Hedao

Chapter 103
Facing the rising sun, Qin Ziling quickly came to Hantie's courtyard.

When Qin Ziling stepped into the Hantie Zhangyuan, the place where the apprentices of the outer academy practiced martial arts was surrounded by many people.

In the middle of the human wall, Bao Yingjun was lying on the ground with a bruised nose and a swollen face. Wu Cheng pressed his elbow on his chest, half of his face was swollen, and he looked rather hideous.

"Boy, call me Lord Wu!"

"You, you call Lord Bao first!"

"Fuck!" Wu Cheng heard that he clenched his fist with his left hand and punched Bao Yingjun in the stomach.

"Ahem!" Bao Yingjun immediately coughed violently and curled up.

"Senior Brother Qin is here!" Someone called out, and the onlookers dispersed one after another, but Wu Cheng did not let go of Bao Yingjun, but turned his head to look at Qin Ziling, with a hint of sarcasm and provocation in his eyes. Three or five of Nangong Yue's followers did not disperse, but turned their heads to look at Qin Ziling with sarcasm just like Wu Cheng.

Qin Ziling glanced at Bao Yingjun, then took it back, then calmly walked through the large martial arts field as if nothing had happened, and walked towards the place where the disciples in the inner courtyard were practicing.

"Have you seen it, kid? Your Senior Brother Qin doesn't dare to stand up for you. You'd better call him Lord Wu obediently, and I'll let you go!" Wu Cheng said with a proud expression on his face.

Seeing this, the other apprentices all had different expressions, some were angry, and some showed disdain and sarcasm at Qin Ziling's back.

"What a coward, you coward!" Luo Yuke whispered to Mu Xuan beside her, with disdain and contempt written all over her face.

"Junior Brother Qin is indeed a little cowardly, but you should persuade Nangong Yue if you have time. Is it interesting to bully people like this?" Mu Xuan said coldly.

"What does it matter to me? Besides, Qin Ziling is a disciple of the inner court and Wu Cheng is an apprentice of the outer court. He doesn't even have the guts to shout at him, so who can blame him?" Luo Yuke curled her lips in disdain.

Mu Xuan was so refuted that she had nothing to say, she couldn't help but turned her head angrily and shouted at Wu Cheng: "Wu Cheng, you are endless, don't let go!"

"Hey, okay, Miss Pastor, I'll let go now!" Seeing Mu Xuan yelling at him, Wu Cheng replied with a half-hearted smile, and then he let go and stood up slowly.

When he stood up, he didn't forget to kick Bao Yingjun's ass, and cursed: "Stay away from me next time!"

Seeing this, Mu Xuan was so angry that her face turned blue, and it took a while to suppress the anger in her heart, strode up to Qin Ziling, and said in a low voice, "Are you still a man? Since you agreed to take Bao Yingjun, seeing him like this Being bullied, don't you even have the guts to say a word or two for him?"

"He doesn't need me to speak for him, he can handle his own affairs!" Qin Ziling replied calmly, as if Mu Xuan was saying that others are not men, not him.

"You..." Mu Xuan got angry when she heard the words, then stomped her feet and said, "I've convinced you, Master Zuo and Brother Zheng are waiting for you in the backyard, you can go see them with me."

After finishing speaking, Mu Xuan flicked her black ponytail, twisted her waist, and walked straight to the backyard.

Seeing this, Qin Ziling smiled indifferently, and then followed Mu Xuan, walking towards the backyard without haste.

"Bah, you're still a martial artist!" Wu Cheng rubbed his nose with his hands, curled his lips and said disdainfully.

"That's right!" The other apprentices in Wu Cheng's group nodded with disdain.

No one noticed that Bao Yingjun's eyes on Qin Ziling's back at this time were not complaining, but hot, with a look of crazy admiration in the hot.

"Happy New Year, Master Zuo, Ziling wishes you a New Year!" Entering the backyard, Qin Ziling bowed deeply to Zuo Le respectfully.

"En!" Zuo Le nodded, and then said: "This is the first time you have participated in helping to pick Qinghan Snow Lotus. This Qinghan Snow Lotus is the main medicinal material for making Xuanhan Tieji Miwan. The main production area is in Beizhenzhou. In the past, I mostly asked people to buy from there.

But in the past few years, there have been rebels in Beizhenzhou, and there have been wars for years. Moreover, the distance from Xiyunzhou to Beizhenzhou is far away. broken.

Fortunately, a few years ago, I discovered a hidden place where snow lotus grass grows. In the past few years, I have secretly sent Xinghan and Muxuan to collect it.Today's world is not peaceful, and your actual combat ability is not bad, so I specially called you this year, and I have an extra helper. "

Qin Ziling immediately understood with a serious face and said: "Thank you Master Zuo for trusting me, I will definitely keep this secret."

"Well, I still trust your character, otherwise I wouldn't have specially called you." Zuo Le nodded, and continued: "You two must obey Xinghan's arrangements along the way."

"Yes!" Qin Ziling and Mu Xuan replied with serious faces.

"Alright then, you guys go, be careful on the road. In case of danger, you can let the cold snow lotus grass go first, life is the most important thing." Zuo Le said.

"Master Zuo, don't worry, we will be careful." The three of Zheng Xinghan bowed their hands to Zuo Le, then turned and left the backyard.

The production area of ​​Qinghan snow lotus is in the east of Fangchao City, and the three of them left through the east gate.

The majestic and undulating Wuyang Mountains are like a giant dragon crouching on the ground outside the east city, stretching all the way to the distant sky.

Because of the existence of the Wuyang Mountains, the terrain outside the east city is very different from that outside the west city.

Most of the area outside the east city is mountainous, and the large and small mountains are almost connected to each other.

This kind of place is not only a good place for the growth and reproduction of birds, beasts, poisonous snakes and poisonous insects, but also a good place for bandits and bandits to hide and develop.

The state capital of Xiyun State is located in the east, and the main passage to the state capital is located outside the east city.

In the past years, there was no problem in the peaceful world. Travelers and merchants only need to beware of the ferocious birds, beasts, poisonous snakes and insects that appear from time to time.

But now that the world is not peaceful, many bandits and bandits have set their sights on this area where there are many mountains that can be used as habitats and invisibility, and there are many travelers and merchants walking around.

So now, the area outside the east city, which is only about ten miles away from the city, is considered safe, and bandits are gradually rampant ten miles away. Traveling merchants are not accompanied by bodyguards, so they dare not go on the road at all.

"Song Haichuan, the chief escort of the Xingchang Escort Bureau, Uncle Song and Master Zuo are friends by fate. He has several escorts going to the state capital every year. He told Master Zuo that in recent years, there have been many bandits on this road outside the East City. help.

For example, Xueyunzhai has only emerged in recent years, and has a big appetite. Once their conditions are not met, they will start killing and using bloody and cruel methods.

The defenders in the city wanted to wipe out the Blood Cloud Village several times, but they hid deep in the mountains, occupying the dangerous terrain, and there were many strong men in the village, and they failed to return several times, so they didn't send troops into the mountain to kill them again.

This time we are going to a mountain near Gaitong County. On the way, we need to pass through several areas controlled by gangs, including the Blood Cloud Village.

However, there are only three of us, and we travel lightly. As long as we try our best to take some mountain roads to bypass, usually nothing will happen. If we do meet, don’t talk, let me deal with everything. "Out of the east gate, walking on the flat and wide official road, Zheng Xinghan looked at the undulating mountains in front of him with a dignified expression.

There are eight counties under the jurisdiction of Xiyun Prefecture, and Fangchao City is a small county at the bottom of the ranking. Apart from the county seat, it only has two counties under its jurisdiction, one is Gaitong County and the other is Chenglin County.

"Okay!" Qin Ziling nodded calmly.

"However, if you encounter danger, Junior Brother Qin, you must not be timid and shrink back! It's different from the martial arts outside. Once there is a real fight, it will be endless. It doesn't mean that you will be safe if you want to retreat and admit cowardice. Mu Xuan glanced at Qin Ziling, hesitated, and said.

"Muxuan, don't talk nonsense!" Zheng Xinghan said with a slightly dark face.

"It's okay, Senior Brother Zheng." Qin Ziling smiled and pulled Zheng Xinghan, then looked at Mu Xuan and said, "Miss Pastor, don't worry, I know what's going on."

"It's not that I don't trust you, it's because you were too cowardly in the martial arts gym just now!" Mu Xuan said.

Qin Ziling smiled and didn't refute.

Bao Yingjun looks like an honest man, but in fact he is a little poisonous snake. Even after he secretly cultivated him, he can turn a snake into a dragon one day. In the future, Wu Cheng and others will suffer a lot, so why do they need his help?

Besides, with his current secret strength, let alone Wu Cheng, even if Nangong Yue really made him lose his patience one day, and he would kill him if he wanted to, why bother to fight for face in front of others at this moment?

"What's going on?" Zheng Xinghan asked with a frown.

Mu Xuan roughly explained what happened just now, and couldn't help but exclaim angrily after finishing speaking: "Senior brother, tell me, isn't Junior Brother Qin too cowardly?"

"Forget it, Junior Brother Qin will only make things more complicated when he comes out. I will have a good chat with Nangong Yue later." Zheng Xinghan said with a wry smile.

"Speaking of Nangong Yue, I'm angry. It's been several days since the museum opened, and he hasn't come to pay New Year's greetings to Master Zuo! There are already rumors outside that Nangong Yue is likely to switch to the Lin family. If this is the case, It's no wonder Master Zuo wasn't blown up!" Mu Xuan said angrily when Zheng Xinghan mentioned Nangong Yue.

"You don't want to spread rumors like this!" Zheng Xinghan said with a serious face.

"I know, but it's been so many days since Chinese New Year. What does it mean if he doesn't come to pay New Year greetings to Master Zuo? Master Zuo raised him as his own son. Others can be late, but he can't!" Mu Xuan said.

"Maybe there is something wrong at home. Anyway, don't guess about this kind of thing." Zheng Xinghan said.

Mu Xuan snorted coldly when she heard the words, stopped talking, and hurried on her way.

After walking for more than ten miles, the surrounding area began to become desolate. Most of the fields were abandoned, covered with withered grass, and no one took care of them. Most of the villages were empty.

Only around some villages built by mountains or by rivers, there are still some fertile farmlands inhabited by people.

"Those villages are basically established by some local families with big surnames, and the people around them belong to them, forming a force of their own in this troubled world, with their own sphere of influence.

These villages are not necessarily guarded by strong people, but they are surrounded by mountains and rivers, with city walls and guard posts, and many traps are set up around them. The people in the villages are also very united, and it is relatively difficult to attack. .

Therefore, thieves and bandits generally do not have the idea of ​​attacking these villages.Like Xujiabao, Zhouzhuang, etc., where there are strong Huajin people in the town, and there are many private soldiers stationed in Daxuzhai, not to mention that bandits dare not attack them, even the big shots in the county have to give them a little bit.

We pass through the areas covered by these village forces, which are generally safe. "

Zheng Xinghan pointed to a village not far away that was built on a river network and leaned against a small hill, and explained to Qin Ziling.

"Does Master Zuo also have a village outside the city?" Qin Ziling asked, his heart moved when he heard the words.

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