The woman couldn't understand Chinese and didn't know what Chang Sheng said. She heard the villagers outside the house screaming and running. She became more and more anxious. She spoke quickly while raising her hand and pointing to the east. The general meaning was that the bad guys were here again. If they don't leave, it would be too late. .
Changsheng waved his hand and shook his head. His original intention was to tell the woman not to panic, but the woman misunderstood what he meant. She just thought that Changsheng wanted her to escape alone, so she ignored Changsheng's objection and reached out eagerly, trying to force Changsheng to carry her on her back.
This young woman had carried Chang Sheng on her back many times before. Being in bed for many days had already made Chang Sheng as skinny as a stick. She thought she could easily carry it on her back, but she did not expect that after a few times of exertion, Chang Sheng remained motionless as if taking root.
Seeing this, the woman turned around and looked at Changsheng doubtfully.
Chang Sheng did not speak, but leaned down and walked towards the door.
The woman looked at Chang Sheng in surprise, seeing Chang Sheng staggering as he walked. Knowing that he was weak and weak, she was secretly worried. Chang Sheng suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood. Seeing this, the woman felt worried and hurriedly stepped forward to help him.
Changsheng waved his hand at him, then frowned and looked around. It was noon, and the light outside the house was very dazzling. After staying in a dark environment for a long time, suddenly coming to the bright outdoors made his eyes feel uncomfortable.
At this time, the villagers were running away in panic to the west, and several thieves on horseback not far away to the east were chasing after them. Although the spiritual energy had begun to circulate on its own, the eyesight had not fully recovered, and the vision was still a little blurry. Until those few The thieves came close on horseback, and Chang Sheng discovered that they were actually wearing military uniforms. It turned out that these people were not bandits, but Silla soldiers.
Seeing Changsheng standing at the door, he did not run away in panic. The soldiers riding in front suddenly showed a fierce look on their faces, drew their swords in their hands, and were ready to kill.
Before the woman could rush out and pull him, the war horse had already rushed towards him. Chang Sheng calmly took action and killed the galloping war horse with just one punch.
The horse suddenly stopped and fell to the ground. The soldier on the horse immediately screamed and flew out. Before it could fall to the ground, Chang Sheng raised his hand to catch it, threw it to the ground, and kicked it again.
Seeing Chang Sheng kill a soldier in an understatement, the woman stared in shock, and then cried with joy.
At this time, other soldiers who broke into the village were chasing the villagers around. After trampling the soldier to death, Changsheng walked straight towards the nearby soldiers.
Seeing that Chang Sheng did not pick up the dead soldier's saber, the woman hurriedly picked up the long knife, quickly caught up with Chang Sheng, and stuffed the long knife into his hand.
Changsheng looked back at the woman. Because the light was very bright, he could vaguely see the woman's appearance. She must be about 27 or 28 years old. Her facial features are quite handsome. Judging from her figure, she must have given birth. She is a young woman. woman.
When Changsheng turned his head, a soldier nearby thought he had an opportunity and hurriedly shook his reins and urged his horse to rush towards him.
As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Although Changsheng is as skinny as a stick and has residual poison, he is more than enough to deal with these evil soldiers and bandits. He can kill them with a backhand knife.
There was also a Silla soldier nearby. Seeing Chang Sheng kill two of his accomplices in the blink of an eye, he was horrified and hurriedly shouted loudly, calling for the soldiers who came with him to come for reinforcements.
Although the soldier yelled, he did not dare to step forward, and Chang Sheng was not in a hurry to take action. He had just recovered his cultivation and needed time to recover and react, and also needed time to use his skills to force out the remaining poison that invaded his organs.
Not long after, soldiers scattered throughout the village arrived after hearing the sound. Changsheng counted roughly, there were sixteen people in total, and together with the two people he had killed, there were eighteen people in total. This was exactly the formation of a team.
The woman never escaped. Seeing the soldiers surrounding Changsheng, she couldn't help but feel nervous and frightened. But before her nervousness could spread throughout her body, Changsheng took action. After a moment of daze, all the cavalrymen fell to the ground and died, without exception. Different place.
After being stunned for a long time, the woman came back to her senses, ran to Changsheng and said something quickly.
Changsheng threw away the long knife, smiled at the woman, returned to the door, and sat down on the stone that served as a step in front of the door.
The woman was too excited before and forgot that Changsheng could not understand her own language. After reacting, she walked up to Changsheng and bowed repeatedly.
Changsheng waved his hand at him and turned to drink water. The woman understood and hurried into the house, and soon brought a ladle of cold water.
Changsheng took the water ladle and rinsed his mouth first, then drank the remaining cold water in one gulp.
After drinking a gourd, Changsheng handed the gourd back, indicating that he wanted more. The woman took it again, and Changsheng drank again.
After drinking the water, Changsheng asked the woman for the acupuncture bag left by the old doctor, and performed acupuncture and bloodletting. This time, his spiritual energy had begun to move on its own. With the stimulation of the spiritual energy, the poisonous blood no longer dripped slowly from the needle holes. It's a quick squirt.
Chang Sheng knew that he was very thin, but he did not expect that he would be as thin as this. He was really as skinny as a stick, and his appearance was like a withered body. If it weren't for the physique of Qi practitioners who are different from ordinary people, and they were so thin, their vitality would have been cut off long ago.
Changsheng was very hungry at this time. He saw bundles hanging on the saddles of some of the horses, so he went to look for them. He found a few pieces of bread and immediately chewed them. Seeing the woman nearby, he handed two pieces of bread to her. she.
The woman waved her hand but didn't take it. She looked at him and then at the soldier's corpse on the ground. Her eyes were very complicated, showing both endless resentment and strong worry.
Changsheng guessed what she was thinking, and since he couldn't communicate with words, he could only point to the corpses of the soldiers, and then patted his chest, indicating that he was there and she had nothing to fear.
The woman understood what he meant, her face softened slightly, and then she looked around to make sure there were no villagers nearby, then stepped forward to turn over the soldiers' corpses, searching them one by one, looking for silver coins.
While Changsheng was eating the noodles, he watched the woman looking for money from the corpse. The woman's clothes were shabby and her face was disheveled. It was obvious that she lived in embarrassment in her daily life. He couldn't imagine where such a poor woman could get such money. Many ginseng killed him.
The villagers were so afraid of these soldiers that they never came back after escaping. The woman put the silver and copper coins she found into a money bag, then came over and stuffed the money bag into Changsheng's hand.
Of course, Changsheng wouldn't take it, but the woman insisted on giving it to him. When he gave it, Changsheng suddenly remembered something. He must have been in bed for a long time because he was so thin. He wanted to determine how long he had been in bed.
Thinking of this, he pointed to the sun in the sky, then made a gesture of rising and setting sun, then took out a copper coin from his purse and put it into the water ladle beside him.
The woman was very smart and immediately guessed what he wanted to ask, so she took the money bag, took out the copper coins and put them into the water ladle.
The woman let go and counted the immortals. It wasn't until the woman put thirty copper coins into the water ladle that he reached out to stop her. Then he took the thirty copper coins out of the water ladle and put them back into the purse, and put in a piece of broken silver instead. Water scoop.
The woman understood, took out a few broken pieces of silver from her purse and put them into the water ladle one by one.
One piece, two pieces, three pieces, three pieces in total, and then the copper coins were put in, and there were five more.
Seeing this situation, Changsheng frowned instantly. He knew that he had been bedridden for a long time, but he didn't expect that he had been bedridden for more than three months.
He had just recovered from his serious injury. Although he had spiritual energy to support him, his body was still too weak. He sat outside for a while and then returned to the room to lie down and rest.
He was in bed before and was in a coma, but this time he was asleep. When he woke up, it was already evening. At this time, there were already people outside the house, and he could hear the breathing of everyone outside the house.
Seeing Chang Sheng turn over and sit up, the woman who was lighting a fire in front of the stove hurriedly came over and pointed to him outside the house, indicating that there was someone outside.
Changsheng nodded, then put on his shoes and went to the ground. His previous clothes were already riddled with holes. He was now wearing a gray cloth gown. He didn't know where the woman found it.
After going out, I found a group of villagers gathered outside the house, mostly old and weak women and children, few strong men, probably because they had been waiting for a long time. At this time, they were all sitting on the ground. When they saw him appear, everyone hurriedly stood up and thanked him in all directions.
Chang Sheng guessed that everyone was thanking him based on their tone and demeanor, rather than understanding everyone's language. He tried to speak a few words in Chinese, but everyone looked at each other, obviously they couldn't understand.
The woman walked out of the house, walked to the crowd, pulled out an old man with gray hair, and then made a writing gesture towards Changsheng.
When Chang Sheng saw this, he immediately understood that the old man could read. The woman pulled the old man into the house, took out the medicine box left by the old doctor, found pen and ink, and then gestured to indicate that the two of them could write and talk.
Changsheng then remembered his talisman-drawing instrument, but when he pointed to his left arm, the woman looked confused. Seeing this situation, Changsheng did not continue to explore. The talisman-drawing instrument stuck on his left arm was probably in the previous melee. Lost.
Changsheng wrote first and asked about the location. The old man wrote the answer, saying that the village was called Pingshan and it belonged to Gaoling County and Xiongchuan Prefecture.
Changsheng knew the location of Xiongchuan, which was located in the southeastern area of Taibai Mountain. It was not far from the area where Yinhu was located, no more than five hundred miles away.
Kirigakure Shinichi opened the Purple Qi Xuanmen very hastily that day. The group of Japanese pirates might have come to this village before, and Kirigakure Shinichi subconsciously thought of this place at the critical moment.
Then Changsheng asked what was going on with those soldiers, and the old man wrote a reply. It turned out that those soldiers were sent by the Silla royal court to the coast to resist Japanese pirates. There were two reasons why they broke into the village. First, Pingshan was located at the southern foot of Taebaek Mountain. This place is very suitable for the growth of ginseng, and most of the villagers are good at finding ginseng. The soldiers came here for ginseng.
Another reason is that Japanese pirates always invaded the border. The Silla court always blamed the border soldiers for being timid and incompetent. If these border soldiers could not defeat the Japanese pirates, they massacred the people and used the heads of the people to take credit.
Changsheng deeply sympathized with the villagers' plight, but this was Silla and he was wary of meddling in foreign affairs.
Seeing that Chang Sheng did not express his position, the woman beside him spoke eagerly, and the old man wrote and translated. He only said that the woman's husband and children had died at the hands of the soldiers, and the woman hoped that he could avenge her husband and children.
The woman said this, and Changsheng couldn't refuse. In fact, he had already guessed that the woman had nothing to ask for in helping him. The woman should have known that she knew martial arts, because if she didn't know martial arts, she wouldn't have so many scars on her body.
Seeing the woman and the old man looking at him eagerly, Chang Sheng looked solemn and nodded slowly...
