The sun is always very early in the summer, especially in June and July, when the sun is scorching at noon, everyone stops working and waits until the sun sets in the afternoon, when the heat dissipates slightly, and then they can resume work.

It's not just the farmers who go to the fields who have to follow this law of life, but also all industries, and there is no air conditioning to enjoy in such weather.

But a good time flies, and after a while, the harvest season has arrived.

It is the third harvest year since the establishment of the beggar village, and the effort will always be rewarded, looking at the yellow and clear rice fields all over the mountains, everyone has obtained great satisfaction and joy in their hearts.

Since it is the territory of the beggar gang, naturally there are no officers, soldiers, and trialists to come to collect, in addition to supplying the farming faction, there can also be a lot of surplus grain, hoard a part of the rest and sell it, and then pull some flower cloth cotton, and have that skillful woman to make two thick clothes, this winter can be survived.

This kind of life like a paradise makes Nangong Jin happy, relying on such a quiet day, the pain in his heart has finally been gradually smoothed out, and he has slowly forgotten, he has completely integrated into this small mountain village and become a complete farmer.

This day was bright, he got up and got dressed, closed the doors and windows, picked up the hoe and held the sickle and rushed to the field, passing by the door of Xiao Wu's house, he saw that she was practicing at the door of the house, and said hello and was about to leave, but was stopped by him, Nangong Jin was just about to ask something, but Xiao Wu stopped practicing, wiped the sweat on his forehead, beckoned to him and signaled him to come closer, he also put down the hoe and sickle, and walked towards her.

Xiao Wu leaned her elbows against the bare fence, smiled at him, and said, "You don't have to go to the ground today, there is something for you to do in the gang." ”

Nangong Jin frowned, his tanned handsome face showed a little unhappiness, and asked slowly, "But are you going to the rudder to deliver food?" ”

Sending grain to the rudder is a means for the farming faction to win over the eight rudders of the Southern Beggars Gang, some time ago, he was ordered to send grain twice, once closer, in Yangzhou rudder; The other time it was farther away, Jiaoweipo south of Hangzhou. The most important thing is that he doesn't want to see the outside world, he feels dizzy when he sees people coming and going, he just wants to be a happy little farmer quietly.

In addition to this, he didn't want to go out, and another point was that the rudder didn't give face to farming at all, and the grain sent was received on the surface, and secretly all poured into the surrounding rivers, lakes and seas. In this world, it is much more comfortable to be a beggar than to be a farmer, and it is not a fool to throw away the iron rice bowl and work hard?

Of course, there are also many disciples who followed to the beggar village to settle down, most of them are bagless disciples who are at the bottom, old, weak, sick and disabled, and they really can't live anymore, so they choose to "untie the bowl and return to the field".

The arrival of these people is Nangong Jin's merits, Wang Luo intends to train him to become a young elite of the farming faction, so he relies on these means to forcibly promote him, and the two missions directly make him change from a bagless disciple to a seven-bag disciple, if this rocket-like speed is known by Ge Xiaolou, I am afraid that he will vomit blood and die on the spot.

Xiao Wu saw that Nangong Jin was a little unhappy, and then patted him on the shoulder and said, "This time is different, it's not our mission, it's an order issued by the Ten Elders, and you, Zhu Xin, Wang Yuan, and Feng Seventeen are asked to participate by name." ”

When Nangong Jin heard that it was the order of the Ten Elders, he habitually scratched his forehead and asked suspiciously, "Can Luocrow Fang still manage the affairs of our side?" ”

"After all, we still nominally belong to the beggar gang, and the master can snatch a few of you by virtue of his authority, and the Ten Elders naturally have the power to issue important orders within the gang, and you must also participate." Xiao Wu explained.

"In that case, then you can say, what is the important task that we have to participate in?" Nangong Jin saw that he couldn't shirk this mission, so he could only accept his fate.

Xiao Wu thought for a while, frowned and said: "A few days ago, the news came from the Xiangyang Helm that all the seven bags of disciples under Liu Duo were killed in the wilderness, and their methods were extremely cruel, all of them were poisoned to death, and the gang leader suspected that it was the Freedom Army......"

"Impossible!" Nangong Jin shouted before Xiao Wu finished speaking, Xiao Wu looked at him with some doubts, and he hurriedly explained: "No matter which part of the Free Army is far away from Xiangyang, the trouble in Suzhou is enough for them to solve, how can the hand be stretched so long, and besides, Xiangyang doesn't have any oil and water for them to fish?" ”

After listening to Nangong Jin's explanation, Xiao Wu became even more suspicious, and blurted out a question: "How do you know so clearly?" Aren't you from the weak water island of the East China Sea? ”

"Oops!" Nangong Jin secretly said in her heart that it was not good, she had exposed too much in a hurry, how could she explain it now!

"I ...... In fact, I ......" Nangong Jin was hesitant for a long time, and he couldn't say why, his nervous face turned red, and his thick eyebrows were furrowed.

"Huh? You won't be ......."

"I ...... I ......"

Seeing that his identity was about to be exposed, Nangong Jin was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and finally closed his eyes as if he was resigned to his fate, waiting for Xiao Wu's judgment on him.

"You won't be ...... In the Freikorps...... There's a little one, okay? When Xiao Wu said the last sentence, a cold and pretty face suddenly turned into a grinning look, looked at Nangong Jin teasingly, and laughed loudly.

"I ...... It's all in your opinion, hehe...... Hehe......" A false alarm made Nangong Jin's mood fluctuate, and in an instant, a big stone fell to the ground again, and he secretly breathed a long sigh of relief.

"What's her name? Why don't you Sister Xiao Wu help you? Xiao Wu tilted her head and quipped.

Nangong Jin was ruthless, and then said: "No need, there is no possibility for me and her, now I just want to be a farmer who is idle in the mountains and rivers and plows the fields, she ......" In the end, his face finally showed a trace of loneliness.

Xiao Wu saw that his expression was gloomy, so he didn't tease anymore, patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "It's all over, don't think about it anymore, from now on this is your home." ”

Nangong Jin nodded slightly, didn't say anything more, picked up the hoe and sickle, turned around and walked to his home.

Xiao Wu watched him go farther and farther away and disappear into the country road, and finally sighed, patted his forehead in annoyance, and was very entangled in his heart, and he really didn't know what to do.

……

After lunch at noon, Nangong Jin and Zhu Xin were taken by Lou Peng to Luoyafang, at this time the Ten Elders and Bao Xue were already waiting in the workshop, and there were three young men and women leaning next to the grass hut behind them, the Ten Elders and Lou Peng hugged their fists slightly, and did not speak, Lou Peng turned around and left.

The Ten Elders glanced at a few people, and then said loudly: "I believe you have also heard that my Nan Beggars have killed and injured a lot of brothers in the Xiangyang Rudder, and this mission is to let you go to the Rudder to assist Master Liu Rudder in finding out the truth and killing the enemy." The seven of you are all young leaders of my Southern Beggars Gang, if this mission can be successfully completed, all seven of you can be promoted to eight bags of disciples, you must make good use of this opportunity! ”

"Eight bags of disciples?" The three young men and women who were lying in front of the grass hut basking in the sun cheered excitedly when they heard this, the eight bags of disciples are not the ten elders painting cakes, and it is not just the increase in the number of bags, in the beggar gang, the eight bags of disciples means that they can study the eighteen palms of the dragon descending and become one of the real high-level beggars.

The three young men cheered for a while, but one of the men suddenly pressed down the two companions, walked to the side of the Ten Elders in three or two steps, and said suspiciously: "Ten Elders, don't harm us, but I heard that the enemy is the group of poisonous monsters of the Free Legion, and the seven of us have melons and eggs, wouldn't it be in vain to send them to death?" ”

When the two companions heard this, they both nodded and agreed, "Yes, we don't dare to fight with that group of poisonous monsters. ”

The Ten Elders glanced at the three trialists, and there was a burst of scolding in their hearts, MD, Wang Luo's people didn't say anything, you three came to slap me in the face first, I was really convinced!

However, for the trialists, he is also a trialist, and he doesn't put on any stinky shelves, and he doesn't want to put people on him, these three people are carefully selected by him in Luoyafang, and they are very talented talents, so they naturally want to convince people with virtue.

The Ten Elders' faces were full of spring breeze, grinned, pointed at Bao Ze with a smile, and said, "For the sake of your safety, Elder Bao personally escorted you, can you rest assured now?" ”

"That's pretty much it." The young man muttered, then turned to the other two and began to talk in a low voice.

The Ten Elders shook their heads helplessly, he was also a young man, and he didn't bother with them, he knew the character of the trialist.

He turned his head and whispered a few words to Bao Ze, and then said: "Okay, let's go, I hope you can do your best to help Xiangyang rudder get through this difficulty, and the future of the beggar gang depends on you!" ”

After saying this encouraging sentence, Bao Xue also took the lead to leave, Nangong Jin and the four of them hugged their fists at the Ten Elders, and followed Bao Xue closely, and the three young trialists did not salute the Ten Elders, and followed and left.

The Ten Elders looked at the backs of the eight people getting farther and farther away, suddenly sneered, and didn't know what to mutter, and soon turned around and walked towards the Falling Crow Temple.

……

The autumn climate is quite cool, Bao Xue walked behind, Nangong Jin and the others were talking in front of them, they were all young people, and they quickly became familiar with each other, and Nangong Jin also knew the names of these three trialists.

The leader is named "Ten Miles of Wind Shayang", and because he has the same "ten" character as the Ten Elders, the people in Luoyafang generally call him Little Ten Elders; Another man is called "Hundred Steps Wear Yang Cheap", ordinary people call him Ah Bai, and people who are familiar with him call him Xiao Cheap; The young woman's name was "Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms", and it was obvious that she was the lover of the Little Ten Elders.

These three people are friends in reality, and they are also classmates who have just entered college, and as soon as they entered the game, they went straight to the beggar gang, and after a long time, they were finally discovered by the Ten Elders and became the youngest seven-bag disciple of the rent-collecting faction.

Young people are together, there are always endless topics, but also add a lot of fun to this long journey, out of the crow fang, their eating and drinking is naturally to return to their old business - begging, Nangong Jin and the four of them can't open this mouthful, fortunately, the little ten elders are also friends enough, and every time they beg, they will ask for more, so as not to starve Nangong Jin and a few people.

I walked all the way until mid-September before I arrived at Pingliang Town. According to Bao Xue, the front over Yangjia Mountain, and then across the Han River, is where Xiangyang is, the little ten elders heard that the road is not far, so they proposed to go to Pingliang Town to rest for a night, set off early tomorrow, and can also rush to Xiangyang before noon to divide the rudder.

Nangong Jin and the others naturally agreed, and Bao Xue was not reluctant, the eight of them went to the town to find a dilapidated courtyard, went in to investigate, and found that no one lived, so they rested in the thatched hut.

Until dark, Nangong Jin and the others fell asleep early, but the little ten elders got up secretly, took Peach Blossom's hand and sneakily entered the inner room, this subtle movement woke up the two of them, one is the skilled Bao Xue, and the other is the always vigilant Nangong Jin.

It stands to reason that the beggars are not allowed to enter the house at night, although there is no one living in this village, but it is also a serious place, what are they going to do quietly in the middle of the night?

Nangong Jin was curious and nervous, but he didn't dare to get up to check, because he knew that Bao Xue was also awake, but what he didn't know was that Zhu Xin and them were just like themselves, did they notice something?

When you go out and are alone, you always have to be more careful.

(End of chapter)