Xiaoyue became a mystery.

Who is she? Where did she come from? What does she have to do with the man in black who killed Yuanxin? Why did she seem weak but extremely cruel? Why did she leave suddenly?

All of this laid deep questions in my heart.

However, what I could not imagine at that time was also what I could not imagine that Xiaoyue would become the most important woman in my life later.

No matter who she is, no matter what she does, no matter how many years she has gone through, Xiaoyue’s name will be deeply imprinted in my heart.

Can't be erased!

After confirming that we had escaped Xiaoyue's control, Li Xiaoqian and I embarked on the way to Shaolin Temple again. The terrifying night made our originally nervous mood even more worried.

We have to rush to Anji County before dark, buy two fast horses there, strive to rush to Shaolin Temple as soon as possible, complete the task assigned to us by Yuantong, and then return to Lin'an as soon as possible.

Although, it is just called Lin'an.

When we came to Anji, we sadly discovered that even if we were horses or donkeys, we would not be able to see them.

Li Xiaoqian grabbed a pedestrian and asked politely: "Brother, where can I buy a horse?"

The man seemed to hear a huge joke and said, "What did you say? Buy a horse?"

Li Xiaoqian said: "Not bad, buy a horse!"

The man suddenly sneered and said, "You might as well buy someone!"

I was very angry and said, "We don't buy people! We want to buy horses!"

The man said, "The horses have been conquered by the government, where can there be horses?"

Li Xiaoqian asked: "Why did the government conquer horses? Is it going to fight with the Jin Kingdom?"

The man spat and said, "War?! The court is still interested in fighting?! I heard that the court was afraid that the people would form an army privately, so he took away all the horses. In the future, the people would prohibit raising horses!"

Li Xiaoqian asked: "What should we do if we need a mount when we go out?"

The man said, "What are you doing with your feet?"

I don't understand where this person got angry, and his tone of speaking was very unfriendly. I was about to argue with him, but Li Xiaoqian pulled me away.

I asked, "What are you doing to pull me? Look at the tone of that person speaking, wouldn't he beg me?"

Li Xiaoqian said: "The key problem now is to find horses, not to find fault."

I asked again: "Where to find a horse?"

Li Xiaoqian said: "Didn't you listen to him? The horses were conscripted by the government."

I was shocked and said, "You want to rob the government?!"

The tragedy of Yandang Mountain appeared in my mind again. Provoking the government is undoubtedly a dead end. But Li Xiaoqian disagreed and said, "Do you really want to go to Shaolin Temple?"

I said, "After crossing the Huai River, we can buy horses when we arrive at the territory of the Jin Kingdom!"

Li Xiaoqian didn't say anything. He turned his head and walked towards a direction that he didn't know where to go. I asked, "Where are you going?"

Li Xiaoqian said: "It's going to be dark, go and rob the horse!"

"Damn!" I cursed like Li Xiaoqian. Li Xiaoqian suddenly stopped, turned around and gave me a thumbs up, and said, "Dan Bing, you are becoming more and more likely to be a modern person!"

Li Xiaoqian insisted on his own, but I had no choice but to accompany him to the county government.

An ordinary county government is not as tall and grand as the one seen in Lin'an Prefecture. The courtyard walls built with blue bricks are painted red, which looks a bit terrifying under the moonlight.

Li Xiaoqian and I just arrived at the county government office and smelled a pungent smell of horse manure. We looked at each other and smiled. It was obvious that these horses were in the county government office.

I asked Li Xiaoqian: "How to get in?"

Li Xiaoqian said: "Get in through the main entrance!"

I glanced at the closed yamen gate. There was a dark gap in the middle of the red gate. The situation inside could not be known. I said, "Are you crazy? How can you get in through the main gate?" I pointed to the walls of the two people standing aside and said, "Flip over!"

Li Xiaoqian said: "You look through one and I'll take a look!"

I was silent because I couldn't turn over. However, this does not mean that we can enter through the main entrance.

While I was hesitating, Li Xiaoqian had already smashed the door.

"Dongdongdongdong! Dadongdongdongdong!"

Li Xiaoqian exerted force very hard, and the knock on the door shook the dark night and also shook my fragile heart.

I felt powerless. The scene of rockets shooting into Yandang Mountain in the sky once again appeared in my mind, with the raging fire, the roar of purgatory, the bloody killing... those scenes appeared in my mind.

After a dizzy moment, I turned around and ran away. I almost ran away uncontrollably. Along the way, the wind roared wildly, brushing through my ears, and I heard

The bandits of Yandang Mountain were screaming in pain.

I heard my brothers roaring in despair in the blazing fire: "Dan Bing, save me! Save me..."

I ran until the last trace of strength was peeled off from my body, until my last breath was exhaled heavily, and I felt like I was slumped on the ground like death.

Am I dead?

I really wish I was dead.

Because, dead. Those pictures will not appear in my mind, nor will those sounds sound in my mind.

"Bump, rub..."

I lay weakly on the ground. I don't know how long it took, but I heard the sound of horse hooves approaching. My heart tightened, thinking that the officers and soldiers were chasing me, so I hurriedly sat up, but saw Li Xiaoqian pulling his horse and stopping in front of me, holding another horse in his hand.

Behind him was endless darkness, resentful and quiet, unlike someone following him.

I asked, "How did you get the horse?"

Li Xiaoqian cursed at me: "Ji Danbing! Your uncle! He is so unrighteous! He actually left me and ran away!"

I want to explain, but I can't explain, and I don't know how to explain. I don't want to tell anyone about the Yandang Mountain I've experienced. That's my shame and pain.

I tried hard to squeeze out a smile, and even I felt that I was smiling far-fetchedly. I asked, "How did you pull the horse out?"

Li Xiaoqian threw a horse rope in front of me and said, "Stop talking nonsense! Just follow me!"

I said, "Where to go?"

Li Xiaoqian's eyes moved to the distance, and his eyes seemed to penetrate the deep night and saw the distance that I could not see. He said lightly: "Shaolin!"

I said, "Now?"

Li Xiaoqian sang: "Let us live freely and freely as companions in the world, ride horses and share the prosperity of the world, sing joy in our hearts when we drink and grasp our youth vigorously...ah~ah~"

The heroic lyrics and songs made me feel excited. I suddenly stood up, turned over and rode my horse, and was about to gallop north with him, but I saw a white shadow flashing in the darkness, like a ghost!

"Who?" I shouted.

The white shadow in the dark suddenly stopped, and the man raised his head, as if he was drinking turbid wine into his throat, which was quite spicy. He shouted intoxicatedly and said, "Good wine! Good song!"
Chapter completed!