Chapter 4

Going down the mountain! Going down the mountain!

Gu Qing rode a donkey, a sharp sword hanging at his waist, a towel wrapped around his head, wearing a round-necked short shirt and small-legged pants, concealing his Quanzhen Sect identity. He looked like a traveler in the Jianghu. After going down the mountain, Gu Qing was also excited. After looking around, he patted the donkey and walked south along the main road.

Before going down the mountain, Gu Qing also went to the Ancient Tomb.

In the original Divine Eagle, Xiaolongnu was defiled by Zhen Zhibing and thought it was done by Yang Guo, proposing that the two get married, etc. Yang Guo treated it as normal, which made Xiaolongnu angry and say many harsh words to Yang Guo, then hide in the Ancient Tomb, and it was only after a long time that she left the Ancient Tomb to look for Yang Guo.

Without Zhen Zhibing's interference, and with Yang Guo wanting to go down the mountain early, after the incident yesterday, Xiaolongnu should have gone down the mountain with Yang Guo. There was no sign of her in the Ancient Tomb. This plot had changed, and whether he could find Xiaolongnu to collude again actually depended on fate.

Now Gu Qing was patting the donkey, heading toward the direction of Li Mochou in the Quanzhen Sect's intelligence.

Gu Qing rode the donkey for half a day and came to a market. This could be considered a main road, with people coming and going, very lively.

"Bring a bowl of noodles, add some beef."

After Gu Qing sat down, he ordered the shopkeeper, telling the shopkeeper to also feed the donkey.

This shopkeeper looked to be in his forties, quick-handed, adding meat to the noodles, and soon placed a bowl of noodles in front of Gu Qing, then went to add feed for the donkey.

Gu Qing picked up the noodles and had just eaten two bites when suddenly a girl, leading a child, knelt in front of Gu Qing and kowtowed repeatedly, begging: "This hero, you make a fortune every day, you are rich and noble..."

Upon hearing this, Gu Qing hurriedly put down his chopsticks, helped the girl and the child up, seeing that she was not old and her clothes were neat, but her complexion was dark and her face was haggard, and the child also seemed lost, just following the girl. He immediately asked what had happened to them.

"It's not because those Mongol Tatars are bullying people."

The shopkeeper brought two bowls of hot soup at this time, sent them to the girl and the child, and said: "They are a family from Jingzhao Prefecture. This girl's father usually does some credit business. Near the end of the year, he will collect debts. Usually at this time, their family lives in our Jing'an Market, waiting for the father to collect debts and return, so the family can spend the New Year here and return to Jingzhao Prefecture. This year, the girl's mother got sick after arriving here. Old Man Wen returned from collecting debts last night and ran into two Tatars. They heard Old Man Wen walking and making a clattering sound, knowing he was hiding silver, and didn't even say 'hand over the money and I won't kill you,' just drew their swords and killed Old Man Wen, and snatched the silver."

Ever since the Jin Dynasty was destroyed, north of the Huai River has been the sphere of influence of the Mongols, and the Mongol soldiers have always been cruel and unreasonable.

"We now just want to beg for some silver to cure my mother's illness and bring my father home to be buried."

Wen girl said sadly, with her young brother beside her.

Upon hearing this, Gu Qing looked at the little girl, then at the child.

Dead father, sick mother, young brother, sensible girl...

If I don't help her, who will?

Gu Qing reached into his bosom, took out the gold ingot and scattered silver he had brought down the mountain this time, left the money for the noodles, and handed the rest to the girl.

【Satisfied Fulfilled Wen Shan's wish for money to save her mother, Merit +1】

【Satisfied Fulfilled Wen Hui's wish for money to save her mother, Merit +1】

Fulfilled Wen Shan took the gold and silver, knelt down to Gu Qing again, and said tearfully: "Hero, may you make a fortune every day, have a hundred sons and a thousand grandsons..."

She had also seen Gu Qing riding a donkey today, looking like a person with some money, so she came to beg, not expecting Gu Qing to be so generous.

"A hundred sons and a thousand grandsons is enough, go and invite a doctor for your mother."

Gu Qing said calmly.

Gu Qing, after all, possessed a merit system, but after entering the Quanzhen Sect, he took the initiative to do things for the Quanzhen Sect disciples, and the people there treated him as a sucker, with few sincere thanks, which made Gu Qing learn to exploit bugs. In the Chongyang Palace, he learned to take the initiative to create needs for people.

This can be considered a rare positive merit received on the merit system, which made Gu Qing feel very different.

Fulfilled Wen Shan looked at Gu Qing, thanked him repeatedly, and then left with her brother.

Gu Qing lowered his head, finished the noodles, slapped the silver on the table, and rode the donkey to leave.

"Hero, take the money."

The noodle seller took the silver on the table, ran out and handed it to Gu Qing, saying: "Consider it my contribution to their matter."

Gu Qing smiled, put the silver back into his bosom, smiled at the noodle seller, and rode the donkey away from Jing'an Market.

The noodle seller looked at Gu Qing, silently noting it down, feeling that in this world, it was rare to meet a good person. His mood was good all afternoon, but until evening, when the red clouds filled the sky, Gu Qing returned, and on the donkey, there were two bundles hanging.

"Where does Fulfilled Wen Shan's family rent?"

Gu Qing asked.

The noodle seller was very surprised. At this time, there were no people on the road, so the seller sealed the furnace and took Gu Qing to find Fulfilled Wen Shan's family.

Fulfilled Wen Shan's family rented a small house in this Jing'an Market. Before entering the door, they smelled the rich medicinal scent. The noodle seller brought Gu Qing here, which surprised Fulfilled Wen Shan. She hurriedly welcomed Gu Qing in and served hot tea.

Gu Qing put the bundles on the table, opened them himself, and asked Fulfilled Wen Shan: "Take a look, is it these two Tatars who harmed your father."

As the bundles opened, the noodle seller exclaimed, never expecting that there were two human heads in the bundles.

After Fulfilled Wen Shan saw the heads inside, she immediately covered her mouth, tears couldn't stop flowing, and she nodded at Gu Qing, indicating that it was these two Mongol Tatars who killed her father.

"That's good."

Gu Qing said: "I ran back and forth for more than two hundred miles in the direction you said, killed seventy-four Tatars, and felt that these two Tatars fit the image you described."

After Gu Qing knew about this at noon, he immediately rode the donkey to chase those Tatars. It was also because those Tatars were walking and stopping, and their luck was bad, which gave Gu Qing time to catch up. While speaking, Gu Qing took out another bag of silver and handed it to Fulfilled Wen Shan, saying: "This is the money and silver searched from the two Tatars. It should be the money your father collected. With this sum of money, it should be enough for you to carry the coffin home."

Fulfilled Wen Shan took the bag of silver, choked with sobs, and immediately wanted to kneel down to Gu Qing again, but Gu Qing raised his hand and stopped her.

【Satisfied Fulfilled Wen Shan's wish to avenge her father and carry the coffin home, Merit +2】

【Satisfied Fulfilled Wen Hui's...】

【Satisfied Wen's...】

Gu Qing's wave of chivalry, all in all, Gu Qing gained ten points of merit. With these merits on him, Gu Qing didn't apply them, but kept them on him, so that when he encountered trauma or illness, he could use merit to eliminate them.

The famous Central Divine Wang Chongyang died in a plague.

After giving the silver to Fulfilled Wen Shan, Gu Qing didn't add trouble to Fulfilled Wen Shan and others, took the heads of the two Tatars himself, and went to the mountains to dig a pit and bury them.

Returning to Jing'an Market, the noodle seller insisted on inviting Gu Qing to drink, no matter what. The wine was thin, but the noodle seller's heart was warm, so Gu Qing drank two cups.

"Hero, you rode a donkey and traveled back and forth for more than two hundred miles. Can this donkey be so fast?"

The noodle seller was very surprised.

"Speaking of the donkey's speed, I have to tell you about the Song Taizong of the current Great Song driving a donkey cart."

Gu Qing talked about Song Taizong's donkey cart drifting, saying: "My speed is not as good as Song Taizong's, far from it."

The noodle seller heard about Song Taizong's style and gained a lot of knowledge. After three rounds of wine, the noodle seller said: "Hero, you are as kind as a mountain to Shan Shan. Shan Shan has the intention to repay you with her body. Please stay overnight, hero."

Gu Qing waved his hand immediately and refused clearly, saying: "I don't like any beautiful girls, I like fighting! Refreshing!"

(End of chapter)