On the fourth day, the encirclement and suppression of Diancui Mountain by the officers and soldiers finally came to an end, the whole mountain was temporarily closed and cleaned, all the bandits who were lucky enough to not die were imprisoned, and the people of the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau also rushed here at night.

For Xue Hongbi, the most direct impact of this news is that he can finally go out.

Li Mingke quickly followed the dart team out of Nanyang City, did not come to say goodbye before leaving, Xue Hongbi also breathed a sigh of relief, and helped Du Sanniang to work in the kitchen for a while, Du's steamed bun shop, which had been closed for three days, finally opened again, the white mist was shrouded, the face was fragrant, and in the evening, all the buns had been sold out.

The conflict three days ago didn't seem to have happened, Du Sanniang closed the shop and instructed Xue Hongbi to go home, swinging his money bag and going to the gambling house to kill the Quartet, thinking that he was going to be ashamed, but unfortunately the old man Lu was not there, and it was said that he had left yesterday.

Xue Hongbi didn't rush back, he first went to eat a bowl of hot wontons, and then went to Mr.'s house with a book to ask for advice.

Everything is back to the way it used to be...... If only this day could have been spent so peacefully.

When she came out of her husband's house, it was already the middle of the moon, Xue Hongbi shrugged her stiff shoulders and walked on the road with a yawn. At this time, the people in the city were jubilant day and night to celebrate the suppression of bandits a few days ago, but now that the momentum has passed, it is inevitable that they will be tired, and it is not surprising that there are few people on the streets.

Xue Hongbi deliberately took a detour to the gambling house to take a look, but did not find Du Sanniang, thinking that he had already gone back, a sense of relief that should not belong to his age suddenly rose in his heart, and he turned around and walked home.

It's not too far from the gambling house to Pear Blossom Lane, but it's not close, and you have to pass through an old and dim alley halfway, that place is a nest for beggars and wild dogs, one of the dirtiest and chaotic places in Nanyang City, on weekdays, Xue Hongbi passes by the alley without squinting like everyone else, but tonight's wind seems to be extraordinarily noisy, he just approached there, he smelled a smell of blood, with the wind, and it was still very fresh.

It was accompanied by a faint cry for help, which sounded like a child.

Xue Hongbi paused at his feet, raised his eyes to look at the depths of the alley, but unfortunately the alley was tortuous, and now the night was dark, and he couldn't see anything standing here.

The smell of blood grew stronger, and the cries for help became weaker.

Du Sanniang's angry scolding echoed in his ears, almost overlapping with this cry for help, Xue Hongbi struggled in her heart, desperately urging herself to get out of here quickly, but the soles of her feet seemed to have roots.

"Help-" At this moment, the voice that was originally as thin as a mosquito suddenly became louder, and just spit out a word and stopped abruptly, Xue Hongbi's heart jumped suddenly, and he didn't dare to hesitate anymore, he turned over and jumped onto the wall, fortunately, he was wearing dark clothes today, so that he could sneak forward like a wild cat in the dark night.

Deep in the alley was a dead end, with a foul stench, and a few rolls of torn straw mats and rotten quilts were the beggars' belongings, many of which were now soaked in blood and could never be washed off.

A man stood with his back to him in a pool of blood, a half-dead old beggar under his left foot, a little beggar's neck in his hand, and several ragged men lying on the ground, and the man who stood, though unkempt, would never be mistaken for a beggar.

By the moonlight, Xue Hongbi saw that the man was wrapped in a lot of white cotton cloth, some of which were loose because of the action just now, revealing large burns underneath.

The little beggar who was choked by the neck kept kicking his legs, saying something with difficulty, and before Xue Hongbi could distinguish those words, he heard a "click", and the man dropped the silent child in his hand, like dropping insignificant garbage.

"Who?"

Sensing the prying gaze, the man turned his head sharply, just in front of Xue Hongbi's eyes.

He turned around, Xue Hongbi finally saw the other party's face clearly, this is an ordinary-looking middle-aged man, he can't find it when he walks into the pile, the only thing that can leave an impression is the red birthmark on the left forehead, like an inferior dye that has been overturned.

Xue Hongbi hadn't seen him, but he had heard of the person who had this birthmark - he was Chen Baoshan, the master of Diancui Mountain.

That night, Xue Hongbi and Li Mingke's primary targets were both the second masters, and after lighting the signal fireworks, they also wanted to find Chen Baoshan, but at that time, the fire was raging, and the cottage became a pot of porridge, and they couldn't find it.

He really escaped from Diancui Mountain, but he didn't have time to escape from Nanyang City, he could only curl up in the shadows of this town, fighting with snakes, insects, rats and ants for shelter, and finally stayed up until the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau and his party left here, and the prefect was happily reporting to the city, if he was not discovered by these beggars tonight, he would soon be able to escape unnoticed, and really become a fish that slipped through the net.

It's a pity that he was recognized by the beggars, so he had to kill him, and was seen by Xue Hongbi again.

Chen Baoshan didn't know that the young man on the wall was the enemy who took Li Mingke up the mountain to set fire, but he wouldn't let go of anyone who bumped into him, he finally escaped, and brought a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, as long as he left here, he could live the second half of his life without worrying about food and clothing, how could he let a few cheap lives be a stumbling block?

So he didn't say half a nonsense, kicked up a stone under his feet, and the sound of breaking the air suddenly rose, and the stone came in an instant like a flying star, and if he was hit in the head by it, there was no chance of survival. Xue Hongbi's breath stagnated, and he jumped directly off the wall, avoiding the fatal flying stone, and ran while pulling his legs, while shouting loudly.

Xue Hongbi knew that he was not Chen Baoshan's opponent, and he would not dare to speak out if the other party was in a hurry to escape from Nanyang, as long as he ran away and called someone, Chen Baoshan could only give up killing people and choose to flee. However, his guess was good, but he underestimated Chen Baoshan's speed, and before he could shout a second time and run three feet away, a black shadow flew over from the wall and intercepted in front of Xue Hongbi, the hand as big as a pu fan opened its five fingers, and it was about to cover Xue Hongbi's head!

At the last moment, Xue Hongbi leaned back suddenly, and at the same time bent his knees to the ground, the whole person slid like a swimming fish from the gap under Chen Baoshan's crotch, Chen Baoshan's palm fell into the air, and when he looked back, Xue Hongbi was about to rush out of the alley!

The way to life is close in front of him, Xue Hongbi's face was happy, his knees suddenly hurt, and his body lost control at this moment, if he hadn't supported the wall in time to stabilize it, I was afraid that he would have to fall and gnaw on the mud, subconsciously lowered his head, and saw a rolling gold bead at his feet.

This gold bead is the size of a thumb and belly, and at first glance it is the stolen goods looted by Chen Baoshan, and for Xue Hongbi, its own value is meaningless, the key is that his left calf was hit by this gold bead through a blood hole, although fortunately it did not hurt the bone, he couldn't run up for a while.

"Little rabbit, you have the ability to run again!" Chen Baoshan sneered, and reached out to grab his neck.

Xue Hongbi was injured in the leg, but still refused to sit still, at the moment when the big hand was about to choke his throat, he took the initiative to attack and lock Chen Baoshan's hand, and then suddenly pressed down on his body, using his strength to bring the two closer, his right leg wrapped around Chen Baoshan's neck like a poisonous snake, hooked his left knee on his ankle, endured the pain, locked Chen Baoshan firmly with his body, rolled away, and slammed the head that was clamped by himself into the wall next to him!

This move was unexpected and swift and ruthless, but unfortunately the gap between him and Chen Baoshan's body strength was too large, and his left leg was injured first, Chen Baoshan came back to his senses before his head was about to hit the wall, grabbed Xue Hongbi's waist with his left hand, and used brute force to forcibly lift him up, and then threw him out hard!

With a "bang", Xue Hongbi's back slammed against the wall, and the bricks that had fallen into disrepair fell down with him, smashing him twice, his throat was sweet, blood overflowed the corners of his mouth, and his eyes were blackened in pain.

From childhood to adulthood, although Xue Hongbi lived a frightened life in exile, she never faced the danger of her life hanging by a thread alone, although Du Sanniang was ruthless and poisonous, she could treat him as her own, Xue Hongbi had suffered the heaviest beating in her hands in the past thirteen years was only the two slaps three days ago.

He wanted to get up, but vomited out a mouthful of blood, only to feel a terrible pain in his back, and then he was kicked heavily in the abdomen, Chen Baoshan grabbed his neck and pressed the person against the wall, and hissed: "How can there be a child like you in Nanyang City?" Who are you? ”

Xue Hongbi only felt that she couldn't breathe well, but she wanted to laugh in her heart, and secretly said If you know that I brought someone to burn down your cottage and kill your second master, I'm afraid you won't bother to ask again, and you just want to break me into pieces.

He was bitter and happy in his heart, with a panic and despair expression on his face, his lips moved a few times and seemed to say something, but Chen Baoshan didn't hear a word clearly, his strength was slightly loose, and his head was closer.

At this moment, a small carving knife slipped from the sleeve pocket and fell into the palm of his hand, Xue Hongbi shot like electricity, taking advantage of the empty door under Chen Baoshan's armpit, the carving knife broke into the flesh and bloomed a big blood flower!

"Ahh

At this point, Xue Hongbi knew that he and Chen Baoshan had no third way to go except for you and me, and the moment he came out of the knife, if this insertion could be implemented, he would be able to get a second precious chance to break Chen Baoshan's neck bone.

It's a pity that before those two fingers entered the eye socket, Chen Baoshan's left hand grabbed his wrist from the bottom up, forcing Xue Hongbi's right arm to bend his elbow up, and almost unscrewed off the entire arm, before he could react, the left leg injury was kicked again, Chen Baoshan spared no effort this time, stepped on his knee and stepped down hard, and at the same time pressed down with his left hand, Xue Hongbi was knocked to the ground by him, and he didn't have time to struggle to get up, Chen Baoshan stepped down again, this time aimed at his neck!

I'm going to die! At the moment when the shadow shrouded, Xue Hongbi only had time to think of this thought in his heart, his brain was blank, and the blood condensed all over his body.

The wind seemed to cease at this moment, except for a chuckle that sounded in the depths of the darkness, so piercing and abrupt.

As long as the foot of life did not fall on Xue Hongbi in the end, Chen Baoshan's whole person froze in place, a hand stretched out from behind, hooked his shoulder and neck like a close friend, and then twisted suddenly, the knotted neck hung down softly, his head was crooked, and he couldn't bat his eyes.

"Boy, are you alright?" The person who came threw away Chen Baoshan's corpse, leaned over and stretched out his clean and warm hand to Xue Hongbi, the moonlight happened to fall on this hand, only to feel that the bones were distinct, the complexion was pale, and with the thinness and weakness of the sick body, he couldn't see the power to break a neck bone in an instant.

Xue Hongbi lay on his back on the ground, looking at him in a daze, and forgot to react for a while, until he was half-helped and half-hugged by him, and even the ashes on his body were gently patted off, only then did he wake up like a dream, and barely squeezed out a smile: "Thank you for saving your life, dare to ask your name?" ”

By the moonlight, he could see the appearance of this uninvited guest, just look at the appearance of this person is only in his thirties, but the temples are frost white as if he is more than half a hundred years old, some wide dark robes are hanging loosely on his body, and he is a little out of shape, but he is really born in a good appearance, peach blossom eyes under the eyebrows of the distant mountains, even if he is described as haggard, it is not dry and ugly, even the fine lines at the corners of the eyes are like the lines depicted by the ink pen, a pair of eyes are full of moonlight, and there is no terminal desolation at all, but gentle and bright, and the grace and handsomeness of youth can be vaguely seen.

This man is like a bud on a dead tree and a flower in the crack of a rock.

When Xue Hongbi saw him for the first time, he knew that this person was by no means idle.

"You ask me for my name?" The man laughed, "My surname is Li, and my name is Grandpa." ”

Xue Hongbi: "......"

He almost spurted out another mouthful of blood, but he finally regained his breath and said with a complicated expression: "Even if you don't want to say it, you don't have to lie to me with such a poke and break." ”

"Since you know I don't want to say, don't ask." This person was extremely thick-skinned, and looked at him with a smile, "It's you, you have such skills at a young age, what's your name?" ”

Although Xue Hongbi thanked him for saving his life, he didn't dare to confess in front of this mysterious stranger, so he simply covered his heart and pretended to be uncomfortable, humming and chirping and unable to say a whole word.

Seeing this, the man smiled again and changed the question empathetically: "Okay, then do you know Xue Hai and Bai Li?" ”

This time Xue Hongbi really didn't know, he raised his eyes blankly and shook his head hesitantly.

The man saw his unfeigned doubts, his smiling peach blossom eyes dimmed slightly, and his voice was low: "So...... Where did you learn how to wrap your fingers? ”

In a word, Xue Hongbi's newly warmed body was like falling into an ice cave in an instant, he subconsciously wanted to retreat, but he forgot about the injury on his leg, and suddenly sat back down, and could only look up at the strange man who was half naked and half figure.

What does it mean to make steel, and turn it into a finger wrapping soft. (Note)

This is a set of moves that Xue Hongbi began to learn at the age of five, and it is also the only martial arts that Du Sanniang taught him, a total of thirteen styles, the perfect fusion of grabbing, locking and strangling, and the move to defeat the enemy and kill him, the younger the younger the muscles and bones are flexible, the easier it is to practice, and he has been practicing for six years, not to mention the perfection, but also handy.

The most important thing is that, according to Du Sanniang, this set of moves was a unique martial art created by his biological mother, so she taught him even though she was unwilling.

Du Sanniang also told him that if any outsiders recognized this martial art, then run away as soon as possible.

The night wind blew, and it was cold to the bone.