004 First Human Life
[Chapter Word Count:3304 Last Updated:2014-09-1613:44:41.0]
"What the hell, me, get out of my ......" Shopkeeper Fan and Qing Sanye kicked away the guy kneeling in front of Xiao Letian with one kick, Qing Sanye pinched Xiao Letian's throat and said, "Let me ask you one last sentence, are you a bandit gang ......?"
"Qing Sanye, think about it, if I am a gang of bandits, how can they do it before they get out? Besides, the bandits killed people without coming up to rob, and they didn't even shout, this is obviously revenge, you two think about it, is there any enemy of life and death who has come to the door......
At the critical moment, Xiao Letian's super analytical ability played a decisive role, don't look at his frightened legs trembling, adrenaline secretion rapidly, and his back waist was sour. But his mind is not messy, but more and more clear, in his previous life, he was not less involved in business negotiations, he knew the trick here, and now he can't fall on the shelf anyway, otherwise he will die.
Modern people have lived in peacetime for a long time, and the first time they encounter this kind of murder and robbery scene, they must be afraid, but the capable and incompetent people respond differently to fear. Xiao Letian's legs are trembling like chaff, but his brain is unusually calm, and he can face the situation and make the right decision, while ordinary mediocre people are afraid that they will be stunned when they encounter such a scene at first glance.
"Qing Sanye, Shopkeeper Fan, let me tell you the truth, boy, I look very weird, that's because I grew up overseas, you heard it just now, I am fluent in foreign language and Cheng dù is no less than Mr. Lewis, what kind of bandit can use a spy like me?"
"To put it mildly, even in the courtyard of the Imperial Court in Beijing City, there is no one who speaks so fluent foreign language like me. As far as I'm concerned, where can't I eat with a bowl of rice? Why should I be a spy for bandits?"
Maybe it was Xiao Letian's eloquence and his frank eyes that convinced the two, only to hear the sound of jumping, the tied hemp rope was cut by Qing Sanye, and he also inserted the dagger into the ground, "I will believe you for the time being, you hold this dagger for self-defense." It's really unlucky, I met a foreign devil and a second devil, it really caused me trouble......"
After the Second Opium War, the Western powers obtained the missionary rights of the entire Qing Dynasty, and from 1860 onwards, foreigners gradually entered the interior, and now the most headache for the local government is the foreigners, if any foreigner has a problem under his rule, I am afraid that all the local officials will take the blame.
Xiao Letian rubbed his numb wrist, turned around to find Father Lewis, but he didn't know how to look at it and was startled, Lewis and Simon actually had two bullet chains for each person, crossed and tied on their bodies, and the two Colt revolvers on their waists were already full of bullets.
"Xiao, I have a spare pistol here, will you use it, take it for self-defense......" After speaking, a gun flower was thrown out with a shake of his left hand, and the rotating pistol stopped in front of Xiao Letian like a trick. Damn, is this still a priest? Two cowboys from the American West, looking back at them, one of them was carrying a cowboy hat.
"Oh my God, you two won't be from Texas, will you? You were a cowboy before you became a priest? This cowboy is so beautiful......" Xiao Lotian has watched a lot of Westerns in the past and is very familiar with these tricks.
Lewis's eyes lit up immediately, "Are you really an American expert?" I now believe more and more that you are a gift from God, and it is really my greatest honor to meet a friend like you during my trip to Qingguo......
"Haha, it's an honor, but I'll tell you......" Xiao Lotian suddenly lowered his voice and leaned into Lewis's ear, "Let God bless us, if you can get out alive, I'll give you a piece of information...... No, no, no, it should be said that it is a divine revelation, a divine revelation that can affect the fortunes of your United States......"
Just as Lewis was about to inquire down, suddenly there was a loud sound of killing on the gentle slopes on both sides of the trade road, and the trees shook as if countless people were walking through the woods, and from time to time there were arrows shot in twos and threes.
Qing Sanye's head was crooked, and he held a sawtooth wolf's tooth arrow in his hand as soon as he copied it in his right hand, and he almost frightened Sanye at that time, "Sawtooth wolf's tooth arrow? When can bandits afford to use such a sharp weapon?"
"This is not an ordinary bandit, it is definitely not a ......" Just when the third master was in a daze, Xiao Lotian rushed over, and saw the problem with just one glance, "Damn, such a delicate arrow can't be made by bandits? It is impossible for anyone to equip this kind of bow and arrow except for the regular army of the Qing Dynasty! Qing Sanye, think about it, this must be a revenge ......"
Regardless of whether he was seeking revenge or not, Qing Sanye couldn't be in a daze, he picked up the ancestral ox horn riding bow, bent the bow and shot the wolf tooth arrow with a whoosh, only to hear a muffled snort in the grass, as if someone was injured.
At this time, Lewis and Simon also came up to support, an old man and a young cowboy fired a salvo of two guns left and right, and where there was movement in the bushes, two shots were fired, and white smoke rose for a while. Two cowboys and a Qing Dynasty marksman, the two long-range firepower of cold weapons and hot weapons echoed each other, and the fight was very lively for a while.
What the chaotic crowd needs most is the leader, and when the four-person resistance team was formed, the guys of the caravan and the soldiers brought by Qing Sanye all began to rely on the terrain to fight back as if they had found the backbone. There were those who hid behind trees and shot arrows, there were those who ran around with knives to gather large animals, and there were even men who drew shotguns from carts and poured iron sand into them.
In a few moments, the entire caravan was almost in a heap, and the trade road was filled with the sound of whizzing bows and arrows and crackling shotguns, and the white smoke that filled the people with coughing.
"Wait, stop fighting, something is wrong, the taste is wrong...... cough cough cough ...... "After resisting for about a quarter of an hour, Xiao Lotian suddenly jumped up like crazy, "Look at the bushes over there, they have been swept over by two shotguns, why are they still dangling...... "Everyone looks at it, the bushes are all broken by iron sand, but they continue to shake."
Xiao Letian didn't know where the courage came from at this time, with a dagger in one hand and a revolver in the other, he crawled on the ground and crawled forward, "Simon, you follow me closely to cover me......" The two climbed to the edge of the bushes after a while, Simon rushed in like a panther first, and Xiao Lotian followed.
"I'm cāo, I've got a ......" The crowd saw Xiao Lotian rushing towards the left side of the bushes, the revolver in his hand was fired, and the target was the back of a large white stone.
Many years later, Xiao Letian recalled the scene at this time, and he was still afraid, he didn't understand why he was impulsive at that time?
The Colt revolver is notoriously easy to operate, making it easy for even the untrained to master, and Xiao Lotian and Simon zigzag forward, soon discovering the weirdness behind the stone. Damn, there's actually a guy pulling a rope in there, more than a dozen ropes pulling several bushes, this is pure suspicion.
The bandit saw Xiao Lotian rushing over, let go of the rope and grabbed the knife and rushed forward, at that moment Xiao Letian clearly saw the horizontal silk flesh beating on his face, as well as the fierce light in his eyes. On the line of life and death, Xiao Letian did not hesitate at all, and the remaining four bullets in the revolver were all gone.
The sound of gunshots, the dull impact of bullets penetrating the musculoskeletal, and the crazy cries of bandits before death, and of course, the sound of the mountain wind suddenly rising all over the mountain, all the sounds were entangled and squeezed into Xiao Letian's ears, and there was only one sentence in the end, "You killed someone, you kid killed someone......
Xiao Lotian killed the bandit, the power of the revolver at close range was not blown out, the bandit died thoroughly. But Xiao Letian was also stupid, he didn't even know how to dodge the bow and arrow shot from the side, and in the end, it was a tiger pounce by Saimen who crushed him to the ground, and only then did he dodge the jagged wolf tooth arrow.
"Shaw, wake up...... Don't be in a daze, this is the battlefield ......" Simon shouted loudly, finally waking Xiao Lotian up.
"Qing Sanye, Shopkeeper Fan, we have a plan......" When Xiao Lotian returned to the caravan, he couldn't calm down, and hurriedly gathered a few minds together for a small meeting.
"The bandits are not really attacking at all, they just want us to mess up, now the sun is going down but the afterglow can still be seen and lit, the bandit leader is smart and vicious enough, he cares too much about the lives of his subordinates, he wants to eat us all without anyone dying......"
Xiao Letian's tired throat was almost sticking together, and he snatched a water hyacinth from the corpse of a guy next to him and drank half of the gourd.
This time, Xiao Letian's appearance has already impressed everyone present, this kid can risk his life to find out the enemy's situation, such a thing is really not something that ordinary people can play, not to mention that he also killed a bandit.
"There is no other way, now there is only one way to break through, and while there is still a glimmer of light, we will rush north. I am familiar with the terrain of this area, and there is an abandoned mountain temple on the hillside to the north. Where there are cliffs on three sides, only the south side is a gentle slope, and only where can we hold the ......," Qing Sanye said.
"Yes, the musket has been used in the conflict just now, this is not far from the village where the wolf is killed, as long as we keep it until tomorrow, the people in the village will definitely contact the guards of Xiling, and we still have Lord Yang here, it is impossible for the county lord to sit idly by......" The shopkeeper Fan also made a decision.
Soon, Qing Sanye and Shopkeeper Fan gathered everyone together and gave the order to break through.
"I can't...... The shopkeeper can't, we have broken through, but what about so many livestock and goods, what about the money given to the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
"Shut up! Is people important or money important? As long as people live, how much money can't be earned?" Shopkeeper Fan glared, and the frightened guy didn't dare to speak.
Xiao Letian can see it, this old man actually knows what it means to be people-oriented? An ancient businessman with such a bold mind cannot be an unknown person, it seems that the status of this shopkeeper in the Fan family is not low.
Time waited for no one, the sky was getting darker and darker, and the caravan finally began to break through. I saw that Xiao Letian, Qing Sanye, Lewis and Simon formed an assault knife, three revolvers and a quick bow suppressed all suspicious targets, and the rest of the people gathered into a group, those with weapons were outside and those without weapons were hidden inside, and the caravan of more than a hundred people suddenly let out the same strange cry and rushed to the northern hillside like crazy.