Chapter 20 Collecting the spoils

When Teng Xiaoyun heard his question, his expression turned gloomy again and he said seriously.

"I am very pleased that you are willing to take such a risk for the village, but this plan carries too many risks. Zuo Peng and the others designed you to leave the village just for the secrets you carry. For you to come out alone like this is basically the same as seeking death. "

Zuo Feng sighed secretly and nodded deeply. When Zuo Lie appeared, he had actually figured everything out. At this time, he was severely criticized by his master, and he felt a little ashamed. But after a second thought, Zuo Feng blurted out.

"Master, you already know that my change is related to the items in the cave."

Teng Xiaoyun glared at him angrily and said: "You were fatally injured at the time but not dead, and you didn't even leave any scars, so I already had a guess. Later, your cultivation miraculously recovered, and I became even more... Confirmed my guess, otherwise why would I tell you about the cave."

After Zuo Feng heard this, he knew that his master had guessed everything a long time ago, but he was hiding it in a evasive way, and he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

"It was Zuo Hou who noticed that the great elder left the village in a hurry. Thinking that you might be in danger, he hurriedly came to inform me."

Teng Xiaoyun seemed to see Zuo Feng's mood, smiled slightly, and changed the topic to the question Zuo Feng asked before.

"Master, what should we do now? Judging from the tone of the man in gray, they will probably attack us soon."

After Teng Xiaoyun pondered for a while, he said: "As for the spies in the village, I didn't have a good way to find them all before, but I just thought of a way."

Zuo Feng asked anxiously: "What can we do?"

"Before, like you, I only thought about how to completely uncover the spies, but just now I was thinking about how to transfer the people in the village to Yancheng. It was this idea that made me figure out how to lure out the spies. "

Zuo Feng said with some confusion: "Moving to Yancheng? But how can we, a large group of people and hundreds of households, live in Yancheng? And it doesn't seem to have much to do with luring out spies."

Teng Xiaoyun seemed to have guessed that Zuo Feng would have this question, and said calmly: "Actually, as early as five years ago, I bought a shop facing the street in Yancheng, specializing in selling materials from wild beasts. And some medicinal herbs and elixirs from the mountains.”

After a slight pause, Teng Xiaoyun continued: "Since you were attacked a year ago, I secretly used the village's funds to buy more than a dozen cheap courtyards in the West City in Yancheng. Although they are a bit shabby, But it can also be our temporary shelter.”

Zuo Feng opened his mouth in surprise. He didn't expect Teng Xiaoyun to think so far and so thoughtfully. Five years ago, it should have been when the group of people in Jinyan Mountain started to expand crazily.

Zuo Feng finally couldn't help it and asked tentatively: "Can't we choose to stay and deal with these people to the end?"

Teng Xiaoyun lowered his head and stared deeply at the gray-clothed man on the ground who was killed by him for a while, then slowly shook his head and said.

"If I hadn't seen him before, I might have had a bit of luck in my heart. But when I saw him and heard the conversation between you with my own ears, I decided at that moment that the villagers must move away from this place. "

"Master. You know this man."

Teng Xiaoyun's eyes were a little complicated, and there was no hint of happiness or anger in them. He said slowly: "I don't know each other, but I have heard about this group of people for a long time. They are a group of people secretly trained by the Fengtian Dynasty, specializing in Responsible for some shady activities such as stealing intelligence, assassination, and sabotage.”

Zuo Feng really wanted to ask something, but Teng Xiaoyun shook his head as if he had guessed it in advance and said: "It's not the time yet, and for you, it would be better if you don't know."

In fact, Zuo Feng has always wanted to know about his master's past. Their Zuojia Village has a foreigner as the village chief. No one knows the secret except the previous village chief. But before he could open his mouth, Teng Xiaoyun blocked his words and couldn't even ask him another secret about the items in the cave.

"Actually, I have long suspected that he is the spy, because I haven't caught any evidence, and from the bottom of my heart, I don't want to use drastic measures to force him to reveal himself."

Zuo Feng couldn't get a word in at all, so he had to listen silently. Fujisho Yun only paused briefly and then continued with a long sigh.

"After all, it was me who stole his position as village chief, and he has always been resentful about it. Because I had a promise with someone, I couldn't easily give him the village chief position, but I also allowed him to become the chief elder. , and I almost never objected to his opinions, but I didn’t expect that he would abandon the village and go on this road, and go so far after making repeated mistakes.”

From the slightly hoarse voice of Fujisho Yun, he could hear the desolation and exhaustion in it. It was a pity for this old friend, although they were no longer friends.

"Go and see what they have on them." Teng Xiaoyun tried hard to collect his emotions and said to Zuo Feng, who was still in a daze.

Zuo Feng couldn't help but feel happy. This was obviously a "trophy" given to him. But he was not a money-grubber. He was just happy for a moment and then said calmly.

"Master, the village is in great trouble now. It's better to leave the belongings of these people to the village."

Teng Xiaoyun stared at Zuo Feng for a moment, then showed an approving smile, and burst into laughter, making Zuo Feng beside him feel a little baffled.

After laughing a few times, Teng Xiaoyun slapped Zuo Feng's shoulder hard. Because it was the shoulder where he was cut, Zuo Feng grimaced in pain.

Teng Xiaoyun's voice slowly sounded at this time: "You are worthy of being my good disciple. You can face so many benefits without losing your original intention. I have a good disciple like you. Even if I die now, I have no regrets."

The first half of this sentence made Zuo Feng blush, but the latter part was extremely harsh, making Zuo Feng frown.

Although he felt uncomfortable in his heart, he just regarded it as a casual remark made by his master in excitement.

"Go, Zuojia Village is not short of this little money and items. Go and see what they have on them first."

Hearing this, Zuo Feng nodded slightly and started to look through the body of the great elder Zuo Lie. After searching for a long time, he found dozens of gold coins and hundreds of silver coins on his body. In addition, there were two books, one of which was a sixth-grade upper-grade technique, and the other was a second-grade upper-grade sword technique.

After seeing these two books, Zuo Feng wanted to ask Teng Xiaoyun what level his "king-level" in his king-level body technique was, but after thinking about it for a while, he put the question aside for the time being.

Apart from these, Elder Zuo Lie only had his long sword. Zuo Feng only had a superficial understanding of the use of the long sword, so he didn't care too much and turned his attention to the gray-clothed man.

This gray-clothed man was much richer than Zuo Feng had imagined. He had more than a hundred gold coins on him, and even more silver coins. Zuo Feng also found two books on him, but they had nothing to do with practice and martial arts. One was a detailed explanation of the medicine making technique, and the other was the experience of a master of medicine making.

Because the things he found on this guy were all pretty good, Zuo Feng was even more motivated. He carefully searched the gray-clothed man from top to bottom, inside and out.

Unexpectedly, after such a long search, he really got a lot. There was a small waist bag on his waist. After opening it, more than a dozen paper bags appeared. Zuo Feng was not surprised at all, because he had similar paper bags of powder on him.

Then he found an extremely sharp black short blade on the gray-clothed man's calf. He weighed it in his hand. It was a little heavier than the one he gave to Shen Die, but it was very handy for him now. After all, the dagger he gave was the one he had used since he was about six years old.

He picked up all these things and placed them in front of Teng Xiaoyun, then picked out the dagger from it and said with a smile.

"Among these things, I'm interested in this dagger. Let the master handle the rest."

Seeing Zuo Feng's expression of no attachment to other objects, Teng Xiaoyun's smile became even brighter. Zuo Feng's warm smile and sincere eyes could not be faked at all.

"I said these are all your war items, so you should accept them generously. This time you risked your life for the village, and you deserve these things."

Zuo Feng seemed not to hear it, still smiling and looking at the master with a firm gaze. Seeing his look, Teng Xiaoyun, who knew his apprentice's character very well, sighed and said.

"Let's do this according to the general rules of the rivers and lakes. Zuo Lie was killed by you, and all his items belong to you. This gray-clothed man was killed by me, and all his things belong to me."

Hearing Teng Xiaoyun say this, Zuo Feng was slightly stunned, but in the end he reluctantly handed over the dagger in his hand. He couldn't figure out why the master was so fussy today.

Seeing Zuo Feng holding the dagger in front of him with a painful look on his face, Teng Xiaoyun couldn't help laughing out loud, and then patted Zuo Feng on the head intimately, saying.

"You kid, you really show off to me if you don't play around. Keep the dagger and the two books of Elder Zuo Lie. As for the packets of medicine and the two books on medicine, take them back and give them to your master's wife. Are you satisfied with this?"

Seeing that the master said so decisively at the end, Zuo Feng didn't dare to say anything else. The master's action actually told him that the real nagging person was Zuo Feng himself.

Seeing that Zuo Feng couldn't let go of the black short blade in his hand, Teng Xiaoyun also took a closer look and said, "This dagger is a sharp weapon for assassination."

After hearing this, Zuo Feng looked at the short blade in his hand again with some confusion.