During the day, Li Ke told the shopkeeper to take care of the horses and went out hand in hand.

The two wandered around the town, got to know the customs and people of the town, and found that some people in the town were afraid of the female bandits on the Zhuohua Mountain, and some people were grateful to them. I am afraid because it is rumored that this group of female bandits is fierce and vicious, and often comes to the town to harass, and I am grateful because in the past few years, because of the existence of these female bandits, there are fewer things to do evil in the town, and the town is a lot more peaceful.

After Li Ke and Shi Wei got to know each other preliminarily, both of them thought that there must be other hidden secrets in this matter, and the two analyzed as they walked, but basically concluded that this female bandit was not a vicious person, and the specific truth had to go up the mountain to know.

At noon, the two did not return to the inn, but ate in a teahouse called Kemanlou. The two of them sat by the window on the second floor, looking at the scene of the town and singing to the wine.

On the stage downstairs, the storyteller was telling the clip of the female bandit in Zhuohua, and although everyone in the audience knew about it for a long time, they never got tired of listening to it, and applauded from time to time. There are praises and disapprovals in this commentary, and it is impossible to distinguish between fiction and reality, but after all, it has been fabricated by the storyteller, and it has no reference value. The two of them only cared about drinking and poetry, and did not listen carefully at all.

The two talked and laughed, and joked about what it was like to be the husband of the female bandit, until they were full of wine and food, and then slowly walked back to the inn, waiting for the female bandit to rob people.

After a few hours of dark, the two of them drank a pot of tea at the inn and felt that they had nothing to do. Li Ke proposed that the two go to the backyard to learn martial arts, and Shi Wei readily agreed, and the two took their swords and walked straight to the backyard.

To be honest, Li Ke was very curious about the man in front of him, who was obviously a world-famous genius back then, but now he is hidden in the world and wandering around. Curious, the two have gone to the backyard.

After the two saluted each other, they began to draw their swords and fight. Li Ke took the lead in getting up and leaving, only to see that the back foot kicked the ground and his body was like an arrow off the string, and the long sword went straight to Shi Wei's throat, the speed was so fast that Shi Wei was surprised, but it was also within the controllable range.

Shi Wei raised the sword to block, and then the hand holding the sword let go of the long sword, only to see the long sword rotate in front of Li Ke's sword body, while the sword was spinning, Shi Wei also used his hind foot to exert force, and went straight to Li Ke's door, saying that it was too late and that was fast, Shi Zhi's sword hand stretched back, and it was accurately held on the hilt of the sword, and the sword was held in his backhand, and he was about to slash through Li Ke's neck, Li Ke hurriedly collected the sword, jumped backwards, and avoided Shi Wei's sword.

At this point, the temptation between the two ended. The two looked at each other and began to get serious. The two of them fought in the backyard to be evenly divided, and their swordsmanship was mainly elegant, but they both had a fierce meaning in the elegant, and it was difficult to distinguish for a while. At this time, the shopkeeper walked into the backyard with a plate and a teapot, the two of them brandished their long swords and were about to use the sword qi to collide, seeing the shopkeeper step forward, they hurriedly collected the sword, but the overflowing sword qi still smashed the plate in front of the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper was frightened, standing in place, unable to move, and his legs had already shaken into springs.

Seeing this, the two laughed, and Shi Wei said: "Brother Li Ke, let's stop here today, you and I are indistinguishable for a while, and if we continue to fight, we may delay tonight's plan." ”

Li Ke also agreed, and went up to pat the shopkeeper's shoulder. The little two came back to his senses and said in shock: "The two heroes are fighting, don't damage the objects in the courtyard, let alone hurt the little ones." ”

Li Ke and Shi Wei looked at Xiao Er's expression, laughed again, and said in unison: "Don't fight, don't fight." So he went upstairs to his room.

In the middle of this discussion, the time quickly came to the evening, and the two went back to their rooms after eating and drinking at the inn, and never went out again.

Sure enough, the sky will be dark, there will be no more pedestrians on the street, the shops and houses on the side of the road are closed, the black lights of every house are blind, and the noisy and lively town during the day suddenly quiets down, this quiet, makes people panic.

However, Li Ke and Shi Wei knew that it was still early, and the female bandit would not come yet, so the two sat quietly in the room like this, pretending to be no different from others.

After a long time, Shi Wei suddenly said: "It's almost, they should have come at this time last night, I heard a noise outside in my sleep, but I was sleepy and didn't want to pay attention to it at that time." ”

Li Ke hurriedly nodded, "That's right, the hour is almost up, and now it's the dead of night, maybe it will appear soon." ”

As soon as Li Ke's words fell, he heard a brisk sound of horses' hooves coming from a distance. The two looked into the window and saw that it was the female bandit attacking.

The two smiled heartily, and when they walked to the front of the inn, Li Ke suddenly turned on the lights, and laughed loudly with Shi Wei, talking about the female bandit robbing her husband.

The female bandit outside the door was furious when she heard the conversation and laughter upstairs.

The leader Liu Lianhua glanced at her subordinates, and the two female bandits behind her understood, took off the eagle claw hook from behind, held the rope in one hand, and threw the hook straight to the window of the lit room with the other.

At this time, Su Yumei, who was beside Liu Lianhua, said angrily: "Who is making a lot of nonsense upstairs and making fun of our three sisters, I'm afraid I don't want to live anymore." ”

Li Ke and Shi Wei heard the sound, walked to the window, and saw the nine people and nine horsemen downstairs who were violent, and suddenly pretended to be timid and afraid, cowering by the windowsill, trembling all over.

The third Xiao Hongying looked at the two upstairs, they looked quite delicate, and a smile appeared between his eyebrows, so he said: "Since you two are talking and laughing with me, why don't you wait with me to go up the mountain to be a husband tonight." After speaking, the three sisters glanced at each other.

Shi Wei looked at the three of them, and said tremblingly: "The three heroines must not be taken seriously, I and my brother will drink a few more glasses, and the wine will be nonsense, and I hope that the three of them will spare me and wait." ”

When the eldest Liu Lianhua heard this, "Jokes, making fun of my sisters, I don't know whether I live or die, and I want to spare you two, if it is spread out, how will our sisters make a living here in the future, it is absolutely impossible." ”

The second Su Yumei is an anxious child, "Eldest sister, third sister, don't say anything to them again, just tie them up." "Let's do it.

The eldest Liu Lianhua stopped Su Yumei, raised her eyes and said to Li and Shi: "You see whether you come down by yourself or we go up, there is nothing to do when you come down by yourself, if we go up to this inn, we will suffer, my second sister is not very good-tempered." ”

The two looked at Su Yumei's appearance, and said stupidly: "We came down by ourselves, we are all literati, and we can't bear to let everyone in the inn suffer." In fact, both of them are strong in martial arts, and they are pretending to be stunned at the moment, obviously jumping down from the window, but they chose to walk down from the inn, and after a while, they opened the door of the inn and walked out.

After the three of them saw Li Ke and Shi Wei come out, they looked at their weak appearance, they didn't tie up their hands, but only tied their hands, and let them follow Yu Ma, the most heartbreaking thing is that this group of crazy women pulled the two of them around the street like this, and shouted loudly: "I found two husbands tonight, and I hope you will bless you." ”

The shopkeeper who was hiding in the corner of the inn saw everything clearly, and wondered in his heart, the two sons were obviously superb in martial arts, but they really didn't understand why they were like this. However, Li Ke and Shi Wei really remembered what they told him in the evening, and they kept muttering, "Obviously they have all been arrested, why do you have to explain to help them take care of the horses?" "But Xiao Er didn't dare to be careless, after all, he was arrested by the female bandit, in case the female bandit could see the two of them, he would be terrible when he returned one day.

After the toss, the two were dragged out of the city to go back to Zhuohua Mountain.

Out of the city, about two or three miles to the north to Zhuohua Mountain, its mountain is deep, the front of the mountain is open and stretched, the mountain is steep, the waist is divided into two orders, the bandit village of Zhuohua Mountain is on the middle of the ladder, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

There is only one road up the mountain, only enough for one person and one horse to travel, and the group of people follows one by one to go up the mountain, only to see that both sides are feldspar forests that cannot be climbed, which can be described as a natural danger. After a while, we arrived at the mountainside bandit village, which is said to be a bandit village, but rather a secluded place isolated from the world, where peach trees are planted all around, and a clear spring flows down from the mountain, and the spring has a unique flavor.

After the two were taken up the mountain, they were pushed by a group of people towards the tallest and largest house in the middle, and when they looked in front of the house, they saw a plaque on the top of the door, which seemed to say 'Nuyingtang', which was actually a place where the female bandits met and discussed on weekdays.

When I entered the hall, I saw the three bandit leaders sitting in front of the hall, looking domineering. Seeing the two of them here, the three women took a closer look, and under the bright lights, they felt that the two men in front of them looked dignified, and they couldn't help but feel a trace of love in their hearts.

Shi Wei saw that the three daughters had not spoken for a long time, so he opened his mouth first: "Three women, this also brought the two of us here, it doesn't really mean that you want us to be husbands." ”

The third daughter laughed after hearing this, and Liu Lianhua said: "Speaking of robbing the husband, is there still a fake?" What is your surname, where is your home, and who is in your family, hurry up and tell them together, and there will be a worship in the church later. ”

Li Ke hurriedly said: "In Xia Li Ke, from Jinyang, this is Shi Wei, a wandering literati on the rivers and lakes. After the confession, he also said that he would let the third daughter let go of herself and Shi Wei.

Shi Wei continued: "Thinking that the three heroines are here, shouldn't it be the original intention, is there any hidden secret?" ”

It's okay not to say it, but after saying it, Liu Lianhua was furious, "What do you say, we are willing to be bandits, in this mountain to eat and drink, and be free, if you talk nonsense again, don't blame me for being ruthless." ”

Seeing Liu Lianhua behaving like this, the two of them already had some answers in their hearts, and most of them had other feelings about this matter. Just as the two were about to continue to ask, the second Su Yumei seemed to be coquettish and said to Liu Lianhua: "Oh, eldest sister, what is there to know, let's get married quickly." ”

Liu Lianhua looked at Su Yumei and Xiao Hongying, and said, "Okay, good, but there are only two of them, which is not enough for our three sisters." ”

Xiao Hongying, who had been silent, suddenly said at this time: "It's okay, the eldest sister is our sister, naturally the eldest sister chooses first, and the eldest sister chooses the rest of me and the second sister, we are sisters, and we don't care about the two daughters working together, right, Sister Yumei?" ”

Su Yumei also said: "That's right, eldest sister, you choose first, and I can be married to my colleagues in Hongying." ”

Liu Lianhua looked at the two sisters and said with a little embarrassment: "Okay, since that's the case, then the eldest sister I'll do it first, just him." Liu Lianhua pointed at Li Ke and said.

Seeing this, Li Ke turned his head and whispered to Shi Wei: "Brother Shi Wei is really a blessing, there will be two ladies at once." ”

Shi Wei looked embarrassed, with his small body, he couldn't withstand such a toss.

Seeing that the three girls had made up their minds, she signaled to her subordinates to open up. The three girls also walked down the hall and walked around the two of them to take a closer look, and the more they looked, the more happy they became. The two of them were looked at like this, and they felt a little empty in their hearts, so they looked at each other, decided not to disguise anymore, and broke the rope that bound their hands, Li Ke said: "Three, this family matter, I think it's better to forget it." ”

Seeing the two of them break free of the rope, the three women quickly retreated, and put on a posture of fighting around the two, which was about to explode.

Shi Wei waved his hand and said: "The three of you don't need to panic, the two of us have come here just to find out the facts, I heard what the people in the town said, you are probably not extremely vicious, and there should be other feelings among them, so at this point, I hope to take care of it." ”

The third girl didn't listen to it at this time, she only thought that the two people in front of her had ill intentions and were not good people, so they stepped forward and started fighting.

After a fist and foot kung fu fight, the three girls were still a little unable to parry, so they took advantage of the gap to take down their respective weapons from the hall, to fight with weapons, only to see that the three girls are all making knives, but the knife is not like the knife on the general rivers and lakes, it should be an ordinary knife is too heavy, it is inconvenient to use and not neat, this has been transformed into this, this knife is much narrower than the ordinary one, the blade is also a little thinner, and the handle is a little longer, which looks really easy to use.

As he spoke, he slashed at Li and sometimes slashed. Seeing this, the two of them competed with the three women empty-handed, but they didn't expect the three women to have a knife in their hands, and their combat power was more than twice as strong as before. Seeing that the time was almost up, the two really exerted their strength, grabbed the blade of the three women in a few rounds, and used the blade to push the three women's necks.

When the three girls saw that they had been captured, their hearts were like ashes, and they were about to fall forward and wipe their necks, and the two of them were also taken aback when they saw this, and hurriedly put away the knife and threw it on the ground.

The three women looked at the two of them in puzzlement. Li Ke said: "Three, don't be anxious, the two of us are here today as Brother Wei said just now, and we have no other intentions, just to clarify the facts and solve the worries of the residents of the town." ”

Liu Lianhua saw that Li Keshiwei had lost the knife in his hand, and her attitude was sincere, and she nodded towards Su and Xiao. So he said, "In that case, we will not hide it from each other anymore, so let's sit down and talk." With that, the three girls walked back to the stage and sat down, and Li Ke and the others also sat down on the side.

After some conversation, the truth emerged. It turns out that these three girls are all girls from good families, all of them ran away from home because of the unfair treatment, and they met here by chance. And the other women under his command are all women from good families who have suffered from forced marriages in the surrounding towns and villages, and they are unwilling to leave after being rescued by my sisters, and they have also taught them some martial arts.

As for going to the town every day or two to harass, it is because there are everyone in this world, and in order not to want outsiders to come here to find trouble, they made this decision, and after the attack, the people outside will be afraid, and no one will come here to find trouble. Although the government came to conquer it later, but the strength of the government soldiers couldn't help me, and later, the people outside spread the word, and no one dared to come here to find trouble. Another important reason to attack and harass is to take the opportunity to obtain some materials under the mountain, after all, there are still dozens of people on this mountain, and the cost is not small.

The gangster we kidnapped three years ago was because after coming here, he fainted after some fright, and woke up delirious, so we put him back, which can better deter people outside, in fact, we are all weak women, if it weren't for the difficulty of the world to protect ourselves, we would not be willing to do so. Over the years, although the notoriety of robbing husbands has been extinct, our sisters on the mountain are still guarded like jade, and they have never been humiliated, nor have they cleaned up any good people.

After listening to this, Li Ke and Shi Wei's hearts sank, it turned out that they had such a secret feeling, and they actually felt a sense of pity for the women in front of them, but what spontaneously arose was more admiration.

"That's the case, it's really not easy for the three heroines, but it's not a way after all, not to mention being known by people outside, you have to consider that so many good girls are here, it's hard to become a biological child for a lifetime, it's not a lifetime of delay." Li Ke said.

Su Yumei replied at this time, "We also thought about it, and later set the rules, all girls who have reached the age of eighteen can go down the mountain to live a good life, and we will also distribute some money to let them live without worry, and find a good family to have children as soon as possible." Over the years, some people have left, but more people are still reluctant to leave and have made this place their home. ”

"I see, it's really difficult for a few people over the years, and I apologize to all the women for today's recklessness." After speaking, Vera pulled Li Ke and apologized to the three girls on the stage.

Seeing that the two of them were sincere and had no malice, the three women actually had a little more affection for the two men in front of them. Liu Lianhua could see the thoughts of Su Xiao and the others, so she motioned for the two to take off their robes and face towels, and she did the same.

After the three girls are removed, the three clear and lovely faces will be revealed, and it is difficult to associate them with the fierce female bandits. Seeing that Li Ke and Shi Wei were stunned for a while.

Liu Lianhua changed her previous strong style, coupled with her beautiful face, she was also full of the breath of a little woman at the moment, and said shyly: "My sister saw that the two sons were excellent in martial arts and polite, if they didn't dislike it, how about really being my husband in Zhuohua Mountain?" ”

This statement shocked Li Ke and the others for a while. Could it be that they really want to have a daughter-in-law here, and the two of them suddenly had a lot of thoughts in their hearts.

Liu Lianhua saw that the two were in trouble, and said: "We know that it is indeed abrupt for a while, but my sister and third sister are also innocent, and they have just been convinced by the two sons. Let's ask the two sons to think about it carefully, and fulfill the wish of my three sisters. ”

"This ...... Such a decision is indeed a good decision for you, but I hope that the three women will allow me to consider this marriage matter. Shi Wei was speechless for a while.

Xiao Hongying looked at Shi Wei with a shy cheek, "Childe is right, then stay here for a few days, how about getting along and thinking about it?" ”

Hearing this, Li Ke looked at Shi Wei and looked at it, and seemed to have an idea in his heart. "Okay, that's fine, then I'll stay for three or two days before making a decision."

The next day, Li Ke quietly found Liu Lianhua, explained to Liu Lianhua everything he had encountered before, and showed Liu Lianhua that he was not here, and also explained Shi Wei's situation, claiming that he would persuade Shi Wei to stay, and he should have a home after wandering for many years, if he could, the three sisters would marry Shi Wei.

But Liu Lianhua's attitude was clear, and she showed her heart to Li Ke, "My Liu Lianhua is interested in you, not Shi Wei, if you want to leave, I will let you go, but if I want to find another husband, it is absolutely impossible, if the son does not give up, I am willing to wait here for the son to return one day, and then continue this relationship." ”

Li Ke saw that Liu Lianhua's attitude was resolute and sincere, so he couldn't say more, and then looked at Liu Lianhua's face, which seemed to be much more delicate than last night, her cheeks were slightly red, and she looked really cute, but she recalled her ambition and was helplessly silent.

When Li Ke returned to Shi Wei's residence, he saw Su Yumei and Xiao Hongying surrounding Shi Wei, holding all kinds of food in their hands and about to feed them to Shi Wei's mouth, Shi Wei was really embarrassed, but he always had a smile on his face. Li Ke thought that Brother Shi Wei had been wandering all over the world all these years and had no fixed residence, he must have not tasted such a taste for a long time, and if this matter was successful, it would be fortunate.

In the next two days, Li Ke persuaded Shi Wei when he was free, and Shi Wei also listened to a lot, plus Su and Xiao were soft and hard, Shi Wei and they didn't get along as awkward as at the beginning, and they were familiar with a lot, and finally Shi Wei agreed to stay here and no longer drift.

In the evening, the cottage was full of information about the marriage in the church, and everyone was elated, but Liu Lianhua was sullen. Li Ke understood the reason, so he asked Liu Lianhua to walk to the edge of the cliff on the outskirts of the cottage.

Standing on the edge of the cliff, Li Ke pointed to the sky and mountains in the distance, and said, "Miss Liu, I, Li Kezhi, will live up to the girl's kindness in this vast world." After that, he looked at the depressed Liu Lianhua in front of him.

Liu Lianhua thought for a moment, and without hesitation, she plunged into Li Ke's arms, but Li Ke didn't push it away immediately, but patted her lightly on the shoulder. Liu Lianhua said at this time: "Lianhua knows that Gongzi has high ambitions and does not want to drag Gongzi down, but Lianhua's heart and this love are placed on Gongzi. ”

Li Ke looked at the beautiful woman in his arms, his heart was painful, and then he looked into the distance, and his eyes were like torches.

After a while, someone called the two back, saying that the time for worship was approaching. The two returned to the Nuying Hall, and the hall was full of lights, red silk drapes, dragon and phoenix candles, and red happy words were really festive. The two looked at each other, and the emotions in their eyes both understood, but they didn't say anything more.

In a burst of joy, Shi Wei finally married Su Yumei and Xiao Hongying, and entered the cave room surrounded by a group of girls of all ages. And Li Ke and Liu Lianhua drank until late at night, the wine became more and more spicy, the sky will be clear, Liu Lianhua fell drunk in the hall, Li Ke found a thin quilt and lightly covered it, and then found a pen and paper from the side, left two letters and quietly left Zhuohua Mountain.

This letter is addressed to Shi Wei, which can be regarded as a farewell message; One letter is for Liu Lianhua, with only a short number:

The traveler is not ruthless in a hurry, and the wood and stone all know the heart.

I only hope that he will be on the clouds, and he will live up to the peach blossoms and live up to the Qing.