Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven

When the night fell that day, because the two riders were not yet skilled in riding, the four of them divided into two riders, leaving one as a replacement, and escaped in the dark. Li Jing and Xu Ziling rode together, while Kou Zhongze and Susu rode together. Kou Zhong put his arms around Susu's pretty waist, pressed against her pink back, sniffed her body fragrance, and only hoped that this would continue forever. Firstly, Su Su was still trembling with fear, and secondly, he became Kou Zhong's little brother, although he had some feelings for that kind of intimate contact, but it was not strong, so he thought that this kid Kou Zhong was enjoying himself.

Li Jing is indeed an extraordinary person, he dismounts from his horse and listens carefully to the ground to identify if there are ambushes on the road, he also knows how to use the terrain to cover up and hide, he never advances hastily. At dawn, the four finally left the dangerous situation and entered the suburban area outside Danyang County. Jiangdu Yangzhou City is the last big city where the Yangtze River branch flows into the sea. From here to the west, there are two important towns along the river, Danyang and Liyang. Because Liyang fell into the hands of Du Fuwei, the traffic on the Yangtze River was immediately cut off, and Danyang was the first to be in a hurry.

However, Li Jing pointed out that it was not easy for Du Fuwei to subdue Liyang. He only had a little spare energy to invade some neighboring towns and towns that had no resistance. The second is that Yang Guang still controls the three most important strategic cities in the country, the capital Daxing, the eastern capital Luoyang, and the coastal Jiangdu. Since the opening of the three major canals, Guangtong Canal, Tongji Canal and Yongji Canal, the north and the south have been united, and water transportation has also closely connected the three important towns, so that the new forces of the Sui Kingdom can be quickly transferred to the south to suppress the rebellion.

Assuming that Luoyang was the eastern capital of Emperor Yang, then Jiangdu in Yangzhou would be his southern capital, both of which must be contested and must be defended by Emperor Yang. Therefore, Sui soldiers will spare no effort to keep Danyang, so as not to harm Jiangdu. It can be seen that Du Fuwei's occupation of Liyang was actually a turning point in the struggle between the rebel army and the Sui army. The closer to Danyang, the more tense the situation becomes. I saw warships sailing from Jiangdufang to Danyang, and the Sui army even set up checkpoints to prohibit martial arts figures from approaching Danyang. Therefore, people who went to Danyang kept turning back, and it was rumored that Danyang had closed itself.

Fortunately, they didn't plan to go to Danyang at all, so they sold all three war horses in a nearby county and made a small fortune. Li Jing divided the silver into four parts and asked everyone to hide it close to his body, saying: "During the time of war, anything can happen. Now the three largest forces in the rebel army are Dou Jiande occupying Hebei, Du Fuwei occupying Jianghuai, and Zhai Rang in the Central Plains. Gradually, it became clear that the Sui army was also divided into fragments, but under the pretext of uprising, they bullied and plundered everywhere, and the underworld forces who wanted to get a piece of the pie were also full of power. If anyone encounters trouble on the way, we will try to meet up in Gaoyou, and then From there, take a boat from the canal to the north and go straight to Luoyang."

After sizing up Susu's eyes, she saw that she was shivering in the cold weather because of her thin clothes, and said: "Tonight we will find a hotel here to rest, the two of you and Susu go to buy some warm clothes to avoid the cold weather. We'll meet up here later when we get cold in the snow." Kou Zhongqi asked, "Where is Brother Li going?" Li Jing stared at the shops on both sides of Long Street in Wuxu Town, as if he was looking for something, and replied, "I'll see if I can find a shop that sells weapons and get you two decent long knives for self-defense. I hope the money isn't too much! The time sword shop's business is the best."

Kou Zhong was overjoyed and said, "Then let's split things up!" After they broke up, Kou and Xu accompanied Susu on the left and right, looking for shops selling clothes along the long street with many pedestrians. The county seat is close to Danyang, and the leeks are always prosperous. Because there are more people fleeing from Liyang, it is even more lively, but there is a faint sense of panic and tension that makes people breathless. Most of the shops were closed, Xu Ziling said: "Why don't you go to the market to see if there are any mobile stalls?" The three then turned to the market and squeezed together.

Due to the large number of people, Su Su stretched out her arms to hold the two of them tightly so as not to be separated, and it also increased the warmth, making the two boys intoxicated. Kou Zhong leaned close to Susu's little ear and said, "Sister, why don't you buy a set of men's clothes, and if you wear a hat to cover up your beautiful hair, others won't be able to see that my sister is so beautiful." Susu was praised by him and nodded happily. At this time, the three of them stepped into the market, and there were indeed a large number of stalls selling all kinds of goods, especially cold clothes.

Xu Ziling also leaned into Susu's ear and said: "If you don't trim your long hair a little bit and tie it in a boy's bun like us, it will be even more foolproof." Su Su said happily: "Will you get it for me?" The two said loudly: "Of course it's the best!" Susu pulled the two of them to stop at one of the stalls, excitedly choosing cold clothes and cold-resistant boots for herself, very happy. Both Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were very interested and full of warmth. Suddenly, the two of them saw a few muscular rogue-like men nearby at the same time, staring intently at Su Su who was squatting on the ground, talking in whispers.

The two felt inappropriate and cursed inwardly. Kou Zhong hurriedly leaned down, hurriedly helped Su Su pick out the clothes, not even talking about the money, reluctantly paid more than twice the amount, turned around and left. After leaving the market, the two were relieved. "boom." Just turning into the main street, a person moved out and hit Xu Ziling's shoulder hard. Xu Ziling was caught off guard, his shoulders shrank back a little naturally, and then he rushed forward. At the same time, the soles of his feet became hot, and there seemed to be a stream of heat flowing towards his shoulders.

"ah!" The man let out a miserable snort, staggered back, and almost fell to the ground. When the three of them stopped in astonishment, the other six men jumped out, blocked the way, and shouted: "You've been beaten!" The two of them took a closer look, and four of them were the gangsters who were staring at Susu just now, and they immediately understood. Other pedestrians hurriedly avoided, for fear of harming the fish in the pond. When Su Su's face turned pale, Xu Ziling pulled her back two steps, while Kou Zhong laughed and said, "We are all brothers from all corners of the world, and thousands of rivers and mountains are one family. The second head of the Bamboo Flower Gang in Yangzhou is our grandpa. What's your name, big brother?" He played the questioning number of the Bamboo Flower Gang. The seven hooligans exchanged glances, a little flustered. The Bamboo Flower Gang is very powerful in Yangzhou, otherwise Kou Zhong wouldn't be lying about being a member of the Bamboo Flower Gang. One of them, obviously the strong man who took the lead, took a step forward. "Whoever you are, now that our brother was hit by you, how should we compensate you?" Kou Zhong grew up in the market since he was young, so he didn't know that the things in front of him were hard to be good. Seeing their eyes all on Su Su's plump breasts, although he was a little startled, he knew that there was no way to avoid it, so he put his heart on hold , laughingly said: "The money will be gone, and you will have two lives. If you are hard enough, take it!" The wind blew up, and the hooligan on the left swept over. Kou Zhong wondered why this guy kicked so slowly, it really didn't make sense. Another person rushed from the right, punching him in the face. When they were in Yangzhou, it can be said that they grew up fighting and being beaten. They had rich experience and were used to cooperating. When the other party made a move, Xu Ziling pulled Su Su and took two steps back. When he was about to step forward to help, Kou Zhong looked like With eyes growing behind her, she shouted, "Look at sister!" Kou Zhong turned sideways to avoid the left side and swept a leg, at the same time he squatted down and swung his arm, hitting the lower abdomen of the boxing gangster hard, with such agility that even Xu Ziling was dumbfounded. An even more amazing thing happened, when Kou Zhong swung his arm, his whole body felt indescribably cool, and at the same time, a cold current emerged from the top of his head, piercing through the meridians of the arm, gushing out with the fist. "boom!" The person who was punched screamed, and the whole person was thrown off the ground, just hitting another big man, and the two of them turned into rolling gourds at the same time, in a panic. When Kou Zhong stared blankly at his fist in disbelief, Susu and Xu Ziling exclaimed in his ears, knowing that something was wrong, another man's knee had already pushed against his vest. Kou Zhong fell forward in pain. When the gangster who succeeded in the sneak attack was about to take advantage of the momentum to pursue him, he suddenly felt a gust of cold rushing in from his knees, his whole body felt as if he had entered a cellar of ice, and his brain was shaken violently. Can't get up. Kou Zhong rolled to the side as soon as he touched the ground, avoiding the two kicked feet, and found strangely that the pain in his vest hadn't gone away. He jumped up, only to realize that Xu Ziling was rushing forward regardless of his own safety, "bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang The first puncher and the sneak attacker still failed to get up. Xu Ziling looked like a madman, he ignored the fists and feet that fell on him, but he dodged it easily, and then fought back fiercely, those who were hit by him spurted blood from their mouths and fell to the ground slumped. Kou Zhong still didn't understand what was going on. At this moment, there were hundreds of people around, everyone applauded for them, at the same time, he caught a glimpse of a few officials rushing towards them shouting and yelling, Kou Zhong shouted: "Xiao Ling, here comes your leg, yell!" Xu Ziling was startled, stretched out his legs and sent the last opponent flying, turned around and dragged Susu with Kou Zhong, and quickly slipped away. The three walked for a while, hid in a secluded place and changed into cold clothes. When they turned out of the street from another side alley, at first glance they were just three ordinary young men. Although Su Su still had lingering fears, she looked happy, knowing that they were fighting for her. When the two walked towards the agreed place with Li Jing, the two excitedly recalled the situation just now through Susu's pretty face, Kou Zhong proudly said: "When you put that unlucky guy on the vest, the first moment it hurts. I almost wanted to vomit blood, but in a blink of an eye, my whole body felt so comfortable that I wanted to call my mother, and the pain was gone. The guy also bounced back from Lao Tzu's bodyguard with great strength, and his balls almost fell out. " Listening to him blasphemy, Su Su felt unspeakably kind and joyful, and held the two's arms even tighter. Xu Ziling laughed and said: "You're cold and I'm hot. I've never tried to fight so much. You punch me with your teeth. It's okay for him to hit me. He bleeds when I hit him. The first stage of Jiuxuan Kungfu is so powerful. You It is said that if you practice to the ninth level, you will not blow all the balls of Yuhua's bones." Kou Zhong reached out to Susu's hair and sniffed it, shook his head and sighed: "Our good sister is so sweet, no wonder it has attracted so many crazy peaks and butterflies." Susu shrank her neck fearfully, and said, "Xiao Zhong, if you play tricks again, I'll tell Brother Li." Xu Ziling also leaned over and sniffed vigorously, and said with a smile, "It's only fair if one person sniffs it." Su Su laughed so hard that the flowers trembled, she leaned left and right, and the three of them zigzagged on the road, arousing the eyes of passers-by. Susu stopped them abruptly and shouted: "It's here!" The three of them still refused to let go, they huddled together and chattered endlessly, but they didn't have the slightest desire for love between men and women, and what they had was just the innocent and innocent siblings sharing weal and woe. After waiting for a while, seeing that Li Jing was still coming, the three retreated to a nearby side alley, chatting and laughing. Kou Zhong jokingly said: "Elder sister, don't go back to your Miss Zhai's place, the maid will always be angry, not to mention that when your master can't beat Li Mi, the elder sister will be miserable, those so-called righteous soldiers are mostly guys who are not as good as animals, like How many people like Brother Li can there be!" Susu smiled wryly and said: "My sister has no relatives and no reason, if she doesn't go back to Zhai's house, where can she go?" Xu Ziling said excitedly: "Let's go wandering around the world with Brother Li! The world is so big, we will make money there to support my sister when we get there. This kind of life will not be boring." Su Su also said happily: "Yes! I can wash your clothes and take care of your daily life. Oh! Brother Li doesn't want to mess around with us like that. He is a man with great ambitions. Just looking at his eyes that seem to be thinking constantly understood." Kou Zhong laughed and said: "Then you and our two good brothers will stay together, and we will never be separated, we will be filial to my sister." Susu happily said: "We will be very happy. Oh! But it's still not right. In the future you will marry wives and have children. Wouldn't it be embarrassing for me to be in this situation?" Xu Ziling patted his chest and said, "For the sake of my sister, at most we will not marry for the rest of our lives." Su Su shook her head and said, "How can this be? It is every man's bounden duty to carry on the family line. Why don't sisters marry you both!" The two lost their voices at the same time: "What?" Su Su naturally said naively: "Many people in Zengjia Village are two brothers who married one wife, and they still sleep together at night." Kou Zhong's eyes lit up and said, "That's really fun!" Xu Ziling shook his head and said, "That's not right. Why don't we draw lots to decide who will marry my sister, and if we lose, we can find another way to find a wife." Su Suxi said: "No, the one who lost the lottery should marry me. You will all be great heroes in the future. Find another wife who will be much better than my sister's wife." The three of them looked at each other and bent down laughing at the same time, hugging each other, full of sincere and pure attachment. Kou Zhong gasped and said, "Sister really knows how to play tricks on us and make us so happy, but in fact she only wants to marry Brother Li!" Su Su's pretty face flushed immediately, and she said angrily, "Don't talk nonsense!" Xu Ziling held back his smile until tears flowed down his cheeks. Suddenly he saw a group of big men, about a dozen people passing by across the street. Everyone looked around. Two of them had bruised heads and swollen faces. They were the hooligans who had taught them a lesson. . He hurriedly pulled the two aside and hid behind a big tree in the side alley. At this time Kou Zhong and Su Su both saw it, they were so frightened that they stopped breathing. Su Su said: "Why hasn't Big Brother Li come back? With him here, there is nothing to be afraid of." The two also found it strange that Li Jing was just going to buy a knife, and there was no reason to go so long. Xu Ziling said in amazement: "There are two or three of this group of hooligans who seem to be gangsters, and they still have weapons on their bodies. I'm afraid they won't be so easy to get along with." Kou Zhong said in a low voice: "If you have a knife, you don't need to be afraid of them, but you must not be hit by a knife. Although our martial arts are high, the first level of Jiuxuan Kungfu may not be able to block weapons, especially the neck is so fragile." Su Su screamed: "Stop talking, alas, where did Brother Li go?" At this moment, a person staggered towards them from the other end of the alley, it was Li Jing. The three of them were out of their wits and rushed over. When Li Jing saw them, his feet trembled and he fell to the ground. Kou Zhong and the two rushed forward like arrows, supporting him from left to right. Susu almost threw herself into Li Jing's arms, and touched his clothes with both hands, she was shocked to find that her hands were full of blood. There was no trace of blood on Li Jing's face, and he said with difficulty in a low voice: "Du Fuwei's 'law enforcement team' composed of martial arts masters came to five people, killed four for me, and one escaped, you don't care about me, Run away now, or it will be too late." Su Su frantically said: "The hemostasis is scattered there, we have to stop the bleeding for elder brother first." Knowing that the situation was critical, Kou Zhong pointed to the back door of a family's house, supported Li Jing with Xu Ziling, forced the back door open, and hid in the backyard of the house. Su Su hurriedly closed the wooden door. Weeds were overgrown in the yard, obviously the people inside the house had left long ago. Li Jing had fallen into a semi-comatose state at this time, how could the three of them manage so much, helped him break into the house, put Li Jing on a long table, untied his clothes, and suddenly found that he had at least seven wounds In the deep ones, the bones can be seen, and in the shallow ones, the skin is torn apart. Fortunately, except for the most fatal knife on the chest and flanks, the rest were cut on the back arms or thighs, which shows how dangerous and tragic the battle situation was at that time. Kou Zhong said calmly in the face of danger: "Xiaoling, you go to stop the bleeding, and I will try to get a carriage. Stealing, strangling, and kidnapping are beyond reason. We will leave as soon as it gets dark." At this moment, Susu was crying while inspecting and wiping the wound. The three of them looked at each other, and they all made up their minds to save Li Jing's life no matter what. The two split up. Xu Ziling managed to find a medicine store, bought hemostatic powder, and when he was rushing out, he happened to meet those hooligans who were rushing towards them. step by step. When passing by, one of the men he had beaten recognized him and shouted, "It's him!" The sound of "Qiang Qiang" was endless, and all the villains showed their weapons one after another, scaring the pedestrians on the street away. Xu Ziling was unarmed, even if he could, he would not dare to face so many people, so he yelled and ran wildly along the street. All the villains are chasing after him. Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong can be regarded as experts in escaping. When they were defeated in Yangzhou in the past, they had to rely on a pair of feet to escape. I just felt the warm current in my body circulate endlessly, the sole of my left foot was hot, but the sole of my right foot was soaked in cold, the more I walked, the more comfortable I felt, my heart was as calm as water, I almost forgot about my enemies. By the time they ran out of a side alley, the group of people had already been left behind. Xu Ziling made a circle, and when he returned to the house, Susu was waiting anxiously. The two of them pinched hands and feet to apply the hemostatic powder on Li Jing and bandage the wound. It was not until dusk that everything was done and he was changed into clean clothes. Although Li Jing was still unconscious, his breathing was long and thin, which reassured them a little. Su Su said: "Fortunately, Brother Li's wound has the ability to automatically shrink and stop bleeding, otherwise it would be even worse, alas! Why hasn't Xiao Zhong come back yet?" Without saying a word, Xu Ziling took out Li Jing's precious saber, came to the center of the hall, and started to practice according to the saber technique taught by Li Jing named "Ten Styles of Bloody Battle". That day when Li Jing first taught the saber technique, he didn't have much comprehension or feeling, but now that Li Jing was seriously injured and surrounded by powerful enemies, he immediately felt a sense of grief and indignation, and felt that every slash was a life-threatening Tricks, I forget both things for a while. From the first formula "two armies against each other", followed by "showing their sharpness", "outstanding light cavalry", "searching for things", "successful in the first battle", "reproaching the vain", "soldiers are impermanent", "survival and death", " Strong and avoid it" to the tenth form "Jun Lintian", I just feel that every move is handy. After practicing the tenth pose and turning around, suddenly Susu screamed: "Xiaoling stop!" Xu Ziling stopped in astonishment. I saw Su Su standing in front of Li Jing, her face was green and her lips were white, she said: "Your knife seems to emit hot wind, it's very scary." Xu Ziling was stunned for a moment, wondering why he couldn't feel it?It seems that my Jiuxuan Dafa is a bit good, but I don't know if it will come in handy if I encounter an enemy? "boom!" Kou Zhong slammed into the door and yelled, "The mule cart is coming, let's go!" The two were overjoyed, they didn't ask how they got the mule cart, they lifted Li Jing up with their arms around him, put him in the hay pile on the mule cart in the yard, and Susu hugged him in his arms. Kou Zhong controlled the mule, turned out the side alley by the back door, and came to the street. It happened that a group of more than ten mule-drawn carriages, carrying men, women and children, was heading towards the county gate. Kou Zhong was overjoyed and drove into the mule-drawn carriage, hoping to sneak out of the county town by mistake. Xu Ziling put Li Jing's treasured saber with sheath on his knee, and said in a low voice, "Just now I practiced Brother Li's ten moves of bloody battle. It was really enjoyable. My sister also said that my saber can emit hot air!" Kou Zhongxi said: "It seems that the Nine Profound Kungfu taught by your mother and the ghost picture in "Longevity Jue" together are powerful skills. Alas! It's a pity that we only have one sword, otherwise we will be invincible in the world if we combine two swords together. .” Xu Ziling laughed and said, "Fuck your mother! Oh! No, that's going to be my mother again! You brat always likes to boast about yourself. Compared with your mother and Yu Wenhuaji, our skills are far behind. Deal with it more. Hooligans are okay." Kou Zhong smiled wryly: "You said that, look! The local ruffians are here, should we go or not?" Xu Ziling followed his gaze and saw nearly twenty ruffians and county officials gathered at the county gate, checking the vehicles and pedestrians leaving the county, but he hadn't seen them yet. The faces of both of them became very ugly. Xu Ziling gritted his teeth and said, "I'll lure them away!" Kou Zhong said in shock, "If you die, what should I do?" Xu Ziling's eyes flashed coldly, and he said affirmatively: "I will not die, you wait for me half a mile outside the city." Knowing that this is the only way, Kou Zhong said in a deep voice, "See you or leave, if I don't see you, I'll go back and look for them desperately." At this time, Su Su also noticed the difference, and said in horror: "No, we might as well find a place to hide!" Xu Ziling shook his head resolutely and said: "These rogue tolerances are easy to deal with. If Du Fuwei's law enforcement executioners come, we will all die, so this is the only chance." Kou Zhong said: "Be careful!" Xu Ziling drew out his treasured sword, left the scabbard behind, and jumped off the mule cart. Kou Zhong and Su Su watched Xu Ziling run towards the enemy without hesitation, their hearts were almost caught by the throat. Those villains also caught a glimpse of Xu Ziling, shouted repeatedly, drew their weapons at the same time, and swarmed forward. Xu Ziling took Li Jing's sword and turned to the road beside the city wall. The convoy immediately accelerated and rushed out of the county gate. Enduring tears and burning hearts, Kou Zhong and Su Su drove the mules out of the city. Kou Zhong and Su Su couldn't hold back their tears as they watched the nearly 20 bad guys chasing Xu Ziling madly. The moment they left the city, they saw Xu Ziling turn around and fight back against the rushing enemy. When Susu screamed, the mule cart left the city.