What are you afraid of, the village chief is full of embarrassment, "Xiao Jiu, your grandmother and her family have returned to the village, and more than 20 people don't even have a place to stay. ”

Xia Qiu was surprised, "Aren't they at my aunt's house?" ”

"The three girls' families have taken turns, but no one has much surplus food these years, and it is not a big problem to greet one or two people, and no one can withstand these more than 20 people."

The Xia family is used to being arrogant in the village, and they usually go to the three daughters' houses to fight the autumn breeze, which makes the in-laws very dissatisfied. Now he is still taking a large family with him, which caused his in-laws to completely turn their faces and drive them out of the house.

The family returned to the village in disgrace, and the money of the old couple was stolen by the eldest daughter-in-law, not to mention that there was no money to build a house, and even three meals and food and clothing were a problem, so they could only die begging in the ancestral hall and not leaving.

The ancestral hall was ruined to the point that it was not in shape, and the uncles who were senior in the village couldn't see it, so they said that they should move out. Who knew that the barefoot were not afraid of wearing shoes, and the Xia family cried, made trouble, and hanged themselves, and they were reluctant to move away.

"Xiao Jiu, your grandmother and their family are indeed ashamed of you, but they are your elders after all, and if your father and mother know about it, I am afraid that it will not be safe. Now that you have the ability, it is better to help them, and it can be regarded as an explanation to your father, otherwise the whole family knows that you have built a grave for your father, but they don't care whether they live or die, and they don't know what kind of moth they are going to make. Although you are reasonable, you are now a person with a head and a face, so don't be like them. ”

"The village chief is right, I was negligent in this matter." Xia Qiu didn't say a word and took out twenty taels of silver, and said in a tactful tone: "What kind of virtue are they, the village chief should know better than me." I don't want to have anything to do with them anymore. It's not a lot of money, but it should be enough to build a house, so please think of a reason that has nothing to do with me and give them this money. ”

Xia Lao Wu and his wife are kind to her, and she can't repay the kindness of the two of them no matter how much money she gives, but the Xia family is a special case. Once they are given hope, they will be like leeches until they drain her.

Spend money to buy happiness, and this is not a loss.

There are many people in the village, and they are afraid that the news of returning to the village will reach the ears of the Xia family, and they will come to entangle again.

Xia Qiu naturally slipped away, "I suddenly remembered that the matter explained by Lord Lu had not been completed, and I had to go back to deal with it immediately." It's troublesome to build a grave, you help me make a budget first, and we'll talk about it in a few days. ”

The village chief knew her scruples, and took the money and didn't force it to stay, "Don't worry, your grandmother's business will be on me." ”

After saying goodbye, Xia Qiu did not leave in a hurry, but found a secluded place and opened the oiled paper bag.

The oiled paper bag contained a letter, as well as a sheepskin patch. Judging from the yellowing marks, it is an old object that is some years old.

The letter was written in runes, and it looked like Miao from the shape, and Xia Qiu's eyes were black, so he could only go back to the city to find someone who understood Miao to translate it.

The map depicts a series of deep mountains, not only with various natural hazards as barriers, but also with various traps and traps, and Miao annotations in different places.

This map should be the Feng family's lair, but judging from the terrain alone, it is more dangerous than the sky. Even with a map that is clear at a glance, it is difficult to beat many levels.

Xia Qiu returned to his heart like an arrow, picked up his things and turned over directly on his horse, and hurried to the city.

At that time, twilight was about to fall, and the scenery on both sides of the mountain road was blurred.

In summer and autumn, the whip is raised, and the sound of clattering horses' hooves echoes in the mountains.

The wind whistled past my ears, and suddenly there was a faint smell in the air. The smell is very light, and ordinary people can't detect it at all, but Xia Qiu's sense of smell is different from ordinary people, and it is still captured.

A faint and almost negligible smell of fat powder.

Xia Qiu suddenly felt bad, and immediately grabbed the reins. The horse's head was raised and neighed, and he did not contain his momentum for a while, and rushed forward by inertia.

The smell of blood suddenly permeated, followed by the sound of sharp objects entering the body.

When it was too late, Xia Qiu's body leaned back sharply, and the high horse's head collided head-on, flying past her, followed by blood in the sky.

The horse, having lost its head, still rushed forward, and after running a few feet away, it fell to the ground with a bang......

On the side of the road was a steep hillside, and Xia Qiu was thrown out, rolling down the hill with a rumbling rumble, and soon disappeared.

Behind the bushes not far away, a masked woman in a black suit slowly walked out. The woman was holding a sharp sword and her eyes were cold, she flew to the side of the road, put on gold gloves, and removed the silk wrapped around both ends of the road.

The silk is extremely flexible, as thin as a cow's hair, and it is seen as nothing against the backdrop of the night.

The woman had deep internal strength, and directly kicked the horse's head and corpse down the hillside, and then covered the blood on the ground with dry mud.

After doing everything, she took off her gold-wire gloves and walked in the direction of Xia Qiu's falling horse.

The slopes of the mountains are steep, the trees are sparse and the gravel is lined with gravel, but the woman is walking on the ground, and she performs a few ups and downs and disappears into the forest.

People who practice martial arts are good at tracking, and the woman in black quickly found Xia Qiu who was crawling on the ground, and the person was already unconscious.

She crouched down and flipped the person over, and there was a faint breath.

Xia Qiu had multiple bruises on his body, his face was covered with blood, he breathed out more and inhaled less, and he was already dying.

People can't live, but the woman didn't plan to stop there, she raised her sword and stabbed Xia Qiu in the chest, "Go die!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a stream of powder slammed into the woman's eyes. The woman screamed in pain, the sword in her hand stabbed off, Xia Qiu rolled on the spot in pain, and the tip of the sword stabbed on the stone.

The chili powder got into her eyes, and the woman covered her eyes in pain. Xia Qiu sat up with difficulty, pulled the hidden weapon on his wrist, and shot out at the woman with silver in the eye.

The silver needle was poisonous, and the woman's body fell to the ground with a soft body, and her eyes were swollen like walnuts, and she scolded: "Slut! ”

Out of sight, she kept feeling around, trying to find the fallen sword to defend herself.

Ignoring the tearful eyes, his hands kept groping on the ground for a while. She held the hilt of the sword but her body was sore, and then she panicked: "What did you do to me?" ”

The chest turned over the river, Xia Qiu vomited a mouthful of blood, fell to the ground and gasped.

When he came to his senses, Xia Qiu forcibly swallowed the blood that was surging in his throat, and forcibly lifted his breath: "The antidote is in my hand, if you want to live, it's best to tell me who sent you?" ”

The woman convulsed, she was careless, thinking that the person surnamed Xia did not know martial arts, and she categorically could not threaten herself.

"Don't think about it." The body was sore, weak and weak, and the woman wanted to forcibly exercise and detoxify, but the qi and blood were tumbling, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.

"Don't bother, or you'll die faster." The poison developed by the old man with decades of experience, even if it is a miracle doctor, will not be able to solve it in a while.

Xia Qiu used both hands and feet, and it took a lot of effort to climb to the woman's side. She picked up the sword on the ground and picked open the woman's face towel.