Chapter 42 Shi Qian got into trouble again (Please read on)
Ruan Xiaoqi's Netherworld aura enveloped the area, turning it into a dead zone, but before he could move, Shi Xiu leaped up ahead of him.

"what!"

As soon as Shi Xiu entered the inky darkness, he felt endless chill, and all five senses were blocked.

But he was extremely brave and showed no fear at all. He moved his arms in the darkness and pulled out a skinny and short man.

Ruan Xiaoqi raised his thick eyebrows slightly. Few people could remain unaffected by the innate true Qi he cultivated.

Unexpectedly, Shi Xiu, who had just joined the gang and had not even mastered the art of cultivating Qi, was just a pure martial artist who practiced refining essence. He was able to break his own unique martial arts skills with just his physical body.

I couldn't help but look at him with a higher opinion.

At the same time, he secretly thought that Erlang had a unique vision and was worthy of being called Little Mengde, with the talent of "Zhou Gong spitting out food to welcome guests and bringing the people together".

Shi Xiu threw the skinny and short thief to the ground and shouted, "You are sneaking around. Are you trying to steal money or kill someone?"

The thief fell to the ground in pain, his thick eyebrows like paint brushes were squeezed together, and his eyes, one big and one small, looked particularly funny. But his eyeballs were extremely bright and rolled around, looking quite shrewd.

"Good man, spare my life, spare my life! I am not after money or life..."

"Humph! It seems that only by torturing you can you tell the truth." Cao Zheng held a skinning knife and grinned: "Although I have never dissected a living person, I have killed many pigs. You are the first one I have taken. Don't worry, I am very skilled with the knife. I can peel off the whole skin and you will still be alive and kicking. Come on, bear with it!"

"hero……"

The thief opened his eyes wide, prostrated himself and said anxiously: "I'm not lying! I heard that Yinmachuan has done great things, so I wanted to go there to join him. But I'm a petty thief who steals chickens and dogs and digs graves. If I rashly go up the mountain, they will definitely not accept me. So I stole the treasures of the nobles of the Liao Kingdom and prepared to use it as a token of my surrender..."

Cao Jie smiled at the thief and asked softly, "Then why did you come to Jizhou City and to the beam where I stayed?"

The thief pointed at Cao Zheng and shrank his neck. "I saw him when he went to inquire about Shi Xiu in the evening. So I came to investigate. I didn't expect to meet the hero of Yinmachuan. Everything I said was true. If I told a lie, I would be so upset that I would die."

Intestinal turmoil, also known as dry cholera, causes the patient to want to vomit but cannot, to want to have diarrhea but cannot, and causes severe pain in the heart and abdomen.

"Flea on the drum."

Cao Jie said this, and Shi Qian's eyes widened immediately: "Brother, do you know my name?"

"You little thief, you are not worthy of my brother knowing."

Cao Zheng pressed the skinning knife against Shi Qian's neck, causing him to suffer so much pain that his hair stood on end and he begged for mercy loudly.

"Brother Cao Zheng, put away the knife."

Cao Jie gave the order and Cao Zheng nodded immediately. He put away the knife and stood aside with a serious look in his eyes, holding the skinning knife in his sleeve in his palm, ready to strike at any time.

"call!"

Shi Qian let out a long breath and bowed, "Brother, I really want to become your disciple and work hard to help brothers all over the world escape from suffering!"

"How strong are you? What skills do you have?"

Cao Jie was well aware of Shi Qian's abilities. Even though this guy was ranked second from the bottom, Liangshan would not be able to function without him. He participated in many major events and played a key role.

But it’s not enough for me to just pick on him, because all his brothers are still watching.

We have to give our brothers a decent explanation before we can get him to join us!
"I am good at climbing walls and flying over rooftops, so people call me the flea on the drum. I am proficient in ventriloquism, holding my breath, picking locks, and shrinking bones... If you accept me as your brother, I can steal the emperor's seal for you."

"You are so arrogant." Ruan Xiaoqi sneered, "Then how did we find you?"

The man in front of him was like the devil in the world. Shi Qian did not dare to talk back. He said with a bitter face: "I was so moved by what my brother said that I broke the breath-retaining skill."

Cao Jie wanted to flatter him, so he said, "In ancient times, Lord Mengchang took in chicken thieves and dog thieves, and his followers did not understand. Later, he was detained in the State of Qin, and was released only because the dog thieves stole the white fur coat presented to the King of Qin and presented it to the princess.

They also managed to escape by imitating the crowing of a rooster through the Hangu Pass.

When we gather together, we need heroes who can kill the enemy in battle, military advisors who can plan strategies, spies who can conduct reconnaissance behind enemy lines, and of course, we also need thieves who can steal military documents and intelligence."

"Seventh Brother, Cao Zheng, Meng Kang, Shi Xiu, this man has been able to get to the top of our heads and has been spying for a long time. His ability is beyond doubt. The rest depends on his character. Among our brothers, we cannot have a flower-stealing thief, a cannibal demon, or a villain who sells out his friends for fame."

"Brother, you are absolutely right!"

Shi Qian's mustache twitched as he said anxiously, "Brother, although I may be a thief, I have never done anything like stealing flowers! I... I am still a virgin!"

"you shut up!"

Ruan Xiaoqi shouted, clasped his fists and said, "Erlang, I listen to you."

"We all listen to our brother." everyone said in unison.

"Well!" Cao Jie helped Shi Qian up and brushed the dust off him: "Your character cannot be told with words. It depends on your future performance."

"Yes, yes, brother!"

Shi Qian was a petty thief, and was despised and looked down upon everywhere he went. But here, the elder brother of the Cao family spoke for him and welcomed him as a brother.

For a moment, I was so moved that tears welled up in my eyes and I couldn't control myself.

After they exchanged their names and greeted each other as brothers, they sat down again and added a set of bowls and chopsticks and a chair for Shi Qian.

After drinking a bowl of wine, Shi Qian slapped his head and said, "Oh! I forgot one thing. I stole the treasure of a nobleman from the Liao Kingdom! I wanted to present it to Yinmachuan as a token of my loyalty. Now that I have met you, I will give it to you!"

He touched his chest and took out a rolled-up animal skin.

"What Buddha is this?"

Cao Jie opened the animal skin and saw a Buddha painted on it. His body was white, with his right hand in the mudra of touching the ground and his left hand in the mudra of concentration. He was sitting cross-legged on a lotus platform with colorful halos around him.

When everyone got closer to take a look, they realized that since they were not Buddhists, they naturally did not recognize this Buddha.

At this time, Cao Zheng touched the animal skin with his hand and frowned, saying, "Brother, this doesn't seem to be animal skin."

"..."

"It's human skin."

"And this is not just ordinary human skin. This is the skin peeled off alive by a warrior who had mastered skin refining and had this Buddha tattooed on him when he was alive. Therefore, it is impervious to water and fire, and is not susceptible to insects and ants."

Cao Jie looked at it carefully and asked, "So, this thing is really a treasure, or even... maybe a visualization diagram of a pregnant god? Shi Qian, where did you steal it from?"

"In a princess's mansion in Nanjing, Liao, her name is... something like Princess Tianshou."

"hiss!"

Cao Jie gritted his teeth.

The book records that Princess Tianshou Daribo, one of the "Eleven Stars" of the Liao Dynasty, wielded a seven-star sword and led five thousand female soldiers to command the Taiyin Formation of the Hun Tian Formation to resist the Liangshan army.

At the beginning, Song Jiang was unable to break the formation until he was taught the method of the Queen Mother of the West in a dream and built twenty-four thunder chariots. Only then was he able to break the Hun Tian Formation and capture the woman.

A cultivator who is suspected to be pregnant with a god, the treasure in her hand is not so easy to steal.

"Shi Qian, are you sure you have cleaned up your mess? Have you revealed your whereabouts?"

Shi Qian hesitated for a moment, scratched his head and said, "Probably not! I didn't alarm the people in the Princess's Mansion."

Cao Jie frowned as he looked at the human skin Buddha picture in his hand, feeling that something bad was about to happen.

"Seventh Brother, come and see if this thing can reveal any special information."

Ruan Xiaoqi, who had the highest cultivation, struggled for a while and shook his head, saying, "This kind of god-pregnant thing is mysterious and we can't understand it! But... my netherworld Qi can block perception. Even if it can be discovered from a distance, as long as we cover it with Qi... like this, it should be fine."

Cao Jie frowned tightly; the sensitivity of his soul made him feel more and more uncomfortable.

"No, we have to leave Jizhou overnight and return to Song Dynasty. Brother Qi, please keep it wrapped with Qi and don't let the aura leak out."

"what?!"

Ruan Xiaoqi widened his eyes: "Always?"

"No need to pack up, just grab your weapons and leave..."

Vigorous and decisive.

All of them were highly skilled in martial arts. They moved quickly in the darkness. With the presence of the thief Shi Qian, they easily avoided patrols.

The city wall was nearly ten feet high, and with a rope, everyone landed safely on the ground.

Just as everyone left Jizhou City and fled into the mountains and forests, the rumbling sound of iron cavalry hitting the ground broke the darkness and disturbed the peaceful dreams of Jizhou City.

Thousands of cavalry arrived at the city of Jizhou.

The leading female general frowned and looked at the tall city, but did not enter the city. Instead, she drove her men to chase along the various mountain paths...

(End of this chapter)