Chapter 174: A Thief Becomes a Robber
Boss Wang's group in front also stopped, and they were all waiting more than a dozen steps away from the ancient temple. place.
Xiao Ping was afraid that they would look back, so he dodged and hid in the woods next to the mountain road.
At night, a gust of wind blew on the mountain from time to time, making the leaves rustle, just masking the sound of Xiao Ping walking. As long as he didn't take the initiative to make a sound, those people in front of him wouldn't notice Xiao Ping at all.
Boss Wang cautiously looked into the ancient temple for a while, and then whispered to his accomplices: "Xiao Liu, you go first!" A person responded in a low voice, and then slowly approached the ancient temple. Judging from the figure of this guy, it is the obscene fat man who said that the beautiful girl slept casually at dinner.
This made Xiao Ping a little curious, why did Boss Wang let the fat man go first? Could it be that with his body shape, he could be the first to climb over the wall and go in?
Xiao Ping's doubts soon had an answer. The fat man had only walked a few steps forward when the sound of a dog barking sounded in the ancient temple. A huge black shadow then rushed out of the temple, revealing a mouthful of white teeth at the fat man.
With the bright light of the flashlights of Boss Wang and others, Xiao Ping could see clearly that this was a huge wolf dog. They are twice as large as the panthers on the farm, and their deterrent power naturally increases exponentially. Although Xiao Ping believed that the wolf dog was definitely no match for the Black Panthers, it was enough to deter people with bad intentions.
In fact, Xiao Ping found that the wolf dog was tied to a thick iron chain, and could only rush a few steps away from the door. It is precisely because of this that the obscene fat man still dares to stand still. It can also be seen from this point that Boss Wang's group must have stepped on the ancient temple in advance to understand the situation here.
In the face of the wolf dog that was chained, the fat man was naturally not afraid, he took out the crossbow arrow that had been prepared for a long time, and aimed at the barking wolf dog is an arrow. If the fat man had dealt with the greyhound in the farm, the panther would have cleverly dodged and then launched a counterattack against him. It's a pity that this wolf dog is not so smart, and he was shot by the fat man in the face of the bow and crossbow, and immediately fell to the ground.
The wolfdog that had been hit by the arrow did not die immediately, but was still struggling in pain. The fat man calmly loaded another crossbow nose and shot it into the wolfdog's eyes. The arrow went deep into the wolfdog's head, and after a few twitches of its limbs, it remained motionless.
"It's a ruthless attack. Xiao Ping, who had a full view of this scene, sighed secretly, and at the same time knew that this group of people and the people who took care of the tea trees must have no connection, and it seemed that they were planning to steal the tea tree seeds.
Seeing that the fat man had eliminated the wolf dog, Boss Wang and the others came to the wall of the ancient temple one after another, and one person actually put a telescopic escalator on the wall. The walls of the ancient temple were not high, and with the help of this escalator, Boss Wang and his group all entered the temple smoothly.
Xiao Ping, who was outside the wall, hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to follow up and take a look. With Xiao Ping's skills, he naturally didn't need any escalators to climb over such a low wall, he ran a few steps and jumped hard, and at the same time supported a handful on the wall, just like a pole vault mobilization, easily jumped over the wall and landed gently on the ground.
At the same time as Xiao Ping landed, he happened to see several figures disappearing behind the house on the right. He immediately followed lightly, lest Boss Wang's gang run away from other directions.
This is Xiao Ping's first time in the ancient temple, but fortunately, someone in front of him "led the way" so that he would not be like a headless fly scurrying around the temple. The place in the ancient temple is very large, and after bypassing several major halls, more than a dozen scattered trees faintly appear in front. Boss Wang cheered involuntarily, quickened his pace and led everyone to those trees.
Although Xiao Ping was far away, he couldn't see what kind of trees these were. These dozen or so trees are not too tall, but judging from the vigorous trunks, they are all very old, and they don't need to think about it to know that this is the eighteen Longjing imperial tea trees.
Boss Wang and the others climbed over the guardrail surrounding the tree, took out the scissors that had been prepared for a long time, and selected those relatively tender branches and leaves and cut them. These people climbed over the wall to the ancient temple in the middle of the night, and shot other people's dogs with crossbow arrows, of course, they didn't learn from Lei Feng to do good deeds and help others prune tea trees. They cut off the young branches of the ocha with the intention of bringing them back to be propagated by cuttings.
Generally speaking, tea pestles are propagated by sowing tea seeds. However, tea plants are hetero-pollinated plants, and saplings grown from the tea seeds are often distinct from their parents in some subtle characteristics. This is naturally not a big problem for ordinary varieties of tea trees, but it is not possible to breed Longjing imperial tea trees. In order to preserve all the characteristics of such a precious species, it is necessary to propagate them by cuttings. Because cuttings are asexual propagation, the tea seedlings propagated in this way can fully inherit all the characteristics of the parents.
Before Xiao Ping came to Longjing Village, he had done his homework on how to propagate tea trees, and he also knew that rare varieties like Longjing Imperial Tea must be propagated by cuttings. At this time, he saw the behavior of Boss Wang's group in the dark, and immediately understood their intentions. It seems that this group of people has long thought about coming hard, so they came up and shot the watchdog to death, so they planned to cut some twigs and bring them back to breed.
Faced with such a situation, Xiao Ping couldn't help but fall into a dilemma, and couldn't help but ask himself in his heart: "What should I do?, the easiest way for Xiao Ping to get tree seeds is, of course, to rush out of the gang and cut some twigs like Boss Wang and others." As long as you plant the twigs in the demon refining pot, it won't be long before you can produce your own famous tea. However, doing so is undoubtedly stealing, and Boss Wang also killed other people's dogs with crossbow arrows, which is no different from robbery to put it seriously.
Doing so violated Xiao Ping's principles, so he also seemed very hesitant. Just when Xiao Ping was hesitating, a dazzling light suddenly lit up in front of the house not far away. The bright light illuminated the place where the eighteen imperial tea trees were located, and Boss Wang's group was immediately exposed.
Just like an old nose suddenly caught in a strong light, Boss Wang's gang fell into a panic. They were all stunned and kept in the position they had when the lights were on, and for a moment they didn't know what to do.
Fortunately, Xiao Ping didn't get close to the imperial tea tree, so it wasn't within the range of the light. He squinted his eyes and looked in the direction the light was coming from, and could only vaguely see a tall, thin figure standing in front of the house. However, this figure looks a little rickety, and it seems that the person who suddenly appeared is not young.
At the same time, Boss Wang's group also calmed down from the initial panic, and they also found that there was only one person on the other side, and their courage immediately grew. Boss Wang, who had come to the ancient temple many times to step on the spot, still knew this person, and said viciously: "Old man Qiao, don't worry about this idle matter if you know each other! Brothers will leave after finishing their work, don't make yourself uncomfortable!"
Compared with Boss Wang's group, the old man surnamed Qiao was weak, but he didn't mean to back down, but took a few steps forward with a wooden stick in his hand, and said in Mandarin with a strong local accent: "Don't cut the tea tree secretly, get out of the way for me!"
Seeing that only Old Man Qiao came out alone, Boss Wang and the others were not afraid of him, and continued to cut the twigs of the tea tree. Seeing that the tea trees were cut to pieces, Old Man Qiao was distressed and angry,
shouted and rushed towards Boss Wang and the others.
Unexpectedly, this old man was really bold enough, Boss Wang's face turned cold, and he glanced at the young man beside him. The man nodded understandingly, easily jumped over the railing surrounding the tea tree, and went up to meet Old Man Qiao.
Seeing that someone was coming up, Old Man Qiao let out a low shout, waved the wooden stick in his hand and smashed it over.
Although the other party was a thief, he was also afraid of hurting people's lives, so he did not hit the young man's head, and the wooden stick was aimed at the other party's calf. The young man flexibly let go of the wooden stick, quickly approached him, grabbed the wooden stick and grabbed it with all his might, and snatched Old Man Qiao's weapon.
However, Old Man Qiao was stubborn, and seeing that Boss Wang's group was still cutting branches, he rushed towards them without hesitation despite the fact that the weapon had been taken away.
"Hey, this stubborn old man, looking for death!" the young man scolded when he saw this, and the wooden stick in his hand smashed heavily on Old Man Qiao's back.
Old man Qiao was merciful just now, but this doesn't mean that the other party will do the same. The young man's stick smashed hard enough, and even Xiao Ping heard a muffled "bang", and the old man Wang stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
However, this old man is indeed stubborn enough, even if he is beaten, he must stop Boss Wang and others from destroying the tea tree. He glanced back at the young man and continued to run towards the Imperial Tea Tree.
"This old man dares to stare at me, looking for death!" Old Man Qiao's insistence also aroused the young man's violent anger, and he scolded and smashed at Old Man Qiao with a stick.
This time the young man did not spare his hand, and Old Man Qiao fell to the ground in response. Even so, the young man was still angry, and the old man Qiao, who stepped forward and kicked the ground, scolded loudly while kicking: "Old immortal, tell you to stare at me again, what's wrong with cutting a few branches of yours?
Old Man Qiao immediately became anxious when he heard that the other party was going to cut down the tree, and struggled and shouted: "If you want to cut down the tree, kill me first!"
"Phew, the dead old man talks a lot of nonsense!" Boss Wang's other subordinate also felt annoyed, and also jumped out and kicked Old Man Qiao a few times. The others looked at the old man Qiao who fell to the ground and laughed, all of them looking triumphant.
Xiao Ping, who was hiding in the shadows, really couldn't stand it. It's okay to kill someone's dog and steal things, but it's too much to beat an old man like this. Boss Wang's gang of guys is really not a good thing,
has turned from stealing to robbing. Seeing that the two were still doing something to Old Man Qiao, Xiao Ping finally couldn't help but shout: "Stop!"
Unexpectedly, there were other people in the ancient temple, and everyone looked in the direction of Xiao Ping for a while. When everyone found out that Xiao Ping was also alone, Boss Wang immediately sneered: "Get out, be careful to beat you together!"
The dividing line of Oak Day is Valentine's Day, and Seahorse wishes everyone a happy holiday! By the way, I would like to remind you that students who plan to open a room tonight should pay attention to safety and don't kill anyone.
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