Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 13 Archer

Five days later.

"Hey, you don't know, that female ghost has been causing a lot of trouble in the He family. She first possessed the He family's only daughter, then the third wife, and then the He master."

"Mr. He was already old, and he was almost killed by a female ghost."

Zhou Ping met Chen Li, the pageboy, on the street again.

He has been paying attention to the news from the He family these days. From the news, it seems that the female ghost kept her promise and did not possess He Yunqing and her daughter again.

"What happened in the end? How did it go? Is Mr. He okay?"

An old man asked.

"Hey, Mr. He is lucky. Just when he was about to die, the monk from Jinhua Temple in the next county came."

"It's only natural for monks to catch ghosts."

"The female ghost started fighting with the monk!"

Chen Li said this while she was eating melon seeds. The melon seed shells were scattered all around her.

……

He Jiadong Residence.

The house was in a mess, as if it had been after a fierce battle.

Liu Ruyan was looking at a painting leisurely in the room.

She commissioned a scholar to paint this picture, which cost her five taels of silver.

Because this scholar's painting skills were really great, he was able to paint the person almost exactly just by listening to Liu Ruyan's description.

The painting shows Zhou Ping in disguise, but there are no eyes on it.

Liu Ruyan had just been possessed by a female ghost, and in a trance she saw Zhou Ping in disguise, but she did not see Zhou Ping's eyes.

So the artist can only leave the eyes empty.

No one believed Liu Ruyan's words. Even He Yunqing felt that his mother was mentally ill at the time, which was why she came up with such a strange person with cloth strips wrapped all over his body.

"Mother, the female ghost has finally been eliminated!"

"The master of Jinhua Temple fought a fierce battle, and was seriously injured, before he was able to eliminate the female ghost."

He Yunqing trotted along the way, feeling very happy. This matter was finally coming to an end.

He Yunqing was strangled unconscious by Liu Ruyan, who was possessed by a female ghost. When she woke up, she saw her mother.

According to Liu Ruyan, someone rescued two people.

Liu Ruyan also found a painter and spent a lot of money to draw the appearance of that person.

After seeing the portrait drawn by the painter, He Yunqing felt that his mother must have been hallucinating after being injured.

The person with all the cloth strips wrapped around his body, or maybe he wasn't alone, looked very strange.

He Yunqing believed that it was her mother's hallucination. The reason why the female ghost left the two people was because her real enemy was not the mother and daughter.

"It's good that the female ghost has been killed. This female ghost has caused our He family to suffer greatly."

Liu Ruyan said. She put the painting away silently.

No matter what others said, Liu Ruyan always believed that someone saved the mother and daughter.

Moreover, Liu Ruyan believed that the man must be a gentleman, because he did not take advantage of others. As a man, it is impossible not to have some thoughts when seeing an unconscious beauty.

"Mom, Dad told you to go to Jinhua Temple to fulfill his vow next month."

"I've already told Dad that I'll go with you then."

He Yunqing said with a smile.

Jinhua Temple sent people to catch ghosts, and they were seriously injured. Although they said that it was because you have a connection with Buddha, so I helped you, the He family cannot be ignorant. This kind of thing still costs money.

Fate is fate, money is money.

"Then go."

Liu Ruyan didn't care, she was very free anyway.

"Well, my father also said that when the time comes, you should go and beg your son."

He Yunqing hesitated for a moment, but still spoke.

Jinhua Temple is famous not only for catching ghosts, but also for praying for marriage and children.

Girls who seek marriage in Jinhua Temple will soon meet their ideal match.

Married women who go to Jinhua Temple to pray for children will soon become pregnant.

Especially when it comes to praying for children, couples in several nearby counties who have been married for a long time but have no children will go to Jinhua Temple to pray for children.

When it comes to having a child, there is no problem!

Jinhua Temple is very popular because of the two things that are related to marriage and having children.

Originally, Mr. He did not let He Yunqing go to Jinhua Temple, but He Yunqing had her own plans, and she took the initiative to ask to accompany her mother to Jinhua Temple.

Liu Ruyan was slightly stunned and didn't say anything.

……

mountain road.

The escort agency escorted more than twenty carts of medicinal materials from Yaowang Village to Qinghe County.

The escort team was led by Erhu.

Erhu, Zhou Ping recognized this man.

During that escort mission, Uncle Bo asked Zhou Ping to go to Yaowang Village to pick up the sewing kit he dropped.

Halfway through, Uncle Lame realized something was wrong and asked Erhu to find Zhou Ping.

Erhu saw the two people Zhou Ping killed, but Zhou Ping did not admit that he killed them.

Erhu also has great spiritual power and is just one step away from becoming a tenth-grade warrior.

Moreover, Erhu has been escorting goods for many years and has rich combat experience. He is simply not comparable to Zhou Ping and Daoba.

This time, there were ten people from the escort agency.

Scar and Chen Erdan were also inside.

Scar and Chen Erdan usually run medium distance, but since they have some free time, they also try short distance running.

"Brother Erhu, I heard that you have another child."

Chen Erdan is also a well-informed person in the escort agency. It is precisely because of this skill that he can get close to some experienced escorts and let the experienced escorts take care of him.

"Hey, I don't want it, but that damn woman insisted. Now I already have three sons, how can I support them?"

Erhu said this on the surface, but the expression on his face was very proud.

In these troubled times, sons are your capital against being bullied.

"You travel long distances all year round, and your salary is so high. You can support four or five sons, let alone three."

Chen Erdan said flatteringly.

Erhu chuckled, agreeing with Chen Erdan's words.

"Speaking of this child, we have to talk about the prayer for a child at Jinhua Temple."

"I met many couples during my trip who had been married for many years but had no children."

"But as long as these people go to Jinhua Temple to pray for children and stay there for one night, they will have children immediately."

"The Jinhua Temple is very powerful for praying for children. If you have trouble having children in the future, you can go and give it a try."

Erhu talked about what he had seen and heard.

"Brother Erhu, we don't even have a wife."

"Yes, Brother Erhu, we don't even have a wife."

Chen Erdan and Scar said with a smile.

Zhou Ping was riding his horse while recalling the Xuanwu Sword Technique.

He has been practicing the Xuanwu Sword Technique these days after obtaining it.

This book of swordsmanship is indeed much better than the one left to him by his predecessor.

By practicing the Xuanwu Sword Technique, Zhou Ping gained a deeper understanding of swordsmanship and a better understanding of combat.

Zhou Ping became even stronger in swordsmanship.

Suddenly, Zhou Ping's peripheral vision caught sight of a tree on the road.

Zhou Ping has been on this short-distance mission for more than two years.

This short mission is a training ground for newbies and rookies.

After more than a month here, novices and newbies will embark on mid-distance and long-distance missions.

Of course, there are rookies as well as veterans. The escort agency will arrange some veterans like Erhu to guide novice escorts.

These veterans are constantly being replaced.

Both newbies and veterans were changing paths, only Zhou Ping was still walking on this mountain road.

Zhou Ping is very familiar with the flowers, plants and trees on both sides of the mountain road.

Zhou Ping knew exactly which road to turn and how many trees were at that intersection.

Where Zhou Ping's eyes had just passed, there was a tree with three branches.

But now there are only two intact branches on the tree, and one branch is broken.

Zhou Ping's heart skipped a beat, feeling something was wrong, and he quickly looked around.

Some of the branches on both sides of the road were broken, and some flowers and plants were obviously trampled by many people. "Something's wrong, there's an ambush."

Zhou Ping reined in his horse.

After Zhou Ping finished speaking, everyone in the escort agency became nervous.

Newbies are nervous because they have not seen the world, while veterans are nervous because they know the world is dangerous.

Even if Zhou Ping made a wrong judgment, the escorts would not dare to be careless.

A little carelessness may result in death.

"Zhou Ping, what's going on?"

Erhu, as the leader of this time, drew out his long sword, looked around vigilantly, and asked.

"Some of the tree branches on both sides were broken, and some flowers and plants were obviously trampled by people."

"I guess a lot of people walked through here."

Zhou Ping expressed his guess.

After listening to Zhou Ping's words, Erhu looked at the flowers, plants and trees on both sides of the mountain road.

"Retreat, and rush back with the medicine convoy."

Erhu thought for a moment and made his own judgment.

If the escort team does not go down the mountain, the escort agency will naturally send people to the mountain to look for them.

At that time, it will be safer for the original escort team and the people they have found to go down the mountain together.

Erhu didn't want to take any risks. This was to be responsible to the escort agency, to the escort team, and to himself.

"whoosh"

There was a sound of breaking air, followed by an arrow shooting towards Erhu.

Erhu's face changed slightly, and then he slightly tilted his body to avoid the arrow.

The long arrow fell to the ground and stuck hard into the ground.

Suddenly, forty or fifty people rushed out from the steep slopes on both sides of the mountain road.

Some of these people were holding hoes, some were holding sickles, and some were holding wooden sticks.

Zhou Ping looked at these people and knew they were refugees, but he still did not take it lightly.

These bandits are just ordinary people, just refugees.

But the archer hiding in the dark was obviously the one who had sensed the spiritual energy.

There were about forty or fifty robbers in total. They were divided into two groups and rushed down the steep slope of the mountain.

This group of robbers originally divided themselves into two groups, intending to wait until the escort team reached the designated location and then attack from the front and back.

But Zhou Ping saw the danger in advance and stopped the convoy.

The robbers had no choice but to rush out from the front of the escort team, so that the rear of the escort team was safe.

"The newbies are leading the convoy to retreat."

"Old hands hold these bandits back."

Erhu was experienced after all, and he gave the order quickly.

Four or five novice escorts fled backwards, while five or six experienced escorts stood in front of the robbers.

Chen Erdan's eyes rolled and he ran away with the novice escort.

Scar and Zhou Ping stood on both sides of Erhu.

These bandits are obviously unprofessional just by looking at their weapons. Five or six veterans are enough to stop forty or fifty of them, or even kill them all. But the real danger comes from the archers deep in the jungle.

As the robbers rushed forward, two long arrows shot out from the jungle.

"What kind of hero is it to stab someone in the back?"

Erhu stepped on the horse's back, flew over and cut off two long arrows, then rushed into the jungle in the direction of the arrows.

Zhou Ping looked at the refugees rushing over, then looked at Erhu, then dismounted from his horse and chased after them.

"Zhou Ping, don't go. Brother Erhu can handle it alone."

Scar shouted anxiously, but Zhou Ping had already disappeared into the jungle.

Scar also wanted to go with Zhou Ping, he wanted to protect Zhou Ping.

But the next moment, dozens of bandits rushed up and surrounded several veteran bodyguards.

Ten escorts, four novices and one Chen Erdan fled with the convoy.

There were five people left, Erhu and Zhou Ping went into the jungle to find the archer.

Scar and the remaining two veteran bodyguards had to deal with dozens of refugees and bandits.

The three veteran escorts can all feel the spiritual energy, and one of them has reached perfect spiritual energy.

For three people, dealing with this group of gangsters was not stressful.

The real danger still lies in the archers in the jungle.

If Zhou Ping and Erhu can restrain the archers and prevent them from shooting black arrows, then the three people will be safe.

The ones who are really in danger are Zhou Ping and Erhu. The archers in the jungle are quite powerful, at least they have perfect spiritual energy.

In the jungle.

Long arrows shot out from a hillside.

Erhu was struggling. Judging from the power of the long arrow, the enemy should not be stronger than him. However, the enemy's arms were long, while his were short, and the enemy also occupied an advantageous terrain.

After a while, Erhu discovered that the long arrows were not only shot at him, but also at other places, which reduced his pressure a lot.

Zhou Erhu looked and saw Zhou Ping following him.

Zhou Ping shared half of the firepower.

"How come you caught up with me? Go away, this is not something you can handle."

Erhu scolded.

"Brother Erhu, stop chatting and focus on dealing with the archers."

Zhou Ping grinned. He was a bodyguard, so he had to deal with the robbers and protect the goods.

It’s just that the people on the mountain road are refugees, and Zhou Ping doesn’t want to attack them.

It's obvious that this archer can sense spiritual energy.

Deep down in his heart, Zhou Ping was unwilling to take action against the refugees.

"Take care of yourself. I won't be able to take care of you if a fight breaks out!"

Erhu reminded again.

Zhou Ping said nothing more and just nodded.

Erhu took off his coat and threw it out.

A long arrow came suddenly and hit the coat.

Erhu and Zhou Ping took the opportunity to turn over and go up some distance.

They were not far from the archers.

Zhou Ping looked at the panel.

Left side of the panel.

[Lifespan: 22 years, 7 months and 4 days]

[Telepathy: One]

[The End of the World: 1]

[Go on a convoy to achieve immortality, do not ask about worldly affairs]

Zhou Ping's mind moved.

[Lifespan: 21 years, 7 months and 4 days]

【Telepathic finger: two】

[The End of the World: 1]

[Go on a convoy to achieve immortality, do not ask about worldly affairs]

Now is not the time to regret your lifespan. Once you die, there will be no immortality.

Zhou Ping and Erhu hid behind the tree and did not show up. They could sense that the archers were also hiding in a high place.

Suddenly, there was a noise on the hillside, as if someone was running away.

The archers couldn't wait any longer and prepared to evacuate.

Erhu rushed out first and chased after him with a knife in hand.

The archers were fifty feet away from the two men.

Fifty feet. For someone with perfect spiritual energy, it only takes twenty steps to catch up.

Zhou Ping also chased after him.

The archer turned suddenly, drew his bow to its full length, and aimed the arrow at Zhou Ping's head.

This arrow consumed half of the archer's spiritual energy!
Even a 10th-rank warrior wouldn't dare to catch this arrow easily! He could only dodge.

Normally, even if he couldn't kill the other party, he could at least seriously injure Zhou Ping.

The long arrow shot out!
(End of this chapter)