Shi Hao and Xu Xiaoyan looked over and saw that the man was about twenty years old, wearing a cloth shirt and half a body covered with animal skins. He looked like a hunter, but he had bright eyes and a sturdy build.
He had a well-proportioned figure, but his arms were exceptionally strong, and he was holding a strong bow made of black iron. Obviously, only an iron bow made by a forger in a furnace like this could shoot the arrow just now.
Shi Hao said: "Thank you for your help just now. May I ask your name?"
The man said, "My last name is Mu Heng. I wanted to go to Changbai Mountain to join the righteous army. I saw you two being chased by the barbarians, so I took the opportunity to join. You two are dressed in disguise and carrying heavy objects. Are you also going to Changbai Mountain?"
Shi Hao said, "My surname is Hao, and my name is Xinghua! We are indeed going to Changbai Mountain. Brother Mu is also going to Changbai Mountain, so why don't you come with us so that we can take care of you?"
Xu Xiaoyan smiled and said, "My last name is Chen, and my name is Que'er! Brother Mu, are you familiar with this area? Although I know some roads, it seems that they are all blocked by barbarian soldiers. It's out in the wilderness, and I don't know where to go."
Mu Heng said happily: "Just follow me! I used to hunt around here and I am quite familiar with this area. The barbarian army has blocked the area around Changbai Mountain. In order to wipe out the righteous army, they have spared no effort. Basically, there are checkpoints on the roads that ordinary people take."
"But there are some unknown mountain roads that can be used for travel, which are difficult for the barbarian army to completely block."
Shi Hao said: "Then I'll have to trouble you, brother!"
At that moment, Mu Heng led them over the mountains and across the ridges. On the way, Mu Heng asked, "Are you two helping the rebels transport supplies?"
Xu Xiaoyan smiled and said, "We are not that generous. We just got some medicinal pills and want to find an opportunity to sell them to them. This is a business that can make money. It makes much more money than selling illegal salt."
Mu Heng was moved: "What Fu Xia needs most right now is all kinds of wound medicines, not to mention medicinal pills. It's a business, but it's not easy to take such a big risk and fly over the mountains to come all the way here. The two chivalrous people are really admirable."
As they crossed a mountain stream, Shi Hao asked, "I wonder what the situation is like over there, Hero Fu?"
Mu Heng sighed, "It's not optimistic! The Barbarian Court intends to kill a chicken to scare the monkey. There are more than ten Wanhu who have been mobilized. You two may not know that the promotion in the Barbarian Army is quite strict. You must be at least of the middle grade or above in military strength to be promoted to Wanhu. In other words, every Wanhu is at least of the sixth grade or above.
"The chief general of the barbarian army that encircled and suppressed Changbai Mountain is called Fu Xiong. He is the son-in-law of the Hanhe family, one of the four great barbarian families. He was originally of low birth, but was valued by the Hanhe family because of his personal strength and repeated achievements. He is proficient in military tactics and is good at forbearance. He has the strength of the fifth rank and is also a supernatural power user of the upper-grade divine crystal.
"At the same time, the Barbarian Court also assigned him several powerful generals. Although Master Fu is also a master, and many martial artists have responded to the call and joined the fight against the barbarians, they are still no match for the Barbarian Army, especially the soldiers under him, most of whom are refugees. Unlike the soldiers of the Barbarian Army, although they are also becoming increasingly corrupt, they have all practiced martial arts in the army after all."
Shi Hao said slowly: "Brother, you know the situation is so dangerous, why do you still want to join the rebel army?"
Mu Heng puffed out his chest and said resolutely: "As Chinese people, we should serve our country and our people as martial artists. The barbarians are levying heavy taxes and oppressing our Chinese people. This is intolerable. Now that Hero Fu has risked his life and taken the lead, how can we lag behind?"
Shi Hao stood in awe and said, "Brother Mu is a truly righteous man. I admire him!"
Mu Heng whispered, "Brother Hao, you are too polite. I am just doing what I should do. You two have come all the way here to deliver medicine to the righteous army, which is also a chivalrous act."
Xu Xiaoyan smiled and said, "In fact, we are really doing business. The world is not doing well now, and the days to come will become more and more difficult. We must save a lot of money first. Alas, you said that the government army is so powerful, and the royal family is suppressing it with all their strength. How long can the bandit army in Changbai Mountain survive? By the way, you just said, who is the commander-in-chief sent by the court? That what sir..."
She spoke very quickly, and Mu Heng didn't check for a moment, and responded casually: "Master Fu Xiong!
Shi Hao and Xu Xiaoyan glanced at each other quietly...
Chapter 73 Female Burglar "Night Lily"
Shi Hao and Xu Xiaoyan followed Mu Heng, going around in circles and moving forward all the way.
After crossing two mountains, Mu Heng said, "We have temporarily passed the barbarian army's blockade. Do you two have a specific destination?"
Shi Hao said: "We need to keep moving forward to find the rebels."
Mu Heng said: "The main force of Hero Fu is constantly fighting around Changbai Mountain. Some cities that were originally occupied were quickly lost because of the large force of the barbarian army. I heard that the main force is heading northeast, and there are many heroes in the martial arts world who are secretly helping Hero Fu."
He whispered, "I have admired the Dark Thunder Society for a long time, and I wish I could join the Dark Thunder Society and fight against the barbarians together. We are all heroes who fight against the barbarians, so you two don't need to hide it from me. Are you members of the Dark Thunder Society?"
Xu Xiaoyan laughed and said, "Oh, what could this hidden mine be? Can it be eaten?"
Shi Hao said calmly: "In fact, we are really not!"
Mu Heng said, "That's a pity." He led them into a mountain gorge and whispered, "Although we have passed the barbarian blockade, I will go to the front first to prevent any accidents. You two wait here for a while."
Shi Hao said: "Thank you, Brother Mu!"
Mu Heng said: "You and I are both fellow travelers, why should we be polite?" and walked forward.
After a while, two groups of people rushed in from the front and back of the gorge at the same time, with swords flashing and murderous intent.
Soon, someone shouted, "Where are the people? Where are they?"
Mu Heng's voice followed closely: "I was here just now, and they found me after all. They can't run far, let's chase them together."
The group rushed out of the gorge together and spread out to search, trying to find the direction in which the two men escaped.
Suddenly, a scream was heard from inside. The others rushed over and saw two bodies lying on the ground. They were their own people.
At the same time, another scream was heard from the other side.
Some people were about to rush to the direction where the screams came from again, but Mu Heng shouted, "Stop, don't disperse."
There was another person next to him, tall and thin, with a goose-feather knife on his waist. He snorted, "It seems that these two people are not easy to deal with. Brother Akagi, what did you say those two people looked like?"
Mu Heng described the appearance of the two people. The tall and thin man said, "It seems that the young man is the murderer who committed the tragedy in the Yuandan Huo family. He has been listed on the blacklist of our Six Gates. And that girl, there is a great possibility that she is the wanted female thief."
Shi Hao and Xu Xiaoyan hid in the distance, originally intending to use my secret tactics to ambush them one by one.
Unexpectedly, those people were well-trained and reacted immediately after three of them died.
Shi Hao and Xu Xiaoyan had no choice but to turn around and quietly walk away.
As the two of them walked down the mountain, Shi Hao suddenly stopped and sneered.
His figure flashed and he disappeared behind a dense bush, and flipped his palm.
Bang! One person was knocked flying.
The man didn't expect to be discovered like this. He was shocked and turned around to escape.
Shi Hao's figure flashed again, following him like a shadow, and he slashed towards his chest with a palm, then suddenly paused: "You are..."
The man recognized him and asked happily, "Brother Hao?"
Shi Hao retracted his palm... But this man was from the Dark Thunder Society.
When attacking Minwuling, in order to prevent someone from secretly tipping off the outside world, they were divided into groups of five and could not be separated before the action.
This person was one of the men who was with him at that time. However, Shi Hao pretended to be deep at that time and never spoke to him, so he could not call out his name.
Shi Hao looked at the man and asked, "Why are you here?"
The man escaped death and breathed a sigh of relief. He whispered, "We have received news that there are some hawks of the Man Court in this area disguised as heroes who have surrendered to Changbai Mountain. They have joined forces with the Six Gates, killed many brothers, and tried to cut off the channel for the Dark Thunder Society to transport supplies to Changbai Mountain."
"I sneaked in with a group of brothers to see if we can do anything. Just now I saw a group of people rushing up the mountain. They were all martial artists, but they looked like ordinary martial artists. I suspected that they were the imperial lackeys who surrounded and killed the righteous people in the martial arts world, so I hid here to see what was going on."
"I didn't expect that even though I hid so deeply, you, Brother Hao, would still find me. Brother Hao, where did I give myself away just now?"
Shi Hao shook his head and said, "You hid well, but the martial arts I practiced are extraordinary." He didn't notice this man at all, but the Qi sensing of the Soul-Chasing and Soul-Locking Step allowed him to directly lock onto the man's Qi.
The man whispered, "We heard about what Brother Hao did in the Yuandan Huo family. We heard that the Six Gates are urgently putting Brother Hao on the blacklist. Before this, Brother Hao risked his life in Minwu Ridge to divert the pursuers for Brothers Qian Fei and He Ling. Everyone is worried about your safety, Brother Hao, and I have been looking for Brother Hao."
"I was relieved when I saw the news that Brother Hao was wanted on the blacklist. I didn't expect to meet him here!"
Shi Hao said: "Your guess is not wrong. We just encountered those barbarian court lackeys. These people are vicious and disguised as heroes of the martial arts world, and then try to get information. If they find nothing, they will directly try to surround and kill us. Fortunately, the two of us saw through it in advance and were not surrounded by them."
The man frowned and said, "As far as we know, many people have been harmed by their trick. If we can't wipe them out, it will be very troublesome."
He whispered, "Brother Hao, come with us." Then he looked at the ugly girl next to him who was carrying a medicine box.
Shi Hao said: "Don't worry, she is one of ours too!"
Xu Xiaoyan smiled and said, "My last name is Chen, and my given name is Que'er! I'm a little bit famous in the martial arts world, and people give me the nickname 'Night Lily'. I wonder if you've heard of it?"
The man was moved. "Young lady, are you the Ye Baihe who committed crimes repeatedly in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, stealing the Shangqing Sword from Yun Chong Temple, stealing the Never-Evening Pearl from Xingchun Hou Mansion, and even entering the Golden Sky Moonlight Realm to steal treasures? The theft case at Mingkun Temple in Jin County, Xishu, triggered a series of events related to the Sealed God Stone."
"Everyone says that the female thief with flowers on her head must be Ye Baihe. But she used to commit crimes in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, but this time she came to Xishu, so I'm a little unsure. So it's really you, young lady?"
Xu Xiaoyan said with a smile: "They are just some small cases of stealing."
Shi Hao looked at the overly modest and obviously proud girl, and thought to himself, is this girl so famous
At that moment, the man led them away quietly, running all the way until they came to a dense forest.
Entering the forest, someone in the dark whispered, "Chen Feng, who are these two..."
Chen Feng also responded in a low voice: "This is Brother Hao Xinghuahao, and this girl is 'Night Lily'."
The man in the dark said in surprise: "Night Lily?" He poked his head out from the bushes and looked at the Night Lily he had admired for a long time, but what he saw was a face with uneven facial features, a face that had nothing to do with the word "beautiful" no matter how he looked at it.
—At that time, the words "great disappointment" appeared directly on his face.
Chen Feng said: "Brother Li? Brother Li?"
The man said, "Ah? Ah, please come in, please come in..."
Shi Hao and Xu Xiaoyan followed Chen Feng into the depths. On the way, Shi Hao whispered in Xu Xiaoyan's ear: "I didn't expect you to be quite famous?"
Xu Xiaoyan laughed and said, "The little fame you gain from the lower class is actually of no use."
Shi Hao seemed to be thinking: "Come to think of it, I am also included in the blacklist of the Six Gatekeepers. I wonder how many places I have on it?"
Xu Xiaoyan glanced at him and said, "Don't be silly. On the blacklist, only the top 100 have rankings. After the 100th, the names are just randomly listed, and there is no particular order of ranking."
Well…
This blacklist listed all the wanted "criminals" in the country and the eight provinces. It was not easy to get into the top 100.
"Brother Hao!" A surprised female voice came from the front.
Shi Hao looked over and saw that the person calling him was Lu Tong, whom he hadn't seen for a while.
Lu Tong floated over and looked at him, surprised and happy: "Brother Hao, I didn't expect to see you here."
Shi Hao nodded slightly. Seeing that there were more than 30 people gathered here, in addition to Lu Tong and Chen Feng, there were several others who had appeared in the battle of Minwu Ridge, but he could not remember their names.
"Are you Brother Hao?" A man in his forties stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "I am Jiang Yiran from the Dark Thunder Society. On that day, Brother Hao led the pursuers away by himself, and his whereabouts have been unknown since then. The brothers of our society have been following the orders of the chief leader to look for Brother Hao's whereabouts. Until yesterday, when we heard that Brother Hao massacred the Yuandan Huo family and was on the blacklist, we were sure that Brother Hao was still alive."
Shi Hao was surprised and asked, "Your chief leader also knows me?"
Jiang Yiran said: "The two hall masters have told the chief leader about Brother Hao's situation, so the chief leader is very concerned about Brother Hao's life and death. By the way, why is Brother Hao here?"
Shi Hao and Xu Xiaoyan looked at each other, and together they took off the book boxes and medicine boxes on their backs and opened them.
Xu Xiaoyan smiled and said, "I heard that Changbai Mountain was short of medicinal materials, so the two of us did some low-cost business and stole some Xiaohuandan from Jing'an Temple of Chongxian Sect to sell."
Jiang Yiran looked at it carefully and said happily, "It is indeed the Xiao Huan Dan! I have also heard about the theft at Jing'an Temple. It turns out that it was you who did it."
Others were also surprised. No one knew better than them the importance of carrying golden wound medicine when traveling in the martial arts world. And the effect of these small pills was far stronger than those high-quality golden wound medicines.
Many of Chongxianmen's actions were despised by people, but their strength in alchemy and medicine making was beyond doubt. Unfortunately, Chongxianmen would only provide Xiaohuandan like this to the barbarian army in the past, and it was not available on the market at all.
For the rebel army in Changbai Mountain, these two boxes of Xiaohuandan were a timely help.
Xu Xiaoyan said with a grin: "We are selling it here!" She was afraid that they would not pay.
Jiang Yiran quickly said: "We know, we know."
Shi Hao's tone turned cold and murderous: "When we came here, we met a man who pretended to be a hero fighting against the barbarians. He even shot and killed a barbarian scout in front of us..." He told the story.
Chapter 74 The Power of a Sword
Jiang Yiran said: "The 'Mu Heng' you are talking about must be Chi Mu Heng. Chi Mu is one of the four great families of the barbarians, but this Chi Mu Heng is just a bastard from a side branch. He has the strength of the seventh rank and uses the 'Nether Iron Bow'.
"Because he is a concubine's son, he is not valued in the clan, so he wants to raise his status in the Barbarian Court step by step through such achievements. This person is vicious and cunning, and many righteous men in the world have been killed in his hands.
"As for the tall and thin man with the goose-feather knife, if nothing unexpected happens, he should be Xue Lang, the 'Flying Scorpion Knife' of the Six Gates. He was originally a despised villain in the martial arts world, but overnight he joined the Six Gates and became a captain. He also has the strength of the seventh rank and is more difficult to deal with."
Lu Tong said worriedly: "We don't have enough experts here, so it's hard to deal with them. But if we leave them alone, I don't know how many heroes they will kill."
Shi Hao said in a deep voice: "Now the enemy is in the open and we are in the dark. If we miss this opportunity, it will soon become the enemy in the dark and we are in the open. No matter what, we should take advantage of this opportunity to catch them all in one fell swoop."
Jiang Yiran said with a headache: "Although we have quite a few people here, they are all at the eighth or ninth rank. No one can directly fight against Chi Muheng and Xue Lang..."
Shi Hao said coldly: "The two of us will deal with them, and the others will be left to you."
Xu Xiaoyan shouted, "Don't count me in."
Shi Hao smiled slightly: "I will deal with Akagi Heng first, you don't need to do too much, just entangle Xue Lang."
Lu Tong said worriedly: "Brother Hao, no matter what, Chi Muheng is from one of the four great families in the Barbarian Court. He has a good foundation and great skills. I'm afraid he will be difficult to deal with."
Shi Hao said calmly: "Don't worry! It's just that we are not very familiar with this area, so we need you to set up an ambush point, and the two of us will lead them there."
Jiang Yiran gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Hao, you can lead him to Luxia." He asked someone to bring charcoal pencils and paper, roughly drew a map, and analyzed it.
Shi Hao said, "In that case, the two of us will go and lure the enemy first, and you guys go and ambush them." He asked someone to take out the small elixirs from the two book boxes and the medicine box, put them in other things, carried one on his back, and gave one to Xu Xiaoyan.
Xu Xiaoyan said, "I told you not to count me in." Shi Hao pulled her and said with a smile, "Let's go! Let's go!" Xu Xiaoyan said, "Wait a minute, wait a minute..."
Akagi Heng and Xue Lang led many constables from the Six Gates to search the whole mountain.
Xue Lang frowned: "It seems they escaped."
Akagi Yoko snorted, his face full of anger: "They are not familiar with this area, they can't get far..."