The road is vague

Chapter 14 Jade Fox Wang Ying

a few days later.

Li Mo looked at the slightly withered grass and trees in the surrounding mountains and forests, most of which were black in color, so he stopped for a moment.

In the distance there is a big river rushing by.

"Could this be the Black Mountain Cliff?"

According to what he had learned before, after passing the Black Mountain Cliff, there are the Eighteen Mountains.

This is the address left by the Jade Fox Wang Ying.

Thinking of this, Li Mo climbed up a big tree and looked out. After his eyes swept across the distant river, he saw the endless mountain ranges. As far as the eye could see, there were high mountains and old forests everywhere, with no human habitation.

However, Li Mo felt lucky that he had not encountered any wild beasts in the mountains during these days, let alone mountain spirits and water monsters.

Li Mo smiled with relief, jumped off the tree and continued on his way.

It was almost noon.

Li Mo was planning to find some wild vegetables to fill his stomach, but suddenly he noticed that there was a tea stall on the mountain path. He was immediately surprised and walked forward quickly.

Ever since he had finished the dry food he brought with him, he had been eating wild fruits and weeds to fill his stomach. Now it was winter, and he was already starving.

The shop owners seemed to be a pair of siblings, or perhaps a couple, in their twenties. When they saw Li Mo coming, the woman immediately welcomed him with a smile.

"Sir, you must be tired. Have a cup of tea first!"

Li Mo nodded.

"What's there to eat?"

"Haha, this little shop has everything: rice and meat from Qushui, ground shrimp from Heishan, and even two pieces of hangover soup made from Dingpanzi!"

Li Mo frowned.

What the woman said were all underworld jargon, which he had only heard of. Now that he had just entered the underworld, he didn't know how to respond, but Ding Jie had taught him a trick before.

So Li Mo calmly took out a pair of chopsticks from the package.

Seeing this, the woman smiled and said, "So you're my brother. I'll bring over the braised beef from the kitchen, along with some dried wild jujubes and two bowls of good wine. How about that?"

Li Mo was shocked, because killing cattle was a serious crime in Muzhou.

However, he also heard that some other wealthy states and counties in Qian State had relaxed relevant regulations due to the popularization of a mechanical device called the wooden ox and the flowing horse, so he nodded calmly.

About half an incense stick later.

Li Mo, who was enjoying his meal, suddenly became stiff and fell down without any warning.

It should be noted here that one hour is the time of four incense sticks.

Seeing this, the brother and sister from the tea shed came over with a sneer.

The man went straight for Li Mo's bag, while the woman sneered, "Which little thief dares to come to Eighteen Mountains? Let me see how many eyes you have!"

The woman lifted Li Mo's hat and then showed a hint of surprise.

"Hey, you're still a chick?"

"Ha ha!"

After opening Li Mo's purse, the man immediately laughed excitedly.

Seeing this, the woman also came over. After rummaging through Li Mo's package, she noticed a piece of letter. It was a letter of recommendation from Zhang Dongliang to Li Mo.

"Zhang Dongliang's followers at Jimintang?"

The man was stunned when he heard this.

"It's actually a doctor. Aren't we committing a serious taboo?"

"not good!"

The woman reacted quickly and her face changed instantly. Since the other party was a doctor, there was no reason why he could be knocked out so easily. There must be something fishy going on!
However it was too late.

With a "puff" sound, a sharp sword pierced through the chest.

The man slowly lowered his head and saw the bloody blade sticking out of his chest. He turned his head in disbelief and looked at Li Mo behind him, then fell to the ground with a bang.

You have to know that he can make a living here, and his martial arts skills are not bad. However, he was ambushed by Li Mo and was caught off guard, so he didn't use his skills at all.

"elder brother!"

The woman screamed, and seeing Li Mo continue to kill her without mercy, she quickly ran into the house, apparently preparing to grab a weapon.

But how could Li Mo let her succeed, so he chased after her immediately.

For a while, there was a constant sound of fighting in the house, which gradually stopped after a while.

After the battle, Li Mo took a short breath, wiped his sword and sheathed it, then stepped over the woman's body and walked towards the kitchen.

These two people actually planned to use knockout drugs against him, which was really a case of showing off one's skills in front of an expert.

As a traveling doctor, Li Mo was also well aware of this, but due to his limited medical ethics, he never thought of harming others with it.

There are a lot of food in the kitchen.

However, when Li Mo lifted the lid of a pot, he immediately saw a scene that made him sick.

It turned out to be half a female corpse!

Li Mo was furious and threw the pot lid away.

Then he looked for some other food in the kitchen. Fortunately, he did find a braised ox head and a lot of braised beef, otherwise he would have wanted to cut the two men into pieces. After he had eaten and drunk his fill, he took the two swords in the house and planned to leave to avoid unnecessary trouble.

However, as soon as he stepped out of the door, he was stunned.

On the small road more than ten feet away, there stood a beautiful woman with extraordinary beauty.

She had a bun on her head, wore a skirt decorated with flowers, and a pink and white shawl. A sword hung at her waist. She was looking straight at him with a charming smile on her face.

"Brother Li Mo, long time no see."

Li Mo reacted after hearing this.

"Are you Jade Fox Wang Ying?"

He took a deep breath, looked around for a moment, and said with a stern face: "Is this your territory?"

"What do you mean my territory? It's just a tea shed near Eighteen Hills. There are countless petty thieves doing similar things in Eighteen Hills. I just left the address here because I thought it would be convenient. I knew you would definitely come here, so I took the trouble to come and see you every day."

Wang Ying had a look of resentment on her face.

"Little brother, please don't treat our Pingshan Society as petty thieves in this kind of place."

After speaking in a resentful tone, she didn't care about Li Mo's hostility and giggled, obviously knowing that Li Mo had seen the dirty things inside.

"Little brother, you were able to single-handedly kill Zhang Ying and Zhang Yan, brother and sister. Your strength is indeed quite impressive. I wonder if you are interested in joining our Pingshan Society?"

Li Mo took a deep breath, and he remembered the wanted notice for Jade Fox.

"Then why did you kill people in the first place?"

Wang Ying chuckled when she heard this.

"Because he clearly couldn't do it, yet he still wanted to buy me out. I originally thought that even if I was treated like a skinny horse, I would accept it and be a good person from now on. Who knew that after buying me back, he would actually treat me like a beautiful woman. Do you understand the feeling of nausea every day, little brother?"

Wang Ying's eyes were charming, and her tone was full of resentment. Li Mo was a little dazed.

As a traveling doctor, he had heard Zuo Shu talk about the so-called beauty paper, which was using beautiful women as paper. He thought it was just an evil practice during the imperfect ancient system, or a bad habit in a few areas, but he didn't expect it to actually exist.

"What about you, little brother? Why did you kill those three families and seventeen people?"

Li Mo gritted his teeth.

"The girl I wanted to marry was taken away by them, leaving me with nowhere else to go. Last summer, when the Tan River flooded, they sold her to the river god temple as a living sacrifice."

Wang Ying heard this and gradually stopped smiling.

"Really? Then they really deserve to die. But you, little brother, are really efficient. You buried them all. It can be said that there is no trace of the crime. Haha, it's a pity. Unfortunately, my crimes are so heinous and unforgivable. It's useless to reduce one more crime. Even if there is a general amnesty, it can't save me."

Li Mo frowned.

"Wasn't the war with Lu over long ago? How could there be a general amnesty?"

"That's just the end of the war between mortals."

Wang Ying's words made Li Mo stunned for a moment.

"Are monks still at war? Do you know how to test whether you have the spiritual roots to become a monk?"

He immediately tried to ask Wang Ying about the monks, but Wang Ying kept silent about it, smiled without saying anything, and revealed a meaningful expression.

Li Mo sighed in his heart, he knew what the other party meant.

Whatever.

This trip was not in vain, at least the target has been determined. He had secretly inquired many times in Hua'an Town, but perhaps because his identity was not high enough, he was never able to find out anything. However, this Jade Fox Wang Ying definitely knew how to detect spiritual roots and determine whether he could become a cultivator.

There is still a long way to go on this matter.

In the future, he can act according to circumstances and stay with the Jade Fox Wang Ying first.

"Who are the members of the Pingshan Society, and what are their rules?"

"Don't worry."

Wang Ying consoled him, "Little brother, you're a doctor. Your medical skills are the most precious treasure of the Eighteen Mountains. Once you reach Pingshan, all you need to do is practice medicine and save lives. We won't make things difficult for you. As for the mountain's leaders, there are two, known as the Gao brothers. They are Gao Po, the Blood-Faced Lion, and Gao Zhen, the Green-Faced Tiger. Below them are thirteen group leaders, and below them are more than two hundred and seventy ground-running thieves."

Land move?
He thought of the food called Black Mountain Walking Pieces that Zhang Yan had recommended to him before, and he suddenly felt sick. Those two people really deserved to die.

"What is the relationship between this store and Pingshan?"

"It doesn't matter."

Wang Ying explained, "These are all affiliated with the government. They usually exchange the heads of some petty thieves for rewards from the government. The various gangs will buy some external supplies from them. They can be said to be able to get money from both the black and white sides."

"Then if I kill them, what will you do next?"

Wang Ying looked disdainful when she heard this.

"There are at least dozens of other places like this in the Eighteen Mountains. Furthermore, the Zhang siblings have been crossing the line recently. The boss suspects they're trying to cause a conflict between Black Mountain and Flat Mountain, and he's been wanting to deal with them for a long time."

Li Mo had a preliminary understanding of how Eighteen Mountains operated.

After a brief thought, Li Mo said, "Okay, I can join the Pingshan Society. Please introduce me to two leaders. However, I must make one thing clear in advance: I am just a doctor. If you force me to do anything evil, I can withdraw at any time."

"That's great!"

Wang Ying assured him, "Don't worry. We in the Pingshan Society always abide by the rules. Come with me. The two leaders might even appoint you as the fourteenth head of the Pingshan Society."

About an hour later.

Li Mo followed Wang Ying along the mountain road and came to a hidden mountain village. There was a simple village gate and stone walls in the village. There were many caves, stone houses and wooden houses hidden inside, which looked like a small village.

"Leader Wang is back!"

"Captain Wang..."

The thieves guarding the gate greeted them warmly. A bald monk came over and looked at Li Mo.

"Wang Ying, who is this?"

Wang Ying smiled charmingly and said, "This is Li Mo, the doctor from Hua'an Town, and an old friend of mine. He just arrived at the Eighteen Mountains. Send a few men to Black Mountain Cliff. The Zhang brothers and sisters were killed by this young man. Bring back any useful supplies from their place. I want to take this young man to see the two leaders."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

The Zhang brother and sister's martial arts skills are really strong.

When the monk heard that Li Mo was actually a doctor, he couldn't help but show joy on his face, but when he heard that Li Mo had killed the Zhang brothers and sisters alone, his face changed. After all, this man was so young and had such martial arts skills, which was really scary.

Then he nodded to Wang Ying and said nothing more.

Li Mo followed Wang Ying into the depths of the village.

There were actually quite a few women in the village, gathered together, mending clothes and washing things, and were not disturbed by the bandits.

From this it seems that this place is not as bad as Li Mo imagined.

"The man just now was Han Kui, the young arhat. He broke his vows and eloped with a daughter of an official. As fate would have it, the woman fell off a cliff and died. He has been wanted ever since. However, his martial arts skills are truly remarkable. Aside from the two top masters on the mountain, I'm afraid no one can match him."

Li Mo nodded.

Then he followed Wang Ying to a spacious cave and saw a burly man sitting on a tiger skin. He had a huge blood mole on his face, looking a little ferocious, and was eating meat in big mouthfuls.

Wang Ying told the purpose of her visit.

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Blood-Faced Lion Gao Po immediately stood up.

But after seeing Li Mo's slightly immature face under his bamboo hat, he seemed to have some doubts. He was not going to refuse Li Mo from going up the mountain, but was considering whether to give him the position of the head of the 14th regiment.

Wang Ying seemed to see Gao Po's doubts.

"Brother Gao Zhen's injuries haven't healed yet from the recent clash with the Lishan Gang. How about sending this little brother Li Mo over to take a look?"

"Correct!"

Gao Po agreed immediately.

His younger brother, Green-faced Tiger Gao Zhen, who had a huge blue spot on his cheek, was resting in another cave. After learning the purpose of Li Mo's visit, he immediately sat up from the bed.

However, like Gao Po, he was also a little hesitant after seeing Li Mo's slightly immature face. This is also the reason why every apprentice must follow his senior brothers to learn for half a year after graduation, in order to accumulate popularity and gain the trust of the people in each village.

However, Gao Zhen finally signaled Li Mo to come forward and treat him.

After seeing several knife wounds on Gao Zhen's body, Li Mo said that as long as he found the right herbal medicine, he would recover soon. However, when he saw an inconspicuous dart wound on Gao Zhen's arm, his expression suddenly became solemn.

He tried pressing near the wound.

"Do you feel anything?"

"No, I just haven't had any strength these days. I can't lift this arm."

"That's a bit troublesome."

Li Mo said solemnly, "If my guess is correct, that dart must have been smeared with Jianxueshuai, a common poison in the military. The detoxification method is not difficult, but the poison has already penetrated into your bone marrow. Ordinary detoxification methods will definitely not work. A fresh adult bear gallbladder must be used as a guide, combined with several common herbs, to detoxify. Otherwise, your arm will gradually fester..."

Li Mo gave his own diagnosis.

(End of this chapter)