The straw-shoe boy often delivers letters home to Taoye Lane on Fulu Street these days. The concierge of almost every household knows this messenger, so it does not seem out of place. In addition, the boy looks calm and trots along the bluestone street as usual. Even if a pedestrian sees it, they won't take it seriously. Chen Ping'an was approaching the door of a house. There was a stone gandan in front of the door to suppress evil. It was half a man tall and looked like a military general. Chen Ping'an knew that this was the mansion of the Li family. On Fulu Street, where there was great wealth, almost Every household has different ways to ward off evil spirits. Even the door gods posted on the door are divided into civil and military ones, so it is easy to tell them apart.
He quickly looked around and continued to move forward. Beyond the Song family was the Song family. After the Song family was the Kiln Supervisor Office. On the outer wall of the junction of the adjacent mansions of the Li and Song families, There is a locust tree growing with old trunks and luxuriant branches. Although it cannot compare with the vicissitudes of the old locust tree in the town, it is still impressive at first sight.
In the mouths of the older generation, this locust tree and the towering old locust tree in the center of the town are said to be of the same origin. That tree is called the ancestral locust tree, and the one in front of the young man is called the ancestral locust tree. Called Zisunhuai.
The reason why Chen Ping'an came to the Li family and not the Lu family in the small town where Lu Zhengchun lived was that when the boy left the government office, the old steward who was seeing him off had some gossip about the parents' quarrels, intentionally or unintentionally. , what is the reading seed of the Zhao family on this street, Zhao Yao has left the town, and is destined to be the number one scholar in the future as a high official. Why is there a young lady from the Song family next door, who is old enough to get married, and can't even be a female celebrity? , only likes to wield swords and guns, how does she look like a rich lady? Do you think it is funny or not? The old man told a lot of trivial anecdotes, mixed with a trivial piece of news. A distinguished guest had just arrived at the Li family residence. The little girl was as beautiful as a piece of royal porcelain. From now on, only other girls She must be a handsome beauty, and I don’t know which family will be lucky enough to have such a daughter-in-law in the future.
On the way out of the back hall of the government office, the young man who only listened but did not speak at first walked very slowly intentionally or unintentionally, and was always carefully observing the building layout of the government office, and finally asked a few questions occasionally. As a digression, it was like a pauper who was curious about the wealth of those wealthy families. The old manager kept talking about everything. He used the Song family next door and the Li family further away as examples to tell the young man about the layout of the courtyards and various rules of the wealthy families.
The young man knew the real intention of the steward.
It’s just that Chen Pingan never wanted to act according to their wishes from beginning to end.
At this time, Chen Pingan was jogging slowly along the street. When he saw no one around, he suddenly exerted his strength, accelerated his pace suddenly, ran straight towards the old locust tree, jumped up, and It took four consecutive steps up the tree trunk before there were any signs of falling. But at that time, the strong young man had reached out enough to grab a branch of the locust tree. In an instant, the young man who was as nimble as an ape in the mountains sat down. He stood up firmly on a branch that stretched out, and continued to climb forward. In the blink of an eye, Chen Pingan was squatting on a sloping locust branch, which was as high asThe boy's body was hidden behind the gloomy locust leaves on the two-foot-high courtyard wall. He held his breath and squinted his eyes, not in any hurry to sneak in.
On the way back to the town from the covered bridge with Ning Yao, Chen Pingan asked many questions.
For example, how fast can the Zhengyang Mountain old ape run and how high can he jump under normal circumstances on the boundary of a small town? How tough is his body? What kind of iron-clad body is he? If I hit him with a punch, it would be like scratching an old ape's itch. Then if I use a slingshot or a wooden bow, how much damage would it cause at a distance of twenty steps and forty steps respectively? Does the so-called "immortal" like the old ape from Zhengyang Mountain have fatal flaws, such as his eyes, crotch, and throat? If my opponent tries his best to kill even though he is injured, will I definitely die?
At that time, Ning Yao was almost asked by the boy and only wished that he was not deaf and mute.
According to the girl in black, whether it is a Qi practitioner or a pure martial artist, the more advanced a practitioner is, the greater the pressure will be on this place, just like an iron cavalry who can only defend the gate. , all supported by a continuous breath, once you open your mouth, you will be hurt like seawater pouring back. Imagine facing a strong flood, and then you try to open a small opening in the embankment?
But in the end, Ning Yao’s conclusion was that if the young man and the old ape from Zhengyang Mountain fought against each other, Chen Ping’an had no chance of winning.
In the shade of the locust tree, the young man had firm eyes and a cold face, and muttered silently: "Don't let the old ape get closer than ten steps. Ten steps, at least keep this distance."
< p>Ning Yao said that as long as the old ape doesn't jump over the wall in a hurry, he has a chance to survive.But Chen Pingan replied that he had to force the old ape to kill him, otherwise it would be meaningless.
The old ape of Zhengyang Mountain must be forced to get angry and make the old ape use the true energy in his body to truly destroy the cultivation he has accumulated over thousands of years. Maybe the old ape thinks that he and The lives of people in small towns like Liu Xianyang are not valuable at all, but Chen Ping'an wants to know if the old ape will feel distressed when he sees those disappearing cultivation practices, and whether he still thinks it is worth anything.
Of course, the premise of everything is that you don't want to be punched to death by someone who meets you.
The young man looked down at the people in the mansion passing through the corridors and murmured: "Even if you can't run away, you must take a few more punches."
Chen Ping'an simply didn't He never thought about killing the old ape, let alone that he could survive.
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In the Li family mansion, the little girl from Zhengyang Mountain, as the granddaughter of the ancestor of the Tao family, was worshiped as a Bodhisattva by the entire Li family. In addition to arranging many first- and second-class maids in other courtyards, the Li family is a young girl with clean hands and feet. The most important thing is that they know their roots and have a clean life experience. They may have been loyal to the Li family since their ancestors.
This villa is located in the middle and is not close to Fulu Street.
The little girl’s name is Tao Zi, nicknamed Taozi.She is the pistachio of the sword immortal ancestors of Zhengyang Mountain. Of course, it is not because of her innocent and cute appearance, but because of her future swordsmanship, she is qualified to allow Zhengyang Mountain to invest massive resources at any cost.
For the past five hundred years, Tao Zi’s four things, including her foundation, talent, temperament and luck, have been ranked among the best among the ancestors of the major peaks of Zhengyang Mountain in the past. To put it simply, she is a little girl. Tao Zi will be a magical being with a very long board but no shortcomings.
This is truly a once-in-a-century event, not just a polite compliment.
The little girl is now alone in a completely unfamiliar place without the old ape who can move mountains. It is not to say that she is afraid of strangers or has stage fright. She is just a little bored and a little regretful. Listening to Grandpa Ape’s tone, There seems to be no way to move a mountain from here. This made the little girl very discouraged. When she entered the fifth level of middle school, Sister Su from Zhengyang Mountain was given a mountain peak as a gift by her ancestor, which became Sister Su’s private territory. That mountain peak was none other than Grandpa Ape. After traveling thousands of miles, he personally carried it back to Zhengyang Mountain and placed it in the northeast of Zhengyang Mountain. Although it was not big, the little girl had always been envious of it.
She felt that the study was a little stuffy, so she walked to the main hall, put her hands behind her back, and looked up at the plaque in an old-fashioned way for a long time.
The little girl was always followed by two pretty maids. One of them was discovered by the Li family to have a good talent since she was a child, so she was specially trained to become a martial arts practitioner and achieved some success. In fact, for the direct descendants of the Li family, this kind of behavior is no different from raising flowers, birds, fish and insects. It is not that they hope that the girl will become a martial arts master in the future. Within the high walls of a wealthy family, it is not uncommon for slaves to bully their masters, not to mention the fact that the slaves and servants have too high a vision and have too much potential, which may not be a good thing for the inheritance of the next generation of the family.
The little girl walked to the gate and jumped around in the yard. She did not leave the yard without authorization and make things difficult for her servants. Grandpa Yuan had reminded her that people from Fenglei Garden had also arrived in the town, and she should not leave the compound until he settled things. Although the little girl is young, she has been exposed to the treacherous and dangerous clouds of the mountains since she was a child, and her upbringing is extremely strict, so she is not the kind of naughty child who makes her elders worry.
The bored little girl finally lay down on the stone table. There was a birdcage on the table, which contained a bird that seemed to be called a snake eagle. Its head was drooped, sickly, and its feathers were gray. Bu Liuqiu, not good-looking at all. No matter how much the little girl teased her, the snake-catching eagle ignored her, so she also found it boring. Now she really has nothing to do, so she blows at the flat-haired beast. Play with whistles.
In the cage are two porcelain bird food jars privately made by Li Jialong Kiln. They are small and exquisite. One is simple and elegant for water, and the other is bright for food.
It’s just that after the snake eagle was captured, it has been almost two days without water or rice.
In small towns, snake eagles are rarely caught. Occasionally, whether they are young chicks or adult snake eagles, they all starve to death without exception.
It can’t be fed no matter what, let alone become a falcon for people to drive.
When the little girl who whistled saw that the snake eagle still didn't respond, she finally lost her patience, stood up, turned around and left.
A loud bang.
A bird food can in the birdcage was violently shattered.
The little girl was stunned for a moment, and then almost instinctively grabbed a tall maid and asked her to stand in front of her.
The tall and plump maid felt as if her wrists were tightly tightened by iron wires, and she almost screamed in pain.
On the other hand, the shorter maid with sharp eyes immediately stood in front of the little girl and quickly looked around.
The second bird food can in the cage exploded again, like firecrackers on the table.
"There is an assassin on the roof of Qingxinyuan!" The maid, who was accomplished in martial arts, finally captured the figure this time. There was a half-crouching figure on the roof of the courtyard next door.
The maid started to run. The wall of the courtyard was not high, so she stepped up. After grabbing the edge of the wall with both hands, she quickly climbed up the wall with her superior physical strength.
For a moment, she was in trouble. This villa was not far from Qingxinyuan across the street, but the assassin was on the roof of the main building of Qingxinyuan, and Qingxinyuan was close to Fulu Street. It was easy for him to Just climb over the wall and get out. So she made a decision almost instantly. Instead of jumping off the wall and running towards the Qingxin Courtyard, she ran along the wall and jumped onto the roof of her own courtyard. During this period, the maid always paid attention to the assassin's sneak attack.
Strangely enough, the assassin neither hindered her steps nor had any intention of retreating immediately.
There is about three feet of distance between the eaves of the two courtyards.
While staring at the movements of the assassin, the maid quietly retreated on the eaves. Finally, she took a deep breath quickly and prepared to run.
The maid was shocked. The assassin confronting her was actually a thin young man wearing shabby clothes? !
The young man had two small bags tied around his waist. There was no murder weapon in his hand, so it must have been hidden. The maid thought it was most likely a slingshot.
She was also very confused. If she had been hit on the head, she would not say that she would be killed on the spot, but she would definitely be seriously injured. With the almost terrifying accuracy of the young man, she deliberately smashed the bird food cans twice. Do you really think you can’t shoot yourself or the little girl from Zhengyang Mountain?
In the yard, the little girl said angrily: "Idiot! Be careful of the plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain! Come back quickly!"
It is of course important to catch the assassin and torture him to extract a confession, but in case of accidents, it is important to keep the Life is more important.
After the little girl let go of the tall maid's arm, she raised her palm and slapped the frightened girl awake, "And you, hurry up and report the news! Do you know, if I If you die, everyone in your house will die!"
The maid on the roof did not jump into the yard immediately;She shouted loudly, "There is an assassin!"
Then she started running wildly, jumping off the edge of the eaves, and then she began to leap towards the roof of Qingxinyuan opposite.
Based on the maid's series of climbing and running movements, the assassin boy roughly judged her arm strength, leg strength and strength. He squatted down and picked up two tiles, threw them out with his right hand, and hit the girl's head. The girl in the air subconsciously crossed her arms to block the attack in front of her head, and then hit her with two bangs, which caused the maid to have a bone-chilling pain. The force was far beyond the maid's imagination, and her forward momentum was suddenly severely hindered. , just when she regretted being brave.
The maid who had barely landed on the opposite eaves was punched in the abdomen, causing her to fall backwards.
It was just that the assassin grabbed an ankle inexplicably. After a slight pause, the young man let go.
The maid did not land safely, but at least she was not seriously injured.
Her whole head was a mess.
The young man kept looking at his surroundings from the corner of his eye. When he noticed black spots appearing around him, he turned around and ran away.
The speed is fast, the pace is big, and the rhythm is good, especially when combined with the right breaths and exhalations. If the maid could see it, she would definitely think that the young man was just like her, having practiced martial arts for many years. I have been immersed in it for a long time, and I am definitely not a layman.
The figure of the young man on the roof quickly disappeared, like a light bird, a snake-catching eagle emerging from its cage.
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About a stick of incense later, the burly old man hurried back to the Li family mansion, full of murderous intent.
From Li Hong, the head of the Li family, to the maids in other courtyards, everyone did not dare to breathe, especially the martial arts maid, who was kneeling on the ground, her cheeks were extremely red and swollen, and the maid said nothing. , not daring to show any resentment.
After seeing the old man, the little girl, who was already in a calm mood, sighed, shook her head and lectured: "Grandpa Yuan, the people in the Li family seem to be a bunch of trash. How dare you entrust me to Where are they?"
The mountain monkey knelt down on one knee, still taller than the little girl. The white-haired old man said guiltily: "Miss, the old slave was wrong."
The old man. Turning his head, he said in a deep voice: "Li Hong!"
The head of the Li family in the small town was well versed in the orthodox elegant language of East Aquarius Island. It happened that the words of the Zhengyang Mountain monk were like this. This man was a famous person in the family. The man who spoke Jiuding could only apologize with a wry smile: "This time it is indeed my Li family's fault, which cannot be shied away from. According to the information we have obtained so far, it is a young man who is probably not a practitioner. The government office has not yet He didn't give any useful information, he just said that he would send more capable people to guard the house day and night."
Tao Zi thought for a moment and said, "It's not like the assassin came to kill me."< /p>
Then he added, "At least not today."
The head of the Li family's heart, which was about to drop, immediately settled in his throat again.
Bai Yuan frowned and asked: "Is that young man thin and dark-skinned, about this height?"height. Well, and wearing straw sandals? "
The maidservant kneeling on the ground nodded vigorously.
Bai Yuan grinned, with sinister eyes, "Good guy! It turned out to be a demonstration and provocation!
He waved his hands and said: "Don't get involved in this matter. I know the identity of the assassin. He is an ordinary boy from Mud Bottle Alley." "
The little girl whispered: "Grandpa Ape, don't take it lightly.
The mountain-moving ape hesitated for a moment, stood up and told the head of the Li family: "Then let the government office take out a household file to the Li family's house, and bring the eighteenth generation of the young man's ancestors to the Li family's house." After checking all the details, the number of manpower to guard this courtyard is easy to be fine but few, not easy to be miscellaneous but large!
The old man quietly increased his tone and sneered: "Li Hong, I advise you to bring out your Dinghai Shenzhen who is stationed here. Don't take things seriously. My young lady is really going to be here." Three long and two short, even I, an old beast in your eyes, can't bear it. How can you, the partial Li family, bear it? "
The head of the Li family quickly bowed and apologized, and said in fear: "Ancestor Ape, this is destroying the Li family. "
The mountain guarding ape of Zhengyang Mountain fell into deep thought and murmured: "Is that boy from Fengleiyuan taking the opportunity to provoke? Or is it the plan of Song Changjing of the Yamen Office?
The old man finally shook his head, thinking it was ridiculous, "No matter who encouraged him to die, you don't know how to find a better pawn to cross the river." A little grasshopper with only a few ounces of meat stuck between his teeth? That's fine. I'm worried that I don't have a chance to kill anyone. This is a good reason. I'll just kill the dirtbag in Mud Bottle Alley first, and then I'll take care of you, the little bastard from Fengleiyuan.
The old man smiled at the little girl and said, "Miss, I will definitely help you clean up the mess this time. There will definitely be no more accidents." ”
The little girl smiled brightly and raised her fist to boost the morale of the Zhengyang Mountain guardian ape.
Before leaving, the old man looked at the head of the Li family, who He smiled bitterly and said: "I will go and invite our ancestors to come out and personally serve as Miss Tao's personal bodyguard. ”
The old man nodded and strode away.
The old man bit the bait carelessly and followed the fishing line directly to Mud Bottle Alley.
It’s clear I've taken the bait, just come and kill him
If he were outside the small town, this Zhengyang Mountain Moving Ape would not dare to be so arrogant, but in this world, all magical powers and magical artifacts are prohibited. , but he has a huge advantage, which is why Zhengyang Mountain did not dispatch an ancestor of the Sword Immortal.
The old ape walked all the way, and when he approached the Mud Bottle Alley, he realized something, " Could it be that the boy in the alley simply wanted to avenge his friend? ”
Before this, Lao Yuan had been thinking deeply about the conspiracy involving the thousands of miles of Cao Hui’s hidden line. Now that he suddenly realized this possibility, he felt it was particularly absurd.
The old ape smiled and quickly figured out the reason, "If that's the case, it makes sense, and it's right. I'm not a practicing person, but I'm not that afraid of death. Anyway, I'm just a person.Just a cheap life. ”
However, for the sake of caution, the old ape still did not walk into the Mud Bottle Alley from this end.
No matter what, this trip is destined to not be in vain. The cherished little bastard just lived a little longer than the little mud-legged man in Ni Ping Alley.
After a long circle, the old ape walked into Ni Ping Alley from the corner of the alley near Gu Can's house. /p>
In fact, Lao Yuan doubted whether the young assassin had the guts to stay in his ancestral home and wait to die.
If he was smarter and timid, he could have died after the young man from Fenglei Garden.
The old ape grinned.
Then his smile suddenly became stiff.
The path in Mud Bottle Alley became dark and blurry at dusk.
The burly old man suddenly raised his head.
Somehow, a thin young man stood on a high place in front of the alley, with his feet in the holes that had just been dug out on both sides of the wall. < /p>
The young man carried a quiver on his back and held a fully drawn wooden bow. The tip of the arrow pointed directly at one of the old ape's eyes.
The young man was silent, and he drew the bow like a full moon. Not to mention, even the slightest breath seemed to have disappeared.
So much so that the mountain protector of Zhengyang Mountain could only detect the presence of the young man above him with his keen sense of danger. .
Don’t give the old ape any chance to react.
The arrow shot out, whistling like the wind.
The young man was shooting hard. After receiving an arrow, he didn't make a second choice at all. He shrunk his neck and quickly hung the wooden bow on his shoulder. He used his toes and staggered on the walls on both sides to use the force to move up to the eaves.
The old ape retracted the palm that was covering his forehead, and saw that the arrow had penetrated into the palm of his hand. It was not deep, and the wound was vaguely visible.
But the old ape was frightened for a while.
If he was shot in the eye with an arrow from a short distance away in a small town, it would be a tragedy that would make the whole world unable to respond.
Just pull it out. He took out the arrow, broke it off, and dropped it on the clay bottle alley.
The old man clenched his fists, looked up at the sky in the alley, his face was livid, his throat was beating, and he made a low and suppressed sound. Like an extremely angry ancient ferocious beast, the old man used his hands and feet to climb to the roof in an instant, but as soon as he appeared, a second arrow arrived instantly. The defensive old man just raised it and let it pierce his arm a little, then strode forward with a grin.
The young man put away the wooden bow again and ran away.
A series of cracking sounds were heard from the continuous eaves on one side of Mud Bottle Lane.
After all, the old man's steps were much longer than those of the young man, and he gradually closed the distance. As expected, he would soon catch up with him. The skinny young man was actually quite flexible.
The old man suddenly used his strength and jumped into the air, rushing forward with a giant hand as big as a cattail leaf reaching towards the young man's head.
The boy seemed to have eyes behind him. At the critical moment, he twisted his waist, bent his whole body, and then turned and jumped to the roof on the opposite side of the alley.
After landing gently, he continued to run wildly.
The old ape's movements were also extremely agile and swift, and he also turned abruptly to the roof on the other side of Mud Bottle Alley on the right.
The young man stopped suddenly.
When the old ape realized something was wrong, it was already too late.
It turned out that the roof was uninhabited, had been in disrepair for a long time, and was dilapidated. It could not withstand the weight of the old ape's jump of more than two hundred kilograms.
Crash, people and tiles fell into the house together.
The old ape suddenly landed on the ground. After holding the ground with one hand, he twisted his head to avoid the cunning and insidious arrow.
The arrow penetrated directly into the ground.
It can be seen that it is not that the young man is not strong enough, but that the old ape is too thick-skinned.
The young man stood on the edge of the big hole in the roof, skillfully put away his wooden bow, raised his middle finger to the old ape, and cursed: "Old beast! Fuck your mother!"
The young man suddenly His face became strange, and he suddenly slapped himself and muttered: "It's not like you suffered a loss!"
The old ape stood up suddenly, and the young man was gone again.