The road up the mountain was in front of them, but the three of them had walked more than two miles, but they still hadn't stepped on the hillside, and it seemed that if they wanted to go up the mountain, they would have to walk another two or three miles. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Xiao Ke suddenly stopped and said: "Listen, there is the sound of water, there is a river nearby, I am very thirsty now, let's drink some water first and then go up the mountain, that will be more energetic." ”

When she said this, Xiao Sinan and Yintao also felt thirsty. Listening quietly, there was indeed the sound of water, Xiao Sinan said: "Okay, let's go drink some water first, and wash off the smell of our bodies by the way:" There may not be too much water on the mountain for us to wash." ”

The three of them abandoned the mountain road and walked into the forest, and after walking a short distance, a path appeared in front of them, and the sound of the water gradually became louder.

Xiao Ke said: "Is there anyone living here, we might as well spend the night here tonight." ”

Xiao Sinan said: "I'm afraid it's the residence of the bandits, but it's okay, it saves us from climbing the mountain." ”

Xiao Ke thought that she was going to kill someone again, and she was a little scared in her heart.

When I got closer, I saw a small courtyard surrounded by a small river, and the trees or flowers in the courtyard were trimmed very neatly, and a small wooden house was built in the middle of the courtyard, and then when I looked at the small river, a small wooden bridge was crossed, and there were two big trees growing on the side of the bridge, and the ancient vines were crawling on it. Yintao couldn't help but feel moved in his heart, and remembered the poem "Little Bridge and Flowing Water".

Xiao Ke said: "The residence of the bandit can be repaired so well, this is a very great bandit." I don't think this is a bandit's dwelling at all, just an ordinary farmer's hut. ”

Xiao Sinan didn't speak, crossed the bridge, and suddenly something in front of him flashed green light, and then barked, it turned out to be a guard dog. A woman's voice came out of the room, and I only heard her say: "Grandma, I don't know if something has broken into our courtyard, Ah Hu is calling there, I'll go out and have a look." ”

An old woman's voice said slowly: "Be careful, it may be a wolf, a leopard or something, you bring a firewood knife and go out." ”

The woman said, "Alas!" The woman opened the door and walked out, holding a firewood knife in his hand and walking slowly towards the dog, and shouted: "Ah Hu, Ah Hu, what's wrong!" Suddenly I saw three black shadows, and I screamed, took a step back and asked, "Who are you?"

Yintao said: "Don't be afraid, girl, we are passers-by, we got lost in the forest, and we walked here inadvertently, and we want to spend the night here, can it be convenient." He spoke in a hoarse and old voice, pretending to be an old slave.

The woman said, "Where are you going? This area is the territory of bandits, why did you come here?"

Yin Tao pretended to be shocked and said, "Is there a bandit in this area?" I thought the old woodcutter was lying, thank goodness, fortunately we didn't meet him." He told us that there were bandits along the way, and my son-in-law was stubborn and didn't believe it, so he ended up here. He didn't know that he and Xiao Sinan had been stained with a lot of bandit blood.

The woman said: "Ah, you can't go any further, there is the famous Night Wolf Mountain in front of you, and there are countless bandits on it, so you better hurry up!"

Yintao was shocked when he heard this: "Really?" turned back to Xiao Ke and said, "Young Master, what can we do about this, we ...... Let's go quickly, maybe we'll run into the bandits tomorrow. ”

Xiao Sinan said in a rough voice: "What are you going, we are all tired now, let's stay here for one night, let's leave tomorrow, girl, let's stay here for one night." ”

The woman was embarrassed: "This is not very convenient, my family is very small." Seeing that the dog was still barking, he patted it on the head and said, "Ah Hu, don't bark, they are not bad people, go back to the nest quickly." The dog immediately shut up, and obediently returned to the den, but a pair of green eyes were still staring at the three men.

Xiao Ke begged: "Eldest sister, you can let us stay here for one night, and we will leave early tomorrow morning." ”

The old woman in the house shouted, "Ah Ying, I heard someone talking, who are they?"

The woman said, "Grandma, it's some passers-by, and they want to spend the night." Then he said to the three of them: "Wait a minute, let me talk to my grandmother, if she agrees to you will stay for one night, if she does not agree, I have to ask you to leave." After saying that, he went back to the house and told the old woman about the situation of the three people.

The old woman said: "Passers-by, it's not easy to travel for a day, so let them stay for one night, but let them leave tomorrow morning, so as not to burden us." ”

The girl said yes, and came out and invited the three of them into the house.

Yintao and Xiao Sinan held the hilt of the sword and walked into the door, as long as there was a slight mistake, the two of them immediately unsheathed their long swords, but everything in the house was normal, it was completely a farmhouse scene, simple furniture, dim oil lamp, an old woman with white hair like silver and a plainly dressed peasant girl, but the two still did not dare to relax their vigilance.

The woman led the three of them into the house and turned around, intending to laugh, but she was frightened as if she had seen a ghost, and with a smile on her face, she exclaimed, "You guys...... Who are you?"

Xiao Sinan choked and unsheathed his sword, and the woman retreated to the old woman's side with a bang, trembling all over, and the old woman protected her and shouted: "What are you going to do? Don't hurt my granddaughter, you ...... If you want something, you can take it, but you can...... Don't hurt us. ”

Yintao stopped Xiao Sinan and said, "Auntie, we are not bad people, we are just passers-by, and we only carry swords for self-defense." ”

The old woman said, "Yes...... Be...... You are passers-by, please take a seat...... Feel free to sit. ”

Yintao felt very strange, how could they be afraid of being like this when they saw the sword, and when they looked at Xiao Sinan, they found that she was covered in blood, and she was really afraid of people, and immediately understood the source of the fear, knowing that she had just lied and was seen through, in order to reassure these two people, they stayed and sighed: "Hey, don't hide it from the two, we are being chased by thieves." We were a group of more than ten people, and we were robbed by bandits as we walked, and the three of us fled here desperately to resist, and the rest of our companions were killed, and we were dripping with the blood of our companions!"

Xiao Sinan also said in a thick voice: "Yes, auntie, we were scared by the bandits, so we drew our swords, please don't be afraid." "Let's put the sword in the sheath.

The old woman said: "These bandits are really evil! My two sons were dragged up the mountain by them to become bandits, but they both died, and my daughter-in-law was scared away, and now there is only such a granddaughter left." Tears burst into tears, "My son, my dog!" and began to cry.

The woman said, "Grandma, don't be sad. Strengthened his courage and said, "Three...... You may be seated. ”

Xiao Sinan was also polite and sat down. Yintao said: "Thank you." "Sit down too.

Xiao Ke saw that the old woman was crying sadly, and said: "Grandma, don't be sad anymore, crying like this hurts your body, and your two sons will cry when they see you crying in the sky." He stepped forward and took out a handkerchief to wipe the old woman's tears. Her girlish voice did not change, and her words were soft and sweet, and the old woman slowly stopped crying, and the two actually chatted.

It turns out that this mountain was originally called "Yelang Mountain", and more than ten years ago, a large group of bandits drove away the villagers in front of and behind the mountain, occupied this mountain, and renamed it "Night Wolf Mountain". The old woman used to live here, and her two sons, Gouwa and Mingwa, were dragged up the mountain more than ten years ago, and were killed soon after going out to rob. She was left alone and supported by her granddaughter, Ah Ying, to save her life, but the thieves no longer came to disturb them because of her son's affairs.

Ah Ying poured tea for the three of them and sat next to the old woman to comfort her, Xiao Sinan took advantage of her inattention, tried three cups of tea with a silver needle, it was not poisonous, and the three of them drank it and felt hungry but did not dare to ask for their food. Yintao opened the package, took out more than ten steamed buns from the inn and shared the food with the two, there were two plates of pits in the house, one plate was the old woman's, and the other was A Ying's, A Ying let out his pit and let the three of them sleep, and he and the old woman squeezed on a pit. Yintao walked around the house for a week and didn't notice anything wrong, so he put down his luggage.

Ah Ying took a plate of water and said, "The three of you should wash up first and then rest." ”

Yintao and Xiao Sinan were both redressed, and they immediately returned to their original appearance as soon as they were washed, not to mention that Xiao Sinan was still wearing a mask, so he said: "Our bodies are too dirty, it is not convenient to wash here, it is better to be outside." The three walked out. Yintao walked to the kennel and saw that the dog didn't bark, and flicked it with his foot, the dog was already dead, and he immediately became frightened.

When he arrived at the river, Xiao Ke picked up the water and washed it up regardless of anything. Yintao pulled Xiao Sinan closer slightly and whispered: "That dog is dead, there are strange things here." ”

Xiao Sinan said: "I know, the two people in the house don't see anything wrong, the dog was killed by Meng Taihua." ”

Yintao was so shocked that he almost screamed, Xiao Sinan paddled the water with his hand, and continued: "He has recognized us in the inn and has been following us." This man is too terrible to be provoked, we just don't know it, the reason why I want to go up the mountain to kill those thieves is to try to get rid of him, and we must be very careful in the future. Then he walked to the distance and took off his mask and fake beard, and washed it.

After the three of them washed it, the smell of sweat on their bodies was gone, and the strange fragrance was really gone, which was much more refreshing. Back in the house, Yintao let Xiao Sinan and Xiao Ke sleep, and sat and kept vigil by himself. Listening to the surroundings, there was no sound except for the sound of insects, and my mood slowly relaxed, and I fell asleep unconsciously.

I don't know how long it took, a sharp and long whistle woke up Yintao, listening to the whistle spread far away, startling the birds in the forest one after another, obviously this person's internal strength has a fairly solid foundation.

When Yintao opened his eyes, he immediately felt bad, he was lying on the pit, his body was weak and weak, he couldn't move, and he seemed to be tied up by a rope, and he secretly screamed in his heart, "Oops, I fell into the thief's plot", I don't know what happened to the two girls now. When he raised his eyes, Xiao Sinan was tied by a hemp rope, sat up and leaned against the wall, he was awake but couldn't move, and his eyes were full of complaints. Xiao Ke was lying beside her, but the rope was sleeping soundly, smiling in her sleep, a golden morning sun shot in from the window, shining on her snow-white and red face, looking like a watery peach, more and more lovely.

Yintao was stunned for a while, and suddenly thought that the three of them were in danger, and they had to wake her up quickly, and think of a strategy to escape, but they wanted to open their mouths and shout but couldn't make a sound, and they wanted to move their bodies in a hurry but couldn't even lift a little finger, and couldn't help but be annoyed.

The footsteps sounded softly, and a woman floated into the room, but it was Ah Ying, her dress had not changed, but her face had lost the simple and gloomy local atmosphere unique to the country girl last night, and became beautiful and colorful, as if she was the daughter of the powerful family, noble and arrogant. She smiled lightly at Yintao and Xiao Sinan, and said, "The martial arts of the two of you are really extraordinary, you woke up so soon, I thought you would be noon today at the earliest, this is really an underestimate." It's a pity that the effect of my incense powder can't last long, otherwise I don't need to tie up the three of them, don't be surprised by the three of them. After that, he smiled again, and it was touching. This laugh makes people rejoice in their hearts when they see it, and they want to smile back at her, as if they have a great grudge against her, and they can't hate it in this laugh.

After a while, there was a loud footstep outside, and more than ten black-clothed men rushed into the house, and entered the house respectfully saluting A Ying, but the first one was Wang Laojiu, and when he saw the three people tied to the pit, he took a step forward and said: "The young master of the village is really extraordinary, and he caught these three people without effort." Hmph, the little tricks of these three Sun Monkeys are not as good as the great magic of the young village master. It turned out that the young master he was talking about earlier was not Qin Hui, but this Aying girl.

Ah Ying said: "Don't talk so much, let's leave quickly after these three people, Grandma Yu will be back soon, but I can't let her see you." ”

Wang Laojiu said "yes", and with a wave of his hand, six big men stepped forward to set up three of them. Xiao Ke was awakened and shouted when he saw the three of them being tied up, "What are you doing, let us go." "The body writhed. Ah Ying's face was shocked, obviously he didn't expect that the incense powder would not be able to fascinate Xiao Ke. She didn't know that when the incense powder fell yesterday, Yintao was pressed to the ground by Xiao Sinan and just blocked her body, so only a little incense powder fell on her body, and when she changed her clothes, it was almost gone, and she was not harmed by the incense powder. She was already physically and mentally exhausted from the horror and vicious fighting of yesterday afternoon, and she did not understand the world, so she never had any worries in her heart, and she fell asleep as soon as she fell down, and she was tied up without even noticing.

Ah Ying sneered and said, "This little girl is really good. Moved forward and stretched out his fingers to seal her four acupoints, making her unable to move and scream, and then said to more than ten people: "You go first, I will stay and say to Grandma Yu, and then I will arrive." By the way, somehow, Grandma Yu's dog was killed by these three people, Wang Laojiu, you can find a good dog and send it after you go back to the mountain. Wang Laojiu said yes, led everyone and left.

The three of them were carried by the bandits on their shoulders, and went east out of the forest, and then went straight north and went up the mountain road. This mountain road is rugged and weird, turn east, crook west, it is very difficult to walk, but this gang of bandits is obviously familiar, laughing and scolding along the way, foul language, carelessly has reached the mountainside, on the way from time to time someone from the secret place to greet everyone to the password. Wang Laojiu turned his mouth into a fart, and scolded everyone he saw, blaming them for letting him match the password, and that person just laughed and accompanied him.

More than a dozen bandits came on the mountain road behind, and after greeting them, they followed behind, and after walking a short distance, another group came up, and when they approached the top of the mountain, they had gathered into a large team of fifty or sixty people. These bandits had apparently sent out an ambush to ambush them in advance, and now they had succeeded in their efforts. The more you go up, the more guarded it becomes, and the more people move around, and when you see the three of them, they gather around to watch, and the low houses on the top of the hill are connected continuously, forming a large village, and when the three of them are set up to the big house in the center of the village, there are already five or six hundred people behind them. It's such a big bandit lair, Yintao is secretly glad that the three of them didn't break into the mountain last night, otherwise there are so many bandits, how can the three of them resist it, I'm afraid they will be divided by a knife. However, the situation of the three of them is not good now, if the leader of the bandits orders to cut off the three of them, it is better to die in a big battle.

Wang Laojiu led the three of them into a hall in the house, and said with a smile to the old man sitting on the chair of the Taishi in the middle: "The owner of the village, I brought the people, what do you think of it?" The old man has a very elegant face, holding a teacup, and does not have the breath of a bandit, but people know that the more powerful the bandit, the less like the bandit, this old man is obviously the best among the powerful bandits.

He glanced at the three of them and said to Wang Laojiu: "Lao Jiu, you have done a good job! Tonight to celebrate your achievements, tie the three of them to the pillar first." ”

Wang Laojiu said with a smile: "The owner of the village has won the award, in fact, this is the credit of the young owner of the village, she is talented, wise and brave, and has set up a clever plan, and the small one is just doing it for her." Although he said this humbly, he must have thought that it would be good. Then he waved his hand and said, "Tie the three of them to the pillar in the hall." ”

Suddenly, a voice said, "Wait." A person came out of the inner room, but it was Ah Ying, she had changed her clothes at this time, red shirt and green belt, jewelry, delicate and moving. She said to the old man, "Daddy, these three people can't be tied to a pillar like ordinary people. They are strong in martial arts and heroes, if we hadn't followed the tricks in advance, I'm afraid that we would not be able to catch them, your old man has never respected heroes and heroes, how can you tie them to the pillar. ”

The old man smiled and said, "Good daughter, what should you do with them according to you?"

A Ying said: "Well, they have been hit by the 'crispy bone fan powder' at this time, and it will take another day or two to move, although the little girl can move, I also ordered the acupoint, and at this time they are all tied with ropes, so let's entertain them with hospitality." ”

The old man said, "Hospitality? Lao Jiu, please sit down with three guests, and Xiaocui will serve tea to the guests. ”

Wang Laojiu ordered the three of them to be placed on the three seats in the hall, and a little girl served tea and retreated.

Ah Ying said: "Three, this is offended. Walked forward and put a white pill in each of the two teacups, ordered someone to hold it for Yintao and Xiao Sinan to drink, and untied Xiao Ke's dumb acupoint casually, the tea was bitter and unbearable, but the two couldn't move, even their tongues were sore, and they were filled with tea and angry, staring at each other, not knowing what tricks the other party was doing.

The old man said, "Ah Ying, how can you give them the antidote, wouldn't it be bad if they could move." ”

Ah Ying smiled: "Daddy don't worry, this medicine is very light, you can only let them speak, you can't lift your fingers, we still have something to ask, it's not good if they can't speak." The old man smiled and nodded yes.