The person sitting in 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 was speechless, and looked at that familiar face with wide eyes. The impatient and arrogant expression on his face was also so familiar. He used to be arrogant in the Juma Valley, and even though he left unbearably in the end, he still had a feeling.

Have the courage to stand up to Mount Tai without bending.

But I never imagined that I would see him here again.

Shen Xiaokun!

This leader of the bandits hiding deep in the mountains could actually be him!

As soon as I saw him, those memories buried deep in my mind that I dared not touch easily appeared in front of me one after another. And I still clearly remember that he told me what to do with Qinghan.

After leaving the valley bottom, I left the Juma Valley alone. I don’t know how many people were involved after the collapse of the Shen family, but with Pei Yuanhao’s thunderous methods, he will definitely wipe out the roots. There is no way he can have a place in the north.

.

So, he came here?

I stared at him blankly for a while, and finally found my voice, and said stiffly: "You, you are - you killed Shan Hu?"

He glanced at me and the corners of his eyes twitched slightly: "Why do you think I killed Shan Hu instead of - I am Shan Hu?"

"You're not."

"Oh?"

Although my emotions were a little confused when I first saw him, my mind was not confused. I still clearly remember when I first arrived here, the deputy general reported to us about Shanhu and Shuilong, saying that this bandit was a gangster.

Shen Xiaokun has been committing crimes at the mouth of Jiujiang for many years, but at this time a year ago, Shen Xiaokun was leading troops from the Ministry of War to practice in Xijianchi, waiting to cause trouble in the Juma Valley. How could he be the bandit leader who committed crimes in Jiujiang?

Moreover, I heard that Shuilong said that they have been doing their own thing for more than half a year. Judging from this time, it should be more than half a year ago that Shen Xiaokun escaped from the pursuit of the northern court and went south. When he got here, he didn't know who he was.

How did he kill Shan Hu, take his place, and become the leader of this bandit village?

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

After hearing my words, Shen Xiaokun didn't seem happy. He stared at me for a while and finally said: "Not bad."

I nodded gently.

No wonder I just saw those rough and rude bandits outside, but they have such a strict guard system. The entire bandit den has become a large-scale military camp. Come to think of it, ordinary bandits have such abilities. He is the only one.

Only a son from a well-known family and a former minister of the Ministry of War has such confidence and ability.

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

I asked: "Why are you here?"

He was silent for a while, and then said slowly: "After the Juma River Valley... I have nowhere to go. No one I know dares to take me in, even those-" When he said this, his eyes grew slightly.

Hong, the corners of his mouth were twitching. I probably also know the kind of embarrassment when a tree falls and the hozens scatter, and the wall falls and everyone pushes him away. Looking at him like this, he must have experienced the harshness of the world in just one year. Shen Xiaokun gritted his teeth and said

: "It also took me a lot of time to leave the north."

"Then, what do you think about coming here?"

"Because of the people in the south," he frowned, with a fierce glint in his eyes, and said, "It was because these people in the south encouraged my uncle that my family was ruined. Later, I actually heard that the people in the south were in chaos.

, the six provinces in the south of the Yangtze River broke away from the imperial court, and I knew that my uncle was being used by them. It was precisely because they used my uncle to fight with the emperor over the years that they had the opportunity to cause chaos in the south of the Yangtze River."

I said nothing.

When I heard about the civil unrest in the south, I already guessed the reason. What I didn't guess was the person behind the civil unrest in the south.

And Shen Xiaokun——

He gritted his teeth and said, "I want to see who is the person who harmed my uncle like this!"

"You——"

"When I got here, I realized that it was actually him!"

"You know it all."

He clenched his fists, cracked his knuckles, and said viciously: "Pei Yuanxiu, that's him!"

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

But at this time, no one or anything could stop another emotion from surging in my heart. I carefully said to him: "My daughter is right here with you, right?"

He raised his head and looked at me. After a while, he nodded: "Not bad."

"She..."

"She is the Princess Li who was rumored in the palace to be the daughter you gave birth to to the emperor and who is living abroad?"

Hearing the word "princess" made me a little uneasy, so I just nodded curtly.

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

I feel more and more uneasy in my heart - although he has no intention of harming me until now, why did he kidnap Li'er and let me enter this Crouching Tiger Village, and what is his purpose?

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

"..."

"Can I meet her first?"

Shen Xiaokun glanced at me again, as if my cautious expression pleased him, and there was a little smile in his eyes: "I have known you for so long, and I have never seen you look so cowardly. Are you?

Are you worried that I have killed your daughter or not allowed you to see her?"

I couldn't say anything, I just looked at him.

At this time, I had no choice but to give in, because it was no one else, but my daughter. If she caught my daughter, she would hold my life, and I was almost helpless.
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He sneered, pushed the chair behind him and stood up: "I said, I, Shen Xiaokun, have clear grudges. I will repay the kindness of whoever lives my life. When you spared my life in the river valley, I still remember,

Your daughter has no grievances against me, and I can’t kill her. I’ll take you to see her.”

As soon as I heard what he said, I felt my whole body soften.

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 no longer tell you how many years I have been looking forward to, how many days/nights I have thought about, before I finally got to where I am today. Once my wish came true, I felt that nothing mattered anymore. My hands and feet were a little weak with excitement, and I could only

Holding on to the table, I reluctantly stood up and followed him out of the side door of the foyer.

I don’t know whether this village was built before he came or after he came. Although it is not exquisite, it is very practical. The two people left the wooden house and walked along the platform. The road ahead was winding.

There were twists and turns, and some people were walking back and forth. When I saw him, they all saluted respectfully. I looked left and right, then looked at the front. Shen Xiaokun took the initiative and said: "The front is the military camp, and the back is our residence."

No wonder when I entered the village just now, I noticed that there were eaves on the back of the mountain wall. It turned out to be their residence. I didn’t expect that Shen Xiaokun actually managed this place in an orderly manner.

This section of the road is very long. The two of us walked for a while. I thought about it and asked, "Shen Xiaokun, I have another question for you. You went south as soon as you went south. How did you end up in this bandit village?"

With his status as the son of a noble family, falling into a bandit's trap would be like falling from the clouds to the mud. Not an ordinary person can bear such a change. When he scolded Qing Han, he said "mud-legged", but now, his status

But he is a grass bandit who is worse than a "mud-legged man".

Shen Xiaokun said with a cold face: "I just went south and had nothing, and I met this group of people. The leader was Shan Hu. He saw that I was superb in martial arts and wanted to recruit me into their group. I originally didn't want to join them.

, but - I really have no way out, they are pushing me harder and harder, and I really need a place to stay. And -" His eyes deepened: "To do big things, you must have something.

People who belong to me. So, I simply fell into the trap and followed them."

It seems that he just joined the gang originally.

"Then how did you kill Shan Hu and replace him?"

"Huh, that's him looking for death!" Shen Xiaokun said with a cold face: "He usually robs the Tao just for his own livelihood, I have nothing to say. But later he not only robbed the Tao, but also raped, looted, and killed indiscriminately.

Innocent people, even those who are fleeing, are not spared, I can’t stand it!”

"Escape?" When I heard this, I felt confused: "Has there been a disaster in the south recently?"

Is it still the same as when Pei Yuanhao and I went to Yangzhou and met refugees fleeing famine?

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

"What do you mean?"

He sneered, stopped and looked at me with his arms folded: "You can't see Yue Qingying, such a huge naval camp on the Yangtze River?"

"...!"

I was speechless for a moment.

After being silent for a while, I said in a voice so soft that I could barely hear it: "Well, actually there hasn't been a war yet..."

Shen Xiaokun frowned and looked at me with a look of boredom on his face: "Yue, do you really not understand or are you just pretending not to understand?"

"..."

"How can a sword be sheathed without blood? He, Pei Yuanxiu, built such a large navy camp, recruited soldiers and forged them, and practiced day and night. Do you know how much food and salary he consumes every day? If he is not fighting for the future, is he doing it for free?

Feed these people?"
To be continued...