"Are you scared?"
Jiang Pengji sat by the stream and washed her hands. She wiped the God-Slaying Sword and its scabbard, washing away the bloodstains on them.
When she lowered her head to wash her hands, she noticed that Lu Zheng's adopted daughter was looking at her. Jiang Pengji smiled and waved at her, calling her over.
Kang Xintong seemed to have woken up from a dream. She seemed to have thought of something. She walked forward with a blushing face and bowed respectfully.
"I'm not scared."
Kang Xintong nodded heavily to make sure that she was not scared.
Jiang Pengji used her slightly wet hand to stroke the top of her head. Her movement was not heavy, but it felt heavy and powerful. Even through the hair, one could feel the gentleness from her palm. Kang Xintong did not dare to move, but the blush on her face deepened.
"I'm scared. I saw that your face was whiter than the white clouds in the sky. Fear is not a shameful emotion, not to mention that you're still a child. " Jiang Pengji let Kang Xintong sit beside her. The little girl sat on one side reservedly, her eyes darting around.
Kang Xintong said, "I'm really scared, but … but Master Lanting is here. I'm not afraid of anything."
Jiang Pengji looked at the undisguised adoration and joy in her eyes. She could not help but smile.
"Well, if Shaoyin knew, he would be furious. The daughter he raised with so much effort was stolen by me."
Jiang Pengji shook off the water on her hands, wiped the water off the God-Slaying Sword with a handkerchief, and put it back into the scabbard.
Kang Xintong said, "My adoptive father admires Master Lanting very much. He speaks highly of you in private!"
Jiang Pengji could not help but laugh. Little girl, Lu Zheng will cry if he hears this.
Thinking of the "Red Lotus Saint Girl" that Wei Ci mentioned, Jiang Pengji felt that the little girl in front of her was cuter.
There were countless possibilities in life. She hoped that Kang Xintong's path would lead to happiness.
"Master Lanting …"
Jiang Pengji responded and gestured for Kang Xintong to continue.
Kang Xintong took a deep breath and said with a blushing face, "Do I have the talent to learn martial arts?"
"Didn't you learn literature from your adoptive father? I heard him mention that you seem to have a grand ambition to compete with the world's scholars. One can't multitask. No matter how talented you are, you might not be able to achieve your goal if you share some of it with other areas. "
Kang Xintong said, "This servant can sleep two hours less every day."
"Nonsense. You're still growing at such a young age. If you sleep less than two hours, you won't be able to grow taller."
Kang Xintong lowered her head dejectedly and stared at the wooden clogs on her feet.
"Why do you want to learn martial arts?"
Jiang Pengji was more patient with her children, and Kang Xintong was no exception.
"I'm afraid that even a Divine General can't compare to your heroic bearing just now. I'm very pleased!"
The passionate confession did not have a trace of the muddy color of the adult world, it was pure and passionate.
Without waiting for Jiang Pengji to react, Salted Fish in the streaming room started jeering.
Guicai Guofengxiao: "In this live-streaming room that sells dog meat, you can watch any of your cute scenes except for the harem fights." Whether it was the gay love between two men, the passion between a man and a woman, or the love between a woman and a woman, there were many kinds of explosive news, and you could choose from them. It's not that I want to criticize you, but can you control your hormones? Don't mess with children.
The Lord of Destiny: "I don't believe that this is a proper streaming room anymore, and the host is even more so not a proper host …"
Xiaoshou Wushuang: "Spending all my money to buy a new batch of CP shares, even though it's bound to be a loss, I won't regret it."
Jiang Pengji laughed and said, "Just because of this reason?"
Even though her goal was Hua Yuan, it was also true that she wanted to eradicate the civil unrest along the way. Nansheng was a vast territory. Jiang Pengji's army had conquered the whole of Nansheng in name, but there were still many places that were uninformed that were occupied by rebels and bandits. The local people were being bullied.
She had just defeated a group of more than a thousand rebels. The rebels were a group of unorganized and undisciplined mobs, so she got rid of them quickly and easily. However, there was not much difference in the number of people on both sides, so a wave of bandits rushed in. Jiang Pengji could only clean them up along the way.
Coincidentally, this scene fell into Kang Xintong's eyes.
She did not know what the girl was thinking, but she came over to tell her that she wanted to learn martial arts.
Kang Xintong blinked, her eyes filled with determination.
"I also want to wield a knife and a sword. If an accident happens, I will at least be able to protect myself."
Her foster father could draw his sword, but she was a burden. She had no other choice but to hide in the carriage.
What she could not accept was not the corpses of the rebels. It was not facing death directly, but facing death without any ability to resist.
Jiang Pengji said, "If you want to learn, get your foster father to hire a martial arts master for you."
Kang Xintong said, "A martial arts master?"
"It's best if it's a retired martial arts master from the women's battalion. The killing methods they learn are more suitable for women to study."
Kang Xintong nodded, but a sense of disappointment flashed in her eyes.
Jiang Pengji said, "The methods that the women's battalion soldiers learn are all passed down by me."
When Kang Xintong heard this, her eyes lit up again. She smiled and revealed a pair of small dimples.
When Lu Zheng heard that Kang Xintong wanted to learn martial arts, he frowned, as if he did not agree.
If she wanted to learn something else without learning it well, wouldn't she achieve nothing?
"It's good that she learns it. It's impossible for her to be alone forever, and she won't always be safe from danger. It's always good to have some life-saving methods."
Lu Zheng sighed and tacitly agreed to it.
It just so happened that there were women's battalion soldiers accompanying them. They could help Kang Xintong build her foundation.
When they arrived in Ningzhou, they killed countless rebels and bandits along the way.
Jiang Pengji drank some water to moisten her lips. She sent someone to Hua Yuan's old house and the vicinity of the tribe's land to find out if there were any similar people.
Her luck was better. The trip was not in vain. There were indeed people who saw people who looked like Hua Yuan.
"Let's go and take a look tomorrow."
It was the time when the seasons changed. The weather was getting colder day by day. There was even a light drizzle in the morning.
Lu Zheng asked Kang Xintong to wait at the courier station. They went out together, bringing only four guards with them to ensure their safety.
Jiang Pengji and the rest changed into inconspicuous clothes and went to the "residence" of the lunatic according to the villagers.
Although it was called a "residence," it was actually an abandoned, run-down temple. It did not block the wind or the rain.
Thinking of the wind last night, the rain this morning, and Hua Yuan's current state, Wei Ci was mentally prepared.
After all, he had the experience from his previous life.
Jiang Pengji and Lu Zheng were also mentally prepared, but after all, they did not see it with their own eyes. Reality and imagination were different.
"It's quiet here."
As they walked up the rugged mountain road, they could vaguely see wisps of smoke halfway up the mountain.
There was a small village with less than 30 households there. As they walked closer, they could see the shadows of people walking around.
Not far from the village was a run-down temple. From afar, Jiang Pengji could hear the children's laughter, as well as the low roars of beasts.
The more the "beast" roared and struggled, the more innocent the children laughed.
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