Long Yuan's forehead originally had a striking oblique scar, which was also the most obvious feature on his face. But now, the oblique scar has an additional scar crossing it, forming an 'X' shape.
Liu Xiu asked subconsciously: "When did you get another scar on your head?" He remembered that when he first rescued Long Yuan, he didn't have this new scar on his head.
Long Yuan said sternly: "My lord has a life-saving grace for his subordinates. The subordinates must not implicate the lord. Adding this scar can better hide the subordinate's identity."
Liu Xiu secretly admired Long Yuan for being such a meticulous person! Even so, he still took the trouble to warn: "This trip is dangerous, uncle Zhong must be more careful."
Long Yuan held up his hands, bowed to the ground, and said with emotion: "It is the fault of my subordinates to make my lord so worried."
Liu Xiu held his arm and asked him to stand up. Then he asked: "You have been teaching me to practice axe. Do you mean that I will use an ax as a weapon in the future?"
He didn't want to fight with an axe. His idol was a great hero like Jing Ke, and his ideal weapon was naturally a sword.
Long Yuan said: "The ax is heavy, and practicing with the ax is suitable for strengthening the arm strength. When the lord masters the axe, he can switch to a sword. When the lord master can also easily cut down the trees with the sword," he smiled at this.
, took out the dagger from his waist, handed it to Liu Xiu, and said, "My lord, you can use the dagger instead."
Liu Xiu asked in surprise: "Can a dagger cut down trees?"
Long Yuan said sternly: "With enough strength, the leaves can also hurt people."
Liu Xiu sighed and said, "I'm afraid Jing Ke couldn't have done the damage with the blades back then, right?!"
Long Yuan smiled but said nothing.
After breakfast, Long Yuan said goodbye to Liu Xiu and went to Lantian County to look for Long Zhun and Long Bu.
Liu Xiu continued to stay in his hometown in Chongling. His life had hardly changed. He still farmed and practiced martial arts. His life was simple and fulfilling.
At noon that day, Liu Xiu finished his farm work in the fields and was about to go home for lunch. Not far away, he met two people.
Both of them were around thirty years old, with medium builds and average looks. They were dressed a bit slovenly, wearing plain clothes and linen trousers with many patches. It was hard to tell how long they had not been washed. They were so dirty that they looked black and translucent.
There are a lot of refugees now. Seeing these two people, Liu Xiu didn't pay much attention. Just when the two sides were about to pass each other, a man suddenly said: "Liu Xiu!"
Hearing the other party call out his name, Liu Xiu couldn't help but be startled, subconsciously stopped and asked: "Do we know each other?"
The two men looked at each other first, and then looked at Liu Xiu deeply. One of them said with a smile: "I heard that you have a lot of grain in your hands, and you often sell it in the market. How can we brothers?"
I haven’t had a decent meal for several days, Liu Xiu, how about you share some of your food with us?"
When Liu Xiu heard this, he almost laughed on the spot, laughing angrily. He had seen shameless people before, but this was the first time he had seen such a shameless person.
He said: "I have some food at home, but it is barely enough for my own use. There is no extra food to give away."
Hearing Liu Xiu's refusal, the two men's faces sank. The man who spoke raised his eyebrows and asked, "So, do you want to watch us two brothers starve to death?"
Liu Xiu frowned and said: "You two are young and strong, and you have hands and feet. Whether you are working as a long-term worker or a part-time worker, even if you don't have enough to eat, you won't starve to death!"
As he spoke, he shook his head, feeling that these two people were really unreasonable, and did not want to talk to them anymore, and wanted to move on.
A cold light flashed in the eyes of the man who spoke. Suddenly, he moved his right hand back, and a bright dagger appeared in his palm. He aimed it at Liu Xiu's back and silently stabbed it hard.
Liu Xiu was not unprepared. Suddenly he heard that there was a bad wind behind him. He immediately realized that something was wrong and jumped out sideways.
Sha! The edge of the dagger passed under his ribs and opened a gash in the side of his clothes.
This man missed the target, and another man rushed forward immediately. He also had a dagger in his hand. The dagger drew a streak of lightning in the air and went straight to Liu Xiu's neck.
The opponent's move was so fast that Liu Xiu couldn't see clearly. He just instinctively realized that it was not good and leaned back reflexively.
Sha! The cold light of the dagger almost passed by his throat. At that moment, the biting cold air that hit Liu Xiu's neck made goosebumps appear on the skin.
His expression suddenly changed and he said in surprise: "You..."
Without giving him a chance to speak, the two big men each held daggers and attacked Liu Xiu again. Their attacks were fast and fierce, and their knives were all aimed at Liu Xiu's vital points.
More than a month ago, Liu Xiu would not have been able to pass a single round in front of the two of them. But at this time, Liu Xiu's skills were no longer what they used to be after Long Yuan's guidance.
Seeing the two daggers flying up and down towards him, Liu Xiu made a sliding step with his feet, moving sideways as far as a top.
Seeing this, the two big men frowned secretly and couldn't help but murmur something evil in their hearts! According to their investigation, Liu Xiu was just a country boy farming. Why was his movement so fast and so weird?
Watching Liu Xiu dodge far away, a big man chased him with a knife. The other man quickly put on a deerskin glove, took off a leather bag from his waist, opened the seal of the leather bag, and he was wearing a deerskin glove.
The leather-gloved hand reached in.
Then he greeted his companion who was attacking Liu Xiu.
The big man suddenly gave up his attack and bent down. At this moment, the big man behind him took his hand out of his leather bag and held a red and white flower snake in his hand.
He raised his arm outwards, and the flower snake flew out and headed straight for Liu Xiu.
The two big men cooperated skillfully. As soon as the former bent down, the latter threw the flower snake.
Liu Xiu didn't see clearly what was flying towards him, but after more than a month of practice, his body instinctively turned sideways and swung out a hoe.
Snapped!
The hoe was impartial and hit the head of the flower snake that was flying toward Liu Xiu. The flower snake landed on the ground and its red and white body suddenly curled up into a ball.
Seeing clearly that it was a snake that landed on the ground, Liu Xiu's heart trembled and her face changed.
The two big men secretly gritted their teeth. The crouched man stood up again and continued to attack Liu Xiu with a knife. The other big man rushed to the flower snake, picked it up from the ground, stuffed it back into the skin, and then he
He took off his deerskin gloves, shouted loudly, and attacked Liu Xiu with his companions.
Just when Liu Xiu was forced to retreat by the two men's attacks, suddenly, he heard a loud roar coming from the country road: "Stop!"
This voice is like thunder exploding in the clear sky, even from a long distance, it can make people's hearts skip two beats.
After hearing the voice, Liu Xiu and the two big men went out in search of fame, and saw three people running quickly on the country road.
The leader was tall and muscular, with shiny bronze skin, thick eyebrows and tiger eyes, a straight nose and square mouth, and a beard on his face, exuding a rough and heroic aura.
The visitor was none other than Liu Xiu's eldest brother, Liu Yan. Following Liu Yan were his two best friends, Zhang Ping and Zhu Yun.
Seeing his eldest brother coming, Liu Xiu was overjoyed and shouted: "Brother——"
Seeing two gangsters attacking his younger brother, and both of them using knives, Liu Yan was furious, his eyes were as wide as copper bells, and his hair and beard were all spread out, as if he wanted to eat people.
Zhang Ping and Zhu Yun also took out their daggers and ran straight to Liu Xiu with murderous intent.
Seeing this, the two big men were secretly frightened. It seemed that they had no chance to take Liu Xiu's life today.
The two of them looked at each other, without saying a word, abandoned Liu Xiu, turned around and ran away.
How could Liu Yan, Zhang Ping, and Zhu Yun let them go and then chased them. However, these two people had strong legs and ran very fast. In just a moment, they had already covered a long distance. Liu Yan and the other two chased them for a while. Seeing that instead of getting closer, the distance between the two sides was getting farther and farther, so the three of them finally gave up the pursuit.
They returned to Liu Xiu and looked him up and down. Liu Yan asked with concern: "Axiu, are you okay?"
Liu Xiu shook his head and gasped, "Brother, I'm fine!"
Zhang Ping and Zhu Yun asked angrily: "Axiu, what's going on? Who are those two people?"
Liu Xiu didn't recognize the two big men either. He shook his head and said, "I don't know them, but they seem to know me. Not only can they call me by name, but they also know that I often go to the market to sell food."
Hearing this, Liu Yan frowned. It sounded like they must be people nearby, but in his memory, he had never seen these two people before.
Liu Xiu continued: "They asked me for food. When I said I didn't have any, they suddenly attacked me with a knife!"
Liu Yan frowned even more tightly. If the other party wanted food, there was no need to kill him with a knife! If the other party came to seek revenge, but Axiu had been farming at home as expected, how could there be enemies?
After thinking about it, he said in a deep voice: "You are not allowed to sell food in the market from now on. There is a severe drought in the world. Many people will do anything just for a bite of food!"
In Liu Yan's opinion, it must have been his younger brother who often went to the market to sell grain, which aroused jealousy and jealousy, and that led to this misfortune.
Liu Xiu felt that things were not that simple.
He didn't recognize the flower snake that the other party threw just now, and couldn't tell what kind it was, but he knew that the more colorful and beautiful the snake, the more poisonous it was.
If I had been bitten by that flower snake just now, the consequences would be disastrous.
It felt like the other party didn't come for his food, but more for his life. Asking for food was just an excuse.
But he had never provoked anyone, so why did the two of them want his life?
Seeing Liu Xiu lowering his head and not responding for a long time, and not knowing what was going on in his head, Liu Yan said angrily: "Axiu, did you hear what brother told you?"
Liu Xiu came back to his senses and responded: "Brother, I understand." After a moment, he suddenly remembered something and asked: "Brother, why are you here?"