Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 23 Poison

Yunjiaozhou is a good place, with beautiful mountains, beautiful waters and beautiful women.

It is said that after the founding emperor of the David Dynasty pacified the world, he took only four months to tour the 26 prefectures in Shannan Road of the David Dynasty for the first time, and he stayed in Yunjiao Prefecture for three months.

Before leaving, he left these words, which were casually engraved on the plaque of the yamen of the then governor, and have been passed down from generation to generation since then.

It is not possible to verify whether the rumor is true or not, but this barren land in the eyes of immortal cultivators is indeed a first-class place for mortals.

It is a land of distinct four seasons and abundant in fish and rice. Large rivers run through the vast plains, and there is little worry about floods or droughts.

The vast dense forests, the mountains full of treasures, and the fertile black soil have nurtured generation after generation of mortals to live and reproduce here.

However, among tens of millions of ordinary people, there are bound to be good and bad people, and the current social order is corrupt.

In Pingrong County alone, there are more than a hundred gangs of well-known bandits and tyrants who gather in the mountains. Their daily actions are nothing but robbery and harming others.

"Swish", "Swish", "Swish", three young men dressed as woodcutters in the mountains fell down, all of them were shot from behind by a feather arrow.

The feather arrow tore through the backpack and passed through the chest, carrying a large piece of flesh and blood and hitting the stone wall, leaving three white marks. In a moment, the mountain path was wet.

In a moment, the three young men could no longer breathe in and were only able to breathe out. Their pupils became dilated and it was obvious that they were dying.

"Master Liu Wu's skill in shooting arrows has improved a lot. I'm sure he will be valued more by the village chief. This is really cause for celebration."

A handsome young man in white clothes rode side by side with a sturdy man in a fur robe, his mouth full of flattering words that did not match his good looks at all.

"Mr. Zhang, you are too kind." The sturdy man in the animal robe known as Master Liu Wu responded indifferently, spurred his horse to quicken a few steps, and led his men to pass by the three young men who were still panting on the road one by one.

The handsome young man raised his lips slightly, and rode forward nonchalantly to continue chatting with Master Liu Wu.

His behavior made Master Liu Wu frown secretly. Mr. Zhang was the village chief's favorite, so he should not get too close to him.

The village chief is not very kind-hearted, and he is very jealous. He is also very capable. Although he has not yet reached the level of a martial arts master, he is a ruthless man who has survived the hands of immortal cultivators, and is also a well-known evil bandit in the vicinity.

It was this guy who always clamored to go out of the village to play, and the village chief couldn't resist his coquetry, so he asked himself to take him out to see the world when he was cleaning the village.

Three unlucky woodcutters tried out this newly acquired Sky-Splitting Bow, which cost a hundred taels of gold, and found it to be indeed useful.

Master Liu Wu felt more confident and had more capital to make a living in this world.

Today I am just going to wipe out a group of refugees in the wild village who don't know how to pay homage to the mountain gate. There is no reason for me, a bone refining master, to not win with thirty or forty skin refining minions.

I am just worried that if there are no good-looking girls in this wild village, what will Mr. Zhang do?

"Bah, I thought you were here to play, what was that for? So you're here to make amends?"

Master Liu Wu suddenly felt nauseous. Looking at the handsome man in white was like looking at a white worm. He hurriedly urged his horse forward a few steps, fearing that Mr. Zhang would see the disgust in his eyes.

When the team was about to reach the village entrance, an alert villager saw them on the road and ran back to the village to report the news.

Master Liu Wu was a skilled and courageous man, so he did not chase or intercept the villager. He just watched the villager who brought the news enter the village gate.

Soon, the gate was closed, and all the strong men climbed up the village wall, drew their bows and arrows, ready for battle.

"Swish", Master Liu Wu turned his head to avoid a weak bamboo arrow without blinking.

Then he stared at the fair-skinned young man who shot the arrow from the village wall, and began to think about what weapon he would use to chop off his head.

"Which mountain are you from? We are new to Niuli Village. If we have offended you, please forgive us."

An old man wearing a silk scarf stood on the village wall, hunched over and bowed to Master Liu Wu.

"I'll only say this once. If you open the door now, there will still be people alive." Master Liu Wu narrowed his eyes and said lightly.

Mr. Zhang is here today, and he is in no mood to talk about 2.58 million with these peasants.

Anyway, there are many famous villages and towns near the village, so this small thing doesn't matter, so just wash it.

There was silence on the village wall. The old man obviously had not expected Master Liu Wu to be so decisive.

If he really wanted to open the door, he would be putting the lives and property of three to five hundred people on the chopping block. How could he, a country old man who could only read a few words, have the courage to do that?

His village was built only half a year ago. It has always been self-sufficient hiding in this valley, and it doesn't have much money or food.

Logically speaking, it is rare for bandits to come to such a village. What are they trying to gain from it?
The skill of roasting pork elbows at Mancang's house at the head of the village is quite good. Why do people come here because of its reputation? I don't understand!

"We have just arrived in Niuli Village. We have lived here for a short time. The villagers are poor and have little property. We can only provide the heroes outside the village with two oxen, ten fat pigs, two pairs of lambs, 100 dan of good rice, and 300 copper coins of pure color. I hope you will show some mercy."

The old man in the silk scarf swallowed his saliva, and looked at the dozens of minions outside with murderous intent. His legs began to tremble, but he still had some responsibility and shouted to the village wall. "It seems that they all want to die!" Master Liu Wu sneered and did not respond to the old man in the silk scarf.

If it was a normal time, Master Liu Wu might have taken the benefit and left to save trouble, but wasn't there a Mr. Zhang waiting by his side with green eyes? They could only say that they were out of luck.

Seeing that the bandits outside did not respond, the old man in the robe, as the elected Muramasa, stopped talking.

The strong men next to them also did not speak. They stared nervously at the group of murderous bandits below, and even swallowed their saliva carefully.

A hundred or so men filled the village wall, and at this moment you could hear a pin drop.

"After the door is opened, half will be yours and the other half will belong to the village. Capture all the women. Please have a look first, Mr. Zhang."

Master Liu Wu pulled the Sky-Splitting Bow in his hand into a full moon shape, and shot an arrow that scattered the fair-skinned boy's hair. He watched the boy fall to the ground with a look of horror on his face.

Master Liu Wu thought secretly, I can't let you die easily, I'm going to saw off your head alive.

Another arrow was fired, and the action of a young man who looked like the boy's father or brother to support the boy stopped abruptly. The flying feather passed through his chest and brushed past the boy's cheek.

Master Liu Wu had little interest in the young man's desperate and frustrated expression. He turned around and looked at the minions who had received the promise and whose morale had risen greatly. They roared strangely and rushed towards the village wall.

Professional people do professional things.

Half of the minions were holding shields and surrounding the village's wooden gate, hacking desperately with axes, while the other half were climbing up the wall with the butts of knives in their mouths, their faces full of fanaticism, without a single sign of fear.

These bandits have committed countless robberies and the ability to risk their lives has long been ingrained in their bones, and they no longer take their lives too seriously.

Farmers these days cannot just dig for food in the soil. The old man in the robe has a few young and strong men who know a few tricks around him to lead the arrangements.

For a moment, golden feathers, rolling logs and stones fell from the village wall one after another. Some unlucky bandits were unable to avoid them and were seriously injured. After a while, the smell of meat came from under the village wall.

However, the remaining bandits are still fearless and unafraid of death. The threshold for being a desperado is very high and not something that ordinary people can afford.

The good times did not last long. As a few slightly outstanding strong men were targeted one by one by Master Liu Wuye's Sky-Splitting Bow, the bandits wearing animal skin armor climbed up the village wall one after another. The gate of the village was shaking under the attack of the bandits' swords and axes.

The defense line built by the strong men began to loosen gradually. People are afraid. When their companions in front fell one after another like wheat, how many ordinary people could still pull the bowstrings in their hands?

A sickly flush appeared on Mr. Zhang's handsome face, and he looked towards the village like a hungry wolf in the snow.

In sharp contrast was the pale face of the old man in the silk scarf. More and more young men fell to the ground, and more and more bandits jumped onto the village wall.

How could he not know that the village was finished!

"Bang" Finally, a gap was cut in the wooden door by an axe.

"Third brother, run! It's really dangerous!"

"Brother-in-law, you go first, go back and take my sister with you!"

"Seventh Brother, don't abandon me! Seventh Brother! Seventh Brother!"

After being killed and dispersed, one man turned back and a hundred people followed him. The strong men openly exposed their backs to the enemy's swords and axes.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the bandits under Master Liu Wu killed and scattered the strong men of Niuli Village, even though the latter's number was five or six times that of the former.

"Why don't you listen to what I say?" After entering the gate, Master Liu Wu saw an impatient bandit, with a cold face, drawing his bowstring.

A feather arrow pierced through the bandit's eye socket, lifting his body and nailing it to the wooden door of the house behind him.

Master Liu Wu swiftly dismounted his horse and walked up to the bandit. He drew out a feather arrow and slashed the bandit's neck with the arrow head. A ball-like object was taken out with the skin attached.

He casually threw it into the air and said loudly, "Put it together. Please have a look at it first, Mr. Zhang! Don't let Master Wu say it a third time."

The fanaticism of the gang of bandits all froze, and they looked at Master Liu Wu with expressions of hatred and fear, but they did not dare to say much, and all followed Master Liu Wu's instructions and went to capture the woman first.

"Thank you, Fifth Master! Thank you, Fifth Master!" How can Mr. Zhang still look handsome now?

He just kept thanking him like a lapdog, unable to suppress the anger in his heart. He picked up the pretty village woman who had been dropped on the ground by the bandit and rushed into the house regardless of her futile struggles.

He had been feeling aggrieved for too long, he almost forgot that he was a man, and he wanted to prove that he was still a man.

He repeated in this village all those unbearable and humiliating scenes that happened in the mountain village.

Master Liu Wu watched Mr. Zhang enter the house, his expression hard to tell whether it was pity or disgust. He put away his bow and mounted his horse. Just as he was about to check out the village treasury and granary, he heard a scream from inside the house!
"It's in trouble!" Master Liu Wu was shocked. Damn, this is the village chief's beloved child!

(End of this chapter)