Hearing this middle-aged man's sudden question, Su Tong couldn't help being surprised, and Qiu Dezhu asked in confusion: "Dad, how did you know?"
"Nonsense." The middle-aged man cursed: "I can smell the fishy smell of both of you from a long distance away, especially you. The blood stains on your clothes have not been washed, and I am not blind. Of course I can see.
come out."
Qiu Dezhu smiled.
"Tell me, who did you fight with just now?" the middle-aged man asked.
Although Qiu Dezhu looked desperate when he was fighting Ma Laoliu just now, when he faced his father, he looked like a good boy, "It's... it's Ma Laoliu and his two followers.
This morning I found a moonflower plant in the woods, and Ma Laoliu and the others saw it. These people wanted to rob it, but of course I refused, so I started a fight with them, and later killed the three of them.
"
"Have you killed three Ma Laoliu?" The movement of the middle-aged man's hand stagnated: "It's not that I underestimate you. I want to kill Ma Laoliu. Let's wait until you are promoted to a junior martial artist. If I read it correctly.
, if this little brother hadn’t helped you, I’d probably be the one collecting the bodies for you now.”
Qiu Dezhu's face turned red after being scolded. He lowered his head and recounted what happened today. Finally, he argued to himself:
Su Tong cupped his hands and said, "This uncle deserves the award. I just happened to help Brother Dezhu at the right time and I didn't dare to bow."
The middle-aged man said humbly: "Little brother, there is no need to be modest. If you win Dezhu, you will save the lives of our whole family. We cannot deny this favor. From now on, little brother, if you have any orders, please feel free to speak out. As long as I, Mr. Qiu,
He who can do it all will never refuse.”
"Since Uncle Qiu said so, I won't be polite." Su Tong said: "There are some things I want to ask Uncle Qiu for advice. I have been living in the jungle with my tribe before, and I don't know much about the outside world. For example, here is
Which country and which place? Can Uncle Qiu tell me in detail?"
Qiu Laoquan looked at Su Tong for a long time, with a strange expression on his face. After a while, he nodded and said: "Since you are asking, Lao Qiu, I naturally know everything. This is Hongtang County under Shao County of Dayan State, and our village
It's called Xiaoling Village.
The little old man’s name is Qiu Laoquan, you know Dezhu, and that’s my daughter Qiu Dezhu outside. Our whole family makes a living by collecting herbs and farming, I wonder if I have anything else to ask?”
Su Tong asked angrily: "Uncle, I have another question. Just now I heard Brother Zhu talking about junior martial arts masters, senior martial arts masters and the like. Is there any Taoism here?"
"Martial master!" Qiu Dezhu's eyes flashed with strange light, and he asked: "Little brother, are you also interested in practicing martial arts?"
Su Tong said: "It's nothing. I just saw Brother Dezhu fighting with Ma Laoliu and the others with great majesty. I felt quite envious and yearned for them, so I asked about it."
Qiu Dezhu also said at the side: "Dad, just now when I was fighting with Ma Laoliu and the other three, we were about to be defeated. Fortunately, Brother Su Tong was on the side to help with a crossbow, and we were able to kill them. Otherwise, we still wouldn't know what happened.
What will it become?”
Qiu Laoquan's eyes glanced at the crossbow behind Su Tong, his eyes flashed with surprise, and he nodded: "It seems that little brother is also a person with a background, but forgive me for being blunt, martial arts practitioners are practicing after all.
The self, whether it is a crossbow or a sharp blade, is only an external object after all, and must not be relied on too deeply."
"Thank you, uncle, for your teaching. I've written it down." Although Su Tong said this, he was unconvinced in his heart. If I didn't rely on external objects, I would have become food for the wild beasts in the jungle.
"Squeak."
At this time, the door opened, and Qiu Dezhu's sister Qiu Dezhu rushed in at a trot, saying anxiously: "Dad, I was going out for diving just now, and I saw Ma Zhiye leading a group of people towards our house. They shouted
Do you want to hand over your brother and this foreigner?"
"How did Ma Zhiye find this place so quickly?" Qiu Dezhu didn't believe it.
Qiu Laoquan stood up and asked solemnly: "Dezhu, did you clean up your hands just now?"
"It's all cleaned up." Qiu Dezhu said anxiously: "Brother Su Tong and I buried Ma Laoliu and the others with our own hands. No one was present at the time. How could anyone see it?"
"Qiu Laoquan, come out!"
"Hurry up, Qiu Laoquan, hand him over immediately, otherwise we want you to look good."
At this time, there was a sudden noise outside, and from time to time there was a sound of slamming the door.
"These two bastards, I'm going to drive them away!" Qiu Dezhu suddenly stood up and was about to go out.
"stop!"
Qiu Dezhu stopped him and said coldly: "I'm not dead yet. When will it be your turn to make the decision?"
After that, he stood up, picked up a long sword hanging on the wall, and walked outside. Only then did Su Tong realize that Qiu Laoquan was walking unnaturally, feeling that he was actually a lame man.
"Follow me." When something happened, Su Tong naturally couldn't stay out of it and followed him out.
"Squeak!"
Qiu Laoquan opened the door and saw more than a dozen people standing outside, including men, women and children. The leader was a middle-aged man wearing a blue-gray coarse cloth shirt. He looked a bit like Ma Laoliu.
They are similar. It seems that these two people are Ma Zhiye, the father of Ma Laoliu, whom Qiu Dezhu mentioned.
It's just that these people obviously had a bit of hostility on them, and when they saw the door open, they immediately glared at them fiercely.
The door was opened, and Lao Qiu faced dozens of pairs of fierce eyes and said without changing his expression: "Who is it? It turns out to be the mayor of Ma Village. What are you doing here at my house?"
After seeing Qiu Laoquan, Ma Zhiye's eyes flashed with sternness, and he said fiercely: "Qiu Laoquan, my son took people to the woods to collect medicine early this morning. He hasn't come back yet. It's possible that something happened. Just in time.
Your son Qiu Dezhu also came out of the woods just now, please quickly ask him to explain what happened?"
Qiu Laoquan sneered: "If your son is missing, go to the woods and look for him. Otherwise, go to the city to report the case to the county magistrate. What's the use of calling me."
Ma Zhiye: "Fuck you, my son's disappearance must have something to do with Qiu Dezhu, and some people saw him bringing back a foreigner. How dare you say that my son's disappearance has nothing to do with them?"
"Yes, the origin of this foreigner is unknown, and you still dare to take him in. There must be something wrong." A sharp voice sounded in the crowd, and a woman in her forties stood up and pointed at Qiu Dezhu and said sharply:
"Qiu Dezhu, where is my son? If you don't tell the truth, you little brat, don't blame me for being rude to you."
Qiu Dezhu's temper was already a little violent. Hearing this, he sneered and ran away from the dagger: "So what if you're welcome? You old woman can still bite me."