Yikes! Where did you catch two pheasants. ”

Xu Anping smiled proudly: "Awesome!" I walked to Yuzui Mountain, and as soon as I got closer, I heard the fluttering sound of wings. When I got closer, it turned out that two pheasants were fighting for food, and their wings were entangled in vines. I went over and caught them, twisted their necks and brought them back. If you're lucky, you can't stop it. ”

Yi Lian'er's beautiful eyes were full of joy in surprise, and she wrinkled her little Qiong's nose and said happily: "Brother Anping, you are so amazing!" If only you could bring back pheasants every day. ”

Xu Anping scratched his head and changed the subject. "Lian'er, hurry up and cook, I like to eat your chicken stew with mushrooms the most."

Yi Lian'er nodded hurriedly, happily packed up a chicken, and went to cook on the fire.

As soon as the meal was cooked, Aunt Yu twisted Yu Xiaohu's ears and came back. "Let you skin! If you don't get beaten every day, you will be uncomfortable. Today I'm going to give you a long memory. As he spoke, his eyes were still looking around for a "weapon" that was handy. "Huh, what does it smell like? Who makes chicken? She let go of the hand that was twisting Yu Xiaohu's ears and walked towards the hall.

Seeing a large plate of chicken stewed mushrooms on the table, he asked the reason, and chattered again, "Why do you put so much chicken!" Put more mushrooms and wild vegetables in it, enough to eat several meals. I really don't know how to cherish the blessings! Eating such a good ...... will thunder and thunder" Yu Xiaohu had already taken advantage of A-Niang's lack of attention, and quickly pinched a piece of chicken and stuffed it into his mouth, so hot that he grinned and was reluctant to spit it out.

After eating, Xu Anping talked for a while at Daddy Yu's house, and when he returned home, it was already dark. At night, the north wind blew harder. The wind entered the room along the uncluttered window paper, and the windows clanged. The branches of the sycamore trees in the yard also creaked, as if they were overwhelmed and about to break; The occasional crow calls make the night even quieter.

Xu Anping slept under the desk and didn't feel very cold. He was used to such weather. When Uncle Lin was training before, he once let himself crawl and roll on the snow in the mountains in the middle of the night wearing only dirty pants, and swim five times in the Taiping River. The killer training he experienced in his previous life was even more brutal, and he had experienced various climates and terrains from tropical to cold jungles, grasslands, deserts, and snow-capped mountains. At that time, no matter how hard and tired he was, there was always someone who was with him. Thinking of this, the figure and smile seemed to appear in front of me again.

When the time arrived, Xu Anping was still not asleep, still thinking about his own thoughts. Suddenly, there were two strange noises, the sound of stones hitting the window and falling into the room. Xu An took a few breaths to make sure that no one had entered the room, rolled up, and carefully picked up the stone by the faint moonlight.

Because lighting candles often causes unnecessary trouble, Xu Anping leaned close to the crack in the door, looked out vigilantly, and only opened the note after confirming that no one was there. It turned out to be a note from Uncle Lin: "Ugly friends, under the laurel tree in the grove." ”

Xu An calmed down and analyzed the reason why Uncle Lin was looking for him, and decided to close his eyes and recuperate after no result. Approaching the end of the ugly, Xu Anping turned over, pushed the window open a crack, bounced out and gently closed the window without making a sound. Approaching the courtyard wall, I saw him step on the wall with one leg, pull it out on the spot, grab the top of the wall with both hands and pull hard, and his body has crossed the courtyard wall. With a soft sound of "poof", Xu Anping had landed, and the next moment he was already rushing towards the grove behind the village.

When I arrived under the laurel tree in the grove, I didn't see Uncle Lin. Xu Anping, who was familiar with Uncle Lin's temperament, touched the hole in the tree at the root of the laurel tree that was blocked by dead leaves, and sure enough, he found another paper ball: "Riverside Cliff Stone".

Xu Anping turned to the right side and ran towards the Taiping River. As soon as he arrived at the cliff rock, a masked black figure walked out from behind the stone, and made a hoarse voice: "I heard that you have had some problems recently, and your assassination skills have not fallen, right?" ”

Xu Anping's heart froze, and his heart quickly turned to the thought: "It seems that Uncle Lin is spying on me, or there are his accomplices around, so I usually have to be more careful." He replied casually: "Thank you Uncle Lin for your concern!" I tripped over aquatic weeds when I went into the water, poured a few mouthfuls of water and held my breath, and woke up and was fine. ”

Uncle Lin nodded and remained silent. After a while, he added, "Last time you did a great job, the Holy Alliance decided to upgrade your assassin rank to the Black Iron Superior. Anping, do your job well, it seems that you will soon be able to reach Uncle Lin's bronze intermediate level, or even surpass Uncle Lin. When the time comes, Uncle Lin will also need you to take care of him. After saying that, he let out a burst of laughter like a fingernail scratching a blackboard, which was very harsh. At the same time, Uncle Lin threw the sign of the black iron superior.

Xu Anping took the sign, pretended to be excited and shook it hard, and said with a shy smile: "It's all taught by Uncle Lin well!" I will be grateful to Uncle Lin for the rest of my life! ”

Uncle Lin nodded, and then said, "I have taken a new task for you, with fifty taels of commission." In the next period of time, I will arrange for you to go to the Deng family in Qingping County to be a housekeeper. You wait for the opportunity to get the deed of Deng Kee Silk Village and write down the purchase channels, and if you have the opportunity, assassinate Deng Yongming, the head of the Deng family. Others, don't move. ”

"Got it, Uncle Lin. I'll do what you arrange. After saying this, Xu Anping habitually turned his back.

"Excellent! After becoming a member of the Deng family, you have to go home once a month, and I will take the initiative to find you. After Uncle Lin's voice disappeared, the person also disappeared.

Xu Anping walked towards home unhurriedly, and when he got to the room, he spat on the ground and crushed it hard. "Old dog, one day you look good!"