Looking back

As soon as the iron chain was obtained, it really weighed several hundred catties. With such a heavy object, it was impossible to climb out of the courtyard wall in one go.

Are you really going to rob people in broad daylight?Originally, in front of a group of poisoned people, Hua Zheng could leave safely.As for himself, it was nothing more than being insulted as a traitor.

But he didn't expect Huang Yaoshi to come.When we got together last month, Huang Rong said that her father hated this kind of vulgar thing about fame and fame the most, and he couldn't hide, and he had already said that he would never come.

When he picked up Huazheng and was about to get up, two stones had already been flew in front of him by snapping his fingers, forcing him to stop. The chain swung along with it, and the stone hit the iron mound and was shattered, making his hands numb for a while.

The inertia of the heavy object took him to spin another half circle. He faced the enemy with his back, but he held the iron mound in both hands. Fortunately, no hidden weapon came over.It turned out that Huang Rong grabbed Huang Yaoshi and said, "Dad, come and see, how do these people get rid of the poison?" Huang Yaoshi snorted, "You don't want me to chase them, the poison is not fatal, it just hurts for a while That's all."

However, the people around him were begging him for help, and when he saw his precious apprentice and grandson among them, Huang Yaoshi sneered, "I can't run far anyway." Then he attached himself to see the poisoned person.

At this time, Hong Qigong had already shouted to Elder Peng, "Can you plead guilty?"

Elder Peng knelt down, endured the pain and argued, "I am loyal to the Beggars' Sect, how could I collude with outsiders? If I was greedy for gold and silver, why did I give up my wealth to join the Beggars' Sect? Someone must be jealous of my meritorious service, They deliberately poured dirty water on me, and planted fake letters on me."

Hong Qigong didn't seem to be surprised by his rebuttal, "The Mongolian camp is heavily guarded and has hired many talented people, how could you let the princess be kidnapped at will, and then you don't want to arrest her, let you take her with you. Letting people go out of customs is like entering the land of no one?"

"This... one of my subordinates sent disciples to infiltrate the Mongolian army. When they heard the news that there was a princess going out alone, this was the opportunity to strike. Moreover, it is common for her to travel in low clothes, and no one will look for her if she sees her for a while. Therefore, my subordinates able to bring all the way..."

The subsequent conversation was far away, so I could no longer hear it.He lowered his head and asked Huazheng, "Who is it that bribed Elder Peng and paid him to kidnap you?"

Huazheng looked up blankly, "What?"

Yang Kang's heart tightened, after such a contact, he also found that her meridians were empty, without a trace of internal energy.That's right, if she practiced martial arts again after recovering from her injury, even if she started from scratch, with the blessing of Nine Yang and Nine Yin, she wouldn't be caught by the beggar gang so easily.Then, she couldn't hear Hong Qigong's interrogation of Elder Peng, which he only heard with his hearing.

He recounted it to Huazheng, and seeing Huazheng bowed his head in silence, he asked again, "Who do you want? Who wants your life?"

In the original book, Hua Zheng left for the Western Regions and attached herself to her elder brother. Although Guo Jing felt guilty towards her, he knew that she would have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of her life, and was extremely honorable, so she gradually felt at ease.Why is it that in Mongolia, some people want to get rid of her, and they even want to use the hands of outsiders?

She slowly replied, "It doesn't necessarily mean that I want my life. Otherwise, wouldn't it be better for Elder Peng to catch me and kill me? Why should I be taken away as a hostage? Maybe she just wants to send me away."

"Or kill two birds with one stone, and find an excuse to go to war?" He looked at the woods behind him, Huazheng said, "No one will catch up for the time being."

"Why?" "The poison is not difficult to cure, but it needs someone to help and dredge the meridians. I originally thought that even if I succeeded, I would have to restore Guo Jing Huang Rong and her high skills to get them to let me go." Only the quickest can catch it."

They had already traveled a long way in the mountains, carrying hundreds of catties of weight and rushing for hundreds of miles. Yang Kang was also a little overwhelmed. After jumping over a mountain stream, he stopped at the edge of a cliff.

Seeing that his complexion was wrong, Huazheng said, "Are you tired? It's unscientific..." As he spoke, he grabbed his hand and touched the pulse gate, "Did you forcefully release the acupoint just now?"

"It's not too forced." At the end of the day, he knew that Hua Zheng would not believe it. It was really too hasty to release the acupoints just now. Anyone who knows how to listen to the pulse can see that the real energy in his body is colliding and unstable at this time, which is the result of forced luck. sequelae.

Huazheng frowned and wanted to retort, but sighed, "It's a pity that I can't help you now. Fortunately, it's not serious. You don't talk now, and adjust your breath according to your luck. If you don't waste this time, we will talk about it later." Danger."

Yang Kang nodded. After practicing his skills, it would be easy to lose his true energy when speaking, and Hua Zheng couldn't help him heal his wounds. He lowered his head and counted the coral beads on the hair ornament. When he counted one of them, he didn't know what mechanism he used. It was torn apart from the middle, and the inside was indeed hollow, and a white pill fell out of the middle.

She brought the pill to Yang Kang's mouth, and immediately it was fragrant. He was very familiar with the smell. It was the secret medicine of Peach Blossom Island, Jiuhua Yulu Pill, but it was a long time ago. This pill should not be the batch she brought out from the island. , but later self-made.

Yang Kang swallowed the pill in one gulp, and began to concentrate on adjusting his breath alone. If he still loses his true energy, it will be really difficult to deal with when someone chases him.After a week of luck, the sun at noon has turned slightly, the heat has dissipated, and the water vapor in the mountain stream is blown up the cliff by the cool breeze.

Huazheng sat in the shade with her knees hugged, her skirt embroidered with white cloud patterns was thrown aside, revealing the iron chains on her feet. She must have lowered her head and studied for a long time before finally giving up.Yang Kang guessed that she had given up because as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Huazheng staring at him thoughtfully, and must have stared at him for a long time.

How long has it been since you met such a straightforward gaze?His heart fluttered, and he reached out to grab her hand.

Those hands were a little different from those in memory. She was seriously ill and thin when they parted, but now she was no longer so thin, much plumper and softer, and the thin calluses that had been worn away from holding a sword and practicing hidden weapons had disappeared.

Huazheng let him hold it, tilted her head and asked, "How long does it take you to practice every day? Six hours? Eight hours?"

Yang Kang said with a smile, "There are only twelve hours in a day, and people have to eat and sleep, so don't blame me for being lazy." The other side smiled slightly, "Is this still lazy? I still need to build an escort bureau, teach apprentices, and manage those chores. Want to find out the news, right?"

Huazheng knew what he was doing these past few years, Yang Kang was not surprised at all, "Unfortunately, I still haven't found out when you came out of the ancient tomb."

"It's only natural that I can't find out. I've been in the Western Regions all this time, so I just returned to the Central Plains. I guess you've got the news too."

Yang Kang heard her say "always in the Western Regions", but did not answer his question.But in fact the answer doesn't matter, no matter when she left the ancient tomb after recovering from her injury, she left him without a word for many years.He didn't intend to ask, he confirmed that she was still alive, as long as she was alive, everything would be fine, and he didn't even want to ask why Li Mochou, that white-talking brat, lied to trick him away.There is only one sentence but I still can't bear it, "But the news of the beggar gang is much faster, and the work is much faster."

That's right, if they hadn't caught you, I don't know how long you'd have to pretend to be dead and how long you'd have to hide.

Huazheng chuckled, "If no one tells him, they can make wool!"

Yang Kang likes to see the sample of her pursing her mouth when she mocks people the most. At this time, the sky is just right, and the bright but not glaring sunlight penetrates the leaves of some vines and falls finely on the two of them.He just felt that he couldn't get enough of watching, he wanted to read on, but also wanted to hold her in his arms and never let go.

But at this time the situation is urgent, the two are standard fugitives, and they are wanted by almost the entire world.

Yang Kang also went to look at the chain, the dagger beside him was the same one as Guo Jing's, Guo Jing had used it before but was unsuccessful, so naturally there was no need to try again.Find a harder stone and smash it down with all your strength, only breaking the stone in half.Huazheng covered her face with the skirt, afraid of being splashed by the gravel, she asked through the fabric, "Don't you bring a sword anymore?"

"No need, it will be troublesome if you bring it."

Not needing to bring a sword naturally has two meanings. One is that it is easy to be interrogated when going to and from the entrance and exit. Second, after the martial arts has been practiced to a certain level, flying flowers and picking leaves can hurt people, so there is no need to rely on magical weapons.Huazheng exposed his face, looked up and down seriously with the eyes of a little white mouse, expressing Chi Guoguo's doubts.

It's like saying, I know what level you are, and how proficient you are.

So Yang Kang grabbed both sides of the chain with both hands, and posed the standard Popeye pose. When he was about to give a loud shout and exert his strength, Hua Zheng held him down.She looked full of smiles, "What about performing qigong? If it's an ordinary iron chain, the forging is a little flawed, and which link is not cast well enough, I believe you can pull it apart."

Seeing that she was amused, Yang Kang put down the chain, "I'm afraid I won't be able to hold you if my arm is pulled off for a while."

Huazheng snorted, "Cut, if I knew it earlier, I wouldn't stop you. Let's see if you will really try hard." The two continued to examine the iron chain carefully, and saw that the chain was not only made of a strange material, but also tightly interlocked. Every ring is flawless.When it was time to study the lock again, Huazheng said, "This is not a cheap lock that is mass-produced in modern times. It can be opened with a single pry."

He stood up and helped Huazheng up at the same time, "Look for a town before they have time." Huazheng asked, "Look for a locksmith or a blacksmith?"

"Try them all."

Yang Kang picked up the iron scale, afraid that the weight would pull her ankle.The shackles had been worn for so long, and there were probably bruises, but just as he reached out to check, Hua Zheng slapped his hands back like a disciple.This time Huazheng still had his arms on his shoulders, and Yang Kang had to clamp her waist with his hands holding the iron mound to prevent her from not being strong enough to support her own weight.Such a posture was actually very uncomfortable for Huazheng, but she kept silent all the time.

This time the speed was much faster, Yang Kang silently judged where to land, Huazheng was afraid of disturbing his practice of lightness kung fu, so he remained silent.Two parts of heartbeat, two parts of breathing, very close to each other, yet seem to be very far away, just like the relationship between two people, sometimes very close, sometimes very far away.At this moment, I still feel that I am holding hands to make an appointment in this life, and at the next moment, I will forget that the world will never meet again. At one moment, I am desperate for the seemingly insoluble estrangement, and at the next moment, I can talk and laugh freely as if I have never been separated.

"You want to live in peace? That's impossible. 'It' won't allow it?"

"'It'? Who?"

It was the first time they met, they went from Mongolia to Zhongdu, Huazheng was riding a horse triumphantly with a braid on her head, her hands loosened the rein, showing off her superb equestrian skills.

"It's 'it'." She held up a finger, pointing to the sky above her head.

Yang Kang ran for an unknown distance, and then slowed down to observe the nearby terrain. He remembered that there was a small town a few miles away, and there was a blacksmith shop there. Looking around, he really saw the eaves and bamboo fences.

It's just that there is still a gamble on whether there is anyone chasing him in this town.

I don't know what's going on in Lujiazhuang at this time. The poisoned people still need to recuperate, and they won't chase them out immediately. The only ones sent out to inquire about the news are ordinary disciples of the Beggars' Clan who have never been in the village, and Zhuang Ding of Lujiazhuang. Although people have low martial arts skills, they will pass back information about their location.

Yang Kang squatted on the big tree beside the town, and saw that the town was silent in the slanting light, the medicine shops and taverns were closed, and there were no pedestrians on the street, only the residents of the town gathered in twos and threes to enjoy the shade.

An old beggar on the street leaned on a cane and slowly went back to his hut to sleep. Yang Kang went to see the blacksmith's shop at the other end of the town, but it was still closed, and there was the sound of tinkling iron.He originally thought that if the blacksmith wasn't around, he could just borrow a hammer and anvil, and it would be better if the master was around, so as not to trespass and make noise to attract suspicion.

There was no time to delay, Yang Kang took Hua Zheng and sneaked into the courtyard quietly under the twilight.

The yard is full of cinders and iron filings, as well as a mess of broken farm tools, which must have been collected to be remade into usable things.A broken door was wide open, revealing a huge anvil and a bellows stove. The scorching heat came from the door, and the figure of the blacksmith was shrouded in the raging fire.

Yang Kang was stunned by that figure, Huazheng noticed his pause, and turned his head to look.

Blacksmithing is the same as most physical work. It does not rely on the strength of the hands, but the coordination of the whole body, using the strength of the waist, abdomen and legs.However, the blacksmith figure in the door turned out to be a handicapped man leaning on a crutch, swinging a sledgehammer like the wind with just his arm strength.

The author has something to say: I made a mistake in my estimation, and I have to continue running for a while