Northern River Sword

In the evening of that day, the doctor found that Xie Biao was dead, and asked someone to report the news to He Ruying and Qiu Guangcheng's people.Everyone knew that he was seriously injured, and it was expected that he would not be able to survive the doctor's rescue. Thinking that he was also a figure in the world, I couldn't help but feel sorry for him.

At this time, it is the heat of summer, and the funeral cannot be delayed.Qiu Guangcheng asked people to prepare the coffin, incense candles and other things overnight, dug the burial pit, and informed Xie Beihan.Although Xie Beihan knew about it a long time ago, he still felt sad and cried a lot.

In the early morning of the next day, Xie Beihan wore hemp and filial piety, and opened the way ahead with a flag, and a group of people carried the coffin to the grave for burial.

The sky is gloomy, which is very suitable for the funeral.Everyone buried Xie Biao, and Qiu Guangcheng took a group of people to find the assassin himself, threatening to avenge Xie Biao.Qiu Yuhua wanted to follow, but Qiu Guangcheng's face darkened, and he reprimanded: "You Xie Fourth Uncle died at the hands of that man, so what is your effort? You should stay at home!"

Although he was reprimanding his daughter, Xie Beihan heard it, but found it very harsh, as if the words were insinuating that Xie Biao's martial arts was low and incompetent, even if he died, it would be a joke.He felt resentful in his heart, and his fingernails dug into his palms, wishing he could break Qiu Guangcheng's neck, but unfortunately he was not good enough, even if the enemy was right in front of him, he could only endure it.

Qiu Yuhua still wanted to talk, but Qiu Guangcheng had already left.Xue Hongliao also wanted to take a team out to inspect, and Qiu Yuhua was bored in Qiujiazhuang, so he went to pester her.Xue Hongliao said: "Last time Mr. Xie made a fuss about going out, I agreed with a soft heart, but he fell into the water. This time you came to beg me again, if there is an emergency, how can I talk to Master Qiu? explain?"

Qiu Yuhua pretended not to be happy, and said: "Sister Xue, what are you talking about? Mr. Xie is insane, even if no one pays attention to him, he is still noisy, saying that he has run into a ghost every day. I am very good, but I just want to accompany you My sister went out to inspect, and there are so many brothers from the beggar gang following, what could happen?"

Xue Hongliu smiled and said: "Sister Yuhua is naturally different from Mr. Xie, but Master Qiu doesn't allow you to go out, you'd better listen to him obediently." After saying that, he turned and went to mobilize people.

Qiu Yuhua didn't give up, and didn't dare to go with his father's team, so he found a bamboo hat and put it on to cover his face, changed into men's clothes, dressed up as a boy, and mixed into Xue Hongliu's team.

This is an impromptu team, in addition to members of the Beggars' Clan, there are also elites brought by Zhuang Ding and He Ruying from Qiujiazhuang, the overall quality is mixed.When you gather them together, some of them are brightly dressed and radiant; some look dirty and lazy, but possess special skills.After Xue Hongliu counted the number of people, he found that there was one more person. Looking around, he felt that the person at the end of the team was very suspicious.She came forward and said, "May I ask whose family this little brother belongs to?"

Qiu Yuhua's heart almost jumped out, and he said under his breath, "I'm from Qiujiazhuang."

Xue Hongliao had a keen mind and understood what was going on as soon as she heard the voice, so she reached out and took off her bamboo hat.The two looked at each other, Xue Hongliu smiled first.Everyone was very surprised, and they all looked this way.

Xue Hongliao took care of Qiu Yuhua's face, put back the bamboo hat for her, did not expose her in public, and only whispered: "Stop making trouble, go back."

Qiu Yuhua was strictly taught by her father since she was a child, and she has always presented herself as a dignified lady. Today, she has lost her status in such a disguise.She was frightened at first, afraid of being laughed at, but she didn't expect Xue Hongliao to save her face, which made her very grateful.

She begged in a low voice: "You just let me go. I only hate that I am a girl and can't share my father's worries. People like Xie Beihan can be the head of the family. How can I lose to him?"

Ever since she was stabbed by Xie Beihan during the martial arts competition, she was very dissatisfied with him.Both of them are descendants of aristocratic families, Qiu Yuhua wholeheartedly wanted to win the reputation of the Qiu family, so he always wanted to do something for the Qiying League, so that people would look up to him.Xue Hongliao is also a woman, remembering that when she was her age, she always wanted to do big things to prove her ability, so she couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted.

Qiu Yuhua saw that her attitude seemed to be a little loose, looked at her pitifully, and begged softly: "Take me, take me, okay?"

Xue Hongliu was always hard-hearted towards her, sighed and said: "Then you have to follow me closely, you can't be alone."

Qiu Yuhua was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Thank you, Sister Xue, I will definitely follow closely and never cause trouble for you!"

A group of people left the villa. Qiu Guangcheng led people to search the area west and north of Qiujiazhuang, and Xue Hongliu led people to search the area east and south of the villa.The terrain in the east is flat, with only a few scattered houses.Xue Hongliao took people to ask them one by one, and the villagers said that they had never seen any suspicious-looking people, so Xue Hongliao took people to look for them in the south.The terrain in the south is complex, with mountains and forests. Twenty miles south of the villa, there is a mud pot mountain. It is desolate and remote, and wild animals often appear. On weekdays, only people who gather herbs and hunt will go there.Xue Hongliao thought that there were few people there, and the assassin might be hiding there, so he went to Nihu Mountain to find it.

Early in the morning when the funeral was held, the sky was gray, and in the afternoon, the dark clouds descended densely, and a heavy rainstorm was imminent.

When everyone walked for a long time, they felt that the air was stuffy and humid, and they were a little listless.Everyone searched Nihushan, but there was no trace of the assassin.Seeing the gloomy sky, Xue Hongliao said: "It's going to rain, let's go back today."

Everyone rode down the same road, and halfway there, it rained in the sky.The raindrops were as big as soybeans, and they fell down crackling.One of them groaned and was hit on the head.He stretched out his hand and touched a piece of ice as big as a fingertip, which turned out to be hailstones.Everyone was a little panicked.Xue Hongliao said: "Go down the mountain first, find a place to hide."

It didn't matter that people were hit by the hail, but the horses were hit by the hail, and they raised their heads and hooves for a while, neighing loudly, and they were all restless. Everyone quickly tightened the reins, for fear of being thrown off.

Thunder and lightning flashed in the sky, and hailstones smashed down in disorder.Qiu Yuhua's horse was hit by hail the size of a jujube, and suddenly he stood up and lost control.Qiu Yuhua covered its head with his hand, and said repeatedly: "Be good, be good, don't be afraid."

Where did the horse listen to her coaxing, neighed, and suddenly let go of its feet and galloped down the mountain.Qiu Yuhua was almost thrown off, and before he had time to pull the reins, he hugged the horse's neck tightly with both hands, and was carried away like a gust of wind.

The horse ran extremely fast, and if it survived the fall, it would be disabled.Xue Hongliu became anxious and shouted loudly: "Hold tight! Don't let go!"

The wind whistled in Qiu Yuhua's ears, and hailstones hit his head randomly.She tried her best to shout: "Woo--stop! Stop!" The horse did not listen to her command, and ran madly.Xue Hongliao hurriedly chased her horse, her horse was raised by her herself, very close to her, very understanding of human nature, not only was not afraid at this time, but instead vigorously chased after it.

Seeing that the two horses were getting closer, suddenly Xue Hongliu's horse's hoof sank, neighed, and suddenly stopped.Qiu Yuhua's horse ran too fast, lost its front foot and fell forward.She screamed uncontrollably: "Sister Xue, save me, quickly—" Before she finished speaking, even people and horses sank.

It turned out that the mud pot mountain was piled up with rocks and sand, and its structure was loose. When it rained, the sand on the surface of the mountain was washed away. With the trampling of horseshoes, the structure of the mountain body collapsed, and the hillside collapsed immediately.

Seeing Qiu Yuhua being sucked into the mudslide, Xue Hongliu jumped off his horse and chased Qiu Yuhua down in desperation without having time to think.

Xue Hongliao stretched out his hand to pull Qiu Yuhua, and both of them fell down involuntarily. They touched their fingertips several times in the mud flow, but they couldn't catch them in the end.In the blink of an eye, both of them were submerged.

Everyone from the beggar gang chased after them, and watched helplessly as the mountain collapsed halfway, and the two disappeared in the torrent in an instant.Xu Wen shouted: "Save people quickly...Everyone, go around the other side and go down the mountain, dig by hand, if it's too late, it's too late!"

Everyone rushed down the mountain, the hail gradually became smaller, and the heavy rain was still falling.Everyone was drenched by the rain, digging and groping in the mud with their bare hands, sometimes shouting loudly, and suddenly they heard someone shouting from deep in the mud: "Here I am!"

Everyone was overjoyed, and hurriedly followed the sound.Xue Hongliao's body was sunk in the mud, struggling to expose his head and face.Everyone rescued her, but Xue Hongliao was so overwhelmed by the mud that he almost drowned in it.She sat by a cypress tree, breathing heavily with lingering fear, calmed down for a long time, and said, "Thank you all, I am not injured. Where is Miss Qiu?"

Only then did everyone realize that they hadn't found Qiu Yuhua yet, and hurriedly looked around.Xue Hongliao also wanted to get up to help, Xu Wen said: "Leader, take a rest first, leave this place to the brothers."

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, rescue became more and more difficult.Xue Hongliao said: "Brother Xu, you go back to Qiujiazhuang, and if you ask more people to come over, you must find Miss Qiu tonight."

Xu Wen was a little hesitant, and said: "Calling people will alarm the owner of Qiu Zhuang. Miss Qiu has such a big thing, I'm afraid he won't let it go."

Xue Hongliao knows how much Qiu Guangcheng loves his only daughter, but now, there is no delay.She said: "It's my fault that I didn't protect her well. It's important to save her now. You go and tell the truth to Master Qiu. He wants to ask the teacher for the crime, and tell him to just come to me. I will bear all the responsibilities."

Xu Wen hesitantly agreed, and rode back to Qiujiazhuang to report the letter.Xue Hongliu rested for a while, then got up and searched for Qiu Yuhua with the others.She groped in the mud for a long time, reaching the depths of the mud, which was waist deep.Everyone shouted: "It's too deep there, don't go there."

Xue Hongliu groped for a while, but found nothing.After a while, flames flickered in the distance, and it was Qiu Guangcheng's cavalry that came with lanterns.Qiu Guangcheng rolled off the saddle, strode forward, and said, "Master Xue, where is my daughter?"

Xue Hongliao was very ashamed, knowing that she was to blame, and said: "I didn't take good care of her. I must find her. If something happens to her, I will pay her with my life!"

Everyone knew that Xue Hongliao promised a thousand pieces of gold, and when they heard her say that, they all turned pale with shock, and said: "Master, absolutely not!"

Qiu Guangcheng's eyes were reddened by his daughter's face. He didn't explode at that time because of the face of the beggar gang. He suppressed his anger and said, "What do I want the life of Chief Xue? As long as the little girl can come back properly, the old man will be thankful!"

Xue Hongliao felt very uncomfortable, Xu Wen couldn't help but said: "Miss Qiu fell down because the horse was frightened and the horse's hooves sank into the hillside. Gang leader Xue jumped down with her just now regardless of his life, and almost killed him. The owner of the villa really shouldn’t be harsh on the leader.”

Qiu Guangcheng was already very anxious, but when he saw that this junior dared to talk back to him, he reprimanded: "What's the matter with you here, you need to teach me!" While speaking, he grabbed his neck and lifted him up.

Xu Wen, a big man, was lifted up in the air by him, his face turned blue from suffocation, and he kept kicking his legs.Someone yelled: "Master Qiu, calm down, he is an upright person, don't hurt him!"

Qiu Guangcheng regained his composure, and felt that it was too ugly to argue with this ignorant junior, and he should not take his anger out on him.He shouted: "Go." He raised his hand and threw Xu Wen out.

Xu Wen fell into the mud and couldn't stop coughing.Xue Hongliao stepped forward to help him up, but Xu Wen was still afraid of Xue Hongliao's pain, so he comforted her and said, "I'm fine, Master Qiu is in a hurry, no wonder him. Let's all search together, we will definitely find Miss Qiu."

Qiu Guangcheng ordered people to search around. The rain became heavier and heavier, and the lanterns were all extinguished.The people couldn't see anything, so they had to grope with their hands. After searching for most of the night, they found nothing.Qiu Guangcheng's face became more and more ugly, and none of the people dared to touch the bad luck, so they could only shout and grope.

Qiu Guangcheng stood in the mud, his body was soaked and his face was covered with rain.He wiped his face, but felt the palm of his hand was hot.He thought he had become a hard-hearted person long ago, but he didn't expect to shed tears.

He hated Xue Hongliao in his heart, but he also knew that she was not to blame for this incident.Qiu Yuhua, soft on the outside and strong on the inside, is a very thoughtful girl.As a father, I have nothing to do with her, let alone outsiders.

Qiu Guangcheng suddenly hated Xie Biao again, he must have hated himself for taking his life, turning into a ghost and causing trouble to harm Yuhua.

The more Qiu Guangcheng thought about it, the more he felt that this was the truth. He gritted his teeth with hatred, and suddenly sneered, thinking: "Xie Laosi, you killed my daughter, can't I kill your son? Xie Beihan is still with me." In my hands, I've seen enough of selling clothes all day long, being silly and embarrassing... Yes, if my daughter can't come back, I'll ask your son to be buried with her!"