Gao Fenglan guessed: "Could it be that Lu Yushan is suspicious?" It is precisely because the matter is too obvious that people will not suspect him. ”

"It's possible. After Zheng Dapeng finished speaking, he immediately denied: "But our war with the Lu family is imminent, Lu Yushan shouldn't need to set up this kind of trouble for himself, even if he can explain it clearly, it can't be done in a short time, but it wastes energy." After speaking, he frowned and said, "Does he have a more insidious trick?"

"Maybe this matter was done by Xiao Xiaoyan again. Song Yuanlan interjected angrily: "Fengwu Villa is in vain for everyone in the martial arts, and conniving at relatives and friends to do mischief outside, which is no better than a thief." ”

"It's too early to tell. Sun Shaoyang did not agree with Song Yuanlan's evaluation of Fengwu Villa, and pulled back the topic: "We and Lu Yushan both lose, and the biggest beneficiary is Xiao Xiaoyan, whose background is far from being as simple as Gu Zhenming's brother-in-law." Opening a brothel, colluding with the nine ghosts in Sichuan, and encircling the Taihang group is not something that people in Fengwu Villa will do, and I am afraid that there is a great conspiracy behind it. ”

Gao Fenglan had the intention to withdraw from Hebei and let the Holy Sword Villa and Xiao Xiaoyan fight each other, but when she thought about it, her husband and senior brother would definitely refuse to show weakness to each other, and many of the thieves present had the hatred of killing their relatives and destroying their families, how could she make such a suggestion?

Zheng Dapeng and his wife have been walking side by side in the rivers and lakes for more than 20 years, and when Gao Fenglan saw Sun Shaoyang looking at her and stopped, she immediately guessed her mind and asked, "Senior sister, are you worried that we will fall victim to the fight between Xiao Xiaoyan and Lu Yushan?"

Gao Fenglan hadn't answered yet, and Ouyang Yu answered: "I'm afraid they don't have that much appetite." Since we know that the two groups of thieves are planning to get rid of us and our opponents together, how can they let them succeed?"

Gao Fenglan's gaze turned to Senior Brother and said, "The two enemies we are facing now, one in the light and the other in the dark, are extremely difficult to deal with. If we can't find a way to reverse the passive situation, I'm afraid that we won't be able to get to the Daimyo's mansion, and we will fall into their calculations. ”

"My sister-in-law has a point. Sun Shaoyang proposed: "Why don't we still adopt the strategy when we left Taiyuan Mansion, tomorrow I will take the three Shaoning brothers to go first, investigate the enemy's movements, and take the initiative to attack if necessary, so that the thieves also know that we are not easy to deal with!"

"That's the way to do it. Ouyang Yu nodded and agreed: "You guys are fighting the vanguard this time, try not to make side moves, but once you find an opportunity, just let it go, we are now tacitly with our opponents, as long as we can avoid the eyes and ears of the government, then we will see who will lift out whose bottom first?"

"That's right!" Zheng Dapeng said: "To deal with these thieves, you can treat them the way they do." ”

A few people discussed countermeasures here, and Sima Long, Xiao Ting and others had already built a bonfire and moved the remaining dry food and game off the carriage together.

After Ouyang Qian barbecued the food on the fire, she asked Chunlan's four daughters to send it to her father, Uncle Zheng and others.

Infected by the unique atmosphere of the night fire and picnic, the children temporarily forgot about the battle with the enemy, and lived in the barren forest, but they ate with relish, laughing, laughing, and laughing.

After the meal, Du Juan asked Xiaofei to take out the cotton jacket and cloth in the wardrobe and distribute them to the sisters to resist the cold of the autumn night.

Everyone was used to getting along, and they were not polite, so they took it and spread it in the car, transforming the carriage into a couch for resting.

Ouyang Yu saw that the women got along so well, he was happy, and asked the ladies to rest in the car.

They are all martial arts practitioners, and they are not afraid of encountering robbers or wild beasts when they travel in the middle of the night.

In the middle of the night, when all the women were asleep, the carriage ahead drove out of the woods, and a temple appeared on the side of the road in the white moonlight.

Where there is a temple, there must be a village nearby, but it is the middle of the night, and it is inconvenient to disturb the villagers, so Ouyang Yu decided to perch in the temple for one night.

At this time, Chai Shaoning and the others already felt tired, especially Xiao Fei, sitting in the co-pilot next to Sima Long, his body was swaying and napping, and when he heard that he could rest, his spirit was suddenly lifted.

Stopping the carriage, the three brothers Chai Shaoning ran back to the forest to pick up firewood; Zheng Dapeng and Gao Fenglan led Geng Qiuwen and Xiaofei to gently lean the carriage outside the temple, not disturbing the women resting in the carriage; Ouyang Yu and Sun Shaoyang entered the temple to check the situation inside.

As soon as they entered the temple gate, the two of them heard the sound of slight breathing.

The two men looked at each other.

This kind of small temple is usually used by nearby villagers to build land to pay tribute to the mountain gods, and there is usually no temple except for the worship season. Listening to the people in the temple who are short of breath, they are not like people who practice martial arts, most of them are beggars to live in.

Ouyang Yu smiled and said to the tribute table where the people in the temple were hiding: "We are passers-by, not robbers, can you come out and see it?"

Seeing that the other party didn't pay attention, Sun Shaoyang stepped forward and knocked on the table, indicating that he already knew that the other party was hiding underneath. But the man still wouldn't come out.

Sun Shaoyang turned around and smiled at Ouyang Yu: "Since this benevolent brother doesn't want to show up, we don't have to be strong, everyone is in the same room, but they are not fellow travelers, and they sleep separately." ”

As soon as Sun Shaoyang's words fell, a timid voice suddenly came from under the offering table and asked, "You, you, but Sun Daxia?"

Sun Shaoyang heard a strange voice, he shouldn't be an acquaintance, and asked strangely: "Brother Tai knows Sun?"

"Sun Daxia!" The other party's voice suddenly brought out a crying voice, and he came out of the bones under the offering table, crying: "I have found you, where is our young master now?"

"Who is Your Excellency?" Sun Shaoyang asked before answering.

"Villain Xiao An, Xiao An, the servant of Xiao Mansion!" Xiao An cried and was about to fall to his knees.

Sun Shaoyang pulled the other party up.

It was dark in the temple, Sun Shaoyang was very close, and through the faint light outside the door, he could see clearly that Xiao An was really wearing the clothes of a servant of the Xiao Mansion, and his body was covered with dust, looking like a dusty servant.

Xiao An was about thirty years old, short and stocky, with a kind of timidity in his eyes.

"What happened to the Xiao family?" Sun Shaoyang's heart lifted and asked Xiao An, "Why did you come here alone?"

"Sun Daxia, you must avenge your wife!" Xiao An saw his relatives, his nervous mood relaxed, and he fell to the ground crying all of a sudden.

Sun Shaoyang was surprised and asked, "Xiao An, what do you mean by this?"

Xiao An's crying stopped for a while, and he choked up: "Ten days ago, I was entrusted by my wife to go to the Shen family to collect debts. How do you know that the rich man deliberately cheated, saying that the old man had promised to forgive his debts before his death. I reasoned with him, and he actually accused me of being a wicked slave and wanted to discipline the subordinates for the Xiao family, and put me in the firewood room until the next day. I didn't know how to reply to Madame, I heard that something had happened to the Xiao family, and I hurried back, how do I know——"

Xiao An said this, and cried loudly again. Everyone comforted him for a long time, and then he stopped his sad voice again: "Xiao's Mansion has been burned to the ground, and I am the only one in the mansion who survived!"

"Ahh

Xiao An was still crying: "I know that the young master and Sun Daxia are fighting against the thieves in Shanxi, and I guess it must be the thieves who have lost the battle, so they are angry with the young master's family." I didn't dare to make a noise, secretly left Cangzhou, picked up the deserted wilderness to walk, begged all the way to find you, and fortunately met Sun Daxia here. After saying that, he fell to the ground and wept bitterly again.

Sun Shaoyang's fierce eyes widened, and a burst of anger surged in his chest, and he couldn't wait to immediately draw his sword and kill the Ben Lu family.

At this time, Du Fei had already hit the flint and surrounded Zheng Dapeng, Gao Fenglan, and Geng Qiuwen.

The footsteps started again, and the three brothers Sima Long, Xiao Ting, and Chai Shaoning each carried a bundle of dry firewood into the temple.

As soon as Xiao Ting entered the door, he asked everyone strangely, "Why are you all looking at me?"

Xiao An saw Xiao Ting and shouted, "Young Master!" and pounced.

Seeing Xiao An suddenly appear here, Xiao Ting realized that something was happening, threw away the firewood, grabbed Xiao An and asked, "Xiao An, why are you here? What happened at home?"

At this time, Ouyang Qian's daughters also woke up one after another, got out of the car and entered the temple, and happened to hear Xiao An repeating the tragedy of the Xiao family.

Xiao Ting's whole body trembled when he heard this, "Ah!" jumped up, pushed everyone away and ran out of the temple, stepped on the back of a horse, and swung his sword to cut off the reins tied to the tree.

Sun Shaoyang chased out of the temple, grabbed the reins of the horse and shouted, "Ting'er, calm down!"

Xiao Ting didn't speak, spit out a mouthful of blood with "wow", and planted it from the horse's head.

Sun Shaoyang picked up the apprentice and carried him back to the temple.

After treatment, Xiao Ting woke up, looked at everyone blankly, threw himself into the master's arms with a "wow", and cried loudly.

Sun Shaoyang silently held his apprentice in his arms. It is difficult to imagine the pain of the great grief of the loss of a loved one without experiencing it personally. At this point, no language will work.

Xue Nianci squatted down beside Sun Shaoyang, grabbed Xiao Ting's hand and gently pressed it on his face, but there was indescribable pain in his eyes.

At this time, Xue Nianci was extremely conflicted. All along, her feelings for Xiao Ting have stopped at brother and sister, but I don't know when, she was embarrassed to find that everyone has regarded her as Xiao Ting's confiner, and now the situation forces her to give Xiao Ting, who has suffered a huge blow, some comfort.

Don't look at Xue Nianci's superb swordsmanship, but her personality is weak, thinking of the situation when Xiao Ting sacrificed his life to save him when he fell from the sentry tower that day, Xue Nianci decided that he should show more sympathy for this righteous brother who had just lost his relatives than others, even if it was against his own will.

Xue Nianci is honest and kind, once she owes someone else's debt, she can't help but reciprocate, especially when she saw Song Yuanlan and the four girls looking at her, she sighed secretly in her heart, "That's it, how did the second brother take care of you when you were injured? What are you hesitating about at this time?" However, the knot in her heart is difficult to solve, Xue Nianci did feel sad for Xiao Ting's experience, and secondly, she also felt self-pity for herself that she was forced to sacrifice her feelings, and two lines of tears flowed uncontrollably.