The man sitting on the main seat was very young, with a sneer on his face and said, "It's not me, do you think you can come here alive?"

“…”

I couldn't speak, and I opened my eyes wide and looked at the familiar face. The impatient and arrogant expressions on my face were so familiar.? He used to be arrogant in the Juma Valley. Even if he left unbearably, he still had the courage to press down on Mount Tai and not bend down.

But I never thought I would see him again here.

Shen Xiaokun!

This leader who is hiding deep in the mountains and bandits will actually be him!

As soon as I saw him, memories that were buried deep in my mind that I dare not touch easily appeared in front of me one by one. And I still clearly remember that after he told me and Qinghan how to leave the valley, he left the Juma River Valley alone. I don’t know how many people the Shen family had implicated, but with Pei Yuanhao’s thunderous means, he would definitely get rid of the roots. He could no longer have a place to live in the north.

So, he came here?

I looked at him blankly for a while, finally found my voice and said stiffly: "You, are you - you killed the tiger?"

He glanced at me and his eyes hopped slightly: "Why do you think I killed the tiger instead of - I am a tiger?"

"You're not."

"oh?"

Although I was a little confused when I saw him, my mind was not confused. I still clearly remember when I first arrived here, the deputy general reported to us about the tigers and the water dragon. He said that this bandit had been doing evil in Jiujiangkou for many years. However, at this time a year ago, Shen Xiaokun was still in the sword washing pond with his troops from the Ministry of War, waiting to make trouble in the Juma River Valley. How could he be the bandit who did evil in Jiujiang?

Moreover, I heard from the water dragon that they have done their own things for more than half a year. Judging from this time, it should have been more than half a year ago that Shen Xiaokun escaped from the pursuit of the northern court. When he arrived here, he didn't know how he used to kill the tiger, replaced him, and took the lead in this bandit camp.

That's why he refused to even see Shui Long and ordered him to be killed directly.

After hearing my words, Shen Xiaokun seemed unhappy. He glared at me for a while, and finally said, "Not bad."

I nodded gently.

No wonder when I saw those originally vulgar bandits outside just now, I saw such a strict guard system, and the entire bandit nest became a large military camp. I think that ordinary bandits did not have such ability. Only he, a noble son from a famous family and former assistant minister of the Ministry of War, had such confidence and ability.

He put his hands on the table and clenched his fists slightly. His fists were the size of a wine bowl. He could also see many small scars on the back of his hand. It seemed that he had experienced a lot these days.

I asked, "Why are you here?"

He was silent for a while and slowly said, "After the Jima Valley... I have nowhere to go. Everyone I know dared not take me in, even those--" When he said this, his eyes were slightly red and his mouth was twitching. I probably knew that the embarrassment of the trees falling and the walls falling and the people pushing them. Seeing him like this, in just one year, he should have tasted the coldness of the world. Shen Xiaokun gritted his teeth and said, "It took me a lot of time to leave the north."

"Then, what do you think, come here?"

"Because of the people in the south," he frowned, with a little fierce light flashing in his eyes, and said, "It was because these people in the south encouraged my uncle to destroy my family. Later, I actually heard that the people in the south were in chaos and the six provinces in Jiangnan left the court. I knew that my uncle was used by them. It was because of their use of his uncle fighting with the emperor over the years that he had the opportunity to cause chaos in Jiangnan."

I didn't say anything.

When I heard about the chaos in the south, I had already guessed the reason. What I didn’t guess was just the person behind the chaos in the south.

And Shen Xiaokun—

He gritted his teeth and said, "I want to see who is so harmful to his uncle!"

"you--"

"I only realized that it was him when I got here!"

"You know everything."

His fists were clenched, his knuckles snapped, and he said viciously: "Pei Yuanxiu, it's him!"

Looking at his fierce eyes and red eyes, a chill surged in my heart.

But at this time, no matter who or what is happening, it cannot stop another feeling in my heart. I carefully said to him: "My daughter, right here, right?"

He looked up at me, then nodded for a while, "Not bad."

"she……"

"She is the daughter you gave birth to the emperor, the princess who was wandering outside?"

I felt a little uneasy when I heard the word "Princess" and I just nodded quickly.

Shen Xiaokun looked at me with a sneer in his eyes.

I felt more and more uneasy - although he still had no intention of hurting me, why did he rob Li'er and let me enter this Wohu Village?

When I spoke again, I was extra careful: "I want to see my daughter."

“…”

"Can I see her first?"

Shen Xiaokun looked at me again, as if my cautious expression pleased him, and there was a smile in his eyes: "I have known you for so long, but I haven't seen you so cowardly yet. Are you worried that I have killed your daughter or not let you see her?"

I couldn't even speak, just looked at him.

At this time, I could only admit defeat because it was not someone else, but my daughter. I had grabbed my daughter, that is, I could almost no longer imagine.

He sneered, pushed away the chair behind him and stood up: "I said, I am Shen Xiaokun's grudges clearly. Whoever lives my life will repay my kindness. When you saved my life in the valley, I still remember that your daughter has no grudges and no grudges, and I cannot kill her. I will take you to see her."

When I heard what he said, I felt my whole body softened.

He took me to see Li'er, which means that Li'er is fine, Li'er is fine!

I can finally see my daughter!

I can't tell how many years I have been waiting for and how many days/days and nights I finally got to where I am today. Once my wish is fulfilled, I just feel that nothing is important. My hands and feet are a little excited, so I can only hold on to the table, barely stand firm, and follow him out of the side door of the hall.

I don’t know whether this village was built before or after he came. Although it was not very exquisite, it was very practical. The two of them left the wooden house and walked along the platform. The road ahead was winding and twisting. Some people were back and forth. When they saw him saluting respectfully, I looked around and looked at the front again. Shen Xiaokun took the initiative to say, “There is a military camp in front, and the back is our residence.”

No wonder as soon as I entered the village, I noticed that there were eaves behind this mountain wall. It turned out to be their house. I didn’t expect that Shen Xiaokun actually managed the place in an orderly manner.

This section of the road is very long. After two people walked for a while, I thought about it, and then asked, "Shen Xiaokun, I have another question to ask you. If you go south, you will go south. How could you fall into this bandit camp?"

As the son of his aristocratic family, he wanted to become a bandit, and he almost fell from the clouds and fell into the mud. Not ordinary people could withstand such changes. When he scolded Qinghan, he whispered "mud legs", but now, his identity is a bandit who is not even as good as "mud legs".

Shen Xiaokun said with a cold face: "I just went south and had nothing, and then I met this group of people. The leader - Shanhu. Seeing my martial arts group, he wanted to pull me into the group. I didn't want to follow them at first, but - I really had no way out, and they forced me tightly, and I really needed a place to settle down. And -" His eyes became deeper: "To do big things, you must have some people of your own. So, I simply fell into a bandit and followed them."

It seems that he was just joining the gang.

"Then how did you kill Shanhu and replace him?"

"Hmph, that's him asking for death!" Shen Xiaokun said with a cold face: "He usually robs the Tao, but it's just his own business, and I have nothing to say. But later he not only robs the Tao, but also rapes and plunders and kills innocent people indiscriminately, and even those who flee, I can't stand it!"

"Escape?" I felt puzzled in my heart: "Have you encountered a disaster in the south recently?"

Could it be that just like when Pei Yuanhao and I went to Yangzhou, we met refugees who were hiding from famine?

Shen Xiaokun glanced at me: "It's not a natural disaster, it's a man-made disaster."

"What's the meaning?"

He sneered, stopped and looked at me with his arms in his arms: "A water army camp is so big on the Yangtze River, Yue Qingying, can't you see it?"

“…!”

I couldn't speak for a moment.

After being silent for a while, I said in a voice that was so light that I could not even hear clearly: "Then, there is no war yet..."

Shen Xiaokun frowned and looked at me, with annoyed expression on his face: "My surname is Yue, do you really don't understand or pretend you don't understand?"

“…”

"How can you return to the sheath without blood from the sword? Pei Yuanxiu set up such a large water army camp, recruiting and forging, practicing day and night. Do you know how much food and salary you have to consume every day? It's not for the future war, is he just supporting these people in vain?"

“…”

"It's not just the civilians in Jiangbei who walked away, but also some officials. Why do you think they left? They just fled!"

I was speechless.

Although Shen Xiaokun's words were sharp, I knew that there was a reason for him, and even I could not refute it, and even some truths I had already understood.

That is why I have been uneasy since I went south.

When the wind blows, the first thing that feels the wind is not the leaves or the tips of grass, but the birds in the nest. I traveled everywhere from Jiangbei to Jiangnan, from Yangzhou to Jinling. Although I did not deliberately investigate, I also clearly saw that the people on the north bank were depressed. Pei Yuanxiu controlled the government in Yangzhou, so he naturally dealt with all the people of Pei Yuanhao before. Some civilians, through this series of changes, have sensitively foresaw future wars, so they left Yangzhou.

After a moment of silence, I slowly said, "The mountain tiger goes to rob and kill those people, and you will kill him and take the opportunity to replace him."

Seeing that I avoided the important and avoided this topic, Shen Xiaokun's eyes became even colder, so he was too lazy to look at me and said coldly: "Actually, his men have long been dissatisfied with his vicious means, and doing this is too damaging to sinister, so-"

I understood before he finished speaking.

So, he took the opportunity to kill Shanhu and took advantage of this opportunity to take over Shanhu's people, territory, and all the forces.

"After killing him, I became the boss here. Some of the refugees did not dare to go back and followed us. There were more and more people here, so we expanded the terrain here."

At this time, I didn't know what to say. Shen Xiaokun seemed very impatient, with anger on his face. I didn't dare to talk too much to provoke him. I could only follow him forward, turn the bend in front, and enter what he said, expanding terrain.

This place is larger than the site in front. There are countless houses scattered in the valley. Some are built along the mountain, while others are built on flat ground, surrounded by trees. In the open space in front of you, many children are playing around, singing songs that I don’t understand. Some women are holding stoves to make fires and cooking, and smoke rises up and spreads among the mountains.

From this point of view, this place seems to be just an ordinary town. Who would have thought that this place would be a nest of bandits.

If it weren't for seeing Li'er soon, I really wanted to take a look here. Although he accepted the power of the tiger, it may not be impossible to achieve this level and become a overlord in the future.

Thinking of this, I looked up at the young man.

Before, I was in the capital and in the Juma River Valley, I thought he was good at martial arts and arrogant, but I still had the loyalty and blood that the Shen family did not have, which made me appreciate. Now, this young man really made me look at him with admiration.

I vaguely felt that if there were any changes in the south in the future, he would definitely play an important role in it.

Of course, these are all later stories.

Feeling my gaze, Shen Xiaokun also turned his head, met my gaze, and said coldly: "What are you looking at me?"

I thought about it and said, "Shen Xiaokun, you also said, you are a kind person. When I was in Jima River Valley, you didn't hurt me, but why did you rob my daughter?"

This is something I have always been strange to.

Before I saw Li'er, I also wanted to figure it out. After all, now that we, mother and daughter, are in his hands, how to treat us is just a matter of his words. I can't care about anything myself, but I can't help but plan for my Li'er.

Shen Xiaokun glanced at me and suddenly sneered: "Kill it?"

“…”
Chapter completed!