Chapter 9: The Puzzle (6)
Puzzled, I hurried out the door to find out. As a result, I was greatly disappointed, it was none other than Ge Dongxiao of the Tianshan Sect standing outside the door. Ever since I was deceived by him once, I have been full of contempt for him as a person, and I couldn't imagine that this kind of villain who can only pretend to be a ghost can actually mix with the chief disciple of a major martial arts sect.
"Senior brother, come and see Senior Brother Ge of the Tianshan Sect!" Yuan Zhao also saw me and shouted at me from afar. "I've seen it for a long time. I replied in a nonchalant reply, and then stepped forward and took the reins of my horse from the blacksmith's hand. Secretly glanced at Ge Dongxiao, this kid was despised by me, his face was white and red for a while, and he couldn't hang it anymore.
Yuan Zhao glared at me with reproachful eyes, and quickly opened the topic and helped Ge Dongxiao play a round: "Senior Brother Ge, why did you go back ahead of time, could it be something?" "Alas, the day before yesterday, I received a flying pigeon message from the master, informing me that the situation was urgent now, and Xiqiang was plotting to harass Dacheng, and the master was afraid that the war would block the way back, so he ordered me to rush back to Tianshan as soon as possible. "Hmph, isn't it the twenty taels of silver ingots that are greedy for Hong Zhenyun?
But looking at his exhausted appearance, it doesn't seem to be pretending. "Alas, there is another war. Yuan Zhao sighed along with his words, and asked with concern: "Senior Brother Ge, didn't you rush to the night last night?"
The corners of Ge Dongxiao's mouth flashed with a wry smile, and he stroked the back of the horse standing aside and said: "Alas, I left immediately after receiving the letter from the master, and I haven't closed my eyes for two days and two nights. ”
"Shopkeeper, help me get a new horseshoe. Ge Dongxiao said to the blacksmith on the side. "This..."The blacksmith carefully looked at Ge Dongxiao's horse and said, "Childe, your horse has to use a large horseshoe, we don't have it in stock in the store now, only freshly made, you can wait for a while." ”
As he spoke, the blacksmith stepped forward and lifted his horse's feet, looked at it, and said, "Your horse, like these two horses, is no longer dead, and if you don't change it, you will hurt it." Listening to the blacksmith's words, Ge Dongxiao seemed very hesitant, hesitated for a while and asked, "Can it support the next town?"
"You don't have to worry about this," the blacksmith saw through Ge Dongxiao's mind at a glance: "You are riding a horse from the Western Regions, and the suitable horseshoe is estimated to be only available in Hanzhong, so you have to make it wherever you go." "I took a closer look at Ge Dongxiao's horse, and compared it with our horses, and found that there was a huge difference between the two, our horse was a head shorter than Ge Dongxiao's horse, and it was not as strong as his horse, so it was no wonder that there was no horseshoe of the right size.
"Okay then," Ge Dongxiao pondered for a while and made up his mind: "Then take a day off in Shangyong, it just so happens that I feel tired too." So saying, he gave the reins of the horse into the blacksmith's hand. Hearing him say this, my heart was glad that he stayed, and if he had been with us all the way, wouldn't I have to be his bragging listener for the rest of my life?
Seeing that it was not too early, Yuan Zhao clasped his fist and saluted Ge Dongxiao: "Since Senior Brother has decided to stay for a day, then we will go on the road first, and there will be a period later." "Brother, hurry up and get on the road, don't delay the old lady's birthday." Ge Dongxiao also returned the salute, and Yuan Zhao and I got on the horse and went out of the city to Hanzhong.
The road from Shangyong to Hanzhong is still difficult to walk, but it is not as bumpy as before, and Yuan Zhao and I can also walk forward without walking. Maybe it was a good night's rest, and I'm in the same mood as the weather today......
Looking at the verdant mountains on both sides of the road, it was inevitable that he felt comfortable, and hummed a song in a low voice: "The weather is so sunny today, and the scenery is good everywhere..."
"Senior brother, what are you thinking?" I asked cautiously, and Yuan Zhao sighed and said, "Alas, there will inevitably be another fierce battle in the northwest. "Oh, it turns out that Yuan Zhao is still thinking about what Ge Dongxiao just told him. "Hmph, do you really believe Ge Dongxiao, maybe he made it up himself. "I didn't care about the message that Ge Dongxiao told us.
Yuan Zhao shook his head and said, "It must not be wrong, this must be true." "No, right? Could it be that there is something wrong with my ears? I didn't expect that Yuan Zhao, who had to reason about everything, would actually believe the words of Ge Dongxiao, a big liar, it was too abnormal.
"Hey, senior brother, what's wrong with you, haven't you always looked down on that person surnamed Ge? You don't know that he always lies, and besides, even if he is telling the truth, the fact that the two countries intend to go to war may be fake news from his master's hearsay. My enlightenment didn't seem to have an effect, and Yuan Zhao affirmed: "He didn't deceive anyone, and this news is true." ”
"Why?" I was puzzled. "Because," Yuan Zhao slowly raised his head and stared at the mountains in front of him, and said word by word, "He is a member of the Tianshan Sect!"