Chapter 8 Cracking the Dugu Nine Swords
"Miss, you must be so glad to go home, the slave and maid will prepare the carriage to go. The Hu woman hurriedly walked outside happily, and shouted to Li Tian fiercely when she left, "You savage is still here to do something, come out of the villa with me!"
Li Tian was furious in his heart, and was about to raise his foot to teach the wicked woman a lesson, but saw that Miss Cheng seemed to have something to say, so she put up with it for the sake of saving her life.
Miss Cheng hurriedly said, "Mother Hu, let's do our own thing, I still have something to say to this son." ”
"This, please pay attention to the impact, after all, Kyoto is the kind of place that is the most taboo gossip. The Hu woman confessed repeatedly, and then reluctantly left.
Waiting for the figure of the bearded woman to disappear, Miss Cheng suddenly knelt down to Li Tian, and even the little girl Xiang'er knelt down as if she thought of something.
Li Tian asked in surprise, "What is Miss Cheng doing on her knees, if you have something to say, get up and say." ”
Miss Cheng raised her face but her eyes were already teary, and she cried with a sad and frightened look on her face, "The little woman knows that the Daoist son is by no means an ordinary person, and now I am worried about my life, and I forgot that you saw me and Xiang'er take care of us for three days to protect us and escape, if we really arrive in Kyoto, I am afraid that we will die without a place to be buried." ”
Li Tian saw Miss Cheng and Xiang'er crying with pear blossoms and rain, and said with some regret, "You better get up and talk, and explain things slowly and clearly first." ”
Miss Cheng finally stopped crying, and then she and Xiang'er stood up and slowly explained her situation, it turned out that she was indeed the daughter of the prime minister of the Great Xia Kingdom, but she was born to a concubine who was born to a maid and was treated coldly.
When he was five years old, his mother died for no apparent reason, and when he was six years old, he was driven to this remote mountain village because of a quarrel with his eldest sister born to his mother, and he had a serious illness on the way out of Kyoto, but in the end he struggled to survive.
Although she was still young at the time, Miss Cheng vaguely knew from the words of her servant that the death of her mother was related to her mother-in-law, and even the serious illness she had when she left the Prime Minister's Mansion was caused by poisoning.
Ten years have passed, and Miss Cheng lives in fear of her grandmother all the time, and only hopes that she will never see her mother's vicious people again in this life.
Who would have thought that her mother would suddenly send someone to summon her back, thinking of her past experiences, Miss Cheng was really terrified, so she knelt down to Li Tianxia for help regardless of her dignity.
Li Tian roughly understood Miss Cheng's situation, but at this time, Hu Nu took a large group of people into the courtyard to pack up the things that were added, and it turned out that the Prime Minister's Mansion in Kyoto was in a hurry, and he asked her to set off immediately when the words arrived.
Miss Cheng's body couldn't stop trembling, but she still smiled forcefully on her face, "Is Mother Hu mistaken, if you want to travel far away, you always have to prepare for a day or two." ”
The bearded woman sneered, "The eldest lady specially told Miss to go home quickly, the specific reason is that the slave maid doesn't know, I think it should be that the master misses you." ”
Li Tian sneered, this prime minister's father didn't want to think about it sooner or later, but now he suddenly thought about it so urgently, and idiots knew that there was something going on.
He saw that Miss Cheng's frightened appearance was really acceptable, so he gave her a reassuring look to give me, and then silently found a place in the corner of the courtyard and sat down calmly.
When Miss Cheng saw that Li Tian had promised to stay and protect, she calmed down her frightened mood and paused, "Everything will be arranged by Mother Hu, but I need to take this son to the capital with me." ”
The Hu woman was surprised, "No, Miss, how can you let a man of unknown origin accompany you, it will cause misunderstanding when people see it, and Madame has also sent twenty soldiers to protect you." ”
Miss Cheng said resolutely, "There are bandits outside, this son is a capable person, and only when he escorts me can I feel at ease." ”
The bearded woman sighed and said, "That's what the young lady meant, so be it, I'll go and prepare an extra carriage." ”
Miss Cheng waited for the Hu woman to go away and turned around, and whispered to Li Tian gratefully, "Xie Lu Xie Gongzi is willing to stay and help, please be sure to help me and Xiang'er escape, I just hope to escape with my life and find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to live in seclusion for a lifetime." ”
She was suddenly embarrassed and said, "I still don't know the name of my son, I don't know how to call it?"
Li Tian smiled and said, "My name is Li Tian, needless to say, if you are determined to escape, don't show it, I will find a way to help." ”
He asked Miss Cheng for the clothes of the terpriot family, hid the special combat suit in it, and asked for a long sword for guards in order not to expose the inheritance magic weapon on his forehead.
When everything was ready, Li Tian officially became one of Miss Cheng's guards, but he had more simple carriages than the other guards from Kyoto.
The guards from Kyoto all rode tall horses, but he was able to ride in a carriage alone, and his treatment was much better than that of the maid and the servant woman who crowded the caravan.
It's just that the customs here attach the same importance to the law as in ancient China, and Miss Cheng is inconvenient to see outsiders, so she sits in the carriage all day.
The carriage was jolting along the mountain road, and Li Tianle in the carriage was happy to read quietly, and under the effect of the top special combat uniform, the martial arts secret book that he put in his arms was not wet with water.
He looked at the Dugu Nine Swords Secret Book amusedly, and felt that the name of this sword technique was very strange, there were only nine illustrations of sword postures in it, and there was no specific move at all.
After looking at it for a long time, I couldn't understand what the figure with a sword in the picture meant, the lines on its body were more like graffiti, and even the text explanations next to the illustrations were dry and profound, and I couldn't learn anything useful at all.
Li Tian wanted to throw the book out of the car window, but when he thought that Feng Xiaowu seemed to value the secret book to him, he suddenly stopped discarding it.
After years as a killer, he decided that it was better to be more careful, and in this strange and mysterious world, collecting all inquiries could help him.
It had only been half a day before the carriage had already darkened, and the carriages had stopped in a flat place, and the guards and servants were busy lighting the fire, and soon the thick smell of food came out.
Miss Cheng asked Xiang'er to bring food, candles and other things, and Li Tian asked Xiang'er to turn around and tell the two not to sleep to death, and when everyone else fell asleep, he would find them and take them away.
However, the wolves came that night, and everyone got up to confront the wolves, and the wolves did not leave until dawn, and no one slept.
In the evening of the next day, they arrived at a small county town at the foot of the mountain, and the county commander enthusiastically sent the government servants to keep vigil and protect them, and at the same time sent people to send a message to the local garrison, and before the next day, there were already 5,000 soldiers to escort the prime minister's family.
Xiang'er begged Li Tian to take them away several times, but there were all local officials who were enthusiastic about patting the prime minister's ass, and there were not many masters among the guards and sergeants, and the carriage procession still marched safely towards Kyoto.
It seems that it is impossible to escape, Miss Cheng did not ask Xiang'er to beg Li Tian to take the two to escape, but asked him not to leave the team, hoping to continue to protect him like this.
Li Tian said that he would never leave his employer halfway, and he would not leave until he had completely safed the two, and finally appeased the two panicked girls.
He heard that Miss Cheng was very familiar with ancient books and medical science, so he sent Xiang'er the secret book of Dugu Jiujian to ask her to check it, and hoped to make a more straightforward translation.
Who would have thought that only a day later, Xiang'er would send back the secret book of Dugu Jiujian, and there was also a handbook for briefly interpreting the secret book, marking all the acupuncture points to be used on the secret book clearly, and at the same time, there was a word-by-word explanation and paraphrasing of the illustration explanation.
Li Tian was grateful for what Miss Cheng had done, and at the same time felt that since he was wandering in the magical world of Shenzhou, it was better to really calm down and become an ancient bodyguard.
The only thing he was worried about was the Heaven Destroying Ancestor in his body, but now that he has nothing to do, he will leave it alone for the time being, and go to practice the Dugu Nine Swords outside the camp in the dead of night every night.
The team has been walking for half a month and has come to the Kyoto region of Great Xia, Miss Cheng and Xiang'er's expressions are even more uneasy, the team will be all the people of the eldest lady, and the two girls are completely isolated in the crowd.
Li Tian was also helpless about the situation of the two, but after talking to some guards while hurrying, he gradually got to know some about Shenzhou and the Great Xia Dynasty, and finally understood that those who flew around in the air were called cultivators.
Cultivators who are called immortals by mortals have great magical powers, not only can call the wind and rain to move mountains and reclaim the sea, but also legend can live forever and even soar in the day.
Countless mortal beings have always admired the cultivators, and even Li Tian was moved, not because he wanted to learn from the ancients to live forever, but because he longed to return to the earth to find his parents and relatives after learning the great skills.
However, he thought that the cultivators of good and evil had already regarded themselves as enemies, and he was afraid that he would die and live if he met him again, so he had to dispel the idea of learning magical spells in his heart, and all he could do now was to practice the Dugu Nine Swords to survive in Great Xia.
At noon on another day, the procession came to the gate of Kyoto in Great Xia, and Li Tian, who was studying the secret books and notes in the carriage, was attracted by the buzzing voices outside, and when he opened the window, he saw the tall and majestic gate of the fortified city, and countless residents and traders dressed as ancients came in and out under the supervision of the sergeants.
The prime minister's convoy of his family was unstoppable, and the carriage passed through the bustling Kyoto market in Bactria before coming to a halt in front of the gate of a splendid mansion.
There is a golden plaque of the Prime Minister's Mansion hanging on the gate of the mansion here, and there are four soldiers guarding the door alone.
It seems that someone reported the arrival of Miss Cheng, and there were already some maids and servants waiting at the gate, and they respectfully greeted the panicked Miss Cheng, but she was so shocked that she held Xiang'er's hand tightly and went into the house together.
Li Tian saw that the other guards got off their horses, and also got out of the carriage and followed them into the mansion, and as soon as he entered the mansion gate, he saw that the pavilions and pavilions inside were extremely luxuriously decorated, and there were many gardens full of exotic flowers and plants.
However, before he could walk a few days, he was stopped by a family member, and his nostrils turned to the sky: "You are the fourth lady's guard, the housekeeper asked me to give you some money, leave the prime minister's mansion quickly!"
Li Tian sneered, "I am the person invited by Miss Cheng, and if I want to fire me, I have to be said by Miss Cheng herself, and others can't control it!"
"Drink, you country rough man dare to sprinkle here, and don't look at what kind of place this prime minister's mansion is!" the nostrils raised their heads even more proudly, as if their eyes were in the nose hair.
Li Tian walked forward regardless of him, and when he was stopped again, he kicked it out directly, and the nostrils didn't know anything, so he flew upside down seven or eight miles away and fell to the ground, staring around with wide eyes in a daze.
At this time, Xiang'er hurriedly ran out of an arch inside, and was relieved to see that Li Tian was still there.
She glanced at the nostrils on the ground strangely, and then walked over quickly and said to Li Tiandao, "Fortunately, you haven't left yet, Miss heard that the steward is going to drive you Liu away, and if you are worried, you will follow out of the house, so I will run out to look for you before no one notices." ”
Li Tian said in a calm tone, "You take me to Miss Cheng, I promised to protect her." ”
Xiang'er happily led Li Tian towards the inner courtyard of the arch, and the nostrils finally reacted that he had been beaten, and let out a miserable howl: "Ouch, it hurts me to death! Is there anyone who gasps to help me? It was the fourth lady's subordinate who beat me......"
Xiang'er looked back at the family who was rolling on the ground and screaming in pain, her eyes were full of pleasure of revenge, and at the same time she looked at Li Tian with reverence.