Just now, Ji Xiaofei felt that there was something unusual, fleeting on the back mountainside, it was a wonderful feeling, as if he was wrapped in an aura and constantly tempted, but it was not strong, just as he was about to confirm it, he turned his head and saw nothing, and scratched his head helplessly, only saying that it was his own illusion.

As soon as he turned around, he saw Bai Yuzheng looking at him with a puzzled expression: "Senior brother, what's wrong with you?" ”

"It's nothing, let's continue eating." Ji Xiaofei said noncommittally.

After a dull lunch, after eating in a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere, each family began to clean up their dishes and chopsticks, and Li Goudan and Wang Erlong helped Bai Yu move the tables and chairs into the kitchen.

As for Ji Xiaofei, he took the broken silver left by his master before leaving, and was going to go out to buy some rice noodles, in fact, rice noodles were just a cover for him, and the real purpose was to go to the only pharmacy in the village to help people buy medicine, and the medicinal materials needed were written on the note he hid in his shoes, as for why he hid in his shoes, it was entirely because he was afraid that he would accidentally lose it, and he could only think of the safest place in his shoes.

Although Changle Village is a small mountain village with only more than 40 households, it covers two mountains, divided into the front mountain and the back mountain, most of the people in the village are concentrated in the front mountain to settle down, the back mountain is a forbidden place for the people here, in addition to the funeral and burial, few people are willing to set foot on weekdays, who has few ancestors buried there? Always running to the mountain, I don't want to disturb the purity of the ancestors, but in fact, there is another reason, the ancestors who live in Changle Village for generations, passed down from generation to generation, the evil is forbidden in the back mountain, if you accidentally get lost in the mountain, you will never be able to get out again, somehow, the people in the village think about it, but Ji Xiaofei scoffs, he and his master and sister are all outsiders, I don't know how many times I have gone up, and I haven't seen any evil.

The people who do business in the village are all in the front mountain, walking on the muddy mountain road, there are a lot of black dots on the road, Ji Xiaofei looked up at the sky, the raindrops fell on his face, it was cool, and when he saw that it was raining, his steps unconsciously became faster.

When I came to the village, the whole village was just one street, there were few pedestrians on the street, and the shops along the street had already put away their own melons, fruits, flesh and vegetables, and if it wasn't for the rain, I could hear a few refreshing shouts.

He walked to the door of the shop with the word "medicine" hanging on his car, and looked inside, the middle-aged Lang Zhong wearing a crown and hat, holding a medical book in his hand, was sitting behind the counter with his head leaning, looking a little lazy, and noticed that there was someone at the door, but the first reaction of this Lang Zhong was not to put on a smiling face to welcome the customer, but to glance lightly, and saw that it was Ji Xiaofei standing at the door, he showed a smile, and said with a pleasant face: "It's Xiaofei, what are you doing standing outside?" Look at you, you're all wet, come in quickly. ”

Ji Xiaofei scratched his head a little embarrassed, looked at his mud-stained shoes, rubbed them on the stone steps at the door, and then stepped in.

"Uncle Guo, I'll buy medicine."

Seeing Ji Xiaofei's strange expression, Guo Langzhong was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously thought that he was short of money, so he immediately stroked his beard, stretched out a hand towards him, and said with a smile: "Did you bring Fang Zi?" Show it to me, if the money is not enough, I will give it on credit first, and I will not be in a hurry to pay it back. ”

"If you have enough money, Fang Zi, you wait for me, and I'll get it for you." Ji Xiaofei bent down as he spoke.

Hearing him say that it was not bad for silver, Guo Langzhong was surprised, he actually guessed wrong, and when he saw Ji Xiaofei bending over his slippers, he was even more puzzled, until he saw him take out a boxy piece of paper from his shoes, which was half dry and half wet, and still stained with mud, the expression on Guo Langzhong's face suddenly froze, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but tremble.

Ji Xiaofei spread out the prescription carefully, fortunately it was not soaked, although the handwriting was a little blurry, but it was still recognizable, thanks to the fact that it didn't rain much, otherwise today's trip would have been in vain.

Holding the prescription in his hand and handing it to Guo Langzhong, the latter laughed dryly, clicked on the table, and motioned for him to put the prescription on the table, thinking that he didn't want his hand to grab the medicine and touch the prescription taken out of the sour shoes.

Ji Xiaofei laughed twice, obediently did so, Guo Langzhong glanced at it, and sighed lightly: "These are all medicines to regulate qi and blood, is your master or Xiaoyu injured?" ”

"Ahh Right! It's my sister who wants to use it, you know, that girl is old, come to that... Decanate water needs to be conditioned and conditioned. Ji Xiaofei hurriedly explained.

"You kid, a woman shouldn't take such a strong medicine, and there is also trauma medicine on it, who gave you the prescription?" Guo Langzhong said suspiciously.

Ji Xiaofei's eyes rolled a few times, and he quickly changed his words: "And my master, he also needs to take medicine, he practiced a few days ago and was a little injured, so he specially asked me to take medicine according to this prescription." ”

As soon as he heard that it was the helpful Master Wei who was in need, Guo Langzhong no longer doubted it, and chuckled and said, "So that's the case, then you wait a while, and I'll give you medicine." ”

After waiting for a while, getting the medicine wrapped in Guo Langzhong, Ji Xiaofei threw out a handful of broken silver, hugged the medicine into his arms, and hurriedly ran out.

"Wait!" Suddenly there was a shout behind him, Ji Xiaofei paused, looked over nervously, and saw Guo Langzhong walking out from behind the counter, I don't know when, there was an extra oil-paper umbrella in his hand, handed it to him, and said with a gentle smile: "How can you go back like this?" You take this umbrella, next time you come to Qianshan, remember to return it to me by the way. ”

Ji Xiaofei hurriedly took the paper umbrella gratefully, and said, "Thank you, Uncle Guo!" ”

"Your master is kind and generous, over the years, he has helped the village do a lot of things, although we are rural people, we also know how to be grateful, this little thing, there is no need to thank you." Guo Lang said.

Ji Xiaofei shook again, and said respectfully: "He is him, I am me, and I should still be thanked, even if it is a master, he will not repay his kindness because he has helped others, and he should thank others for their kindness." ”

Guo Langzhong's face was stunned, as if he didn't expect to be able to say this truth from the mouth of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child, but he quickly returned to nature, and he smiled with satisfaction: "The mountain road is muddy on rainy days, so be careful on the way back." ”

"Okay! Goodbye Uncle Guo! ”

Holding an oil-paper umbrella, I went to the rice noodle shop again, and asked for ten catties of rice and ten catties of rice noodles. Seeing that it was Ji Xiaofei, not only did he secretly add two catties to the rice noodles, but he also specially wrapped a tight bag and sent a basket to him for him to take back conveniently.

Ji Xiaofei cushioned the rice noodles in the basket, and found that there were more than twenty catties, so he took advantage of the boss's inattention and secretly stuffed another hundred wen into his money box, eight wen yuan for one catty of rice, twenty wen for one catty of noodles, counting the two hundred and eighty wen given before, a total of three hundred and eighty wen, and he paid a little more.

But Ji Xiaofei didn't care, he didn't spend his own money anyway.

After returning home, he confirmed that Bai Yu's girl was not there, and guessed that he was helping Uncle Wang or Aunt Li to farm, which was exactly what he wanted, and hurriedly put the rice noodles into the kitchen, and looked left and right with his probe, as if he was about to fly, and drilled into the back mountain.

The road behind the mountain is not easy to walk, but it is raining again, and it is slippery and muddy, although Ji Xiaofei is a person who practices martial arts, but it is not very difficult to walk, the muddy water on the left foot and the right foot, he is so bored to step on it, and he goes around and around in the mountains and forests for a while, until the bottom of a cliff, a five-zhang high mountain crevice, narrow and hidden, the bottom is slightly wider, and it can barely allow one person to pass, take a look inside, the black hand does not see the five fingers, this place is discovered by chance, as long as he has an awkward trouble with the unreliable master, he is hiding here, No one can find it.

Standing at the entrance of the cave and hesitating for a moment, looking east and west, he didn't know what he was cautious about, and confirmed that there was no one around, so he coughed a few times, as if he was deliberately coughing to someone, to let the other party know that he was coming.

After a while, a man's voice came from the cave: "Is it Brother Xiaofei?" ”

Ji Xiaofei hurriedly covered his mouth with his hand and whispered into the cave: "It's me, I'm back with medicine." ”

"Don't stand outside, come in." The people in the cave hurriedly called, Ji Xiaofei rushed in like a monkey, the outside of the cave looked small, but there was a cave inside, so wide that there were seven or eight people lying on the ground, and they didn't feel crowded, and the faint light of the oil lamp reflected everyone's faces.

"The medicine was bought?" The person who greeted him first, if Wang Ling saw it, he would be ecstatic, this person was the Zuo Yucheng that Wang Ling and they were looking for, and he was responsible for assisting in the escort of grain and grass together with Tang Xiaoyu that day, and he was also a missing person who was now listed in the street division, and there were Xie Sanjin and other people who served the city by his side, and everyone was excited when they heard that the medicine was bought.

Ji Xiaofei hurriedly took out the medicine bag in his arms, as soon as he took out this bag of medicine, he knew that he was well protected, it was raining outside, the mountains were humid and heavy, and the road was difficult to walk, and on the mulberry paper used to wrap the medicine, there was no trace of being wet, but Ji Xiaofei, half of his body was soaked, and there were clearly visible mud spots everywhere on his clothes.

Zuo Yucheng was moved, fortunately, this cave was Ji Xiaofei's secret stronghold, and he put a few clothes that belonged to him, and hurriedly asked someone to take them for him to change into, but Ji Xiaofei waved his hand again and again: "Don't worry, don't worry!" Brother Zuo, you still hurry up and boil the medicine and let Miss Tang drink it, I just hope that these things will make her get better soon. ”

Everyone looked behind them, and saw that there was a low wooden bed in the deepest part of the cave, on which lay a young girl, her eyes were closed, her face was pale, her small mouth was bloodless, and there were faint signs of dryness, and the big knife on her side was very terrifying, almost as high as the girl, and one person and one knife lay there silently, as if she would not wake up.

The group was fine when they came out, the brothers who used to talk and laugh together, but now there are only a few people left, if it weren't for Tang Xiaoyu sacrificing his life to fight for a way out at the moment of crisis, I'm afraid that even this little person would not be able to stay, fortunately I met Ji Xiaofei in this deep mountain and old forest, when I first met, the young man thought that he had met a mountain bandit, and wanted to escape directly down the mountain to inform the government, but when he saw the dying Tang Xiaoyu and the costumes of these people, he didn't feel like it, which mountain bandit can dress so neatly? So he had the courage to go up and ask, and when he asked, he knew that they were officials, on the way to the mission, they were attacked, and fled all the way to this, at first Ji Xiaofei didn't believe it, Zuo Yucheng showed him the waist card and the public card, Ji Xiaofei is a young man in a mountain village, how can he recognize the recognition card of the people who serve the city, but the big seal of the street division printed at the end of the public seal made him believe in the identity of these people for six or seven points, so that the boxy red mark has been seen in the village master before, but it is not a street division, but on the decree issued by the county Cheng.

Jingguo thirteen states, divided into five regions, in addition to the Jingzhao Mansion under the central government, there are also the Quartet Political Envoys, the highest consul is the political envoy, Liu Pingshan is the Northwest Provincial Political Envoy, the Quartet Political Envoy Division each governs three state capitals, the state-level administrative chief is the prefect, also called Zhizhou, and then the counties are the counties, which are exercised by the county Cheng, up and down, and the people's livelihood, and Wang Wensheng is in charge of military deployment, and there is no county-level setting below the county, but is divided into a number of villages, and the village is in charge of household registration, and the agriculture and mulberry are planted, procuratorial non-violation, urging and enslavement, etc.

The village of Changle Village is a good talker, and because of Wei Mingcheng, he also takes good care of Ji Xiaofei and Bai Yu, even if Ji Xiaofei occasionally goes to him to fight tooth sacrifices and read official documents, as long as he does not destroy it, he will not be driven out, and it is also because of this relationship that Ji Xiaofei learned that this boxy vermilion seal belongs to the official seal of the government, and different yamen may be slightly different, but it is probably not too different.

After learning about it, it was confirmed that these people were indeed official errands, and knowing that they had been attacked, Ji Xiaofei wanted to report it directly to the village master, but was stopped by Zuo Yucheng and Xie Sanjin, which made Ji Xiaofei very surprised, at that time, the two of them vaguely went over on the grounds that their companions were seriously injured and needed urgent treatment, and glanced at Tang Xiaoyu, who was obviously not lightly injured, and Ji Xiaofei didn't ask carefully, so he took them to his secret base.

It's been the third day that the servant has been hiding here, looking at Xie Laosan who was decocting medicine, Ji Xiaofei couldn't help frowning and asked, "Brother Zuo, there is one thing I'm curious about, I have been holding back for several days, and I haven't asked you." ”

"You are also our savior, if you have anything to ask, just ask, you don't have to be so restrained." When Zuo Yucheng spoke, his eyes always fell on Tang Xiaoyu's pale face.

"Then I'll ask." Ji Xiaofei paused, as if thinking about how to organize his language: "Hmm~ That is, why don't you let me report to the official?" Even buying medicine and giving food to me, I have to be cautious so as not to be discovered, since you are the servant of the city of the Street Division, with your current situation, shouldn't you contact your people first to ask for support? Why have you repeatedly reminded me these days not to let people know your whereabouts, because you are afraid that you will be punished by your superiors for not doing your errands? ”

This question bothered him for a long time, and once made him wonder if these people were really officials, if it weren't for the fact that after getting along for a few days, he found that they really didn't look like villains, Ji Xiaofei even considered secretly passing on the news to Master Muramasa.

As for his question, Zuo Yucheng was silent for a long time and did not answer.

Seeing that Brother Zuo didn't reply for a long time, Ji Xiaofei pursed his lips and didn't ask any more.

In fact, as early as that day, when the escort officer proposed to change to the waterway, Zuo Yucheng and Tang Xiaoyu had already noticed a trace of abnormality, and they also argued with reason, but the servant only had the responsibility of assisting in the escort, and had no actual right to speak.

Until that night, the boat was moored on the river, just under anchor, on the river bank killed a group of unknown thieves, all of them are masters, they took small boats, the speed was extremely fast, almost did not wait for the five big ships to close the anchor, they had already climbed up, the city servants and eight hundred soldiers rose up to resist, but they were defeated and retreated, especially the last man who walked against the wind, seeing him coming on the wind, everyone's hearts were cold, and they knew that the person was not something they could resist, Tang Xiaoyu was injured in his hands, seeing that the situation was critical, Tang Xiaoyu was seriously injured and unconscious, Zuo Yucheng had to take people to jump off the boat and dive into the water to escape.

He thought a lot along the way, and decided that there was a problem with the escort officer, and it must be in collusion with that group of people, and in Quhua County, there is such a group of masters hidden, if it is an ordinary person in the rivers and lakes, the local county government must be registered, and when he came, out of caution, Zuo Yucheng had already seen the roster of people in the rivers and lakes in Quhua, and none of them matched the number of those who intercepted and killed the grain team, and the most important point was that the most powerful person in the roster was just a seven-grade martial arts cultivator, and there was no record of the entry of the four-grade strong, so there were only two possibilities, The first is that these people sneaked into the territory of Quhua and were not discovered by the government, and the second is that someone has done a cover for them, and those who can do this must be the people who hold real power among the Quhua officials.

Among the two possibilities, Zuo Yucheng is more inclined to the latter, the imperial court does not say that it has complete control over the rivers and lakes, but it also keeps an eye on it all the time, just to prevent these people from committing trouble, if it is a four-grade master, and wants to quietly hide from the eyes and ears of the government, it can still be said, but there are obviously hundreds of people that day, such a scale, it is impossible not to be discovered, then it is very likely that someone is secretly helping, Qu Hua is just a small county, but there are more than 1,000 large and small officials, and the identity of that person, Although Zuo Yucheng can't be sure who it is, he can circle a range, but I don't know how many of the officials in this county are the other party's people, when he escaped that day, the carrier pigeon he carried was left on the boat, and he couldn't get in touch with Qingzhou directly, if he reported to the official, it was possible that he was not waiting for reinforcements, but the enemy who rushed to hear the news, out of caution, he didn't let Ji Xiaofei notify the local government, especially now that Tang Xiaoyu's situation is very bad, Zuo Yucheng didn't dare to take this risk, in his opinion, his life was not to be regretted, But Tang Xiaoyu must not have any mistakes, as long as she waits for her injuries to improve, they will find an opportunity to secretly return to Qingzhou, at that time, even if the war in the north is unfavorable because of the robbery of grain and grass, it has nothing to do with him.

At this time, the medicine had already been fried, Xie Sanjin picked up the bowl on the ground, there was still a gap in the side of the bowl, and carefully poured the medicinal soup into the bowl.

"I'll come", Zuo Yucheng said and snatched the medicine bowl away, came to Tang Xiaoyu's bedside, and first poured a small sip against her mouth, because Tang Xiaoyu couldn't swallow it on her own now, Zuo Yucheng used the hand on her back to help her go down the medicine soup.

Everyone gathered around, a look of concern on their faces, as if they were expecting something.

Only Xie Sanjin looked at the entrance of the cave helplessly, listened to the sound of the rain, and sighed in his heart, there has been no carrier pigeon to return to Qingzhou for many days, so Zun must have noticed that something happened to us, and I don't know who will be sent to find our whereabouts, and Wang Ling's kid, he offended the Hou Shizi of Dongchuan, and now he is probably still hiding outside to avoid trouble, I hope he is fine······

"Ahh In a secret bush, there was a soft noise.

Immediately afterwards, a different voice asked: "My lord, isn't it deep and cold in the forest, and it's raining, let's find a place to take shelter, don't catch a cold." ”

"Doesn't make sense...... How can I say that I am also a seven-rank martial artist, how can I catch a cold? Someone must be missing me! After a while, he added, "But you're right, it's true that I'm looking for a place to shelter from the rain, and I can't stand it." He was referring to the feeling of the clothes being wet and clung to the body.

Another voice came, this time a somewhat heroic-sounding female voice: "There seems to be a cave ahead, let's go there and avoid it first." ”

"Yo, it's really, Sister Liyue's eyesight is really good, the entrance of the cave is blocked by weeds, you can see it, there is finally a place to stay, let's go over and rest first, and then go north to meet Zhao Zongqi."

These three people are Wang Ling and Qingfeng Liyue couple, Liyue's lonely body barrier is good at night, and it is not suitable for waterway during the day, although the people on the shore can't see them, and they can't see the boat, but if they observe carefully, they can see the ripples on the water, just in case, before the sky lights up before the fish belly is white, the three of them went ashore early, but in this way, with the injuries of the three people, the speed of travel has to be much slower, and it is raining again, if it is usual, Wang Ling can not say that it is quite happy, After all, he likes to listen to the rain a lot, but now not only is he not that interested, but because of the rain, his feet are light and heavy and his feet are full of mud, and he is a little irritable.