Chapter 15: "Stealing" Chickens and Little "Thieves"
Ye Ying shuttled through the mountain road as fast as he could, and he was relieved until he could no longer see the cave.
Because he was worried that the bandits would wake up, Ye Ying didn't dare to stay in the mountains for more, he chose a remote road and ran down the mountain quickly.
Ye Ying grew up here since he was a child, and he was very familiar with the terrain in the mountains, and it took him less than two hours to reach the edge of the mountains, and it was only half an hour away from the small mountain village where he lived.
But at this moment, Ye Ying heard some sounds, as if it was the sound of someone talking. Could it be that the bandits are catching up? He was startled and quickly found a hidden bush and hid.
The voice was getting closer and closer, and now Ye Ying had heard it very clearly, it was indeed someone talking, and he could even hear their footsteps clearly. Judging from the sound of footsteps, there are quite a few of these people, at least thirty or fifty people.
In order to avoid being discovered by these people, Ye Ying hurriedly adjusted his breath, and his body remained motionless, not allowing himself to make a sound.
These people were already very close to Ye Ying, and what they said could be heard clearly, and one of the voices, Ye Ying felt a little familiar, he felt as if he had heard it somewhere?
Through the gap in the bushes, Ye Ying finally saw the figure coming clearly, and his mood suddenly improved.
It turned out that the group of people who appeared not far from him were all wearing the armor of Daning soldiers, and it seemed that they were officers and soldiers who had been ordered to search the mountain. Taking a closer look, Ye Ying was completely relieved, because he happened to know the leading general, who was Liu Chuan, the commander of the cavalry battalion who came to the county with Chen Zhi that day.
Next to Liu Chuan, Ye Ying also saw two acquaintances, they were both villagers from his mountain village, and it seemed that they were invited by Liu Chuan to be guides.
At this time, Liu Chuan was obviously not in a very good mood, he personally led his subordinates to search in the mountains for a few days, and he was tired, but he didn't find a single bandit who slipped through the net.
In the bushes in front of him, a figure suddenly appeared, which startled Liu Chuan, and when he saw the figure clearly, he laughed again, because it was Ye Ying who came out.
"It's you kid, why did you hide in the grass?" Ye Ying's behavior that day left a good impression on Liu Chuan, so when he saw Ye Ying, he suddenly became happy.
"It turned out to be Lord Liu, it's great to meet you, it seems that none of these bandits can escape." Even though Ye Ying's personality is very calm, there is also some excitement at this time.
Next, Ye Ying hurriedly told Liu Chuan about the situation he had encountered the bandits, the current situation of the bandits, and their location.
Ye Ying has not returned from home for a day, the masters will definitely worry about themselves, and with a guide following Liu Chuan, they will be able to find the location of the bandits. So Ye Ying didn't act with Liu Chuan, but went to the courtyard where he lived.
"Why did you come back at this time?" When Ye Ying returned to the small courtyard, there was only the second master at home, and after seeing Ye Ying, he just asked lightly. Ye Ying, who knew the second master, could still hear the concern in his flat tone.
The second master is not smiling on weekdays, and he is the most feared one of Ye Ying, and when he asked, Ye Ying told the second master about the experience of the past two days.
In the process of talking, Ye Ying learned that he had not returned for two days, and the sixth and ninth masters had actually gone to the mountains to look for him.
The behavior of several masters moved Ye Ying very much, but at the same time, the doubts in his heart became deeper and deeper. After two years of getting along, he didn't even know the names of the three masters, and in the battle with the bandits a few days ago, he deeply felt the extraordinary skills of several masters.
But such a master is willing to stay in a remote mountain village and carefully teach himself such an orphan.
When he was young, he suffered a lot, which made Ye Ying's personality very calm. He didn't have to chase after a few masters to ask for clarification like ordinary children, but as he grew older, he felt more and more clearly that this matter was not simple.
In the afternoon, the sixth master and the ninth master came back one after another, and their personalities were much more exposed than those of the second master.
"You kid, I told you to go to the mountains to collect medicine, but where did you go wild, so that Lao Tzu was blamed by these two guys." The sixth master held Ye Ying's face and rubbed it twice.
The Ninth Master didn't speak, and directly took Ye Ying's thin body in his arms, and his eyes were actually a little moist.
Under the questioning of the two masters, Ye Ying had to tell the two of them about his experience in the past two days.
The sixth master said the most, and asked carefully about some details, and the other two didn't say anything, but they also listened carefully.
"These Northern Barbarian dog thieves, who have been honest for more than ten years, seem to be about to start making waves again." After asking, the sixth master said indignantly, and the three of them fell into silence at the same time.
From the expressions of the three masters, it is not difficult for Ye Ying to see that these three relatives who have been with him for more than two years have an unforgettable hatred for the Northern Barbarians.
On the hillside behind Ye Ying's village, there is a small wooden house, and there is a fence around the outside of the wooden house, in which some vegetables are grown, and some chickens and ducks are raised.
The wooden house was built two years ago, and the owner of the wooden house is a fat aunt who claims to be surnamed Chu, and most of the people in the village call him Aunt Chu.
Aunt Chu suddenly appeared in the small village two years ago, claiming to have fled from other places. The villagers of the mountain village were very simple, and not only did not reprimand her for living behind the village, but also tried to give her some help, so that she could quickly settle down here.
Because she is an outsider, Aunt Chu has no friends in the village, and the place where he lives is a little far away from the village, and she is almost on the mountainside, so almost no villagers come to her house on weekdays.
However, in Aunt Chu's courtyard, there is a frequent visitor, and that is Ye Ying.
Ye Ying appeared outside Aunt Chu's small courtyard, and it was already the third day after he returned to the backing village. In the past three days, Ye Ying received good news, and Liu Chuan and others arrested Hu Tianxiong and others according to the position pointed out by Ye Ying.
For this reason, two officers and soldiers came to the small courtyard where Ye Ying lived and sent some things to Ye Ying, saying that it was a reward given to him by Chen Zhi.
When Ye Ying came to Aunt Chu's courtyard, he always had only one purpose, that is, to take away a chicken or duck in Aunt Chu's courtyard and hide in the mountains to have a tooth sacrifice. Why did she behave like this, because the sixth master told her that the chickens in this family are very special, and eating them can improve her kung fu.
Even the second master, who has always been strict, took a tacit attitude towards this matter, so that Ye Ying became a "thief" who stole chickens and ducks without any psychological burden. ”
There was still a long distance from Aunt Chu's courtyard, so Ye Ying stopped, climbed a big tree on the side of the road, hid in the canopy of the big tree, and looked at the scene in the small courtyard.
Aunt Chu's family has a lot of chickens and ducks, according to the sixth master who is proficient in medical skills, her chickens and ducks will feed many precious medicinal materials every day, so the meat of these chickens and ducks has become a treasure, which is a great supplement for martial artists who cultivate internal strength.
The sixth master told Ye Ying that the chickens and ducks here were of great help to Ye Ying, who was cultivating internal strength, and that with the encouragement of the sixth master, Ye Ying would come here if he had the opportunity to get one to try.
It's strange to say, since eating the chickens and ducks raised by Aunt Chu, the speed of internal force improvement is indeed much faster, and even the body is a lot stronger.
It's not good, Aunt Chu's chickens and ducks are not so easy to handle, don't look at her very obese, but her movements are not clumsy at all.
In the past two years, Ye Ying has "stolen chickens" here many times, and most of the time he will return empty-handed, and he will suffer a lot.
However, with the continuous growth of kung fu and rich experience, Ye Ying has succeeded more times than before.
The big tree where Ye Ying is located is in a very good position, hiding in the tree, Ye Ying can see the yard of Aunt Chu's house clearly.
In the middle of Aunt Chu's courtyard, there is a "hill" at this time, but this hill is not made of earth and stone, but a moving human-shaped mountain.
This moving mountain of people is Aunt Chu, the owner of the small courtyard, and at this time, she is dragging her bloated body. She fed chickens and ducks in the courtyard, but the food she fed to the chickens and ducks was not ordinary rice and wheat, but some medicinal herbs, mixed with some unknown insects.
Ye Ying hid in the big tree, quietly watching Aunt Chu's body walking around the courtyard, he was not in a hurry at all, and the behavior of "stealing chickens" many times made him understand the truth that if you want to hurry, you can't reach this truth.
Aunt Chu, who was feeding the chickens in the distance, suddenly raised her head and glanced at Ye Ying's location, which startled Ye Ying. But fortunately, Aunt Chu didn't seem to notice Ye Ying, and after she looked up, she began to pay attention to the chickens and ducks again.
After patiently waiting for a cup of tea, Aunt Chu's fat body finally walked into the wooden house, but Ye Ying was not in a hurry to get off the tree and start acting, because he had such an experience in the past, and he was caught.
Since entering the realm of a first-grade martial artist, Ye Ying's eyesight has improved greatly, although there are still dozens of meters apart, he can still see the scene in the courtyard clearly.
In the small courtyard surrounded by a wooden fence, the chickens and ducks who are full of belly are leisurely living their leisure life in the courtyard.
In the courtyard, a good-looking rooster is pacing in square steps, leisurely patrolling his territory. It is the king of this courtyard, and most of the hens in the courtyard are its "concubines".
Many hens walked up and down beside the rooster, and some of the hens walked up to the rooster and stretched their feathers, as if to show their husbands their beautiful faces, to attract his attention.
But this big rooster was indeed very proud, and ignored many of the "concubines" who approached him, and passed by them without squinting, so that these hens had to leave disappointed.
The well-fed rooster was obviously at its most energetic at this time, and after inspecting his territory, he was finally impressed by the "appearance" of a "concubine".
The rooster trotted all the way over, caught the hen not far from him, and soon rode on its back and began to make primitive movements.
The other hens not far away, who seemed to be a little disappointed, clucked and soon scattered to all corners of the yard.
There was a very good hen who walked slowly to the far corner of the yard, where it was leaning against the edge of the wooden fence, which happened to be the blind spot of the wooden house.
Looking at the hen that buried her head in the grass and looked for all kinds of small insects, Ye Ying knew that now was a good opportunity to do it herself.
The thin body quickly slipped down from the tree and swept towards the small courtyard as fast as it could.
Ye Ying was confident in his speed and skill, and could grab the hen by the neck from outside the fence as fast as he could before it had time to react, and drag the hen out of the fence before it could make any noise.
At this time, Ye Ying was only a few steps away from the hen at the corner of the fence, but the hen still hadn't found it, and was still looking carefully in the grass.
This situation made Ye Ying very happy in his heart, today's action was extremely smooth, and he could feast on it again later. You know, these chickens and ducks fed with special herbs taste exceptionally delicious.
The second master taught Ye Ying a set of body techniques, Ye Ying has been very proficient, almost in the blink of an eye, in the blink of an eye, he has appeared behind the hen, and his right hand grabbed the hen's neck like lightning......