Beauty Jianghu

Chapter 77 The flower thief comes and goes

Yang Shucheng rode up on his horse, not daring to delay on the way, and soon arrived at Ruyang City.

When we arrived at the inn, the little Lucky King was still in the shop. In the troubled times, the Little Lucky King did not dare to leave. He ate and slept in the shop every day and became even fatter than before.

Yang Shucheng rented a small cart and let King Fu sit on it. It was like a mountain of meat. He rode in front and led the cart, while the boy pushed it behind, and they walked north together.

Walking to the wilderness, I asked passers-by that for more than twenty days, several armies of the imperial court had besieged Luoyang. More than thirty bandits had already escaped, and the government troops were stationed outside Luoyang City.

The three of them didn't dare to delay and kept walking north. After walking for several days, we could already see the tall city gates of Luoyang City. There were officers and soldiers stationed outside the city, and the military camps were one after another. It seemed that the momentum was still very strong.

Yang Shucheng and his party walked into the city. After the robbers passed by, the city was in ruins and burned everywhere, leaving only broken walls and ruins. Arriving in front of Prince Fu's Mansion, the waiter pulled the cart back to Ruyang.

King Xiaofu begged Yang Shucheng to enter the palace, but Yang Shucheng was unwilling to go in.

He was still anxious to find Yan Mei, so he said goodbye to King Xiao Fu, then mounted his horse and left.

Yang Shucheng didn't know where to look for his sister, so he had no choice but to leave the horse and walk until the sun set before finding a village to live in.

After eating, Yang Shucheng walked through the courtyard. The moonlight shone on the ground like flowing water, making everything as bright as day.

Yang Shucheng was worried. Wandering in the moonlight. It suddenly occurred to me that the leader of the White Lotus could predict the future. Why not ask the leader to predict the future?

Thinking of this, Yang Shucheng was overjoyed, but he did not want to go to Jinshi Villa to find Zhao Xiaolin, so he had to go to Shangluo to find Song Min, the leader of the White Lotus. We also had a relationship with her at that time. She could figure out that King Li Chuang was in Shangluo Mountain, and she could naturally figure out where her sister was.

Thinking of this, Yang Shucheng was so happy that he couldn't sleep.

The next day, early in the morning, Yang Shucheng set off on horseback, heading west.

The rolling mountains to the west are the remnants of the Qinling Mountains and are known as the Funiu Mountains.

I saw that the Funiu Mountain Area is vast and green, with overlapping mountains and deep ravines. It is late autumn. The locust trees and poplar trees have already taken off their leaves. The maple leaves are already red, like a drunken beauty, and as bright as the colorful clouds. There are still trees in the grass. The small yellow chrysanthemums are shining, and the autumn scenery is bright and colorful.

Yang Shucheng walked towards the mountains. Although the mountains were majestic, the road was very smooth. He did not go into the mountains, but just walked west along the road.

The further west you go, the more secluded the place becomes, with fields and fields. It is surrounded by mountains. Although it is rich, it has not been plundered by thieves. Therefore, in these troubled times, this place is really like a paradise.

On this day, I arrived in Xixia County without realizing it. We stayed in a large village at night. There was a Ban River flowing through the village, so the village was named Ban River Village.

It was late at night. Yang Shucheng had no intention of admiring the moon view. He just lay on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

Suddenly, he heard shouting in the distance. Yang Shucheng, who had never taken off his formal clothes, knew something was wrong when he heard the sound. He immediately jumped up from the bed, took the sword, rushed out of the house, and jumped on The wall, running towards the shouting place.

The moonlight was bright and the shouting came from the east. Yang Shucheng used Taiqing Qigong and ran towards the shouting place like flying.

When I ran closer, I saw a house with bright lights, and the whole family was making noise, shouting: "A thief is coming, a thief is coming..."

But I don’t know where the thief is?

Yang Shucheng stood in the distance, climbed up and looked, and saw a white figure running toward the southeast like a rabbit. Thinking that it was him, Yang Shucheng jumped down and ran towards the thief.

The two of them ran toward the southeast one behind the other.

Yang Shucheng chased for a while, and the thief discovered the pursuer. He saw Yang Shucheng chasing after him like flying, and his Qinggong was also amazing. He was also curious, so he stood there and waited for Yang Shucheng to arrive.

Yang Shucheng ran closer and saw that the thief was tall and wearing long white clothes. He looked like a jade tree in the wind. He was calmly watching his arrival.

I saw that this man had a face like a crown jewel, starry eyes and handsome eyebrows, but he didn't look like a thief who was stealing chickens and dogs.

Yang Shucheng walked closer and saw that the man was not moving, just looking at him, so he asked: "Is it you who came into the village?"

The man said: "I'm right, why are you chasing me?"

Yang Shucheng said: "You committed this theft in the middle of the night."

The man smiled and said, "Do you want to meddle in other people's business?"

Yang Shucheng said: "I'm not nosy, I just hope that I won't do such sneaky things again in the future."

The man smiled and said: "Are you wrong? You are sneaking around? I don't even bother to do such a low-level thing."

"Then what are you doing?"

"I'll take you back and have a look. Are you willing?"

Seeing how bold he was, Yang Shucheng couldn't show weakness and said, "What's the harm in going and seeing him."

The man stretched out his thumb and praised: "Well done!"

After that, he turned around and ran, but he was running towards the north. Yang Shucheng followed closely behind.

When I ran to that house, the lights were still on and people had already entered the house.

The man jumped out of the courtyard and fell silently. Yang Shucheng also jumped into the courtyard and fell like an autumn leaf.

The man walked to the window and looked inside. The lights were still on in that house, and the family was sitting around the lights and talking.

I heard an old man ask: "He didn't do anything to you, did he?"

Sitting opposite him was a girl who said: "As soon as he came in, I saw him and shouted loudly, but he didn't come close."

I saw this girl under the light, with skin like frost and snow, and picturesque features. I didn't expect that in this poor farmhouse, there was such a little girl.

Yang Shucheng didn't expect that this person turned out to be a flower picker. When the thief saw Yang Shucheng looking at him, he laughed and said, "This is the flower I stole. What do you think?"

Just as Yang Shucheng was waiting to answer, the people inside the house heard the noise outside and hurriedly shouted and ran out. They saw two people standing in the courtyard. The thief was really courageous! He dared to go and come back again, and after shouting, the whole family picked up sticks and chased after him.

The flower-picking thief hurriedly turned around and ran away, and Yang Shucheng had to run away. If he was caught, there were hundreds of people who couldn't tell the difference. It would be weird if he didn't get beaten to death, so he had to run away.

As soon as the family shouted, all the villagers in the village ran over. This time there were many people chasing them, and they all chased them.

Yang Shucheng thought to himself, this thief and I are not on the same side, so why should I join him and run together? Thinking of this, he ran towards the west and ran away from the flower picker.

The villagers behind immediately separated into two groups and pursued them separately.

Yang Shucheng had no choice but to use Taiqing Qigong, run west out of the village and into the mountains, and then get rid of the pursuers behind him.

Yang Shucheng walked around the mountain several times, but found no movement, and then slowly walked into the village.

There was still a noise in the distance. Could it be that the flower picker was caught, but he thought wrong. The flower picker was so light-hearted, how could he be caught so easily? Could it be that he was caught by the villagers after he had done all his evil deeds and received retribution?

Anyway, except for one disaster, it has nothing to do with me, so I won't pursue it anymore, but I heard crying, which is a bit strange.

Yang Shucheng saw that all the villagers here had gone to the east, and there was no one in the village. Yang Shucheng quickly ran forward and mingled with the villagers, only to find that the family was mourning and crying. Where was the flower picker?

And the girl at home disappeared.

Yang Shucheng suddenly understood that the flower-picking thief failed the first time and went there a second time. He used me to lure the villagers away, turned back and entered the village again, and kidnapped the girl.

Yang Shucheng was very angry when he thought of this. He remembered that the flower picker had run to the southeast, and he thought he ran in this direction again.

Yang Shucheng made up his mind and chased southeast, hoping to catch the flower picker.

After running for a while, there was a figure somewhere in the southeast direction? Yang Shucheng made up his mind and kept running towards the southeast. He chased for five or six miles like the wind and lightning.

The lights in the village behind him had long since disappeared, but he could see the flower picker standing there by the road beside the grove in front of him, holding the girl in his hand, looking calmly at Yang Shucheng who was catching up.