01 A weird money-hungry old man
It was an old house, there was a square empty garden behind the door, and there were four rooms not far in front, Chengfeng saw the small room by the right wall, so he hid in Jielan.
When I opened the door, I saw a firewood room, where bundles of firewood were piled up, filling the whole room. Chengfeng pushed Jielan and Qixue behind Chengshan's firewood, and then used other firewood to block her two figures, and instructed: "If you don't want to die, it's better not to make a sound." He hid behind a pile of firewood on the left, and the place where he was hiding was close to a small window, and Chengfeng leaned close to the window to watch the situation outside.
Bursts of striking iron were heard. Looking out of the window, you can see a fire in the room not far ahead.
It must be a blacksmith's shop!
After a long time, there was no movement, and when Chengfeng was about to come out, he heard hurried footsteps, and then the door was rudely pushed open, and a rough voice shouted: "Old man, go away, there is a demon here, we want to search." ”
"I don't have any demons here, let's go!" Although he couldn't see the old man's appearance, his low and hoarse voice showed his old age.
"There's no room for you, and we're looking out for your safety."
The next sound is the sound of turning over the wardrobe and ironware, I guess I was looking around! The three of them hung their hearts tightly.
The four men entered from one room and went out from another, and gradually approached the firewood room.
Looking at the disappointed and resentful few people standing in the courtyard, obviously without gain, they turned their eyes to the last dilapidated house.
"Give me a thorough search!" The three soldiers answered and ran towards the firewood house, but when they reached the halfway point, they were stopped by the old blacksmith: "This is just a firewood house, where are there any demons, and you still call my old man to do business?" ”
"This is a powerful and abnormal demon, old man, our general is for the sake of the safety of the people in the city, if you talk too much, I will cure you for the great crime of harboring demons." The leader of the staff raised his toes and shouted the order, and the three soldiers under him rudely pushed the door open.
What greeted them was a mountain of firewood, and where could they see the shadow of the demon.
"I'll just say that there are no demons, you guys go quickly, don't disturb my sword-forging skills." The old man was neither humble nor arrogant, but his rickety body looked majestic and fearful.
But the staff leader still just smiled disdainfully: "You don't want us to go in so much, maybe there's something really boring here." Ignoring the blacksmith's inducements, he drew his sword and plunged into the wood.
All you could hear was the dull sound of a sword piercing through the wood, and that was where Jielan and Qixue were hiding.
The tip of the sword passed through the sleeve of Jielan's coat, and only a millimeter missed her shoulder blade, and she suppressed her anger and fright, and endured the great pain caused by the severe injuries on her body, although she resented these people, but she had to do so in order to survive.
The staff drew his sword and said triumphantly to his three men, "It's like this." ”
"Yes!"
The sword kept piercing into the wood, making a screeching sound, and Jielan was in her heart, she knew that it had slowly stabbed at her side.
The wound in her heart has not healed, the blood flows down, almost wetting her entire clothes, Jielan only feels dizzy in front of her, and her vision is blurred, she knows that she can't support it for long, if she takes another sword, even if it is a light sword, even if she has some spiritual power, she will not be able to survive.
Qi Xue held Jielan with her left hand and twisted her hand with her right hand, as long as the three of them found them, she decided to subdue them with her last spiritual power, even if it would cost her life.
The blade of the sword was only a stone's throw away from Jielan, and when Qi Xue was ready to summon the spiritual power, he heard the crisp sound of firewood scattered by the window, and everyone's eyes turned to this direction, and in a blink of an eye, he saw a white shadow flash in front of the window, knocking down the leader standing by the door, and fleeing towards the other end of the courtyard.
The leader stood up in embarrassment, his face full of anger, and shouted, "Don't chase it yet." Three of his soldiers hurriedly chased after him, and the chief of staff followed suit.
Qi Xue's hanging heart finally fell, and Jielan watched everyone leave, and she couldn't support it anymore, so she softened and fell into Qi Xue's arms. Qi Xue looked at her pale face, how could she not feel distressed, she was anxiously waiting for the old blacksmith to leave the wood house quickly, but he didn't seem to have the slightest intention of leaving, but walked towards the place where Qi Xue was hiding.
Qi Xue didn't know what he meant, but when he saw him raise his hands to move the firewood blocking the two of them, he still couldn't help but be nervous and panicked, Qi Xue wanted to use spiritual power to force him back and scare him away, but although the old man looked old and sick, but his skills were extremely flexible, and before Qi Xue could reflect, the firewood in front of her was taken down and moved, and he was exposed to his eyes naked.
"If you dare to mess around, I will take your life immediately." With a white mist in her hands, she pointed straight at the blacksmith's throat, and she would strike at him as soon as he spoke.
"I don't know what to do, girl, if I wanted to hand you over, I would have told those shits, hmph, are you going to continue to threaten me like this?" The blacksmith's rickety body looked very short, but it could not hide his majesty and arrogance in the slightest.
Qi Xue was surprised for a while, the person in front of him must not be simple, otherwise how could he have such courage and skill.
"You... Why save us. Qi Xue's face was full of doubts.
The old blacksmith turned his back to Qi Xue and the two, fiddling with his fingers to count, and after calculating for a while, he clapped his hands and said, "A total of five taels of silver, bring it!" He stretched out his hand to Qi Xue, who was stunned in the area, as if he took it for granted.
"Excuse me... What is this money? Sakiyuki couldn't believe what he was hearing.
The old man of the blacksmith squeezed his brows, looking very bored, he cleared his throat: "The three of you who hid in my firewood house are counted as three taels, and I came forward to stop those officers and soldiers from counting one tael, and I found that you didn't report it and counted one tael, a total of five taels, I am not asking for a price." ”
Qi Xue didn't know whether she was angry or speechless, she felt that after coming to this Chiyan City, she was entangled with the so-called money word, and what made her even more angry was that the seemingly majestic and righteous person in front of her would actually take the opportunity to blackmail.
It's called humans!
"Nope!" Qi Xue replied with a nail in the ground.
"Really? That's not going to be easy. The old blacksmith came out of the wood house, coughed a few times, and then cried out to the void. Qi Xue didn't expect the old man to turn his face when he said that he would turn his face, she hurriedly reached out and grabbed him by the neck, but she didn't expect to be caught by the old man's hand halfway through and couldn't move.
"You actually want to attack me from behind, this is even more difficult to do, it seems that you still have to be sent to the government." He closed his eyes and thought for a moment: "However, if you add three more taels, I can think about it again." ”
Although Qi Xue has always been clever and cheerful, how can she not be angry when she encounters such a ridiculous thing in this critical situation, and when she wants to resist again, she is held by a winter snow that has lost its temperature and is cold.
"Give it to him, in my arms." Jielan gradually woke up, and her weak body could no longer support her body.