One hundred and seventy-one, attack the mountain
After Wang Xue finished speaking to Zhao Xiaocao, she then said, "Quickly arrest Wang Bao and ask about the situation of the bandits." Hu Xiaochen said: "I'll arrest him, he ...... Hey, what about others?" Originally, Wang Bao hid behind a tree and watched everyone fight, Wang Xue and Zhao Xiaocao had already looked at Wang Bao in their eyes, but they were busy dealing with the bandits at that time and had no time to take care of him
Wang Xue said: "Wang Bao, this bastard, must have walked away with the gang of thieves who went down the mountain just now, the situation of Yi Weishan, the number of bandits, and who the leader of the Black Spirit Gang is, I have to ask him clearly, let's chase after him." Immediately took Zhao Xiaocao, Hu Xiaochen, and Chang Long down the mountain to catch up.
The four of them went all the way down the mountain, chased them to the head of the village under the mountain, and met several thieves who had escaped from the mountain before along the way, but Wang Bao was not among them, Wang Xue inquired about the thieves, and the thieves shook their heads and said that they didn't know, Wang Xue expected that the thieves were despicable, and even if they knew, they wouldn't say it, and they didn't ask at the moment. Hu Xiaochen said: "Master, there are many paths in the mountains, Wang Bao knows that we will chase him, and he will never take the big road, he will probably turn back along the path and go up the mountain." Wang Xue nodded and said, "There is nothing to do left and right, let's go separately to find it, and an hour later, we will meet at the rice shop in the south of the village." The four of them immediately dispersed and chased after each along a path.
Wang Xue chased the path with a lot of weeds and vines, very difficult to walk, Wang Xue pulled out the token, and cut down a lot of vine branches that stretched to the road; there was just a rain last night, the road was muddy, Wang Xue chased out a short road, and suddenly saw that there were no shoe prints on the dirt road, so he knew that Wang Bao did not pass by this road, so he turned around and turned back, and chased after him on another path. The path is overgrown with weeds, and there are no shoe prints on the ground. Although Wang Xue knew that there were villagers living not far from the mountain, but the surroundings were silent, and he had not seen a figure for a long time, he couldn't help but be stunned in his heart, thinking: "With my martial arts, I am also a little scared to walk in this deep mountain and dense forest." Those three children are still young, and they don't have my skills, and they may have been scared to cry at this time. He thought again: "Maybe when I went to Shanyi Peak to challenge the Liangshan Gang, Senior Brother Liu was also worried about me in the thatched hut, Senior Brother Liu has a strong temperament, I don't know if he shed tears of worry." "Half of Wang Xue's martial arts are taught by Liu Yue, and at this moment, he is the leader and takes three young people to do big things, and he can't help but want to compare with Liu Yue everywhere.
Wang Xue is not familiar with the terrain of Yiwei Mountain, so she turned a few corners and walked a few short distances, so far she doesn't know where she has been, but she only knows that if she walks south, she can walk back to the village, and the time is almost the same, it is time to go to the rice shop in the south of the village and Zhao Xiaocao to reconcile.
At this moment, a sharp sword suddenly flew out of the bushes, stabbing straight at Wang Xue's left chest, Wang Xue was startled, leaned over, avoided the blade of the sword, and knew that most of the people who attacked behind the tree were Wang Bao, and Wang Bao would definitely take advantage of the momentum to come forward to pursue, and hurriedly retreated two steps back, secretly worried: "I didn't expect that Wang Bao this guy actually has martial arts, and there is also a blade to defend himself, Xiaocao and Chang Long are young and reckless, and they don't know how to fortify, maybe they have been injured by Wang Bao under the sword at this time." The man behind the tree flew out, stretched out his hand to hold the hilt of the sword, his wrist trembled, and the long sword slashed at Wang Xue again and again. Wang Xue dodged a few moves, his left hand sleeve robe suddenly waved, swinging the blade of the sword, and his right hand took out the grappling technique, and rushed to the man's wrist, the man was about to put away the sword and jump, but before he could do so, his wrist was grabbed by Wang Xue. Wang Xue had the strength on his arm, snatched the long sword in his hand, and saw that the sword was jade and green all over, and there was no blade, it was indeed the green sword that Chang Long never left his body, and his heart was shocked, the first thing that came to mind was that Chang Long had been killed, and even the sword was snatched by the opponent, his eyebrows were raised, and he was about to scold loudly, when he suddenly saw a big boy with long hair and a shawl and thick eyebrows and big eyes, who was not Chang Long? It turned out that the person who attacked him and almost seriously injured himself was Chang Long!
Chang Long was shocked and shouted: "Master Wang Xue, why are you?" Wang Xue said angrily: "I should ask you this sentence, why did you sneak attack me?" Chang Long blushed, laughed a few times, and said apologetically: "I have discovered Wang Bao's whereabouts just now, but I am not very familiar with the mountain road, and I accidentally lost it, but I didn't know that at this time, I heard a movement behind the tree...... Wang Xue interjected: "You mistook me for Wang Bao, so you made a sneak attack, right?" You kid didn't look carefully before he made a move, fortunately it was me, if I had changed Xiaocao and Hu Xiaochen, I would have been seriously injured by you at this time, if it was an ordinary villager who didn't know martial arts happened to pass by, he would have been killed by you with a sword at this time. Chang Long hurriedly smiled and said: "No, no, my sword has never been bladed, even a rabbit can't be killed, where can I cut people to death?" Wang Xue said: "Since you know that you can't kill people, why do you have to use a sword?" Chang Long snorted: "This, sword, this, sword ......" Wang Xue said: "What this sword, that sword, I'll talk to you again." You said that Wang Bao fled here, let's search first. Immediately handed the sword back to Chang Long, and Chang Long and Chang Long searched in the grass on both sides.
Wang Xue wandered around in the grass for a while, didn't see Wang Bao's whereabouts, and was about to walk back to the path, when she suddenly noticed a burst of movement in the bushes on the hillside in the distance. Wang Xue became vigilant, and after a closer look, he saw a person hidden behind the big willow tree on the hillside, and his appearance was vaguely Wang Bao, thinking that Wang Bao was in a hurry to be chased by Chang Long, and he knew that it was difficult to escape, so he hid behind the tree. At this time, Wang Xue is half a mile away from Wang Bao, with Wang Xue's light skills, if he suddenly pursues, most of them will catch up, but Wang Xue is not familiar with the surrounding terrain, it is not easy to catch up, if Wang Bao panics and calls for help when he escapes, maybe he will attract other bandits, and then things will change, and the trouble will be tight, Wang Xue has a plan, turned around and said loudly to Chang Long: "Don't search, Wang Bao must have fled away." Chang Long said angrily: "This muddy stick doesn't know martial arts, but his ability to escape is first-class." Wang Xue said: "Since he wants to run for his life, he will naturally be able to escape as fast as he can, plus he is a person from the village and is familiar with the situation around the village, of course we two outsiders can't catch up." Chang Long said angrily: "If you can escape, the monk can't escape the temple, let's come to Wang Ji Rice Shop tomorrow, I don't believe I can't catch Wang Bao." Wang Xue said: "No need, even if you catch Wang Bao at that time, Wang Bao will not admit to colluding with the Black Spirit Gang, and you will have nothing to do." Fortunately, it doesn't matter if we capture Wang Bao or not, I originally wanted to ask him about the situation of the Black Spirit Gang cottage after capturing Wang Bao, so that we can sneak attack the Black Spirit Gang tomorrow night. Wang Xue said these words in a loud voice, and Wang Bao, who deliberately wanted to hide under the big willow tree on the hillside, heard it. Chang Long didn't see Wang Bao, and he didn't know the trick in Wang Xue's heart, listening to Wang Xue talking loudly at the top of his voice, although he felt strange in his heart, he didn't take it seriously, and asked: "Does Master plan to attack the Black Spirit Gang tomorrow night?" Wang Xue said: "Originally, I didn't know the situation of the Black Spirit Gang's cottage, and I couldn't make up my mind whether it was better to attack from the main gate of the cottage or from the back mountain, so I wanted to catch Wang Bao to ask, but since Wang Bao couldn't catch it, then I didn't have to ask, I made up my mind, let's attack from the back mountain tomorrow night." Chang Long didn't know that Wang Xue deliberately said this sentence to Wang Bao, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, and secretly thought: "Since you want to sneak attack at night, then you should sneak attack from the back mountain, but I haven't heard of Zhengda Guangming sneaking attack from the main gate." Wang Xue said: "Let's go back quickly, Xiaocao and Xiaochen are only afraid that they will have to wait in a hurry." Immediately took Chang Long and turned back.
At dusk the next day, the four of them had dinner, recuperated their spirits, and walked towards the main gate of the Black Spirit Gang cottage. Wang Xue had already told the three disciples what he thought in his heart, but Chang Long only remembered that the master said that he would sneak attack from the Black Spirit Gang and the back mountain at night, he was a pedantic scholar who did not go out of the gate, and his mind would not be flexible, although Wang Xue had already explained his plan, Chang Long still did not understand it for a while, and saw that the direction of the four of them was the main gate of the cottage instead of the back mountain, and they chatted endlessly along the way, saying that the dignified Master Wang Xue would also say the wrong thing and go the wrong way. Wang Xue patiently explained again, and said: "Didn't I already explain it to you, I discovered Wang Bao's whereabouts when I followed you in the forest yesterday afternoon, and what I said to you yesterday was actually intended to be heard by Wang Bao." Zhao Xiaocao continued: "Wang Bao mistakenly thinks that he has overheard my master's plan, then he will go to inform the Black Spirit Gang and let the Black Spirit Gang step up its defense of Yuhou Mountain, so that there will not be many defenders at the main gate of the Black Spirit Gang's cottage, and it will be much easier for us to attack from the main gate." You are literate at the age of three, memorable at the age of five, and you are a rare talent, why can't you even think about this little thing?" Chang Long said: "Having said that, Master Wang Xue's strategy has been told to me many times, but you deliberately let Wang Bao hear that we are going to attack from the back mountain, but we are walking towards the main gate of their cottage again at this moment, why is this!" Wang Xue and Zhao Xiaocao looked at each other, and thought in their hearts: "I have explained to you over and over again, it is really in vain." Hu Xiaochen patted Chang Long on the back a few times, and said with a smile: "Listen to me, let's go up from the main gate of the cottage, and then defeat the Black Spirit Gang, make sure that nothing goes wrong, you don't need to ask anything else." ”
When the four of them arrived at the top of the mountain, they saw that the cottage of the Black Spirit Gang was built with countless giant trees, which was very majestic. When a few gatekeepers in front of the door saw someone approaching, they all exclaimed: "Who trespassed on the Black Spirit Gang?" "Don't get any closer!" Wang Xue walked in front, walked a few steps to the gatekeepers, and said with a smile: "Two big brothers, we went up the mountain this time for nothing else, and made a special trip to exterminate the Black Spirit Gang." The gatekeepers originally saw that it was just a woman with three children who came over, and they were not too wary, and they were even more relieved when they heard Wang Xue say the first half of the sentence, but after hearing Wang Xue say the second half of the sentence, they realized that things were not good, and they hurriedly picked up the long knife behind their backs and slashed at Wang Xue. Wang Xue flashed to the side of a person, covered the man's mouth and nose with his left hand, to prevent him from calling to attract accomplices, and slammed his right fist at the base of his ear, and the man fainted. The rest of the people were all shocked when they saw Wang Xue's skills. Wang Xue took advantage of the fear of the bandits, and made the same method knock out another person. Zhao Xiaocao and Hu Xiaochen rushed up and knocked down the remaining bandits. Zhao Xiaocao sighed: "The thieves don't know that we will go up the mountain from the main gate generously, and also said that we will climb the back mountain to sneak attack, because they will transfer most of the guards to the back door of the cottage, Rao is so, the front door still left four or five night watchmen, if it is changed to usual, the night watchman at the front door is only afraid of a dozen There are also some, it can be seen how powerful the Black Spirit Gang is, and it is not easy to avenge my parents." Hu Xiaochen stretched out his hand and gently hugged Zhao Xiaocao, and said: "Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, where is it like a Jianghu person? We will always accompany you in revenge, you don't have to worry." ”
Wang Xue shook open the gate of the cottage with both hands, took out all four tokens from his arms, and left one for himself, three of which were handed over to Zhao Xiaocao, Hu Xiaochen and Chang Long. Zhao Xiaocao and Hu Xiaochen each took one, Chang Long looked at the token in Wang Xue's hand, hesitated slightly, still didn't take it, pulled out the green sword, and said, "I'll use this." Zhao Xiaocao sneered: "Master, people are rich sons and brothers, and they look down on our countrymen's things. Chang Long said angrily: "The enemy is now, don't disturb our master-apprentice relationship." Zhao Xiaocao said: "Just kidding, what is Brother Gongzi nervous about?" Wang Xue said: "Don't make any noise, the bandits are fierce, and the shot is a killing move, and when you meet the bandits, you can't show mercy." Zhao Xiaocao said: "Of course, they killed my parents, where will I show mercy to them?"
The four of them walked into the cottage, only to hear a person not far away shouting: "Come on, someone is attacking from the main gate!" Wang Xue was shocked when she heard this, and thought: "Why was it detected by the enemy as soon as you entered the door, this is too unlucky." Hurriedly turned his head to look, only to see a person standing behind a low house not far away, thin and small, with a face like a traitorous monkey, not Wang Bao who is it? It turned out that after Wang Bao went up the mountain to ventilate and report the news, he stayed on the mountain and never left, and the other thieves went to the back mountain to guard the palace, Wang Bao did not know martial arts, so he stayed in the house and did not come out, not wanting to happen to bump into Wang Xue and others sneak attack. Wang Bao's shout, the cottage was in chaos, the patrolling bandits surrounded one after another, and the bandits who were sleeping soundly in the bedroom also hurriedly got up and went out to investigate.
Wang Xue saw that the matter was revealed, and it would be difficult to sneak attack tonight, so she said to Zhao Xiaocao and the others: "Hurry up!" Wang Xue saw that the situation was not good, and asked Zhao Xiaocao and the others to quickly turn around and flee for their lives, but Zhao Xiaocao was eager to avenge his parents, and his eyes were red when he saw the bandits. Zhao Xiaocao took the lead, and Hu Xiaochen and Chang Long also rushed over to fight with the bandits. Wang Xue couldn't help but shake her head and smile bitterly, and sighed in a low voice: "Young man, it can really be said that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. Of the four tokens in her hand, two of them were handed over to Zhao Xiaocao and Hu Xiaochen respectively, and at this time, there were still two tokens left in her hands, and she handed them over to her left and right hands, and rushed into the pile of thieves to slash and kill everywhere.
Zhao Xiaocao and Hu Xiaochen relied on the sharpness of the token, and didn't care whether it was a fist or a knife or a gun, the token was slashed at will, and they would cut whatever they saw. As soon as the besieging bandits attacked, several people were seriously injured, and the remaining bandits did not dare to attack again for a while. Chang Long's green sword was useless, and he competed with several thieves in sword fighting, and in a moment, he was in danger. Hu Xiaochen fought his way to grab Chang Long's back, resisted the thieves who attacked Chang Long from behind, and took the opportunity to say to Chang Long: "The broken copper and iron in your hand can be thrown away." Chang Long said angrily: "What is broken copper and iron, my green sword is an ancestral treasure, and it is worth a city!" Hu Xiaochen said: "Don't say that it is worth a city, even if it is worth even Kyushu, it is not as useful as an ordinary iron tool at this moment." "Chang Long has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he has worked a lot on this green sword, although the green sword has no life, but Chang Long and the green sword have been inseparable day and night for more than ten years, and there is a lot of brotherhood in this green sword, although he knows that Hu Xiaochen is telling the truth, but when he heard Hu Xiaochen belittle the green sword, he was also angry in his heart, and said angrily: "What do you know!" The two of them said that the moves in their hands were still going back and forth, but they couldn't help but be distracted by the use of force while talking, Hu Xiaochen's token was a divine weapon, but he didn't feel anything, Chang Long's green sword could not attack the enemy, and this distraction immediately revealed a flaw in his left arm. A bandit crossed the machete and cut a shallow wound on Chang Long's left arm, and if the dragon saw the opportunity quickly, the left arm had been cut off at this time.
Chang Long scolded loudly, and his right arm sent out a strong force, brushing and stabbing at the bandit who cut off his left arm. Although the thief knew that Chang Long's green sword had not been bladed, and he would never be able to pierce his flesh and skin, but the sword shadow flashed before he saw him, and he couldn't help but be stunned, and barely blocked two moves, and finally became timid and retreated. Chang Long turned his head to Hu Xiaochen and said proudly: "What's the matter, my green sword is not bad?" Hu Xiaochen pouted and said, "No, no, the wound on your arm is not bad." ”
Wang Xue saw that Chang Long's left arm was injured, and immediately recalled that he had also been hit by Bai Langtao's sword on his arm in the past, and he didn't feel anything after the injury was healed, but later he learned that the wound was very deep, and it had affected the meridians, and one arm was almost abolished, fortunately, he was rescued by his senior brother Xiao Yuansheng, otherwise his right arm was no longer there today, and the wound on Chang Long's arm was also very deep at this moment, for fear that Chang Long would play his old tune again and scrap his arm, she had been guarding Zhao Xiaocao's side, and then saw that Zhao Xiaocao was unhindered and Chang Long was injured, and rushed over to help Chang Long. Several bandits besieging Changlong saw Wang Xue approaching, and they all picked up their machetes and slashed at Wang Xue. Wang Xue ran to Chang Long's side, waved the token in his left hand, and slashed several bandits who attacked him.
Suddenly, I heard a person say faintly: "What a handsome kung fu, the dignified Wang Xue Woman, really deserves her reputation!" The voice was hoarse and tactful, and it was impossible to distinguish between a man and a woman, which sounded extremely unpleasant. Wang Xue's heart sank, and she said: "Since Gonggong Huang is here, why is he reluctant to come forward, is he afraid of Xiaomei's blade?" Huang Qiangfeng said angrily: "What a little woman, you interrupted my Xuantie steel hammer last time, and I haven't gone to you to settle the account, so it's good for you to take the initiative to send it to the door yourself, and bring three children to accompany the funeral." This remark reminded Wang Xue, Wang Xue thought: "It's not difficult for me to get out by myself, no matter how many thieves there are, no matter how high Huang Gonggong's martial arts are, they can't keep me, but Zhao Xiaocao and Hu Xiaochen can't get out." Chang Long leaned his back behind Wang Xue, and Wang Xue whispered to Chang Long: "I'm here to resist Huang Qiangfeng, you quickly take Xiaocao and them out, let's meet at the bottom of the mountain." Chang Long also sensed that something was wrong, nodded his head, and said in a low voice: "Master Wang Xue, you should be careful." ”
Huang Qiangfeng saw Wang Xue and Chang Long muttering something to each other, although they couldn't hear the two of them talking clearly, but they didn't expect it to be a good thing, and said: "When death is coming, you still have time to talk nonsense, and there is time for you to talk slowly on the Huangquan Road." Hmph, look at the move!" suddenly pulled out a sledgehammer from behind him and threw it at Wang Xue. Wang Xue was taken aback, and only thought in his heart: "Hasn't his hammer been cut off by me last time?" The token in his right hand was immediately handed over to his left hand, and his right palm first pushed Chang Long beside him to other places, and he jumped away from the other side with this push. Huang Qiangfeng's first hammer was avoided by Wang Xue, and the second and third hammers followed and smashed towards Wang Xue's head. Wang Xue shouted: "It's too much to deceive people!" The token waved sharply at Huang Qiangfeng's chest. Huang Qiangfeng suffered a loss on the token, and knowing the power of Wang Xue's token, he was like a frightened bird at this moment, and hurriedly withdrew the hammer and jumped back.
Wang Xue took a closer look at the hammer in Huang Qiangfeng's hand, and saw that the hammer head was black and shiny, it was indeed the one made by Huang Qiangfeng when he fought last time, although the hammer head has been used for more than ten years and has been slightly worn, but it can still be knocked out at a glance It is a high-grade blade, but in contrast, the hammer handle is new and shiny, and it is obviously newly cast. It turned out that Huang Qiangfeng's black iron steel hammer was cut in two by Wang Xue that day, Huang Qiangfeng's hammer head was made of black iron, which is the rarest iron material in the world, he couldn't bear to discard it, so he cast another iron handle and connected it to the black iron hammer head to use it. Wang Xue understood the reason when she saw it, and couldn't help laughing. Huang Qiangfeng's face flushed, and he said angrily: "Stinky woman, today is the period of your death, what are you smirking at?" waved the hammer and smashed it at Wang Xue.
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