"He's dead. I was just talking about this. Did you forget it so quickly?"
Old Huang was silent for a long time before he slowly said:
"When Master Guo carried the coffin into the house yesterday, the seven servants who followed him are now lying here. Don't you think the work he did was a bit too meticulous?"
"Really? Then you are lucky. I have been worried about you for most of the day. Now everything is fine." The monk didn't think too much about it for the moment.
"Indeed, I heard from the boss before that people who love to laugh have good luck."
Old Huang smiled, revealing his ugly big yellow teeth.
"Monk, how nice would it be if I were a beautiful lady?"
"... Do you dare to look in the mirror and repeat what you just said to yourself?"
Old Huang smiled but said nothing.
He is indeed very lucky.
Fortunately, I met the two brothers Qiaomu and Qiaolin by chance... .
He suddenly recalled the promise Qiao Mu made when he first met him.
It is said that Qiao Mu is a man of his word, but he has no money, so in return for the iron crotch skill, he promised to protect Old Huang...
Qiao Mu is a man of his word, and he values friendship over life and death. Qiao Lin may seem rough, but he is actually very careful... .
Old Huang stood up and started working again with the monk beside him, continuing to help the City Lord's Mansion with post-war chores.
Qiao Lin was the criminal who broke into the City Lord's Mansion and killed people. He is already dead.
Therefore, as a living person, he can only draw a clear line between himself and the dead, and cannot show any strange emotions on the surface.
This matter should just rot in his stomach like the bowl of chivalrous soup he drank.
Even as he was moving corpses and doing odd jobs, his heart was unknowingly filled with an indescribable emotion.
How can such a skill be achieved
Chapter 48 Qiao Mu's Life and Death
The well in the inner courtyard of the City Lord's Mansion has running water.
This well is not only connected to the underground river, but also one of the escape passages secretly built by the city lord Guo Yan in his mansion.
When the tree broke through the cracked edge of the well, it fell into the well along with the collapsed rubble.
At first, Qiumu didn't think much about it.
He just wanted to die far away.
It is not a good idea to leave your body to the enemy, because he may leave many similar bodies in the future.
No matter how reckless you are, there is no need to take unnecessary risks.
So, after falling into the well and discovering an underground waterway connected to an unknown area, he immediately started rushing.
His internal energy had been used up in the final collision, and he only had a bit of physical strength left, so he swam hard along the current.
Unconsciously, the water flow became increasingly turbulent, and he went from swimming with the current to drifting with the current, and his consciousness gradually became blurred.
"Isn't that enough death now?"
Qiao Mu was content. His body drifted along with the current, but a peaceful smile appeared on his face.
His current body is 32 years old, in the middle eighth rank. Judging from his performance in the City Lord's Mansion, he should be no worse than when he charged alone towards thousands of bandits.
When he returns again, he will consider how to thank the city lord Guo Yan for the years of skills he has given him.
Just wait, Guo Yan!
At thirty, things change. Don’t be bullied by your poverty in middle age!
You bully me because I’m poor in my middle age, so when I’m old I’ll come back and beat your head off!
After a long time.
Among the mountains outside Yancheng.
Wang Songhe led the bandits from Dongshan to migrate, preparing to establish a new stronghold, or a new village, among the mountains.
When the bandits and villagers went out to wash clothes by the river, they saw Qiao Mu's bloody body floating down the river... .
Wang Songhe rushed over quickly after hearing the news. He thought it was a corpse floating in the river. After carefully identifying Qiao Mu's bloody face, he frowned.
"This seems to be Qiao Lin?"
Wang Songhe had a deep impression of "Qiao Lin" and had tried to recruit him at the beginning.
"Qiao Lin is a man who hates evil and is very brave, but he still lacks consideration in dealing with things and needs some polishing. He is a rough diamond. I have seen people like him before, and they all died very quickly."
Wang Songhe's eyes wandered for a moment, as if he was recalling the past.
"I thought Qiao Lin would fall soon, but I didn't expect it to happen so soon. I don't know who will fall into his trap this time."
As he spoke, Wang Songhe called out to the dark and strong man behind him.
"Zhang Kui, carry him back to the mountain stronghold and send him to my clinic."
"Brother Song He, are you going to treat this person yourself?" the dark and strong man asked in surprise.
"How could you just watch him die without helping him?" Wang Songhe smiled and said to Qiao Mu who had fainted, "Qiao Lin, you are lucky this time. We are destined to be together. With such a serious injury, anyone else would have died. Fortunately, you met me."
"This kid is indeed lucky." The dark and strong man next to him laughed:
"When Brother Song He saves him, I don't know how I will thank you for such a great favor."
Wang Songhe walked back to the mountain village with his hands behind his back, step by step, but memories of the past came to his mind.
He walked along the mountain road, talking to the bandits beside him:
"I, Wang Songhe, studied medicine when I was young and achieved some success."
"But it is easy to treat one person, but difficult to treat a country. Studying medicine cannot save the country, so I gave up medicine and turned to literature."
"Later, I read the books of sages and served as an official in the court. I thought I could show what I had learned, but after the war with aliens, I realized how useless everything I had learned in the first half of my life was in front of aliens..."
"That's getting off topic... Let's leave him here for now. Tsk tsk, the injury is pretty serious."
This treatment lasts for three days.
During this period, Wang Songhe gradually found out what happened in Yancheng.
In fact, he didn't even need to inquire about it specifically. It seemed that someone was deliberately spreading the matter, and even the bandits in the mountains had heard something about it.
"I didn't expect Qiao Lin to fall into Guo Yan's hands... His actions really deserve the title of a hero. I was wrong about him."
Wang Songhe was also amazed.
After finding out the whole story, he looked at "Qiao Lin" with new eyes, so he treated him even harder, trying to save him.
Day 4.
Qiao Lin, lying on the hospital bed, opened his eyes blankly.
There was an unfamiliar ceiling in front of me.
"Are you awake?" A familiar voice soon came from the side. It was Wang Songhe.
Qiao Lin:
He was a little confused for a moment. Logically speaking, he should be reborn in a deserted place, right
Why are there so many strangers around me now? And these strangers are looking at me with mixed feelings of admiration and emotion
"Qiao Lin, I'm Wang Songhe. Your body is still in danger, don't move rashly." Wang Songhe said in a friendly manner:
"You and I are destined to be together. We saw you floating down the river, seriously injured and dying, so we saved you."
Qiumu, who was wrapped in bandages on the hospital bed, had his pupils trembled, and then he struggled to get up.
"No need to stand up and thank me." Wang Songhe held Qiao Mu's body down:
"I have heard about your deeds of sneaking into the City Lord's Mansion and killing Master Guo to rid the people of harm. Compared with what you have done, my little help is nothing. Why should I be so polite?"
Qiao Mu's eyes widened.
Wang Songhe, I have no grudge against you, why did you save me
At this moment, his body was wrapped in bandages. He had no strength in his limbs and could not sense any internal energy. He could only barely turn his neck.
"No...no..." Qiumu opened his mouth with difficulty and made a hoarse and unclear sound.
"What do you want to say? I can't hear you." Wang Songhe comforted him gently:
"Don't be anxious. There's no need to rush to speak. If you have anything to say, it won't be too late to say it after you recover."
He still wants to cure me? Is his intention so evil
Qiao Mu’s eyes widened, he vomited blood on the spot, and almost died.
After spitting out this mouthful of blood, Qiao Mu felt much better, and was able to speak a complete sentence in one breath:
"Just give up. Don't treat me anymore. I beg you."
But as soon as these words were spoken, Wang Songhe looked towards Qiao Mu with a little more pity in his eyes.
He grabbed Qiao Mu's wrist and said sincerely:
"Qiao Lin, I know you are in pain all over and you feel worse than death, but don't give up!"
"As long as we are alive there is hope, hold on!"
"I, King Songhe, will never sit idly by and watch a hero die in front of me!"
After hearing this, Qiao Mu vomited blood three times and finally passed out.
Wang Songhe started to work again and began to rescue.
... ..
It's the fifth day.
Wang Songhe stood beside Qiao Mu's bed with a dull look in his eyes. He reached out to feel Qiao Mu's breath and found that he was no longer breathing.
His expression was a little tense for a moment.
Oh shit, I failed
As expected, the injuries were too severe. At most, he could only help to keep him alive for a few days, but he was not able to save him at all.
He had said so confidently before, but in the end Qiumu still died from his injuries... He suddenly felt his face getting hot.
Chapter 49: Sandaigi
In the mountains and forests.
Qiao Mu opened his eyes in confusion.
Looking at his healthy limbs and feeling the internal strength filling his body, Qiao Mu burst into tears.
Finally dead!
It wasn’t easy, but I finally escaped from Wang Songhe’s clutches.
In fact, whether Qiao Mu succeeded in committing suicide or escaped alive by chance, it was a win-win situation for him to break into the City Lord's Mansion.
You can become stronger if you die, and you can continue to stack buffs even if you survive. It's a win either way, Qiumu wins.
The main reason why Qiao Mu wanted to die this time was that after breaking into the City Lord's Mansion, his 32-year-old body had been tortured too much and was seriously injured. Even if he could survive Wang Songhe's murderous hands this time, he would only be able to linger on and have a very poor quality of life.
After dying once, his body will be refreshed to a full state without any damage, which is of course better.
At this time, after Qiao Mu was reborn, he was at the edge of the bandit village and could vaguely hear the discussions of the villagers in the village.
"Alas, Qiao Lin died in the end. What a pity."
"Although he is dead, his vitality is indeed terrifyingly tenacious. I heard that his meridians have been destroyed and he has no internal energy at all... In other words, he broke into the City Lord's Mansion and killed the City Lord's son with the intention of dying."
"He was truly a brave man, holding on to his last breath and hanging on for four or five days."