Chapter 105: Hope
Chen Qingzhong saved Xia Song from Heifeng Village, and now he was saved alive by the latter from the chaotic battle, the two looked at each other silently for a while, turned their heads, and each did their own thing.
"The stockade is gone."
While rubbing his swollen and red face, the tall man lifted his shirt with his bloody hands, but saw several slender wounds hideously revealed.
He sighed, not for the sake of Heifeng Village, but to think of working hard with him, when he was in Donggong Mountain, he had the name of Jiang Qing, who didn't know about it? If you want to say that it is chic, it is not enough, but I never thought that it would be so much in just over a month.
On the side, Wen Song was speechless, although he had experienced ups and downs in the past few days, his thoughts were like a tide, but his thoughts about the bandits had not changed from beginning to end, no matter how these people claimed to be righteous, in fact, they were all wicked people who brought disaster to the township, and they should all be sent to prison.
He saved a person because he was outstanding among the bandits, and during that time, not only did he not embarrass them, the captives, but also sent many people back.
If it weren't for this, Wen Song would have cut it down with a knife, or simply ignored it and fled alone.
The two of them have their own ideas and know more or less about their current situation
Wen Song got up and was about to walk away, when Chen Qingzhong called him twice to stop.
"Scholar! That scholar! β
"Ahem, hehe...... It's full of that group of bitches raising a chaotic army outside, you are weak alone, you can't say how far you can run after you go out, and you still have some connections here, why don't you go with me? β
I only heard this man shake his head and say in a hoarse tone as if he was drowsy, "The injury is not shallow, and you will definitely not see your friends when you go alone...... Ahem, but fortunately, I am familiar enough with the surroundings, and it shouldn't be a problem to go out if someone wants to take care of me. β
"How? Scholar. β
Wen Song was silent, clenched the knife, lowered his head and walked a dozen steps forward and disappeared into the shade of the trees.
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With a long sigh, Chen Qingzhong couldn't hold back anymore and fell, drowsy, when he suddenly heard small footsteps not far away.
"That guy is also a mountain bandit?"
The other party asked, Chen Qingzhong struggled with the last bit of strength and smiled reluctantly, angry as a gossamer: "No." β
As soon as he finished answering, he was tingling all over his body with soreness and softening violently in his limbs, clenching his teeth and not saying much.
Immediately afterward, the footsteps gradual, and only a vague figure could be seen approaching under his heavy eyelidsβhis body was pulled up, leaning on the shoulder of the thin young man, and feeling the familiar rude movements without regard for injury, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and closed his eyes in peace of mind.
The bet was right, Chen Qingzhong only had time to think about such a short thought, and the whole person fell into dizziness.
On the other side, Wen Song listened to the other party's words, the three mansions between the rivers are now in chaos, and the soldiers and bandits are rampant, accompanied by the puppet Qi army breaking through the border line to hinder the attack, like a torrent sweeping across the counties, and it is difficult to find a peace in the vast thousands of miles of rivers for a while.
Heifeng Village and Donggong Mountain are just pawns who are wrapped in the waves, and the waves wash the sand, and dozens of hundreds of people are easily smashed without resistance.
Taking advantage of the fighting and wailing that night, as well as the sudden raging mountain fire and smoke, Wen Song escaped. On the way, he met the Donggongshan people who were fighting with another group of people, and both were defeated, and only a few people escaped in the end.
This was when Chen Qingzhong and Wen Song met, the former being separated from the brothers in the chase, and the latter instinctively following the clusters of torches in the dark.
There were many insects, snakes and beasts in the mountains and forests, and he tried to go around a distance alone, but he was so frightened by the wild wolf watching that he covered his mouth so that he didn't scream.
One chased, one fled and one followed, and the three of them were left in the forest.
The sound of squirming came from behind him, and Wen Song stopped his memories of the past, like a taut string, and bent his back to fold the long knife at his waist.
Chop momentum.
Twitter!
A pine tree came out of the grass cluster, and the black eyes saw the two of them in front of him, and the fluffy tail trembled, and he ran away in a panic.
Whew-
Loosening his nerves, Wen Song pressed one hand on the swelling and painful head that had been worrying for days, pinned the long knife with the other, grabbed Chen Qingzhong's arm and staggered away.
He didn't know who the friend in the other party's mouth was, where it was, and he couldn't even tell if it was really just an ordinary person and not a mountain bandit.
Wen Song just wanted to leave this place full of shouts of killing, corpses and blood now.
Not only Donggong Mountain, Heifeng Village, the people who swept in were probably the defeated and fleeing soldiers on the front line, and they did not want to return to the imperial court to restore their lives, and they had the idea of occupying the mountain as the king, perhaps in the eyes of these people, they and others were not comparable to the puppet Qi army, and they were not comparable to a group of crooked melons and cracked dates in the poor mountains and bad waters, so they attacked several nearby mountains, making Qi Qi fall into the flames of war.
Facts have proved that the other party's idea is not wrong, except for Donggong Mountain, which has caused a little trouble, the rest of the mountain bandits are okay to deal with the homeless merchants, and they can be said to collapse at the touch of a touch in the face of the soldiers with complete armor and malicious intent.
From Wen Song and others being rescued, to being sent down the mountain by Chen Qingzhong one after another, it was only three or five days, and when he was also arranged to go down the mountain and return home, the surrounding mountain bandits had disappeared.
Donggong Mountain is just a bandit den in the end, and he is not very sensitive to these until he meets the enemy.
Wen Song took Chen Qingzhong, and the two walked to a place in the shade of a mountain col to rest, he leaned on the stone and lost his mind, and finally calmed down after a long time. After thinking about it, according to the story recorded in the book, he got up and cleaned up the obvious bloodstained traces behind him.
Waiting, waiting for the other party to wake up again, the previous piece was beheaded by him, and sooner or later it will be discovered.
Now it depends on whether the direction Chen Qingzhong pointed in after waking up will work. Wen Song looked at the sky and looked blankly at the boundless azure blue.
Half an hour later, the man with a face like gold paper woke up from the ground, and a pair of tiger eyes lost focus, and it took a long time to come back to his senses.
"I'm not mistaken...... Scholar. β
Click, a water bag was thrown in front of him, he grinned at the back not far away, and without saying much, he unscrewed the wooden cork and took a light sip, the lips that were about to dry out were moistened, and his complexion also recovered a little red, a little more lively.
"To the south, go to Longxing Mountain! There is a mountain road leading to Pingxian, and not many people know about it. β
After drinking a sufficient amount of fresh water, Chen Qingzhong breathed a long sigh of relief and came to life, and got straight to the point, confiding all the things that the sword-wielding Confucian in front of him wanted to know.
"There are a few more steep trails, but not that necessary."
He didn't explain, so far, the identity of the group of people who attacked the people in Donggong Mountain and killed and slashed indiscriminately couldn't hide itβor the other party didn't think about covering it up at all, so he valued a few mountains and the treasures accumulated by several of their mountain bandits.
"Defeated ......"
In the end, it is not surprising that the army is defeated, and they flee south in a panic under the decline, and it is not surprising that some people will have ambitions and fall into the grass, but they are mostly reckless towards the mountain bandits, and the hundreds of households in the team can't be suppressed at all.
Since it is impossible to set up layers of defenses like fighting with the Qi army, even these trails are concerned.
"Most of the mountain roads are rugged, and it is difficult to get out safely with our current situation, so it is better to go to Longxing, and there are not many people walking anyway."
When the words fell, he didn't explain more, believing that the other party could understand the meaning.
Sure enough, Wen Song did not object.
Since he chose to bring Chen Qingzhong, there is still a certain amount of trust.
The wind blows, and the cool is blowing.
The two were silent.
The disheveled Confucian scholar recalled the days of the academy as if it were a long way away.
Under the rocks, Chen Qingzhong, who was leaning on the grass, also lowered his eyes and looked straight into the distance, as if he had seen the brothers who had gone up the mountain to rob the rich and help the poor because they were dissatisfied with the oppression of the officials.
The afterglow of the past is still in front of us.
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Drive!
Drive!!
A motorcade of wagons galloped and kicked up billowing smoke and dust.
Yue Jinshu changed his clothes, only wearing a strong robe, and his body was stained with scarlet blood.
She looked back, and several people on the frame were still in good condition, only two had been injured in the attack a few days ago, and one of them had had his arm scratched, and a layer of flesh had been shed, and he had been bandaged.
Only the other person, a little junior sister of hers, was hit by bandits in the abdomen, the dantian was injured, and the waist and back were also cut by a sharp blade, and a lot of blood was lost at that time.
Although she applied gold sore medicine as soon as she cleared the enemy, and even called many doctors along the way, she stopped many times to recuperate, but she still had stasis in breath, internal blood disorders, and the risk of deterioration of her injuries.
After a delay of several months, there is no longer a cure for fear of accidents.
Faster! Yue Jin Shu looked into the distance, they had returned from Jianye to Yuezhou, and they were getting closer and closer to Jiuhua Mountain, where the division was located.
Born in Zhenwu, Yue Jinshu is very clear about his master's ability, even if he can't eliminate his sister's lesion in a short period of time and heal the injury, it is not difficult to stop the deterioration trend, and the rest is slowly recuperated in the mountains, and he wants to come to a secluded place to recuperate, and he can recover in a few months.
Thinking like this, she was even more anxious, not only her, in fact, several people on the horse also entered Yuezhou and saw the familiar mountain range looming, and the stone that had always pressed on her heart finally fell.
In a trance, it was like seeing a gilded plaque depicting the word Zhenwu on the golden top.
Two days later, Chonglou City.
"It's back!"
Near the city gate, Yue Jinshu and several young Taoist priests sighed together, this road is not easy!
The mountain gate is in front of them, a few people no longer wait, only Yue Jinshu frowned, I don't know why there seem to be many strange characters in the city unconsciously, all of them have strong hands and feet, and they seem to be quite martial.
Don't think about it, there are teachers here, no one dares to make trouble.
You don't see that the world is in chaos, but Yuezhou, where Zhenwu is located, is a little stable, and they have encountered too much chaos and sorrow in other states, even if Jianye is close.
It wasn't until I entered Yuezhou that it all got better.
There are several Taoist leaders in the world, and their prestige is not insignificant, not to mention that there is a prince in Yuezhou, and the army is stationed here, but all fluctuations are suppressed and smoothed.
It's a lot better than out-of-state.
The group was about to walk up the mountain with their injured brothers and sisters, and when they arrived at the gate of the mountain, they heard about the recent events from the same gate on duty.
"Everybody's coming back?"
Yue Jinshu was taken aback by this sentence, but thinking that the current situation is indeed not optimistic, and thinking of the junior sister who was robbed behind her, her back was injured, and she didn't know if it would leave a scar.
Immediately sighed, bluntly said that it should be so.
"This junior sister's injuries are not light, but they are not without maneuver."
Yue Jinshu then listened to the junior brother on duty say that not long after she took her junior brother and sister down the mountain to leave the experience, the masters of Lique Mountain, Lingdan Peak, and even the Daoist people in charge of the mountain went down the mountain together.
Go to the southwest.
"I heard that the immortal blessed land in the southwest...... Oh? Senior sister still doesn't know? A blessed land of the immortal family that was in a uproar last year seemed to appear in a place called Shiya, and was discovered by the local Daomen, and the movement was big. β
"Uncle Xuanliang, they should be for this."
Then the little Taoist priest added that the Xuanliang Daoist, the master of Que Mountain, had returned to the mountain five days ago, and it was not only those who left Lingdan Peak who returned with him, but also Zhengyang Temple and many masters of the surrounding factions.
"They are all proficient in Qihuang pharmacology!"
The Taoist pointed out that when he heard this, Yue Jinshu immediately understood what the other party meant, these people have not left yet, and they are still stranded on the mountain, for some reason, maybe due to the recent turmoil? The outside world is indeed too dangerous, and even she, a second-rate martial artist with dragon and tiger skills, has to be careful.
After thanking the news of the senior brother on duty, she took a few people to the mountain quickly, first divided into two roads, one went to her own mountain peak to report the situation to the division commander, and the other took the injured two people to Lingdan Peak.
Since those who are proficient in pharmacology Qihuang are still on Zhenwu Mountain, the most likely place now is on Lingdan Peak.
However, he trotted all the way, carefully guarding the little junior sister to prevent the wound from bursting, and the Taoist priest who led the team arrived at Lingdan Peak but was told that there was no one on the mountain, and they all went to Jinding to discuss important matters with big people such as the head of the sect!
"I can only wait."
Yue Jinshu came to Lingdan Peak after the report, and he was helpless to hear the news, so he sorted out the injuries of his junior sister and sent them to the peak, and the existing elders and Taoists in the mountain were helpless about it, so they waited for the golden dome to open and wait for the head of the sect and others to end the discussion.
And so on, ten days!
Fortunately, the little junior sister's injuries were barely stopped under the treatment of the medicine stone, and she was not completely out of control.
On this day, on the top of the golden roof, three people came down.
It was Yin Wennian and Xuan Ming, as well as a person that Yue Jinshu and other Taoists did not know.
He is not a person in the Taoist sect, dressed in gray, his hair is cut obliquely from the wooden hairpin, his every move is casual, and he raises a high-spirited charm between his head and feet.
"I'm tired."
The three of them stood still, and Xuan Ming of Lingdan Peak looked at it a few times and shook his head, saying that it was difficult to cure.
Everyone was frustrated, Yue Jinshu looked at the little junior sister's pale cheeks and sweaty forehead, and suddenly seemed to hear the other party's silver bell-like laughter, crisp and lively.
My heart is clenched.
On the contrary, Yin Wennian, the master of Que Mountain Xuancheng Daoist, remained indifferent, and the injuries of the people in front of him had dragged on for too long, and they had almost penetrated into the bones, and he couldn't do much either.
I'm afraid that only the legendary worldly miracle doctors have a way, and his insights into Qihuang pharmacology are still in Qimeng's Yuanyang Peak.
But this time it wasn't his home stadium.
"Fusheng Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, you have to work."
"Hahaha, it's okay, it just so happens that the old man also wants to give it a try, does it really work!"
After that, a few people summoned a few middle-aged Taoists and let the group of young people disperse.
Yue Jinshu raised his head, and a glimmer of hope rose in his bright eyes.