Shi Hao felt that the thing was indeed very weird. Did he really need to drench "her" with melodrama
"Ah!" A scream came from the other side.
Shi Hao turned his head and saw Xu Xiaoyan had arrived at the poolside at some point.
At this moment, she screamed, covered her eyes with her hands, but then opened her fingers.
In fact, Shi Hao was completely immersed in the water and she couldn't see anything.
But Shi Hao always felt that she had ill intentions.
"I was wondering who's here!" Xu Xiaoyan shouted, "Why are you here taking a bath in the middle of the night?"
Shi Hao laughed and said, "You are the one who knew I was taking a shower here but didn't leave. What are you doing here?"
Xu Xiaoyan said: "Humph... This is not your territory."
Shi Hao thought, I came here because I need to calm down. The reason I need to calm down is because I did something I shouldn't have done to you in my dream.
Don't provoke me when I'm calm!
Xu Xiaoyan spread her fingers in front of her eyes and looked behind him: "It seems that you really like this rag doll. You even take it with you when you take a bath?"
When Shi Hao turned around, he saw the rag doll sitting on a stone by the pool, looking down as if it was looking at something.
Shi Hao subconsciously covered his hands downwards... Where are you looking
Why do I feel like all these guys, big and small, are female hooligans
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The next day, they set out again.
Shi Hao carried the bookcase on his back, but left the stuffed doll on the bedside table and ignored it...it would follow anyway.
They were walking on the road away from the small village. Not long after, Xu Xiaoyan looked back at the back of him from time to time.
Then Shi Hao knew that it had indeed followed him.
He also looked back, but the rag doll was sitting on the lid of the bookcase with its back to him.
The two men traveled together, and after half a day, they arrived at a town, but they saw smoke and fire in the town, and many houses were burning.
Many people cried for their parents, and there were several dead bodies on the roadside. The only long street in the town was in ruins.
Some people organized themselves and were putting out the fire, while others knelt on the ground and cried over the corpses.
Shi Hao and Xu Xiaoyan looked at each other. Xu Xiaoyan came to an old man who was sitting on a stone bench and sighing, and asked, "My dear father-in-law, what happened here?"
The old man said with a bitter face: "Just now there was a group of robbers. They said they were the righteous army from Changbai Mountain and wanted to plead for the people and lead everyone to resist the court. They forced everyone to pay money and grain. Those who refused to pay were killed by them, and several houses were burned down."
Xu Xiaoyan said: "The rebels from Changbai Mountain? Changbai Mountain is still far away from here, the barbarians... the government troops are encircling them, how could they possibly come here?"
The old man sighed, "That's what they said themselves. Who knows who they are? Although someone has gone to inform the government, no one has come yet. Sigh, everyone's life was already hard, and now all their food and money have been robbed. Next, I'm afraid they will have to sell their fields, their children, and their daughters. That's so hard."
Shi Hao stepped forward and said, "Father-in-law, are you the only one in your family?"
The old man said, "I had an older son, but he was taken away to repair the river last year and he hasn't come back yet. I also had a younger son, but he was also taken away to be a soldier a few days ago. I am the only old man left. Alas!"
Xu Xiaoyan tilted her face and said, "As I recall, this place is called Fangjia Town, and almost every household in the town has the surname Fang, right?"
The old man said, "That's right, our place is called Fangjia Town. We are not a big family, but we have lived here for a long time, and most of the people in the town are relatives."
Xu Xiaoyan turned her head and took a look.
Shi Hao asked: "What's wrong?"
Xu Xiaoyan said: "Nothing!"
They are here, helping to treat some of the injured.
Then they continued walking on the road together, carrying their own book boxes and medicine boxes.
After leaving the village and walking in the fields, Xu Xiaoyan saw a lot of wheat being trampled by horses.
Shi Hao asked: "What on earth are you thinking about?"
Xu Xiaoyan said: "I was thinking, those guys, their methods have never changed."
The two of them passed through the mountain on a narrow path and walked on a road made of yellow soil. Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves came from afar, and soon, a gang of more than 30 warriors in tight clothes, holding knives and guns, rode up from the foot of the mountain in front.
When the gangsters saw them, they laughed, and the leading warrior turned his horse around, and the warhorse rolled and circled around them.
Shi Hao put down the bookcase and said coldly, "What do you want to do?"
One of the big men shouted loudly: "We are the heroes under the command of the hero Fu, and we are all the righteous army of Changbai Mountain. Looking at the two of you, I think you must be from poor families. Needless to say, follow us to resist the court..."
Xu Xiaoyan sneered, "The imperial court? You mean the Barbarian Court?"
Someone laughed and said, "This girl has a nice voice." He rode over on his horse, grabbed her and tried to carry her onto the horse.
Swoosh! The sword flashed, the man screamed, the horse moved forward, but his arm fell down, splashing blood on the ground.
The bandits around were stunned for a moment, they saw that the scholar with a relatively gentle face and seemingly weak was actually holding a sharp sword stained with blood. He stood there with a murderous look.
The leading man yelled angrily, "You little bastard! Let's go together and kill this guy who dares to resist the rebels."
The next moment, there were flashes of swords and blood.
Shi Hao and Xu Xiaoyan leaped among the bandits. Among these bandits, there were two ninth-rank warriors, and the rest were all inferior, and none of them had magical powers. How could they be a match for Shi Hao and Xu Xiaoyan
In fact, they were wrong. If Shi Hao and Xu Xiaoyan were both in martial arts uniforms and had a lot of flesh on their bodies, they might not dare to provoke them easily.
But Master and Xu both practiced the Taoist inner alchemy technique, and on the surface they looked like ordinary people, dressed as scholars and medicine girls. They saw that Xu Xiaoyan was beautiful and looked like a village girl, so they wanted to kidnap her.
Even if Shi and Xu are of the ninth or even eighth rank, they are outnumbered and most likely not afraid.
Unfortunately, the seemingly weak scholar and the beautiful herbalist were much stronger than they expected.
Shi and Xu showed no mercy to these bullies who took advantage of their power.
Shi Hao's sword energy was powerful and he performed the Six Styles of Immortal Power as if in a rehearsal, coming and going as fast as lightning.
Xu Xiaoyan's movements were erratic, like catkins in the wind, and she didn't know when a soft sword appeared in her hand.
The last time Shi Hao saw her using a soft whip, it has now turned into a sword, and her martial arts styles are also different. It is obvious that she has prepared two different sets of martial arts, for both disguised and non-disguised situations.
In a short while, there were corpses all around them...
Chapter 66: Currying favor with the powerful, Yuandan Huo Family
Shi Hao faced off against the two ninth-rank warriors at the same time.
One of the two men held a knife, and the other held a gun. They joined forces and fought for their lives, using brutal moves in every move.
Unfortunately, compared to Shi Hao's swordsmanship, their abilities were really not enough.
After a while, both of them had their throats cut and fell on the yellow earth road covered in blood.
Only the rag doll sitting on the bookcase stared at Shi Hao with its black eyes, revealing a hint of doubt.
These two ninth-rank fighters were the leaders of the bandits. Once they died, the rest became a pile of scattered sand.
They wanted to escape, but Shi Hao and Xu Xiaoyan showed no mercy and chased them down, killing all the more than 30 people until only one was left.
The man fell to the ground in shock, then rolled over and got up, kowtowing in front of them: "Young man, spare me! Young lady, spare me!"
Xu Xiaoyan swung the sword, and the blade wrapped around his throat like a snake: "Let me ask you, which sect are you from..."
The man said in panic: "We are..."
Xu Xiaoyan sneered, "Don't say you are from Changbai Mountain anymore. The barbarian army is still besieging the rebels led by Hero Fu. With your ability, how can you get here under the siege of the barbarian army? You are clearly the nearby bandits."
The man quickly said, "To be honest, lady, we are from Piaotou Mountain."
Xu Xiaoyan said, "Piaotou Mountain is a bit far from here. Even if your village chief is only an eighth-rank official, it's ok for him to bully the people around him, but how can he have the courage to come here and cause trouble?" The soft sword tightened and drew a bloody mark on the man's neck.
The man howled, "We are really from Piaotou Mountain. Someone invited us here."
Xu Xiaoyan smiled and said, "Let me guess. There must be a wealthy family that has set its eyes on the fertile land around Fangjia Town, so they want you to pretend to be soldiers from Changbai Mountain and rob them repeatedly, forcing them to go bankrupt and sell their land?"
The man said, "Lady, please understand. It was the Yuandan Huo family who invited us here."
Xu Xiaoyan said: "It turns out to be the Yuandan Huo family!" She pulled out the soft sword, and the sword light flashed like a blooming flower and slid into her sleeve.
The man covered his throat, his eyes widened, and he collapsed.
Shi Hao shook his head: "There is nothing new under the sun! When the hero Fu started the rebellion, refugees from all over the country responded like a tide. These wealthy families only want to take advantage of the national crisis, occupy land and force more people to become refugees. Should I say that these wealthy families have big appetites, or should I say that they are really not afraid of death?"
Xu Xiaoyan said with a smile: "Because for them, nothing is more real than the land they hold in their own hands. And the more chaotic the situation is, the more wealthy families like this are the ones that the Barbarian Court wants to win over and stabilize. Even if they go too far, no one will care."
"Didn't you see that it was useless for the people of Fangjia Town to report to the authorities? The local Six Gates must have been taken care of long ago, and they know it very well. The Yuandan Huo family just coveted the land of the people of Fangjia Town. Unless all the land is taken by the Fang family and all the people become tenants enslaved and oppressed by the Huo family, they will not stop."
Shi Hao asked: "Where did the Yuandan Huo family come from?"
Xu Xiaoyan said: "I know something about the Yuandan Huo family. Their ancestor Huo Liangxin was originally a sixth-rank master and joined the new army of the Barbarian Court."
"This guy was originally from the Huaxia tribe. He was known as a 'hero' in the Huaxia martial arts world. After joining the Xinfu Army, he killed Huaxia people even more cruelly than the Barbarian Army. He was in the south of the Changhe River, paving the way for the Barbarian Army."
"Lie Zunyi gave him a Yingye sword for his bravery, which is a top-grade precious sword. He used this sword to kill thousands of people in Jiangnan. Now, this sword is still regarded as a family heirloom and is placed in the Huo family's treasure pavilion. It is said that it has killed so many people that its murderous aura has lasted for hundreds of years, and ordinary people can't even get close to it."
Shi Hao groaned: "The murderous knife that killed thousands of people?!"
Xu Xiaoyan continued, "After the Barbarian Court ruled the Central Plains, the Jin clan was regarded as the royal family and the Huaxia clan as the inferior clan. The Huo family actually tried to trace their roots, change their ancestors, and forcibly attached themselves to the background of the 'Weiwuer clan', breaking away from the Huaxia clan and becoming 'second-class people'."
"They said that their ancestors migrated from Yuandan in the north thousands of years ago, so they called themselves the Yuandan Huo Family to show that they are not the same as the Huo Family of the Huaxia Clan."
Shi Hao shook his head and said, "They are so servile that they are like this. Their ancestors probably wish they didn't have such descendants."
Xu Xiaoyan said: "The Huo family originally had a family martial arts method that could be cultivated all the way to the sixth level. However, relying on the Barbarian Court, they bully the local area and have not produced a true martial arts genius for hundreds of years. In the past few generations, not to mention the sixth level, there is no seventh level."
"The descendants of the Huo family are basically of the eighth or ninth rank. But after all, they have a lot of money, so they have a lot of lackeys. The head of the Huo family, Huo Fu, is an old man who is almost seventy years old. He is shrewd in business, but vicious in his methods. On the surface, he often does things to help disaster victims, and is known as the great good man Huo."
"The common people at the bottom all know what this old man is like, but he has a good reputation among the landlords and gentry. However, he has seven wives. According to the rules of those uneducated landlords, he has three wives and four concubines. The seven wives are fighting with each other, all wanting to inherit the family business."
"I think once he dies, the Huo family will be in chaos. The incident of hiring bandits to pretend to be volunteers and rob Fangjia Town was probably caused by this bad old man."
Shi Hao put the sword back into the sheath and sneered, "What are we waiting for? Why don't we just go and see him off? Are we going to keep such a vicious person and let him die a good death?"
Xu Xiaoyan looked at him and asked, "Are you really going to kill him?"
Shi Hao said: "After Huo Fu's death, the branches of the Huo family fought with each other and had no time to occupy the land. The people of Fangjia Town were able to escape. And the Yingye sword passed down from their ancestors, since the Huo family regards it as a treasure, we might as well steal it and give the Huo family a warning."
Xu Xiaoyan smiled and said, "You really like to meddle in other people's business! But to be honest, I would also feel disgusted if I let that old man die peacefully. In this case, let's sneak in together tonight, and then I will steal the treasure and you will kill people."
Shi Hao and she each carried a bookcase and a medicine box, left the mountain road full of corpses, and walked towards the mountain path.
As she walked, Xu Xiaoyan grabbed the leather straps around her shoulders with both hands, tilted her face and said "hmm", then looked up at the sky and said "um" again.
Suddenly he turned his head and looked at Shi Hao: "No! I can understand that you want to kill that old man. But why did you think of stealing the knife?"
Shi Hao thought to himself, this girl is really quirky and intelligent, she can even react to this.
So he took a step closer and smiled in her ear, "I have a use for it. How about this, the Fantasy Sea Spirit Fruit and the Yingye Killer Knife are mine, and the Blue Frost Moonlight Bamboo Shoots and the nine Lihuo Heavenly Leaves are yours. I won't share the money from selling them with you."
Xu Xiaoyan glanced at him sideways and smiled happily: "You said that yourself, I didn't force you to do that."
Since he had decided to kill someone, stealing the knife would be just a matter of convenience.
Of course, she doesn't mind this way of dividing.
Shi Hao smiled and said, "Don't worry! Of course I volunteered."
In his magic skills, he entered the next level of the ceremony, and one of the conditions was "a weapon that had killed thousands of people."
This condition looks simple, but it is not. A weapon that can kill thousands of people without rolling is naturally a top-grade weapon. The user has the ability to kill thousands of people, so he must be a master. Generally speaking, even a master with this kind of strength may not have killed so many people.
For example, "Absolute Sword" Zhao Xian is a master, and he is also a master on the blacklist.
But it is hard to say how many people he killed in his life.
—As for ordinary people, this kind of master simply disdains to kill. Those he kills are those he thinks are worthy of killing or should be killed, and most of them are people whose strength is not much different from his.
No matter how you think about it, the number of people who died at his hands could not have been more than a thousand, and it is even questionable whether there were hundreds of people.
Without such strength, one cannot kill so many people. Even with such strength, one may not have killed so many people.
Someone with such strength and having killed so many people might not have used the same weapon.
Therefore, this "weapon that has killed thousands of people" is actually something you can only come across by chance.
Moreover, Shi Hao is not a true evildoer of the Demon Sect. It is impossible for him to specially create such a weapon for a ritual and kill innocent people.
Since we know there is a ready-made one, and it is the heirloom of the "Yuandan Huo Family", we might as well just take it.
The Yuandan Huo family is indeed a wealthy and powerful family, and has established itself as a city of its own.