35. Walk the rivers and lakes
More than ten miles outside Suzhou City, there is an unknown hill, which is a remote place.
Although Gusu is plain and watery, there are also mountains, but it is not as vast as the northern mountains. Just like this Suzhou-Hangzhou woman, it is less fierce and more beautiful.
At the sunset, Chen Qiu was walking in the mountains with a few tall men holding sticks.
They followed Chen Qiu's investigation a few days ago, and everyone walked slowly with their face towels without making too many noises.
"There is a cave under the hillside, which is where the thieves hide."
Chen Qiu lay on the ridge, pointed to a river beside him, and said to the men behind him:
"When the sunset is set, you can sneak over from the side. Don't get too close, wait a hundred feet away. When I get up and attack, you rushed into the cave, take a few friends away, and wait for me outside the mountain."
"Brother Qiu, it's not that brothers look down on you."
A man next to Chen Qiu was a little nervous and whispered to Chen Qiu:
"You also said that there are as many as 10 thieves in that group, and you only have one person. Do you want me to go with you?"
"Aren't you afraid?"
Chen Qiu turned around and looked at the man with square face. This was the guy in Old Man Liu’s shop. He had big arms and a round waist, and had a brute force. He was quite brave, but he was not good at martial arts.
Faced with Chen Qiu's inquiry, the man was a little upset.
After all, I am from a good family and have never done anything brave and cruel. It is normal to be nervous when I fight head-on with bandits.
He held the stick tightly and said to Chen Qiu:
"I...is not afraid!"
"You have a wife and parents in your family, and you have to support your family."
Chen Qiu shook his head, he touched the Yanling Knife at his hand and said:
"Even if you want to go with me, I will not take you. Brothers, I am a martial arts practitioner and know the roots of those thieves. I asked the residents at the foot of the mountain that the thieves were just beggars from other places. Seeing the prosperity of this place, I had evil intentions.
The only thing they can rely on is that they have more evil intentions than ordinary people. When it comes to physical health, they are afraid that they are not as strong as you. As long as they have courage in their hearts, why should they be afraid of them?"
Chen Qiu chuckled and said:
"I'm going to kill people, but everyone knows that saving people is much more difficult than killing people.
Brothers, I am giving you the difficult things, so I can do my own things."
The others chuckled.
The guys all knew that this was Chen Qiu comforting their inner tension, but after this smile, the tension also dissipated a little. As the sunset slipped, Chen Qiu grabbed the knife and walked down the ridge.
He said to the guys behind him:
"I'll ask you all to save people. Today, I'll let that group of thieves look at the courage of my Suzhou man!"
The guys agreed in unison, and the pedestrians were divided into two groups, approaching the valley at the foot of the mountain from two directions. Chen Qiu hid in the lush grass, imitating the posture of the mountain ghost moving in the mountains, and quickly approaching the valley.
The group of thieves drank too much wine, and several were lying by the river and slept soundly. On the other side, several thieves were teasing the captured woman at the foot of the mountain.
There were endless shouts of scolding and screaming.
Not to mention comparing with the black guards in Taihang Mountains, this group of thieves cannot even compare with the bandits in Funiu Mountain outside Luoyang City.
Chen Qiu sneaked into the river valley, less than ten feet away from the group of thieves.
But it was getting late, and the thief did not have a guard guard and could not find Chen Qiu's traces at all.
He grabbed a stem of grass from his hand and put it in his mouth, just like he refused to chew gum.
Chen Qiu hid under a tree and observed the group of thieves in front of him, with disdain in his eyes.
"It's the first business after all."
Chen Qiu stroked his hands on the handle of the axe around his waist, moved his fingers, narrowed his eyes and said softly:
"Then let's use your heads to make a name for our escort agency. Oh, you have hands and feet, how can you be a thief..."
"Crash"
Chen Qiu jumped out of the hiding place, walked a few steps quickly, exhaled and opened his breath, and his body rotated around, and his left hand axe roared out.
Pojun Axe Technique - Axe for Desperateness!
A thief in front of him had just had a good time, and there was a woman beside him crying in a low voice. He was cursing and was about to lift his pants when he saw someone jumping out in front of him. His instinctive feeling was not good.
Just as I was about to shout, I saw an axe slamming over.
The axe seemed to be very slow, and this guy could even see the axe's rotation trajectory.
It seems that you can catch it with your hand.
So he stretched out his hand...
"Bang"
The sharp axe penetrated his heart, and the huge force he carried pushed him away from the ground, rolling in the air for a while, hitting the ground, and blood splattered everywhere.
This scene shocked the bandits.
A clever guy grabbed the worn-out knife and was about to rush out, and another axe flew towards him.
This time, Chen Qiu was very lucky. The flying axe cut off the guy's neck and soared into the sky with a big head.
The guys who were sleeping soundly were also alarmed. They got up in a daze and saw a man rushing towards him with a sharp knife.
They also want to resist.
But Chen Qiu's eyes looked like ice and his heart was like iron stone. He rushed to those people and his hands were raised and his sword fell.
Return to the sword technique.
The light of the swordsman slashed out in the air. Chen Qiu cut out three times in a row, chopping the two panicked guys to the ground, then waved his wrists and slashed a large arc in front of him.
The blade slipped down and slashed into the back of the escaped guy, cutting out the flesh and blood, cutting off the spine, and it was another life.
In just a short moment, five people were killed.
Chen Qiu's fierceness scared the remaining bandits, and several guys fired torches on the other side, shouted loudly, and rushed into the cave, which was also shocked the remaining bandits to be manic and uneasy.
The women who were plundered also took the opportunity to run away with their heads in their arms. They screamed, making the already chaotic night even more frightened.
The remaining five thieves gathered together.
They were wearing tattered clothes, holding bamboo guns and sticks in their hands, and looked at Chen Qiu, who was holding a knife in fear.
In the night, they could not see Chen Qiu's face, but only saw the knife in his hand.
Blood dripped from the blade.
"Put down your weapons."
Chen Qiu said:
"Let go, I won't kill you."
No one answered him.
A scream came from the cave next to him. The thin bandit who was guarding the prisoners rolled out of the cave, and the two guys chased him.
My companions were tortured by this group of thieves, so they attacked very hard.
The stick was hit without thinking, and the bandit's scream became deeper and quieter, and after a moment, there was no sound.
"The next one is you."
Chen Qiu didn't even look at the bandit who was beaten to death. He looked at the five people who were still fighting stubbornly. He raised his left hand, touched his chin, and said:
"Surrender, go to see the officials with me. You didn't kill anyone. You just squatted in the cell for a few years, and it would be fine. Why bother to resist to the end?"
Those people look at me, I look at you, no one speaks.
But Chen Qiu felt that their resistance was becoming more and more stubborn.
"Oh, it turns out that I've killed anyone."
In the night, Chen Qiu chuckled lightly, his voice became colder, and he said:
"That's not innocent."
"Swoosh"
The sound of the machine spring sounded, and a small black arrow pierced from Chen Qiu's left wrist and hit the chest of the bandit holding a bamboo gun in front of him. He screamed loudly and retreated repeatedly, and the others were also startled.
They thought Chen Qiu was going to use hidden weapons, so they quickly dispersed.
"puff"
At the moment of dispersing, Chen Qiuyun Qi's true energy broke into it, slashed one with one knife, turned around and pointed it at the temple of another bastard.
His fingers were scattered into the flesh and blood, and the guy didn't snort, and he turned over and fell down.
The guy who was stabbed in the chest by a small black arrow was still wailing. As the trembling gaze of the remaining two bandits, Chen Qiu stepped on his chest, held the knife in his backhand, and stabbed it straight downward.
The guy struggled violently for a while and then had no resurrection.
The remaining two people were so scared that they could no longer resist, so they turned around and ran away.
This reaction made Chen Qiu shake his head. He turned around a few steps, grabbed the flying axe on the ground, threw a punch, hit the escaped guy in the leg, and threw the knife in his hand to the three guys who came to help.
He said:
"The thiefs are already scared and dare not fight against the enemy. They have killed anyone, and they are unforgivable."
"Chase, chase after them and kill them!"
The guy was just as his blood was rising. Seeing that there was only one thief left, he howled and rushed out. The thief was already scared and his legs were weak. So how could he be the opponent of these strong guys?
Soon, two escaped guys were caught back.
Chen Qiu lit a bonfire in the bandit camp, and the escaped women were also collected.
Although this is a small hill, there are also wild beasts in the mountains. Let them run away so blindly, which is the end of feeding the wild beasts.
The kidnapped guys were helped by their companions and sat by the bonfire.
The thief wanted to ask for ransom with them, but it did not hurt them. However, being vented by anger was inevitable. A weaker person could not even walk and his hands were discounted. Naturally, the thief could not heal his injuries.
Chen Qiu helped him look at it, and he was afraid he would be disabled in the future.
Human life is like grass.
Chen Qiu sighed inwardly that the wealthy land in Jiangnan is also indispensable for bandits and bandits. The government’s administrative capabilities are not good enough, and it is a good player to oppress the people and gain benefits.
Of course, it is impossible for officers and soldiers to come to the mountains to suppress bandits for these guys.
If Chen Qiu hadn't arrived, the fate of these guys would probably not be very good.
The rescued guys were grateful to Chen Qiu and even wanted to kneel down to thank him, but Chen Qiu was supported by him. He sent the crying women to cook some food for everyone.
When I saw it was getting late again, I decided to spend the night in the mountains.
Seeing Chen Qiu showing great power with his own eyes, one man killed 8 bandits, so everyone naturally followed his leader and immediately went to prepare for the night.
Chen Qiu sat alone by the river, washed the knife and axe, washed the blood-stained coat paste, and then held the sword jade and entered the dream.
Before he fell asleep, he heard the woman screaming with hatred from the place where two bandits were tied behind him, and the bandits screaming like a night owl.
Those who were bullied should be taking revenge.
Chen Qiu sighed and ignored them.
Just two thieves, just die.
Those women may also have deep hatred. This time they were plundered and bullied. Even if they were rescued, with the atmosphere of this era, it would be difficult for them to return to normal life.
They definitely have enough reason to vent their anger.
In this era, the laws of nature are unfair and uncontrollable. Only by being harder can one live a comfortable life.
Chen Qiu fell into a dream. In the dream in front of him, the phantoms of the eight bandits were also listed. Chen Qiu couldn't raise the idea of dealing with them. These people had too poor methods and it would be useless even if they broke them.
Keeping them was still annoying, Chen Qiu continued to fight, grabbed a phantom's neck and carried him to the edge of the dream.
The edge of this dream is a blurry area like a rolling sand. Chen Qiu tried many times, but he could not step out, just like the map boundary.
He pushed the struggling bandit phantom in his hand out of the border. The phantom's blurred face was full of horror, but it was still like falling into mud and sand, swallowed up little by little in the struggle.
This is the first time Chen Qiu has done this kind of thing. Those black-clothed guards cherish the phantoms. Chen Qiu still has to practice martial arts with them, so naturally he cannot consume such nonsensical attempts.
After swallowing a phantom on the edge of the dream, Chen Qiu looked back and saw that the dream had not changed.
This disappointed him a little.
But when he returned to the center of the dream, he discovered that the phantom of Lei Ye who had been challenged once in front of him seemed to have condensed a little.
"This is...recharge!"
Chen Qiu widened his eyes.
Without saying a word, he threw all the remaining seven thief phantoms into the edge of his dream. Looking back, Lei Ye's phantom was as solid as before.
“Great kindness!”
Chen Qiu started to pat his hands and was overjoyed.
He discovered another way of using sword jade, which is gratifying.
This trip was not in vain!
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"Xiao Qiuer, this matter is done so beautifully!"
On the afternoon of the next day, Chen Qiu returned to Suzhou with the rescued friend, and immediately caused a small sensation in Luoyue neighborhood. In addition to a concern, Old Man Liu happily visited him.
As soon as he entered the door, he gave Chen Qiu a thumbs up, and he said:
"You have indeed obtained the true teachings of the old road. I heard from my friend that killing several people in a while is such a handsome kung fu."
"Shu Liu praised it, killing means are not considered a skill."
Chen Qiu asked Old Man Liu to sit in the chair. When the happy event happened, the old man in high spirits said a few compliments, then pulled out two silver notes from his sleeve and placed them in front of Shen Qiu.
"This is two hundred taels of silver, one hundred taels is the money for saving the ticket, and the other hundred taels is my thanks."
"Uncle Liu, what is this?"
Chen Qiu frowned and said:
"Everyone is a neighbor. When my master was alive, there was no such rule. You can just give 100 taels. This job is not very difficult. It is not in line with the rules for collecting so many."
"Oh, Xiao Qiuer, you are such a elm head."
Old Man Liu laughed and said:
"You know, what you said is not difficult, does it cost to collect at the Yi Family Escort Agency?"
Chen Qiu lost a questioning look, Old Man Liu stretched out two fingers, and he said in an exaggerated tone:
"Just paying someone alone will have 200 taels. If there is a loss in the stadium, you will have to add extra money. Including the rewards for red, there is nothing that can't be done with 300 taels."
“So expensive?”
Chen Qiu asked:
"This ordinary family in Suzhou spends only 20 taels of silver a year. It's just saving people, and the opponent is not a difficult person."
"It's big font size, that's it."
Old Man Liu was not dissatisfied with it. He shook his head and said:
"Although it's a bit unkind, it's really fair. No matter whether your opponent is a little thief or a thief in the world, it's all at this price.
A few years ago, outside Suzhou City, a group of thieves committed unjust things on Taihu Lake, and the government ordered the Yi family escort to deal with it.
I heard that the escort alone lost more than 30 people, but in the end, the final settlement was still the same price, just funeral pensions, and the rewards were more."
Old Man Liu had a good impression of Chen Qiu, so he persuaded:
"Xiao Qiuer, if you want to inherit the old family business and continue to work in the escort agency, you must learn from the Yi Family Escort Agency. Rules are rules, and rules cannot be messed up."
"Your master is so kind to the people. This escort agency has been open for many years, but it has not been in sight."
"Well, Uncle Liu is saying."
Chen Qiu received two silver notes and handed them over to the shopkeeper Qingqing to collect them. He thought about it and said to Old Man Liu:
"Uncle Liu, I'll ask you something."
"You said, Xiao Qiuer, we are not an outsider, just say something."
Old Man Liu agreed very simply.
"I want you to help me promote it on the neighbors."
Chen Qiu rubbed his fingers and said warmly:
"The escort business has just opened, and Qingqing and I are the only ones in the shop. I can't walk the escorts, so I can only find some other life. What I mean is that in this case, the neighbors' family members were killed by bandits and wanted to take revenge, etc."
"You always do it for me. As long as you are in this Suzhou land, as long as I can handle it, as long as you do not violate the ethics of heaven and earth, and do not violate the morality of the rivers and lakes, I will not refuse."
Old Man Liu widened his eyes and he dissuaded:
"Xiao Qiuer, this is a desperate business. You are still young and don't need money in a hurry. I advise you not to do this. Isn't it good to hire some people and walk the darts as peacefully as your master?"
"I'm a good deal, Uncle Liu."
Chen Qiu said softly:
"Since I have entered the world, I can't avoid bloody things. If I set foot on this road, I will go to the end."
Chapter completed!