step on mountains and rivers

After everyone walked out of the long knife gate, they divided into two teams to check the information.

Tang Qingfeng and Li Zhenwu came to the outskirts of the Xishan Canyon under the guidance of the disciples of Changdaomen.The two stood on a high place and looked down, only to see a stream more than half a foot wide flowing out of a canyon several feet wide, converging into a two-foot-wide pool not far outside the canyon.

On the left side of the pool, dozens of tents stood up, forming a small tribe.A group of young and strong people wearing sheepskins and sheep stick hats are fighting big boxes one after another, going back and forth between the flower fields and the tents.

On the edge of the water pool, the green grass is lush, and dozens of horses are drinking water and eating tender grass by the water pool.

Near the water pool is a large piece of fertile land. In the vast field of more than ten acres, a large piece of beautiful pink and purple flowers are planted.It may be that the time for planting flowers is different. At this time, in the flower field, some flowers are still budding, and some flowers have already withered. On the small flower stalks, there is only one emerald green round fruit ball standing among the flowers. middle.

Looking at the beautiful flowers in the distance, Li Zhenwu asked Tang Qingfeng next to him in a low voice:

"Brother Tang, are those soul-absorbing grasses?"

"Yes." Tang Qingfeng replied softly.

"Such a beautiful flower is a deadly poison." Li Zhenwu sighed softly.

"Zhenwu, the more beautiful something is, the more deadly it is." Tang Qingfeng replied.

Li Zhenwu listened to his words, fell into deep thought, and then said softly:

"Yes, the more beautiful it is, the more untouchable it is, otherwise, it will surely fall into a place of eternal doom."

"En." Tang Qingfeng observed the crowd in the distance, and nodded slightly in response.

Li Zhenwu looked at Tang Qingfeng, wanting to say something, but didn't know what to say.

Tang Qingfeng looked away, and said to Li Zhenwu beside him:

"Zhenwu, let's take a closer look."

"Okay." Li Zhenwu nodded in response.

The two jumped down the canyon and quietly walked around behind the tent from behind.The two lurked in secret, only listening to the conversation between the two guards next to the tent:

"This month's production has more than doubled compared to last month, so the hall master will reward us well." Guard A said.

"New here, what are you thinking? Do you want to reward for doubling? Last year we tripled, and the hall masters didn't even fart." Guard B replied unhappily.

"Ah? No way, when we were asked to come here before, it was clearly promised to double the production, and there would be a big reward?" Guard A asked unwillingly.

"Heh, what the hall masters said was to lie to you, a stunned young man like you, otherwise there would be so many people working hard." Guard B replied with an expression of understanding.

Guard A looked at Guard B with an unbelievable expression, Guard B looked at him, and said earnestly:

"Boy, the rivers and lakes are sinister and people's hearts are unpredictable. Don't believe the cakes painted on the top. No matter how much the top says, it will be nonsense if it is not realized. Only the one who really gets it is yours. Understand?"

"Thank you for your teaching, brother, what should I do? Should I apply to the hall master to go back?" Guard A asked.

Guard B looked at Guard A with an expression of looking at a fool and said:

"You still want to go back? Kid, do your best, or you will lose your life, and you don't know what happened."

After hearing his words, Guard A quickly shut his mouth.

Listening to the conversation between the two, Li Zhenwu couldn't help but secretly sighed: "All living beings are in trouble."

Just as he was feeling emotional, Tang Qingfeng had already quietly attacked the guards, quickly knocked down the two guards, and dragged them to their hiding place.

"Brother Tang?" Li Zhenwu looked suspicious.

Tang Qingfeng looked at him and said with a smile: "Zhenwu, let's sneak into the interior to find out."

"Yeah." Li Zhenwu nodded and returned.

After the two finished speaking, Tang Qingfeng and Li Zhenwu changed into guard clothes and walked out from the hiding place.

Tang Qingfeng looked at Li Zhenwu, and after thinking for a moment, squatted down and wiped some dirt on his hands, then wiped the dirt on his face, and wiped some on Li Zhenwu's face along the way.

When he had just finished wiping Li Zhenwu, a strong man suddenly came not far away. Seeing that the two were playing leisurely, he immediately scolded:

"What are you two doing?! Instead of doing things, play in the mud here?!"

Tang Qingfeng heard the scolding, looked at the person, and said calmly:

"Reporting to the two adults, the two of us are newcomers and have not been assigned tasks yet."

"Are you idle here without assigning a task? So many boxes of goods are rushing to be sent back, don't you have a good eye? Hurry up and move the goods!" The strong man cursed loudly.

"It's the adults, and the two younger ones are going to move the goods." Tang Qingfeng said, and Li Zhenwu walked towards the crowd moving goods.

After the strong man saw the two leave, he sighed heavily: "The recent newcomer is really worrying." He said and walked towards the moving team.

Seeing the strong man approaching, Tang Qingfeng and Li Zhenwu hurriedly greeted him respectfully, "My lord."

"Well, you and I will go to the flower field to move goods." The strong man said.

"Yes, my lord." Tang Qingfeng replied.

The strong man led the two of them towards the flower field.

The three of them were walking on the road to the flower field, the road was full of people carrying boxes, beside the road was a lush field of soul-absorbing grass, some old and weak women and children in rags were waving sickles quickly under the supervision of guards, harvesting Pick the fruits of the soul-absorbing grass, and then put them into these wooden boxes.I saw an old man's movements were a little slow, and he was whipped to the ground by the guards.

While working, the women cried and pleaded for mercy, begging them to let the old man go.

Li Zhenwu looked at the scene in front of him, and suddenly became angry. He wanted to step forward to stop him, but was stopped by Tang Qingfeng.

"Zhenwu, don't be impulsive." Tang Qingfeng said in a low voice.

Li Zhenwu looked at him and nodded.He understood that rushing up now would not be able to save them, if he wanted to save people, he had to get rid of Tianshuitang.So he suppressed his anger and followed behind the strong man.

Fortunately, the guards were afraid of killing people and aroused the anger of the crowd, so they didn't fight again.

The strong man brought the two of them closer, picked up two boxes and carried them on his shoulders, and glanced at them.

Tang Qingfeng looked at the hundreds of boxes on the ground. Each of the wooden boxes was two feet long and wide, full of them, and filled with countless soul-absorbing grass fruits.

He squatted down, picked up two boxes and relaxed them on his shoulders, and glanced at the strong man. Seeing how relaxed he was, the strong man smiled with satisfaction in his eyes.

Li Zhenwu looked at the two of them, and also picked up two of them on his shoulders, which made the strong man very satisfied.

After all, each of these boxes weighs tens of catties, and there are not many who can hold two at once. These two newcomers look pretty good, and they can be kept for their own use.

The strong man thought to himself, then looked at the two and said:

"Where are you two from? What did you do before?"

"My lord, the younger one is called Jiangling. My family used to be a farmer, but was forced to die by the landlord, so I came to join Tianshuitang." Tang Qingfeng said solemnly.

"Well, it's pitiful. You can follow me in the future. You can't be said to be rich and rich. You must be indispensable for food and clothing." The strong man said.

"Thank you, sir." Tang Qingfeng returned with a grateful face.

"You're welcome." After the strong man finished speaking, he looked at Li Zhenwu. This man looked weak and weak. He didn't expect that it would be so easy to hold two boxes.So the strong man asked:

"What about you?"

Li Zhenwu looked at the strong man, and then said:

"The younger one's name is Lu Qing, and his family also farms."

"Oh? You were also cornered by the landlord?" the brawny man asked.

Li Zhenwu looked at the strong man, and couldn't make it up anymore.Tang Qingfeng hurriedly made a rescue and said:

"My lord, Lu Qing and I are from the same village. We are relatively shy, but we are good at work. I hope your lord will not dislike us. We were all cornered by the landlord, so we came to Tianshui Hall together."

"So that's the case, no wonder you two were fighting together before." The strong man said if he realized something,

Then he looked at the two of them and continued:

"Follow me from now on, work hard, and your benefits will be indispensable!"

"Yes, my lord!" Tang Qingfeng returned.

"Well, come with me." The strong man said and led the two towards the tent.

The three of them arrived at the tent, put down the box, and moved it several times. Seeing that it was getting dark, the strong man was afraid that the rain would damage the goods, so he told the two that he could not move after the last move, and he had to hurry up. Send the goods back.

He was very relieved to see the two people who were not tired at all. After moving so many times in a row, even he was a little tired, but these two people can still walk like flying. It seems that he has found a treasure.

The brawny man was secretly delighted, looked at the two with dignity on his face and said:

"You two, come with me to deliver the goods."

"Yes, my lord!" Tang Qingfeng replied.

Tang Qingfeng and Li Zhenwu loaded the box on the cart, and the strong man went to the pond to bring the horse.Seeing that the two people who had already finished moving the goods were chatting about something, they walked towards them very relieved.

"What are you talking about?" the brawny man asked.

Seeing the strong man approaching, Tang Qingfeng quickly replied, "My lord, are we talking about where to send the goods?"

"Where are you going? Of course it's Tianshuitang. Oh, you're new here, so it's no wonder you don't know. Well, stop chatting and go tie the horse to the cart," said the brawny man.

"Yes, my lord." After Tang Qingfeng finished speaking, he led the horse to the cart and tied the rope tightly to the horse.

Seeing him working neatly, the strong man immediately said in a good mood:

"Come on, get in the car."

Tang Qingfeng and the two nodded, supported the box, and sat on the cart.Seeing that the two of them were seated, the strong man mounted his steed and rushed towards Tianshui Hall.

After the horse ran for more than half an hour, the three finally saw the figure of Tianshuitang.Behind a large Populus euphratica forest in the distance, hundreds of round tents gather together, and a shallow stream flows by the tents, passes through Populus euphratica, and flows to the Gobi in the distance.

"That's Tianshui Hall." The strong man pointed to Tianshui Hall in the distance.

"Yeah." The two nodded in response.

The strong man whipped the horse's butt hard, and the horse quickened its pace in pain, and ran quickly towards Tianshuitang.

At this moment, Jiang Ling, Lu Qing, and Mo Ban were investigating near Tianshui Hall. When they saw Tang Qingfeng and Li Zhenwu entering Tianshui Hall in a carriage, the three of them were at a loss.

After Tang Qingfeng and Li Zhenwu followed the strong man into Tianshui Hall, someone quickly came over, unloaded the box, and carried it to the tent in the distance.

Tang Qingfeng glanced at the tent, and already had an answer in his heart.

The strong man glanced at the two of them, then said:

"Okay, don't look at it, go back."

"Yes, my lord." Tang Qingfeng replied.

Just as the three were about to leave, a familiar voice stopped them.

"Huh? Is it you?"

The three turned their heads, and Tang Qingfeng saw that it was Zhou Rong who stopped them.Zhou Rong came forward, looked at the two of them and said:

"Why are you here?"

Tang Qingfeng and Li Zhenwu secretly felt bad when they saw Zhou Rong.The strong man looked at the three of them and said:

"What? You know each other?"

Tang Qingfeng looked at the strong man, and quickly returned:

"Yes, my lord, we are fellow villagers." He looked at Zhou Rong and said:

"Brother Zhou, long time no see."

Zhou Rong just wanted to say something, but Tang Qingfeng grabbed his arm tightly. Tang Qingfeng leaned against his ear and whispered:

"I have something important to do, don't destroy it, otherwise, I won't be as talkative as Zhanmen Master."

Zhou Rong's arm held tightly by Tang Qingfeng, the painful bones seemed to be broken, he nodded quickly in response and said with a forced smile:

"Ah, folks, long time no see. You didn't say anything when you came."

"We didn't know you were here." Tang Qingfeng smiled and let go of his arm, patted his shoulder and said.

The strong man saw that the two were indeed from the same hometown, and the sky was getting dark, so he said to Tang Qingfeng:

"Okay, next time I'm reminiscing about the old days, I'll go back."

"Yes, my lord." Tang Qingfeng replied.

After speaking, he and Li Zhenwu followed the strong man towards the camp in the canyon.