Lord of Earth Fiend

Chapter 69

"Deacon Chen, Deacon Chen!"

Song Xin walked in with a stack of files in his hand, looked around, and asked, "Strange, where did he go? He was still there just now."

But he didn't see Chen Jin sitting there, the two of them were in the same room, only a few steps away.

Chen Jin smiled slightly, very satisfied with the current effect.So far, the "Invisibility Method of Ten Thousand Zhangs of Red Dust" can be regarded as a minor success:

"There is form and intangibility, form and spirit are one; seeing and not seeing, there is a line in the eye, so it is said: A leaf can't see the mountain..."

"When a person is in a busy city, his heart is pure, his voice is not heard, his person is not seen, it is like entering a land of no one..."

Thinking of the realm of great accomplishment, it is really easy to advance and retreat, very chic.

When Song Xin went out again, Chen Jin collected the exercises, and Shi Shiran picked up a file to read.

Not long after, Song Xin turned around, saw him, and hurriedly called out, "Deacon Chen, where did you go just now? Why did you disappear in a blink of an eye?"

Chen Jin replied, "I'm going to wash my hands."

Song Xin said "Oh" without thinking too much, and said, "Deacon Yang said that there are not many files that have been exchanged."

"Ok."

Chen Jin responded.

Another dull day passed, and after get off work in the evening, he returned to the house and took out a refined iron sword.

This sword was brought down from the mountain by Gu Leyou. He brought three swords and gave him one as a gift.

Standing in the courtyard with a sword in hand, Chen Jin began to practice the last three moves of "Eight Swords of Yongzi":

Long skimming is wiping, short skimming is cutting, and pressing is teasing.

They are the sword wiping style, the sword cutting style, and the sword lifting style.

The style and characteristics of these three styles of swordsmanship have changed again, which means "the sword is slanted, light and delicate".

Eight forms of swordsmanship, the first three forms are straight forward, open and close; the second form is hook defense; the last three forms are light, agile and changeable...

It really includes thousands of variations of sword moves in the world, and it is extremely mysterious.

Chen Jin didn't know what the original version of Di Sha's "swordsmanship" looked like, but he thought it must be the legendary flying sword, which was unrivaled.

The current "Eight Swords of Yongzi" is not bad, and after practicing it, it can stand alone in the world.

He has always learned swords step by step, and he practiced hard.Up to now, the eight-style swordsmanship has been practiced and familiarized, at least, the sword moves are completely mastered.As for the sword intent contained in each pose, it belongs to another level, that is, the stabbing sword pose, the sword splitting pose, and the sword cutting pose have been immersed for the longest time, so they have condensed a little meaning.

The rest are basically still in the "recruitment" stage.

If you want to progress, you need a lot of actual combat.

Learn the sword first, then practice the sword, but the most important thing is to use the sword in actual combat.

Whether it is cultivation or martial arts, most of them have the inheritance of the master. In the process of learning, they are not alone. There are masters and elders giving advice, and there are also peers discussing and discussing. Under such an environment, the learning efficiency is naturally high.If you are alone and completely rely on your own groping, it will be difficult.

Chen Jin was in such a situation. Fortunately, there was an extra Taoist priest by his side.

When Gu Leyou came back, he seemed to be in a good mood, humming an unknown tune, and carrying a bag of meat in his hand more than usual.

Chen Jin asked jokingly, "You got a big deal today?"

Gu Leyou waved his hand: "Is there any big business in the city? But today, I checked the palms of several girls and made a lot of money. It seems that we are still very popular with them."

Look at his appearance, how much money he makes is secondary, being welcomed by a girl's family is the happiest thing.

Chen Jin said, "Are you looking at someone's palm, or are you taking advantage of the opportunity?"

"This statement is wrong, this way is professional."

"So what did you tell them?"

Gu Leyou laughed and said: "Which girl doesn't have a spring? Looking for palm reading at this age is nothing more than a marriage. Just say something nice and wish them a good husband, and they will naturally be overjoyed."

With a chuckle, Qiu Buwei Shi Shiran walked in: "Little Gu, you are becoming more and more like a magic stick. Thanks to your learning of Taoism, you can only go to the street to coax the little girl's house."

Gu Leyou said with a bitter face: "Life forces me, what can I do?"

"Here, here it is for you!"

Qiu Bujuan quickly threw out another silver ingot.

Gu Leyou took it, and smiled brightly: "Miss Qiu is indeed a hero among girls, so it's easy to give money."

Qiu Bujuan sat down and looked at the wine jar with distaste: "Just drink this?"

"Of course not, tonight we're drinking turbot."

As he said that, Gu Leyou went into the room and took out a yellow skin gourd. The gourd contained treasure wine, but there was not much left.

Qiu Bujuan had already drank this wine before, and nodded: "This is not bad."

The three of them sat down, eating meat and drinking, and gossiping.

Qiu Bujuan looked at Chen Jin, and said suddenly: "I heard from your uncle that he passed on "Light of One's Body" to you?"

Chen Jin replied: "Yes."

"How are you practicing?"

"Let's be so-so."

"What is sloppy? If you practice well, you will succeed, but if you don't, you will not succeed."

"It should be no problem to use it to protect yourself and escape."

Qiu Buzhu raised her eyebrows: "Really? I want to take a look."

As he spoke, he backhanded and pulled out the whip wrapped around his waist.Her whip was quite mysterious and unusual, it was wrapped around her waist as a belt, and when it was pulled out, it flicked slightly, and it immediately turned into a deadly weapon.

call!
The whip was like a boa constrictor coming out of its hole, and rushed towards Chen Jin's chest.

Chen Jin had been on guard for a long time, clapped his hands on the wooden table, and jumped back with the momentum, retreating more than ten feet, just avoiding the whip that was hitting.

Qiu Bujuan let out a small gasp, kicked her toes on the ground, the man chased after her, and rolled her long whip towards Chen Jin's neck.

If the quilt is tight and the strength bursts out this time, the neck bone will be strangled.

Chen Jin's body, however, seemed to have lost weight and turned into a piece of catkins, hiding away when there was no time left.

Qiu Bujuan didn't do anything else, took the whip back in his hand, and stared at Chen Jin intently: "Xiao Lang, how long have you been practicing "Lightness of Body"?"

Chen Jin replied: "There are two or three months."

"Two or three months? Even if you practice for two or three years, it's impossible to become so light!"

Qiu Bujuan felt suspicious.

Now that Chen Jin has shown it, he is naturally ready to explain: "When I was in the village, I told you an allusion. There is a big bird perched on a tree. If it doesn't sing, it will be nothing. It will become a blockbuster."

Next to him, Gu Leyou saw the doorway, and suddenly interjected: "Scholar, this 'big bird' you mentioned is serious, isn't it?"

As expected, Qiu Buzhuan was distracted, and said coldly, "Little Gu, are your skin itchy?"

Gu Leyou hurriedly said: "You guys discuss slowly, as an outsider, I shouldn't be there, so I'll go into the room and sleep."

Take three steps and take two steps, and hurry back to the house.

Qiu Bujuan crossed his arms and walked around Chen Jin, looking him up and down: "Xiao Lang, I didn't expect you to be really talented in martial arts."

Chen Jinlang said in a loud voice: "Little aunt, you look at people through the crack of the door and look down on me."

Qiu Bujian curled her lips: "It's a pity that you are not a woman."

Chen Jin's eyes widened immediately: "Between martial arts talent and gender, I would rather choose to be a real man."

Hearing this, Qiu Buwei raised her brows: "What? Is it bad to be a woman? See how you look down on others."

Chen Jin knew very well that the result of fighting with boxers would be that he would never be able to eat meat, and would only end up with a fishy body, so he hurriedly said, "Little aunt, in fact, I have not only learned "Lightness of the Body" but also swords, otherwise, let's compete Discuss?"

Qiu didn't marry but lost interest, unwilling to fulfill his idea: "Let's talk about it next time."

shook hands and left.

When she left, Gu Leyou ran out quickly, and said in a low voice: "Scholar, your little aunt is a master, what is the background of your grandfather's family?"

Chen Jin said, "I want to know too."

Gu Leyou only took him as an excuse, and stopped asking: "Actually, she is very kind to you. Every time she deliberately comes to eat something, and then she will use it for money."

Chen Jin said: "Everyone in my family is very nice... just right, Taoist priest, let's practice swords."

Gu Leyou had a bitter face: "I can't compare to you. With your swordsmanship, I can only be a target. It hurts my self-esteem too much."

"Practice or not?"

Chen Jin put down a sentence directly.

Gu Leyou blinked his eyes: "Practice as soon as you practice, are you afraid that you won't succeed?"

In fact, even though he is at an absolute disadvantage every time he fights, he can also gain a lot of insights, which is of great benefit, and his swordsmanship improves quickly.

……

Entering April, it is rainy.

During this period of time, two influential events took place.

The first thing: the new prefect of Gaozhou prefect took office. I heard that he was transferred from Xiangxi. His name was "Miao Jiafeng". He was in his early forties, but he was born in Juren.

Generally speaking, with the rank of the fourth rank of the magistrate, non-jinshi can't take the position.For a mere candidate, being able to become a seventh-rank county magistrate is considered a lucky one.

I don't know what kind of background this Mr. Miao is from, and which powerful family he has gone through.

However, the south of the Five Ridges is barren, and the price of official positions has always been lower than that in the Central Plains.

It may also be due to the change of the dynasty. In just over a year, too many officials were deposed or even imprisoned and beheaded, so many positions were vacant.

The second thing: There was a group of bandits fleeing from the south of the Yangtze River. The number reached more than [-] people. They occupied the pass mountain peaks in and out of Lingnan, built a village called "Black Mountain Village", occupied the mountain as king, blocked roads and cut paths, Very arrogant.It is said that this group of strong men were not originally bandits, but defeated rebels, so they were extremely fierce.

Due to the trouble caused by Heishanzhai, no matter Huazhou or Gaozhou, the situation has become serious, and the people are full of resentment.The prefects of the two prefectures sent letters to discuss, preparing to use troops together to suppress the bandits.They have the responsibility of guarding the soil, and they cannot meet to discuss without permission.

Facing such tyrannical bandits, ordinary yamen servants have no way to deal with them, and have to mobilize troops.

According to Qiu Bujuan, the uncle will go into battle and serve as the commander.Qiu Bugui was the captain of the state capital, and it was his duty to lead troops to suppress bandits.

Chen Jin went to talk to his uncle and expressed his willingness to see it. Unsurprisingly, he was immediately reprimanded:
"It's just nonsense, what's the use of following you? Did you think you were going to visit the mountains and rivers? According to the intelligence, this time is by no means an ordinary bandit suppression, but a real march to fight. When the time comes, who can protect you?" ?”

Chen Jin said: "I can protect myself, maybe I can help."

Qiu Bugui waved his hand: "It's the greatest help if you don't make trouble. You don't have the status of being a member of the army, and there is no need to get involved. It's not your turn to worry about uncle's official duties, so just stay on patrol Division."

Chen Jin had no choice but to give up.

At noon that day, Gu Leyou rushed back excitedly and shouted: "Scholar, there is a big deal."

Chen Jin asked, "How big is it?"

Gu Leyou stretched out his hands and compared gestures: "A total of 800 taels of silver. If the matter is done beautifully, there will be another reward after it is completed. In my opinion, the total may reach 1000 taels."

"So many? What are you doing?"

"Go to a village to find someone, and then bring him back."

Chen Jin looked at him: "It can't be that simple."

Gu Leyou replied: "Of course it's not that simple, it's like this..."

In the city, there is a rich "Qin family" who has been engaged in medicinal materials business for generations and has a wealth of wealth.This Qin family was passed down through three generations. In this generation, the son's name is "Tan Haibin", who was a weak crown year.He has practiced martial arts since childhood and is quite capable.

But three days ago, Tan Haibin was staying in a village on the way of transporting medicinal materials. Something happened that night and he was detained.

After listening, Chen Jin asked: "That's it?"

Gu Leyou said: "Tan's family didn't clarify the reason for the detention, and there may be something wrong with it, otherwise they wouldn't have paid such a high price."

Chen Jin asked again: "Did you receive this matter alone? Or?"

Gu Leyou replied: "The Tan family put up a reward list. As far as I know, five or six groups of people have already signed up."

It is not surprising that there are brave men under the heavy reward.

Chen Jin asked again: "What's the name of that village?"

"Li Village."

Chen Jin narrowed his eyes: "That Li village under Mazi Mountain?"

Gu Leyou answered honestly: "Yes."

Chen Jin has read many files, and was deeply impressed by this "Li Village", because this village has a separate name, called "Ghost Village".

It's called a ghost village, not because it's eerie, but because it's more mysterious, and there's less information to communicate with the outside world.

The introduction on the case file of the Patrol Division is very simple, saying that the people in Li Village have a secret method handed down from their ancestors, and they are good at raising ghosts, and they belong to the heretics who raise ghosts.

Gu Leyou said again: "I am not sure about entering Li Village to rescue people, so I will discuss with you when I come back to see if you are interested."

Chen Jin smiled: "800 taels, of course I'm interested. We eat supper every day, drink wine and eat meat. We can't always use my aunt's money."

Gu Leyou was overjoyed: "Scholar, if you and I work together, we will surely succeed immediately, so let's go."

He was worried that if he went late, Qin Haibin would be rescued by others.

Chen Jin said, "It's not a short journey to Li Village. Shall we go on foot?"

Gu Leyou hurriedly said: "You can walk with your feet, you won't be exhausted, just hire a carriage."

The people in the car dealer heard that there was no driver willing to go to Li Village, so Gu Leyou simply rented a car and became a driver himself. Anyway, this business is not very difficult.

Once I had the car, I made some tidying up and explained it, then drove the car out of the city.

Neither of them had ever been to Li Village before, so they didn't know the route, but they knew the general direction. Walking along the official road was not a big problem, and they could find people along the way to ask for directions.

Compared to Chen Jin's calmness, Gu Leyou wanted to rush over as soon as possible.There are too many variables in this kind of thing. If you come a step late and are preempted by others, then your work will be in vain.

This is a big deal, and several groups of monks and warriors have already rushed there, and some of them seem to be good players.

Drive the horse gallop, almost never rest.

When night fell and the stars and the moon appeared in the night sky, they finally arrived at the place.

"Look, that should be Ma Zishan."

Gu Leyou held up his horsewhip, pointed to a mountain ahead and said.

The mountain is not high, lying on its side, looking from a distance under the brilliance of the stars and the moon, it looks like a horse lying on the ground.

"Which friend is here, and report your name!"

Amid the sound of drinking, lanterns lit up one after another, and there were vague figures blocking the road.

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(End of this chapter)