Liu Hong was filled with endless fear. She felt like there was a man-eating demon in the deep lake, climbing up to drag her down.
She screamed, begged, and called for help in terror, and fluttered desperately, using her arms to pull and hit the water with all her strength, but her body seemed to have been caught by the devil under the water. The more she fluttered and struggled, the more her body sank. The sooner.
Her strength soon ran out, and her body sank. Water covered her mouth and began to pour into her nose and mouth. The moment the water covered her eyes, she suddenly saw Li Hongyong standing on the shore with his hands behind his hands and a ferocious sneer on his face. She suddenly realized that the man-eating demon was not under the water, but on the shore.
Li Hongyong stood by the lake, looking at Liu Hong's frightened and desperate expression, struggling in vain, and his body slowly sank into the water. A ferocious smile slowly bloomed on his face, and he felt extremely happy in his heart. It seemed that it was not Liu Hong who sank into the lake and was about to drown, but Taoist Tianwu and Zhang Xiaozu.
Suddenly, a black figure flew from the northwest. It didn't stop when it reached the lake. It jumped towards the lake, grabbed the water with one hand, grabbed Liu Hong's shoulder, and slapped the lake with the other hand, and her body Take advantage of the force to fly.
There was a crash.
Liu Hong's body was lifted out of the water by the black figure's shoulders, and then she jumped onto the shore with the black figure.
"Zhang Xiaozu, you have gone too far!"
"I discipline the servants at home, is it your turn to intervene?"
"Get out of my way!"
When Li Hongyong saw Zhang Xiaopou suddenly coming out and saving Liu Hong, he became furious and roared at Zhang Xiaopou.
"Liu Hong?!" The black figure that suddenly appeared was Zhang Xiaopou. He heard the cry for help from a distance and rushed over. When he saw that the person he was saving was actually Liu Hong, who had been washing him not long ago, he couldn't help but lose his voice. exclaimed.
He ignored Li Hongyong and quickly laid Liu Hong flat on the ground, then pressed her abdomen from behind.
"Cough cough cough cough"
Fortunately, Liu Hong was not submerged for too long. Zhang Xiaozu squeezed the water out of her throat after pressing twice. She coughed and vomited one after another, and vomited out all the water that had been poured into her stomach.
"Zhang Xiaopeng, get out of my way! This cheap servant has violated the family rules, and I will punish her severely." Li Hongyong shouted angrily.
Zhang Xiaozu suddenly looked at Li Hongyong and shouted: "In broad daylight, you are looking down on human life, and you still speak so plausibly. Do you still have the law of heaven in your eyes?"
"Haha, it's so funny!" Li Hongyong sneered, pointed at Liu Hong and said: "She is a cheap maid who sold herself into the Li Mansion, and I am the master of the Li Mansion. According to the law of Dayu, I have the power of life and death over her, and even more What's more, she broke the family rules, so it is reasonable and legal for me to punish her. On the other hand, you are like a robber, occupying other people's mansions, plundering other people's wealth, and forcibly intervening in other people's family affairs. Do you have the laws of heaven and kings to control you? "
"" Zhang Xiaozu was rendered speechless by Li Hongyong's eloquent scolding.
"Master, save this slave!" Liu Hong hugged Zhang Xiaopou's arm and begged as if grasping a life-saving straw. With this hug, she turned sideways, revealing a bloody mess on her back, which was caused by Li Hongyong grabbing her hair and dragging her along.
Seeing that Zhang Xiaopeng was speechless by Li Hongyong, she became more and more panicked for fear that Zhang Xiaopeng would leave her alone. She explained eagerly: "Master, this slave did not violate the family rules. The master rewarded the slave with half a basin of water, but the maid wanted to put it away." Enter the water bag and drink slowly, but the seventh master insists that the slave has stolen the water from the house, and will throw the slave into the lotus lake and drown him. Wuwu, sir, the slave is unjust. Wuwu."
The more Liu Hong talked, the more aggrieved she became, and she burst into tears in the end.
"That half basin of water was indeed given to her by me. You have wronged her." Zhang Xiaozhu looked at Li Hongyong and said, "Although I don't understand Dayu's law, there is one thing I can be sure of. There must be an express provision in the law. , even if a person is sold into slavery, his master cannot kill him at will, because this is the most basic human ethics."
"Hey, I don't have the consciousness to be a robber."
"If you have time, you, the boss, need to train me more."
Niu Dawa, who came over later, stood aside and listened to Zhang Xiaozu and Li Hongyong arguing with each other. He couldn't help but sigh and shook his head, and reminded Zhou Jianlai beside him.
Zhou Jianlai nodded in deep agreement.
Li Hongyong saw Taoist Tianwu coming from the corner of his eye not far away. He did not dare to provoke this old thief who would kill people at the slightest disagreement, so he immediately rolled up his sleeves and snorted, turned around and left. He had walked far away, but the more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He was the seventh master of the Li family.
, in his own home, he couldn't even do anything to a lowly maid. He really couldn't swallow this tone, and couldn't help but curse in a low voice: "You lowly servant, after they leave, see how I torture you, you will die even if you want to." Difficult. Hum!”
His voice was very low, and he was talking harshly to himself, but Zhang Xiaozu had excellent ears and could hear clearly. Zhang Xiaozu immediately became furious, stood up suddenly and shouted at Li Hongyong who was walking away: "Go back and wash your neck and wait, I will kill you this afternoon!"
"Ha" Li Hongyong turned around and sneered when he heard this, and said, "I'll stay with you until the end!"
"Master, thank you for your life-saving kindness! I have nothing to repay in this life. I will work as a cow or a horse for you in the next life to repay you." Liu Hong knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhang Xiaopeng to express her gratitude.
Looking at Li Hongyong's back disappearing around the corner in the distance, Zhang Xiaozu felt helpless and sighed: "He's right, you are the maid of Li Mansion after all. I can protect you for a while, but I can't protect you for the rest of your life. Wait until we leave After that, I’m afraid he will still make things difficult for you.”
"Perhaps this is my life, I just accept it." Liu Hong said with a sad expression. The heart that was still secretly happy about saving a life just now became bleak again, and she felt like that tiny ant. , it is impossible to escape Li Hongyong’s clutches.
"It's not difficult to save her life." Zhou Jianlai said.
"Brother Zhou, what's the best plan?" Zhang Xiaozu asked.
"This is not simple. We just take her with us when we leave. How dare the Li family say 'no'?" Niu Dawa said.
"This is also a way." Zhou Jianlai nodded, "But it is best to find her deed of sale and ask the government to transfer her status from the Li Mansion, or directly cancel her status and give her a new one. She has a household registration. Otherwise, the Li family will always have a reason to cause trouble for her, and it is legal. Moreover, if the escaped maidservant is captured, she will be directly deprived of her lowly status and demoted to a slave. "
Zhou Jianlai obviously knew more about this kind of thing than the two of them.
"It's so troublesome." Niu Dawa scratched his head after hearing this. Zhang Xiaopou also frowned, dealing with the government. The Li family was a local gangster. They were unpopular outsiders. Thinking about it, he knew it would be difficult to deal with.
"Actually, it's not troublesome." Zhou Jianlai suddenly raised a smirk and said, "Go to the treasure house to find a priceless treasure, and in front of the Li family, ask them to cancel her low-level household registration and change her to a civilian household registration. , otherwise just throw the baby to them, and they will definitely obey."
"Hey, that's a good idea." Niu Dawa said.
"Just do as Brother Zhou said." Zhang Xiaozu nodded.
"Thank you three young masters for your kindness! Thank you three young masters for your kindness." Liu Hong heard the conversation between Zhang Xiaozu and the others. She was so excited that her cheeks were bloodshot and her whole body was shaking. She thanked them and kowtowed to Zhang Xiaozu and the others.
"Get up." Zhang Xiaozu helped Liu Hong up and said, "You go back and take care of the injury on your back first. We will help you with other matters. Go ahead."
"Slave, please leave."
Liu Hong's back was dripping with blood, but she was so happy that she almost jumped back to the small courtyard where she lived. Looking at the wooden basin that fell to the ground at the entrance of the courtyard, the corners of her mouth curled up involuntarily. , bent down to pick up the wooden basin, and decided to treasure it, because it brought her a turning point in fate.
When she walked to the door of the room, she suddenly heard a low cry in the room. She hurriedly opened the door and went in. Sure enough, she saw someone covering her face and crying. It was her good sister Liu Lu. The two of them entered the house at the same time, so There is only one word missing from the reward's name.
She saw Liu Lu wrapped up in a thin quilt and huddled in the corner of the bunk wall, burying her head between her knees and sobbing. She also saw her hair was fluffy and messy. She thought of Li Hongyong appearing in their maid's yard, and her heart suddenly changed. He had a bad guess and regardless of the injury on his back, he put down the tub and ran over to ask urgently what happened.
Liu Lu looked up and saw her, and she immediately cried even more aggrieved and desolately.
Liu Hong asked twice more, and then Liu Lu choked up and told her tragic experience.
It turned out that she was responsible for serving Li Hongyong last night, but was abused by Li Hongyong. She ran back in messy clothes in the middle of the night, and no one dared to say anything. She was scared this morning, so she didn't dare to help Li Hongyong get up and wash up. Unexpectedly, Li Hongyong found this place. Seeing that there was no one in the yard, he abused her again and warned her not to talk nonsense, otherwise he would throw her into the lotus. Drowned in the lake.
"Beast! Beast! He will not die well!" Liu Hong cursed loudly, but she was powerless and could only hug Liu Lu and cry.
"Sister, what should I do? Sooner or later, this matter will be exposed by the elder of the seventh room.
If grandma knew, she would throw me into the Lotus Lake and drown me. Woo woo"
"My poor sister, why is your life so miserable?"
"Sister, my stomach hurts and I feel so cold."
"Let me see. Ah" Liu Hong opened a corner of the thin quilt and looked at Liu Lu's lower body. She saw a pool of bright red blood on the bed under her buttocks. She was so frightened that she screamed and hurriedly supported Liu Lu. Lu asked her to lie down, then took out a small medicine bottle from under the mat of his bed, poured out a green pill, thought about it, and poured out the remaining pill, and ran over to give Liu Lu After taking it, he ordered: "Lie down and don't move. I'll boil hot water for you. Don't sleep. Don't sleep."
After saying that, he rushed out of the door with the wooden basin and ran towards the kitchen.
…
Taoist Tianwu and Zhang Xiaozu had breakfast, and a group of four people came to the martial arts training ground.
Zhang Xiaozu and the others thought about the miserable experience of being beaten alive by Taoist Tianwu yesterday afternoon, and they all trembled involuntarily when they stepped into the door of the martial arts training ground.
Taoist Tianwu did not rush to train the three of them, but let them get familiar with their new bodies first. In fact, the three of them noticed the changes in their bodies as soon as they woke up this morning, but they didn't have time to feel them carefully. When they heard the instructions from Taoist Tianwu, they immediately felt them carefully.
Zhang Xiaozu ran quickly along the track of the competition ground, making various attack movements at the same time. He was pleasantly surprised to find that his strength and speed had increased greatly, and his body's coordination ability had been significantly improved. He used Hantan The dance steps are more rounded and natural.
Zhou Jianlai and Niu Dawa's feelings were much stronger than Zhang Xiaozhu's, because Zhang Xiaozhu's body had already eliminated impurities and toxins. When Zhou Jianlai was practicing in his family, although he often used medicinal baths to eliminate body impurities, compared with Tianwu Dao, The medicated bath prepared by a human being, coupled with the massage of the power of the stars, the medicated baths he had in the family were not worth mentioning at all, but this was Niu Dawa’s first medicated bath to detoxify impurities and detoxify.
The two of them only felt that their bodies were much lighter, and every pore on their bodies seemed to be stretched and breathing fresh air. At the same time, each joint was as smooth and smooth as if it had been oiled, and their toughness and dexterity were qualitatively improved. The entire body became stronger and more compact, and the strength and speed almost doubled. It felt as if the three battle gates had been forcibly widened.
For Zhang Xiaozhu and Niu Dawa, who had rapidly improved their cultivation due to a great opportunity, the changes in their bodies and the increase in combat power really surprised them, but they were not overly excited because they were so excited about this kind of thing. The speed of lifting was almost numb.
But Zhou Jianlai was different. This was the first time he felt such a flying speed, and the shock in his heart was indescribable. He has been practicing hard for more than ten years since he was a child, and the results of his training are almost not as good as the improvement that Taoist Tianwu brought to his body in one afternoon and one night. This feeling is both shocking and lonely, a feeling that ten years of hard work has been negated.
Of course, it's more of a surprise and ecstasy, because this is his big opportunity, not anyone else's.
After less than half an hour, seeing that the three of them were almost familiar with each other, Taoist Tianwu called them to him, handed Zhou Jianlai a long sword he took from the weapon rack, and said: "Come, stab me with one sword, and bring thunder. That kind of thing. I have suppressed my cultivation to the same level as you."
Zhou Jianlai took the sword and saluted, "Senior, I'm offended."
After saying that, he took two steps back. His sword was in the air, and its blade buzzed, as if he couldn't wait to strike.
"The fifth form of the Thunder Sword, blue waves and clear sky, a bolt from the blue!"
As Zhou Jianlai's voice sounded, lavender lightning fell from the sky, focusing on his body and sword, and then he suddenly drew his sword towards the Tianwu Taoist not far away in front of him.
"It has been cultivated into Purple Thunder, not bad, not bad!" Taoist Tianwu nodded in appreciation, then his eyes narrowed, and he shouted: "I just don't know how to use it, it's a pity, it's a pity."
He stretched out his right hand, put his thumb and middle finger together, and flicked one finger towards the tip of Zhou Jianlai's sword.
The two collided together, and a dazzling white light appeared at Taoist Tianwu's fingertips. Along with a low thunder, the dazzling white light exploded quickly in an instant, with violent lightning and thunder, directly hitting Zhou Jianlai's sword and people were swallowed up.
boom!
Zhou Jianlai flew backwards and fell to the ground. His body was twitching and there were wisps of white smoke, as if he had been struck by thunder.
"" Zhang Xiaozu and Niu Dawa cast sympathetic glances at Zhou Jianlai and quietly took a step back. They felt that Taoist Tianwu was too dangerous and it was best to stay away.
