Chapter 17: Facing the Stalk
"Brother Ding!" After hesitating for a moment, Yan Si rushed over, with teary eyes: "I am your relative now, and you must come to see me in the future." ”
Ding Lei's face was full of embarrassment, and the words in his arms were like a deer jumping around, his cheeks were crimson, he bit his red lips, and his expression was firm.
Zhang Zhen glanced at it twice, and couldn't help but look up and sigh: "Brother Ding, why don't you stay, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years." ”
Faced with this situation, Ding Lei couldn't help but hesitate, he went through the world alone, whether it was a blessing or a curse, it was not yet known.
But I heard Yuan Yuankong say: "I think Brother Ding is not a person who is stuck in one sect, it can be seen that he is determined, although he rarely mentions his relatives in the past few days, but he has already calculated it in his heart, Brother Zhang, you don't have to persuade him, even the little sister of Yansi has not been able to take away his heart, and it is in vain for you to say more." ”
He shook his head and nodded again, as if he was clearing up the relationship with romance, but he couldn't help but comfort: "Yansi, I will come to see you, you can rest assured, by the way, how do you arrange your sisters?"
Yan Si looked at it, and the two sisters said on their horses: "We follow Yan Si, although we don't want to be disciples, it's still okay to do a job in a nearby town to support ourselves." ”
In this way, Ding Lei was even more relieved, and waved his hand goodbye: "Yansi, don't cry, without further ado, I'm going to leave quickly, you will be a disciple of the inner sect in the future, don't cry and cry, let alone not even know how to ride a horse!"
Seeing Ding Lei pushing her away, Yan Si couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart, opened his cherry mouth, and finally said, "Brother Ding, I have something here, you can put it away." ”
Ding Lei wanted to refuse on the spot, but he saw that Yan Si was forced to stuff a string of turquoise bracelets, the color was green and tender, natural and translucent, and it was made of beautiful jade at a glance, which was very valuable.
"Take it. Yan Si looked at Ding Lei.
"This is your family heirloom!" Ding Lei's voice settled, and he grabbed his throat for a while, not knowing what to say, but seeing Zhang Zhen also dismounted, he took a bag from his waist and opened it in front of Ding Lei, which was heavy with copper coins: "Brother Ding, if you feel embarrassed, you can not accept your sister's things, I can send you some more coiled and other things." ”
Yuan Yuankong also looked at Ding Lei, threw down a fine iron long sword, and said: "This is my spare saber, much better than your ordinary saber, you walk the rivers and lakes, how can you do without a good sword?"
Ding Lei was even more speechless in the face of everyone's gifts: "How can I accept your gifts for no reason?"
"Maybe I will rely on you for help in the future, I see people very accurately, you have a lot of character, and the future is limitless. Zhang Zhi said.
Ding Lei's repeated refusals, but finally he couldn't resist it, and was forced into his hands by Zhang Zhen and Yuan Yuankong, as for Yan Si, he didn't accept it, and accepted Zhang Qian's gift, he also wanted to know the benefits of the "Righteous Jinlan" function on the one hand.
He is not a person who accepts gifts for no reason, he immediately opened his medicine box, revealing a heavy book: "This is my master Luo Qingfeng's collection of "Caotang Medical Scripture" for many years, and there are some elixirs for the treatment of injuries and diseases, Qi Huang San, green pine grass and the like, I am not used to receiving gifts for no reason, please accept my gifts, just as a gift between friends!"
Zhang Zhen was about to decline, but Yuan Yuankong stepped forward and said, "Hey, I know your character, so I will accept it for Brother Zhang." ”
He turned his head and looked at Yan Si: "Sister Yan Si, you take back your things, we have all planned for Brother Ding." ”
Yan Si reluctantly put away the bracelet.
Seeing Ding Lei's distant look, he immediately looked back and said solemnly: "Everyone, don't say much, it's going to be dark, I should also go!"
Zhang Zhen and Yuan Yuankong had already said goodbye before, but this time they just gave their hands, and their words were also filled with tears, their faces were swaying, and they waved goodbye.
Ding Lei gradually went away, rode his horse and whipped his horse, and saw that the sky was dark, the glow was red, and the clouds were galloping, running with the wind, and leaving with his heart.
His heart has flown to Cangyan City, and he hopes to start a new life in a new place.
As for Yan Si, maybe he can only treat her as his sister, such a cute and petite woman, the best destination for her may be to find a good family to marry, but she insists on resolutely choosing to become a disciple of the Hundred Fist Sect, which is also driven by her unwilling fate.
Ding Lei's destiny is indisobedient, but he prefers to make some achievements by himself, and he is also persistent.
Zhang Zhen and Yuan Yuankong glanced at each other and sighed one after another.
In the distance, Ding Lei, who had turned into a small dot, disappeared into the woods, and finally disappeared.
It wasn't until the last glance that Yan Si turned around and clenched his little fists: "Brother Zhang, Brother Yuan, let's go." ”
The green pines are verdant, the official road is lengthy, Ding Lei straddles the horse, far away like a flat boat, rippling with the wind, he has received the map given by Zhang Zhen before, ten miles away is Cangyan City, the distance is not far.
This is a jungle-covered official road, deserted on all sides, and it is obvious that the remnants of the Great Xia army have spread here.
Fortunately, the war is still ahead, and it has not come, but the threat is still there, which is terrifying, and few people are going around again.
The trees were like a haze, dark and gray. Ding Lei didn't care too much, he closed his eyes and recuperated and integrated into the "chivalrous list".
Just now, he checked the coil given by Zhang Qian, although it was not much, it was about three hundred wen, and in addition to ordinary copper coins, there were also coins used for exchange within the sect.
Obviously, Zhang Zhen didn't think too much about it, and made a temporary decision. Coiling is naturally useful, but coinage can only circulate within the hundred fists, which is really chicken ribs for Ding Lei.
Thinking of this, Ding Rai linked the description of "good friends" in "Righteous Jinlan": At this stage, you can exchange merit points with the "Chivalrous List" through gifts from friends.
He now has 7 merit points, but he doesn't know how much he can get by exchanging them.
According to the description, he spread out his palm, placed it on top of the coin, and recited it silently.
As he recited in his mouth, a grand clear sound came out of his mind, like fine iron ringing, echoing endlessly: "After identification, this total of fifty coins, calculated according to the value, can be exchanged for 5 merit points, Ding Lei, you still need to make persistent efforts!"
Ding Lei was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that this coin was worth a lot of money and could be exchanged for 5 points!
"Do you want to redeem it, and you can say 'yes' or 'no' in your heart?"
"Yes!" Ding Lei's eyes were firm, and he saw the coins move in response, turning into an earthy yellow light, turning around leisurely, and disappearing.
He originally had 7 merit points, but suddenly, the message flashed in front of him, and there were 5 more points, and now the 12 merit points are only 8 points away from exchanging "Sitting and Forgetting Gong".
Now whether it is dealing with Da Xia, or Zheng Lang and Chen Feiyu, they are completely unsure, and when they have achieved success, they may be able to do these tasks, but for now, they can only give up for a short time.
Ding Lei's heart sank, and when he came back to his senses, he saw that the clouds were dim, the sun was hidden, and the whole jungle was cold and cold.
Seeing that the sky is getting late, it will fly in the forest, and the sunset will sink into the mountains, if you don't rush to Cangyan City, I'm afraid there will be variables, such as today's is not peaceful, and it is common sense to encounter some robbers and bandits.
He hurried to get there before it was completely dark.
When the sound of horses' hooves was galloping, he keenly felt that there was also the sound of ground movement behind him, as if there were also horses' hooves galloping, and the movement was getting louder and louder.
When Ding Lei stopped feeling, the voice disappeared again.
After following him all the way for two or three miles, Ding Lei's feeling even more strange, could it be that he had encountered a robber? If it was a robber, why didn't he do it?
He simply dismounted, slapped the horse violently, and let him run forward on his own.
Ding Lei's figure flashed and fell into the woods, he hid in the bushes, squinting his eyes and observing carefully.
Soon there was the sound of galloping on the official road, and three men in strong suits followed sneakily, the horses were not fast, they were deliberate.
"Where do they seem to have met?" Ding Lei's mind moved, and the figures of the famous sect chivalrous warriors he had seen that day appeared, and his memory was now amazing, almost clear at a glance.
The three of them obviously changed their clothes, and it was almost certain that the three belonged to Zheng Lang and Chen Feiyu's lackeys.
Thinking of this, Ding Lei felt even more disgusted, Zheng Lang and Chen Feiyu actually didn't give up, and sent their outer disciples to look for him, these three outer disciples obviously haven't seized the right opportunity, their martial arts are not very good, plus Zheng Lang's advice, they didn't take the initiative to reveal their identities.
Even so, their actions annoyed Ding Lei.
Although Ding Lei was born as a literati, the anger of the literati is also not something that ordinary people can resist.
He pondered to himself, followed the direction, and ran over quickly.
Ding Lei's speed was naturally not as fast as that of a horse, but when he was nearly halfway there, Ding Lei's horse had stopped and was grazing on the side of the road.
It was gradually dimming in front of him, and there were stars and moons dotting the sky, but Ding Lei could see clearly, three men were stopping in front of Ding Lei's horse, and their eyes were extremely cold.
"This Ding Rai is very vigilant! It doesn't look like an ordinary literati pustule at all, we still miscalculated. One of the men snorted coldly, he was the leader, and his status among the outer disciples was also extraordinary, from his steady steps like a tiger, it could be seen that he had a body of kung fu, which was obviously more powerful than the other two.
"Then what should I do? I would have done it earlier, but our tracking made him run away, damn it!" The other person stabbed his head and swept his eyes around, trying to find Ding Lei's traces, but the night was like a curtain and unpredictable.
"It's okay, go to Cangyan City first, Senior Brother Zheng has already told me, if the first plan can't be implemented, then the second plan! Let this Ding Rai suffer well!" said the man who took the lead before.
Another timid man suddenly said, "If we don't kill him, what if he finds out and retaliates against us?"
"What are you afraid of?" the man sneered, indifferent to the words of the person in front of him, "This Ding Lei has no background, and it will turn the world upside down if he knows Zhang Zhen? I am afraid that he will not even have the opportunity to join the Scattered Alliance." "Chivalrous list