In the carriage, the county lord of Yong'an said that I was quite worried about your competition with that Taoist priest just now. That Taoist priest can beat so many people alone, I'm afraid you can't beat it.

I said he was really good. If I hadn't had so many chances after coming down the mountain, it would have been difficult to win against him.

Yongan looked at me and smiled, saying that you are such a good person, you are very powerful, but you are so modest.

When we passed through Shangshui County, it was five days later.

In order to hurry, after eating in the county town, he continued on the road until night, and then walked another thirty miles. But when he saw that the road was getting narrower and narrower, and that there was no one on either side, he was lost. Turning around, we didn't find the official road, and saw a path leading to the col, so we walked along the path to see if we could find someone to spend the night. After walking a short distance, we saw a few lights in the distance, and everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

When I came to the entrance of the village, I saw a stone tablet, and it was written "Changshadian Village". We entered the village and knocked on the door of a house with a light in the window.

After a while, the door opened, and we said that we wanted to stay, and the head of the household looked at all of us and said okay, but you don't dislike the rural farmer.

The head of the household gave up his room and squeezed into the same room with his son, and the guard Zhang Xuan stuffed some broken silver to the head of the household, and the head of the household thanked him a thousand times. The maid went in to change the new bedding and quilt we brought with us, and after helping the princess wash, she went to rest in the firewood room next to her. The four guards had no place to sleep, so they had to stay in the carriage for the night.

Yongan said, the weather is cold, you don't have to lay the floor tonight. Let's sleep.

I said that the county lord must not be, my fair lady, good gentleman. If the county lord is in the same bed, he is afraid that it will be difficult to control himself and ruin the name of the county lord.

Yongan said that the gentleman is lustful but not lewd, affectionate, and reasonable. If it is as you say, why wait until now, I have been with you for many days, and you have never crossed the courtesy. If you sleep on the floor and freeze out, who will protect Yuying?

I said that the four guards outside are very high in martial arts, and the county lord does not need to worry.

Yongan said, what if the people who attacked me were Changyunzi and the like?

I secretly wondered in my heart, I have been sleeping on the floor all these times, and I don't know what happened to the county lord today, I have to sleep in the bed.

After falling asleep, I was in a daze and was nudged by Yong'an.

I asked what was wrong? Yongan said I couldn't sleep, tell me about you, how did you and your wife meet? What is her name?

I said her name was Sakura Ling, and I met her in a hotel. At the time she said I was a pervert.

Yongan was very interested, and said You said come and listen, why did you become a chameleon?

I've been talking about it since I got to know Sakura.

Yongan listened like this, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth from time to time.

When some places that I can't remember clearly and reminisced a little, Yong'an asked, what happened later?

When it was said that I listened to the words of Zhang Daoming and Abbot Zhengkuan and became suspicious of Sakura, Yongan nervously said No, she is not that kind of woman, you shouldn't doubt her.

I said yes, I shouldn't doubt her, and she was greatly wronged for that. Later, in order to follow me, she even broke off the father-daughter relationship with her father.

Yongan said "ah" and said how could this be?

I told the scene of that day again, and when it came to Sakura Spirit's death, Yongan sighed: She is indeed a good woman.

I just spoke quietly, and Yongan listened with peace of mind.

Later, when I talked about spending the night in Pingding Xijiaozhuang, Sakura Ling mentioned the matter of Xiaocui, and I climbed from the floor to the bed, and I didn't know how to describe it, so I didn't say anything.

Yongan said that you are not that night, the Dharma Vajra swordsmanship failed.

I blushed and said yes.

Yongan said with a smile, becoming a husband and wife, and the couple's wish is also. What are you embarrassed about. And then?

I continued, when it came to buying a house in Pingdingshan, I even had the idea of not going into the rivers and lakes to avenge my eldest uncle, and I just wanted to accompany Sakura Ling with peace of mind, but Yongan sighed.

I said what's wrong with you?

Yongan said that I envy Sakura Ling so much, I envy you. I was born into royalty, like a thrush imprisoned in a birdcage, and I had to watch out for assassins all day long, how I wanted to live such a life.

I said that it was a pity that this kind of day didn't last long, so I told me that Sakura Ling and I were injured at the same time. was talking about healing at Miaoyang, when the voice of the guards suddenly came from outside: You villagers gather here at night, I don't know what the purpose is?

I looked up at the window, vaguely saw some firelight, hurriedly dressed, told Yong'an not to come out without permission, then pushed the door into the guest hall, looked out from the crack in the door of the guest hall, only to see a lot of people surrounded by black pressure not far away, some people lit torches, some people held hoes, and the guards were drawing their swords to guard the door.

I opened the door, and the guard Zhang said My lord, these villagers don't know what it means, so they surrounded the whole house, and no one said anything.

I nodded, glanced at the head of the householder in the crowd, and said loudly, "Please come out and reply."

The head of the household took half a step out and said to us, "Don't blame me!"

After a while, the sound of horses' hooves came out in the distance, and after a while, a group of men and horses came outside the crowd. Everyone hurriedly got out of the way, and a group of people on horseback dismounted one after another and walked into the circle.

Zhang Xuan whispered in my ear, these people don't look like decent people, they should be bandits. You see, the big man at the head of the big winter is wearing open clothes, showing his chest hair, and there are tattoos on his chest. This is popular in the green forests of this area.

The big man led by the big man saw that the guards brought swords, stopped three feet away from us, slapped his waist knife, and said obediently hand over the three girls and spare you from death.

When the guards heard this, they were furious, and the maid returned it, and the county lord was also called "the girl", and they drew their swords one after another.

When the big man saw this situation, he said, "Yo he", I can't say it, Lao Tzu hasn't been ruthless yet, you have a big temper.

I stretched out my hand to stop the guard, and said, "Good man, we have some money, why don't we take some silver taels and leave?"

The big man laughed and said that we want both women and money, and as for you......

Speaking of this, he turned to the villagers and said, "I will stomp them into meat puree in a while, and you will divide them to make green manure for the crops."

The villagers nodded yes and yes.

I couldn't help but be a little annoyed that these villagers had colluded with bandits, and this was the first time I had seen them.

I counted, there were about a dozen bandits coming, and asked Zhang Xuan, can you handle it?

Zhang Xuan said that adults can rest assured. I nodded, and said that you must not hurt the villagers, these bandits, don't hurt their lives, so that they will not be able to do evil from now on.

Zhang Xuan said that the little one understands.

I turned and closed the door, and there was a sound of fighting outside the door.

After entering the room, Yongan was shaking in bed.

I hugged Yong'an and said, county lord, don't worry, it's not someone sent by the prince, just some bandits.

Forever feel at ease, say Zhang Xuan, can they handle it?

I laughed and said, the professional sword guards in the palace can't beat the amateur recklessness, is this still reasonable?

Yongan was still not at ease, listening to the sound of crying outside, and asked if it would alarm the government?

I said that this place is more than 30 miles away from the county seat, and now someone is going to report the news, and the arrival of the people from the government will not be until tomorrow morning. The villagers here colluded with the bandits, and I am afraid that no one dared to report to the officials. Rest assured, we won't reveal our identity.

Suddenly, the sound of killing outside gradually weakened, the sound of horses' hooves was loud, and calm was restored in a blink of an eye.

Zhang Xuan said outside the window, the bandit left his right hand and ran away. The villagers were also frightened. A few of us will take turns to keep out the fire. I said I got it.

Yong'an hugged me at night, and I saw that she was so scared that I had to follow her, just like that, all night.

When he got up in the morning, the guard said that the village chief had asked to see him.

I welcomed the village chief in and asked the maid to bring tea. Asked casually, are you the village chief of Changshadian Village?

The village chief replied, "There are three of us in total, and I am the only one."

I said to the village chief with a bad face, how can I explain yesterday's incident? This is the first time I have seen such a thing in which the villagers of your village colluded with bandits to seek money and kill passers-by. Aren't you afraid that the government will find out and take you to prison?

The village chief cringed and said, this young man, we are also forced to be helpless, the villagers in this village are kind by nature, and there is a reason why they have become what they are today.

I snorted and asked why?

The village chief said, this is a long story. Five hundred years ago, there were bandits in the green forest who occupied the hills near us and surrounded our village of Changshadian, Lixinzhuang and Beichangshadian from the southeast, east and west. The bandits asked the villagers to pay for grain, vegetables, and poultry every month to the mountains, and killed people to demonstrate if they did not listen. Some people wanted to secretly run to report to the official, but the next day the head was hung at the entrance of the village, the villagers still did not give up, and that night they sent a brave and excellent water person from the north waterway, but he did not expect that the person was killed again, within a month, seven people went out, land and water, all of them were killed. The villagers had no choice but to pay for food on a monthly basis. Our three villages are not wealthy, and Su Ri can barely fill his belly. At that time, there were more than 1,000 people in the three villages, and 500 people had to hand over food, and since then many people have been starving every day.

The village chief also said that for half a year, everyone was trapped in the village, and no one could leave the village, and the three villages were allowed to enter but not leave. But said that one day, many people were so hungry that they couldn't stand it, so they discussed with each other, and said that after half a year, these bandits should have relaxed their vigilance, so it is better for us to select two people tonight, one from the mountain pass to find out, and the other from the north to sneak across the river and go to Shangshui County to report to the official. It only takes one person to go, and we are saved.

After everyone agreed, they selected two young villagers, and took advantage of the dark moon and high wind that night, one south and one north, and secretly walked out.

Who knew that this time they still didn't escape to report the news, and the next day their heads hung at the entrance of the village. This time, the bandit leader sent someone to spread the word, and if he wanted to send someone out to send a message for help, once he found out, he would kill all the villagers in the three villages.

Everyone had no choice but to continue to starve.

The village chief paused, and said, Later, I saw that I had not been a passerby for a few years, but a hero came that day. The hero wore a hat on his head, a black cloak, and a sword hanging from his waist. I still remember that my ancestors said that the name of the hero is unknown to everyone, but the sword has a name, called Nan Wujian.

I asked, you don't even know the name of the hero, how do you know that the sword is called Nan Wujian?

The village chief said that it was only because the sword was very peculiar, and the sword body was purple, and it could still be dazzling at night. Although the hero refused to tell everyone his name, when the villagers asked about the sword, the hero told everyone the name of the sword.

I was shocked, accidentally crushed the teacup in my hand, and said, what?