Good luck every time

Summer rain always comes suddenly.

A sharp arrow pierced through the thin rain curtain and pierced Zou Kong's horse's butt.

The horse was frightened and ran away very fast in an instant.

Logically, Zou Kong should be happy if the horse had not crashed headfirst into a tree.

He tumbled off his horse and landed on the ground, covered in mud.

"A bunch of mad dogs, they can still shoot arrows on a rainy day..."

He got up in a panic and continued to run forward, with four words repeating over and over in his mind.

Red Willow Villa!

The sound of horse hooves behind me was getting closer and closer.

Zou Kong took a deep breath, knowing that no matter how good his martial arts skills were, he could not outrun a horse.

He decided to grab a horse.

There was a loud rumble of thunder.

He found a tree and tried to climb it, hiding himself in the tree and ambushing any assassins that passed by.

But I didn’t expect that when people are unlucky, even drinking cold water will get stuck in their teeth.

A bolt of lightning struck from the sky to the ground.

He suddenly felt pain all over his body and almost fell from the tree.

Looking at myself again, it seemed that arcs were still flashing.

Zou Kong felt helpless and wanted to cry, and cursed Li Ruyi.

"You are lacking a great virtue. I saved your sisters, and this is how you take revenge on me!"

"You are such a character...!"

"If you want me to come to Red Willow Villa to do something for you, why don't you ask me? Why do you have to use this method? Why don't you just tell me that I can do it myself?"

"I haven't had a good life yet! I didn't say I don't want to live a rich life..."

He crawled out from under the tree and didn't dare to go under the tree again.

The pursuers are already behind us.

Zou Kong took a deep breath and pulled out the dagger from his body. He flipped the dagger with his fingertips with extreme flexibility, and the dagger appeared and disappeared from time to time.

The next moment the pursuer's horse brushed past him and went straight for his head with a knife.

Zou Kong blocked with a dagger, but after the man passed by, the people behind him immediately chased after him.

Zou Kong was prepared when the second knife came.

He coordinated his body movements with his sword skills and instantly got under the opponent's horse's belly. The dagger directly pierced the man's calf, and he himself dodged and rolled over to land behind the man.

The killer turned sideways and wanted to kill him, but the hollow fingertips suddenly turned into a thin blade and slashed his neck.

Bright red blood splattered everywhere, and the man didn't even realize he was injured.

It was not until he turned his head that large streams of blood gushed out and his strength was slowly drained away that he finally fell on the horse's back.

Zou Kong kicked him off the horse, and the moment the man fell, he quickly pulled out the dagger from the man's leg.

The rain curtain fell.

The raindrops are getting heavier.

The people chasing him were still riding their horses, but their arrows were indeed useless.

Zou Kong leaned his whole body on the horse's back, clamped his legs tightly around the horse's belly, hugged the horse's neck, and drove the horse hard to run forward as quickly as possible.

He has encountered many pursuits along the way.

At first he was able to hide his tracks, but later on, people came one after another to kill him.

He understood the reason for being close to Quzhou County.

The bounty orders here are much more useful than those outside.

And those gangsters who love to brag and have no financial resources are also extremely obsessed with making money.

It would cost five hundred taels to hire a killer somewhere else, but only two hundred taels here.

But Zou Kong could also understand it, after all, it was two hundred taels!

It's sad to think that my life is only worth this little money.

Fortunately, this world doesn't leave him much time to be sad.

He fell down the hillside while riding his horse, but because of this, he was much closer to Hongliu Villa.

Zou Kong got up from the ground, holding his injured knees and waist, and limped forward.

"I really owed you two sisters in my previous life. What on earth do I want?"

"Red Willow Villa better have something very important..."

"Otherwise, our lives will never be over. If I don't steal everything from your house except the cabinet, I won't be called Zou Kong!"

Zou Kong was so angry that his teeth were itching.

However, because he rolled down the hill, he also had a brief moment of peace.

He limped for a while and his waist finally recovered.

The heavy rain washed away a lot of mud on his body, but it also made him look even more shabby.

He remembered the address Li Ruyi gave him, and also remembered the directions those people pointed him when he asked on the road.

Just keep walking and walking, and after crossing a field, you will arrive at a small village.

He knocked on a family's door in the heavy rain.

Seeing how miserable he was, the man became even colder.

"I don't have any food for you, get out of here!"

Zou was so short of breath that he had been holding his breath the whole way.

"I don't mean to..."

Before he could finish his words, the tattered wooden door had already closed.

I tried hard to calm myself down, and between continuing to knock on this door and knocking on the next door, I decisively chose to continue knocking on this door.

The door opened, and it was the same middle-aged man from before.

"I told you there's no food for you!"

At this moment, Zou Kong really wanted to take out a silver ingot and throw it in this man's face, telling him that he was also a rich man, but unfortunately he didn't have any.

"I'm not here to beg for food, I'm here to ask for directions!"

Hearing that he was a man who came to ask for directions, he finally asked in a more friendly manner.

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going to Red Willow Villa!"

The man from Hongliu Villa was stunned when he heard him say that.

"Red Willow Villa? Who are you?"

Zou Kong didn't know what the token Li Ruyi gave him represented. He pulled the brocade bag from his neck and took out the ordinary stone.

"I……"

He wanted to say he was going to look for someone!

But the next moment, the man's eyes suddenly widened, his eyes turned red and bloodshot, and because he was too excited, the veins on his forehead were throbbing.

"Young...Young Master..."

Zou Kong: ...

He seemed not to have heard clearly, and he was dragged into the house immediately afterwards.

"Hey what are you doing!?"

At this time, Zou Kong's internal energy was exhausted and his physical strength was reduced to the lowest point. There was no way he could fight against this man.

The man pulled Zou Kong into the house and brought him in front of a little old man.

"Dad! Dad, look! It's the manor owner's token! He is the young manor owner..."

The little old man was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, but when he heard these words, he suddenly widened his eyes. His eyes were cloudy, but they emitted a strange light.

Without waiting for Zou Kong to react, he sat up and snatched the token from Zou Kong's hand.

The next moment, two lines of clear tears flowed from his turbid eyes.

"Old Master, I've finally waited for this... wuwuwu..."

Zou Kong: ...

Zou Kong was a little frightened. Could Hongliu Villa be this small village?

Not to mention that there is only one cabinet left after he steals, there is no cabinet at all even if he doesn't steal.

"You...you...you have such a hard life!"

This living standard is almost the same as that of his beggar brothers.

No wonder they said there was nothing for him to eat.

The old man took two deep breaths and asked his son to go out and call for help.

Soon, more than a dozen families in the small village gathered together.

It was at this time that Zou Kong learned the general situation of Hongliu Villa.

"You mean my uncle who killed my master... occupied Hongliu Villa and drove you out of the villa..."

A group of old men and women surrounded him, talking excitedly and explaining the past.

There are not many young and strong people in this village, only four or five.

Zou Kong was a little flustered.

He is just a thief, not a liar. I have never experienced such a scene before.

However, he was too kind-hearted. Looking at those old people crying, he did not reveal the truth behind the matter.

"Young Master, what are your plans for the future? Are you going to avenge the Master?"

Zou Kong was completely confused.

"But I'm only in my twenties. From what you said, my master seems to..."

He died quite early!

How did he pass on the legacy to me?

Is it a dream?

"You are naturally your master's aunt who accepted the disciple on behalf of the master. Don't you remember?"

A group of old people looked at each other and talked about a bizarre life story for Zou Kong.

"Yes, it must be Aunt Hong!"

"You must have not seen your master for many years, otherwise how could you say such a thing!"

"It's not easy for Aunt Hong either. Ding Bai has been looking for her very hard these years. I'm afraid she wants to hide, and it's been buried in her heart. No wonder she didn't teach the child much. Look at her, she's like a thief!"

"Yes, yes, this kid looks like a thief..."

"Oh, look at his hands, he's really good at stealing."

"..."

Everyone nodded silently, and they all agreed that Zou Kong looked like a thief.

Zou Kong: ...

Is it possible that I am actually a thief! ?

He didn't dare to say it because he found that these old people all laughed strangely when they mentioned thieves.

These people probably never thought that Ding Hong would find a thief to be her senior brother's apprentice.

Of course, this would definitely not be possible if Granny Ding took action herself.

But this token was given by Li Ruyi.

"Stop, stop, collect your things, everyone collect your things!"

The old man that Zou Kong saw first interrupted everyone.

"Now that the young master is back, we have to find a way to help him take back Hongliu Villa!"

"Yes, that's right!"

"Take it back... ahem..."

Zou Kong looked at the group of old men and women who were about to fall down at the slightest gust of wind, and they were talking to each other, feeling full of complaints in their hearts.

His hatred for Li Ruyi reached an unprecedented peak.

Even stealing everything from Li Ruyi's house except for a cabinet was not enough to appease his anger.

"Well...everyone...elders, why don't you stay here? I will go to Hongliu Villa first..."

The old men and women were very excited.

"That won't work. Ding Bai has already taken control of Hongliu Villa. If you go back, you'll be delivering yourself to the enemy!"

"Yes, he has been coveting the skills that match the Xiang family sword for many years. If he knew that he could get the complete skills, he would definitely torture you to death to make you reveal it!"

Zou Kong: ...

"Is Ding Bai so hateful?"

"Yes, yes, Ding Bai is a beast for betraying his master and ancestors!"

"You are the heir of Hongliu Villa, and saving your life is the most important thing. Otherwise, I don't think Ding Bai will outlive you, so you can just wait a few more years."

"That's true. This kid is young and Ding Bai will definitely not live longer than him..."

"So this is what Hong Gu was thinking!"

Zou Kong felt a little tired.

These old people seemed to have been immersed in their own world for a long time, and they seemed unable to hear what Zou Kong said.

But Zou Kong himself knew his situation. He had to go to Hongliu Villa. The people chasing him were right behind him, and these old men could not protect him.

"I have to go to Red Willow Villa!"

He also wanted to go there and ask Li Ruyi why she treated him like this.

Hearing that he had made up his mind, the old people who had been talking a moment ago fell silent.

"Young Master, I'm afraid you will be in danger on this trip..."

Zou Kong asked.

"Does Ding Bai want the mental method?"

"Not entirely, maybe he also wants Red Willow Villa!"

"But he has now taken control of Red Willow Villa."

"Then he must still want the mind method."

"Yes, yes, that mental method is the most powerful. It can be combined with other mental methods to practice together..."

Zou Kong’s eyes widened in an instant.

"This mental method can actually be integrated?"

"Yes, why are you so stupid? Didn't Aunt Hong teach you how to integrate the mind method?"

Zou Kong: ...

"I don't know the mental method you are talking about!"

"Oh, so it turns out that you can't..."

"It's useless even if Ding Bai catches the young master!"

"Who said it's useless? We can catch him and use him to threaten Aunt Hong..."

"Doesn't that mean that he won't die immediately after returning to Red Willow Villa..."

Suddenly the room fell silent, with only the sound of raindrops outside and rain leaking through the roof.

After a long silence, the old people finally reacted.

"So this is what Hong Gu was planning!"

"Don't mention that it has to be Aunt Hong. We all never thought of not teaching the successor the mind method. Oh! So powerful..."

"Yes, yes. If Hong Gu doesn't show up ten years after Young Master returns, then doesn't that mean Ding Bai will have to serve Young Master for ten years!"

"Oh my! Then Red Willow Villa can be taken back without any effort..."

"Yes, yes!"

"But what if Ding Bai abuses our young master? As long as Hong Gu doesn't show up, Ding Bai will chop off one of the young master's fingers, chop off one of his toes, cut off one of his legs, and blind his eyes..."

"It's not like there haven't been precedents like this before..."

"No, no, Young Master still can't go back!"

"Maybe not. Actually... there is another way!"

The person who said this was an old lady who was out of breath.

Everybody looked toward her.

"As long as the young manor master said...he returned...returned to Hongliu Mountain Manor...he had already made an appointment with Hong Gu..."

"This? Ding Bai won't do anything to him?"

The old lady took two deep breaths.

"This matter needs to be delayed..."

"What do you mean by hold back?"

"Just to hold back... Ding Bai..."

"Oh! So they are trying to hold Ding Bai back and not let him come back!"

"That's a good idea, but how can we stop Ding Bai from coming back?"

"Just hold back... Ding Bai, don't let him get suspicious... and say... you have a very good relationship with Hong Gu... but he doesn't know that she and Ding Bai have a blood feud..."

Zou Kong: ???

"Is Ding Bai a fool? He would believe such words?"

A group of old men and women shook their heads.

Only the old lady who made the initial suggestion continued.

"He will definitely believe it... He will definitely believe it..."