Chapter 2 The sky net is restored, and a corner is lifted to leak the fish
Hearing this terrible neighing of the horse, the young man, who was already a little hesitant, immediately flew his sword out of its sheath and flew back like a lightning bolt.
As soon as he reached the pass, he saw that the fast horse had fallen on the side of the road, overwhelming a large bush, and that his four hooves and feet were bleeding. And the two robbers, who were originally lazy, have now become extremely brave, and they each wielded steel knives and fiercely killed the fallen officer and soldier.
As soon as you look at the battle situation in front of you, you can tell the victory or defeat of both sides. The grizzled herald, although his movements were nimble, but his kung fu was obviously not as good as his riding skills, and now he was desperately parrying with a sentry stick, and he was already stumbling, and he was about to die under the knives of those two ruthless bandits.
Seeing this scene, the young man, who was already suspicious, immediately swung his sword and flew forward to join the battle group.
At this time, the skill of awakening is not comparable to that of ordinary Jianghu experts. The two thieves who were about to succeed caught a glimpse of a figure approaching, and before they could react, they felt a pain and numbness under their hands, and then "dangdang" sounded twice, and the steel knife in their hands had been knocked out of their hands and flew away.
Before these two flower-faced men could be surprised, they already felt a chill on their necks - in the blink of an eye, the inconspicuous passing young man had already pressed the long iron sword just right on the necks of the two of them: "Say, who made you do this?"
When I looked at it again, I found that the young man who had a peaceful face was now a fierce look, looking extremely majestic. Seeing this battle, and his life was at stake, the leader immediately softened, put on a pitiful face and desperately begged for mercy: "Xiaoxia spare his life! Xiaoxia spare his life! My brothers are also forced by life to do such a business!"
His brother hurriedly chimed in: "What my eldest brother said is true! The little hero will spare my brothers this time, and we promise to change their ways in the future, and we will all go home and farm honestly!"
Seeing that the two of them suddenly turned into this bear bag, the Four Seas Hall Master leaned at them coldly, and spit out two words in his mouth: "Really?"
As soon as they heard that this was not good, the two heroes became busy, and quickly begged for mercy again and again.
At this moment, the rescued county soldier suddenly shouted: "It turns out, it was all you! Those brothers before, it turned out that you were all killed!"
As soon as he heard this, Xingyan hurriedly asked him what was going on. At this time, Qiong Wei and Xue Yi also caught up, and each sent a sword to replace the hall master and control the two people. Seeing the second daughter's means of turning the hairpin into a gorgeous blade, the two thieves suddenly looked dead.
Not to mention the surprise in their hearts, but to mention the county soldiers, when they heard the awakening words and asked, they told him the cause and effect with a sad and indignant face.
It turned out that just over half a month ago, Yulin County, which was originally in a good weather, was hit by a locust plague in all nine counties. Wherever the locusts went, they obscured the sky and the sun, and scooped the crops that were waiting to be harvested in the fields, leaving no grains left. To add insult to injury, because of last year's good times and good prices from grain merchants, most of the households sold their grain and rice to rice shops, and each household did not have much grain in stock, which was only enough to eat the new rice harvest.
As a result, this locust plague, which was neither early nor late, suddenly dragged the people of Yulin County into the abyss. Although Lord Bai Shijunbai, the county guard, ordered all counties in the county to open official warehouses to provide relief to the victims, because there was not much grain in the treasury and the supply of military food had to be guaranteed, these reliefs were only a drop in the bucket for the victims of the county. In the end, most of the victims, in order to survive, had to buy back the rice they sold the previous year from the grain merchants at a high price.
Faced with such an embarrassment, Bai Taishou ordered the county commander to send soldiers to ask for help from neighboring counties and counties, in an attempt to alleviate the current predicament. Who knows, after waiting for more than ten days, several groups of officers and soldiers were dispatched to deliver documents in several ways, but all of them were not heard from.
Speaking of this, the county soldier in front of him who had escaped the catastrophe stared at the two thieves and gritted his teeth and said: "Now my Lao Liu knows that those brothers before are afraid that they were all killed by these thieves!"
After that, the angry county soldier raised his whistle stick and was about to smash it down on the thief in front of him. Seeing him behave like this, Xingyan hurriedly waved his sword to block him, and persuaded: "Brother Liu doesn't need to be anxious; ”
Hearing him say this, the county soldier surnamed Liu also calmed down, put away his stick and saluted: "It's all up to the young man's orders!"
Seeing that he was calm, Xingyan turned to the two thieves, put on a fierce appearance, and shouted with a tiger face: "You two thieves, you committed the murder of officials, and you dare to fight sloppily with the master?!"
"Tell me quickly, who is the master of making you do such a hurtful thing? - If you still dare to pretend to be confused, don't blame your young master for being ruthless!"
After pretending to be evil and scolding, I looked at their reactions, and realized that these two outlaws were by no means good. Just when the blade was approaching, listening to his intimidation, these two people dared to make a bitter appearance, begging for mercy with their mouths full, and never said a word of truth before and after.
Seeing that these two thieves were stubborn, he said in his heart: "This matter is very important, there must be a hidden secret, I can't be soft-hearted." ”
After making up his mind and continuing to intimidate for a few words to no avail, he cast the Dragon Palace's secret spell "Ice Heart Knot", holding the mana fire, intending to slowly freeze the two of them, and when the body could not bear it, he should almost say the truth.
Speaking of which, the boy had a good idea. Who knows, these two thieves who are good at martial arts are surprisingly tough. Suffering from the extreme cold, the two of them knew that they would never be able to escape in front of these three young men and women today. Immediately, the two looked at each other, and before the vicious young man in front of him could react, the man at the head suddenly made a move, slapped a palm with all his strength, and slapped it heavily on his brother's chest, and immediately beat the person next to him to the mouth to spurt blood, and saw that he was no longer alive;
When his neck was pierced by the Fire God Soldier, the man, whose face was blue and had been frozen by the juvenile spell, said in a trembling voice with his teeth struck each other: "Warm, warm!"
Then he fell to the ground and died on the spot.
Seeing this abnormal change, several people present were stunned. Seeing the two corpses that fell to the ground in front of him, Xingyan couldn't help but admire their toughness. It's just that in this way, they no longer know the secrets they hide in their hearts.
sighed, and Xingyan didn't even bother to search for the body, so he asked the little girl, who still didn't know what was going on, to give birth to a raging fire out of thin air and cremate the bodies of the two people on the spot. Come to think of it, these two people are so resolute that they will never carry anything on them that reveals their identities.
When the two fierce thieves were gone, the officer and soldier who reported the news woke up like a dream. He was stunned for a long time before he held back a sentence: "Who are he, who are they? Will they have bad intentions and harm our military and civilian ...... in a county."
Hearing him say this, Xing Yan suddenly remembered something, so he asked: "Brother Liu, the kid has something that I don't know -- why do you have to wait for you to deliver official documents before the neighboring counties are willing to rescue you? I don't believe that in the past half a month, no victims have been displaced to the neighboring counties. ”
Hearing his question, the soldier surnamed Liu smiled bitterly and replied: "The little hero doesn't know anything. Although many victims have been displaced in neighboring counties, without official documents and without the prestige of our county, the government of those neighboring counties will never provide relief food. ”
"Why is that?"
"This is because the locust plague in our county came really suddenly, and the old men in the neighboring counties were all afraid, and they had to stock up on food to prevent their own counties from suffering natural disasters. In this way, if there is no official document from my county, those big men will never come to the rescue. ”
Xu is Li'er has reached a consensus in Yulin County, and when the letter sent to the county to say this, there was no trace of righteous indignation, just a wry smile on his face. Seeing this, Xingyan didn't ask any more, and only asked him to go to the neighboring county for help earlier. Seeing that his horse was injured, Xingyan confessed to Xue Yi Qiongwei, and then grabbed the belt of the messenger, raised his sword, and sent him to the nearest post station in the town. Seeing him use such methods, the official was naturally surprised and delighted when he arrived at the post station, and he didn't say anything to thank him. At the time of parting, Xingyan asked his family's famous county keeper who he was, and after listening to his respectful answer, he learned that the Yulin County Taishou turned out to be the unparalleled son who had given him a gift of silver a few days ago.
Bidding farewell to the county soldiers who have been thankful for thousands of thanks, the master of the Four Seas Hall, who has not made any breakthroughs in the way of the sword, ran all the way half-sword, half-run, and after more than half an hour, he finally returned to the dangerous mountain pass and joined the second daughter.
In the evening of that day, the three of them came to Yuping County, a county in Yulin County. As soon as I entered the county seat, before I could see the face of the city, it was already dark.
Originally, on a normal day, even if it was a small market town, the streets would be brightly lit at night. Who knew that there was almost no light in the huge Yuping county town around me today. After walking along the street for a long time, I didn't see any of the houses on the street lighting up. The three of them walked by the starlight on the dark street, and they hardly met any pedestrians along the way. In the wide streets, there was silence, and only the sound of his own footsteps could be heard in the hazy moonlight.
The entire streets of Yuping City are immersed in an unusual silence.
And the street scene around him was so lifeless, it provoked Xiao Qiongwei to analyze it seriously, saying that this place might be haunted again.
After listening to this innocent words, and then looking at the little sister's vigilant appearance, Xingyan sighed. He knew that this deathly silence was a sign of a disaster in the land. Most of the residents of Yuping have even saved money on lamp oil.
With the dim light of the stars and moon, Xingyan finally found an inn to live in. When they arrived at the room, the guests were told by the hotel guy that because of the cost savings in the store, only one candle could be issued in the two rooms. Although this rule is not close to people, looking at the gloomy face of the shopkeeper, Xingyan does not care about him.
So, before the sleepiness came, the three of them were all huddled in the awakening room, sitting around the table, staring at the candle in the table that was flickering.
The night is lonely and unspoken, and when the candle shadow flickers, the three of them cast turbulent shadows on the four walls.
was stunned for a while, and when she was bored, Xiao Qiongwei suddenly spoke, saying that she missed the dragon girl sister who liked to pinch her face. So, the young man who also had the same idea readily accepted her suggestion, took out the jade lotus in his arms, and let it open in a basin of clear water.
...... When he saw this dragon girl who was attracted by his dreams again, Xingyan found that his Dao heart, which he thought was strong, suddenly beat violently uncontrollably.
The little dragon girl in the candlelight is slightly different from the noble in the past. At this moment, the spirit ripples that come out of the water are combed by the clouds, thin as cicada wings, and the eyebrows are about to be beautiful, as light as a spring mountain. Standing in the room, the sleeves hang down, the style is beautiful, like a pink lotus flower out of the bath. When I saw the person in front of me looking at me stupidly, the pretty princess was pink again, and she was not smiling;
It's no wonder that the young man who is used to seeing beautiful women is now stunned; the dragon princess standing in front of Xingyan at this moment has changed her playful appearance in the past, and she is dressed up dignified and virtuous, and her demeanor is elegant, but she has a bit of Xueyi's taste.
"This, this is still the little girl who drank and talked about poetry with herself in the Poyang Restaurant back then?"
Ouxiang Chang recalled, it was even more gentle, and the water clouds were red and wet in his dreams......
Seeing that the young man in front of him was still staring, the four dragon girls finally couldn't care about maintaining their image anymore, "poof" smiled, came over and stretched out her hand to shake it in front of the stupid goose, and said in her mouth: "You idiot, this time you still have some conscience, you didn't wait for a few years to call me." ”
Listening to this kind of praise and disgust, the young man in a daze finally came to his senses and found that the dignified dragon princess in front of him was still the lively and hearty goddess in his mind.
With the addition of Lingyi, the room suddenly became lively. reunited after a long absence, Xingyan naturally wanted to tell her about the thrilling ghost fight in Zhenyin Village the day before yesterday. Under his vivid narration, his vision is as broad as a lingyi, and it is also said to be as if he is in the scene, and he is awake to the gains and losses. Every time at a critical juncture, when he heard that the young man was in distress, he couldn't help but cover his mouth and exclaim. When the whole story was finished and Xingyan showed her the ghostly ghost ring between her fingers, the four blasphemous dragon girls finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Whew~ It's dangerous!"
And after this wonderful storytelling began, there was one person who was sullen. This person is none other than Qiong Wei. This girl is a little depressed, because the good-looking sister Lingyi forgot to pinch her cute face today, and she herself is embarrassed to remind her.
Of course, for Qiong Wei, this unhappiness did not last long, and after a while, she was completely captivated by the story her brother was telling. At this time, Qiong Wei had forgotten that it was her own experience, and when Xingyan talked about the danger, she also exclaimed with Sister Lingyi, eager to know if she and her brother had been eaten by evil spirits later!
When Xingyan finished talking about the ghost, the room fell silent again. The young man who had just finished talking about a victory, Qingjun's face was radiant, and he was glowing with a bit of strange brilliance under the candlelight. Seeing the usual young man with such an elegant and carefree appearance at the moment, the dragon girl who has always been generous didn't have a reason to panic, and she didn't know what to say.
When she was shy, Ling Yi'er suddenly heard a strange sound in the emptiness, and after listening for a while, she no longer peeked at the young man, but turned to the little girl who was looking at her, and said with a smile: "Little sister Qiong Wei, do you want to see my sister play a trick on you?"
"Yes, yes!"
The little girl who likes to play naturally clapped her hands in approval. And the bored young man would not object, so he and Qiong Wei Xueyi stared at Lingyi curiously to see how she played tricks.
In the eyes of the three people of Sihaitang, they saw Lingyi take three bamboo chips and place them on the table in parallel. He raised his hand lightly, sighed slightly in front of him, and saw that in a candlelight red shadow, Lingyiyu had conjured a crystal shining thing out of thin air in his hand, with all his facial features and limbs, and he could see that it was a human shape.
This little man with flickering ice light, as soon as he was about to be generated, without waiting for the call, jumped from Lingyi's hand to the table, stood in front of one bamboo chip, and began to jump forward with his efforts, and jumped over three bamboo chips in a blink of an eye. It's just that when it jumped over the third bamboo chip, Ling Yi'er kept re-arranging the bamboo chip it had skipped before, and the cycle began again and again, causing this stubborn Xiaoice man to jump around the table four or five times along the never-ending obstacles!
Looking at the cute Xiaoice man in front of him clumsily jumping over the bamboo chips, Xiao Qiong Wei couldn't help jumping up happily, clapping her hands and giggling, and cheering for the spiritual iceman. Seeing her like this, Lingyi'er also smiled like a spring flower and asked, "Is it fun?"
"It's fun!"
Qiong Wei clapped her hands and laughed.
"There's even more fun!"
In the expectant gaze of the little girl, the dragon princess's eyes flashed for a moment, and then she got up and walked to the door, and opened the door with a "whew".
Seeing her suddenly like this, she didn't know why. When I was about to ask her, I heard a muffled sound of "tom" in the courtyard, and it seemed that something heavy fell to the ground.
Hearing such a strange noise, Xingyan also hurried to the door. When he looked into the courtyard, he couldn't help but gasp!