Hearing this, Yan Chongyi secretly screamed badly, knowing that his actions had already been discovered by the other party. At this time, he didn't care about how he had exposed his whereabouts, and the only thought in his mind was to send a message to his father and brother in Zhuangzi no matter what, so that they could know that something had happened. Therefore, instead of answering, he suddenly turned around, raised the knife in his hand and slashed at the place where the sound had come from.

To say that Yan Chongyi and his eldest brother have been practicing martial arts since childhood, and they have also worshiped famous teachers and visited masters at the beginning, so they are quite good at kung fu - it is with this martial arts that they can become the leaders of Zhuang Ding, and can resist the invasion of the "Baihua Village" bandits with more than 100 Zhuang Ding, so that although Qiulin Village is very close to the "Baihua Village", it can exist for a long time.

Therefore, Yan Chongyi has always been very confident in his martial arts. He could already hear where he was and how far he was from his own from the voice of the other party, so although he couldn't see the other party, he was still convinced that his knife could at least seriously injure him, if not cut him in half. In this way, he can take this opportunity to take out the barrel in his arms and shoot an arrow into the sky to warn his father and brother. But what he didn't expect was that after his knife was slashed, it missed, not only did he not touch anyone, but there was no sign of anyone moving, and the other party did not seem to be in the position he judged at all.

With a slash in the air, Yan Chongyi couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, knowing that the other party's martial arts were by no means idle. At this moment, the other party had already begun to fight back, and an evil wind struck from the side and back of Yan Chongyi's body. This evil wind is fast and fierce, and it is too late for Yan Chongyi to hide. And the knife he slashed just now was fierce and ruthless, and at this time the move was already old, and it was also impossible to change the move to protect himself.

It was too late, it was too fast, and when he heard a muffled sound of "bang", Yan Chongyi only felt that he had been hit his left thigh, and the huge force pulled him into the air, and then fell heavily to the ground. After landing on the ground, Yan Chongyi just wanted to stand up with his hands on the ground, but found that the left thigh that was hit was completely disobedient, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't stand up.

Just as Yan Chongyi was struggling, a big foot stepped heavily on his back, and the calm voice just now sounded again: "Don't move, otherwise someone will be unkind to you." ”

Before this man could finish speaking, a soldier had already rushed forward and tied up Yan Chongyi's rope, so that he didn't even have a chance to signal his father and brother in Zhuangzi.

At this time, I heard the calm voice and said: "Take this person to the Zhongjun tent and hand it over to the eleventh and twenty-fourth masters for interrogation." ”

"Yes," the soldiers agreed. Subsequently, he dragged Yan Chongyi, who was temporarily unable to walk due to a leg injury, and went to the Chinese military tent.

After the soldiers put Yan Chongyi into the Chinese military tent, they threw him to the ground. Yan Chongyi couldn't make any protective movements because his hands were tied, so he was smashed solidly, so he couldn't hang his back. However, this guy was also stubborn, not only did he not shout or scream, but he also endured his leg injury and stood up from the ground with all his might. No matter how the soldiers next to him reprimanded, they just knelt down.

Seeing that the spy in front of him was still so tough when he was caught, the soldier next to him was naturally angry. So, two new guards stepped forward and prepared to kick Yan Chongyi's leg socket and force him to kneel. At this time, Qian Yuanshan, who was very appreciative of Yan Chongyi's performance, waved his hand to the guards, signaling that they did not need to force Yan Chongyi to kneel anymore.

Although Qian Yuanshan's move surprised Yan Chongyi a little, it did not dispel his misunderstanding of this group of outsiders. Therefore, without waiting for the other party to ask, Yan Chongyi asked first: "Who are you waiting for, what are your intentions in coming to my Qiulin Village?" ”

Qian Yuanshan was amused by the tall and burly man opposite, chuckled, and said, "It's unreasonable for you to ask." Obviously, you sneaked into our army's camp at night with bad intentions, but now you bite back and ask us what our intentions are. Hehe, this anti-customer-oriented technique is very skillful. ”

"What kind of anti-guest is the main thing," Yan Chongyi retorted, "It is obviously you outsiders who have invaded our Zhuangzi's territory. You outsiders are guests, and we locals are the masters. ”

"Disturbed your Zhuangzi?" Qian Yuanshan retorted, "The place where our army camped is nearly half a mile away from your Zhuangzi, and we have never crossed the small river in front of the village for half a step during this period, how can it be called the Zhuangzi that has invaded you?" ”,

Yan Chongyi was speechless for a while, and he didn't know how to answer. Because what the other party said was right, from the time he arrived here in the middle of the middle of the day until he was arrested for exploring the camp, the other party had indeed never crossed the small river in front of the village by half a step. Not only did they not cross the river, but in addition to fetching water by the river, these outsiders did not even go down to the river, and what they just said was indeed a bit strong.

However, Yan Chongyi did not want to admit defeat, and when he saw that he could not reason with the other party, he decided to adopt a silent and uncooperative attitude -- no matter what the other party asked, he would not answer, and expressed his dissatisfaction with the other party with silence. Therefore, when Qian Yuanshan asked him for his name and the purpose of the night expedition to the camp, he turned his head away, not only did not answer the question, but also did not even look at the other party.

For Yan Chongyi's rude performance, the soldiers next to him felt extremely angry, if it weren't for Qian Yuanshan signaling everyone not to embarrass Yan Chongyi, I was afraid that he would have been beaten by the soldiers at this time.

Although the big man on the other side was very uncooperative, Qian Yuanshan was not in a hurry at all. He said: "Since the strong man is unwilling to answer Qian's question, then Qian will call someone who may know the strong man over, and let him guess the background of the strong man and the purpose of visiting our military camp at night." ”

Hearing the other party say that he wanted to find someone who knew him, Yan Chongyi was a little incomprehensible. In his impression, he had never met these outsiders, so how could anyone on the other party know him—could it be that the neighbors of the village had joined this strange team? Or maybe the bandits in the "Baihua Village" have colluded with these outsiders in front of them.

Just when Yan Chongyi was puzzled, he heard footsteps outside the tent, and the two of them entered the Chinese military tent one after the other. One of the two people walking in front was also wearing a strange and colorful costume, while the person walking behind was wearing a Taoist robe, presumably a monk. After these two people entered the tent, they first greeted the others in the tent, and then looked at Yan Chongyi together.

At this time, Yan Chongyi had already judged from the voices of the two newcomers greeting the others just now that the person who was dressed in colorful clothes was the person with high martial arts skills who attacked him outside the tent and injured himself. Therefore, Yan Chongyi couldn't help but look at the other party a few more times - of course, when he looked at the other party, his eyes were full of anger.

The other party was not affected by Yan Chongyi's eyes in the slightest, he first whispered a few words to the original two people in the tent, and then looked Yan Chongyi up and down before saying to the Taoist priest: "Qingchen, take a closer look, this strong man is a person from Qiulin Village?" ”

"Yes" The Taoist priest replied respectfully, walked around Yan Chongyi, and looked Yan Chongyi up and down carefully for a while before he hugged his fist at the person who asked him and said, "Uncle Zeng, this person is indeed from Qiulin Village. If the little nephew is not mistaken, this person should be the owner of Qiulin Village, the second son of Yan Zhili and the old lady Yan - Yan Chongyi. ”

Seeing that the other party actually knew everything about his life experience, Yan Chongyi was secretly surprised. He looked up and down at this Taoist priest who was quite a bit immortal, and searched in his mind again, but he did not find any memories related to this Taoist priest. In other words, I don't know this person at all. But how could such a person who didn't know him know so much about himself?

When Yan Chongyi was puzzled, he heard the person who first interrogated Yan Chongyi ask the Taoist priest: "Qingchen, can you recognize clearly, this person is indeed the second son of the owner of Qiulin Village?" ”

"Uncle Qian, the little nephew is definitely not mistaken," the Taoist priest said, "When the little nephew 'traveled' to the 'Baihua Village' four years ago, he once passed by Qiulinzhuang. At that time, the little nephew was young and curious. Seeing that there is a village so close to 'Baihua Village', I am very puzzled. Therefore, after coming out of the 'Baihua Village', I went to this Qiulin Village for a walk. Coincidentally, when the little nephew passed by Mrs. Yan's house, he happened to see the old lady talking with his children about how to resist the attack of 'Baihuazhai'. The little nephew listened for a while out of curiosity, so he recognized all the masters of the Yan family, including this second son of Yan. ”

After listening to Qingchen's description, Qian Yuanshan, Zeng Zhilin, Tang Chao and others no longer doubted the identity of the strong man in front of them. And Yan Chongyi was shocked at this time - although Qingchen said it very lightly when introducing this passage, Yan Chongyi understood that it was full of various risks. Not to mention the "travel" and "Baihua Village" in the other party's mouth--killing Yan Chongyi didn't believe that the other party really went to the mountains and rivers, he concluded that it was this Taoist priest who relied on his good kung fu and secretly sneaked into the "Baihua Village" to listen to the news -- how dangerous it was, just saying that the other party entered Qiulinzhuang to inquire and eavesdropped on his family's private words was already very human--although the Yan family was not a high-ranking official mansion, it could be regarded as a large family, not only had many servants, but also had more than a dozen people who took care of the family. ,

However, in addition to being surprised, Yan Chongyi also came to a favorable conclusion, that is, these outsiders should have no ill will towards Qiulinzhuang. Otherwise, just relying on the Taoist priest in front of him and the ability of the person who injured him just now, it would be enough to take the life of his family unknowingly and unknowingly. Compared with these two people, the difference between those Zhuang Ding in his own Zhuangzi is more than a hundred or a thousand times. Don't say more than 100 Zhuang Ding, even twice as much may not be enough for people to kill.

The facts also proved Yan Chongyi's judgment, and after the other party confirmed his identity, the outsider who first began to interrogate him said: "Since he is the second son of Lord Yan Zhuang, he is naturally our friend." ”

As he spoke, this person walked to Yan Chongyi's side, personally untied the rope that bound him, and gave him a salute: "Yan Zhuangshi is frightened, all this is a misunderstanding. There are many people under him who have offended, and I hope that Yan Zhuangshi will not worry about us. Come on, quickly give Yan Zhuangshi a seat. ”

Yan Chongyi was confused by the other party's series of actions, although he felt that these people had no ill will towards him and Qiulinzhuang just now, but this kind of transformation from a prisoner to a guest was too sudden, so he couldn't adapt for a while. However, since the other party has made such a kind move, no matter whether he can turn a corner or not, Yan Chongyi can no longer have an expression of rejection thousands of miles away like he did just now.

Therefore, although he did not understand the reason for the change in the other party's attitude, he still reacted as he should. He avoided the other party's salute, but did not sit down, but still stood there, looking at the other party with a puzzled expression, waiting for the other party to give him a reasonable explanation.

Yan Chongyi's reaction was naturally expected by Qian Yuanshan and others, so Qian Yuanshan asked Yan Chongyi to sit down and talk again, and at the same time roughly explained the purpose of his trip.

Of course, when Qian Yuanshan explained, he did not reveal the true intention of his trip, but excerpted the part of "protecting the people" and "doing the right thing for heaven", indicating that the people around him had also been harassed by bandits in many cottages around Youzhou, including "Baihua Village". And as a local gentry, these people naturally can't sit back and watch their fathers and villagers being bullied by bandits and robbers. Therefore, after discussion, the brothers decided to gather all the family members and guards and go deep into the mountains to sweep away these thieves who were doing evil things, and restore peace to the surrounding people.

As for camping here this time, it is entirely because the distance between here and "Baihua Village" is relatively close, and it is suitable as a base camp for the team's attack, which is an accidental choice. And the arrest of his second son Yan tonight was mainly because he came to visit at night, and it was difficult to distinguish friend or foe for a while, so he had to be subdued first to identify his identity.

Although Qian Yuanshan's explanation was the Tao, Yan Chongyi also roughly understood the identity of the other party and the purpose of this trip, and the heart that had been hanging a little bit was finally let go a little. However, it can be seen from his expression that he is obviously skeptical of Qian Yuanshan's remarks.

Such a result was also expected by Qian Yuanshan and others, and they also knew very well that just based on a few words from Qian Yuanshan, it was absolutely unrealistic to want a character like Yan Chongyi, who has been dealing with thieves all year round, to believe that there was no possibility at all.

Therefore, after explaining the origin and purpose of his people, Qian Yuanshan hugged his fist to Yan Chongyi and said: "From the point of view below, Qiulinzhuang's ability to exist under the nose of 'Baihuazhai' should be the credit of Yan Zhuangshi and Yan Zhuangshi's father and brother. That being the case, presumably Yan Zhuangshi and Yan Zhuangshi's father and brother are very good at dealing with the thieves of 'Baihuazhai'. Therefore, the brothers below and below intend to visit the door to ask Yan Zhuangshi and Yan Zhuangshi's father and brother for advice on how to deal with the bandits, and also hope that Yan Zhuangshi can convey the meaning of the following to your father and brother. ”

Hearing that the other party was going to see his father and brother, Yan Chongyi's heart that had just been put down came up again - under the guise of reconciliation between the two sides, he introduced the leaders of the enemy side into his own territory, and then wiped them out, Yan Chongyi had not heard of such a thing. Therefore, Qian Yuanshan's request immediately aroused Yan Chongyi's vigilance. However, considering that although he has become the other party's guest now, it is still easy for the other party to want his own life. Therefore, Yan Chongyi did not refuse the other party's request, but asked tentatively: "I don't know how Qian Zhuangshi wants to meet his father and brother?" In the midst of letting them come to your camp, it is still the strong men who go to the homes below. ”

Qian Yuanshan naturally knew the purpose of Yan Chongyi's question, so he replied very happily: "If you are a guest below, you naturally want to be a guest." If Mrs. Yan and Mr. Yan do not object, I will take a few of my righteous brothers to visit them in Guizhuang early tomorrow morning and ask them for advice on how to level thieves in person. ”

Seeing that Qian Yuanshan just pointed to a few people around him, Yan Chongyi couldn't believe it, so he subconsciously asked: "Did Qian Zhuangshi only bring these few people into the village?" ”

"This is nature," Qian Yuanshan replied very calmly.

"Is there something wrong? If Yan Zhuangshi feels that there are too many people going to the house, it will be inconvenient for the next person to go," Qian Yuanshan immediately added.

Qian Yuanshan's statement completely dispelled Yan Chongyi's suspicions, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Where did Qian Zhuangshi say it?" Although the Yan family has a large population, it does not have as many rules as the big families in the city, and it doesn't hurt if Qian Zhuang and all the strong men go. It's just that the Yan family is located in a remote area, the home is simple, and the hospitality is not good, and I hope that all the strong men will not be surprised. ”

Qian Yuanshan said a few more polite words when he heard this, and saw that it was almost four watches, so he no longer said these unnutritious words to Yan Chongyi. After confirming that Yan Chongyi's leg was only a skin wound -- Zeng Zhilin did not directly deal with it when his friend or foe was unknown, otherwise Yan Chongyi's leg would definitely be useless -- and would not cause any major damage, he personally sent him out of the camp gate and made an appointment to visit him in the village the next morning.

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