The Counterattack of the Villains

The next day, there was a lot of excitement in Qiao's house. Today was the sixtieth birthday of the kindhearted old man Qiao. People from all the prominent families in Qiao's village came to congratulate the old man on his birthday.

Aaron rushed in from the door in a daze, and accidentally knocked Lao Xu off his feet.

"Ouch, what are you doing?"

Seeing this scene, Mr. Qiao said displeasedly: "Aaron, why are you in such a hurry?"

Aaron adjusted his mood and didn't say what was going on. He just put a smile on his face, walked up to the old man, clasped his fists and bowed: "Old man, today is your sixtieth birthday. I wish you blessings like the East China Sea and a longevity as long as the Southern Mountains.

.”

Seeing this, Mr. Qiao's unhappiness immediately disappeared and he nodded with satisfaction.

Aaron took the opportunity and said: "Old Master, I will ask the young master to come out to greet the guests."

"Well, go ahead, go ahead."

Aaron then walked quickly to the inner house. When he saw Qiao Ling'er in the atrium, he quickly stepped forward and reported in a low voice: "Master, I have something to tell you."

Qiao Ling'er asked: "What's going on?"

Aaron carefully glanced around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he lowered his voice and said, "Master, last night, the whole family of Young Master Hu E was killed, and even the house was burned down."

"What?"

Qiao Ling'er's face changed greatly when she heard Aaron continue: "The bodies of Hu Eshao's family were all thrown in front of the street of Chenghuang Temple, and Hu Eshao's arms were chopped off."

Qiao Ling'er's expression changed, and he had a feeling that this incident was closely related to what he had experienced yesterday.

"Let's go and take a look."

Qiao Ling'er said hello to Lao Xu, without disturbing anyone else, and left Qiao's house through the back door with Aaron and walked quickly to the Chenghuang Temple.

Half an hour later, the two rushed to the Chenghuang Temple and saw that the street was surrounded by three squads of policemen. Many people were watching and pointing in the circle.

The two of them squeezed into the circle. Qiao Ling'er looked at the corpses on the ground, as well as the corpse of the Hu family's evil young man who was missing an arm, and frowned tightly, with a look of unbearable expression on his face.

"Too cruel."

Hearing Qiao Ling'er's words, Aaron said disapprovingly: "I feel quite happy. This kind of person deserves it."

"What did you say?" Qiao Ling'er, who had always been good-tempered, said to Aaron angrily: "No matter how big your mistake is, you can't kill the whole family, and you still gloat about it?"

Seeing that the young master was angry, Aaron did not dare to say any more and hung his head in dismay.

He really couldn't understand his young master's thinking. He was just an ordinary person. Since his master's family believed in Buddhism, he naturally followed suit.

But doesn’t Buddhism also say that evil will be rewarded with evil, and good will be rewarded with good? Doesn’t it mean that the time for no retribution has not yet come?

The Hu family suffered such a disaster. It was just their retribution. What kind of anger did the young master have?

As a mortal, he naturally cannot understand the realm of Buddha.

Although Qiao Ling'er is only the reincarnation of the Tathagata, the Buddhist concepts of the Tathagata are engraved in her bones and cannot be completely eliminated even if she is reincarnated.

In order to save a dove, the Tathagata aroused the eagle's bodhicitta and prevented it from committing murder. He did not hesitate to cut his own flesh and feed it to the eagle instead of the dove.

This is the embodiment of his philosophy of universal salvation.

Yesterday, Qiao Ling'er was willing to be severely injured by the evil young man of the Hu family in order to save the White Lotus family. This is the same as the Tathagata's method of cutting meat and feeding it to the eagles.

Qiao Ling'er ignored Aaron and turned to a middle-aged man next to her and asked, "Uncle, do you know who did this?"

The middle-aged man said: "I heard from people in the yamen that Bai Lianhua, the mountain king on Fengtou Mountain, led people down the mountain to do it."

Qiao Ling'er said solemnly: "Bai Lianhua, is that the female bandit who often goes down the mountain and robs wealthy families?"

The middle-aged man's face changed slightly, and he subconsciously turned his head and looked around, then lowered his voice and said: "Young people don't know the importance of things. If your words are heard by her subordinates, they will be injured or disabled."

After saying that, she turned around and left the scene in a hurry. Qiao Ling'er looked at the corpses again, snorted angrily, and said angrily: "It is really unreasonable to do such a cruel thing."

Aaron felt worried after being told by the middle-aged man, knowing that his young master could be very stubborn sometimes.

Afraid of offending the Fengtou Mountain female bandit, Aaron cautiously said to Qiao Ling'er: "Master, let's go back. The old man is still at home waiting to celebrate his birthday!"

Qiao Ling'er nodded slowly and said solemnly: "Aaron, don't tell my grandpa about this before I go, lest he worry."

"Yes, I understand."

…

"I wish Mr. Qiao a long life, good health and long-lasting joy, Amitabha Buddha."

"Hehehe... Many thanks to you two masters. Please take a seat."

Qiao Zhai, carrying Zhizhu from left to right, came to wish Mr. Qiao a birthday.

After saying congratulatory messages and giving congratulatory gifts, the old man personally led him to a vegetarian table, which he had specially prepared for a few people.

Zhizhu looked around and asked in confusion: "Old layman Qiao, why don't you see Master Ling'er?"

Mr. Qiao also looked at Lao Xu who was following behind him in confusion. Lao Xu quickly said: "The young master just said that he would go to the Chenghuang Temple to have a look and he would be back soon."

Old Mrs. Qiao said "Oh" and smiled at Zhizhu: "Young people like to join in the fun. Let's take a seat first. I believe he will be back soon."

The Chenghuang Temple Fair is held once a year and lasts for three days each time. Yesterday was only the first day. He thought Qiao Ling'er was going to the temple fair again today.

However, what he didn't know was that just as the banquet was about to begin in Qiao's house, a horse team rushed into Qiao's house with great force.

The three riders in front, one in front and two behind, are all beautiful women dressed in snow-white outfits.

The leading rider also had a white cloak tied behind his back, fluttering in the wind as he ran, flamboyantly showing off.

Behind the three women, there are three women riding side by side, two green and one purple, and behind them are dozens of women riding red clothes and red scarves, armed with long swords.

As soon as they rushed into Qiaojiazhuang, there was chaos on the streets and the people fled in all directions.

In Qiao's house, the guests who came to celebrate his birthday had just toasted to Mr. Qiao when a fellow villager suddenly rushed into Qiao's house and shouted in panic: "The bandits are coming, everyone, run away!"

After hearing the villager's words and the thunderous sound of horse hooves coming from outside, Qiao's house suddenly became chaotic.

All the guests stood up and rushed out the door. Cups, plates and dishes were knocked off the table and smashed to pieces on the ground.

The servants and maids of the Qiao family crowded beside Mr. Qiao in panic, and they were all trembling with fear.

Mr. Qiao was now without a master. Qiaojiazhuang had never been visited by bandits before. He never expected that on his sixtieth birthday, bandits would come to rob him.

Such a coincidence, could this be his fate?

At this moment, Xiang Xiang, Xiang Right and Zhizhu jumped up together, leaping nearly two feet high, passing over the heads of the chaotic guests, spanning a distance of three to four feet, and landed in front of Mr. Qiao.

.

Xiang Zui comforted Mr. Qiao: "Don't worry, old layman, there are a few poor monks here, and they will never let the bandits hurt you."

Mr. Qiao was pleasantly surprised when he saw the three people show off their Qinggong skills. He really didn't expect that these masters were not only skilled in medicine, but also had such good kung fu.

Hearing Xiang You's words at this time, he couldn't help but feel relieved. He quickly bowed and said, "Then I'll rely on the master."

Shortly after all the guests ran away, a group of female bandits in red rushed in from the gate and rushed straight to Mr. Qiao in a menacing manner.

They shouted to the left and right in unison: "Zhizhu, protect the old layman and his family."

Then they stepped forward side by side, raised their hands and said, "Stop."

The female bandit in red was not willing to listen, so she kicked them both.

Seeing this, the two of them would not tolerate them. Instead of retreating, they took a big step forward. While leaning sideways, they put their left fist down, right fist up, and punched forward with both fists at the same time.

"Peng"

"ah……"

Before the two female bandits kicked them, their fists landed on their abdomens and collarbones, knocking them backwards and knocking over their two companions behind them.

"Qiang Qiang Qiang..."

Seeing this, the other female bandits drew their swords out of their sheaths and attacked the two men.

The two of them were calm and unafraid, and rushed forward in the face of the gleaming swords, moving around among the female bandits with ease.

Every time he takes action, a female bandit will be knocked away.

However, both of them were very measured in their attacks. The female bandit who was knocked away felt pain for a while at most, and she was able to get up after taking a breath without being really injured.

But Bai Lianhua, who followed the female bandits in red and entered Qiao's house, saw seven or eight sisters knocked to the ground in the blink of an eye. Her eyes turned cold and she shouted: "Get them for me."

Xiaoyu, Dingxiang, and Xiaoqing drew their swords one after another. Xiaoyu and Dingxiang headed left and right, while Xiaoqing passed by the battle group and walked towards Zhizhu.

Bai Suzhen and Xiaoxue stood beside Bai Lianhua, one on the left and one on the right.

When Zhizhu saw Xiaoqing coming towards her, her expression changed deliberately and she shouted: "It's you, you are actually bandits."

Xiao Qing pointed her sword at the ground, looked at him with a smile and slowly walked forward, saying: "You are the young monk. What, do you want to stop my sister?"

Bai Lianhua also saw Zhizhu at this time, and couldn't help but move. She looked at Xiaoyu and Dingxiang, who were fighting back and forth, and kept on losing, turning left and right, with a little more caution in her eyes.

Are these two great monks the uncles that the young monk calls them? Their martial arts are indeed amazing.

Xiaoyu's martial arts skills were on par with mine. Even Xiaoyu couldn't defeat the monk for a moment, and there would be no difference if he climbed up.

Fortunately, she had the five sisters under her command, otherwise she might have capsized in the gutter this time on her own.

At this time, the female bandits were just surrounding the perimeter and did not move forward to take action, because the battle in the field was no longer something they could interfere with.

When Mrs. Qiao heard what Xiaoqing and Zhizhu said, she asked in surprise: "Little Master Zhizhu, do you know them?"

Zhizhu said: "Yesterday at the temple fair, they were molested by a naughty young man. It was Master Ling'er who rescued them. Unexpectedly, they were actually bandits."

"But as people in the green forest, don't you know what the word 'morality' means?"

"No matter what, Master Ling'er helped you. Not only did you not say thank you, but you came to rob the Qiao family in return for your kindness. Aren't you afraid of being ridiculed by your colleagues in the world?"

After hearing what Zhizhu said, Mr. Qiao was filled with indignation, but the situation was not good at this time, but he dared not speak out.

The two masters were entangled by two bandit leaders from the other side. It would be difficult for Zhizhu alone to stop so many people from the other side.

So Mr. Qiao said loudly: "Heroes, you can take whatever money or food you want. I just ask you not to hurt anyone."

After hearing what Mrs. Qiao said, Bai Lianhua suddenly shouted: "Stop now."

Upon hearing this, Xiaoyu and Dingxiang immediately made a feint and retreated. They did not pursue left or right, but retreated in front of Old Mrs. Qiao and the others.

Bai Lianhua stepped forward with Bai Suzhen and Xiaoxue, and walked about ten feet away in front of everyone. She stared at Old Mrs. Qiao and said slowly: "Old man, I come today, I don't need money or food, I just want to be alone."

"People?" Old Mrs. Qiao asked, "Who do you want?"

Bai Lianhua said: "Qiao Ling'er."

"Ah? You, you, you... what do you want Ling'er for?" Old Mrs. Qiao was shocked. He didn't expect that the other party was putting up such a big show and actually came for his grandson.

It has always been the case that only male mountain kings steal women to become the wives of the strongholds. Mr. Qiao never dreamed that this famous female king actually wanted to steal his grandson to become the official of the strongholds.

Just at this time, Qiao Ling'er took Aaron back to Qiao's house.

Looking at the two sides confronting each other in the house, Qiao Ling'er couldn't help but ask Mrs. Qiao: "Grandpa, what happened?"

At this time, unlike in the original plot, where Bai Lianhua easily controlled Qiao Zhai, the two sides were still in a confrontation, and Qiao Ling'er was behind the female bandits at this time.

The moment he opened his mouth, he immediately attracted everyone's attention.

The female bandits turned around and saw him, and two people immediately stepped forward, put their swords on the shoulders of Qiao Ling'er and Aaron, and dragged them in front of Bai Lianhua.

He slapped his face to the left and said helplessly: "Oops, you stupid boy."

To the right, he spread his hands to Mr. Qiao and said: "It's over, there is no escape."

Zhizhu shook her head repeatedly and sighed.

At this time, Mr. Qiao was also stomping his feet in annoyance. "You silly grandson, you can't come in through the back door after seeing this situation without running into the bandit's den. What can I say to you?"

Qiao Ling'er was staring at the white lotus at this time, and said with a complicated expression: "It's you."

Bai Lianhua also looked at him and said slowly: "I forgot to tell you my name yesterday. My name is...Bai Lianhua."

Qiao Ling'er was shocked, stared at Bai Lianhua with an ugly face, and asked in a deep voice: "Did you kill the Hu family members?"

Bai Lianhua sneered and said, "Not bad."

"You are so cruel."

"Cruel?" Bai Lianhua chuckled and said, "Evil people should be dealt with using methods that are ten times more evil than him."

Qiao Ling'er looked at her expressionlessly and said, "What about you? What means should I use to deal with you?"

Bai Lianhua's face sank and she said, "You say I am a bad person?"

Qiao Ling'er said: "Killing innocent people indiscriminately, isn't that a bad person?"

Ding Xiang on the side couldn't help but said: "Hey, if you want to say that, then I have to talk to you carefully."

"You can go out and ask around. We in Fengtou Mountain only kill evil people. How have we ever killed a good person by mistake? The Hu family is full of bullies. How can such a person be called innocent?"

Qiao Ling'er turned to look at Ding Xiang and asked, "You killed more than thirty members of the Hu family. Are every one of them a bully?"

Bai Suzhen said: "Mr. Qiao, we killed more than thirty members of the Hu family, including Hu Wanqing and his son, four housekeepers and stewards, eight guards and twenty-three servants."

"There is no need to say anything more about the Hu family father and son. Everyone else is also a stooge and oppresses good people. However, the Hu family's truly innocent maids and servants, the daughter of the back house, we are not guilty at all."

"You can go and see that the Hu family bully was killed, and everyone from all over the country would not applaud with joy? So we have done this with a clear conscience."

Ding Xiang crossed her arms across her chest and said proudly: "To punish evil is to promote good. Before we take action, we will investigate clearly in advance. We will never kill a good person by mistake, nor let a bad person go."

What Bai Suzhen and Ding Xiang said left Qiao Ling'er speechless. Seeing this, Bai Lianhua's eyes flashed with pride.

She raised her head and said, "How? What else do you have to say?"

Qiao Ling'er turned her head. Although he had nothing to say at this time, he still found it difficult to agree with the other party's behavior of killing people frequently.

Seeing this, Bai Lianhua didn't dwell on the matter. She turned to ask: "Let me ask you, I sent someone to invite you last night, why didn't you come?"

Qiao Ling'er asked angrily: "Why do I have to go when you invite me?"

Bai Lianhua said solemnly: "You don't deserve to talk to me like this."

Qiao Linger pointed her finger at Maimang and said, "This is also what I want to say to you."

Bai Lianhua said angrily: "You are very courageous. No one has ever dared to talk to me like this."

Qiao Ling'er said proudly: "Really? It was because they were afraid of you, but I wasn't afraid."

Bai Lianhua said coldly: "Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"

Qiao Ling'er said: "You are fierce and brutal. Who do you dare not kill? If you want to kill, kill him. You have to do whatever you want."

Bai Lianhua's expression suddenly changed, she pulled out her long sword with a clang, turned around, and slashed towards the side of Qiao Ling'er's neck with her backhand sword.

Originally, Mrs. Qiao had been frightened by what she said to Qiao Ling'er. Now when she saw Bai Lianhua drawing her sword, she was so frightened that her hands and feet went cold, and she exclaimed in shock: "There are people under the sword."

He lifted it under his right foot, and a plate fell to the ground and flew towards Bai Lianhua's long sword.

"Pong"

This time, there was no success, because Xiao Qing swiped the long sword in his hand and hit the plate with the side of the sword, causing it to explode in the air and fall to the side.

Bai Lianhua had full confidence in her sisters and didn't even look over there.

However, the sword that seemed to take Qiao Ling'er's life stopped firmly at the side of Qiao Ling'er's neck.

Bai Lianhua joked: "How about Qiao Ling'er?"

However, Qiao Ling'er didn't even blink her eyelids from beginning to end. After hearing this, she asked, "What do you want?"

Bai Lianhua said: "I want you to come with me."

Qiao Ling'er said without any fear: "You have brought so many people with you, you can take me away at will."

Bai Lianhua's eyes narrowed and she said, "I want you to follow me willingly."

Qiao Ling'er said in a deep voice: "You led people and horses into my house and disturbed my house. You still let me be willing to do it. Why?"

Bai Lianhua shouted sweetly: "Since I have a sword in my hand, I want you to ask me to take you away, otherwise I will kill your whole family."

Bai Suzhen, the girls, and the people on the left and right all had the urge to put their hands on their foreheads.

They really don’t understand what kind of celestial brain circuit this future White Lotus Virgin Bodhisattva has?

That's not how you steal a man, right?

They all remember what Li Mu once said, the best way to make someone have a good impression of you is to first let the other person know that you have a good impression of him.

If Bai Lianhua showed a little bit of this intention today, I'm afraid Qiao Ling'er would be able to win easily.

But her actions don't seem like she's trying to steal a man. Instead, she's making enemies!

"Just now, your men said that you are righteous bandits and thieves who punish rape and eliminate evil. Then you should kill the people who deserve to be killed and steal the ill-gotten gains."

"You threaten with a sword, indiscriminately, and harm innocent people. You are just like an animal."

"You..." Bai Lianhua was so angry that her chest heaved violently and she clenched her silver teeth. It was impossible for her to really hurt Qiao Ling'er, but she could be said to have been eaten to death by him.

At her wits' end, she turned her sword upside down and plunged it into the wall panel. She turned around and walked toward the door, saying viciously: "Take him away."

Over there, Mr. Qiao suddenly became anxious and quickly begged to left and right: "Master, please save Ling'er, I beg you..."

Before he finished speaking, the figures of the five Bai Suzhen girls flashed and stood side by side in front of the three people on the left. Five long swords were pointed at everyone, and Old Mrs. Qiao's words stopped abruptly.