In the dilapidated house, Ning Ke and Lin Manliu were facing each other. As they looked at each other, neither party immediately expressed their thoughts. In this way, the whole house fell into a brief silence.
The young man put his sword and package at his feet, sat down again, looked at the silent scholar in front of him, and was about to raise his hands to salute and say his final farewell.
"Why do you want to go back... You have come all the way from Juzhou to see the rebellion of the Slaughter Evil Sect, haven't you seen it... Even if you go, what will happen? Besides, you also said that you have a master in your hometown. Sitting in charge, there are also masters and uncles in the villa to take care of you... What else do you need to do back home..." Ning Ke said.
"It is precisely because I have seen all these chaos that I need to go back and tell the villa what I have done and what I have seen as soon as possible, so that no more people can suffer from the cholera of this evil-slaying sect again..." Lin Man Liu sighed. He knew that Ning Ke was just worried about his safety at this time, and felt that the idea of him returning south was not worth it.
"...What about you! Don't you know...the people in the Fengxue Grand View Tower hate you to the core, and that Elder Hua wants to cut you into pieces? Even so, Do you still want to go back?" Ning Ke was silent for a moment, thinking of the reason for fleeing north, and immediately said, this was probably what she considered the last reason at this time.
"Similarly, if I really leave, even if the Tue Evil Sect rebellion is quelled... there will still be hatred between Yijian Villa and Fengxue Grand View Tower, and it's unknown when it will break out. ..This matter requires me to send a letter back to the village as soon as possible to inform the owner of the village, Mr. Mo, and the old liar..." Lin Manliu put his hands on his knees and looked at Ning Ke solemnly.
The scholar fell into silence, without any words to dissuade him. He stood up and walked towards the courtyard door. When she reached the courtyard door of the house, she pushed open the door that was previously ajar with one hand, then turned to look at the young man behind her and spoke. Said: "Then everyone will go their separate ways from now on. The grace of saving lives in the Sword Valley has been repaid...".
Listening to Ning Ke's words, Lin Manliu lowered his head, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, how many times of help he received in exchange for the kindness of his life. To say that he should repay it... he should have repaid it long ago... But how should we talk about these things now... Then there was a sound of closing the door, causing the young man to quickly look up at the courtyard door. Ning Ke had already left?
Lin Manliu immediately stood up and walked out, but after going out, Ning Ke's figure was nowhere to be seen. At the wooden fence of the courtyard gate, only the boy's little yellow horse was left... On the dirt beside Xiao Huang's body, There were also some faint marks of horseshoes... Looking around, he couldn't see the direction in which Ning Ke was going. The young man sighed. Ning Ke was superior to him in both movement and martial arts. Even if he didn't go far, he just wanted to go. Hidden, naturally you can't find it no matter what.
Lin Manliu had no choice but to walk back to the house, put on the two swords neatly, then put the baggage back on the belly of the little yellow horse, looked at the house again, then got on the horse and headed south.
...The young man who traveled south finally found a village after traveling for more than ten miles. In the vast mountains and forests, he finally saw a little smoke from cooking. He calculated that it was almost time for dinner. Lin Manliu decided to rest for a while at a tea stall outside the village, buy some dry food, and then hit the road.
He had just tied Xiao Huang to a tree stump outside the tea stall, and could vaguely hear the chatter coming from the tea stall.
It looks like a few mountain men who have nothing to do here are chatting about their recent experiences...
"Have you heard? The south is almost in chaos... Let me tell you, these Jianghu sects have to deal with trivial matters on a daily basis, but when chaos arises, they don't let the officials get involved in control... If you really give them the ability...if you send those people north, they will have to live with their heads down?!"
"Please keep your voice down! We are not far from the south here... Usually there are some reckless people who travel here. If they listen, they must not beat your mouth to pieces!"
"What are you afraid of! It's not like you haven't seen it. The south has been in chaos since then. Look! Look! There are many more officials in our village. They are here!"
Listening to the chatter of these people, Lin Manliu roughly understood where he was now. In the past seven days... it seemed that he had really traveled a lot. The young man thought about it and walked into the tea stall. He had been chatting earlier. Those people noticed that someone suddenly walked into the tea stall. When they took a closer look, they saw that they were carrying swords on their backs, and they immediately stopped talking.
"Look... what you're talking about... it's really unlucky!" Someone looked sideways at Lin Manliu's voice and added in a low voice.
"Looks like this... doesn't look like those self-righteous high-level disciples... he can't be a savage from the mountain village..." The person who first spoke answered the question and began to look at the young man carefully.
Lin Manliu didn't have time to pay attention to the gossip of these people. He asked the tea stall owner for some tea and pancakes, then walked back to Xiao Huang, squatted next to the tree stump, and started to eat dry food. In just a few mouthfuls, he finished it. , wrapped the remaining pancakes and put them into the baggage on the horse's back.
After finishing everything, I was about to get on my horse and continue on my way. Suddenly there was the sound of horse hooves behind me, followed by a cry: "Who is coming!".
The young man looked for the sound and found that behind him were three horsemen rushing towards him. On the back of the horse, they were all covered in armor. They were Yanyang soldiers!
Seeing the man in front of the horse looking at him, Lin Manliu stopped getting on the horse. He knew that the person these people were calling must be him, this alien who suddenly appeared in the North.
"I don't know what the three generals are talking about..." the young man raised his hands and asked the three of them.
"Little baby, I see you are still young, but you have been carrying a sword at your side!" The soldier who was slightly behind suddenly shouted.
"I traveled with my master before in the mountains and rivers... I lost my way in the mountains a few days ago... I lost my way with my brothers... I just ended up here... I hope you generals can forgive me..." The young man heard the scolding. , as if he was frightened out of his wits, his whole body was shaken first, and then he explained hesitantly.
"Go back to the south?" the leader of the soldiers said.
"Well... I've been searching for a few days... but to no avail... Maybe the brothers and sisters have returned first..." Lin Manliu carefully looked at the three people sitting on the horse and responded timidly.
"Then go quickly and don't hinder me from waiting for official duties!" The soldier continued to speak. As he spoke, he raised his arm and waved towards the south, signaling the young man to leave here as soon as possible.
"Thank you, generals... I'll leave now... I'll leave now..." After the young man finished speaking, he didn't even dare to get on his horse. He led his little yellow horse and immediately headed towards the southern mountain road.
Before Lin Manliu had gone far, there was another subtle sound behind him. If others were not able to hear what was being said.
"Brother... The brothers just received the news and hurriedly notified us... Why don't you take something from that little kid? No matter how shabby the sword is, if you exchange it for money, you can let the brothers in This place where birds don't poop, how many days will it be comfortable!" It was the soldier standing at the rear who was whispering to the man in front of him.
The leader just hummed, and then seemed to say: "I don't see many people with too many eyes..." Lin Manliu couldn't hear what he said after that, but the words of these Yanyang soldiers He had already guessed most of his ideas. The mountain road ahead might be a little difficult.
The young man rode his horse through the forest, passing through many bushes of flowers. As he went deeper and deeper into the forest, the smoke and smoke that suddenly appeared before faded away. After walking for about two miles, the red sun began to appear on the sky. Slanting to the west, under the setting sun, the shadows reflected were extremely long, almost covering the trees beside the mountain road.
Lin Manliu arrived at a corner of the mountain road and raised the reins with one hand. Xiao Huang then stopped and took him to the young man's side to continue giving orders. The young man turned and looked into the dense forest behind him, as if waiting for something... Seeing that there was no sound and the forest was almost silent, the young man shouted: "If I don't come out again! I'm really going to leave!".
Before Lin Manliu could continue to look around, the three cavalry figures appeared behind the tree trunks. The Yanyang soldier who had previously called Lin Manliu to move faster began to look at the young man with an appraising look.
"I can't tell you, kid, but you still have some eyesight... It seems that you are no longer a chick. The one who came to the road handed over the valuables on you and your two swords, and let you go back to the south. !" The soldier shouted.
How could the young man, who had long expected this outcome, be afraid of these people's threatening words. Lin Manliu turned the horse's head and looked at the three people. At the same time, he held the reins tightly with one hand and Shanye Xing at the waist with the other hand. He looked at where the three people were and said aloud: "Since I can call the three eldest brothers to come out, that's it. After thinking about what to do next, don’t waste any more words...just take it if you want it!”
Seeing that the young man who had been submissive in front of the three of them before was actually looking at them with such an attitude, almost ignoring the three of them, the soldier on the far left gritted his teeth and pulled out his horse. The blade of the knife was lifted, and then he shouted loudly: "Yellow-haired boy, give me your life, grandpa!".
The man on Lin Manliu's side drew out the blade, and when the horse charged forward, there was also a movement. Shan Yexing unsheathed it instantly, and then the young man patted the horse's belly with his right hand, and the whole person bounced up from the back of the little yellow horse. He jumped in the air, waved his mountain wild skills and rushed towards the soldier.
The weapons in the hands of the two men collided with each other in just a few breaths. The young man hit the soldier's horse several times. There were many trees in the forest here. Unless the horses compete with each other, there is actually no increase in the number of horses. There were too many chances of winning, and it was because of this that Lin Manliu chose to let Xiao Huang retreat first, intending to use the trees around him to block the opponent.
While Lin Manliu and the soldier were fighting, the other two knights did not make any move. It seemed that the soldier at the head wanted to take this opportunity to find out whether the young man was real or not, but he was just watching from the sidelines, and there was no sign of any action. .
As time passed, under the setting sun, the outcome of the duel between the two men gradually became clear. The young man who gave up his horse to fight the enemy still had a steady pace and sword, but the Yanyang soldier sitting high on the horse was actually Sweat was dripping from his forehead, and the long knife in his hand began to feel weak after several previous slashes.
After another round of sword fighting between the two, the Yanyang Soldier retreated on his horse. As soon as he got away from the young man holding the sword in front of him, he began to gasp. He looked at the young man strolling in the forest. , as if seeing the strange spirit hidden in the mountains and forests.
He won't be tired...
