As soon as Zhao Xiaocao's words fell, he only heard Hu Xiaochen laughing outside the door, and shouted loudly: "Your business is really cost-effective, not only in exchange for rice, but also in exchange for dozens of catties of good meat, hey, the meat is still alive, but it is quite fresh." Then he heard Chang Long's voice say, "You don't talk about the wind and cold, come and help me." Listening to a girl's voice again, she said: "I am alive and true, and my meat is fresh, I want to see which of you dares to eat me?" Zhao Xiaocao heard that the girl's voice was familiar, vaguely Wang Bao's little sister Wang Yingying, and she was puzzled, glanced at Wang Xue, and hurriedly went out to investigate. Wang Xue put on straw sandals, got up and went to the ground, and said, "I'll go and see it too." ”

Wang Xue lay on the kang for three days, his body was weak, his feet had just landed, he felt half of his body soft, he was patient at the moment, and walked out of the door, only to see Chang Long was so tired that he was red and panting, standing in front of the courtyard gate gasping for breath, he was carrying a thing on each shoulder, carrying a bag of 100 catties of rice on his left shoulder, but Wang Yingying was resisting on his right shoulder.

Wang Yingying shouted sharply: "Stinky scholar, you put me down!" stretched out her little hand to grab the braid behind Chang Long's head. Chang Long screamed in pain and said angrily: "If you go wild again, believe it or not, I will throw you to death!" Wang Yingying was not afraid, but pulled Chang Long's long braid even harder. Chang Long was in great pain, and he couldn't really throw Wang Yingying to death, he was still carrying rice on his left shoulder, and it was difficult to free his left arm to resist, so he shouted urgently: "Hu Xiaochen, why are you still standing stupidly, come and help me!" Hu Xiaochen grinned and said: "The dignified eldest prince, can't you even deal with the little female doll?" said and stepped forward and unloaded the rice on Chang Long's shoulder. Chang Long lost the burden of rice, his left half of his body was relaxed, his left hand pointed at Wang Yingying, and scolded: "Stupid girl, if you don't let me go again, I'm really welcome!" Chang Long didn't use bad words to intimidate Wang Yingying along the way, Wang Yingying listened to it a lot, and she wasn't so afraid, she was young, and her baby teeth hadn't been fully replaced, so she opened a mouthful of uneven tender teeth and bit Chang Long's fingers. Chang Long hurriedly retracted his arm and shouted, "Why are you endless?"

Zhao Xiaocao walked over and said, "Yingying, don't bully your brother Changlong, come to Sister Xiaocao's side!" stretched out his hands to hug Wang Yingying. Wang Yingying stuck out her tongue at Chang Long, made a grimace again, and said, "Give Sister Xiaocao a face today." Let go of Chang Long's pigtails and threw himself into Zhao Xiaocao's arms.

Wang Xue asked Chang Long: "You go to buy your rice, why do you let the children follow you up the mountain?" Chang Long said: "No way, after I bumped into her at the bottom of the mountain, she kept holding my legs and didn't allow me to go, if I don't carry her up the mountain, she will pester me, and she may not be able to come back at this time next year." Zhao Xiaocao held Wang Yingying's little hand and said softly: "Little sister Yingying, you tell my sister, why are you bullying Brother Chang Long?" Before Wang Yingying could answer, Chang Long first said loudly and angrily: "She blamed me for bullying her brother Wang Bao, and she had to come to ask for an explanation." Wang Xue frowned slightly, and thought: "Wang Bao is a traitor who forgets his righteousness, and he almost killed all of us that day. Chang Long, this bastard boy is really, the matter between us and Wang Bao and the Black Spirit Gang, what are you talking nonsense in front of the little girl. Chang Long saw that Wang Xue looked displeased, and hurriedly said: "The conscience of heaven and earth, master, after the disciple went down the mountain, he did business honestly, and this stupid girl he met on the way back, she beat and kicked me as soon as she came up, saying that I bullied Wang Bao, but I didn't say a word!" Wang Xue said: "If it wasn't for you talking nonsense, why did she say that you bullied her brother?"

Wang Yingying said: "That night in the wooden fence on the top of the mountain, I saw you and my brother's friends do it with my own eyes, can there be a fake?" Wang Xue was stunned, and then understood that the wooden fence on the top of the mountain that Wang Yingying said was actually a cottage of thieves, but she was young and didn't know that it was a cottage. Wang Xue asked: "How did you see the mountain that night?" Wang Yingying said: "I couldn't sleep that night, and I didn't go home in the middle of the night when I saw my brother, so I couldn't rest assured, I went out to look for it, and I happened to meet you going up the mountain, and then I followed quietly behind, all the way up the mountain...... Wang Xue took Zhao Xiaocao and others to attack the Black Spirit Gang that night, and on the road she did notice something strange behind her, but there were many birds and beasts walking around in the mountains at night, plus Wang Yingying was young and didn't know martial arts, Wang Xue only said which squirrel or wild bird was passing behind her, so she didn't pay attention to it, but she didn't expect that Wang Yingying was following.

It turned out that Wang Yingying quietly followed Wang Xue and others up the mountain that night, and saw Wang Xue and others fighting with the bandits, her children couldn't tell the difference between cottages and ordinary people, only that her brother and his friends were good people, and Wang Xue and others who did it with them were evil people, but they didn't know that Wang Xue was a good person, Wang Bao and others were thieves and bullies, her little girl couldn't hide her thoughts, and later saw Chang Long at the bottom of the mountain, so she couldn't help but come forward to fight, she never said to Wang Xue, Zhao Xiaocao, Hu Xiaochen made trouble, just because Wang Xue was an elder, and Hu Xiaochen and Zhao Xiaocao were fellow villagers, so it was inconvenient for her to speak ill of each other, so she was made for Changlong alone.

Zhao Xiaocao, Hu Xiaochen and others all came from Wang Yingying's young age, and when they heard Wang Yingying say this, they immediately guessed what she was thinking, but they didn't know how to explain to Wang Yingying, Wang Yingying has been dependent on her brother since she was a child, and she has always relied on her brother, just like Zhao Xiaocao and others rely on Wang Xue, no one can bear to tell her that your brother is actually a thief and traitor. Wang Xue said: "Yingying, between us and your brother is a matter for us adults, don't get involved with your children, you are not allowed to follow us next time, and you are not allowed to go out alone at night." ”

Wang Yingying thought to herself: "You are my brother's opponent, so I don't listen to you." She was inconvenient to talk back to Wang Xue, and said to Zhao Xiaocao: "Let me down!" Zhao Xiaocao hugged Wang Yingying for so long, she was a little tired, and put Wang Yingying down. Wang Yingying walked up to Chang Long and kicked Chang Long in the calf. Chang Long's calf suddenly hurt sharply, and he couldn't help screaming loudly, and said angrily: "Stupid boy, do you think I really don't dare to kill you?" Wang Yingying saw Chang Long move the sword, only frightened the six gods without a master, stayed for a while, turned her head and saw that the branch was still growing on the tree at a good end, not only was it not cut off by the green sword, but the branch could not even see a little sword blade slash marks, she didn't know that Chang Long's sword did not cut off the branch because the sword did not open the edge, and also said that Chang Long's swordsmanship was not good, she couldn't help but clap her hands and laugh, and said: "You have practiced swordsmanship for a few years, why is your swordsmanship still so bad?" No wonder you were beaten by my brother's friends last night and fled in a hurry, even if I took a kitchen knife and cut it at will, I could cut off this branch. Chang Long was laughed at by the little girl, his face turned red, and he gritted his teeth and said: "What if I can't cut down the branches, can't I just cut off your arm?" Wang Yingying saw that Chang Long's expression was distorted and ugly, and she was afraid to speak again.

Zhao Xiaocao shouted: "Chang Long, why are you scaring children because you are still a scholar?" Chang Long snorted and carried the rice to the backyard to wash rice.

Wang Xue said to Zhao Xiaocao: "Okay, you send her down the mountain." Wang Yingying said: "I can go down the mountain myself, you are my brother's enemies, I don't need you to send them." Zhao Xiaocao said: "Yingying, you are obedient, don't you even believe Sister Xiaocao?" Wang Yingying said: "I don't believe you, that's a later story, if my brother bumps into me and you get too close, it won't be easy for me to be caught between you." When Wang Xue, Zhao Xiaocao, and Hu Xiaochen heard this, they thought that what they said was reasonable, and it was indeed not appropriate for Wang Bao to bump into Wang Yingying and be with him. Wang Yingying said: "I have been playing in the mountains every day all these years, and I can tell which road on the mountain has a few stones and a few flowers, and I can tell it with my eyes closed. Wang Xue smiled: "You are quite self-reliant at a young age, much stronger than I was back then." Okay, you go down the mountain alone, be careful on the way. Again, when you return you are not allowed to mention the events of the day to anyone, especially not our dwellings. Wang Yingying said: "Don't worry, I will never say anything." Wang Xue knew that although Wang Yingying was young, she was straightforward, and since she agreed not to say it, she would definitely not talk nonsense, so she nodded and said, "Very good, you will go back." Wang Yingying immediately said goodbye and turned around and went down the mountain.

Wang Xue sent Wang Yingying away, and took Zhao Xiaocao and Hu Xiaochen to the backyard, Chang Long had already scooped up the rice at this time, ready to make a fire to cook, Wang Xue said: "I asked you about it, I lost two tokens, have you ever seen it?" Chang Long said: "Master, what do you think I'm doing, I have my own blade, but I don't need to use your treasure token." As he spoke, he reached out and patted the green sword hanging from his waist a few times. Hu Xiaochen said with a smile: "You are embarrassed to say it, Master, you said, is a blade that has not been bladed also a blade? Wang Xue said: "It's not these two. I have a total of four tokens, two of which were given to you and Xiaocao to use that day, and the other two I lost when I fought Huang Qiangfeng, and then I fainted, and the tokens disappeared, didn't you see them when you carried me back?" Zhao Xiaocao said in a low voice: "It was my dereliction of duty, Master, we were all scared when we saw you fall to the ground, and we were only concerned about saving you at that time, but we forgot to look to see if you had left anything behind." Wang Xue said: "It's okay, it's no wonder, it's no wonder you, it's just that my token must be retrieved as soon as possible, if it is picked up by the Black Spirit Gang, it will not be easy to do." ”

Chang Long suddenly laughed, his face showed arrogance, and said: "The three of you are usually pretentious and look down on us rich people, and at this moment you should know that rich people have their own benefits." Master, your token is wrapped in the disciple, and the disciple will go out of the mountain tomorrow to find the best blacksmith shop in the town, and let them use the best fine iron to cast dozens of tokens for you, and then you can use it as you like, and then you will go back to minting it when there is no disciple. Before Wang Xue could speak, Zhao Xiaocao shouted first: "You are rich and amazing!" Chang Long said proudly: "It's nothing great, it's just to help the master do things." ”

Hu Xiaochen walked to the door, turned out a few pieces of iron under the fence, walked back to Chang Long's side, stacked the pieces of iron together, and asked Chang Long: "Can your green sword cut these pieces of iron?" Chang Long said angrily: "Knowingly, my sword has no blade, it is difficult to cut tofu, and how can I cut the iron pieces." Hu Xiaochen said: "What if it's a sword that has been bladed?" Chang Long saw that these iron pieces were stacked together to be three or four inches thick, which could not be cut by ordinary sharp weapons, so he said: "If it is a sword that has been bladed, the martial arts master should be able to cut it down with internal force." Hu Xiaochen smiled slightly, put a few pieces of iron in his hand on a stone brick, returned to the room to get the token, and threw the token to the piece of iron, only to see the token snort through the piece of iron, not only cut off a few pieces of iron, but also broke the stone brick under the piece of iron. Chang Long was taken aback, although he knew that Wang Xue's token was a high-grade blade, but Wang Xue had given him a token twice before to use it, but he didn't take over, he had never used it himself, so he didn't know how sharp the token was, and then saw Hu Xiaochen wave his hand, and the token would cut off the iron piece, and even the sound of metal collision could not be heard at all, and the sharpness and hardness of the token could be seen. Hu Xiaochen said: "You said that you want to go to the blacksmith shop to find a blacksmith to create a token, I want to see and understand, what kind of blacksmith can have such craftsmanship, and which blacksmith will have such a high-quality iron?" Chang Long was silent, thinking in his heart: "Don't say that ordinary blacksmith shops are all over the world, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to find such a fine iron." Zhao Xiaocao clapped his hands and smiled: "Chang Dacai, why don't you speak?"

Wang Xue said: "After lunch, let's rest for an hour or two, nourish our spirits, after dark, you accompany me to the mountain to look for it, if you can't find my lost token, it means that the token was taken back by Huang Qiangfeng, and I will slowly think of a way." ”

That night, after dinner, everyone went to the mountains to look for tokens. At night, the deep mountains are dark and she can't see her five fingers, but Wang Xue has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, whether it is a barren mountain and a dense forest, or a dark night, she can cope with it, Hu Xiaochen and Zhao Xiaocao grew up in the mountains since they were children, and they don't feel like anything, only Changlong is used to being pampered alone, and he feels that it is difficult to move an inch in the middle of the night in the dense forest. Wang Xue said to Chang Long: "You go to the path and wait for us, and we will come back in a while." Chang Long glanced at Zhao Xiaocao and thought: "Even Zhao Xiaocao's little girl's house, walking in this barren mountain and dark night is not afraid, I am a man, what are I afraid of?" said proudly: "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay to find a few tokens on the mountain, what kind of big deal is it!" As soon as he finished saying this, his confidence suddenly increased, and although he couldn't see the situation in front of him, he also strode towards the forest. Zhao Xiaocao shouted: "Be careful!" Before the words fell, he only heard Chang Long's oops, and he tripped over the roots of the tree under his feet, and fell to the ground. Zhao Xiaocao couldn't help but giggle, and Hu Xiaochen couldn't help but laugh. Wang Xue said: "You two are not allowed to laugh!" The last word "la" just came out, and she couldn't help but laugh herself. Chang Long was annoyed and shouted, "What are you smirking at! I'll go over there and look for it." So saying, he walked out of the forest and down the mountain.

Wang Xue said to Zhao Xiaocao and Hu Xiaochen: "Don't laugh, help me find the token, the token is so sharp, if it is used as a blade by Huang Qiangfeng, it will not be easy for us to do it in the future." But the three of them went around the mountain several times, but they didn't see Wang Xue's lost token, Wang Xue couldn't help but think: "Since Huang Qiangfeng has beaten me back, then he will naturally take my token back as a trophy, I shouldn't have been so naïve, and I thought that I could retrieve the token here." Zhao Xiaocao saw Wang Xue's lonely expression, knowing that she was disheartened, she hurriedly opened her mouth to persuade: "Master, don't be discouraged, this forest is so big, and we only have three people, so we won't find it easily." Wang Xue shook his head and said: "The iron will shine under the moonlight of the night, in fact, it is easy to find, we can't find it for so long, it means that the token is not here, I think most of it has been taken away by Huang Qiangfeng, let's look for it again It's just a waste of time." Let's go back. Zhao Xiaocao wanted to find an excuse to leave Wang Xue in the forest for a while, but he couldn't think of any excuse for a while, so he quietly glanced at Hu Xiaochen and asked him to say something to comfort Wang Xue. Rao is Hu Xiaochen is alert and decisive on weekdays, but he can't think of what to say for a while, hesitates for a moment, and said in a hesitant voice: "Master Wang Xue, don't be sad anymore, it's not a big deal for the blade to be taken away by the opponent, the big deal is that the bandits get up and down the mountain to plunder, and then our master and apprentice will come to one, come to the death and rest, and go to Huangquan together, what's the big deal, my grandfather often said, the head fell off the bowl and the big scar, and it will be ...... after twenty years." When he said this, he immediately felt inappropriate, he originally wanted to comfort Wang Xue, but this sentence seemed to be pouring salt on Wang Xue's wound, so he hurriedly stopped.

But it was too late for Hu Xiaochen to stop, and the words that came out of the mouth hit Wang Xue's heart deeply, Wang Xue suddenly remembered that twenty years ago on Bozi Mountain, he had witnessed the bandit Liangshan Gang descending the mountain to plunder Bozi Town, that time was really a massacre, corpses were all over the field, blood flowed like a river, and the innocent people who were cut by the bandits fell to the ground and wailed, Wang Xue's heart was awe-inspiring, and he secretly said: "The rivers and lakes call me a heroine, this 'chivalrous' word is not called in vain, I am desperate for my life, and I will not allow the thieves to do evil again." ”

Hu Xiaochen saw that Wang Xue looked depressed, only then did he realize that he had spoken heavily, and hurriedly said: "Master Wang Xue, I am young, ignorant, talking nonsense and playing, you must not take it seriously, they are just a group of bandits, rampant for a long time, as long as I Hu Xiaochen is here, our master and apprentice will never be harmed, and the villagers under Yiwei Mountain will definitely be safe, no one will be injured, no one will die, I swear to you." As soon as Hu Xiaochen's words fell, he heard Chang Long's voice shouting at the foot of the mountain in the distance: "Come and save me, I'm injured, I'm going to die, come on, Master Wang Xue!" Hu Xiaochen suddenly changed color, and said angrily: "Okay, you Chang Long, specially dismantle my platform!" In addition to Chang Long's shouts under the mountain, there was also a faint sound of the impact of the blade and the angry shouts of others, thinking that Chang Long had encountered a strong enemy under the mountain. Wang Xue said: "Come with me and take a look!" Wang Xue was exquisite, and before his words fell, the person had drifted to the path outside the forest, and in a blink of an eye, he had rushed to the bottom of the mountain.

Zhao Xiaocao and Hu Xiaochen glanced at each other, and hurriedly ran down the mountain, and when the two arrived at the bottom of the mountain, they saw two men besieging Changlong one after the other. The man in front of him was empty-handed and Chang Long dismantled the move, the man was short, but he was born with five big and three thick, as if it was a big round ball, although the body was ridiculous, but the face was very hideous, and at first sight, he couldn't help but make people afraid. The latter man was thin and chivalrous, with a six-foot iron rod dancing in his hand. The temples of the two besieging Changlong were gray, and they were already middle-aged. Although Chang Long was one against two, he used it more and more, holding the hilt of the sword in his right hand, and beckoning the two men to attack.

Zhao Xiaocao saw that Wang Xue was not close to the left, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart: "Master was obviously the first to run over, why is it gone?" for fear that Chang Long would be seriously injured by accident, and he didn't pay attention to where Wang Xue was at the moment, and said to Hu Xiaochen: "Let's go up too, three of them beat two of them." Hu Xiaochen answered, and rushed over with Zhao Xiaocao to help Chang Long.

(End of chapter)