Chapter 14: True Friends

"I salute you, Brother Feng!"

"It's done. ”

The wine is indeed a good wine, and as soon as you taste it, you feel that all your troubles are gone.

Feng Tieyan said: "I know that you will definitely not come to the Heavenly Sword Sect for no reason, because your golden pill cannot be broken by anyone, that person should be a big man." ”

"That's right. Cangma said: "That person is ......"

"No, you don't need to tell me. Feng Tieyan interrupted: "Before you finish what you need to do, the fewer people who know about this matter, the better." ”

"I only regret one thing now. Cangma said: "I should have tied you up the mountain anyway and forced you to join the gang!"

"Hahaha. Feng Tieyan smiled and blamed: "Then why didn't you do it in the first place?"

"Alas!" Cangma sighed: "Am I not afraid that you will be angry!"

"Hahaha......"

"There's still a chance. Feng Tieyan said solemnly: "I look forward to you doing something great again, I want to witness with my own eyes, no matter what kind of help you need, I will do my best." ”

"Good brother!"

The two big hands were clasped tightly together.

But they never finished drinking this jar of wine, because both of them got drunk very quickly. However, they agreed that when the matter was over, they would take out the remaining half jar of wine to celebrate.

Cangma is grateful to Feng Tieyan and grateful that he can have such a friend. A true friend, even if he doesn't know what you want to do, will support you unconditionally, because he trusts in your character!

After almost twenty days, Cangma's injuries had recovered to a certain extent, and at least some simple movements were fine.

And from today onwards, he must also go to the Heavenly Sword Sect's miscellaneous office to do errands. The miscellaneous office is mainly responsible for the purchase of the Heavenly Sword Sect, such as the daily need of firewood, rice, oil, salt, sewing and cloth, which are all purchased by the miscellaneous office, and the main job of Cangma is basically to transport these things back to the mountain from the town's market.

Along the way, many people pointed fingers at Cangma, and it seems that the news that he killed Guo Song spread quickly. It seems that everyone knows him, on the surface, he killed Guo Song because the other party practiced and went mad, but everyone knew that the disciples of the Jindan period were not so easy to fall into demons. So there is another secret behind the fact that he killed Guo Song, but since he can use the excuse of going mad to suppress this matter, it shows that Cangma has a very good background in the sect. In addition, Cangma was the first disciple to break through the mountain gate, so no one dared to underestimate him.

Therefore, when Cangma approached, the disciples who had been pointing fingers before immediately stopped their voices and passed by him as if they were fine. This kind of thing, they only dare to talk about it behind their backs, and they don't dare to say it casually.

But for Cangma, this is a good thing, at least from now on, no one will dare to trouble him casually.

After climbing over a mountain, Cangma finally found the Heavenly Sword Sect's chores, a thatched hut built on the hillside.

A strong man of eighteen or nineteen years old was chopping wood in the yard.

Cangma walked up and asked, "Little brother, this is the chores of the Heavenly Sword Sect, right?"

The young man turned his head and glanced upward, but he didn't speak, just a smirk: "Hehe, hehe." ”

It turned out to be a fool, and when he heard a coughing sound from inside the house, Cangma raised his feet and walked over.

"Are you Cangma?" The old man in the thatched hut was lying on a rocking chair with a purple clay pot, about fifty years old, with a clear face and clear eyes.

Cangma said: "It's me." ”

The old man said: "The Cangma of the Deception Village." ”

"Not bad. The old man seemed to know his details very well, but Cangma couldn't tell what kind of attitude the old man had towards him.

The old man said, "Go down the mountain from here and go west, there is a village twenty miles away, do you know that place?"

Cangma said: "Chengjia Village, I went to it more than ten years ago. ”

The old man said: "But now, Chengjia Village no longer exists, it has now become a small town, and villagers from a radius of hundreds of miles will come to this town to do business." ”

Cangma said: "I don't know about this, I rarely ask about things in the rivers and lakes in the past ten years." ”

The old man continued: "Back then, bandits were rampant in Chengjia Village, and there were as many as six or seven bandits who came over. Despite being backed by the Heavenly Sword Sect, which is known as the first sect in the world, Chengjia Village has no way to live a peaceful life, and the villagers there are suffering from a life of bullying. ”

Cangma said: "I heard that the Heavenly Sword Sect also sent disciples down the mountain to suppress bandits, but as soon as they came, those bandits disguised themselves as ordinary people, so the Heavenly Sword Sect was helpless about it. ”

The old man said: "It is precisely because of this that these bandits are even more emboldened and reckless, taking by force, committing adultery, and plundering everything. However, I heard that you were the last to put down the bandits here, so why did you do that?"

Cangma said: "Because I can't get used to the injustices in this world." ”

The old man said, "But you are also a bandit." ”

Cangma said: "The best way to deal with bandits is to counter violence with violence, as long as my power is big enough, they don't even need me to make a move, they will be scared just by hearing my name." ”

The old man said, "What you said makes a lot of sense, but I still want to know how you quelled the bandits." ”

Cangma said: "Among these bandits, the most powerful leader is Li Dabeard, I killed Li Dabeard, and then cut off his head and hung it on the flagpole. ”

The old man said, "But the dead man has no beard on his face. ”

Cangma said: "Because Li Dabeard has no beard in the first place." ”

The old man was surprised, "Why?"

"Because he was a eunuch. When Cangma said this, he saw that the old man's hand holding the purple clay pot shook unconsciously, but then he regained his composure. "Li Dabeard is not surnamed Li, his surname is Wang, his name is Wang Xian, he is a talented man, and he became a bandit halfway. It is said that in order to practice a peerless swordsmanship, he gave himself to the gelding. ”

"But why did he still forcibly take the women of a good family?"

"In order to hide their identity. Cangma continued: "It's the same as him impersonating the identity of Li Dabeard, just to hide people's eyes. Every time he grabbed a woman up the mountain, he would send her back after a few days. In order to convince people that the woman was defiled by him, he would deliberately tear the woman's clothes to create the illusion that he had insulted her. ”

"Why would he do that?"

"Because he knows that I've been looking for him all these years. Cangma paused, and then continued: "Wang Xian is a man who has done a lot of evil, his methods are insidious and ruthless, and he is very scheming. He didn't have a beard himself, but he always took a few bearded men with him every time he traveled, and several times I caught the wrong person. You said that there were six or seven groups of bandits around Chengjia Village, but in fact they were nothing more than three holes of his cunning rabbit. ”

"But you did catch him in the end. ”

"He's definitely going to die at my hands, it's just a matter of time. I hang his head on the flagpole, and no bandit will dare to come here again. ”

"That flag is still hanging in Ping'an Town, and the reason why Ping'an Town is called Ping'an Town is all because of this flag. After the old man said this, he fell into a deep silence.

Cangma knew why he was silent, because he had already guessed the identity of the old man. At that time, there was a woman in Chengjia Village who was snatched up the mountain by Li Dabeard, and when she came back, she threw herself into a well and died because of unbearable gossip, and that woman had a five-year-old stupid son. More than ten years have passed, and he should be about the same age as the strong guy chopping wood at the door.

"Senior, this should be the chores, I'm here on an errand, if you need me to do anything, you might as well explain it. ”

"Since you are a Cangma, then I have no reason to embarrass you. The old man took out a money bag from his bosom and threw it to Cangma, "Your job is to go to the market in Ping'an Town to buy the food and vegetables needed for the day, and then transport them back here." The list of purchases that need to be made is also written down on paper, and the silly pillar will go with you. My surname is Lin, I am in charge of the chores in the sect, and I am not a few years older than you, so you can call me Lao Lin directly in the future. ”

After Lin Laohan finished speaking, he called out the door again: "Silly Zhu, you pull the car up and go to the market with this uncle." ”

"Hey. The stupid pillar answered outside, put down the firewood knife and went to pull the cart.

Lin Laohan instructed again: "There is a shop selling roast chicken in the town, and the stupid pillar can't walk when he sees the roast chicken, and the little money you have in your hand is only enough to buy food, so don't buy roast chicken for him." If you can't buy enough food and can't pay the difference, don't blame me for not reminding you. ”

"I see. ”

"Go ahead. ”

Cangma walked outside the door, and Silly Zhu was smirking at himself with a flatbed truck.

The two walked together, without saying anything all the way, until they arrived at Ping'an Town.

The street market in Ping'an Town was bustling, and the vendors were each calling for their own business, and when they saw the stupid pillar, they all enthusiastically said to him: "The stupid pillar is here." ”

Silly Zhu didn't answer, just smirked at them, and then pulled the cart forward.

Cangma followed, keeping an eye on his surroundings, the town was much more prosperous than he had imagined. On both sides of the wide bluestone pavement, there are neatly arranged shops of red bricks and green tiles, wine shops, restaurants, and tea shops...... There are all kinds of shops.

In the middle of the town, there is a high flagpole, the colorful flag is waved in the wind, and the three big characters of "Batianzhai" are embroidered with gold thread on it, so it is not majestic.

But this flag is not erected by Batianzhai, because they don't use such a fancy flag, this is the flag set up spontaneously by the people in the town.

The air is filled with all kinds of smells, the most striking of which is the aroma of the freshly baked roast chicken.

Silly Zhu pulled the cart, smirked at Cangma, raised his head and sniffed his nose, and then snorted forward, "Hehe, hehe." ”

Cangma smiled and nodded at him.

As a result, the steps under the feet of the stupid pillar became more powerful.