"You said those people were bandits from the nearby mountains?"
Lu Xiaoman asked curiously.The girl rescued by Lin Pingzhi was surnamed Meng, and she called herself Meng Niang. She said that she was kidnapped by bandits when she was crossing the mountain with her father. So far, luckily I met Lin Pingzhi.
"That's right, because the surname of the owner of the village is Wang, the name of the cottage is 'Wang's Village'."
Meng Niang answered while clutching her ankle.She sprained her foot accidentally, and Lu Xiaoman had already applied some herbs for her, but the pain still made her face turn pale.
Lu Xiaoman frowned, Lin Pingzhi also leaned absent-mindedly on the side tree, and no one spoke for a while.Meng Niang hesitated for a moment, and said with some embarrassment:
"That... young hero, female hero, my father used himself as a bait to help me escape, and was captured by those gangsters. Now I don't know whether it is life or death, can... can..."
She also seemed to feel that this was a bit difficult, so she struggled for a long time before she could say it, but Lu Xiaoman unexpectedly responded directly:
"Save your father, right? All right, I just want to visit that village too."
She pointed her chin and raised her head to look at the sky.
"But we'd better wait until after dark before we act."
In fact, Lin Pingzhi also wanted to help Meng Niang in his heart. After all, his relatives were arrested, and he also had the same experience, so he hoped that she could successfully rescue his father, which can be regarded as making up for a little regret in his heart.
But if Lu Xiaoman never opened his mouth, he wouldn't bother with this matter, so when he heard her nodding in agreement, Lin Pingzhi's mouth immediately burst into a smile.
"What...! Really?! Thank you two benefactors for your help! Thank you!"
Meng Niang was overjoyed immediately, and kowtowed to them both in gratitude.
Lin Pingzhi smiled, walked over to her and said:
"Master, are you hungry? When the disciple just came here, he saw a small river over there. Why don't I go and catch some fish?"
Before Lu Xiaoman answered, Meng Niang opened her eyes wide in surprise:
"Master, master?!"
The situation was too critical before, she didn't pay attention to the "Master" that Lin Pingzhi yelled. Seeing that Lu Xiaoman was so young, she thought they were brother and sister, but they turned out to be master and apprentice!
She thought to herself: this Mr. Lin can defeat the crowd with one, which is enough to prove that he is not weak. If Miss Lu is his master, wouldn't it be even more powerful?
"Go," Lu Xiaoman nodded reservedly, pretending to be a master in front of outsiders, "Go early and return early."
Not long after, Lin Pingzhi came back with a few fish in his left hand and a bunch of fruit wrapped in leaves in his right hand.After handing the fruit to Lu Xiaoman, he quickly lit a fire, sharpened a few branches, and started grilling the fish.
He didn't know how to do these things before, but since he worshiped Lu Xiaoman as his teacher, he has to do the housework like washing and cooking by himself, so he can't let the master do it, right?So over time, he got used to it.
There were all kinds of seasonings prepared in advance on the carriage, and Lin Pingzhi's barbecue skills were also quite good, so the three enjoyed a good lunch.
In the next few hours, Lu Xiaoman asked Meng Niang to describe the location and architectural layout of Wangjiazhai. While listening, she wrote and drew on the ground with branches, making plans for the evening.
After Mengniang's foot injury got better, the sky darkened, Lin Pingzhi hid the carriage at the foot of the mountain, and then the three of them officially started to move.
A watchtower was built in front of the gate of Wangjiazhai, and a man was lying on his stomach inside, looking like he was dozing off lazily.The strange thing is that there are no other protective measures other than this. The gate surrounded by wooden fences is vainly hidden, and there is not even a shadow of the gatekeeper. I don’t know if they are too reckless or they are planning something. conspiracy.
Lin Pingzhi also noticed something was wrong, he looked at Lu Xiaoman, who only gave him an indescribable look, and asked Meng Niang:
"The guards are really lax, but because of this, Meng Niang, you have a chance to escape, right?"
"Ah, yes..." Meng Niang was taken aback, nodded quickly, and walked forward with an unnatural expression, "Let's go in quickly, I don't know what those villains did to my father..."
The two people who were behind looked at each other and followed her in.
The words and deeds of this "Meng Niang" are really weird everywhere.Leaving aside that she is a weak woman, the distance to run down the mountain is too short.
Not too short, not to mention that she was still being hunted down at the time, and she was able to persist for such a long time, and she happened to bump into Lin Pingzhi. The level of these bandits is too bad.Moreover, when she mentioned that her father was captured by bandits, and his life and death were unknown, her expression was too calm and her tone was not so flustered. And eager.
What are you planning, Meng Niang, Wang Jiazhai.
After entering the gate, they continued to walk for a while, and the few people were stopped by a large area of lush growth in front of them.The flowers are red and bright, which is really beautiful.However, Lu Xiaoman found that the arrangement of the plants was very problematic, and together with the scattered rocks, which seemed to be placed one after another, the flower field obviously formed a formation of five elements and eight trigrams.
Lin Pingzhi has been with Lu Xiaoman for a long time, and he also has some understanding of this kind of knowledge, so he looked at the large and beautiful flower field in front of him, feeling a little puzzled in his heart, and slightly familiar, and secretly said: Could it be that there are people in the cottage who know it? Formation?
What he didn't know was that Lu Xiaoman's peach blossom formation would only trap people at most, without the slightest lethality, but this formation implied murderous intent.
Furong, also known as poppy, has a hallucinogenic and hypnotic effect on the human body. If it is inhaled accidentally for a long time, it will make people fall into the illusion.Coupled with some hidden organs and traps in this formation, if the visitor is really unprepared, he may never return.
No wonder there is not a single gatekeeper in front of the cottage. This is completely prepared, just waiting to invite you into the urn.
"Meng Niang, is this the only way to the village?"
Lu Xiaoman asked abruptly.
Meng Niang's face was still a little unnatural, and she was taken aback when she heard the words, probably thinking that Lu Xiaoman wanted to take a detour, she nodded quickly and said:
"Yeah, there is only one way, and you have to go through here."
"Oh?" She bent her mouth slightly, and smiled a little implicitly, "I can't see it, you are really hiding everything, you even understand the five elements and gossip, and you can pass through this formation unscathed."
Meng Niang immediately turned pale with shock:
"What, what?"
She pretended to be calm and looked at Lu Xiaoman, then smiled very reluctantly,
"Miss Lu, what are you talking about... Formation? I don't quite understand."
Only then did Lin Pingzhi suddenly realize that he was startled, and the way he looked at Meng Niang also changed:
"Meng Niang, why are you lying?"
Meng Niang's complexion changed again and again, and suddenly she took a few steps back, her movements were elegant and swift, and there was no sign that her legs and feet were inconvenient.After she distanced herself from the two of them, she clapped her hands again, and suddenly a large group of people poured out from all directions, surrounding Lu Xiaoman and the two of them.
"Since it has been discovered, there is no need to hide it."
Meng Niang faded her naive and weak expression, her eyes were filled with indifference and calculation, she looked at Lin Pingzhi with a bit of fiery gaze,
"Mr. Lin, I've heard for a long time that your Lin family's swordsmanship against evil is unparalleled in the world. My father is also very curious. You should be able to understand that my daughter wants to help him realize this old man's wish, right?"
She glanced at Lu Xiaoman again, with a complex expression on her face, and said with remorse and anger:
"I didn't expect Miss Lu to be proficient in formations, my little sister is really blind."
"It's just a little attainment."
Lu Xiaoman just smiled and said nothing more.
She snorted coldly and raised her chin proudly:
"The two of you have come from afar, why don't you stay in the Bifu for a few days, so that my Wangjiazhai can enjoy the friendship of the landlord."
At this time, a tall and burly middle-aged man hurried over and whispered to Meng Niang:
"Miss, the head of the family asked you to bring the person there."
"Understood." Meng Niang replied impatiently, and smiled disdainfully at Lu Xiaoman and the two, "You two, please."
The hall of Wangjiazhai was brightly lit, Lu Xiaoman and Lin Pingzhi stood in the center, the former calmly accepted the baptism of all eyes, while the latter looked annoyed and confused.
It turned out that another group of people came here for his family's evil sword manual. If he hadn't been too credulous to others, he wouldn't have... and now he has implicated the master. He is really useless.
Lin Pingzhi's heart was in a mess, feeling deep remorse at one moment and extremely disappointed at the other. He was only doing good deeds, but he didn't expect the people outside to be so bad.
As the saying goes, "everyone is innocent, but pregnant is guilty".At the beginning, his parents were killed because of the evil sword manual. This sword manual is an ominous thing at all!
"Daddy, what's the matter, my daughter lived up to everyone's expectations, and helped you to invite Mr. Lin back?"
Meng Niang acted coquettishly on the knee of the man sitting on the main seat. The man was short and fat in a brown robe, and when he smiled, his eyes were narrowed into slits. He didn't look like a bandit leader at all, but a local rich man.
"Well done, you are worthy of being a good daughter of Dad."
Master Wang patted the back of her hand twice with a smile, and turned his gaze to the two people standing in the hall,
"This is the young master of the Lin family. He really is a good-looking talent. The little girl is a bit reckless in her work. Didn't she scare you?"
He smiled kindly twice, and his tone contained a bit of apology just right, but Lin Pingzhi didn't simply think how kind and kind this person was, but just felt that he was unspeakably hypocritical and disgusting.
"Under Lin Pingzhi, this is Master Lu."
He cupped his fists without any sincerity, and sarcastically said,
"I don't know if your excellency is in such a hurry to find me, but you actually let Qianyuan come out to show your face, it's really disrespectful and disrespectful."
Meng Niang was furious when she heard the words:
"Lin Pingzhi, how dare you—"
"Your Majesty, don't be rude."
Village Master Wang glanced at her indifferently, and Wang Mengjun, that is, Meng Niang, immediately shut up resentfully.
"The little girl is ignorant, and the two of you laughed."
Zhaizhu Wang returned to his smiling face. Although he noticed Lin Pingzhi's words, he didn't pay much attention to them.In his opinion, the Lin family all have the supreme swordsmanship to ward off evil spirits, so they still need to learn other people's kung fu from a teacher?Besides, this little girl looks about the same age as his daughter, Lin Pingzhi will worship her as his teacher?It's a joke.
The young man's reasoning was too poor, and the village master Wang shook his head secretly, still looking at them amiably, like an ordinary elder who cares about the younger generation.
"It's nothing. I just heard that the Lin family's evil swordsmanship is very exquisite. Uncle always likes to study these, so I want to borrow it from you, Mr. Lin. Don't worry, uncle will only take a look and never take it for himself. As Thank you, I also have some playthings in the storeroom in Wangjiazhai, they are just ordinary things, not elegant. If there are one or two items that can catch the eyes of my master and nephew, you can just take them away."
These words were so grandiose, with advances and retreats, Lu Xiaoman wanted to applaud him.If she really has the Evil Resisting Sword Manual in her hand now, then she will definitely "leverage him to see it". After all, "if you want to practice this skill, you must first go to the palace", right?Such an old, cunning and scheming smiley tiger would be a good eunuch if he lost all children and grandchildren.
Lin Pingzhi was also stunned by this person's shamelessness. After he recovered, he refused with a straight face:
"To be honest, I don't know any evil sword skills at all. When my parents were alive, they never mentioned the whereabouts of the sword manual. I'm afraid I will disappoint Village Master Wang."
When Wang Zhaizhu heard it, his face suddenly became gloomy, and Wang Mengjun next to him shouted:
"Lin Pingzhi, don't be ignorant of what's good and what's wrong, hand over the Evil Resisting Sword Manual!"
Lin Pingzhi also turned cold. He was about to say something when Lu Xiaoman suddenly turned his eyes and interrupted them with a smile:
"Okay, but we're going to pick things up in the warehouse first."
She turned her head to meet Lin Pingzhi's surprised gaze, pursed her lips slightly, blinked slyly, and then turned her gaze back to Village Master Wang.
"But isn't one or two items missing? After all, the sword manual is precious, and the Lord Wang is a hero, so you can't let the younger generation suffer, right?"
Lu Xiaoman asked curiously.The girl rescued by Lin Pingzhi was surnamed Meng, and she called herself Meng Niang. She said that she was kidnapped by bandits when she was crossing the mountain with her father. So far, luckily I met Lin Pingzhi.
"That's right, because the surname of the owner of the village is Wang, the name of the cottage is 'Wang's Village'."
Meng Niang answered while clutching her ankle.She sprained her foot accidentally, and Lu Xiaoman had already applied some herbs for her, but the pain still made her face turn pale.
Lu Xiaoman frowned, Lin Pingzhi also leaned absent-mindedly on the side tree, and no one spoke for a while.Meng Niang hesitated for a moment, and said with some embarrassment:
"That... young hero, female hero, my father used himself as a bait to help me escape, and was captured by those gangsters. Now I don't know whether it is life or death, can... can..."
She also seemed to feel that this was a bit difficult, so she struggled for a long time before she could say it, but Lu Xiaoman unexpectedly responded directly:
"Save your father, right? All right, I just want to visit that village too."
She pointed her chin and raised her head to look at the sky.
"But we'd better wait until after dark before we act."
In fact, Lin Pingzhi also wanted to help Meng Niang in his heart. After all, his relatives were arrested, and he also had the same experience, so he hoped that she could successfully rescue his father, which can be regarded as making up for a little regret in his heart.
But if Lu Xiaoman never opened his mouth, he wouldn't bother with this matter, so when he heard her nodding in agreement, Lin Pingzhi's mouth immediately burst into a smile.
"What...! Really?! Thank you two benefactors for your help! Thank you!"
Meng Niang was overjoyed immediately, and kowtowed to them both in gratitude.
Lin Pingzhi smiled, walked over to her and said:
"Master, are you hungry? When the disciple just came here, he saw a small river over there. Why don't I go and catch some fish?"
Before Lu Xiaoman answered, Meng Niang opened her eyes wide in surprise:
"Master, master?!"
The situation was too critical before, she didn't pay attention to the "Master" that Lin Pingzhi yelled. Seeing that Lu Xiaoman was so young, she thought they were brother and sister, but they turned out to be master and apprentice!
She thought to herself: this Mr. Lin can defeat the crowd with one, which is enough to prove that he is not weak. If Miss Lu is his master, wouldn't it be even more powerful?
"Go," Lu Xiaoman nodded reservedly, pretending to be a master in front of outsiders, "Go early and return early."
Not long after, Lin Pingzhi came back with a few fish in his left hand and a bunch of fruit wrapped in leaves in his right hand.After handing the fruit to Lu Xiaoman, he quickly lit a fire, sharpened a few branches, and started grilling the fish.
He didn't know how to do these things before, but since he worshiped Lu Xiaoman as his teacher, he has to do the housework like washing and cooking by himself, so he can't let the master do it, right?So over time, he got used to it.
There were all kinds of seasonings prepared in advance on the carriage, and Lin Pingzhi's barbecue skills were also quite good, so the three enjoyed a good lunch.
In the next few hours, Lu Xiaoman asked Meng Niang to describe the location and architectural layout of Wangjiazhai. While listening, she wrote and drew on the ground with branches, making plans for the evening.
After Mengniang's foot injury got better, the sky darkened, Lin Pingzhi hid the carriage at the foot of the mountain, and then the three of them officially started to move.
A watchtower was built in front of the gate of Wangjiazhai, and a man was lying on his stomach inside, looking like he was dozing off lazily.The strange thing is that there are no other protective measures other than this. The gate surrounded by wooden fences is vainly hidden, and there is not even a shadow of the gatekeeper. I don’t know if they are too reckless or they are planning something. conspiracy.
Lin Pingzhi also noticed something was wrong, he looked at Lu Xiaoman, who only gave him an indescribable look, and asked Meng Niang:
"The guards are really lax, but because of this, Meng Niang, you have a chance to escape, right?"
"Ah, yes..." Meng Niang was taken aback, nodded quickly, and walked forward with an unnatural expression, "Let's go in quickly, I don't know what those villains did to my father..."
The two people who were behind looked at each other and followed her in.
The words and deeds of this "Meng Niang" are really weird everywhere.Leaving aside that she is a weak woman, the distance to run down the mountain is too short.
Not too short, not to mention that she was still being hunted down at the time, and she was able to persist for such a long time, and she happened to bump into Lin Pingzhi. The level of these bandits is too bad.Moreover, when she mentioned that her father was captured by bandits, and his life and death were unknown, her expression was too calm and her tone was not so flustered. And eager.
What are you planning, Meng Niang, Wang Jiazhai.
After entering the gate, they continued to walk for a while, and the few people were stopped by a large area of lush growth in front of them.The flowers are red and bright, which is really beautiful.However, Lu Xiaoman found that the arrangement of the plants was very problematic, and together with the scattered rocks, which seemed to be placed one after another, the flower field obviously formed a formation of five elements and eight trigrams.
Lin Pingzhi has been with Lu Xiaoman for a long time, and he also has some understanding of this kind of knowledge, so he looked at the large and beautiful flower field in front of him, feeling a little puzzled in his heart, and slightly familiar, and secretly said: Could it be that there are people in the cottage who know it? Formation?
What he didn't know was that Lu Xiaoman's peach blossom formation would only trap people at most, without the slightest lethality, but this formation implied murderous intent.
Furong, also known as poppy, has a hallucinogenic and hypnotic effect on the human body. If it is inhaled accidentally for a long time, it will make people fall into the illusion.Coupled with some hidden organs and traps in this formation, if the visitor is really unprepared, he may never return.
No wonder there is not a single gatekeeper in front of the cottage. This is completely prepared, just waiting to invite you into the urn.
"Meng Niang, is this the only way to the village?"
Lu Xiaoman asked abruptly.
Meng Niang's face was still a little unnatural, and she was taken aback when she heard the words, probably thinking that Lu Xiaoman wanted to take a detour, she nodded quickly and said:
"Yeah, there is only one way, and you have to go through here."
"Oh?" She bent her mouth slightly, and smiled a little implicitly, "I can't see it, you are really hiding everything, you even understand the five elements and gossip, and you can pass through this formation unscathed."
Meng Niang immediately turned pale with shock:
"What, what?"
She pretended to be calm and looked at Lu Xiaoman, then smiled very reluctantly,
"Miss Lu, what are you talking about... Formation? I don't quite understand."
Only then did Lin Pingzhi suddenly realize that he was startled, and the way he looked at Meng Niang also changed:
"Meng Niang, why are you lying?"
Meng Niang's complexion changed again and again, and suddenly she took a few steps back, her movements were elegant and swift, and there was no sign that her legs and feet were inconvenient.After she distanced herself from the two of them, she clapped her hands again, and suddenly a large group of people poured out from all directions, surrounding Lu Xiaoman and the two of them.
"Since it has been discovered, there is no need to hide it."
Meng Niang faded her naive and weak expression, her eyes were filled with indifference and calculation, she looked at Lin Pingzhi with a bit of fiery gaze,
"Mr. Lin, I've heard for a long time that your Lin family's swordsmanship against evil is unparalleled in the world. My father is also very curious. You should be able to understand that my daughter wants to help him realize this old man's wish, right?"
She glanced at Lu Xiaoman again, with a complex expression on her face, and said with remorse and anger:
"I didn't expect Miss Lu to be proficient in formations, my little sister is really blind."
"It's just a little attainment."
Lu Xiaoman just smiled and said nothing more.
She snorted coldly and raised her chin proudly:
"The two of you have come from afar, why don't you stay in the Bifu for a few days, so that my Wangjiazhai can enjoy the friendship of the landlord."
At this time, a tall and burly middle-aged man hurried over and whispered to Meng Niang:
"Miss, the head of the family asked you to bring the person there."
"Understood." Meng Niang replied impatiently, and smiled disdainfully at Lu Xiaoman and the two, "You two, please."
The hall of Wangjiazhai was brightly lit, Lu Xiaoman and Lin Pingzhi stood in the center, the former calmly accepted the baptism of all eyes, while the latter looked annoyed and confused.
It turned out that another group of people came here for his family's evil sword manual. If he hadn't been too credulous to others, he wouldn't have... and now he has implicated the master. He is really useless.
Lin Pingzhi's heart was in a mess, feeling deep remorse at one moment and extremely disappointed at the other. He was only doing good deeds, but he didn't expect the people outside to be so bad.
As the saying goes, "everyone is innocent, but pregnant is guilty".At the beginning, his parents were killed because of the evil sword manual. This sword manual is an ominous thing at all!
"Daddy, what's the matter, my daughter lived up to everyone's expectations, and helped you to invite Mr. Lin back?"
Meng Niang acted coquettishly on the knee of the man sitting on the main seat. The man was short and fat in a brown robe, and when he smiled, his eyes were narrowed into slits. He didn't look like a bandit leader at all, but a local rich man.
"Well done, you are worthy of being a good daughter of Dad."
Master Wang patted the back of her hand twice with a smile, and turned his gaze to the two people standing in the hall,
"This is the young master of the Lin family. He really is a good-looking talent. The little girl is a bit reckless in her work. Didn't she scare you?"
He smiled kindly twice, and his tone contained a bit of apology just right, but Lin Pingzhi didn't simply think how kind and kind this person was, but just felt that he was unspeakably hypocritical and disgusting.
"Under Lin Pingzhi, this is Master Lu."
He cupped his fists without any sincerity, and sarcastically said,
"I don't know if your excellency is in such a hurry to find me, but you actually let Qianyuan come out to show your face, it's really disrespectful and disrespectful."
Meng Niang was furious when she heard the words:
"Lin Pingzhi, how dare you—"
"Your Majesty, don't be rude."
Village Master Wang glanced at her indifferently, and Wang Mengjun, that is, Meng Niang, immediately shut up resentfully.
"The little girl is ignorant, and the two of you laughed."
Zhaizhu Wang returned to his smiling face. Although he noticed Lin Pingzhi's words, he didn't pay much attention to them.In his opinion, the Lin family all have the supreme swordsmanship to ward off evil spirits, so they still need to learn other people's kung fu from a teacher?Besides, this little girl looks about the same age as his daughter, Lin Pingzhi will worship her as his teacher?It's a joke.
The young man's reasoning was too poor, and the village master Wang shook his head secretly, still looking at them amiably, like an ordinary elder who cares about the younger generation.
"It's nothing. I just heard that the Lin family's evil swordsmanship is very exquisite. Uncle always likes to study these, so I want to borrow it from you, Mr. Lin. Don't worry, uncle will only take a look and never take it for himself. As Thank you, I also have some playthings in the storeroom in Wangjiazhai, they are just ordinary things, not elegant. If there are one or two items that can catch the eyes of my master and nephew, you can just take them away."
These words were so grandiose, with advances and retreats, Lu Xiaoman wanted to applaud him.If she really has the Evil Resisting Sword Manual in her hand now, then she will definitely "leverage him to see it". After all, "if you want to practice this skill, you must first go to the palace", right?Such an old, cunning and scheming smiley tiger would be a good eunuch if he lost all children and grandchildren.
Lin Pingzhi was also stunned by this person's shamelessness. After he recovered, he refused with a straight face:
"To be honest, I don't know any evil sword skills at all. When my parents were alive, they never mentioned the whereabouts of the sword manual. I'm afraid I will disappoint Village Master Wang."
When Wang Zhaizhu heard it, his face suddenly became gloomy, and Wang Mengjun next to him shouted:
"Lin Pingzhi, don't be ignorant of what's good and what's wrong, hand over the Evil Resisting Sword Manual!"
Lin Pingzhi also turned cold. He was about to say something when Lu Xiaoman suddenly turned his eyes and interrupted them with a smile:
"Okay, but we're going to pick things up in the warehouse first."
She turned her head to meet Lin Pingzhi's surprised gaze, pursed her lips slightly, blinked slyly, and then turned her gaze back to Village Master Wang.
"But isn't one or two items missing? After all, the sword manual is precious, and the Lord Wang is a hero, so you can't let the younger generation suffer, right?"
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