The "Thousand-Handed Monkey" left with Hou Xianxia, and the grandfather never saw them again, as for the fate of his descendants with Hou Xianxia, the grandfather didn't know who it should be.

The four seasons overlap, and the years go by. Five years later, the time came to 1900 AD, the twenty-sixth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, and this year, the grandfather was thirty-three years old.

"It's been five years...... For these seventy-two beads, we have been running for five years! When he put down the last bead, Xiao Laodao was relieved and looked up to the sky and sighed.

"Master, what are you sighing for, although we have been running around in the past five years, we have also dug up a lot of tombs and obtained a lot of treasures." Xiao 13 said sneeringly.

Xiao Laodao glanced at Xiao Shisan, "What do you know, I have delayed my major events in the past five years, I am in my fifties, how many years can I live?" ”

At this time, Xiao Shiyi ran over from the mountain beam in the distance, and when he came closer, he gestured to Xiao Laodao breathlessly: Twelve has rushed back from the cottage and is waiting for you at the inn, saying that there is something important to tell you.

Xiao Laodao suddenly showed a suspicious expression, "What's the big deal?" ”

Xiao Shiyi shook his head, and Xiao Laodao immediately waved his hand, "Let's go, let's go back." ”

Back at the inn, Xiao Twelve, who had a dusty face, was waiting in the guest room, and when he saw Xiao Laodao and a few people coming back, Xiao Twelve hurriedly sat up from the chair and said to Xiao Laodao with a solemn face: "Master, the big boss brought everyone to the capital. ”

"What?" Xiao Laodao looked incredulous, and said anxiously: "What does the big boss want to do, just rely on our cottage of more than 1,000 people, do you also want to attack the capital?" ”

Xiao Twelve said: "No, I heard the brothers who stayed in the cottage say that the imperial court is going to war with the foreigners, and several senior brothers of the Boxers in the capital are gathering people everywhere to help the court fight the foreigners. ”

When Xiao Laodao heard this, he was not in a hurry, he was silent for a while, and said with a smile: "This is not bad, when the court and the foreigners are finished, let's take advantage of the weakness, seize the capital, and kill the Dog Emperor and the old lady Cixi." ”

When Xiao Twelve heard this, he hurriedly asked Xiao Laodao: "Master, shall we rush to the capital to find the big boss?" ”

Xiao Laodao waved his hand, "Wait for your Senior Brother Liu to come back before leaving." ”

Xiao Twelve seemed to realize that my grandfather was no longer there, and asked, "Where did Senior Brother Liu go?" ”

Xiao Laodao was silent.

Soon, the sky darkened, after dinner, the master returned to the inn covered in blood, Xiao Laodao saw this, and hurriedly asked the master: "Brother, are you, are you injured?" ”

The master smiled faintly, "I'm not injured, it's all the blood of those ringing horses in Malingzhai." ”

Xiao Laodao breathed a sigh of relief, "It's been so many years, you still can't forget it, today, you finally avenged Shan Xue'er, right?" ”

The master nodded, "Xue'er Jiuquan will definitely be able to look at it, and I will have no hatred in this life." ”

Xiao Laodao shook his head, "It seems that the person who offended your dragon slayer hero will really not end up in a while." Xiao Laodao immediately changed the conversation, "By the way, brother, I want to tell you something, the imperial court is going to war with foreigners, our brothers from the cottage have rushed to the capital, and a few of us are going to rush over, what about our brothers...... Say goodbye. ”

When the master heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Brother Xiao, isn't he going to kill foreigners?" ”

Xiao Laodao nodded, "After killing the foreigners, your brother still wants to take the opportunity to take the capital, but these things have nothing to do with you, stay in the inn for one night tonight, and you will go home tomorrow, I put some silver taels in your guest room, enough for you to have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life." ”

The master was reluctant to hear this, and he was still a little worried, "Those foreigners are all tall and big, and there are foreign guns and cannons, Brother Xiao fights with them, but he is afraid of more evil and less luck." ”

Xiao Laodao said: "Don't worry, brother, I know your brother." ”

The master hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Xiao, I don't want to ask about your anti-Qing affairs, but I also want to help if you kill foreigners." ”

Xiao Laodao's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Is this true, brother?" ”

The grandfather said: "Those foreigners don't have a good thing, they never treat us as human beings, even the Oriental Japanese slaves dare to bully us, since we want to start a war with foreigners, I also want to contribute." ”

Xiao Laodao suddenly smiled.

The next day, several people packed their bags, threw away all the tools for tomb robbery, and rushed to the capital with only gold and silver dry food.

After the grandfather arrived in the capital, he found that there was no war, the street was peaceful, and the people on the street looked like nothing had happened.

After walking around the street for a while, I found several headscarves and waist knives, and one of them had the word "Yihe" written in ink on the front of the chest.

Xiao Laodao saw that this should be the people of the Boxers, and hurriedly stepped forward to inquire, but these people were quite arrogant and ignored, saying that the main force of the Boxers was fighting against the foreigners in Tianjin, but I didn't hear of any "Wuling Mountain" number.

Xiao Laodao had no choice but to take a few people to Tianjin, after arriving in Tianjin, many people who fled on the road, with their families, panicked, far away, smoke everywhere, occasionally can hear the sound of gunfire, it seems that it has been fighting for some time.

When they arrived in the city, the whole city was in chaos, there were officers and soldiers in the streets, there were also people with big swords, spears and turbans, and many wounded soldiers.

The master looked among these people, and none of them looked familiar, these seemed to be wounded soldiers who had withdrawn from the front.

I found a kind face to inquire, but no one knew about "Wuling Mountain", saying that they were all at war with foreigners dozens of miles away.

The grandfather and his people had no choice but to rush to the place where the fire was smoking, and when they reached the halfway point, they found a team of men and horses, escorting a lot of materials, including food, weapons, and some gunpowder.

Xiao Laodao looked at this team, they all knew each other, it was the people from his own cottage, the two sides looked at each other, of course, these people all knew Xiao Laodao, and shouted one after another: "The military division is here, the military division is back!" ”

Rushed to the front of the horse team, the big boss rode a horse, led the way, saw that it was Xiao Laodao, and was overjoyed, Xiao Laodao asked the big boss, what is going on?

The big boss looked depressed, and said to Xiao Laodao: "The military advisor doesn't know, I brought the brothers to help the fist, who knows that their leader here thinks that our brothers are short in stature, and they are not allowed to go into battle, let us press grain and transport grass for them, you say you are angry!" ”

Xiao Laodao's team, which belongs to the southerners of Sichuan, Shu and Yunnan, is indeed a lot shorter than the northerners who are tall and tall, especially compared with the Shandong Han.

Xiao Laodao smiled when he heard this, "Pressing grain and transporting grass is also a big deal, but now that I'm back, sooner or later I have to let them know that our brothers are not vegetarians." ”

So, the grandfather and a few people rushed to the barracks with the team. The so-called military camp is just a small village, and there are still many villagers in the village, but these Boxers forcibly requisitioned the village and used it as a garrison.

The houses on the street were full of people, countless wounded soldiers on the roadside, and countless large cauldrons and small pots were erected.

When the military rations were piled up, many people came to carry them, and after taking them, they went to the pot to make rice. Xiao Lao Dao and their team, which also has a stronghold, also began to cook on the fire.

However, before the meal was ready, a defeated army was withdrawn from the front, and the leader said that the foreigners' artillery was too fierce, and the position was about to be lost.

When Xiao Laodao heard this, he said to the big boss: "Look, our opportunity has come, greet the brothers, copy the guys!" ”

The big boss was indifferent, and said to Xiao Laodao: "They won't let us go into battle." ”

Xiao Lao Dao was puzzled, "What's the matter, why don't you let us go?" ”

The big boss said: "I was asked to press the grain and transport the grass before, but I was not convinced, so they asked me to pick out a few people and compete with them, but our brothers all lost, saying that if we go into battle, it will be a shame for the brothers of the Boxers, so we will press the grain and transport the grass." ”

Xiao Laodao suddenly frowned, "I don't look down on people so much!" ”

At this time, many people in the camp were already gearing up, and when they were assembling the team, Xiao Laodao separated the crowd, found the leader who had just withdrawn from the front of the formation, and hugged his fists to explain his intentions.

The leader looked like he was in his twenties, with blood on his body, and he looked very embarrassed, when the leader heard this, he glanced at Xiao Laodao, "You are from Wuling Mountain?" ”

Xiao Lao Dao nodded, "Exactly." ”

The leader immediately showed a look of disdain, "It's none of your business to go into battle, let's press the grain and transport the grass well." ”

Xiao Laodao smiled: "Okay, Poor Dao remembers your words." ”

The leader took the gathered men and horses and killed them again, and Xiao Laodao returned to their own camp and said to the big boss: "Greet our people, and then follow." ”

The big boss looked surprised, "Military advisor, violating military orders will be punished." ”

Xiao Laodao said: "When they are all dead, who can punish us." ”

Soon, the big boss gathered the team, Xiao Laodao looked at the team, he was stunned, turned his head and asked, "Didn't you bring more than 800 people, why, why do I see that there are less than 500 people?" ”

The big boss suddenly looked ashamed and said: "A few days ago, when the brothers were pressing grain, they encountered a sneak attack by a group of foreign soldiers and died...... Not many died, two or three hundred people ran away......"

"Ran away?" When Xiao Laodao heard this, he immediately became angry, "No wonder they let you press the grain and transport the grass!" ”

Xiao Laodao immediately swept everyone and said loudly: "Who of you are afraid of death and want to run, it's too late to run now, don't run again when you go into battle, your legs are not as fast as foreigners' guns." ”

Xiao Laodao said, hundreds of people didn't say a word for a while, and none of them ran away, Xiao Laodao immediately said: "Okay, if you don't run, you are good brothers, and you will be blessed and enjoy hardships in the future, and I will go into battle with the poor road!" ”