Three days later.

It was early afternoon and the sun was shining.

In the goshawk village, there are children frolicking in the shade of big trees, and there are old people sitting on street corners with wooden benches and talking.

The goshawk village is a peaceful scene.

At this moment, Chu Qingxiao was sitting cross-legged in his small courtyard.

In the fence not far away, a few chickens of some size were chirping in the land for food.

Chu Qingxiao's eyes were tightly closed, unaware of this.

There was a faint churning of qi and blood around him, and whenever the qi and blood condensed to a certain apex, his brows would furrow.

Immediately, the qi and blood around his body surged all over his body under his urging, but every time at a critical moment, as if he had encountered an invisible barrier, he converged back.

This situation has been repeated nearly a hundred times, and Chu Qingxiao's forehead is already sweating profusely.

After another attempt to no avail, he finally opened his eyes slowly.

His brow furrowed, and he took out a purse from his bosom, which contained four or five red blood worms, and he took one out and swallowed them in one bite.

Only then did I feel that the energy consumed was slowly recovering.

The way of martial arts.

A realm called a treasure bottle, pay attention to the body like a treasure bottle, condensed but not leaking.

The two realms are said to be through the veins, paying attention to the meridians of the whole body, and the flesh and bones are like gold and stones, so as to lay the foundation for the spirit of the three realms.

Although these two realms are not simply the realm of refining the body, they still have the effect of strengthening the body and condensing the blood qi rate.

Chu Qingxiao knew very well that the Candle Yin Divine Blood in his body was constantly growing, and the power of blood and qi needed would be more majestic, and when the time came, it would be difficult to satisfy one red blood worm every day.

And once he leaves the Goshawk Village, without the supply of red blood insects, the cost of the Blood Condensation Pill is even more expensive, and if he wants to maintain his life, the silver money he needs to spend every day will probably rise.

Chu Qingxiao thought that if he could break through the realm and go to the realm of the pulse, he would be able to generate more qi and blood in his body, and his chances of survival would be greater.

But unfortunately, he has the blood of the Candle Yin God in his body.

Whenever he condensed his qi and blood and wanted to penetrate the entire meridian, the Candle Yin Divine Blood felt the vigorous power of qi and blood, and he would snatch the power of blood and qi from Chu Qingxiao's body as if he had been awakened.

Therefore, every time there is a critical moment, the blood and qi power he needs to break through the realm is always so close to the door.

"You can't be trapped in this Aquarius Realm all the time in this life, right?" Chu Qingxiao muttered helplessly.

"Hey, boy, alone?" At this time, a fat head poked in from outside the wall and winked at Chu Qingxiao.

It's the commander of the Black Hawk Army, huge and strong!

"Commander Pang." Chu Qingxiao came back to his senses and looked at the other party.

"What is the name of the commander, there are a total of about a dozen people under him, and they are all the bosses playing around to get names, you can teach me Brother Dang." Da Zhuang waved his hand and said with a big grin, and without waiting for Chu Qingxiao to answer, he walked into the courtyard on his own.

Then he looked into the room and asked in a low voice, "Where is your daughter-in-law?" ”

Chu Qingxiao was stunned for a moment, but he was not familiar with this title, and after coming back to his senses, he hurriedly said: "Zhao Zhao went with Sanniang to help pick wild fruits outside the village." ”

"These days happen to be ripe for the mountain fruits, and they are very busy, and they are almost all outside these days."

Chu Qingxiao said this, and asked again: "Brother Dang has something to do with her?" ”

"I have something to do with her, didn't I know your relationship before!" Huge Zhuang Han said with a smile, and immediately grabbed Chu Qingxiao with one hand: "I'm here to find you, take advantage of your daughter-in-law's absence, drink two glasses with me." ”

"I don't drink ......" Chu Qingxiao hurriedly waved his hand, but Da Zhuang didn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, and pulled Chu Qingxiao out of the yard.

……

"Try this, this wild fruit, slightly yellowed is the best."

Under the shade of the trees outside the village, Sanniang reached out and handed over a fruit.

Seeing this, Chu Zhaozhao hurriedly thanked him, took the wild fruit and took a bite, as Sanniang said, his mouth was full of incense.

Sanniang took advantage of the situation and sat down beside Chu Zhaozhao.

A group of them had been busy all morning, picking more than a dozen baskets of wild fruits, and everyone was a little tired at the moment, sitting in the shade of the mountain forest, or resting slightly drunk, or basking in the sun in a daze.

Sanniang glanced at Chu Zhaozhao beside her and said: "We are very idle on weekdays, which is nothing more than picking wild fruits, wild vegetables and herbs unique to the mountains in each season, and in autumn, we may help Du Lao and them go to the Crescent Moon Lake to catch fish and shrimp." ”

"Only when the mountain gets the goods, we will be busy, help decorate the goods, such as some clothes and satin goods, we will find a way to re-cut or imitate them, and then hand them over to Huang to lead them to go down the mountain to sell, so that it can be more or less hidden, and it is not so easy for people to find out his source, and buyers are more willing to pay a high price when they see it."

Chu Zhaozhao nodded when he heard this: "After all, it's stolen goods......"

Hearing this, Sanniang seemed to feel something, she smiled and asked, "What?" Do you feel uncomfortable being a bandit? ”

Originally, according to Chu Zhaozhao's thoughts, the most urgent task for her and Chu Qingxiao now was to win the trust of Goshawk Village and find an opportunity to escape.

But in the face of Sanniang's eyes, Chu Zhaozhao inexplicably felt that his lies probably couldn't deceive the woman in front of him.

"Indeed...... It's still a little uncomfortable. Chu Zhaozhao hesitated for a while, but still said truthfully.

Sanniang smiled slightly: "Actually, who wants to be a thief......

"Our goshawk village has been cultivating fields, and every family has raised chickens, ducks and silkworms, and in fact, in a few days, Du Lao and they can reclaim seventy or eighty acres of land, and they can almost be self-sufficient."

"But there is no way, if the ghost crow village is pressed on it, we will always be thieves."

"Why?" Chu Zhaozhao was a little puzzled.

"The ghost crow village collects money according to the head of each cottage, and every month, everyone, whether old or young, is two dollars of silver......"

"You said you wouldn't be a bandit, go to the bottom of the mountain to get the goods, where does the money come from?" Sanniang smiled bitterly.

"Two pieces of silver?" Hearing this, Chu Zhaozhao was suddenly a little dumbfounded.

A person has two dollars of silver a month, and two or four dollars a year.

You must know that more than ten years ago, Dayu paid heavy taxes, and at its worst, a person only had one or two or three dollars of silver a year, but Rao was like this, but it had already caused rebels everywhere, and the people were not able to make a living. The amount of money that the various cottages in Taixuan Mountain wanted to hand over to the Ghost Crow Village was nearly twice as much as when Dayu was at its most serious at that time, which really made Chu Zhaozhao a little unexpected.

"Didn't you say that there are hundreds of cottages in Taixuan Mountain? If the ghost crow village acts like this, won't the other cottages resist? Chu Zhaozhao asked in confusion.

"That's not something I can know, but if you think about it, either you can't beat it, or you just don't have the same heart, isn't it just a little bit of a doorway to go around in this world?" Sanniang said.

Chu Zhaozhao was stunned when she heard this, she looked sideways at the woman beside her, the woman was clasping her knees with her hands, her eyes were a little hollow looking ahead, her eyebrows and eyes were so charming, as if she was hiding stars, but the two scars on her face were as hideous as poisonous snakes, as if to remind Chu Zhaozhao of what kind of difficulties such a bright woman had suffered.

"Sister, didn't you think about redressing your family's grievances and letting that dog official confess to the law?"

Hearing this, Sanniang glanced sideways at Chu Zhaozhao, and a bitter smile appeared on her face.

"Yes, why don't you want to."

"Day and night, I sometimes close my eyes and see my father, my mother, my uncle and my two brothers."

"Cangzhou Qishan County, the county order Xu Anmin."

"Forty-eight years old this year, his ancestral home is Ningzhou, Baixucheng. Chongsheng was transferred to Queshan County in the fourth year, and lived in Sanqiao Street, Queshan County, No. Jiazi Ding B. ”

"There are thirteen people in the family, four sons and three daughters......"

"In the ninth year of Chongsheng, on the ancestor sacrifice card of the Xue family, there was an ancestor and a certain Wumiao god of the Northern Wei Dynasty with the same name, and framed the Xue family to conspire against the enemy, until the Xue family had seven people, and six people died in prison."

Speaking of this, Sanniang paused, and then spoke.

"That's what I wrote on my pleadings back then."

When Chu Zhaozhao heard this, his face changed: "My sister went to submit the pleadings?" ”

Sanniang shook her head: "After I learned about my family's death, I scratched my cheeks, and the dog official lost interest in me, so he bought me in the Qinglou." ”

"But like me, how can any drinker like it? It's nothing more than calling me like an animal, helping to pour urine and feces, giving one or two mouthfuls of cold soup every day, and hanging my life. ”

"I actually wanted to die in the past, but then I heard that the governor of Cangzhou had newly taken office and was going to inspect various counties, so I had the idea of suing to redress my family's grievances."

"On the day the state pastor arrived, I hid in the crowd with the paper, thinking that when the procession passed by, I would go up and stop his sedan chair......"

At this, she paused again and laughed.

"But before I could run out, a beggar with a broken arm rushed out first, and I still remember that the paper in his hand was written crookedly in blood."

"What did he say, Xu Anmin seized his family's land and killed his father and brother, and he burst into tears."

"But he didn't even see the shepherd, and the man in the sedan chair stretched out his hand and shook it at the person beside him, and the beggar fell to the ground......

"Since then, I have completely lost my heart, and then I found an opportunity to escape into Taixuan Mountain, and was rescued by Yuejian and returned to Goshawk Village......"

After listening to this story, Chu Zhaozhao suddenly fell silent.

She felt a little stupid, even a little vicious.

Who in this world can forget the hatred of extermination?

If there is a chance, who wouldn't want to avenge that sea of blood?

In the end, it's nothing more than you can't forget it, but you can't do it.

So I can only carry that nightmare and live day after day.

And she just wanted to touch the scars that might have been carefully licked and hidden by others for the sake of momentary curiosity.

She suddenly felt guilty, lowered her head, and whispered, "I shouldn't have asked......"

"It's been so long, I don't mind that much anymore." Sanniang smiled and stood up: "It's still early, let's go to the other side of the mountain to see if we can pick some wild vegetables, dry them and pickle them to wait for the winter." ”

At that moment, the woman in front of her seemed to have broken free from the painful memory before.

She has a bright smile and is full of energy.

Chu Zhaozhao also hurriedly stood up, just about to wake up a few companions around him who were still taking a nap.

Sanniang grabbed her: "Let them rest, this morning is tired enough." You can just go with me, after all, your physique is different from ordinary people, and it is nothing to you to think about it. ”

Chu Zhaozhao nodded, but he didn't forget to sigh: "My sister treats them so well." ”

After that, she paused again and continued: "The whole goshawk village is very good, sometimes I feel that this place is not like a bandit's stronghold, more like a ......."

"Family."

"No, it seems to be closer than a family, there are only a hundred people in my family, they are all blood relatives, and sometimes intrigue is still inevitable."

"But there doesn't seem to be such a problem."

Sanniang heard this, but just turned her head to look at the cottage in the distance.

"We're just a bunch of lost dogs."

"I happened to bump into each other."

"The world doesn't want us to ......"

"We just have to keep each other warm."

"It's not how good we are, it's just that we know that we have nothing but each other."

"What's more, I'm just working hard, for the sake of Goshawk Village, some people are working hard......"

……

"Brother Pang, Brother Guan...... I don't really drink alcohol. ”

Guan Zijin, that is, the man with a thin figure among the three bandit leaders who stopped Chu Qingxiao and the others at the beginning.

At this moment, in his small courtyard, Chu Qingxiao blushed and shirked the wine glass he handed over.

"How can a man not drink?" The huge Zhuang on the side said angrily, and as he spoke, he slapped his hand heavily on the wine table full of food in front of him.

The two of them can be regarded as taking turns to fight, and they have all the good things to say, but Chu Qingxiao, this guy, doesn't want to touch a drop of wine when he says anything.

And the big and strong reaction also made Chu Qingxiao stunned, he smiled bitterly and said: "Dissatisfied with the two eldest brothers, I promised a deceased elder that it is best not to drink alcohol in this life......"

When these words came out, Da Da Zhuang and Guan Zijin were both stunned, and the expressions on their faces were slightly embarrassed.

Guan Zijin took back the wine glass that was handed out, and said, "This ...... That's right. ”

He said as he looked up at the giant on the other side.

Da Da Zhuang's face was embarrassed, his hands were folded in front of his chest, and his fingertips were flicking wildly.

Chu Qingxiao looked at the two, from the beginning he felt that there was something wrong with the two of them, and at this moment, the appearance of the two became more and more firm in his judgment.

"Do you two big brothers have something to do with me?" Chu Qingxiao simply put down the dishes and chopsticks and asked.

The two of them, you look at me, I look at you, they both keep instigating each other with their eyes, but they just don't want to speak out.

Chu Qingxiao looked at them so twisted, and secretly felt a little funny.

He simply stood up: "If the two eldest brothers are fine, Qingxiao will leave, and there is still ...... at home."

"Don't! Don't! Seeing this, Da Da Zhuang and Guan Zijin hurriedly stretched out their hands and grabbed Chu Qingxiao.

Then the two looked at each other again, and then they seemed to have made up their minds.

"Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that the last time I heard Xu Blind talk about Brother Chu's kung fu in the Shura realm, our two brothers thought it was very interesting and wanted to ......," Da Zhuang twisted and said, and at the end of his words, he seemed to be a little embarrassed, so he could only stare at Guan Zijin.

Guan Zijin hesitated for a while, then simply gritted his teeth and said, "I want to see if Brother Chu can grant us this law!" ”

Chu Qingxiao blinked when he heard this, and then he came back to his senses.

"So the two eldest brothers invited me to drink and eat, is it true that they want to learn art?"

Chu Qingxiao's face was calm, and he couldn't see the joy and anger in his heart at the moment.

But Da Da Zhuang and Guan Zijin are probably thieves, and they don't dare to look directly at Chu Qingxiao's vision.

"It's not all about this ......" Da Zhuang lowered his head, and his two index fingers kept touching, parting, and touching again in front of his chest.

"We actually hit it off with Brother Chu, and we really got acquainted with this meal...... Guan Zijin also took over the conversation and said.

It's just that when he said this, he looked at Chu Qingxiao with an inexplicable smile, and he suddenly felt that this lie was like a fish in his throat, and he couldn't go on anymore.

Guo Zijin is also a cheerful person, seeing this, he simply broke the jar and said: "Okay, our two brothers really wanted to get Brother Chu drunk at the beginning and set out the method of the Shura realm. ”

"But who would have thought that Brother Chu's thick eyebrows and big eyes would not drink!" Da Zhuang said with a sad face, obviously in his heart, the fact that men don't drink is probably a completely unreasonable thing that women don't like to gossip and old people don't like to have fun.

"But our two brothers really want to learn this method, if Brother Chu is willing to grant this method, our two brothers are grateful, what are the requirements, you can say, as long as we can do it, the two of us will never frown!" Guan Zijin said again.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Da Da Zhuang also hurriedly took over the conversation, nodded again and again and said, "I'm the same!" ”

After that, the two looked at Chu Qingxiao directly, and their eyes were full of expectation.

Chu Qingxiao's face showed helplessness, and he also looked at the two of them: "Two elder brothers, this Shura realm is not the kind of method that you imagine can be taught. ”

"He's more like ......" Chu Qingxiao frowned, trying to find the right words in his mind, and after a while, he said: "It's more like an ability." ”

"He needs to go through a lot of life-and-death battles before he can have it naturally."

"At least all of a sudden, I had this ability."

"We know this, we want to learn from Brother Chu, see how you understand in this process of life and death, and do you have any experience." Guan Zijin said with a smile.

Chu Qingxiao's face showed a strange expression: "There are some ways, but I can't say if it works, and in Goying Village, the two eldest brothers shouldn't have so many opportunities to experience life and death, right?" ”

The bandit is indeed a living of licking blood from half a knife.

Although it is true that it is inevitable to fight with people, after all, the initiative to fight or not is in the hands of the bandits.

If you encounter such a large caravan, or a team that is obviously accompanied by a master, the bandits will not be stupid enough to ask for money, right?

It stands to reason that these people don't have the opportunity to experience so many life-and-death struggles.

Seeing Chu Qingxiao's suspicious face, Da Da Zhuang and Guan Zijin glanced at each other again, as if they had made up their minds.

"Ahem!" Guan Zijin coughed twice at that time, looked at his wife who was playing with his daughter not far away, and said, "Daughter-in-law, you take Huahua to Chef Liu's side to get us two more pots of wine!" ”

The woman glanced at Guan Zijin gently: "Drink less, didn't the girl Yuejian say that she would let you go to the mountain to ship the goods tomorrow?" Don't delay! ”

Although the woman was a little dissatisfied, she took her daughter's hand and walked outside.

"I can't delay." Guan Zijin smiled, staring at the mother and daughter until their footsteps went away, and then he looked at Chu Qingxiao again.

"Brother Chu, have you ever heard of the death arena?"

Chu Qingxiao shook his head when he heard this, and asked, "What is that?" ”

"The bad taste of the owner of the ghost crow village." Huge Zhuang said in a muffled voice.

"It's just two people standing in the ring and fighting an endless fight......"

Chu Qingxiao probably came back to his senses when he heard this, and he frowned: "Could it be that Brother Pangda and Brother Guan are preparing to participate in this kind of competition?" ”

Both nodded at this point.

Chu Qingxiao was puzzled: "But this kind of competition is so dangerous, the two of you ......"

"Every cottage in Taixuan Mountain has to pay silver money according to the head of the person every month, two dollars of silver for one person, and more than 500 people in Goshawk Village, and one hundred taels of silver for a month." Guan Zijin seemed to have guessed what Chu Qingxiao was going to ask, and spoke before he could ask.

"If there is no money, there are only two ways, one is to send the living, one is worth ten taels of silver, and the other is ...... It's to send people to the death arena......"

"If you win, you can reduce seventy percent of the silver money in the village."

Chu Qingxiao finally figured out the beginning and end at this time: "So, Goshawk Village doesn't have so much money this month, right?" ”

Da Zhuang said with a wry smile: "Not to mention this month, I won't tell you, in twelve months a year, Goshawk Village can only raise enough money to be paid in eight or nine months, and the rest of the time, it will all depend on Huang Quxiang and the boss to go to the death arena to fight with people." ”

"But the opponents are all people from the Ghost Crow Village, and after their evil sect, they started from the death arena, but in three or four years, the guys they sent out were more powerful than the other."

"In the past few months, although Huang Mazi and the boss have won the death match, they have suffered a lot of injuries, these things, they have not told the people in the village, but our brothers are clear."

"This month looks like it's coming to an end again, we probably calculated, I'm afraid the silver in the stockade is still not enough, so ......"

Guan Zijin took a sip of the wine glass at this time, and took the words of the big man: "How can we two brothers say that they are also seven-foot men. ”

"You said that if you don't know, then you can naturally continue to be our bandit."

"But now that we know, if we stand by and don't share the burden, then are we still human?"

"The boss has done more for us, there is no reason to put everything on a little girl like her, right?"