Early in the morning, there was the sound of gongs in the county town.

Crisp and melodious.

Liu got up early, today he was going to visit a friend, last night I thought about it for a long time, tossing and turning, after all, I still couldn't let go of this foundation, I couldn't escape.

Wake up his wife, who is still greedy for warmth on the bed, put on his clothes, hurriedly summon the maid to deliver the meal, and before dawn, he set off in a hurry, so he simply took a bowl of gruel to barely satisfy his stomach.

"Let's get up, let Min'er and Ping'er wash, bring soft gold and silver, and use the tunnel of Zhang Yaoli's house to hide in the side for a few days."

Liu Da instructed that he did not inform the rest of the family in advance except for his wife.

Neither of the two daughters knew their father's plans.

Looking at the faint sorrow in his wife's eyes, he pretended to be calm and comforted: "Relax, Donglin Gong is a swordsman in the state capital, and he is anxious for justice and righteousness. ”

"Now I only tolerate a few female dependents, and with this favor, it's okay."

Hearing this, Liu Da's wife's expression softened slightly, but she was still worried that Liu Da himself was in danger, and said that it would be better for the family to flee in order.

"No way!"

Liu Da asserted refusal.

"When the white pole bandits first came, they beat up a lot of rich landlords, and now they are arresting me as a demonstration, and they are keeping a close eye on me, you still have a chance to sneak away, and I will never be let go."

Actually, you have to be able to run. But Liu Da couldn't let go of his family wealth in his heart, even if he had offered a large amount of silver money to those god-killing bandits to avoid disasters, and was knocked out of the bones from time to time, there were still a lot of them hidden in the cellar.

How many points can I bring with me when I escape? As long as he can hold on until these bandits are beaten away by the official army, all his belongings can be left!

After fighting for half his life, in the end he could only take away a few bags of gold and silver, which was like a bamboo basket for water.

However, his family could not take risks with him, although he looked down on the bandits in the city, but the sword had no eyes, so he had to let them leave early.

Zhang Yaoli was met by Liu Da when he was in the cloth business a few years ago, but unfortunately a team of merchants came to the north later, and the quality of the materials brought was not bad and only one hundred yuan was needed, and the amount was preferred, which affected the business of several nearby counties.

He also changed his way of making a living.

However, the connection with Zhang Yaoli has not been broken, a few months ago in the north chaos, Zhang Yaoli, who was doing business in the south of the Yangtze River, was forced to take his family to this remote town to escape the increasingly fierce war.

It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven, and they didn't escape after all. Just two days after he stopped, he was blocked in the city by white-pole bandits.

Fortunately, he remembered that there was a tunnel in the other party's house, which led to the outside of the city, and the previous one of Xu was the last person who did not trust the power of the local officials so he worked hard to dig it, and finally cheapened Zhang Yaoli.

The latter experienced the escape and was frightened, so he naturally did not bury this back road, and at the same time, he only spoke once when he got together with Liu Da.

At that time, the two of them didn't think about anything else, they just had a thought.

I didn't expect it to come in handy now.

Liu Da sent his wife and daughter away, and he sent a letter to Zhang Yaoli early, in which the other party also advised him to leave as well, so that the sea and the sky would not have to be trapped in the city and be angry, worried about the precariousness and the destruction of the family. …

Liu Da didn't leave, but his friend still remembered the friendship of his family under this circumstance, so he also pointed out the way to Zhang Yaoli, who was not familiar with life.

"There is a small town called Pingya to the south of Jiusu Mountain, where Donglin Gong, a famous swordsman in the state capital, opened a martial arts gym."

Donglin Gong was born in a wealthy family, and when he was young, he mingled in the green forests and rivers and lakes, and roamed with a group of warriors.

gained a lot of fame, and later happened that the parents in the family were old and needed to serve, so they returned to their hometown to marry and inherit the family business.

"Donglin Gong has always been good and righteous, and he has a great reputation among the warriors, and because of his family background, he is also good friends with local officials and merchants. I am also a rare first-class swordsman, even after more than ten years, the sword is not old. ”

There is a mountain martial arts hall, dozens of hundreds of martial artists, and a Donglin Gong who can eat well in all aspects, so that his wife and children can go to the temporary residence together and hide for a while, in Liu Da's opinion, it is undoubtedly better than following him in the county to be frightened.

Zhang Yaoli, who received the news, was grateful, and persuaded again in the reply, but Liu Da was really worried about his family's savings for several generations and couldn't bear to abandon it, so the former had to obey the instructions and leave with Liu's wife and daughter with the tokens given.

That night, more than ten people fled from the secret passage, the bandits had strict control over the city, fortunately, Zhang Yaoli did a lot of escaping, and he was particularly familiar with it, and the group went out of the city without danger to a small courtyard prepared in advance, took out the horses, and went to Jiusu Mountain overnight.

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Da woke up from the bed couch mountain again, his heart was tight, he carried the wine and pretended to visit his old friend, and finally let go after making amends and laughing at the bandits patrolling on the road.

When I came to the door of Zhang Yaoli's house, the doors and windows were locked, but I still found a letter in the familiar corner and hidden place.

Putting it back in the cuff, Liu Da hurriedly returned.

In his own house, in front of the desk, he opened the letter paper and looked at the ten lines, and when he saw that there was no accident on it, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

His wife has been with him for decades, and the relationship between the two is not something outsiders can imagine, otherwise with his family wealth, there is only one person in the backyard, even if there are only a few maids and maids in the future.

Seeing that his wife and daughter are safe, he should then appease the leaders of the bandits who eat, drink and have fun in the county government, and not let them have the intention of killing chickens and taking eggs from the landlords and rich households who cooperate with him.

Putting down the letterhead, as soon as the boulder in his heart landed, Liu Da began to think carefully about how to deal with the next thing, it was not an easy task to keep the hidden treasures from being exposed in a group of bandits who ate people and did not spit out bones.

Knock knock!

Suddenly looking up, there was a violent knock on the door.

Liu Daxin mentioned it, and in a trance, he thought that his own behavior was detected by the bandits.

Don't wait for how turbulent his heart is, how he gritted his teeth and trembled and took out a short knife from under the bed.

Yuanlan's face turned pale, cold sweat poured into it, but there was a hint of determination in his eyes. He told his wife where the money was hidden, as long as he died, and even if these people rummaged through it, they would only be able to find a small part......

"Liu Er!"

"What are you doing hiding at home!"

"Get out of here, the big boss will lead people to attack Xuanjiang Town! I tell you to let the rich men in the city pay for the grain! ”

Whew-

Spit out in one breath, Liu Da's strength was discharged, and the whole person almost fell. …

Fortunately, fortunately, it was not a matter of his wife running away.

He wiped his sweat, hurriedly packed his things, and burned the letter with a candle.

That's when I came to the door.

The door was wide open, and there stood a thin young man with slanted eyebrows like a bamboo pole, covered with fine silk that he had pulled from that house, his hair was messy, his face was stained with dirt, and his eyes were green.

looks like a person, but it's actually nondescript.

Disdainful in his heart, Liu Dayuan smiled and flattered.

"The insider broke his bone a few days ago, and he is recuperating these days, and he is tired of the little brother to remember and remind him, and the contemptible person will let them take the money."

At this moment, he didn't dare to be careless, patted his chest and assured that the big boss would just say how much he wanted, and he Liu Da would be satisfied.

It is with this three-inch incorruptible tongue that he can survive in the chaotic county.

How do you know that the person on the other side was stunned when he heard this, but grinned and joked: "The bone is injured?" Hehe, Liu Er, don't lie to me. ”

Liu Da lowered his eyebrows and didn't dare to say anything.

I picked out a few silver beans again, and turned the cuffs outward in the process, revealing a clean inside, and the painful look made the other party laugh again and again.

The thin bamboo pole seemed to have spit out all the things that Liu Ear had picked out from the rest of the people in the city.

The white pole bandits now have a lot of knowledge about Liu Er's character, knowing that this is a greedy person, always using their orders to loot the money of various families, and I don't know how this person bluffs, although he doesn't claim to want as much as he wants, but the number is indeed not low, so that several leaders are very satisfied.

also temporarily let the other party live a dog, and at the same time ignored the small actions of this person to profit from it.

If you regard wealth as your life, you are destined not to live long.

The thin bamboo pole showed disgust in his eyes, and he only looked forward to the expression of the fat-headed and big-eared person who was slashed and killed by crossing the river and demolishing the bridge after he had no use value.

It's interesting to think about, and I heard that this man also has two daughters......

Fortunately, this person is still needed, and the thin bamboo pole didn't say much else, and left after receiving the things and passing the word.

Behind him, Liu Da's face was cloudy.

From the other party's mouth, it seems that the white pole bandit has been eyeing his wife and daughter, and at this moment he is extremely glad that he sent his family out in advance, otherwise he will not know how many unknowns he will suffer later.

Bah!

Looking at the back of the arrogant and domineering bandit gradually moving away, Liu Da spat angrily.

dog thing!

Time passed day by day, and after five days in the blink of an eye, the atmosphere in the city became more and more solemn.

Liu Da walked in the alleyway, worried at every step.

Originally, he shouldn't have been so afraid of sending away his wife and daughter, but not long ago, the big leader of the white pole bandits led people to attack Xuanjiang Town, and was concentrated in his left eye by a loss that came out of nowhere.

It's a pity that the strength is insufficient, so this thief survives.

The temperament of the great leader who returned after the defeat became more and more irritable day by day, and he often killed his servants.

Even the younger brothers who followed him in the incident were beheaded for inexplicably provoking him.

So much so that everyone in the city was so loud that they didn't dare to say anything more.

Liu Da was cautious and tried his best to complete every assigned task, and the rich people in the city gradually lost their good face to this traitor who had joined the bandits. …

Fortunately, he privately returned some of the money he had searched to the other party, creating that everyone was in the same boat, and he had to do it as a last resort to protect everyone.

In this way, some anger was finally calmed down, and everyone once again looked forward to the arrival of the official army, and they would definitely eat the pot pulp to welcome the king.

Two days later, however, a rich man was dragged out of his house with a wail, a knife click, his head wide open, and his staring into the porter.

The woman's miserable screams were endless, and the big leader after venting had a cold face and opened the courtyard door to many small minions.

The wickedness continued for a whole day.

Liu Da knew the dead man, and took a few acquaintances to collect the body of this family.

He knew that as long as the bandits were not destroyed, he would eventually have a day when rabbits and dogs would be cooked.

Seeing this tragic scene, the sadness of the rabbit and the fox suddenly rose in the hearts of several people.

But after seeing the bright sword, their group of rich and noble people who used to be infinitely beautiful in the past are now extremely embarrassed and helpless, so they have to sit and wait to die, as pigs and sheep raised in the pen.

Day after day, the grumpy boss would take a family under the knife every once in a while, for an indefinite reason, purely to vent.

Lewdness and cruelty are pleasures, and murder is pleasure.

And so ten days passed.

Not only the ordinary people in the city were tortured by the white-pole bandits, but even Liu Da had a headache, because there was no money in the city.

Even he took out some of the silver money he had hidden as an offering to a few good friends and gave it away, but he still couldn't stop the growing appetite of the white pole bandits.

"Yesterday, the second leader was also defeated and was chased and killed by the officials and soldiers of Mu County, but unfortunately there are not many of those officers and soldiers, and they can't capture the county seat to rescue us."

Several people gathered together to whisper, and Liu Da was also unkempt at the moment, completely losing his original posture.

After all, the white pole bandits are a grass platform team, and they can't expect a group of bandits who have fallen into the grass to share the hardships, and now with a few defeats, they have begun to quarrel, and the already irascible big boss is showing more and more signs of falling apart.

However, this is the most dangerous moment.

The chaotic bandits don't care about anything else, and the minions just want to grab a handful and run.

Liu Da was haggard and had already seen the change.

He now misses his wife and daughter, and he regrets his decision more and more to stay in the city.

Knock knock!

The knock on the door sounded at the right time, and several people trembled, and finally Liu Da went to open the door.

Sure enough, it was another distribution, and he wanted to loot the money.

It's just that this time it's different, and the four leaders actually put forward different requirements together!

"My life is at stake!"

Lamenting, Liu Da hung his hands and was blank.

The rest of the room looked at each other, and they all saw the fear in their eyes.

The white-pole bandits can't wait any longer, and they have to make one last deal before they run, and they ...... Surely death.

Day 2.

I didn't think of the familiar sound of the bowl and gong, and the person who beat the watch had been slashed to death by a passing bandit two days earlier, on the grounds that he had quarreled with himself.

Liu Da got up from the bed and straightened his clothes.

Change into your robe and sit in front of the house.

Three days ago, the secret passage of Zhang Yaoli's house was discovered, and he was lucky not to be affected, but several surrounding households were cut off their limbs and hung on bamboo poles to dry for two days and two nights. …

He couldn't escape.

Outside the courtyard, the noise was boiling, wailing was incessant, and the white-pole bandits had begun their final madness.

Knock knock!

This time he didn't get up, and waited until the other party broke down the door, and walked towards him with a sly smile.

"Liu Er!"

"How's it going? How is the money and food collected? ”

Thin bamboo poles with seven or eight people, all with weapons in their hands, approached.

Looking at the appearance, Liu Da has no intention of quibbling.

Obviously, the other party is determined to eat himself this time, but I don't know what kind of identity this person is in the white pole bandits, and he can get his own piece of "fat meat".

"You, go, drag this old boy aside, and then take those two little beauties to Li Ye."

Speaking of this, the thin bamboo pole looked down and snickered.

"Looks like you still have a wife? Our brothers don't have to pick their mouths, they can eat it! Hahahaha! ”

The rest of the people chimed in, smirking and laughing.

In the face of all this, Liu Da was afraid, probably knowing that he could not escape this catastrophe, so he simply stopped struggling.

Thinking of the tragic deaths of his old friends, and the flogging and torture he had suffered over the years, his fear dissipated, and he turned to anger.

"Phew! A bunch of shitty bastards! ”

He stood up, the first time in half a month that he had erupted against the bandits.

Then he was knocked down by a fist and fell to the ground in pain.

"Huh?"

When the thin bamboo pole raises his hand, he will chop it down with a knife.

He had seen that this fat-headed and big-eared person was unhappy early on, and he had to teach him a good lesson today.

"Die! Later, the laborers will take good care of your mother! ”

Liu Da closed his eyes and waited for the last shot.

However, the blade did not fall for a long time.

Instead, the movement outside the courtyard gate gradually subsided.

Well? What's going on? He opened his eyes, and then he saw a dark figure standing in front of the door.

The man was tall, about nine feet! Liu Da, who was trembling, was dumbfounded, he had never seen such a tall and burly person.

The muscles are knotted, clinging like an old tree, and the arms are the thickness of buckets!

He approached, step by step, and the sound of footsteps seemed to knock on the hearts of the bandits, and each step made them panic and couldn't stop retreating.

Come to the front and be condescending.

And the thin bamboo pole that was still clamoring just now was held in the head by an iron hand the size of a pu fan, and it was several feet from the ground alive!

"Oh? How are you going to hurt? ”

"Is that so?"

The tone was flat, the hands were hard, and the thin bamboo pole head seemed to be clutched into a cake, and the eyes rolled up.

Saliva flowed from the wide open mouth, and the limbs weakly kicked the strong arms, but it was difficult to shake them.

Eventually, like a dead fish, he stopped moving, suffocated and died.

This scene made everyone present feel cold like snow.

Even Liu Da, who was saved because of this, trembled for the other party's violent action of pinching the dead.

Ahhh

Someone couldn't resist the oppression in his heart, and raised a long knife like crazy to slash from the side, Liu Da was startled, and he wanted to remind.

Boom!

Before the long knife fell, the strong man raised his leg and swept out half a step, and as soon as he made contact, the sneak attacker turned into a more blurred afterimage and flew sideways, smashing straight down the wall.

Rumble! The huge force was terrifying, and the bandits' internal organs were kicked to pieces, and even the walls collapsed, raising dust. …

On the other side, several people were all crazy, some people ran away with crawling belts, some people raised their knives, this time the strong man did not move, and let the sword fall on his body.

"Be careful! Behind there is - hiss! ”

Just reminded of the exit, Liu Da was suddenly stunned, and he almost didn't catch his breath.

Not only him, but the bandits who came from the siege also widened their eyes - the long knives were sharp, and there were several of them, and the outburst of the bandits in a desperate situation was confident that even the ironwood and stubborn stones could be chopped.

But only the other party's shirt was torn.

The red epidermis was exposed, the green tendons were undulating, the tiny cracks were oozing blood, a trace of redness appeared, and the wound healed in just a few breaths.

This terrifying scene stunned everyone!

With a click, the sword fell to the ground.

"Monster, monster!"

"Ahh Monster! ”

"Great Immortal spare!"

Everyone fled in a panic, and just as they took a step, they heard the sound of cracking silk in the air, whistling violently.

The swift shadow of the legs is reflected in the eye.

The next moment, the world was spinning. Seven or eight people vomited blood and fell to the ground, silent.

Liu Da trembled, watching this terrifying strong man slowly walk up to him.

He opened his mouth to speak, but he was so shocked by the horror in his heart that he stammered, and he couldn't spit out half of the sentence.

Then I saw the strong man lift Liu Da, who had fallen to the ground, to stand still.

He looked up, and then he saw the other side's face.

The sword eyebrows are starry, and the edges and corners are distinct.

It's an unexpected handsome...... It doesn't match this terrifying body at all!

"You are Liu Qiyu?"

was named, and Liu Da, whose real name is Liu Qiyu, was stunned.

Seeing that this person was suppressed as he imagined, the strong man was helpless, without the momentum that he had just looked like a ghost.

Stretched out his hand and flicked the smoke and dust off his shirt.

He continued: "I saw your wife at Donglin Gong, and there was a man named Zhang Yaoli, who said that this place was occupied by a gang of bandits, and since it was a stop, it was solved together. ”

Plain and bland, as if the white-pole bandit who had annihilated hundreds of people, in his eyes, was like an ant stepping on the side of the road.

In fact, it was really simple, because when the strong man entered the city, there were not many bandits here, and a few leaders had just caught fire, and he was just picking up the mess.

When Liu Da heard the news of his wife and daughter, he was immediately relieved, and learned that this person was from Donglin Gong's side.

But when did the Kaishan Martial Arts Hall have such a character?

As if seeing his doubts, the strong man waved his hand as if he didn't care and explained.

"That's just the coincidence."

"I'm not the one who opened the martial arts."

Speaking of which, the strong man introduced himself.

"Yijianmen people, Li Mubai."

Liu Da thanked him, his mind turned, and he thought about who this sword sect was, and there was such a master.