Chapter Fifty-Nine: Jiaozhi Road
As the old saying goes: "The south is said to be barbaric, and the carved title is cross-legged", describing the state of ethnic customs, which is the personnel map of the domain boundary, "cross-toe" means cross-legged with each other, and the tiger in the city of Jiaozhi is in the south of the Qin Dynasty, and it is the place where the left limb of a country is coiled, which is exactly what it means.
The Qin Dynasty is now stormy, bandits are everywhere, Jiaozhi City is located in the continuous place of ten thousand mountains, although the Qin Dynasty's big mountain bandit Wohua Mountain's lair is in the lips and teeth, but it does not affect the stability and peace of this city at all.
On the avenue a few miles away from the city of Jiaozhi, a procession of relatives is beating gongs and drums in celebration, slowly passing through the mountains.
But seeing that most of the guards of this team were burly men, the Xi Po in the ranks was grinning, talking to the people in the sedan chair as she walked, but she couldn't hear any answer from the people in the sedan chair, and several maids on the side did not respond, although their faces were painted with heavy blush and pink makeup, but they still couldn't hide the tears that had not dried at the corners of their eyes.
Jiang Ming and Shen Yiwei were not surprised to see this scene, family affairs are often accompanied by the bride's crying, this custom is not only the expression of the bride's reluctance to her parents, but also the interpretation of the sad mood of marrying away from home, which is called "crying relatives" in etiquette, as usual, the maid ring of the young lady of the big family also has to cry, such a scene is not too unusual.
"This family sending team is probably going to enter Jiaozhi City, the size of the team of more than 50 people can probably be regarded as a family affair of a large family, the fly in the ointment is that there seem to be only those four people who accompany the marriage, which is somewhat cold. Shen Yi walked by, as if talking casually.
Jiang Ming only glanced at this scene, then retracted his gaze and said, "Who knows, it is estimated that the bride's family is poor! No matter this, when we enter Jiaozhi City to make supplies, we will send a message to Lin Han and ask him to pick us up." ”
Shen Yi pouted and said: "After all, Wohua Mountain is a mountain bandit, although under the banner of 'gathering righteousness and calming difficulties, doing the right thing for heaven', but always doing robbery and murder, there is no one who can say that the bandits are so arrogant." ”
Jiang Ming knew that this was true, but he had a scale in his heart, his ideology was not only good and evil, but he also believed in Lin Han's personality.
He knew that Shen Yiwu had always had an inexplicable resistance to Lin Han, and it was not easy to explain his thoughts directly, so he only said: "Wohua Mountain is now regarded as a hegemon among the bandits in the Qin Dynasty, but if it can spread its reputation far and wide, hundreds of people believe that they are not butchers and barbarians, and even support their rule against the Qin Dynasty, there must be something different from the ordinary mountain bandits." ”
"We are equivalent to seeing an old man, by the way, let Lin Han lend me some money, if we really enter the den of thieves, we can not stay longer, leave early, with my current strength, there is no problem with running away with you." ”
Shen Yi was noncommittal, but he was still arguing, and snorted lightly: "Okay, you don't need to explain so much, anyway, this road is all decided by you, take me around more often, don't leave me." I really don't know where Lin Han is trustworthy, if he is a woman, you probably have to marry him. ”
Hearing the last sentence full of resentment, Jiang Ming just couldn't cry or laugh, but he had no doubts about the trust and friendship with Lin Han, he thought, the friendship of close friends, there is no reason, dare to trust each other with sincerity, dare to put life and death on the line, brothers in the world, it is better to be.
Because Shen Yiwu did not return to men's clothes, he was dressed in simple and loose casual clothes, and many convoy guards and travelers and merchants he met along the way naturally looked at him strangely.
Jiang Ming asked her why she didn't want to resume men's clothing. She only said, my daughter's makeup is not too ugly, and with me, you won't mess with flowers.
Stunned. Jiang Ming looked at Shen Yi's playful eyes blankly, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
Walking by the side of the send-off team, Jiang Ming glanced at the hillside on the side, in the direct sunlight, a silver light flashed, the sharp light made him unable to open his eyes, a terrible guess rose in his heart, there were arrow soldiers ambushing on the hillside!
"It's not good, let's go!" Jiang Ming picked up Shen Yiwu and ran into the distance, and Shen Yiwu, who didn't know the situation, widened his eyes, and clearly saw that there were nearly a hundred arrows flying on the hillside, and the guards of the welcoming team fell one by one, and blood splashed the abbot's land.
"Kill!"
A hundred mountain bandits suddenly rushed down from the hillside, surrounding all the remaining people in the family sending team, Jiang Ming and Shen Yiwei were surrounded because they were not far apart, and they also suffered from unwarranted disasters.
But I saw a man walking out of the mountain bandits, with a strong and well-proportioned body, a resolute and handsome face, eyebrows like a lying silkworm, eyes like a phoenix, and a nose like an eagle falcon.
The man walked into the sedan chair, slowly opened the sedan curtain, gently pulled out the bride in red dress, and slowly pressed her into his arms.
The bride was finally silent, and a low sobbing voice gradually came out, louder and louder, and then turned into a mournful howl, and in the man's arms, tears welled up.
The bandit team did not follow the usual raiding process, scavenging passers-by for money or killing people, except for the man and the bride with a red hijab, the rest of the bandits stood in place, guarding the hostages.
Shen Yi pretended to sneeze and said in a low voice: "This mountain bandit may be the people of Wohua Mountain, it is rumored that they do not rob ordinary people and do not kill innocent merchants, and the entire Qin Dynasty is afraid that there will be no second such mountain bandits." ”
"Wohua Mountain?" Jiang Ming didn't expect to come into contact with this force so soon, he could have relied on his relationship with Lin Han to talk directly to the high-level of the mountain bandits, but at this time, he wanted to understand the chaos of robbing relatives, and by the way, he could see the real style of Wohua Mountain.
Shen Yiwu seemed to know what Jiang Ming was thinking, and based on his trust in Jiang Ming, under the condition of worry-free life, although he was guarded by several mountain bandits with knives, his expression was quite free and natural.
Jiang Ming asked quietly: "It is rumored that the people of Wohua Mountain all wear half of the yellow sleeve on their right arm, in response to the rebel god of 'the sky is dead, and the yellow sky should stand', but these people are not dressed like this, so they are not from Wohua Mountain?"
Shen Yi said worriedly: "These characteristics you mentioned are known to outsiders, if they are pretending to be the reputation of Wohua Mountain, how can they not deal with these details well? Leaving such a big loophole will only make people suspicious." In my opinion, they are indeed people from Wohua Mountain, but what they did today could not reveal their identities, so they took off their yellow sleeves. As for what happened, it is estimated that only those two people know. ”
Jiang Ming nodded, and also quite agreed with Shen Yi's statement, he looked at the two people who had been hugging each other for a long time next to the sedan chair, somehow, a little irritability rose in his heart, and he subconsciously turned his eyes, but saw a familiar figure among the mountain bandits, on the way to Jiangcheng, that person was the head of the Mei family's convoy, named Yue Zhiyan.
Yue Zhiyan also seemed to notice Jiang Ming, a trace of strangeness flashed in his eyes, in his memory, the battle that made him famous, this young man watching from the carriage, was the only witness in this area.
"I have lost my reputation, fled here and fallen into a bandit, how can I let an inconspicuous little person destroy it again?"
Yue Zhi slowly walked in Jiang Ming's direction, and the ruthlessness in his eyes jumped into his brows.
"What's the matter? That person seems to be coming at us?" Shen Yi frowned slightly, and his body spontaneously shrank close to Jiang Ming, also breeding a bad premonition.
Jiang Ming stared at Yue Zhiyan's cold expression and hurried steps, the fist hidden in his sleeve was already clenched, he was not afraid of fighting with Yue Zhiyan, the seventh-stage position was not so powerful in his eyes, he was worried about Yue Zhiyan's current identity, if it caused this hundred and ten-day mountain bandits to attack him, it would not be fun.
Jiang Ming didn't talk to Shen Yi about Jiangcheng in detail, and the matter was imminent at this time, so naturally he didn't have time to explain, so he had to whisper: "He knows me, he may make a move on me, and be ready to flee!" Shen Yi was stunned, and really wanted to scold, there is really no good day for peace.
Yue Zhiyan was defeated because he didn't fight with the Mei family, and then he was afraid, abandoned the Mei family's convoy and the Mei family's master's entrustment, and hurriedly rode his horse to escape, just didn't see Jiang Ming's defeat of the Tao, if he knew about the deeds, it would give him the courage to provoke, and he didn't dare to provoke a ruthless person who was more ruthless than the Tao.
But in order to cover up the stain of his escape, he finally won the appreciation of Luo Hu, the fourth commander of Wohua Mountain, and he was indeed afraid that irrelevant people would leak the past, and the best way to shut up people was to let him lie in the grave.
Yue Zhiyan stood in front of Jiang Ming and Shen Yiyou, his frivolous gaze swept over Shen Yiyan's whole body, his left hand stretched out and hooked Shen Yiyan's chin, and said with a smile: "Little beauty, you look good!
Yue Zhiyan wanted to make trouble for Jiang Ming, but the first time he started to flirt with a woman from a good family, Shen Yi's worry suddenly became clear, this was this person's plan to lure the snake out of the hole, if Jiang Ming resisted because of this, he could take the opportunity to make a move, and he would not violate the rules of Wohua Mountain.
But if he doesn't bear it, although Yue Zhiyan won't do bullying in public, he can't hide from the teasing in this kind of words. Just as Shen Yiwu clenched his teeth and was about to tolerate it, a rough fist still blocked in front of Shen Yiwu, and it exploded like rolling thunder.
"The rebel dogs also want to bully me?
Just when the hundreds of mountain bandits and the surviving guards threw their eyes, the solid fist as a rock slammed into Yue Zhiyan's face, Yue Zhiyan almost didn't react, he had already flown out seven or eight meters, blood foam overflowed from the corner of his mouth, and as soon as Yue Zhiyan's jaw was raised, a front tooth fell down.
Jiang Ming's fist came out without a shadow, but he didn't retract his attack for a long time, as if he was deliberately making a move, in the surprised eyes of everyone, he slowly turned his head and said with a smile: "What a beast who is not beaten, knocking out one of his front teeth, can you dissipate his anger?"
Shen Yi looked at Jiang Ming's gentle smile in a daze, and couldn't help blushing, took a sip, and said, "Why make a big deal about it, I'm going to put up with it." ”
Jiang Ming unfolded the wooden box on his back, held the Fang Yuan halberd in his hand, and said, "I'm all here, how can I let you be bullied?
Hearing this, Shen Yiwu was deeply touched, her heart that had been neglected since she was a child was slowly warming, not for those who had the same blood, just because when she was most helpless, a man named Jiang Ming stood in front of her.
She felt lucky, but she still couldn't believe that there would be someone willing to resist the cold and arrows without even asking for anything in return.
"Really, it looks like I owe him a lot. Shen Yi thought to himself, it is always a shame to accept gifts from others. But what can she give him?
She forcibly suppressed her thoughts, tilted her head and said, "Still don't lose your breath, when you enter Jiaozhi City, you still owe me a good meal of wine and food." ”
Jiang Ming smiled bitterly, made a gesture of please, and said, "It will definitely be." But now, when I'm done packing things up, soon. ”
Shen Yi nodded worriedly.