Sweet as candy

As the dusk gradually sinks, misty cooking smoke slowly rises. At the foot of the mountain, a black figure hurriedly walks through the forest. His sleeves flicked lightly, reflecting light blue light under the moonlight.

The leaves above his head swayed in the breeze, Xiao Lang didn't stop walking, he only slightly tilted his head to the right, and the corner of his eyes swept towards the sound.

Under the shadow of the lush branches and leaves, the boy raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and pulled the black cloth scarf hanging loosely around his neck to the bridge of his nose.The next moment, aiming at the figure passing under the tree, he kicked his legs and jumped down.

The dagger flashed a piercing cold light in the night sky.

Xiao Lang chuckled lightly, without dodging or evading, he confronted the menacing young man head-on.

The young man was slightly shorter than him in stature, but he was superior in his agility, his moves were astonishingly fast, and the dagger in his hand hit Xiao Lang's vitals with every move.Xiao Lang knocked back the opponent with his elbow, secretly glanced at the environment around him, the surrounding bushes were so dense that it was difficult for him to use his sword skills, so he could only use the terrain to tease the boy to keep retreating.

It wasn't until his field of vision became empty that Xiao Lang pulled out the sword from his waist. The young man raised his eyebrows, knowing that the other party was about to make a serious move. He spun the dagger in his hand and waved at him provocatively.

Xiao Lang went up with the sword in his hand, the young man held his breath and watched, skillfully avoided the horizontal sword, then leaped up into the air like a nimble cheetah, kicked off the sword, turned over and landed behind Xiao Lang, with his hand The elbow hits back with force.

Xiao Lang took it with his palm, lowered his head and frowned, looked at the blade of his sword that was stepped on by the youth, and sighed softly: "It's dirty."

Hearing his tone, the masked boy knew that something was wrong. He was about to speak, but Xiao Lang had already made another move, all of which were more fierce and fierce than before. The boy was forced to back several steps, quite embarrassed, and finally Wah-wah shouted: "I won't play anymore, I won't play anymore!"

Xiao Lang pursed his lips and smiled, and the sword fell out of its sheath, but before retracting it, he slapped the opponent's ass with the scabbard viciously, seemingly unintentionally.With a whimper, the young man tore off the veil on his face. It looked like a young and handsome face, but it was slightly flushed with annoyance: "Brother Xiao, you did it on purpose!"

"Oh." Xiao Lang took out the Supa in his bosom and stroked the blade of the sword, his eyes widened with an innocent look: "It turned out to be Shi Ji, with clumsy eyesight, I couldn't recognize it, I offended him."

Xue Shiji snorted twice, and put the dagger back into his arms: "I think you recognized it a long time ago, and you just want to tease me."

Xiao Lang smiled and said: "You hide so well, and the sky is so dark, if it wasn't for the opponent's moves that are as handsome and neat as yours when we fight against you later, how could I have guessed it."

Xue Shiji was the best coaxer. Hearing what Xiao Lang said, he didn't pursue it further: "I want to see how brother Xiao is preventing the crisis. It seems that I really don't need to worry about it. Fortunately, I stopped in time in the end, otherwise I will die under this dust-cleaning sword today."

"It's not so light and light." Xiao Lang said: "I haven't seen you for a few days, and Shi Ji's kung fu has improved again. Given time, he will definitely be able to rank in the top ten of the ranking list."

Xue Shiji said: "Brother Xiao, you are too good at complimenting others. I'm going to blush if I continue talking about it. No wonder I heard that there were two young ladies fighting for you a few days ago."

"Cough..." Xiao Lang's face turned red, he stretched out his hand to stop him, and continued, "If you don't talk about this, why did you come here? Didn't you agree earlier that you will go to Hexi with Mr. Liang to help the disaster?"

As soon as this name was mentioned, Xue Shiji exploded into a ball, pulled him and complained: "Don't mention it! I think I and that surnamed Liang are really incompatible. I didn't fight him because of his bad temper. It’s not bad, and we also work together to provide disaster relief? I really don’t know what the leader thought at the time!”

Xiao Lang smiled and said: "He also saw that the relationship between you and Mr. Liang was too stiff, and wanted to ease it for you."

"Are you still calm?" Xue Shiji said: "I have seen it through. If you don't talk too much, don't force it! Hey, don't say a word, I get dizzy just seeing his face! No, before we set off We quarreled again, and I couldn't take it anymore. I haven't become the leader yet, so how can I put so much official airs on him! Brother Xiao, when the martial arts conference is held, I will definitely mobilize all my connections to vote for you. This martial arts We must not let him take the position of leader!"

Xiao Lang looked helplessly at the sky: "Thank you, thank you."

"Don't talk about that guy, it's annoying to talk too much." Xue Shiji stepped forward and put his arms around Xiao Lang's shoulders, and said with a smile, "I was too aggrieved to stay there, so I went to discuss it with Ma Daxia, and changed directions with him. How about going to Hexi for disaster relief, and I will go with you?"

Xiao Lang smiled and said, "You discussed with Ma Daxia? How did you discuss it?"

Xue Shiji winked and said, "Hey, Daxia Ma, don't you know? I bribed him with two jugs of good wine, and he agreed right away without even thinking about it!"

Xiao Lang sighed: "The leader said that Ma Daxia should drink less in this body, you bribe him with wine, let the leader know, and he will discipline you again."

"I can't control that much anymore. I'm not a subordinate of the Wulin League." Xue Shiji said angrily: "I like to follow you anyway. If the leader doesn't allow it, then I will do it alone! We have known each other for the longest time, and I will help you." There is nothing wrong with helping your friends, right?"

This person is still a child with a temper, if he continues talking, he might get angry again, Xiao Lang can't help him, he can only agree: "Well, you must be tired after coming all the way, it looks like it will rain soon, You follow me to rest first, and we will continue our journey the next day."

Xue Shiji excitedly followed him towards the foot of the mountain. A group of chivalrous men brought by Xiao Lang were living in a village at the foot of the mountain. Seeing Xue Shiji's arrival, everyone was overjoyed and pulled him to sit down and chat.Xue Shiji concealed the unhappiness between himself and Liang Pian, and only said that he followed Xiao Lang.

"It is said that Hero Xue and Hero Xiao have a good relationship, and today it is true." Someone laughed and said, "That's fine, I heard that Hero Xue is good at short combat, but I haven't been lucky enough to see it. Let's make gestures someday, so let's treat it as a Satisfy everyone's hunger!"

Xue Shiji scratched his head and said, "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, it's all friends in the rivers and lakes who gave me face. In terms of qualifications, I can't be ranked high."

Everyone laughed and exchanged a few words with each other, and there was a strong smell from the kitchen. The peasant women and men in the village came out with a big pot of fish soup, and said with a smile: "You knights have worked hard on the journey, drink some fish soup to warm you up." Warm your stomach."

"It smells so good!" Xue Shiji's nose twitched, and Xiao Lang who was beside him hurriedly stood up and said, "I'm ashamed, we've already disturbed you by staying here, so why bother you."

The peasant woman smiled and said: "Hey, what do you say to disturb or not? We will be very happy if we can do something for you heroes. Our Niuniu also hopes that Xiao Daxia can stay here for a few more days. She also said that when she grows up I want to marry Xiao Daxia!"

Everyone laughed loudly, Xue Shiji was not afraid of big things when watching the excitement, took the lead to take a bowl to fill the soup, handed it to Xiao Lang and said, "I agreed to this marriage on behalf of Brother Xiao! Niuniu, let's make an agreement, you should be filial to your parents , when you grow up, my brother will personally escort Xiao Daxia to marry you!"

The little girl who was peeking behind the door blushed and ran away, everyone laughed again, Xiao Lang shook his head helplessly, nodded slightly to the peasant woman covering her mouth and said happily: "The soup is very delicious, thank you."

Before the pot of thick soup was finished, a person hurried over from outside the door. When he saw Xue Shiji, he didn't have time to be surprised. He turned to Xiao Lang and said, "Hero Xiao, Ah Hu and I went to inspect just now and found a person covered in blood. Lying at the bottom of the mountain with wounds on his body, he died before he could ask what happened!"

Ah Hu came in from behind, carrying a man covered in scars.The peasant woman screamed and covered her eyes.The man at the side frowned, stepped forward to look carefully, Xiao Lang motioned for someone to help the peasant woman back to the room, and said softly: "Brother, do you know him?"

"Somewhat familiar." The man said, squinting his eyes for a closer look, and said for a while, "If I remember correctly, this should be from Xing'an Village. I have been to their village before."

"Xing'an Village? How far is it from here?"

"It's not far, five miles away." The man said, "It's just under the next mountain. Hero Xiao, if you want to go, I can lead the way."

"Then I will trouble you, brother." Xiao Lang turned his head and ordered: "Ahu, you and Brother Hu lead a group of people to stay here, pay attention to whether there is any change around the village, and must protect the people in the village. The people from the hospital will go to check with me, and if there is any emergency, call me back with a signal flare."

Xing'an Village is leaning against a cliff, surrounded by a not-so-shallow river, and the villagers usually rely on this water source to live.

When Xiao Lang arrived, the village was already enveloped in a strong smell, the smell of burnt houses mixed with the smell of blood, thick black blood flowed across the road in the village, extending into the water source they depended on for survival .

"It should be because it was too dark, and the rain put out the fire early, so no one noticed." Xue Shiji walked past a corpse in front of the village, squatted down, and wiped the blood on the corpse's face with his sleeve. He said: "The man Ah Hu and the others brought back had injuries on his legs, and his five fingers were all worn out. He must have exhausted all his strength to crawl over to ask for help."

Xiao Lang squatted on the bed, and closed his eyes for the villagers who were dying in peace: "They are all ordinary people, and this place is so remote, how could they get into such a murderous disaster."

Xue Shiji didn't understand and said, "Could it be that he met a robber? But firstly, this village is not rich, and secondly, even if he is a robber, his style is not so cruel."

The two looked at each other, Xiao Lang said: "Check separately, be careful."

Thanks to the previous rain, the house was not completely burned down.Xiao Lang led a group of people around the burnt black fence and pushed open a wooden door. The owner of the house had already been killed by a sword.

The wound was stabbed deeply, and it was a head-on posture.The villagers still had a frightened expression on their faces, Xiao Lang glanced inside the house, although there were traces of searching, the important belongings were still left in the cabinet.

Those people don't seem to be here for money.

Xiao Lang's expression moved, and he said kindly to the back: "Brother Liu, please gather the corpses of these villagers at the entrance of the village, and bury them together later."

He went along the small road and checked the houses one by one. None of the innocent villagers were spared. They all died tragically in their own homes. Some who ran faster were also shot to death not far from the village entrance.

Xiao Lang carefully flipped through their clothes, the palm prints behind him had already started to turn black, the people at the side saw it and exclaimed: "This? How does this look like a bone-eating palm?"

Xiao Lang covered the corpse with his clothes again, and his expression became serious. The Bone-Erosion Palm is a top-notch skill, how could a top-notch person appear here?

At this time, Xue Shiji's voice came from behind: "Brother Xiao, Brother Xiao, come and see!"

Xiao Lang turned his head and saw that he was running over carrying something in a panic, and when he looked in front of him, it turned out to be a living little baby crying loudly!

Xiao Lang hurriedly stepped forward to take the person in his hand, it was really terrible, according to his carrying method like a rabbit, if he was angry, he would have to toss until he was exhausted!

Xue Shiji didn't realize that there was anything wrong with his posture, he stepped forward and poked the little baby's face curiously, as soon as the little baby landed on Xiao Lang's body, he turned his head and buried his face as if he was looking for some straw to save his life into his arms, with tears in his mouth, he looked back at Xue Shiji's face with some fear.

Xue Shiji couldn't help being a little depressed - he rescued the person, why did he look like he was avoiding him, and he wasn't afraid when he saw Xiao Lang?

"When I was searching just now, I heard a sound in the water tank. When I opened it, I found that there was a living person hiding! The child saw me and started crying without saying a word. I am so wronged. I didn't do anything! "

His words still had a sense of grievance, Xiao Lang sighed, he really didn't know which of these two people was the child.

He patted the little baby on the back, and said softly: "Little brother, don't be afraid, we are not bad people. Tell me your name, please?"

The child looked at him timidly. Xiao Lang seemed to have a soothing aura in his body, and the fear of being grabbed out of the water tank just now gradually faded away. He said faintly: "Xifu .”

Xiao Lang smiled and said, "What a lovely name, Xifu, can you tell brother why you hid in the water tank?"

The child hesitated twice, he was only four or five years old, and he couldn't even speak coherently.

Seeing that he had just suffered the pain of bereavement, Xiao Lang couldn't bear to force him anymore, and said softly: "It's all right, you should rest for a while, brother will take you to a safe place to sleep, and you will wake up the next day , brother will ask you again."

The child nodded. Xiao Lang was about to hand him over to Xue Shiji, but as if he was afraid of being abandoned, he tightly clutched the clothes of the person in front of him and refused to let him go.

Xiao Lang glanced at his palm, which was only the size of a child, and thought of something. He glanced comfortingly at Xue Shiji who was hit hard, and walked to the side with the child in his arms.

He gently covered the child's eyes to prevent him from being frightened again when he saw the dead body here, and then asked the man who brought them here: "Brother, do you recognize this child?"

The big man came over to take a look, scratched his head a little embarrassedly and said, "I don't think I've seen it before, Xiao Daxia, I've only been to this village a few times, so I don't know everyone."

Xiao Lang nodded, and there was another call from behind. It was the person who went to patrol around the village and came back: "Hero Xiao, we found a person, and we need you to go and see!"

Still alive?Xiao Lang and Xue Shiji glanced at each other, and hurriedly followed them to the river.

By the river, a man whose face couldn't be seen was lying unconsciously by the river bank, arching his body slightly as a protective gesture.The person who came to inform Xiao Lang just now said anxiously: "Just now, when we were patrolling the surrounding area, he suddenly fell from the sky! With a bang, we thought it was something, but when we got closer, we realized it was a person. angry!"

The mysterious man who descended from the sky was dressed in black, with slender hands and feet, and his body was scratched by stones and branches in many places. Xue Shiji squatted down, flipped his wet hair on his forehead, and hooted: "This People... they look weird and good-looking."

No matter what time it is, I still have the mind to pay attention to these.Xiao Lang glanced at him helplessly, then squatted down together, stretched out his hand to touch his forehead, it was a little hot: "Did it fall from the sky?"

He looked up at the forested cliff above his head: "It should have fallen from above, is there a village on it?"

"I have already sent people to investigate." The man said, "I will be back soon."

Xue Shiji propped his head and said, "This man's life is quite high. He fell from such a high place. Fortunately, there is water under here. If it were flat ground, he would be smashed into scum. Hey, why did he fall? Is it because he can't figure it out? Suicide?"

Xiao Lang ignored him, and stretched out his hand to open the man's skirt.

A man should have practiced martial arts, his muscles are smooth and even, and his skin is almost strangely white. It should be a beautiful picture, but a palm mark on his chest ruins everything beautiful.

Seeing the palm prints, Xue Shiji was taken aback for a moment, and his expression gradually became serious: "Erosion bone palm?! Was he injured by someone who became popular?"

Xiao Lang said in a deep voice: "Just now in the village, I also found that some corpses have bone erosion palms, but they are not as deep as the palm on his body."

"No wonder he fell off the cliff." Xue Shiji said if he had realized something: "Looking at his body, he should be a martial artist, so that he can fight a few moves against the first-line celebrity, but it's a pity that the opponent's strength is too strong, so he was finally beaten with a palm Fly."

"You recovered very well." Xiao Lang stood up.

At this time, the people who went to the mountain to check also came back, and reported in detail: "Hero Xiao, there is indeed a village up there, but it has been completely burned by a big fire. I checked, and there is no one alive. .”

Xue Shiji was surprised and said, "It's really the people who are popular in the front line? Why did they go crazy today and wash two villages with blood?"

Xiao Lang stood up, looked at the man on the ground with an unclear expression, then looked down at Xifu who had already fallen asleep in his arms, and sighed.

According to the behavior style of the first-line celebrity, these two people were able to escape from their hands, which can be regarded as a blessing.

Xiao Lang pondered for a while, then turned his head and told everyone: "Bury the villagers well, take these two people back, and ask them after they wake up."

After finishing speaking, he shook the happiness in Xue Shiji's arms, and motioned him to move another lucky one who survived.