Volume 1 Chushan Bandits Chapter 17: Youth in Spring
This question about Lu Xiong is also what confuses Xu Huai.
Although he used words to frighten the assassins at the Eagle's Mouth Cliff that day so that they did not dare to act rashly, the empty city plan was still an empty city plan after all.
If the assassin refuses to give up, now that more than a month has passed, he should have figured out their details, right?
Xu Huai couldn't understand why these assassins not only didn't attack again after more than a month, but instead used Hutouzhai to make such a big fuss?
Lu Xiong saw doubts in Xu Huai's eyes and reminded him, "No matter who is behind you, please ask him to be careful of the people sent by Cai Ying. They may be harmful to the Xu family..."
Xu Huai was startled, and vaguely understood what was going on.
The Fu Mang Fist, Fu Mang Knife and Fu Mang Spear practiced by the Xu clan were all learned by his father Xu Wuxuan and others when they served in the army in their early years. They were later spread among the Xu clan after they returned home.
Not only was Lu Xiong more proficient in the Fu Mang Fist, Fu Mang Knife, and Fu Mang Spear, but Xu Huai could also see traces of military training ingrained in his bones from his many habits in daily life.
However , Dai Viet had an imperial army of nearly two million stationed in more than 330 prefectures and counties. Xu Huai had never thought that Lu Xiong would have any connection with his early deceased father Xu Wuxuan and other members of the Xu family who had served in the army.
Now it seems that he thought it was too simple.
Or are those assassins overthinking it?
"When your father Xu Wuxuan returned to his hometown and passed on the Fumang Spear to his clansmen, didn't he say that the Fumang Spear was a unique invention of the army of Wang Xiaocheng, the former commander of the Jingsheng Army?" Lu Xiong said.
"..."Xu Huai wanted to say that he couldn't even remember what his father Xu Wuxuan looked like, and he only heard some old things from his mother when she occasionally nagged about them.
He didn't even know what was so powerful about the Fumang Spear. Most of the clansmen around him knew how to use it, but Xu Wujiang, who had never formally joined the army and only represented the Xu family in the Inspection Office, was more accomplished.
This is mainly because no one had ever told him these things before, and it is not convenient for him to ask about them abruptly now.
Lu Xiong pulled out the spear from the mud, stood on his legs, and swayed his body slightly, giving people the feeling of a giant python standing up from the grass.
Xu Huai knew that he was using the stance to build up his strength, and then he saw Lu Xiong thrust his spear diagonally out.
The spear was moving extremely fast, whistling through the air, and Xu Huai could hardly catch it in time. He saw that the spear blade deviated from the willow tree in front by several inches and did not pierce it.
When Xu Huai was wondering why Lu Xiong deliberately deflected the spear, he saw the spear shaft tremble violently like a snake's spine. Almost at the same time, the spear blade swung several inches to the left, and the junction of the blade and the shaft hit the tree.
The willow tree, as thick as a bowl, broke into two pieces with a "crack" and fell down.
It is hard to imagine how terrifying the second wave of power from the gun tip is.
"This is the Eagle Pecking Stance of the Subduing Python Spear. With a little change, it can evolve into the Shield Breaking Stance and the Sword Swinging Stance. The essence is to apply the method of concealment to the spear shaft, and unleash the second and third strengths without any gaps in a single thrust. When fighting in the military formation, it can break the enemy's sword and shield blocking and break the opponent's defense. If you really want to join the army in the future, this is the spear force you really need to master. On the battlefield, fancy sword and spear techniques are really not applicable. The core is still frontal attack and defense. Although other spear techniques have similar methods, they are very different from the Subduing Python Spear."
Lu Xiong casually stuck his spear into the mud again and said,
"Marshal Wang taught the Fumang Spear to the army without keeping it to himself, so it has gradually spread over the years. However, most of the people who really mastered its essence were the old people around Marshal Wang. Your father was one of the commanders of Marshal Wang's personal soldiers and was the one who received the true teachings. Old Mr. Wang also knew your father when he was the judge of the Jingsheng Army. I originally thought that you knew these old stories, but it seems that you have never heard your elders mention them."
"My father passed away early, and I was indeed stupid in my early years, so I have never heard others talk about these things." Xu Huai did not expect that Lu Xiong and his father were old acquaintances.
Lu Xiong had also tried to inquire about the Xu family's situation in the past month. He said, "I have been traveling around the world for many years and I have never denied that I am an old member of the Jingsheng Army. I am now worried that the assassins sent by Cai Ying may not have really figured out our true intentions, but have mistaken the Xu family members for ours."
This is such a huge misunderstanding!
Xu Huai was overwhelmed. He saw Lu Xiong looking at him after saying these things, with expectation in his eyes, but what could he say?
The story about the "big brother" behind him was a fabricated lie. It was said that a few days before Wang Bing arrived in Huaiyuan, a piece of text inexplicably flashed in his mind, so he went to Yingzizui to wait all day long?
If he really said that, would Lu Xiong get angry and slap him in the face?
Xu Huai was overwhelmed and whispered with guilt: "That person didn't come to see me again. Maybe he has left Tongbai Mountain?"
"maybe……"
Lu Xiong said this, but it did not mean that he did not believe Xu Huai.
The person behind Xu Huai had not shown up until this time. Lu Xiong also guessed that the person probably did not want to get deeply involved in this matter and might have withdrawn after the first reminder.
This is very human nature.
There are always very few people in this world who are truly willing to risk their lives for others.
If someone knew that Cai Ying intended to send someone to assassinate Wang Bing, and took a great risk the first time he reported the news, then after seeing that the assassin was not willing to give up, he would not want to get involved again. Isn't it normal?
Lu Xiong still couldn't help feeling disappointed: without help, their means of dealing with the situation were too limited.
"Old Mr. Wang doesn't want to involve too many innocent people, so he will leave the military camp and head to Bianyang tomorrow regardless of Deng Gui's obstruction. You and I will say goodbye in this willow forest. Madam Di has taken good care of Miss Xuan'er over the past month, and it is not convenient for Old Mr. Wang to thank her in person. Please tell her later!" Lu Xiong said again.
Looking at the bleak background when Lu Xiong turned and left, Xu Huai felt mixed emotions.
Wang Bing didn't want to implicate too many innocent people and planned to go to Biyang tomorrow, but Xu Huai didn't think he could really stay out of it.
If the bandits in Hutouzhai suddenly became active and brutal, it must be because of assassins behind the scenes. They were obviously targeting the person hiding behind Wang Bing.
At this time, Wang Bing and his grandson were escorted by Lu Xiong to live in Biyang. The assassin was more likely to think that this was a strategy to lure the snake out of its hole.
Previously, it was their misunderstanding to say that the two assassins who sneaked into the caravan left halfway in order to alert the enemy. However, this time the assassins used Hutou Village to cause trouble, which must have been to alert the enemy and perhaps also to deter all parties at the same time.
Of course, Xu Huai had a complicated feeling at this time. He did not expect that as a descendant of the old members of the Jingsheng Army, he was actually involved with Lu Xiong and Wang Bingzhen.
It was precisely these involvements that he was unaware of, as well as his bluffing in Yingzizui that day, that caused the assassin to misunderstand him so deeply that he did not even allow him to explain.
Xu Huai had no impression of his own father, but he still had some impression of his uncles and cousins who were once soldiers of the Jingsheng Army and were still there.
These are all very ordinary people. After returning to their hometown, they have no land or houses to settle down, and most of them live with their relatives. Why did the assassin take them so seriously after suspecting that they had joined forces with Lu Xiong to protect Wang Bing?
Xu Huai suddenly thought of another question. The Jingsheng Army was a forbidden army. Logically speaking, birth, aging, illness and death should be within the army. How could his father and other Xu family members leave the army and return home fifteen years ago? And how could they join the army before that?
No one had ever talked about these old things in front of him before. Xu Huai wanted to find Lu Xiong to ask for clarification, but then he thought again, if he asked Lu Xiong everything, how could he explain that there was no so-called "big brother" behind him?
Damn it, I'm really just tying myself up in knots!
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At dusk, Xu Huai walked to Zheng the butcher's butcher shop with a sword in his hand, reached out to hold the roast goose, pulled off a goose leg and started to chew it.
"You..." Zheng the butcher sat behind the butcher block with a guilty conscience, and did not stand up. He glanced several times at the standard long knife outside the butcher block and the boning knife closest to him, but countless thoughts flashed through his mind, but he still did not have the courage to pick up the boning knife and say a few harsh words.
Xu Huai finished chewing a goose leg, wiped his greasy hands on his collar twice, and said: "I want to have sex with Miss Liu Qiong'er from Yue Honglou today, but I don't have enough money to enter Yue Honglou. Can you lend me some!"
"Not counting the wine and reward for one night, two taels of silver can only let you listen to Liu Qiong'er playing the piano and singing songs. If you want to get Liu Qiong'er's red pill, you have to spend dozens or hundreds of times more silver. Now it's impossible. Do you think I don't want to fuck?" Zheng the butcher thought angrily, but more than a month had passed and his back was still aching. He didn't dare to say what was in his heart to annoy this killer. He whispered, "Why do you think about this today? This price can only see Miss Liu Qiong'er. Whether you can sleep with her depends on Liu Qiong'er's mood. Can't you change a girl?"
"A few days ago, I saw Miss Liu Qiong'er walking by the river. Her fat butt was swaying like water waves. I couldn't describe the feeling in my heart, but it was like a lot of ants biting me. Xu Sihu said that I wanted to rape her. I have been enduring for several days, but I don't want to endure it anymore today. I want to rape her today, but I don't have any money. I can't snatch her out with just a knife, so I can only ask you to borrow money." Xu Huai said.
Butcher Zheng thought to himself that you are a fool but not completely foolish. You know that those dozens of thugs in Yuehonglou are all strong and muscular, and they are not raised in vain.
"I can understand your feelings, but..." Zheng the butcher runs a butcher shop which is considered a good business in Huaiyuan, but it is impossible for him to give silver ingots to this fool for no reason. Can he ask Xu Wujiang for repayment afterwards?
The key point is that Liu Qiong'er has claimed in recent years that she only sells her art and not her body, but she really can't sleep with him for two taels of silver.
Otherwise, does he need these two taels of silver?
"Lend me two taels of silver. If anyone dares to cause trouble here in the future, I will break his legs for you. One leg is worth one tael of silver!" Xu Huai said very reasonably.
"Who the hell would break someone's legs for no reason?" Zheng the butcher thought to himself.
Butcher Zheng's eyes kept rolling around, and Xu Huai reached out to pull another goose leg, and slowly started to gnaw on it while leaning against the wooden pillar supporting the awning.
Zheng the butcher was hesitating whether to send someone to find Xu Wujiang and pull this idiot back, but he heard the wooden pillar "crackling" and dust falling. He was startled and looked over, only to see that the muscles in Xu Huai's waist and back were knotted and bulging, and he was trying to push the wooden pillar away from the stone base little by little.
"Okay, okay, okay! Stop it now, young master, and I'll give you some money!" Zheng the butcher shouted hurriedly.
Butcher Zheng knew that he could ask Xu Wujiang to take the killer away today, but he couldn't stop him from causing trouble again in the future. He simply took out the money box, which contained a few silver ingots and a handful of copper coins. He thought of letting this idiot go to Yue Honglou to cause trouble and see how the Tang family behind Yue Honglou would punish him!
"These small amounts of silver should be enough for you to have a good time at Yue Hong Lou."
"Lend me this wooden box." Xu Huai took the money box and went straight to Yuehonglou, not caring about Zheng the butcher and Chen Gui and other employees who came out to watch the fun.
Although he had long learned from the servant boy of Yuehonglou that the assassin was recruited by the top prostitute Liu Qiong'er during his stay there, he really couldn't think of any other opportunity to sit down and have a good talk with Liu Qiong'er except this method.
"That idiot from the Xu family borrowed a few taels of silver from Zheng the butcher, and he wants to come to Yuehonglou to have sex with Miss Liu Qiong'er!"
Not to mention the scoundrels who were looking for trouble in the streets, before Xu Huai came over, the news had already spread in Yuehonglou, and many girls and servants ran to the gate to watch the fun.
"Although he is a bit silly, he doesn't even know that two taels of silver is only enough to listen to Sister Qiong'er sing a few songs. If he wants to buy red pills, maybe he can negotiate with me if he brings two thousand taels of silver. But he looks pretty good - is he a virgin? Do you think, if he is a virgin, would Sister Qiong'er pay for him to sleep with her? Look at his arms, they are strong, do you think Sister Qiong'er can handle it?"
"You can't handle it, but you still want to take the beating for Sister Qiong Er?"
"How can just two hits be enough? Don't tell me, if it were you guys, would you be willing to be hit by that idiot from the Xu family?"
Miss Liu Qiong'er was sitting restlessly in the backyard of the house.
To be honest, she was annoyed. This incident made her feel very embarrassed, but deep down she couldn't help feeling smug: The fact that that idiot from the Xu family was so unconcealed just showed that her appeal was far beyond what those scum could match.
Of course, she was a little worried, thinking that if this reckless guy came into the house, would he not understand the fun of selling art instead of body and end up causing a big scene?
"Sister Qiong'er, Mr. Xu is coming. Do you want us to prepare a banquet for you?" The maid pushed the door and brought Xu Huai in and asked.
Does this fool have enough money to pay for the banquet?
When Liu Qiong'er saw Xu Huai's handsome face, she thought it would be pointless to let him take advantage of her, but she must not do business at a loss. The money this fool brought was not enough to pay the bill, so could she still ask Xu Wujiang to collect the debt?
"No need, just make a pot of Queshexiang tea and come in and serve me in the yard." Liu Qiong'er said lazily.
