At the end of November of the twenty-third year of Zhengding, it was already the winter season.

Suzhou, the land south of the Yangtze River, also had a little chill, and even Shen Qiu had to add an extra thin coat to his coat.

Qingqing also returned to Suzhou City.

She lived in Luoyueqintai for a month, and after her health was fine, she made a fuss about going back to Suzhou, Yaoqin's persuasion was fruitless, and the little sister just wanted to stay with her brother.

Shen Qiu couldn't resist her, so he could only take her back to the small dart game.

After Shen Qiu got up that day, he practiced a set of knife techniques in the yard, and heard the Qingqing girl rushing in from the door screaming.

The girl seemed to have regained her full vitality, she waved a small package in her hand, and said to her senior brother with a smile on her face:

"Senior brother, brother mountain ghost sent a letter."

"Really?"

Shen Qiu put away the knife, wiped his sweat, and walked into the front hall of the dart game, and saw Qingqing lying on the chair, having already opened the package.

"Brother Mountain Ghost's words are really ugly, like a dog crawling."

The girl pursed her mouth, waved the letter in her hand, and said to Shen Qiu:

"But it's much better than before, and it seems that I've been practicing diligently lately."

"You can't ask too much of him."

Shen Qiu didn't care much.

His handwriting is not much better.

Especially compared with Qingqing's handy hand, it is almost the same as a dog crawling, but with a quill pen to write hard characters, Shen Qiu is better at it than Qingqing.

The brother and sister sat on each side and spread out the letter from the mountain ghost and placed it on the table.

As a result, I read a few sentences, and the full of typos made Shen Qiu can't bear to look at it directly, the disadvantage of pinyin literacy is this, beginners are easy to catch blind when they encounter polyphonic words and near-phonetic words.

But the general meaning can be understood.

After they left Taihang, the life of the mountain ghosts was very leisurely, and the Northern Dynasty people lost a team of black-clothed guards, and they did not react, and it seemed that they did not plan to send more people to Taihang Mountain to find death.

It's just that the news of this immortal relic has spread for some reason, and recently there have been many martial arts people from the Northern Dynasties who have frequently entered Taihang.

Needless to say, their fate is needless to say.

If you dare to break into the territory of the mountain ghosts, you will inevitably pay a price.

The mountain ghost also told Shen Qiu and Qingqing to take care of their bodies, and if they have a chance in the future, they might as well come to Taihang Mountain for a walk.

"Brother Mountain Ghost, this is lonely."

Qingqing was not very interested, she whispered to her senior brother:

"He'd love for us to see him, right?"

"Maybe."

Shen Qiu reached out and touched Qingqing's head, and he said:

"He, he is the elf of the mountain, he can only live there, if he comes to this world with us, the elf will not be an elf."

"Elf, is that the dwarf you told me about last night? Seven dwarfs and princesses and stuff like that. ”

Qingqing propped her head with both hands, looking at Shen Qiu, she asked:

"Did the prince really just kiss the princess and wake up?"

"Yes, that's magic."

Shen Qiu picked up the second letter from the mountain ghost, and he said casually:

"You can understand it as superior internal strength."

"Oh."

Qingqing nodded, and she said:

"That prince's martial arts must be very strong, right? After all, she can kill the witch queen who uses poison, and the queen's martial arts must be very high, maybe she is a master of the rivers and lakes in that world. ”

"But how can a master of the rivers and lakes be a queen? Isn't the king afraid? Or is the king also a martial arts master? ”

"Well, I can't answer you about that."

Shen Qiu was a little confused by Qingqing's endless strange questions, and he could only fool around.

He glanced at the letter paper, handed it to Qingqing, and then got up and took out a cardboard from the drawer, on which there were many chaotic squares, which had been deliberately carved.

"Senior brother, what's going on with this letter?"

Qingqing grabbed the letter, and she said to Shen Qiu with a blank face:

"I can't read this word at all, it's like a mountain ghost brother scribbling casually."

"To use this!"

Shen Qiu pasted the cardboard in his hand on the letter, changed the direction, and showed it to Qingqing, he pointed to the handwriting exposed in the square carved out of the cardboard, and said to Qingqing:

"You copy the words and read them again."

"Oh."

Qingqing girl answered, and then took the letter and cardboard to the study in the front hall, Shen Qiu stayed behind the counter in the front hall of the dart game, and was a little bored flipping through a "popular novel" sold by Qingqing.

are all stories of three heroes and five righteousness, half-literate and half-white, Qingqing is very energetic to watch, but Shen Qiu feels a little boring and stereotypical.

It's all a routine.

There are no online articles that slaughter gods and destroy Buddhas in the previous life, and the brain-opening online articles look comfortable.

There is indeed a lack of entertainment in this era, and Qingqing does not allow Shen Qiu to go to the Qinglou fireworks to have fun, and every night after practicing martial arts, the two brothers and sisters sit in the courtyard and tell stories, which has become Shen Qiu's only nightlife.

In the past two months, he has told all the stories in his head, and even started to tell fairy tales.

Qingqing listened very happily and happily.

But for Shen Qiu, it was a kind of torture.

Life in Suzhou City is very comfortable, but Shen Qiu began to miss the days in the Taihang Mountains, this slow-paced life is really boring.

He felt like he was about to rust.

Shen Qiu was bored lying on the counter, thinking about whether to tell Qingqing a story about the Fighting Spirit Sword Immortal, and just when he was waiting for Qingqing to translate the secret letter, a guest came to the door.

"Yo, isn't this Uncle Liu?"

Shen Qiu raised his head and saw the old man Liu who opened a grocery store on the same street walking into the door with an ugly face, so he got up to greet him, poured another cup of coarse tea, and invited the old man Liu to sit down.

The shops on this street are all merchants of the Falling Moon Merchant Place, and they are in harmony with each other, and the relationship is quite harmonious.

The unruly small dart bureau does not accept outside work on weekdays, and does business with acquaintances, helping these neighboring merchants to deliver some goods, or sending some family letters, etc., and rarely long-distance darts.

Seeing that Old Man Liu came to the dart game today, Shen Qiu knew that after being idle for more than two months, he finally had work to do.

Old man Liu sat on the chair with a gloomy face, drinking tea and not speaking, Shen Qiu took the initiative to ask:

"Uncle Liu, is there anything bothering? Tell me about it. ”

The old man glanced at Shen Qiu, shook his head again, and after a while, he hesitated and said:

"Xiao Qiu'er."

"Just call me Shen Qiu, Uncle Liu."

Shen Qiu said, this little Qiu'er's nickname is probably what others call his relatives, but he is really unblessed.

"Okay, Shen Qiu."

The old man lamented, and he said:

"My shop, a few days ago, was robbed by a gang of thieves while buying goods from outside the city, do you know about this?"

"Well, I heard."

Shen Qiu took a sip of tea, he probably knew that the old man was coming.

Liu's grocery store, although it is a grocery store, but the shop is not small, and it is also a big brand in this square area.

His family provides all kinds of groceries to several restaurants in the city, and the business is very prosperous.

If this business is good, the supply of raw materials must catch up, so in Old Man Liu's shop, there are special guys to buy near Suzhou City, and his eldest son is also in charge of this matter.

Nothing happened in the past, but a few days ago, a batch of goods purchased from outside the city escorted by the eldest son of the Liu family was robbed on the way back.

The gang of thieves stole the goods and planned to rob people and kidnap tickets.

It's just that the eldest son of the Liu family is clever and runs away while the chaos is in chaos.

This matter is considered big news on this street, and the young girl heard about it as soon as possible, and ran back to tell her brother about it, which is quite the style of a Hong Kong reporter.

"Da Liu is fine, right?"

Shen Qiu asked.

Old man Liu sighed again and said:

"My son is fine, just a few abrasions, I was shocked, and I have been recuperating for the past few days.

The goods, if they are lost, they will be lost, it is nothing more than the loss of some money, but what makes the old man embarrassed is that those guys who were robbed. Their family has been making trouble in my shop for the past few days, asking me to pay for ransom. ”

The old man was full of worries, and said to Shen Qiu in a mournful voice:

"I invited the beggars in the city to talk to the gang of thieves, if they ransom a few taels of silver, they will be given, after all, they are all familiar guys, but the gang of thieves who killed a thousand knives..."

"They're asking too much?"

Shen Qiu put down the teacup and said:

"Or did you accept the money and refuse to let go?"

"Both!"

The old man said to Shen Qiu indignantly:

"Xiao Qiu'er, you came to evaluate the theory, for the first time, I said that it was ten taels for one person, and I gave the money that night, but they didn't let people go, and they also opened their mouths, mentioning one hundred taels per person!

The old man is not reluctant to pay, but he is afraid that if he gives it again, the gang of thieves will increase the price again, what can I do? ”

"Tsk, this gang of thieves has such a big appetite."

Shen Qiu's eyes narrowed, and he said:

"I don't understand the rules of the rivers and lakes, it seems that it is a group of new thieves."

"Yes."

The old man said:

"I went to the Yijia Dart Bureau to ask, and the Yi Ke Dart Head also told me like this, I asked them to help save people, but the Yi Family Dart Bureau is a big brand in Suzhou City, and the price of such things is not low."

"I see."

Shen Qiu nodded, he knew what Old Man Liu meant.

He said to Old Man Liu:

"Uncle Liu, you go back and wait, I'll go out of the city to check once, if it's convenient, I'll leave in a few days." As for the price, you can give as much as my master needs when he is here. ”

"Xiao Qiu'er!"

Shen Qiu got up, but was stopped by Old Man Liu, who said to Shen Qiu with a worried face:

"Your master's martial arts are old and old, and the neighbors are all relieved, but you are young... I don't look down on you, but I'm afraid that if you go alone, if you are killed by that gang of thieves, how can you get this? ”

"Uncle Liu doesn't have to worry."

Shen Qiu was not annoyed.

He reassured:

"I want to go to the place where the incident happened first to find out, if the thief is powerful, I don't dare to take your job, I also spare my life, and there is a young girl to take care of."

But if the thief is weak, the uncle will wait at home, and look at my Shen Qiu's means. ”

Old man Liu saw that Shen Qiu was full of confidence, and it was inconvenient to persuade him.

He left the game worried, wondering if he had done something wrong.

The neighbors all knew about the fact that the old road leader was unfortunately infected and died on the outer road, leaving only Xiao Qiu'er and Qingqing, two young people, to support the dart game.

In case Xiao Qiu'er is not good at learning and has an accident, his old Liu Tou is afraid that he will be reprimanded and punished by the manager of the merchant shop.

After Old Man Liu left, Qingqing also walked out of the study, she glanced out of the door, and then looked at the senior brother with the usual face, she sneakily leaned over and said to the senior brother:

"Senior brother, are you going to save people?"

"Yes, I'll leave in the afternoon."

"Take me with you."

Qingqing shook her head and said to Shen Qiu:

"I can't help you fight, but I can still do this thing by stepping on ideas and getting started."

"Nope."

Shen Qiu glanced at Qingqing, and he said:

"If I take you to take this risk, if Yaoqin finds out, she is afraid that she will drive me out of Suzhou, so you will wait in this dart game."

He looked at Qingqing's pouting appearance, he thought for a moment, and said:

"You also have your things to do, you can write the reply to the mountain ghost, the secret letter, has it been translated?"

"Well, it's been copied."

Qingqing handed the letter to Shen Qiu, who glanced at it, then frowned, and said:

"This is a gongfa term?"

"Yes!"

Qingqing nodded and said to Shen Qiu:

"And they are all very obscure words, look at this, senior brother, this word represents a dead point in the chest and abdomen of a person, and ordinary exercises do not dare to make the true qi rush to such acupuncture points.

Brother Mountain Ghost, he must have to practice a rare and superior practice before he asks about the meaning of this word. ”

"Hmm."

Shen Qiu nodded, Qingqing's analysis was good.

He estimated that after they left, the mountain ghost might have found the internal strength that could be used in conjunction with the Chengying swordsmanship in the immortal ruins of Taihang.

It can be seen from that sword technique that this set of internal skills must be superior.

Even a martial arts masterpiece.

To be honest, Shen Qiu was a little jealous in his heart, and he was very envious of the great adventure of the mountain ghost, but he glanced at the sword jade in his hand, and that little jealousy was quickly thrown out of the clouds.

This Immortal Yuan Sword Jade is in his hand, as long as Shen Qiu does not die tragically halfway, he will one day be able to reach the peak of martial arts.

There is no need to envy others.

He Shen Qiu has his own way to go.

"You see, the mountain ghost must have a lot of doubts when he is new to internal skills."

Shen Qiu touched Qingqing's head and said to her step by step:

"He is in the Taihang Mountain, and he can't find someone to guide him, so only you can help him, you are a person trusted by the mountain ghost, you can't live up to his trust, this practice is superior internal strength, and a slight deviation is a big disaster.

In the past few days, you have been able to answer these questions for the mountain ghost, and you must be accurate enough to help him practice. Girl, do you understand? ”

Qingqing raised her head and looked at Senior Brother's serious gaze.

She was a little apprehensive for a moment, but after thinking about it, she finally nodded vigorously.

"Good!"

Shen Qiu patted Qingqing's shoulder, and he said:

"You can wait in the dart game with peace of mind, and wait for the senior brother to return victorious."

Shen Qiu went out of the city in the afternoon, and only returned to the dart game in the evening of the next day, he asked Qingqing to invite Old Man Liu, and the two discussed in the front hall.

"Uncle Liu, I've found the hiding place of that gang of thieves."

Shen Qiu, who was in the dust, said to Old Man Liu:

"Even in the barren mountains more than a dozen outside the city, they don't pay attention to hiding, and they plunder women, drinking and having fun all day long, just a group of inexperienced little thieves.

They locked your guy in a cave and didn't hurt him, and I'm seven percent sure of this rescue.

It's just that Uncle Liu needs to shoot a few capable people for me, and when I attack and kill the thieves, I need someone to save those guys. ”

"Okay."

Old man Liu thought for a moment, then gritted his teeth and nodded, he has been tired of those crying family members in the past few days, and it has also affected the business, and he hopes that this matter will be solved quickly.

"There is one more thing, Uncle Liu, you have to give me a thorough understanding."

Shen Qiu took a sip of tea, he lowered his voice, looked left and right, and whispered to Old Man Liu:

"If one of the people who saved people unfortunately died..."

"Xiao Qiu'er, you just let it go."

Old man Liu also made a decision, and he said to Shen Qiu:

"If anyone is really in trouble, I will give him the one hundred taels of ransom silver, and give him funeral money, and take care of the livelihood of his family, of course, preferably without casualties.

If everything goes well, you, Uncle Liu, and I will naturally have benefits for you. ”

Shen Qiu nodded.

He looked out the window at the night and said to Old Man Liu:

"Without further ado, Uncle Liu, you go back and prepare, tomorrow morning, I will set off, and at the latest it will be early in the morning after tomorrow, and this matter will have a result."

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