Mysterious Martial Arts: The Record of the Swordsman

Chapter 13
There is a village five miles south of the city, which has been abandoned for a long time, and its name is Sanli Pavilion.

It's not that the people in Chong'an County are not good at counting, but that the original official road is winding and winding, leading to Longhu Mountain in the west and Xiangshan in Quzhou in the north. The village is exactly three miles away from the original county seat.Later, it was severely damaged by mountain torrents and mud, and the official road was rebuilt along the foot of the mountain. At this time, the village was more than five miles away.

But earlier, when this pavilion was not inhabited, it was still a little-known place with a name called Caoxie Gorge.

According to the local legend in Wuyi, it is said that there used to be an immortal wearing straw sandals who lived here. Overcast, the sound of bells and drums can be heard in the valley.

The three of them walked farther and farther along the abandoned official road, and the shady atmosphere gradually became apparent. Coupled with the infiltration of the stream along the way, the surrounding vegetation became more verdant, strange birds singing trees, and old insects singing in the wild, adding to this late-night road. A bit of a gloomy atmosphere.

"I take back what I said before, in addition to picking teammates, you guys also know how to pick places..."

Jiang Wen was walking on the road, listening intently to the sound of the soles of his shoes rubbing against the ground.

No one thought that Hongdou mother and daughter would hide in this long-abandoned village, and even the locals didn't know the exact location.

"Coward, we lived in Yizhuang when we were traveling, what is this?" Hongdou snorted.

There is smoke and grass, the ancient roads are sluggish, and a bright moon shines brightly in the night sky, but it casts deeper shadows on the ruins of the deserted village.

The three of them came to the tall community tree at the gate of the village. The wind blew the old tree, and the leaves were withered and prosperous, and the ground was covered with rustling yellow leaves.A small earth temple has been razed. There are no clay puppets in it, but only a stone.

Looking outside the village, there was no light. Hongdou checked for a long time, but did not see Zhu Xiaoqian carving the agreed mark by the tree.

"Did something happen to them along the way?"

Jiang Wen felt faintly uneasy. In the morning, he listened to ghost stories told by the noodle stall owner, and he arrived at the scene of the incident that day. It was still the middle of the night.

Hong Xiguan thought about it carefully and noticed something was wrong, but rationality still prevailed.

"It's unlikely. The pursuers have been tied down by us for a long time, so we shouldn't catch up with them easily. I went back to check around just now, and there is no sign of division of troops in the town."

Miss Hongdou said nonchalantly: "My mother is probably walking slowly with seven children. Let's go in and wait for them."

After entering the deserted village, the three of them still searched all over the place worriedly. More than a dozen farmhouses were dilapidated. The strange thing was that there was a round stone buried at the root of the wall at the door of each house, half exposed.

After a lot of searching, only stone stoves, stone mills, sinks, wooden chairs and other remnants were found, and there was no trace of smoke or fire.

It seems that it was not destroyed by war or fire back then, but was abandoned because of other things.

When they came to the hiding place arranged by Hongdou mother and daughter in advance - a house with good walls, the three people hid in the house one after another, without lighting the lights, and waited for the movement outside.

For the rest of the time, the three of them could only stare at each other in the room.

The room is dark and dark, and one should not be able to see anything, but the compulsory course for martial arts practitioners includes eye skills, which allows them to see things in a dark room, and the picture quality can at most change from color to black and white.

But Hongdou may have forgotten this point, taking advantage of the lack of light in the room, she stared straight at Hong Xiguan's side face with her big eyes.

In this regard, Jiang Wen had no choice but to watch his heart, saying that the poor Taoist is a monk, and he has long since broken through the illusory love between men and women. There is only great love for the common people in the world...

But I'm so jealous of you guys, there are three people in the room, between loving and being loved, only I'm option E, I'm planB, I'm the sixth person in the five rows, I'm the spare button of the suit, and I'm getting wet from the rain puppy.

Hong Xiguan may have noticed Hongdou's gaze, and also felt Jiang Wen's resentment. He ignored everything with a slightly lonely expression, but his tone was still cold.

"Jiang Daochang, is your poisonous injury really all right?"

Jiang Wen curled his lips, saying that this man is really screwy, he obviously has a crush on Hongdou, but he is unwilling to speak first.

"It's okay, it's just a trick."

Hong Xiguan and Hongdou said puzzledly, "Bitter tricks?"

"It was the bitter trick that Soochow asked the veteran Huang Gai to use in the Three Kingdoms War at Chibi. Soochow put Huang Gai's head in a wooden box and presented it to Cao Cao. Cao Cao ate it with a big appetite and found that the meat was bitter. Then he died. The dead army will retreat without a fight..."

Jiang Wen talked eloquently, but the other two felt uncomfortable hearing it.

Official Hong Xi was inconvenient to directly mention his husband Yu, so he reminded him tactfully: "Master Daoist, did you confuse Jing Ke's assassination of Qin with something strange..."

"Is that right?"

Jiang Wen frowned, and took a piece of dead green and stinky flesh from the wound, exposing the intact skin underneath, and threw it aside regrettably.

"Isn't that the trick of bitter meat? It's just a pity that this piece of pork head meat was originally bought as a small fried pork from the farmhouse..."

Seeing Jiang Wen's ingenious behavior, Hong Xiguan finally felt relieved. No wonder the person in front of him was poisoned and still fighting to the death. It turned out that he had planned it a long time ago.

That's right, Jiang Wen was already prepared.

Although the massacre by the Qing army was caught off guard, Jiang Wen, who had known that Ma Ning'er would appear in Ma's house, was naturally not unprepared.

Putting a piece of pork on his body to bully the enemy is just one of them. He had asked Fang's shopkeeper and his family to hide with small stones early on, found red beans and played Hongxi's official card, which left a way to escape.

"Hero Hong, can you tell me, who are you waiting for at Ma's house?" Jiang Wen asked.

Hong Xiguan was silent for a moment, then said softly.

"Last month, Wen Ding and I returned to Xiangyang. We saw the secret numbers left by someone and asked me to meet here. These secret numbers were only known to our brothers who were sworn brothers in Honghuating back then. The only other people who knew were the hosts. Chen Jinnan, the chief helmsman of the Heaven and Earth Society who has become sworn, is dead."

Jiang Wen's eyes lit up.

Chen Jinnan!
With Hong Xiguan's words, he was [-]% sure that even though the story was beyond recognition, this important character could still appear on stage!

It is true that at present, many scenes have violated his memory, such as the treasure map that turned out to be out of nowhere, the inexplicable treasure hunting team, and the fifth ancestor composed of seven children. If you can't show up on time, you will give away the head according to the script.

As long as Chen Zongzhuo attracts the attention of the Qing soldiers, Xiamei Town should be saved.

This favor, I must help!
...I just hope that the chief rudder can have a more generous schedule this time, so that there will be no more famous scenes.

"Since Mr. Chen has made arrangements, let's wait for a while again, and there must be a turnaround. What do you think, Miss Hongdou?" Jiang Wen asked.

Hongdou's eyes were bright, her eyes were like stars, she just looked at Hong Xiguan's side face, and said in a daze, "I'll go wherever he goes...Huh? No! There are so many people here again, how do we divide the treasure!"

Thinking of money, the nympho Hongdou became vigilant, and looked at Hong Xiguan unkindly, "There are so many people coming from Tiandihui, so they can't be counted into the money!"

Hong Xiguan was a little strange at this time, looking straight at Hongdou, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't take the next step.

Hongdou blushed slightly, stretched out her catkin and shook it in front of him, "What's the matter, why didn't you..."

Before he finished speaking, Hong Xiguan suddenly bumped into her arms, causing Hongdou to cry out in fright.

"Ahhhh! I thought you were an upright gentleman, yet you did such a thing! Get up, don't think you're not good-looking so you won't be beaten! I'm a young girl, how can I take advantage of you, a moron? Bottle bachelor!"

Jiang Wen watched Hongdou's behavior speechlessly.

Girl, I suggest you report to the police, but you'd better hide the smile on your face, and then let go of the hand holding him.

(End of this chapter)