Cangzhou was already close to the south of Chu State. A few days after starting the journey, the team had already sailed out of Liaozhou and went further to the territory of Chen State.
"Ah sneeze!"
Tang Ning rubbed her nose. Although they were driving south all the way, the weather was getting colder and colder now that it was autumn. Zhao Man had to be reminded to change into a thicker quilt at night.
Ahead was Shililin. When they came, they encountered an ambush there. Thanks to his cleverness, he exchanged hostages with the opponent and eliminated the crisis.
He Rui got off the carriage and looked at the forest ahead with a complicated expression.
Lu Teng rode over and said, "I'm afraid I'm going to sleep in the woods again tonight."
"Then speed up." Tang Ning looked at the forest ahead and said, "Stay one night today and rest in Fengzhou tomorrow night."
Lu Teng nodded, looked behind him, and said, "Keep going!"
As the team approached, a figure suddenly appeared in the forest. The Imperial Guards first put on a defensive posture, but seeing that there were only a few people on the other side, they went over to a team to inquire about the situation.
Not long after, Lu Teng brought a few people over and said, "Master Tang, they are the bandit leaders of Shililin. They are here to lead us this time."
The leader immediately said: "No, no, no, general, we have become good and are no longer thieves."
The man looked at Tang Ning and said expectantly: "Sir, we have now become good and no longer thieves. We will listen to your instructions every day, do more good deeds, punish evil and promote good..."
Tangning almost forgot that there was such a problem, nodded and said, "You guys did a good job."
The man rubbed his hands and said: "In that case, sir, can you give us the antidote? We guarantee that after taking the antidote, we will still be the same as before, only doing good things, not doing bad things, punishing evil and promoting good.
, Accumulating blessings..."
Tangning waved her hand and said, "Actually, you are not poisoned."
He was poisoned now, and it took a year for the poison to take effect. I don't know if there is such a high-tech poison in the world, at least Tang Ning herself doesn't have this ability.
The man was startled, then laughed dryly and said: "My lord, you are joking..."
Tangning looked at him and asked, "You don't believe me?"
The man trembled for a moment and said immediately: "Trust, trust, we will still do more good deeds in the future. One year from now, sir, you must send someone to deliver the antidote..."
He didn't believe the truth, and Tang Ning had nothing to do. The bandit leader didn't dare to say anything more, and said with a smile: "Young man, go ahead and lead the way..."
With these local snakes leading the way, this trip from Shililin to Fengzhou was much smoother than last time.
When they arrived in Fengzhou, Tang Ning was surprised to find that what the bandit leader said was actually true.
Whether they have reformed their evil ways in their hearts or not, at least they have done so in action. In the past two months, Fengzhou suddenly had a good gang with hundreds of brothers. With the purpose of doing good deeds and spreading love, they built bridges and paved roads.
The most important thing is to fight local gangsters and punish gangsters, which has won a lot of applause from the people in Fengzhou.
Regardless of whether they were sincere or not, their actions were commendable. Tang Ning threw a packet of medicinal powder to him and said, "Dissolve in a bowl of water, and everyone can detoxify by taking a sip."
This medicinal powder was actually made from rouge purchased from the Chu Kingdom. It was made of flower petals. It was purely natural and had no additives. He bought a lot of it when he came back this time. In addition to purchasing it for Zhao Yuan, there were many more.
"Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir." The former leader of the Shililin Bandit, now the leader of the Good Guys Gang, knelt on the ground and burst into tears of gratitude.
Tangning waved her hand, indicating that he could leave.
He walked back to the inn, and when he saw Chen Zhou, he warned: "Watch that woman, don't let her run away."
"Don't worry, sir." Chen Zhou patted his chest and said, "I used three ropes, but I have never tied a pig so tightly. The more she struggled, the tighter she became, and she couldn't run away."
Tangning patted his shoulder and said, "Not bad."
Although she was a prisoner like Wan Yanyan, the treatment of Lady Gongsun here was not so good.
She was good at martial arts and knew the art of voodoo. Although Tang Ning found out all her voodoos and burned them, to avoid accidents, she was tied up along the way and was not qualified to ride in a carriage alone. Instead, she was stuffed
There was no separate room for her in the truck or at the inn, so she had to make do in the woodshed.
There is no need to be careless when dealing with such dangerous elements.
On the way back, he was eager to return home and was not willing to delay at all. It was already afternoon when he arrived at Fengzhou, and he planned to set off again tomorrow morning.
If we don't waste any time on the way, we can go back in early October.
He walked back to the yard. Lao Zheng held the knife in his hand, walked around the yard, and asked, "Have you seen my whetstone?"
"No." Tangning shook her head and said, "Go and ask the cook. There must be some at the inn."
Lao Zheng's knife is not often used, but he always likes to sharpen it. He takes it out and sharpens it every two days. I don't know what this hobby is.
When it comes to using a knife, he just likes to use it to cut pig ears for drinking at night. Tang Ning had to admit that the pig ears cut by Lao Zheng were of a moderate thickness and really tasted better than those cut by ordinary butchers.
Butcher Zheng walked to the kitchen and asked the cook who was busy in front of the stove: "Is there a whetstone?"
The cook was busy cooking and said without looking back: "Yes, it's in the woodshed next door. You can go find it yourself."
Butcher Zheng pushed open the wooden door of the woodshed and started looking around.
A middle-aged woman was tied to a pillar in the middle of the woodshed, and Butcher Zheng's eyes swept across her body.
The middle-aged woman looked at him, and at a certain moment, she suddenly asked: "What are you looking for?"
Butcher Zheng looked around and asked, "Did you see the whetstone?"
The middle-aged woman lowered her head and looked, raised her foot and stepped on it again, saying, "It's under my feet. Come and get it."
Butcher Zheng looked over and found a dark stone at her feet.
He walked to the middle-aged woman and bent down.
The middle-aged woman's eyes were slightly focused and her brows were raised.
At the same time, a strand of hair on her head suddenly fell down, twisted a few times in the air, and headed straight for Butcher Zheng's face like a living creature.
Looking carefully, I realized that the object was much thicker than a hair and was about to get into Butcher Zheng's nose in an instant.
There was a sneer on the middle-aged woman's face. That was her most precious Silver Thread Snake King Gu. It was usually hidden in her hair and was her last resort to save her life.
The Silver Thread Snake King is extremely fast and at such a close distance, even a top expert cannot dodge it, let alone an ordinary butcher?
Butcher Zheng raised his head and pinched the object casually. He grabbed the head of the object and his body was still twisting.
He rubbed it with his thumb and forefinger, and the thing stopped struggling and became motionless.
He clapped his hands, as if dusting off dust, looked up at the middle-aged woman, and said, "Silver-threaded Snake King, you are hiding deep enough..."
The middle-aged woman's eyes tightened and she said in a trembling voice: "How do you know..."
The person in front of me not only knew about the Silver Thread Snake King, but he crushed her most powerful insect to death, just like crushing an ant to death. Not only did he destroy the middle-aged woman's last hope, it also shocked her heart.
Butcher Zheng shook his head and said: "There are not many people left in the Wan Gu sect. If you don't want to pass on the tradition, why go to the grassland to join in the fun?"
When she heard the words "Ten Thousand Gu Sect", the middle-aged woman's expression changed drastically for the first time, and she said sternly: "Who are you!"
"I just killed the pig. I had no other intention. It's just that you stepped on my whetstone." Butcher Zheng squatted on the ground and said, "Be good, lift your feet..."
