A caravan slowly moved forward in the heavy snow, in the wind and snow it stands to reason that the sense of direction is very poor, as soon as the snow is covered, let alone the east and west, even the north and south can not be found, especially in the woods where the branches and leaves intersect, but this caravan can always go west, impartially walking in a straight line.

There was a young knight in front of the team and a few other horsemen, and the young knight Xu Qinglin asked one of the goateeed Taoists: "Mr. Ji, how can you distinguish the direction in this heavy snow?" In the early years, the poor family was poor, and I couldn't afford to raise so many children, so I was sent to a Taoist temple as a Taoist child to learn the precepts, and the Taoist temple was not far from the small temple of ordinary deceptive incense. ”

A burly man next to him couldn't hear it anymore, and immediately shouted: "Old man Ji, what are you doing with talking nonsense? Xu Qinglin stretched out his hand to stop the man's nonsense, smiled and motioned to the Taoist surnamed Ji to continue, and the man had no choice but to be silent.

The goatee Fang Shi smiled indifferently, and no longer hung everyone's appetite, and said: " I thought that I would explain it there in this life, but I didn't expect that Guanzi was really a little famous, that was I unintentionally broke into the back mountain to find out, there lived an old Taoist priest, but it was a real Xuangong monk, and then I followed him to learn for a few years, but unfortunately the talent is stupid, and the cultivation has never learned a scale and a half claw, but I have learned a little bit of the art of the green bag, looking for the dragon and the acupoint is not qualified enough, it is still feasible to find the direction, and the rivers and lakes have all relied on this ability to walk the rivers and lakes over the years. ”

A few vulgar men who have never seen anything in the world listened to it fascinated, cultivating, that is something that only immortals can do. Some people also questioned: "Don't those immortals take apprentices very seriously, you can't learn immortal arts, so why does the old man still accept you as an apprentice? Isn't it Ji Laohan that you are bragging!"

While laughing, several people also turned their eyes to Ji Daoren, Xu Qinglin, who has always been ambitious about cultivation, also looked interested, Daoist cleared his throat, and said unhurriedly: "Although I have no talent, I am also an honest person, I don't do disloyal and unrighteous things, those masters accept apprentices and pay attention to conduct, otherwise they will be deceived by their disciples and destroy their ancestors, it won't be a joke?" Of course, these are just my guesses, how can I know the thoughts of immortals." ”

There were constant boos in the snowflakes, and he really regarded this as the vulgar opinion of a middle-aged Taoist, but Xu Qinglin agreed a little in his heart, and then let go of these thoughts, what does the immortal want to do with me, an ordinary man?

Xu Qinglin swept away some of the snow covering the horse's head, and said worriedly: "According to this trip, you can't get out of this forest before dark, I heard that thieves are rampant on this road, what if you meet it?", Xu Qinglin looked at the goatee Taoist priest after speaking, his experience is still shallow, and there are some reckless men with loud voices around him, and he subconsciously asked for advice from this middle-aged Taoist priest with some knowledge.

Before the Taoist priest surnamed Ji could speak, a man with a strong and gentle smile opened his mouth first, "Young Master Xu doesn't have to worry, although this area is not peaceful, it is all scattered and scattered by some guerrillas, and it is not a threat." ”

Xu Qinglin nodded lightly, and carefully looked at this man who did not match his image, Xu Qinglin knew him, and had several faces, called Li Shunyang, who was the head of a family that his uncle relied on very much, and was privately called the most unsuitable subordinate of the Xu family by the people in the house.

The Taoist priest on the side also echoed: "Commander Li is right, the closer you get to the border, the more thieves will be, this has not changed since ancient times. But as far as this area is concerned, although there are many thieves, most of them seek their own money, of course, there is also a division of forces here, and there are two groups of bandits who are mainly entrenched here. ”

"Oh?", Xu Qinglin showed a lot of interest, and the rest of the people were all fledglings who had just entered the rivers and lakes, how could they know that they had seen so much, and now that someone has put out a storytelling shelf, don't they all obediently straighten their ears?

The Taoist method surnamed Ji is not very profound, and the ability to sell Guan Zi is perfect, I saw him slowly take out an iron wine pot from the fur hanging from the horse's belly, and drank two sips to warm his body before he said slowly: " The most famous of the two groups is Scarface Yang Kui, I heard that he was idle and committed something, and was imprisoned, and then escaped without being tortured, and ran here to be a bandit, ruthless, and surrounded dozens of horse thieves, generally robbing business trips at the mouth of the forest, and the people he targeted have always rarely survived, and it is difficult to even fall into a whole corpse. ”

After the goatee Taoist priest finished drinking, Xu Qinglin kindly handed over his wine jug, the Taoist priest took the wine jug and poured it, and the man who spoke the loudest before shouted: "Ji Laohan, you hurry up and say, what are you grinding?"

The Taoist priest surnamed Ji continued to say nonchalantly: "The leader of the other group of people only came a few years ago, unlike Yang Kui, who has been rooted in the ground for more than ten years, but I heard that his ability is not small, and his ability to buy people's hearts is also extremely good, and many people under his hands are dug from Yang Kui, and what is more interesting is that he used to be an official." ”

Xu Qinglin took the lead in asking: "Why did the official fall into the grass, how can the green forest turban be comfortable to wear?"

Li Shunyang bowed his head slightly, and sighed: "This official deserves to be a nest, it is better to be inappropriate." The Taoist priest surnamed Ji smiled and signaled, and the man who could shout the most muttered: "For the sake of a ruthless mother-in-law, don't let go of a good future, I think this person is also a bad seed!"

The Taoist priest with a faint expression stretched out his thumb and praised: "Brother Huang is right!", the yellow-faced man smiled, a little embarrassed for the first time, and the rest of the people also smiled, but Xu Qinglin was a little depressed, and the Taoist priest who was good at grasping people's hearts immediately asked: "Xu Gongzi has something on his mind?"

Xu Qinglin waved his hand and said with a smile: "I was originally from a prestigious family, but after my mother died of illness, my father lost his official hat in a slump, and my family also fell. ”

The Taoist immediately booed: "Eh, Xu Gongzi can say this, Xu Gongzi is willing to tell him frankly, how can I laugh at you?", the loud man surnamed Huang also mixed in: "Xu Gongzi doesn't have to be sad, with Gongzi's ability, he is also a distant nephew of Master Xu, then Miss Xu also has such a meaning to you, you don't have to think about it to know that Xu Gongzi can fly······ What's that?"

Xu Zhengqi's henchman Li Shunyang added: "Feihuang Tengda. The yellow-faced man slapped his big hand and shouted again, several people laughed, Xu Qinglin was indifferent, even if the distant cousin was interested in him, he didn't dare to show any ideas, always abide by etiquette, and didn't dare to overstep, for fear that Xu Zhengqi would mistakenly think that he was the key to the family's prosperity, and he couldn't make a mistake because of his children's affection.

Shaking off the numb legs that were sitting on the back of the horse, Xu Qinglin took over the topic and said: "Mr. Ji, these two groups of thieves really don't pose a threat to us?", the Taoist priest surnamed Ji smiled and nodded: "Son, you can rest assured, any of these two groups of people alone come to ambush us, no matter what kind of tricks, they can't eat our hundred or so people." ”

Xu Qinglin frowned, and asked uncertainly: "Mr. said that the two groups of them will secretly unite?", the Taoist priest laughed and said: "Childe, I don't know, these path-cutting grass robbers are not those green forest thieves who preach morality, they are all rabble who only care about selfish interests, and they will only do some things like drinking blood and hair, killing people and goods, and it is more difficult to integrate them together than ascending to the sky." ”

Xu Qinglin smiled reassuringly, and quipped: "How can you hear that Mr. seems to be praising those two bandit leaders?", the middle-aged Taoist smiled, and then said: "If someone can collect these two groups of villains in their hands, it is a fairy-like figure!", there was a strange brightness in the eyes of the Taoist.

"This kind of character would be in such a wild place?", Xu Qinglin asked softly, the Taoist priest with a slippery goatee was noncommittal, Xu Qinglin was about to speak, but he heard an exclamation, from the yellow-faced man beside him.

The man with the surname yellow face and more yellow face raised his thick fingers, tremblingly pointing to the distance, everyone looked along, dozens of horses suddenly appeared in the white vast woodland, there was no uniform dress, all were some burlap clothes, and the belly of the horse was all hung with a simple knife, at this time the horse team just went to the belly of a mountain, on both sides were inclined slopes, and the only access in front was blocked by dozens of uninvited guests.

No matter how stupid everyone is, they know that they have encountered horse bandits, Xu Qinglin pulled the reins of the horse and took a few steps back, came to the carriage headed by him, and informed Xu Zhengqi, the owner of the business trip, of the situation, Xu Zhengqi was quite calm, he must have had some experience, Xu Zhi was a little flustered, and quickly told Xu Qinglin to be very careful, completely forgetting his situation, which made Xu Zhengqi sigh again.

Xu Qinglin Jun showed a gentle smile on his face, said yes repeatedly, and then drove back to the front of the convoy, Xu Qinglin took a deep breath and asked the middle-aged Taoist who only knew his surname: "Mr. Ji, but that scar-faced Yang Kui?", the Taoist priest nodded.

A person slowly walked out of the dozens of horsemen who were roadblockers, and from a distance, Xu Qinglin could still see the hideous and terrifying scar across the bridge of his nose, the one who was proudly between the horse thief and the caravan, his waist was straight, and the horse did not move at all when he sat down, and he was as immobile as a mountain.

The horse bandit team seemed to be concerned about the number of people here, and did not step forward, Xu Qinglin's nervous mood also eased a little, and a few simple-minded men on the side were even more relieved, Li Shunyang was the most indifferent, and said with a smile: "Xu Gongzi, the next group of thieves should be handed over to us, and turning a little money into a good fortune will be regarded as turning evil into good fortune." ”

Xu Qinglin's face was a little embarrassed, Commander Li clearly asked him to go up and negotiate with the horse thief, although Li Shunyang had a fearless expression on his face, Xu Qinglin had a feeling of entering the fire pit.

Xu Qinglin was about to drive the horse forward, the middle-aged Taoist priest had already ridden over, in the surprised eyes of everyone, the Taoist priest walked to the side of the scarred face, the two talked a few words, and then the Taoist priest rode a horse and stood side by side with the tower-like Yang Kui, and a few walking minions walked to the horse of the Taoist priest surnamed Ji, and respectfully called out a stunned title, "I've seen the big boss!"

Facing Xu Qinglin's puzzled and miserable expression, the Taoist priest stroked his goatee and smiled admiringly: "Brother Xu, that's really a fairy-like character!"