Chapter 174: There is no door to hell
The white horse was slowing down on the road, and Lin Qiao leaned on his arms. Even though you are wearing armor, you can still feel the temperature of your body.
The two were silent, but it was a far cry from the silence they had had before. Li Bochen felt that his heart was warm and quiet, which felt both intimate and strange.
After another while, I heard Lin Qiao say softly: "Brother Li, where are we going?"
Li Bochen was stunned at this time - he pulled Lin to get on the horse, turned the horse's head and walked slowly out of the distance, and only then did he realize that he was heading to the east.
He couldn't help but smile and said, "Lin ......"
I want to talk about Miss Lin, but I don't think I should call it that at this time. But if you want to call it "Qiao'er", you can't call it out.
Lin Qiao seemed to smile: "A-Niang used to call me Xiaoman. β
β...... Xiaoman. Li Bochen paused before saying, "We are going to Fengzhou to find the Chang family." As for me......"
He thought about it again and said in a low voice, "You heard Ye Lu say something in Jinghui Building. My Li is Wang's surname Li. Something else...... I can tell you all, but I want you to know as little as you can about it, okay?"
"Hmm. β
Li Bochen smiled: "Then we should go west." β
He pulled the reins and turned the horse's head, and the white horse trotted briskly.
The eastern sky reflected a shimmer of orange, and the faint stars faded. The surrounding mountains and forests are waking up, and the chirping of birds and apes echoes in the fading mist in the forest. Li Bochen bathed in the morning breeze and thought to himself, after solving the affairs of the Chang family, I should go to Linxi to have a look. See how Linxijun's rule differed from here...... If he is really a master and can make people live and work in peace and contentment, then maybe it is good to live a stable life for a few years or even more than ten years, as he thought in the courtyard before.
But then he sighed inwardly, knowing that this might be his wishful thinking. If he were an ordinary monk, or even an ordinary spirit master, he might be able to do it. But for now, he still has that realm...... Trouble will definitely come to your door.
Besides, the demon army is still heading south. These days, I don't know how the war in the Northern Sui is. Sui Wuji and Sui Buxiu ran to the Siheng Mountain Range to stand on their own, and they don't know if they are still alive. He was naturally angry about the fact that they wanted to kill him, but if the father and son could really fight to the death against the demon army in Northern Sui, he still had to have some admiration in his heart.
He also knew that there was a natural barrier between the Sui State and the Li State, and even if the demon army penetrated the entire Sui State, he would not dare to continue to attack the Jiang State in the south. Because if their battle line was stretched, the flanks would be exposed to the front of Li Guo's troops, if Li Guo could organize an army.
If he wants to be the commander of the Demon Kingdom, he should think of capturing the Sui Realm before he can capture the Li Realm. In this way, the entire north of the Six Kingdoms has become their offensive position, and they can raid Jiang and threaten Gao Tianzi, retreat, or slowly manage these two places, breaking the equilibrium that has been maintained for thousands of years.
At that time, I am afraid that although Li Jing is big, it will not be able to accommodate a hut and a few vegetable fields.
Thinking of this, he smiled in the end. If you really want to live a stable life, you should have run south a long time ago. But now he continues to go north, and he has never had the idea of leaving this land. I've always been restless in my heart, right...... If the original person is still persistent because of the feelings of "loyalty to the monarch and serving the country", then he should be unwilling to go through mediocrity in this world.
He had made up his mind, and he breathed a sigh of relief. When the disaster is at hand, you must not be like Ye Lu and those people, think about bullshit things such as fighting for power. If Linxijun is really trustworthy, even if he doesn't do things for him, what if he helps him in the dark?
Lin Qiao seemed to hear his smile and said, "Brother Li, what are you laughing at?"
"I figured something out, and I felt a little more relaxed. β
"Tell me to guess...... Do you want to go to Chongxiaozhai?"
Li Bochen was stunned, and then remembered that she should have said that she should have "taken the bandit village to get some money". Although Lin Qiao is empathetic, he shouldn't have imagined that he is a beauty, but he is thinking about the demon army and the world.
But this is good, Li Bochen doesn't want to use these things to disturb the delicate atmosphere at this time. He smiled and said, "Since you don't need to buy Zhuangzi, I won't go." β
Lin Qiao seemed to be slightly surprised, and turned his face to look at him: "Why?"
Listening to her tone, it shouldn't be that she really wants to ask herself to do this, but just curiosity. Li Bochen shook his head: "It's not good to say. It's just that I wanted to buy you Zhuangzi, so of course I don't think it's okay to get some ill-gotten gains. But now we don't need that money...... It doesn't feel right to kill people just because I want money. β
Lin Qiao thought for a while and said, "Brother Li thinks that those were looted by mountain bandits, not the wealth of the family. It's not the right way for us to take them for ourselves, right?"
Li Bochen smiled: "Yes, or you can make it clear." If we really got that money, we should keep a little bit for ourselves and scatter the rest, but we don't have that work now. β
Lin Qiao was silent for a while, and said softly: "There are people like Brother Li all over the world, I don't know how good this world will become." β
Hearing this, Li Bochen was really happy in his heart. But he only smiled: "Maybe many people want to do the same, but they can't help it." I don't blame them. β
Lin Qiao was silent for a while, didn't know what to think, and said, "What do you say?"
Originally, he was just humbling himself, but he didn't expect Lin Qiao to ask this question, so he was stunned. But then she realized that she was trying to understand herself better. He felt a little happy, so he thought about it seriously and said, "I think that the vast majority of people in this world are ordinary people. Ordinary people are very vulnerable, and they have to live, dress and eat. Maybe many ordinary people also want to be a good person and have a clear conscience, but the reality is compelled to ...... A lot of times they can't do the right thing. If you really want to go with your heart, you will have to worry about your life if you don't make trouble. β
"But I'm lucky, I'm a cultivator, even if I go to the mountains and forests, I won't starve to death or freeze, and it's much easier to do whatever I want. When I encounter bandits on the road, I can draw a knife, but if ordinary people want to draw a knife, they have to think about their wives and children at home. If I hold them to the standard of what I do, then I won't be a good person. β
He thought for a moment and smiled, "But naturally I don't think I'm that kind of good person...... For example, when I was in the city yesterday, should I stay and help clear out the bandits? In a general sense, I should do that, but I also have selfish motives......."
When he said this, he felt Lin Qiao's body lean back and hold him closer. Li Bochen was stunned for a moment, and then his heart warmed up, and then he fell silent.
The horse's hooves tapped lightly, and the two of them walked slowly for a while.
After a while, I turned a detour, and saw the Zhuangzi for the third time today. Some of the people in the shack had already risen, gathered in twos and threes, as if waiting for dinner. But from a distance, I saw two sword-wielding men who looked like guards coming out of the door and shouting, and the helpers slowly gathered over.
Listening to what the two men had to say, the helpers let out a low sigh and slowly dispersed to the road, as if they had been dismissed.
Li Bochen slowed down his horse so as not to hit people. But then he saw the two sword-men standing by the side of the road at the gate of the manor, watching him.
He thought to himself that maybe he and Lin Qiao had been noticed when they stayed here not long ago. Since there are bandits nearby, they must feel that they are not good people.
He smiled and nodded to the two men.
At this time, the white horse was about to walk to the gate of the manor, and he was about to turn his face, but one of the sword-bearers suddenly took three steps out and stopped in the middle of the road, shouting from a distance: "Who is it?"
He glanced at the other sword-bearer, and the man hurried back to the village.
He frowned, a look of displeasure on his face. But Li Bochen was in a good mood at this time, and he didn't want to worry about him, so he said, "Passerby." β
As he spoke, he was almost in front of the man. But the swordsman didn't get out of the way, but frowned more and more, and said, "Where's the way?"
At this time, Li Bochen had also noticed that this person may not be a nursing home. He was wearing a black power suit, a cloth suit. It's quite fitted, and the stitches are very fine, so it's obviously worth the price. The sword at his waist is a sharkskin sheath, and it is not something that a nursing home can afford.
Could it be that the owner of this manor is a martial arts person, and this person is a friend of the master?
Wrong...... The swordsman who ran in was dressed in the same way.
Li Bochen couldn't help frowning, and said patiently: "Friend, I still have my female dependents with me, and I don't want to cause trouble." Make way for labor, I'm going to Yingzhou. β
Unexpectedly, the man looked at him again, and suddenly drew his sword out of its sheath and stabbed the horse's head, and shouted, "Come down and speak to me!"
This man is so arrogant!
Li Bochen saw that he was still stabbing the horse's head, and he immediately became angry in his heart - this white horse has been with him for more than a month and is extremely humane, he has already loved it, how can he let this person hurt it?
With a shake of his right hand, a copper coin slipped out of his armour. Flicked his fingers again, and said coldly: "Withdraw the sword!"
He wanted to smash this man's wrist to teach him a lesson. But now that he is in a good mood, he doesn't want to spoil his interest, and if he thinks that this person is really a person from the rivers and lakes, his wrist will be broken, and this life will be wasted, and this lesson is too much, so he only shoots his sword calyx.
Even so, there was a crisp sound, and the sword calyx was shattered at once.
The swordsman took two steps forward, and found that he had only one hilt left in his hand, and he was stunned for a moment.
Li Bochen said coldly: "Give way." β
The swordsman took two steps back, but still didn't get out of the way, glared at him and shouted, "I'm Ye Zhongshan, what is your Excellency's name?"
Listening to his tone, it seems that the size is a character, but in Li Bochen's eyes, he can only be regarded as a grass chicken. He was not interested, and Li Bochen was about to clamp the horse's belly and rush over.
But at this time, I heard a sound of footsteps at the gate of the manor, and the swordsman who ran back earlier had led a person out, and said: "The fourth master, it's that person, do you think it?!"
Li Bochen turned his face and was taking a look at the comerβa majestic man walking beside the swordsman was still wearing half a pair of chain mail and a red turban. When he saw Li Bochen, he was stunned and stunned. The next moment, he turned his head and ran back to the village.
His reaction made the two swordsmen stunned - they were stunned for a moment, and they both flew away and retreated to the Zhuangzi.
Li Bochen and Lin Qiao were silent for a moment. Lin Qiao said in a low voice: "Brother Li...... Looks like those people in the city, right?"
Li Bochen couldn't help but smile and said, "It should be." The road is narrow. β
Later, the one who came out in armor was called the "Four Masters", and when he saw himself, it was like seeing a ghost, and it should indeed be the bandits in Sanguan City yesterday.
Li Bochen realized that this manor might have been built by those bandits, at least for some of them. Maybe he was killed by himself in the city yesterday, so he was frightened, so he retreated here. It is also possible that this is a meeting point and base camp for them.
Who were the two swordsmen's guards? I heard them mention themselves but didn't know the details...... I saw my outfit clearly just now, and I felt that the opportunity to make meritorious service had arrived, so I wanted to block the way?
If that were the case, the response to escape would be quick.
Lin Qiao said again: "That...... What are we going to do?"
Li Bochen said: "What do you want to do?"
Lin Qiao turned his face to look at him and laughed: "Is this the Jianghu?"
Li Bochen also smiled: "Then you have to eliminate evil and promote good, and be a good person." β
He jumped off the horse with one leg and pulled out the magic knife behind his back. The helpers who had been dismissed before were also on the way, and when they saw him clashing with the swordsman, they were all watching the excitement. I saw the two swordsmen flee suddenly, and I didn't realize what happened for a while.
When they saw him dismount and draw his sword, they all showed fear. Li Bochen said in a deep voice: "Everyone, this is a den of bandits, and you will see blood." It's all gone. β
Those people woke up like from a dream, and hurriedly screamed and ran away.
He raised his eyes and looked at the manor, sighed in his heart, and said, What a coincidence. But I know that it shouldn't be a coincidence. He is a person of Beichen's luck, and it is reasonable that he is entangled in the killing of the enemy-not to mention that he was talking about the bandits in the city just now, I don't know if it is a prophecy.
And before Jiusan said in that realm, one of the ten people with the heaviest luck in killing in the nearby realm was Ye Lu. At that time, it was said that he had scattered money to the surrounding bandits, and Li Bochen didn't know how this caused luck, but then he understood that Ye Lu gave them money, maybe it was to ask them to break up the city-it should be part of the plan to deal with himself.
Maybe he didn't expect to die at his own hands, and the subsequent plot could not be launched. But these bandits plundered the city and killed many people.
Luck ...... and he shoved them before him.
When he was in the city, he was in a hurry to leave, and he didn't care too much. I was going to pass by just now, but I was stopped. In that case, let's go with the flow.
He thought for a moment and said in a deep voice, "Lin ...... Xiaoman, you'll be behind me in a moment. β
Lin Qiao said that he wanted to walk the rivers and lakes with him, and he also had cultivation, and he seemed to have learned the art of sword dancing. But I heard that the affairs of the rivers and lakes and personal experience are two different concepts, and I don't know if she can stand it when she sees herself killing when she is sober.
The thief himself bumped into him and sought his death, so you can try it.
Lin Qiao grabbed her knife and got off the horse, and said, "Brother Li, I'll help you look behind you." β
Li Bochen laughed and said, "Okay, let's go to the tiger's den in Longtan!"
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