The person sitting on the main seat was very young, with a sneer on his face, and said, "It's not me, you think you can come here alive?" ”

“……”

I was speechless, and my eyes widened to look at the familiar face, and the expression of impatience and arrogance on the face was so familiar. He was once invincible in the Juma River Valley, even if he left in the end, he also had the courage to not bend down when Mount Tai pressed the top.

But I never imagined that I would see him again here.

Shen Xiaokun!

This leader who is hidden in the depths of the mountains, the leader of the rogues, will actually be him!

As soon as I saw him, the memories that were buried in the depths of my mind and that I didn't dare to touch lightly appeared in front of me one after another. And I still remember vividly that after he told me and Qinghan how to leave the valley, he left the Juma Valley alone. I don't know how many people were implicated after the fall of the Shen family, but with Pei Yuanhao's thunderous means, he will definitely be cut to the roots, and he will no longer have a place in the north.

So, he's here?

I stared at him blankly for a while, and finally found my voice, and said a little stiffly: "You, are you- you killed the mountain tiger?" ”

He glanced at me, and the corners of his eyes jumped slightly: "Why do you think I killed the mountain tiger, instead of - I am the mountain tiger?" ”

"You're not."

"Oh?"

Although the first sight of him made my feelings a little messy, my mind was not messy. I still clearly remember that when I first arrived here, the deputy general reported to us about the mountain tiger and the water dragon, saying that this group of rogues had been doing evil in Jiujiangkou for many years, but Shen Xiaokun was still practicing in the sword washing pool with the men and horses of the military department at this time a year ago, waiting to make trouble in the Juma River Valley, how could he be the leader of the bandits who did evil in Jiujiang?

Moreover, I heard the water dragon say that they have been doing their own things for more than half a year, according to this time, it should be more than half a year ago, Shen Xiaokun escaped from the pursuit of the northern court and went south, and when he arrived here, I don't know what method he used to kill the mountain tiger, take his place, and sit on the leader of this bandit village.

That's why he didn't even want to see the water dragon, so he directly ordered him to be killed.

Hearing my words, Shen Xiaokun didn't seem to be happy, glared at me for a while, and finally said, "Not bad." ”

I nodded slightly.

No wonder just outside, I saw those originally vulgar rogues, but there was such a strict guard system, and the entire bandit den became a military camp of no small scale.

He put his two hands on the table, slightly clenched into a fist, the fist was the size of a wine bowl, and he could see many small scars on the back of his hand, it seemed that he had experienced a lot these days.

I asked, "Why are you here?" ”

He was silent for a while, and then said slowly: "After the Juma River Valley...... I had nowhere else to go. All the people I know don't dare to take me in, even those-" When he said this, his eyes were slightly red, and the corners of his mouth twitched a little, I probably knew that the kind of embarrassment of the trees falling and scattering, and the walls falling and everyone pushing me, looking at him like this, in just one year, he should have tasted the heat and coldness of the world. Shen Xiaokun gritted his teeth and said, "It also took me a lot of time to leave the north. ”

"So, what do you think, come here?"

"Because of the people in the south," he frowned, a little fierce light flashed in his eyes, and said: "At the beginning, it was because these people in the south instigated my uncle that my family was ruined, and then I actually heard that the people in the south were in turmoil, and the six provinces in the south of the Yangtze River broke away from the imperial court, and I knew that my uncle was used by them." It was by using their uncle to fight with the emperor over the years that they had the opportunity to cause chaos in Jiangnan. ”

I didn't speak.

As soon as I heard about the civil unrest in the south, I already guessed the reason, but what I didn't guess was the person behind the civil unrest in the south.

And Shen Xiaokun -

He gritted his teeth and said, "I want to see who is so harmful to my uncle!" ”

"You-"

"When I got here, I realized that it was him!"

"You know it all."

His fists clenched, his knuckles crackled, and he said viciously: "Pei Yuanxiu, it's him!" ”

Looking at his fierce eyes and reddened eyes, a chill welled up in my heart.

But at this time, no matter who or what happened, I couldn't stop another emotion surging in my heart, and I said to him carefully: "My daughter, right here for you?" ”

He looked up at me, and after a while, nodded, "Not bad." ”

"She'......"

"She is the daughter you gave birth to to the emperor and the princess who was exiled?"

Hearing the word princess made me a little uneasy, and I only nodded hastily.

Shen Xiaokun looked at me with a sneer in his eyes.

My heart became more and more uneasy - although until now, he had no intention of hurting me, but why did he kidnap Li'er and let me enter this Crouching Tiger Village, what was his purpose?

When I spoke again, I was extra cautious: "I want to see my daughter." ”

“……”

"Can you let me meet her first?"

Shen Xiaokun glanced at me again, as if my cautious look pleased him, and there was a little smile in his eyes: "I've known you for so long, I haven't seen you look so cowardly." Are you worried that I've killed your daughter or won't let you see her? ”

I couldn't speak, I just looked at him.

At this time, I can only admit that I am cowardly, because it is not someone else, but my daughter, who grabbed my daughter, that is, held my life, and I can hardly think about it.

He sneered, pushed away the chair behind him and stood up: "I said, I have a clear grudge against Shen Xiaokun. Whoever lives my life, I will repay his kindness. When you left me alive in the valley, I still remember that your daughter had no grievances with me, and I couldn't kill her. I'll take you to her. ”

As soon as I heard him say this, I just felt my whole body soften.

He took me to see Li'er, that is, Li'er is fine, Li'er is fine!

I can finally see my daughter!

I can't tell you how many years I've been looking forward to, how many days/nights I've thought about it, and I've finally come to this day, once my wish is granted, I just feel that nothing matters, my hands and feet are a little weak with excitement, I can only hold on to the table, barely stand firm, and follow him out of the side door of the foyer.

I don't know if this village was built before or after he came, although it is not exquisite, but it is very practical. The two of them got out of the wooden house and walked down the trestle, a road in front of them was winding, some people went back and forth, seeing him saluting respectfully, I looked left and right, and then looked at the front, Shen Xiaokun took the initiative to say: "The front is the military village, and the back is our residence." ”

No wonder as soon as I entered the village, I noticed that there were also eaves behind this mountain wall, which turned out to be their dwellings, but I really didn't expect that Shen Xiaokun would actually manage this place in an orderly manner.

This section of the road was very long, and the two of them walked for a while, I thought about it and asked, "Shen Xiaokun, I have another question for you." If you go south, you go south, how can you end up in this bandit village? ”

As the son of his family, if he wants to fall into the grass, it is almost from the clouds to the mud, and not ordinary people can withstand such changes. At the beginning, when he scolded Qinghan, he was a "mud leg", but now, his identity is not even as good as a "mud leg".

Shen Xiaokun said with a cold face: "I just went south and didn't have anything, so I met this group, the leader - it was the mountain tiger, he saw that I was excellent in martial arts, so he wanted to pull me into the gang." I didn't want to go with them, but I really had no way out, they pressed me harder, and I really needed a place to stay. And—" His eyes deepened, "If you want to do great things, you must have some people of your own." So, I just fell into the grass and followed them. ”

It seems that he was just joining the gang.

"Then how did you kill the mountain tiger and replace him?"

"Hmph, that's his own death!" Shen Xiaokun had a cold face and said, "He usually robs the Dao, but it's just his own livelihood, I have nothing to say." But then he not only robbed the road, but also raped and plundered, killed innocents indiscriminately, and did not even let go of those who fled, I can't stand it! ”

"Fleeing?" When I heard this, I wondered, "Has there been a disaster in the south recently?" ”

Is it still the same as when Pei Yuanhao and I went down to Yangzhou, encountering displaced people fleeing famine?

Shen Xiaokun glanced at me: "It's not a natural disaster, it's a man-made disaster." ”

"What do you mean?"

He sneered, stopped and looked at me with his arms crossed: "There is such a big water army camp on the Yangtze River, Yue Qingying, can't you see it?" ”

“……！”

I was speechless for a moment.

After a long silence, I said in a voice so light that I couldn't even hear myself, "Well, there hasn't been a war yet......

Shen Xiaokun frowned and looked at me, with a look of annoyance on his face: "The surname Yue, do you really not understand or pretend not to understand?" ”

“……”

"If the sword does not see blood, how can it be returned to its sheath empty? He Pei Yuanxiu built such a large naval barracks, recruited and forged, and practiced day and night, do you know how much food and salary is consumed every day? Not for the sake of future wars, is he raising these people for nothing? ”

“……”

"It's not just the civilians in Jiangbei who are leaving, but also some officials, why do you think they left, and they still fled!"

I froze and couldn't speak.

Although Shen Xiaokun's words were sharp, I knew that there was a reason for him, and even I could not refute it, and even some of the truths I already understood.

That's why I've been uneasy since I went south.

When the wind blows, the first thing to feel the wind is not the leaves, not the tips of the grass, but the birds in the nest. I traveled from Jiangbei to Jiangnan, from Yangzhou to Jinling, and although I did not deliberately investigate, I also clearly saw that the people's livelihood on the north bank was declining. Pei Yuanxiu controlled the official government in Yangzhou, and naturally dealt with Pei Yuanhao's people before, and there were some civilians, who had sensitively foreseen the future war through this series of changes, so they left Yangzhou.

After being silent for a while, I said slowly: "If the mountain tiger goes to rob and kill those people, you will kill him and take the opportunity to replace him." ”

Seeing that I avoided this topic lightly, Shen Xiaokun's eyes became even colder, so he simply didn't bother to look at me, and said coldly: "Actually, his subordinates have long been dissatisfied with his vicious methods, and this is too damaging to the Yin Owl, so-"

He didn't finish his sentence, and I understood.

Therefore, he took the opportunity to kill the mountain tiger, and took advantage of this opportunity to take over the mountain tiger's people, territory, and all the forces.

"After killing him, I became the boss here. And those homeless people, some of whom did not dare to go back, also followed us, and there were more and more people here, so we expanded the terrain here. ”

At this time, I didn't know what to say, Shen Xiaokun seemed to be very impatient, his face was full of anger, I didn't dare to say more to provoke him, so I could only reluctantly follow him forward, turn the bend in front of me, and enter the expanded terrain he said.

It is larger than the previous site, and countless houses are densely packed in the col, some of which are built on the hill, some on flat land, and are clustered together. In the clearing in front of me, many children were playing around, singing songs that I didn't understand, and some women came down with stoves to make fires and cook, and the smoke rose and spread through the mountains.

In this way, it seems that this is just an ordinary town, who would have thought that this would be a den of thieves.

If it weren't for the fact that I was about to see Li'er, I really wanted to take a good look here, although he accepted the power of the Mountain Tiger, but it may not be impossible to develop to this point and become a hegemon in the future.

Thinking of this, I looked up at the young man.

Before, in the capital, in the Juma River Valley, I only thought that he was good at martial arts, and he was also arrogant, but there was still some righteousness and bloodiness that the people of the Shen family did not have, which made me admire, and now, this young man really impressed me.

I have a vague feeling that if there is a real change in the south in the future, he will definitely play an important role in it.

Of course, these are all later words.

Feeling my gaze, Shen Xiaokun also turned his head, met my gaze, and said coldly: "What are you looking at me for?" ”

I thought about it for a while and said, "Shen Xiaokun, you also said that you are a person who knows how to repay your kindness, when I left you alive in Juma River Valley, you didn't hurt me, but why did you rob my daughter?" ”

It's something I've always been weird about.

Before I met Li'er, I also wanted to figure out, after all, now that our mother and daughter are in his hands, how to treat us is just a matter of his words, I don't care about anything, but I can't help but plan for my Li'er.

Shen Xiaokun glanced at me, and suddenly sneered: "Robbed? ”

“……”

"You have to figure it out, Lao Tzu is saving your daughter!"