Chapter 20: The Dart Team
The next day, the roads were dusty.
Li Yue's brows were tightly locked, and with a wisp of sorrow, he hit the horse and passed by.
I thought I was a fledgling to roam the rivers and lakes, but now it has become a way to escape.
The horse he was riding was no longer the same one he had ridden, and although it was very ordinary, he replaced it for safety.
After escaping here, Li Yue was already dozens of miles away from the county where Lijia Village was located, but it was not far enough.
I had planned to stop if I found a place where I could learn real martial arts.
But now he didn't dare to stay in his original state or county anyway
It is still in Qingzhou, one of the sixteen prefectures of Daqian.
Li Yue planned to wait until he escaped from Qingzhou and then began to inquire about the martial arts halls or sects that taught martial arts.
He let out a loud shout and whipped his horse hard.
The horse neighed and ran faster, smoke billowing from its hooves.
......
"Hego!"
A low tone was frustrated, and a long and loud voice resounded through the mountains and forests.
In the lush mountain forest, a team of dart carts slowly marched through the mountain road.
Holding a dart flag, the executioner walked in the middle of the dart team, shouting the dart trumpet.
Not far from the trees, a few birds fluttered their wings and flew away from them.
In the dart team, the two men rode at the forefront, looking vigilant, and their sharp eyes observed the front and left and right from time to time.
"It's a place where the mountains are high and the forests are dense, so it's perfect for ambushes.
Eighty percent of them will be infested with bandits, so that the guys will cheer up and put bright spots. ”
One of them, a thin, dark-skinned, weather-covered dart master, turned back to the person behind him, frowned and admonished in a deep voice.
"Zhao Dart Master has an order, cheer up and polish your moves!"
The man went on horseback and spread the instructions of the thin dart master to the front and back of the dart team.
The other of the two looked old, also weather-ridden, with deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, and gray hair and beard, but his majestic body on his horse was still as straight as a mountain, his eyes were sharp, and his beard was thick under his chin, and he did not look angry and arrogant.
Hu Yongan squinted his eyes, and after dozens of steps, he saw a big tree lying in the middle of the road.
His face changed, and as soon as he pulled the reins, he immediately waved his hand and signaled the dart team to stop.
"Hu Darthead?"
Zhao Qiang's expression was solemn, and he came up with a horse.
Hu Xiangming's eyes signaled.
He followed Hu Xiangming's gaze, and saw the big tree in the middle of the road from a distance, and suddenly his pupils shrank, and his face became ugly.
"I just said that there may be bandits blocking the way, and here we are!
It's unlucky!"
With that, he cursed in a low voice.
How can a big tree fall for no reason and block the way?
This must be man-made, in order to prevent the dart teams or caravans from rushing through the customs, so as to stop people and rob slowly!
"Don't panic, stop and get ready.
Let's see how many of them there are. ”
Hu Xiangming's voice was calm, not slow or hurried.
It seems that he has experienced a lot and is used to seeing this kind of thing, and there is a reassuring power in his words.
Anyone in the dart team can be messy, but the dart head can't be messy, so the people who serve as the dart head are generally old people with a calm personality and have experienced ups and downs.
"Stop, stop!"
Zhao Qiang rode his horse and ran back and forth, shouting loudly as he ran.
"There's a bandit ahead, get ready, take care of the dart cart!"
Like a long dragon, the dart team slowly stopped.
The people in the dart team looked nervous, and they drew their knives one after another to protect the dart cart.
These people include newcomers who have just joined the dart game and are playing darts for the first time, and there are also old people who have traveled many times from south to north.
However, even the old man was inevitably nervous, and he held the long knife in his hand tightly.
Every time you encounter a roadblocker, it is a test of life and death.
Whether they will survive and continue on the road, no one knows.
The dart is the work of pinning the head to the waist and licking the blood from the knife edge.
"Friends in front, come out!"
Hu Xiangming shouted loudly, and the old man's deep voice resounded through the mountains and forests on both sides.
If you rush forward, you may fall into traps and ambushes.
He called the bandits to exist, and the bandits on both sides of the ambush knew that they were discovered, so they would not hide boringly.
The echo wafted.
After a dozen breaths, a group of bandits dressed in tattered clothes and holding various weapons walked out of the woods on both sides of the road one after another.
Zhao Qiangming held the reins in his hand and closely followed the number of bandits who walked out.
"Thirty or forty, not too many. ”
When no more thieves walked out on both sides, Hu Xiangming swept his eyes and spoke.
"It's fine. ”
Zhao Qiang breathed a sigh of relief.
The dart team shaved out the coachmen, and there were forty or fifty men who could hold knives.
There are some advantages in numbers.
Da-da-da-da!
There was a sound of horseback riding.
Seeing that the situation ahead was different, Li Yuele stopped his horse and looked over.
It's a team of darts and a gang of bandits facing off, and the atmosphere is not very good, and it looks like it's going to make a move.
Li Yue looked at the bandits and the dart team, as if he suddenly remembered something, and his eyes showed a thoughtful look.
......
The leader of the bandits was a middle-aged one-eyed man with a thick-backed broadsword, with an arrogant demeanor, striding forward, and leading the other bandits to come over.
"This must be the big boss?"
Hu Xiangming rode on the horse, smiled and hugged his fists.
The bandit leader buttoned his ears, looked contemptuous, and said nothing.
"Hu Xiangming, the dart head of the Xiafuyuan Dart Bureau, also hopes that the big boss will give him a face, and let our dart team go over by a way!"
Hu Xiangming was not angry, and politely hugged his fists.
"I haven't heard of Fuyuan Dart Bureau!
Why do you have a red mouth and white teeth, and Lao Tzu has to let you go?"
The bandit leader spat out a mouthful of saliva and fiercely waved the thick-backed broadsword in his hand.
"If you want to go over, you can leave five hundred taels of money to buy the road!"
The other thieves also immediately put on a fierce look, as if they were about to do it if they didn't give money.
"Hu Darthead, it seems that it can't be explained!"
Zhao Qiang's face was ugly.
This is obviously a gang of wild bandits who have appeared out of nowhere.
If it's on the green forest road, it's impossible to be so ignorant of the rules.
Five hundred taels of road money, what room for negotiation!
It's not that there is no 500 taels of money to buy a road, there are far more than that.
But who are they for, they are all local snakes with high martial arts and hundreds of people, and they are famous on the green forest road.
It costs five hundred taels, and he does not weigh his own weight.
With thirty or forty people, a pile of tattered weapons, and five hundred taels as soon as you open your mouth?
"Five hundred taels is really embarrassing for us, can the big boss be accommodating?"
Hu Xiangming shook his head, as if he still didn't want to make a move, and politely hugged his fists again.
"You when I am what it is, bargain here!
Five hundred taels is five hundred taels, and nothing less will work!"
The bandit leader obviously regarded Hu Xiangming's modesty and forbearance as weakness and bullying, and became even more arrogant and domineering, pointing a knife at Hu Xiangming.
"Don't think that there are more of you, Lao Tzu's brothers are not afraid of death, and the fight may not be the same!"
"Kill!"
Hu Xiangming was also dead, his face was flushed with anger, he burst into a shout, drew his long sword, jumped off his horse, and attacked the bandit leader fiercely!
Zhao Qiang also shouted and swung his knife to kill, and the others followed closely and started one after another.
For a time, nearly 100 people on the road were coaxing and shouting, and the battle was a mess!
Li Yue could see it clearly not far away, and he knew that it was not the old dart head of the dart team who was old, lost his temper, and let others shout.
But the dart team is like this, ordinary darts often have to be humble and tolerant along the way, and even compromise, even if they encounter robbers, they must be polite, and they will never do it if they can do it!
Otherwise, all the way down, there will be constant conflicts, and there will be only a total of how many people in the dart team, and if they can't go far, they will all die.
"All the heroes who walked the darts, I am here to help you!"
Li Yue looked at the people who were fighting, his eyes flashed a few times, he shouted, turned over and dismounted, and swung his knife to kill!