How can I be broken by the enemy in my previous life? [Rebirth]
Chapter 60 Trick
Flipping out from the courtyard wall of the family castle, it landed in front of Situ Qing.
Situ Qing wore a mask and looked at the person in front of him expressionlessly. After a while, he turned his head and left.
"I tell you to stop!" It was Tang Yuan who came, and he was also near the ancestral hall just now, he saw clearly what Situ Qing did, so he was very angry.
What Situ Qing did during the day was already very suspicious, but Tang Yuan let him go easily, and seeing the tragic situation of the two senior brothers just now, Tang Yuan felt too regretful at the moment.
Situ Qing didn't want to entangle Tang Yuan any more, so she walked away without saying a word.
Seeing this, Tang Yuan held his breath in his heart, jumped up and chased him out.
Situ Qing didn't want to kill people in Tangjiabao, because that would mean exposing himself, so he gave Tang Yuan a chance by pulling away like this.
Unexpectedly, Tang Yuan really chased after him without fear of death.
At the wilderness, Situ Qing stopped and stood still, turned her head and said, "If you take a step closer, I won't be polite."
Situ Qing's tone was flat, with a bit of cold deterrence, Tang Yuan was really shocked when he heard this, but then he gritted his teeth and stepped forward: "Why did my fellow disciples offend you? Such a murderous hand."
"Didn't I give you the antidote?" Situ Qing said calmly, feeling a little impatient in her heart.
Swish, a long sword came out of its sheath and stopped three inches away from Situ Qing's nose. Tang Yuan said coldly: "In any case, you have violated our Tang Sect's taboo by sneaking into Tangjiabao. If you don't say anything today Know the reason, I will never let you go."
Looking at the clear light flowing from the tip of the sword in front of him, a smile suddenly flashed in Situ Qing's eyes, but this smile was also fleeting.
Immediately, he stretched out his hand and slowly pinched the tip of the sword.
Seeing this, Tang Yuan was startled, and subconsciously wanted to take the sword back.
However it was too late.
Only a very slight cracking sound was heard, and the sword slowly shattered into sections in front of Situ Qing's fingers.
At the end, Situ Qing lightly flicked away the broken sword on her fingertips, and said, "So, do you think you have the ability to stop me?"
Seeing this scene, Tang Yuan was already shocked by Situ Qing's martial arts, but he did not admit defeat, but said coldly: "So what if your skill is not as good as yours, if you die today, I will stop you."
Hearing Tang Yuan's words, Situ Qing felt that the young man in front of him had some sort of blood type, and Tang Yuan's face was [-]% similar to Tang Jing's, so Situ Qing was not too good at it.
After being silent for a while, Situ Qing said lightly: "Well, I'll tell you my reason for coming, and in exchange, I'll ask you something."
Tang Yuan didn't expect Situ Qing to say that, he frowned and said, "What do you want to ask?"
"About your big brother Tang Jing."
As soon as Situ Qing mentioned Tang Jing, Tang Yuan's eyes became more suspicious, "Brother Tang Jing has passed away for three months, you ask him what he is doing—"
Before Tang Yuan finished speaking, Situ Qing grabbed his neck.
Situ Qing said coldly: "Have you seen his body?"
Tang Yuan's face turned red, and he struggled to break Situ Qing's hand, but Situ Qing poured real energy into his hand, and Tang Yuan couldn't break it no matter what.
After a while, Tang Yuan struggled and said, "I didn't go to that mission..."
"That is no."
Tang Yuan nodded with his lips twitching.
Situ Qing glanced at him, let go and threw him on the ground, and asked, "Did you bring his body back?"
Before Situ went to finish his question, Tang Yuan on the ground jumped up suddenly, and with a snap of his wrist, a dark crossbow shot out towards Situ Qing.
Situ Qing leaned up, the dark crossbow happened to brush against his mask, he sneered, and knocked Tang Yuan to the ground with a slam.
Just when Tang Yuan spat out a mouthful of blood and was about to get up, Situ Qing kicked him in the chest and stomped him to the ground.
"Toast, don't eat fine wine." Situ Qing originally wanted to kill Tang Yuan with a sword, but now he raised his hand, and seeing Tang Yuan's frightened face that was seven points similar to Tang Jing, he suddenly I can't do it anymore.
In the next second, the mask on Situ Qing's face split in two and landed on Tang Yuan's chest.
The strength of the dark crossbow was to scratch the mask, but now that Situ Qing lowered her head, the mask could no longer hang on.
"you……"
The moment he saw Situ Qing's face, Tang Yuan was slightly stunned.
Situ Qing's hair was disheveled, her face was expressionless, but her eyes were as cold as the moonlight in December.
The black clothes made his neck pale as snow, and his skin was as transparent as light smoke.
After a while, Situ Qing snorted coldly, raised her head and walked away with a flick of her sleeves.
Tang Yuan froze on the spot for a long time, after a while he coughed up a mouthful of blood, covered his chest, but couldn't say a word.
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Wuling Village
A small stream flows from the village head to the village tail. There are only a dozen families in this village, and it is more than ten miles away from the nearest town. Therefore, although the village is small, it has all kinds of internal organs, tailors, blacksmiths, and snacks. home expertise.
In the early morning, the wooden door of the blacksmith shop at the head of the village was creaked open, and a man with slightly gray hair wearing a half-mask came out from inside. His left leg was slightly lame, and he was walking slowly with a hammer in his right hand. Walked to the front of the quenching platform.
"Xiao Rong, come here and make a fire." Judging from the slightly hoarse voice of the man, it can be concluded that he is not very old, but his gray hair is easily misunderstood.
The man, or the young man, yelled, but no one answered in the room. He shook his head, turned around and walked in again.
After a while, he came out with a little boy in a gray cloth jacket.
"Fire." The young man threw the little boy onto the stool in front of the quenching platform, whispering.
The little boy probably didn't wake up, and muttered twice angrily, but in the end, he was still photographed by the young man's "desire" and reluctantly started to light the fire.
Seeing this, the young man raised his hand and took a piece of iron embryo, put it on the burning fire, and said while hammering: "Why are you so angry, next time I will take you to the town to buy delicious food, how about it?"
The little boy pouted and didn't speak.
The young man smiled slightly, but the half of his face under the mask looked quite handsome. He hit the iron embryo with a hammer, and said, "Don't be angry, I will boil eggs for you tonight."
Hearing this, the little boy squinted at the young man and said, "Really?"
The young man smiled and said, "Really."
"Pull the hook."
"Pull the hook."
The young man put down the hammer, stretched out his hand to hook the little boy with a smile, but at this moment the little boy glanced at the young man's left hand hanging by his side, and couldn't help but whispered: "Next time we go to the town to see a good doctor, you It’s not like that hand can’t move.”
When the young man heard the little boy's words, the smile on his face froze for a moment. After a while, he withdrew his right hand from the hook, picked up the hammer, and continued hammering the iron embryo without saying a word.
When the little boy saw that he had said the wrong thing, his expression suddenly became sluggish, and he shrank there pitifully, not daring to move.
The young man hammered the iron embryo twice, and caught a glimpse of the little boy's condition. After a while, he sighed softly, and said with a smile, "You also said that it's not impossible to move, so why waste that money?"
Hearing the young man's words, the little boy thought for a while, and felt that it seemed reasonable. After a while, he stretched out his hand and threw the firewood into the stove, then leaned his face and said, "Hey, I really want to eat the sweet-scented osmanthus cake from Jufuzhai."
Hearing this, the young man smiled lightly: "Okay, I'll buy it for you next time I go to town."
"You said it!" The little boy jumped up all at once.
The young man glared at him immediately, "Look at the fire!"
The little boy let out an oh, lowered his head to poke the stove, and said while poking: "Smelly Xiaotang, don't buy me food, Smelly Xiaotang!"
Because the little boy grew up in the town, he couldn't learn any advanced swear words, just these two sentences over and over again.
The young man was scolded by him for a long time, so he couldn't help laughing and gave him a slap, but no matter how much the little boy scolded him afterwards, he just pretended that he didn't hear it, and continued to hammer with a silent smile.
There were sparks splashing out from the stove, the young man patted the skirt of his clothes which had been splashed with several holes, raised his head and looked at the sky, it was cloudy, it seemed that snow was about to fall again.
64. Doubt
half a month later
"Smelly Tang! Get up! We're going to town!"
The door of the room was knocked loudly, and the young man called Xiao Tang wrapped himself in a quilt and held on for a while, unable to stand up to the little boy's "spiritual and life-threatening" knock, and finally had no choice but to sit up from the bed.
After washing carelessly, Xiao Tang changed his clothes and said to the little boy, "Xiao Rong, you are not allowed to run around while you are riding a donkey."
The boy called Xiaorong quickly patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I will never run around."
Xiao Tang nodded, and pulled the bangs on his forehead to make the mask more tightly covered.
"Hey, you're not going out to be a thief, why are you covering your face so tightly?" Xiao Rong asked curiously while crossing his legs.
Xiao Tang smiled when he heard the words, "It's too ugly, I'm afraid to scare people when I go out."
"cut!"
Xiao Tang stopped talking.
Xiao Rong always didn't believe it. He remembered that when his grandfather rescued Xiao Tang back then, he took a peek at it. Although he couldn't see clearly, it was definitely not ugly.
Sometimes Xiao Rong wondered if Xiao Tang was some kind of hero with unique skills, who was framed and wandered here, but after a long time, he realized that this was not the case at all.
Lazy, smart, unkempt, Xiao Tang has all these trivial problems, and he doesn't look like a hero at all.
Gradually, Xiao Rong's inquisitive thoughts faded away. After all, Xiao Tang was in charge of his food and drink now. If he asked too much, it would be terrible if Xiao Tang left him.
After pulling out the little donkey, Xiao Tang spread Xiao Rong's legs and carried him on it. Then he hung two rucksacks on the back of the donkey's buttocks and set off with a whip.
The morning sun was clear and a bit cold, and the road leading to the town was covered with weeds. Xiaorong was riding behind the donkey, humming a song while chewing the dried chestnuts he had stockpiled in autumn, and occasionally feeding a grain to the little one. donkey.
Anyway, Xiao Tang doesn't like sweets.
After walking for two or three hours, the sun was shining on his buttocks, and he finally saw the shadow of the town. Xiaorong was impatient for a long time, and jumped off the donkey at that time, and rushed towards the city.
Seeing this, Xiao Tang yelled twice, but Xiao Rong ignored him.
Shaking his head, remembering that Xiao Rong still had a few pieces of silver in his pocket, Xiao Tang just smiled and let it go.
It was a hot market, and all the sellers on the street came out, and the shouts outweighed each other.Xiaorong looked fresh in everything, and because of his short stature and nimble body, he quickly darted around in the crowd.
Suddenly, Xiao Rong saw a group of people gathering in a corner and looking at something on the wall, curious in his heart, and squeezed in desperately.
It turned out to be a notice.
Xiao Rong was illiterate, so he could only recognize the painting on the notice. When he first saw it, he felt that the people in this painting were really pretty.
Looking at it again, Xiao Rong was a little stunned.
He originally thought that Xiao Tang was considered a first-class handsome man among them, but now that he saw this portrait, he suddenly felt that his vision was really too small.
After being dazed for a while, Xiao Rong thought of Xiao Tang. Naturally, this kind of novelty should be shared with good brothers.
So Xiao Rong quickly got out of the crowd again, just in time, when he looked up, he saw Xiao Tang wandering in from the gate of the city, pulling his donkey.
"Xiao Tang! Come here quickly! There's something good here!" Xiao Rong immediately became happy when he saw Xiao Tang.
Xiao Tang was very helpless towards Xiao Rong's character, but when the old man of the blacksmith shop handed over the shop and Xiao Rong to him, he understood that this responsibility would never be shaken off for the rest of his life.
Smiling silently, Xiao Tang walked over leading the little donkey and said, "What are you so happy to see again?"
Xiao Rong immediately puffed up his chest and said, "I saw a notice posted over there just now, with a picture of a very beautiful person on it, you should go and see it too!"
Xiao Tang thought it was funny when he heard this, but the "very good-looking" that Xiao Rong emphasized moved him inexplicably.
I always feel a strange premonition.
After a moment of silence, Xiao Tang led the donkey and walked over. He was taller than most people, so he didn't have to squeeze inside like Xiao Rong to see it.
However, Xiao Tang just stood there, looked away, and his face changed instantly.
After a while, he rushed in. Many people were startled by Xiao Tang's crazy appearance, some were strange, some scolded, and some complained.
However, none of these little Tangs listened to them until he stood in front of the notice.
The drawing of the person on the notice is not very accurate, but he still remembers that person's face, turned into ashes, and the notice says...
"Let's go! Let's go! I'm sorry!"
When Xiao Rong saw Xiao Tang go crazy suddenly, he was anxious and squeezed in quickly.
However, when he saw that Xiao Tang was just staring at the notice in a daze, he immediately lost his temper.
"Hey--"
Xiao Rong pulled Xiao Tang back to reality with an angry sound. He glanced around, came back to his senses, and quickly bowed his head to apologize to everyone.Xiao Rong also helped to say that his brother had never seen the world.
When Xiao Tang came out, Xiao Rong couldn't help but asked in a pretentious way: "Isn't he just a good-looking person, as for him? Looking at you like that, it seems like you haven't seen a beauty in 800 years. "
"Stop talking." Xiao Tang suddenly coldly interrupted Xiao Rong's next words.
After hearing this, Xiao Rong pouted immediately, but after looking at it for a while, he felt that there was something wrong with Xiao Tang's expression. After hesitating for a while, Xiao Rong stopped talking.
Xiao Tang led the donkey and walked ahead in a daze, Xiao Rong hesitated for a while, then followed.
While the two were walking slowly with their own thoughts in mind, suddenly a person came out from nowhere, touched Xiao Rong's waist suddenly, and then ran away.
Xiao Rong touched it with his backhand, and immediately shouted: "Catch the thief!! He stole my jade pendant!!"
However, after Xiao Rong uttered this sound, not many people responded. Seeing that the thief was almost gone, when Xiao Rong was about to chase after him, Xiao Tang suddenly jumped up and chased him with two light steps.
Xiao Rong was dumbfounded by Xiao Tang's move. He didn't expect Xiao Tang to be a real hero without showing his face, and he felt a little admiration in his heart.
Turning around an alley, Xiao Tang saw no one was around, picked up a dead leaf and threw it out.
The thief who ran away ahead did not expect Xiao Tang to have such a hand, and immediately fell down in response.
Xiao Tang landed in front of the thief in two steps, and said calmly: "Hand over the things."
The thief knew that he had met Lian Jiazi, so he had no choice but to admit it, and obediently handed over the jade pendant.
Xiao Tang glanced at him, didn't say anything to keep him quiet, turned around and left.
Seeing Xiao Tang leaving, the thief was stunned for a while, then turned his head and fled in the opposite direction.
After taking back the jade pendant, Xiao Tang looked at the surprised expressions of the people around him, including Xiao Rong, and his complexion couldn't get any better.
Returning the jade pendant to Xiao Rong, Xiao Tang whispered, "Let's go."
Xiao Rong was also quite clever, he quickly responded when he saw this, and then left with Xiao Tang.
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Back in the village, Xiao Rong kept asking Xiao Tang about today's affairs, but Xiao Tang was like a gourd, saying nothing.
Xiao Rong was frustrated, but Xiao Tang coaxed him to eat two chicken legs and a bowl of meat porridge, so Xiao Rong put all these things behind him again.
In the middle of the night, Xiao Rong fell into a deep sleep, Xiao Tang went to his small room to take a look, got up and locked the door, turned and left.
He's going to town.
The night is dark and the wind is high, which is a good time to cover up your whereabouts.
Xiao Tang changed into black clothes, covered his face with a mask, and put on the hidden weapon bag that he hadn't put on for a long time.
He was very surprised, of course not why someone snatched Xiao Rong's jade pendant, but why the Tang Sect's reward order appeared in such a remote town.
What's even more strange is that the person who was offered a reward was actually...
Thinking of the painting that was barely considered a good painting, Xiao Tang felt a pain in his heart.
When he entered the town, all the lights were turned off, and the street was silent. Relying on his memory, Xiao Tang walked to the place where the notice was posted in the morning.
He raised his hand and lifted it, and the notice fell into his hand.
However, just as Xiao Tang turned to leave, a few men in black appeared silently behind him.
"Our Hall Master would like to invite Your Excellency to come."
A deep and cold voice said so.
When Xiao Tang heard this voice, his heart turned cold, and then he turned around and said, "I don't know your hall master, and I don't want to see him."
As he spoke, Xiao Tang turned around and wanted to leave.
Of course, these people are not easy to get along with. Seeing Xiao Tang's ignorance, he immediately changed his face, and drew out the shining sword like that.
"Don't toast, don't eat, eat fine wine!"
Hearing this threat, Xiao Tang knew that he couldn't stay here any longer, so he immediately jumped onto the beam, and flew out of the city lightly.
In terms of lightness kung fu, few people in this world can catch up to him.
When these people saw Xiao Tang's qinggong method, their faces changed immediately. They looked at each other for a moment, and said, "People from the Tang Sect?"
After that, no one dared to chase them out again. After a long time, one of the men with a hoarse voice whispered: "Go back and tell the second master that someone from the Tang Sect came to reveal the notice, and ask him to ask the Tang Sect about it." Is there an infighting over there?"
After hearing this, the following people even claimed yes, and left one after another.
Xiao Tang didn't go back directly. After he left for more than a mile, he suddenly realized that those people hadn't caught up, and he immediately became suspicious.
If those people really use money to do things, why are they so unprofessional?
unless?
Xiao Tang took out the notice in his hand, glanced at it quickly, and then he vaguely understood something.
65. Xiao Rong
Tang Yuan has been with Situ Qing for almost three days.
He knew that he had nothing to do with Situ Qing, so he could only follow from a distance, because a few days ago Situ Qing set fire to the Tangmen's ancestral hall, which was a shameful and humiliating thing.
At that time, Situ Qing was wearing a mask and wearing black clothes, no one could recognize him, only Tang Yuan recognized at a glance, that was the Situ Qing he met that day.
Situ Qing always knew that there was such a little tail following him, but he was not angry, nor did he deliberately avoid it.
After all, Tang Jing's death was still suspicious, and he also needed a breakthrough from the Tang Sect.
And Tang Yuan is the breakthrough point.
That night, Situ Qing found an inn to sleep in. He blew out the light, turned over and lay on the bed, but quietly looked out the window.
Sure enough, at midnight, a puff of smoke with a sweet scent came in through a broken window.
Not long after, a black shadow landed on the window lightly and nimbly, pushed the window latch very slowly and carefully, and then stepped in.
Tang Yuan finally found an opportunity to take advantage of.
But he didn't see that Situ Qing who was lying on the bed smiled calmly at this moment.
Just when Tang Yuan walked slowly to the bed and reached out to touch Situ Qing's acupuncture points, without warning, Situ Qing opened his eyes.
Even in the dark night, his pupils shone with a cold light, Tang Yuandang even took two steps back in fright.
Seeing Tang Yuan's reaction, Situ Qing rolled over and got off the bed as soon as her eyes moved, and said calmly, "What do you want to do after following me for so long?"
Situ Qing's tone was three points questioning and seven points cold, even Tang Yuan felt that he was wronged for a while, but then he remembered the burning of the Tangmen ancestral hall, gritted his teeth, and said, "Why did you burn me? Tangmen ancestral hall?"
When Situ Qing heard this, her eyes moved, and she said, "Why do you say that I burned it? What about the evidence?"
As soon as Situ Qing said these words, Tang Yuan was stunned for an instant, and after a while, he said very firmly: "I know you, that is your mask, I will never mistake anyone."
"Just with a mask?"
Tang Yuan was speechless again.
Situ gave him a nonchalant glance, and finally said lightly: "It turns out that everyone in the Tang Sect has this kind of virtue, and I have seen it taught."
"I don't want to argue with you." Tang Yuan behaved this time.
When Situ Qing heard Tang Yuan's words, her eyes moved, and said: "Well, I know who the person who burned down your Tang Sect's ancestral hall is. As long as you answer me a question, I will tell you."
Hearing this, Tang Yuan was startled. He looked up at Situ Qing, only to find that Situ Qing's eyes were as cold as a mirror, and he couldn't help being shaken for a while.
It's true...he didn't see that person's face clearly, it would be too arbitrary to conclude that it was Situ Qing based on a mask.
"Your martial arts are not as good as mine, so even if you don't agree, you won't be able to catch me. I'm just giving you a chance."
Situ Qing said these words calmly, without any derogatory connotations, but Tang Yuan's heart tightened when he heard them.
But Tang Yuan had to admit that what Situ Qing said was reasonable, after a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "You ask."
Seeing that the fish had taken the bait, Situ Qing flashed her eyes and said calmly, "I want you to tell me the circumstances of Tang Jing and your third elder's death one by one. The more details the better."
When Tang Yuan heard that Situ Qing mentioned Tang Jing again, he couldn't help frowning: "What's the relationship between you and senior brother?"
However, his question only received a cold glance from Situ Qing.
Therefore, although Tang Yuan was extremely reluctant, in the end he patiently told the facts he had heard from other seniors.
"Fall into a deep pool? What about the corpse?" Situ Qing couldn't help asking after hearing half of it.
Tang Yuan shook his head: "It is said that I can't find it. After all, the river is too long, and no one can find it all the way from the source."
When Situ Qing heard this, the anticipation in his heart increased, and then he said in a deep voice, "Continue."
Tang Yuan was a little strange about Situ Qing's emotional changes, but he didn't want to ask more questions. After pondering for a moment, he continued to talk about the events at that time.
After finishing speaking, Tang Yuan looked at Situ Qing and said, "I'm done talking, can you tell me who is the one who burned down the Tangmen ancestral hall?"
Listening to Tang Yuan's narration, Situ Qing felt a wave of ups and downs in his heart at the moment. At this moment, he came back to his senses slightly, and couldn't help feeling a little bit of hatred towards Tang Yuan, a member of the Tang family.
Because it was people from the Tang Sect who forced Tang Jing to death.
Thinking of this, Situ Qing didn't want to deal with Tang Yuan any more, so she simply waved her sleeves and said coldly: "I am the one who burned down the Tang Clan's ancestral hall, what do you want?"
"you!"
Tang Yuan didn't expect Situ Qing to admit it suddenly, and his eyes widened for a moment.
Seeing Tang Yuan's shocked and angry expression, Situ Qing suddenly felt a bit of revenge, he smiled coldly, and said: "You keep claiming that Tang Jing is a senior brother, but do you know that he was chasing after him back then? The matter of the soul needle being hunted down by the Tang Sect? You Tang Sect believe that Tang Jing is a traitor because of a piece of unfounded news, and you have to get rid of him quickly. Do you really think that the elders and senior brothers of your Tang Sect are all Is it a good thing?"
"You don't know the inside story, so why are you spouting blood!" Tang Yuan abruptly interrupted Situ Qing's words.
Situ Qing was slightly taken aback, and then heard Tang Yuan say angrily and eagerly: "That's right, the Tang Sect sent people out to find the whereabouts of Senior Brother Tang Jing, but they just wanted to bring Senior Brother back to the Tang Sect for interrogation. He didn't say he wanted to kill him, and the matter of Ting Yunfeng was the fate that Senior Brother Tang Jing voluntarily protected that Demon Cult monster, and even killed the third elder—"
Before Tang Yuan finished speaking, Situ Qing tapped the acupoints, then Situ Qing sneered, looked at Tang Yuan with burning eyes and said: "Since you have said so, then I might as well tell you that I am the demon sect magician."
Tang Yuan's acupoints were tapped, and he couldn't make a sound at this moment, but when he heard Situ Qing's words, his eyes suddenly widened, and he screamed.
Seeing Tang Yuan who was so angry and full of ignorance, Situ Qing suddenly wanted to tell him everything about the past, but when she changed her mind, Situ Qing gave up again.
For a nobody like Tang Yuan, he didn't need to spend so much time talking.
Glancing at Tang Yuan coldly, Situ Qing said: "After three hours, the acupoints will unravel by themselves."
Before leaving, Situ Qing added, "Don't let me see you again."
Then, Situ Qing walked away, leaving Tang Yuan alone on the spot, unable to move.
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When Xiao Rong woke up early in the morning, Xiao Tang was already hammering iron blocks hard in front of the blacksmith shop.
"Hey!" Xiao Rong suddenly jumped over, trying to startle Xiao Tang, but this time Xiao Tang didn't even look at him.
Xiao Rong curled his lips, walked over, put one leg on the table, and said: "The real person doesn't show his face."
Hearing this, Xiao Tang raised his eyelids and glanced at Xiao Rong, then he made a silent gesture, shook his head, and continued hammering the iron block.
Seeing this, Xiao Rong got excited, and immediately withdrew his legs from the blacksmith's table, then eagerly approached, and asked Xiao Tang in a low voice: "I said, you really have such a great ability, why haven't you mentioned it before?"
Xiao Tang glanced at him and said, "Because I am a wanted criminal by the court." After speaking, he turned around and picked up the iron pot and poured himself a bowl full of water.
Of course Xiao Rong didn't believe Xiao Tang's perfunctory words, he raised his neck and said, "If you don't tell me, I'll go to the town and tell you that you are a powerful practitioner with secretive whereabouts, let the Yamen arrest you." you."
Xiao Tang drank a bowl of water in one gulp, a little anxiously, and drops of water slid down his smooth neck.
Then he put down the bowl, took a slow look at Xiao Rong, and said, "Go, I won't stop you, just remember to feed the donkey when you come back."
After speaking, Xiao Tang lowered his head and continued to hammer the iron.
Seeing that Xiao Tang refused to eat, Xiao Rong immediately raised his neck and said, "Smelly Xiao Tang!"
However, he could only say this one sentence, and Xiao Tang's ears became callused when he heard it.
Xiao Rong scolded himself for a while, but Xiao Tang ignored him, and he rushed out to play like a gust of wind.
Seeing Xiao Rong like this, Xiao Tang could only shake his head and smile, then lowered his head and continued to strike the iron embryo. At this time, the shape of the iron embryo was slightly clearer, like an axe.
One morning, Xiao Tang hit two hoes and a shovel, and just as he was about to pack up his things and ask Xiao Rong to come back for dinner, there was a knock on the gate of the yard.
The people in the village were polite and reasonable, and they would never knock on the door like this, and Xiao Rong didn't bother to knock on the door by himself, so Xiao Tang knew that the visitor was not friendly with a frown.
He pondered for a moment, wiped the soot on his hands, and walked over to open the door.
As soon as the door opened, it turned out to be a strange face, very richly dressed but tacky, and his haughty appearance was disgusting.
"Is it you who usually take care of Young Master Xiaorong?" The man raised his face and asked.
Hearing Xiao Rong's name, Xiao Tang's heart moved, and then he said lightly, "It's me."
The man looked Xiao Tang up and down with two eyes, and thought he was just an ordinary blacksmith, so he smiled and said, "Master Xiao Rong wants to see you, please."
As he said that, the man turned his body to one side, Xiao Tang looked over, and there was a carriage parked at the door.
"Who are you guys?" Xiao Tang asked. Although he had already guessed seven or eight points, he still had to do superficial work.
As he expected, the man just snorted, then raised his head and said: "This has nothing to do with you, if you still want to be rich, don't ask anything, just follow us, if you don't want to, just When I'm not here."
"Where is Xiao Rong?"
The man glanced at Xiao Tang, and said impatiently: "Of course it's in our house."
66. A chance encounter
Xiao Tang guessed the origin of these people, thought for a moment, and said: "Okay, I will go with you."
Seeing that Xiao Tang was quite sensible, the man hummed silently and turned around to get into the car.
When Xiao Tang saw this, he didn't take it seriously. No one invited him, so he got into the car by himself.
After getting into the carriage and the carriage started, Xiao Tang just sat there silently without speaking.
The person sitting across from him glanced at him, and couldn't help but ask, "What's your name?"
Xiao Tang raised his head and glanced lightly, "Xiao Tang."
The man was still a bit dignified, he snorted and said, "My surname is Liu, and I'm the housekeeper of the county magistrate's mansion in the town. You can just call me Butler Liu."
The housekeeper in the county magistrate's mansion?
Xiao Tang felt very funny when he heard it, now that the butler in a small county's prime minister's mansion can be so domineering, it can be seen in this world...
"What's the matter with your face?" Seeing Xiao Tang wearing half a mask, Liu Butler couldn't help asking.
"Birthmark." Xiao Tang dismissed Butler Liu with just two words.
Butler Liu looked at Xiao Tang's reticent appearance, he just took it as a countryman who had never seen the world and didn't want to answer the conversation, so he turned his head and sat on the other side to smoke a pipe.
The carriage stopped and went, and it took about three hours to reach the town. Xiao Tang was really miserable. If it wasn't for hiding his identity, he would have used light work to come here for at most half an hour, and his butt wouldn't have to suffer from the turbulence .
However, when Butler Liu got out of the car, he said superfluously, "Isn't this carriage much more comfortable than the bullock carts of your country people?"
Xiao Tang was amused in his heart, but he could only hold back and nodded.
The county magistrate's residence is in a small house in the town. From the outside, it looks like blue bricks and red tiles, no different from other houses, and it's the same after entering.
When Xiao Tang saw the jade pendant in Xiao Rong's hand at the beginning, he guessed that his biological parents must not be masters, and he was right.
As soon as Xiao Tang walked in the door, he heard a sharp noise coming from the room.
Xiao Tang frowned silently, and Steward Liu rushed in. Almost at the same time, Xiao Rong rushed out with his head in his arms, with snot and tears hanging on his face.Behind him was a man and a woman who looked like the magistrate and his wife.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Rong would turn into this appearance, Xiao Tang was taken aback for a moment, then immediately walked up and hugged Xiao Rong in his arms.
When Xiao Rong saw Xiao Tang, he immediately hugged him tightly, unwilling to let go. Seeing this, Xiao Tang couldn't help but turn his voice cold, and said to the opposite side, "What's going on with you? Why are the family members arguing?" Still bullying children?"
As soon as Xiao Tang said these words, Xiao Rong immediately jumped up and said, "That stinky bitch hit me!"
At this time, the county magistrate's wife—a fat woman with a vulgar appearance in red and green—raised her hand and scolded: "I don't know where the little bastard came from, dare to pretend to be the son of the master! Shameless!"
Xiao Tang was used to seeing things in the world, but he had never seen a shrew, so he frowned immediately, took Xiao Rong in his arms and walked out.
Seeing this, the county magistrate's wife stomped behind Xiao Tang and said, "Wait a minute! Is this the place where you come and go as you please!"
Xiao Tang really couldn't bear this woman's noise, and felt that Xiao Rong couldn't live a good life in this kind of place, so he walked out without saying a word.
The county magistrate's wife behind her was still cursing, and the housekeeper also chased after him. Xiao Tang had just left the house and was about to walk down the street, but he caught a glimpse of an extremely familiar figure walking towards him.
People from Tangmen.
Xiao Tang was startled, and whispered in Xiao Rong's ear, "I'll pick you up later", then turned around and stepped on the beams of the house and flew away.
Xiao Tang's light kung fu stunned the county magistrate and his wife and Steward Liu, and also alarmed the disciple of the Tang sect.
Seeing that it was Tang Sect Lightness Kung Fu, the Tang Sect disciple flew out without thinking too much.
Seeing two martial arts masters in one day, the whole family of the county magistrate was petrified.
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Seeing the disciples of the Tang Sect chasing after him, Xiao Tang swept across the three miles with his light kung fu, but he gradually became unable to do so. After all, his body has not fully recovered yet, and the permanent injury to his left arm has greatly reduced his balance ability.
Seeing that he was about to be overtaken, Xiao Tang simply turned around and landed lightly on the ground.
But at this time, the disciple of the Tang Sect also stopped when he saw Xiao Tang like this.
It was Tang Yuan who came.
"They are all Tangmen disciples, why did you see me running?" Tang Yuan asked, he always felt that the back of this Tangmen disciple looked familiar but he couldn't remember which senior brother it was.
Xiao Tang was silent for a moment, looked at Tang Yuan in front of him, and said: "I am not a disciple of the Tang Sect, Your Excellency is mistaken.
Situ Qing wore a mask and looked at the person in front of him expressionlessly. After a while, he turned his head and left.
"I tell you to stop!" It was Tang Yuan who came, and he was also near the ancestral hall just now, he saw clearly what Situ Qing did, so he was very angry.
What Situ Qing did during the day was already very suspicious, but Tang Yuan let him go easily, and seeing the tragic situation of the two senior brothers just now, Tang Yuan felt too regretful at the moment.
Situ Qing didn't want to entangle Tang Yuan any more, so she walked away without saying a word.
Seeing this, Tang Yuan held his breath in his heart, jumped up and chased him out.
Situ Qing didn't want to kill people in Tangjiabao, because that would mean exposing himself, so he gave Tang Yuan a chance by pulling away like this.
Unexpectedly, Tang Yuan really chased after him without fear of death.
At the wilderness, Situ Qing stopped and stood still, turned her head and said, "If you take a step closer, I won't be polite."
Situ Qing's tone was flat, with a bit of cold deterrence, Tang Yuan was really shocked when he heard this, but then he gritted his teeth and stepped forward: "Why did my fellow disciples offend you? Such a murderous hand."
"Didn't I give you the antidote?" Situ Qing said calmly, feeling a little impatient in her heart.
Swish, a long sword came out of its sheath and stopped three inches away from Situ Qing's nose. Tang Yuan said coldly: "In any case, you have violated our Tang Sect's taboo by sneaking into Tangjiabao. If you don't say anything today Know the reason, I will never let you go."
Looking at the clear light flowing from the tip of the sword in front of him, a smile suddenly flashed in Situ Qing's eyes, but this smile was also fleeting.
Immediately, he stretched out his hand and slowly pinched the tip of the sword.
Seeing this, Tang Yuan was startled, and subconsciously wanted to take the sword back.
However it was too late.
Only a very slight cracking sound was heard, and the sword slowly shattered into sections in front of Situ Qing's fingers.
At the end, Situ Qing lightly flicked away the broken sword on her fingertips, and said, "So, do you think you have the ability to stop me?"
Seeing this scene, Tang Yuan was already shocked by Situ Qing's martial arts, but he did not admit defeat, but said coldly: "So what if your skill is not as good as yours, if you die today, I will stop you."
Hearing Tang Yuan's words, Situ Qing felt that the young man in front of him had some sort of blood type, and Tang Yuan's face was [-]% similar to Tang Jing's, so Situ Qing was not too good at it.
After being silent for a while, Situ Qing said lightly: "Well, I'll tell you my reason for coming, and in exchange, I'll ask you something."
Tang Yuan didn't expect Situ Qing to say that, he frowned and said, "What do you want to ask?"
"About your big brother Tang Jing."
As soon as Situ Qing mentioned Tang Jing, Tang Yuan's eyes became more suspicious, "Brother Tang Jing has passed away for three months, you ask him what he is doing—"
Before Tang Yuan finished speaking, Situ Qing grabbed his neck.
Situ Qing said coldly: "Have you seen his body?"
Tang Yuan's face turned red, and he struggled to break Situ Qing's hand, but Situ Qing poured real energy into his hand, and Tang Yuan couldn't break it no matter what.
After a while, Tang Yuan struggled and said, "I didn't go to that mission..."
"That is no."
Tang Yuan nodded with his lips twitching.
Situ Qing glanced at him, let go and threw him on the ground, and asked, "Did you bring his body back?"
Before Situ went to finish his question, Tang Yuan on the ground jumped up suddenly, and with a snap of his wrist, a dark crossbow shot out towards Situ Qing.
Situ Qing leaned up, the dark crossbow happened to brush against his mask, he sneered, and knocked Tang Yuan to the ground with a slam.
Just when Tang Yuan spat out a mouthful of blood and was about to get up, Situ Qing kicked him in the chest and stomped him to the ground.
"Toast, don't eat fine wine." Situ Qing originally wanted to kill Tang Yuan with a sword, but now he raised his hand, and seeing Tang Yuan's frightened face that was seven points similar to Tang Jing, he suddenly I can't do it anymore.
In the next second, the mask on Situ Qing's face split in two and landed on Tang Yuan's chest.
The strength of the dark crossbow was to scratch the mask, but now that Situ Qing lowered her head, the mask could no longer hang on.
"you……"
The moment he saw Situ Qing's face, Tang Yuan was slightly stunned.
Situ Qing's hair was disheveled, her face was expressionless, but her eyes were as cold as the moonlight in December.
The black clothes made his neck pale as snow, and his skin was as transparent as light smoke.
After a while, Situ Qing snorted coldly, raised her head and walked away with a flick of her sleeves.
Tang Yuan froze on the spot for a long time, after a while he coughed up a mouthful of blood, covered his chest, but couldn't say a word.
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Wuling Village
A small stream flows from the village head to the village tail. There are only a dozen families in this village, and it is more than ten miles away from the nearest town. Therefore, although the village is small, it has all kinds of internal organs, tailors, blacksmiths, and snacks. home expertise.
In the early morning, the wooden door of the blacksmith shop at the head of the village was creaked open, and a man with slightly gray hair wearing a half-mask came out from inside. His left leg was slightly lame, and he was walking slowly with a hammer in his right hand. Walked to the front of the quenching platform.
"Xiao Rong, come here and make a fire." Judging from the slightly hoarse voice of the man, it can be concluded that he is not very old, but his gray hair is easily misunderstood.
The man, or the young man, yelled, but no one answered in the room. He shook his head, turned around and walked in again.
After a while, he came out with a little boy in a gray cloth jacket.
"Fire." The young man threw the little boy onto the stool in front of the quenching platform, whispering.
The little boy probably didn't wake up, and muttered twice angrily, but in the end, he was still photographed by the young man's "desire" and reluctantly started to light the fire.
Seeing this, the young man raised his hand and took a piece of iron embryo, put it on the burning fire, and said while hammering: "Why are you so angry, next time I will take you to the town to buy delicious food, how about it?"
The little boy pouted and didn't speak.
The young man smiled slightly, but the half of his face under the mask looked quite handsome. He hit the iron embryo with a hammer, and said, "Don't be angry, I will boil eggs for you tonight."
Hearing this, the little boy squinted at the young man and said, "Really?"
The young man smiled and said, "Really."
"Pull the hook."
"Pull the hook."
The young man put down the hammer, stretched out his hand to hook the little boy with a smile, but at this moment the little boy glanced at the young man's left hand hanging by his side, and couldn't help but whispered: "Next time we go to the town to see a good doctor, you It’s not like that hand can’t move.”
When the young man heard the little boy's words, the smile on his face froze for a moment. After a while, he withdrew his right hand from the hook, picked up the hammer, and continued hammering the iron embryo without saying a word.
When the little boy saw that he had said the wrong thing, his expression suddenly became sluggish, and he shrank there pitifully, not daring to move.
The young man hammered the iron embryo twice, and caught a glimpse of the little boy's condition. After a while, he sighed softly, and said with a smile, "You also said that it's not impossible to move, so why waste that money?"
Hearing the young man's words, the little boy thought for a while, and felt that it seemed reasonable. After a while, he stretched out his hand and threw the firewood into the stove, then leaned his face and said, "Hey, I really want to eat the sweet-scented osmanthus cake from Jufuzhai."
Hearing this, the young man smiled lightly: "Okay, I'll buy it for you next time I go to town."
"You said it!" The little boy jumped up all at once.
The young man glared at him immediately, "Look at the fire!"
The little boy let out an oh, lowered his head to poke the stove, and said while poking: "Smelly Xiaotang, don't buy me food, Smelly Xiaotang!"
Because the little boy grew up in the town, he couldn't learn any advanced swear words, just these two sentences over and over again.
The young man was scolded by him for a long time, so he couldn't help laughing and gave him a slap, but no matter how much the little boy scolded him afterwards, he just pretended that he didn't hear it, and continued to hammer with a silent smile.
There were sparks splashing out from the stove, the young man patted the skirt of his clothes which had been splashed with several holes, raised his head and looked at the sky, it was cloudy, it seemed that snow was about to fall again.
64. Doubt
half a month later
"Smelly Tang! Get up! We're going to town!"
The door of the room was knocked loudly, and the young man called Xiao Tang wrapped himself in a quilt and held on for a while, unable to stand up to the little boy's "spiritual and life-threatening" knock, and finally had no choice but to sit up from the bed.
After washing carelessly, Xiao Tang changed his clothes and said to the little boy, "Xiao Rong, you are not allowed to run around while you are riding a donkey."
The boy called Xiaorong quickly patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I will never run around."
Xiao Tang nodded, and pulled the bangs on his forehead to make the mask more tightly covered.
"Hey, you're not going out to be a thief, why are you covering your face so tightly?" Xiao Rong asked curiously while crossing his legs.
Xiao Tang smiled when he heard the words, "It's too ugly, I'm afraid to scare people when I go out."
"cut!"
Xiao Tang stopped talking.
Xiao Rong always didn't believe it. He remembered that when his grandfather rescued Xiao Tang back then, he took a peek at it. Although he couldn't see clearly, it was definitely not ugly.
Sometimes Xiao Rong wondered if Xiao Tang was some kind of hero with unique skills, who was framed and wandered here, but after a long time, he realized that this was not the case at all.
Lazy, smart, unkempt, Xiao Tang has all these trivial problems, and he doesn't look like a hero at all.
Gradually, Xiao Rong's inquisitive thoughts faded away. After all, Xiao Tang was in charge of his food and drink now. If he asked too much, it would be terrible if Xiao Tang left him.
After pulling out the little donkey, Xiao Tang spread Xiao Rong's legs and carried him on it. Then he hung two rucksacks on the back of the donkey's buttocks and set off with a whip.
The morning sun was clear and a bit cold, and the road leading to the town was covered with weeds. Xiaorong was riding behind the donkey, humming a song while chewing the dried chestnuts he had stockpiled in autumn, and occasionally feeding a grain to the little one. donkey.
Anyway, Xiao Tang doesn't like sweets.
After walking for two or three hours, the sun was shining on his buttocks, and he finally saw the shadow of the town. Xiaorong was impatient for a long time, and jumped off the donkey at that time, and rushed towards the city.
Seeing this, Xiao Tang yelled twice, but Xiao Rong ignored him.
Shaking his head, remembering that Xiao Rong still had a few pieces of silver in his pocket, Xiao Tang just smiled and let it go.
It was a hot market, and all the sellers on the street came out, and the shouts outweighed each other.Xiaorong looked fresh in everything, and because of his short stature and nimble body, he quickly darted around in the crowd.
Suddenly, Xiao Rong saw a group of people gathering in a corner and looking at something on the wall, curious in his heart, and squeezed in desperately.
It turned out to be a notice.
Xiao Rong was illiterate, so he could only recognize the painting on the notice. When he first saw it, he felt that the people in this painting were really pretty.
Looking at it again, Xiao Rong was a little stunned.
He originally thought that Xiao Tang was considered a first-class handsome man among them, but now that he saw this portrait, he suddenly felt that his vision was really too small.
After being dazed for a while, Xiao Rong thought of Xiao Tang. Naturally, this kind of novelty should be shared with good brothers.
So Xiao Rong quickly got out of the crowd again, just in time, when he looked up, he saw Xiao Tang wandering in from the gate of the city, pulling his donkey.
"Xiao Tang! Come here quickly! There's something good here!" Xiao Rong immediately became happy when he saw Xiao Tang.
Xiao Tang was very helpless towards Xiao Rong's character, but when the old man of the blacksmith shop handed over the shop and Xiao Rong to him, he understood that this responsibility would never be shaken off for the rest of his life.
Smiling silently, Xiao Tang walked over leading the little donkey and said, "What are you so happy to see again?"
Xiao Rong immediately puffed up his chest and said, "I saw a notice posted over there just now, with a picture of a very beautiful person on it, you should go and see it too!"
Xiao Tang thought it was funny when he heard this, but the "very good-looking" that Xiao Rong emphasized moved him inexplicably.
I always feel a strange premonition.
After a moment of silence, Xiao Tang led the donkey and walked over. He was taller than most people, so he didn't have to squeeze inside like Xiao Rong to see it.
However, Xiao Tang just stood there, looked away, and his face changed instantly.
After a while, he rushed in. Many people were startled by Xiao Tang's crazy appearance, some were strange, some scolded, and some complained.
However, none of these little Tangs listened to them until he stood in front of the notice.
The drawing of the person on the notice is not very accurate, but he still remembers that person's face, turned into ashes, and the notice says...
"Let's go! Let's go! I'm sorry!"
When Xiao Rong saw Xiao Tang go crazy suddenly, he was anxious and squeezed in quickly.
However, when he saw that Xiao Tang was just staring at the notice in a daze, he immediately lost his temper.
"Hey--"
Xiao Rong pulled Xiao Tang back to reality with an angry sound. He glanced around, came back to his senses, and quickly bowed his head to apologize to everyone.Xiao Rong also helped to say that his brother had never seen the world.
When Xiao Tang came out, Xiao Rong couldn't help but asked in a pretentious way: "Isn't he just a good-looking person, as for him? Looking at you like that, it seems like you haven't seen a beauty in 800 years. "
"Stop talking." Xiao Tang suddenly coldly interrupted Xiao Rong's next words.
After hearing this, Xiao Rong pouted immediately, but after looking at it for a while, he felt that there was something wrong with Xiao Tang's expression. After hesitating for a while, Xiao Rong stopped talking.
Xiao Tang led the donkey and walked ahead in a daze, Xiao Rong hesitated for a while, then followed.
While the two were walking slowly with their own thoughts in mind, suddenly a person came out from nowhere, touched Xiao Rong's waist suddenly, and then ran away.
Xiao Rong touched it with his backhand, and immediately shouted: "Catch the thief!! He stole my jade pendant!!"
However, after Xiao Rong uttered this sound, not many people responded. Seeing that the thief was almost gone, when Xiao Rong was about to chase after him, Xiao Tang suddenly jumped up and chased him with two light steps.
Xiao Rong was dumbfounded by Xiao Tang's move. He didn't expect Xiao Tang to be a real hero without showing his face, and he felt a little admiration in his heart.
Turning around an alley, Xiao Tang saw no one was around, picked up a dead leaf and threw it out.
The thief who ran away ahead did not expect Xiao Tang to have such a hand, and immediately fell down in response.
Xiao Tang landed in front of the thief in two steps, and said calmly: "Hand over the things."
The thief knew that he had met Lian Jiazi, so he had no choice but to admit it, and obediently handed over the jade pendant.
Xiao Tang glanced at him, didn't say anything to keep him quiet, turned around and left.
Seeing Xiao Tang leaving, the thief was stunned for a while, then turned his head and fled in the opposite direction.
After taking back the jade pendant, Xiao Tang looked at the surprised expressions of the people around him, including Xiao Rong, and his complexion couldn't get any better.
Returning the jade pendant to Xiao Rong, Xiao Tang whispered, "Let's go."
Xiao Rong was also quite clever, he quickly responded when he saw this, and then left with Xiao Tang.
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Back in the village, Xiao Rong kept asking Xiao Tang about today's affairs, but Xiao Tang was like a gourd, saying nothing.
Xiao Rong was frustrated, but Xiao Tang coaxed him to eat two chicken legs and a bowl of meat porridge, so Xiao Rong put all these things behind him again.
In the middle of the night, Xiao Rong fell into a deep sleep, Xiao Tang went to his small room to take a look, got up and locked the door, turned and left.
He's going to town.
The night is dark and the wind is high, which is a good time to cover up your whereabouts.
Xiao Tang changed into black clothes, covered his face with a mask, and put on the hidden weapon bag that he hadn't put on for a long time.
He was very surprised, of course not why someone snatched Xiao Rong's jade pendant, but why the Tang Sect's reward order appeared in such a remote town.
What's even more strange is that the person who was offered a reward was actually...
Thinking of the painting that was barely considered a good painting, Xiao Tang felt a pain in his heart.
When he entered the town, all the lights were turned off, and the street was silent. Relying on his memory, Xiao Tang walked to the place where the notice was posted in the morning.
He raised his hand and lifted it, and the notice fell into his hand.
However, just as Xiao Tang turned to leave, a few men in black appeared silently behind him.
"Our Hall Master would like to invite Your Excellency to come."
A deep and cold voice said so.
When Xiao Tang heard this voice, his heart turned cold, and then he turned around and said, "I don't know your hall master, and I don't want to see him."
As he spoke, Xiao Tang turned around and wanted to leave.
Of course, these people are not easy to get along with. Seeing Xiao Tang's ignorance, he immediately changed his face, and drew out the shining sword like that.
"Don't toast, don't eat, eat fine wine!"
Hearing this threat, Xiao Tang knew that he couldn't stay here any longer, so he immediately jumped onto the beam, and flew out of the city lightly.
In terms of lightness kung fu, few people in this world can catch up to him.
When these people saw Xiao Tang's qinggong method, their faces changed immediately. They looked at each other for a moment, and said, "People from the Tang Sect?"
After that, no one dared to chase them out again. After a long time, one of the men with a hoarse voice whispered: "Go back and tell the second master that someone from the Tang Sect came to reveal the notice, and ask him to ask the Tang Sect about it." Is there an infighting over there?"
After hearing this, the following people even claimed yes, and left one after another.
Xiao Tang didn't go back directly. After he left for more than a mile, he suddenly realized that those people hadn't caught up, and he immediately became suspicious.
If those people really use money to do things, why are they so unprofessional?
unless?
Xiao Tang took out the notice in his hand, glanced at it quickly, and then he vaguely understood something.
65. Xiao Rong
Tang Yuan has been with Situ Qing for almost three days.
He knew that he had nothing to do with Situ Qing, so he could only follow from a distance, because a few days ago Situ Qing set fire to the Tangmen's ancestral hall, which was a shameful and humiliating thing.
At that time, Situ Qing was wearing a mask and wearing black clothes, no one could recognize him, only Tang Yuan recognized at a glance, that was the Situ Qing he met that day.
Situ Qing always knew that there was such a little tail following him, but he was not angry, nor did he deliberately avoid it.
After all, Tang Jing's death was still suspicious, and he also needed a breakthrough from the Tang Sect.
And Tang Yuan is the breakthrough point.
That night, Situ Qing found an inn to sleep in. He blew out the light, turned over and lay on the bed, but quietly looked out the window.
Sure enough, at midnight, a puff of smoke with a sweet scent came in through a broken window.
Not long after, a black shadow landed on the window lightly and nimbly, pushed the window latch very slowly and carefully, and then stepped in.
Tang Yuan finally found an opportunity to take advantage of.
But he didn't see that Situ Qing who was lying on the bed smiled calmly at this moment.
Just when Tang Yuan walked slowly to the bed and reached out to touch Situ Qing's acupuncture points, without warning, Situ Qing opened his eyes.
Even in the dark night, his pupils shone with a cold light, Tang Yuandang even took two steps back in fright.
Seeing Tang Yuan's reaction, Situ Qing rolled over and got off the bed as soon as her eyes moved, and said calmly, "What do you want to do after following me for so long?"
Situ Qing's tone was three points questioning and seven points cold, even Tang Yuan felt that he was wronged for a while, but then he remembered the burning of the Tangmen ancestral hall, gritted his teeth, and said, "Why did you burn me? Tangmen ancestral hall?"
When Situ Qing heard this, her eyes moved, and she said, "Why do you say that I burned it? What about the evidence?"
As soon as Situ Qing said these words, Tang Yuan was stunned for an instant, and after a while, he said very firmly: "I know you, that is your mask, I will never mistake anyone."
"Just with a mask?"
Tang Yuan was speechless again.
Situ gave him a nonchalant glance, and finally said lightly: "It turns out that everyone in the Tang Sect has this kind of virtue, and I have seen it taught."
"I don't want to argue with you." Tang Yuan behaved this time.
When Situ Qing heard Tang Yuan's words, her eyes moved, and said: "Well, I know who the person who burned down your Tang Sect's ancestral hall is. As long as you answer me a question, I will tell you."
Hearing this, Tang Yuan was startled. He looked up at Situ Qing, only to find that Situ Qing's eyes were as cold as a mirror, and he couldn't help being shaken for a while.
It's true...he didn't see that person's face clearly, it would be too arbitrary to conclude that it was Situ Qing based on a mask.
"Your martial arts are not as good as mine, so even if you don't agree, you won't be able to catch me. I'm just giving you a chance."
Situ Qing said these words calmly, without any derogatory connotations, but Tang Yuan's heart tightened when he heard them.
But Tang Yuan had to admit that what Situ Qing said was reasonable, after a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "You ask."
Seeing that the fish had taken the bait, Situ Qing flashed her eyes and said calmly, "I want you to tell me the circumstances of Tang Jing and your third elder's death one by one. The more details the better."
When Tang Yuan heard that Situ Qing mentioned Tang Jing again, he couldn't help frowning: "What's the relationship between you and senior brother?"
However, his question only received a cold glance from Situ Qing.
Therefore, although Tang Yuan was extremely reluctant, in the end he patiently told the facts he had heard from other seniors.
"Fall into a deep pool? What about the corpse?" Situ Qing couldn't help asking after hearing half of it.
Tang Yuan shook his head: "It is said that I can't find it. After all, the river is too long, and no one can find it all the way from the source."
When Situ Qing heard this, the anticipation in his heart increased, and then he said in a deep voice, "Continue."
Tang Yuan was a little strange about Situ Qing's emotional changes, but he didn't want to ask more questions. After pondering for a moment, he continued to talk about the events at that time.
After finishing speaking, Tang Yuan looked at Situ Qing and said, "I'm done talking, can you tell me who is the one who burned down the Tangmen ancestral hall?"
Listening to Tang Yuan's narration, Situ Qing felt a wave of ups and downs in his heart at the moment. At this moment, he came back to his senses slightly, and couldn't help feeling a little bit of hatred towards Tang Yuan, a member of the Tang family.
Because it was people from the Tang Sect who forced Tang Jing to death.
Thinking of this, Situ Qing didn't want to deal with Tang Yuan any more, so she simply waved her sleeves and said coldly: "I am the one who burned down the Tang Clan's ancestral hall, what do you want?"
"you!"
Tang Yuan didn't expect Situ Qing to admit it suddenly, and his eyes widened for a moment.
Seeing Tang Yuan's shocked and angry expression, Situ Qing suddenly felt a bit of revenge, he smiled coldly, and said: "You keep claiming that Tang Jing is a senior brother, but do you know that he was chasing after him back then? The matter of the soul needle being hunted down by the Tang Sect? You Tang Sect believe that Tang Jing is a traitor because of a piece of unfounded news, and you have to get rid of him quickly. Do you really think that the elders and senior brothers of your Tang Sect are all Is it a good thing?"
"You don't know the inside story, so why are you spouting blood!" Tang Yuan abruptly interrupted Situ Qing's words.
Situ Qing was slightly taken aback, and then heard Tang Yuan say angrily and eagerly: "That's right, the Tang Sect sent people out to find the whereabouts of Senior Brother Tang Jing, but they just wanted to bring Senior Brother back to the Tang Sect for interrogation. He didn't say he wanted to kill him, and the matter of Ting Yunfeng was the fate that Senior Brother Tang Jing voluntarily protected that Demon Cult monster, and even killed the third elder—"
Before Tang Yuan finished speaking, Situ Qing tapped the acupoints, then Situ Qing sneered, looked at Tang Yuan with burning eyes and said: "Since you have said so, then I might as well tell you that I am the demon sect magician."
Tang Yuan's acupoints were tapped, and he couldn't make a sound at this moment, but when he heard Situ Qing's words, his eyes suddenly widened, and he screamed.
Seeing Tang Yuan who was so angry and full of ignorance, Situ Qing suddenly wanted to tell him everything about the past, but when she changed her mind, Situ Qing gave up again.
For a nobody like Tang Yuan, he didn't need to spend so much time talking.
Glancing at Tang Yuan coldly, Situ Qing said: "After three hours, the acupoints will unravel by themselves."
Before leaving, Situ Qing added, "Don't let me see you again."
Then, Situ Qing walked away, leaving Tang Yuan alone on the spot, unable to move.
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When Xiao Rong woke up early in the morning, Xiao Tang was already hammering iron blocks hard in front of the blacksmith shop.
"Hey!" Xiao Rong suddenly jumped over, trying to startle Xiao Tang, but this time Xiao Tang didn't even look at him.
Xiao Rong curled his lips, walked over, put one leg on the table, and said: "The real person doesn't show his face."
Hearing this, Xiao Tang raised his eyelids and glanced at Xiao Rong, then he made a silent gesture, shook his head, and continued hammering the iron block.
Seeing this, Xiao Rong got excited, and immediately withdrew his legs from the blacksmith's table, then eagerly approached, and asked Xiao Tang in a low voice: "I said, you really have such a great ability, why haven't you mentioned it before?"
Xiao Tang glanced at him and said, "Because I am a wanted criminal by the court." After speaking, he turned around and picked up the iron pot and poured himself a bowl full of water.
Of course Xiao Rong didn't believe Xiao Tang's perfunctory words, he raised his neck and said, "If you don't tell me, I'll go to the town and tell you that you are a powerful practitioner with secretive whereabouts, let the Yamen arrest you." you."
Xiao Tang drank a bowl of water in one gulp, a little anxiously, and drops of water slid down his smooth neck.
Then he put down the bowl, took a slow look at Xiao Rong, and said, "Go, I won't stop you, just remember to feed the donkey when you come back."
After speaking, Xiao Tang lowered his head and continued to hammer the iron.
Seeing that Xiao Tang refused to eat, Xiao Rong immediately raised his neck and said, "Smelly Xiao Tang!"
However, he could only say this one sentence, and Xiao Tang's ears became callused when he heard it.
Xiao Rong scolded himself for a while, but Xiao Tang ignored him, and he rushed out to play like a gust of wind.
Seeing Xiao Rong like this, Xiao Tang could only shake his head and smile, then lowered his head and continued to strike the iron embryo. At this time, the shape of the iron embryo was slightly clearer, like an axe.
One morning, Xiao Tang hit two hoes and a shovel, and just as he was about to pack up his things and ask Xiao Rong to come back for dinner, there was a knock on the gate of the yard.
The people in the village were polite and reasonable, and they would never knock on the door like this, and Xiao Rong didn't bother to knock on the door by himself, so Xiao Tang knew that the visitor was not friendly with a frown.
He pondered for a moment, wiped the soot on his hands, and walked over to open the door.
As soon as the door opened, it turned out to be a strange face, very richly dressed but tacky, and his haughty appearance was disgusting.
"Is it you who usually take care of Young Master Xiaorong?" The man raised his face and asked.
Hearing Xiao Rong's name, Xiao Tang's heart moved, and then he said lightly, "It's me."
The man looked Xiao Tang up and down with two eyes, and thought he was just an ordinary blacksmith, so he smiled and said, "Master Xiao Rong wants to see you, please."
As he said that, the man turned his body to one side, Xiao Tang looked over, and there was a carriage parked at the door.
"Who are you guys?" Xiao Tang asked. Although he had already guessed seven or eight points, he still had to do superficial work.
As he expected, the man just snorted, then raised his head and said: "This has nothing to do with you, if you still want to be rich, don't ask anything, just follow us, if you don't want to, just When I'm not here."
"Where is Xiao Rong?"
The man glanced at Xiao Tang, and said impatiently: "Of course it's in our house."
66. A chance encounter
Xiao Tang guessed the origin of these people, thought for a moment, and said: "Okay, I will go with you."
Seeing that Xiao Tang was quite sensible, the man hummed silently and turned around to get into the car.
When Xiao Tang saw this, he didn't take it seriously. No one invited him, so he got into the car by himself.
After getting into the carriage and the carriage started, Xiao Tang just sat there silently without speaking.
The person sitting across from him glanced at him, and couldn't help but ask, "What's your name?"
Xiao Tang raised his head and glanced lightly, "Xiao Tang."
The man was still a bit dignified, he snorted and said, "My surname is Liu, and I'm the housekeeper of the county magistrate's mansion in the town. You can just call me Butler Liu."
The housekeeper in the county magistrate's mansion?
Xiao Tang felt very funny when he heard it, now that the butler in a small county's prime minister's mansion can be so domineering, it can be seen in this world...
"What's the matter with your face?" Seeing Xiao Tang wearing half a mask, Liu Butler couldn't help asking.
"Birthmark." Xiao Tang dismissed Butler Liu with just two words.
Butler Liu looked at Xiao Tang's reticent appearance, he just took it as a countryman who had never seen the world and didn't want to answer the conversation, so he turned his head and sat on the other side to smoke a pipe.
The carriage stopped and went, and it took about three hours to reach the town. Xiao Tang was really miserable. If it wasn't for hiding his identity, he would have used light work to come here for at most half an hour, and his butt wouldn't have to suffer from the turbulence .
However, when Butler Liu got out of the car, he said superfluously, "Isn't this carriage much more comfortable than the bullock carts of your country people?"
Xiao Tang was amused in his heart, but he could only hold back and nodded.
The county magistrate's residence is in a small house in the town. From the outside, it looks like blue bricks and red tiles, no different from other houses, and it's the same after entering.
When Xiao Tang saw the jade pendant in Xiao Rong's hand at the beginning, he guessed that his biological parents must not be masters, and he was right.
As soon as Xiao Tang walked in the door, he heard a sharp noise coming from the room.
Xiao Tang frowned silently, and Steward Liu rushed in. Almost at the same time, Xiao Rong rushed out with his head in his arms, with snot and tears hanging on his face.Behind him was a man and a woman who looked like the magistrate and his wife.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Rong would turn into this appearance, Xiao Tang was taken aback for a moment, then immediately walked up and hugged Xiao Rong in his arms.
When Xiao Rong saw Xiao Tang, he immediately hugged him tightly, unwilling to let go. Seeing this, Xiao Tang couldn't help but turn his voice cold, and said to the opposite side, "What's going on with you? Why are the family members arguing?" Still bullying children?"
As soon as Xiao Tang said these words, Xiao Rong immediately jumped up and said, "That stinky bitch hit me!"
At this time, the county magistrate's wife—a fat woman with a vulgar appearance in red and green—raised her hand and scolded: "I don't know where the little bastard came from, dare to pretend to be the son of the master! Shameless!"
Xiao Tang was used to seeing things in the world, but he had never seen a shrew, so he frowned immediately, took Xiao Rong in his arms and walked out.
Seeing this, the county magistrate's wife stomped behind Xiao Tang and said, "Wait a minute! Is this the place where you come and go as you please!"
Xiao Tang really couldn't bear this woman's noise, and felt that Xiao Rong couldn't live a good life in this kind of place, so he walked out without saying a word.
The county magistrate's wife behind her was still cursing, and the housekeeper also chased after him. Xiao Tang had just left the house and was about to walk down the street, but he caught a glimpse of an extremely familiar figure walking towards him.
People from Tangmen.
Xiao Tang was startled, and whispered in Xiao Rong's ear, "I'll pick you up later", then turned around and stepped on the beams of the house and flew away.
Xiao Tang's light kung fu stunned the county magistrate and his wife and Steward Liu, and also alarmed the disciple of the Tang sect.
Seeing that it was Tang Sect Lightness Kung Fu, the Tang Sect disciple flew out without thinking too much.
Seeing two martial arts masters in one day, the whole family of the county magistrate was petrified.
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Seeing the disciples of the Tang Sect chasing after him, Xiao Tang swept across the three miles with his light kung fu, but he gradually became unable to do so. After all, his body has not fully recovered yet, and the permanent injury to his left arm has greatly reduced his balance ability.
Seeing that he was about to be overtaken, Xiao Tang simply turned around and landed lightly on the ground.
But at this time, the disciple of the Tang Sect also stopped when he saw Xiao Tang like this.
It was Tang Yuan who came.
"They are all Tangmen disciples, why did you see me running?" Tang Yuan asked, he always felt that the back of this Tangmen disciple looked familiar but he couldn't remember which senior brother it was.
Xiao Tang was silent for a moment, looked at Tang Yuan in front of him, and said: "I am not a disciple of the Tang Sect, Your Excellency is mistaken.
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