Chapter 23

Out of the town of green candles and walking south, there is a narrow mountain road, the name is called Dragon Snake Ditch. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoThis is the only shortcut to the south of the continent, but many caravans deliberately take a long detour and refuse to pass here. The reason is that there is a group of local snakes in this dragon snake ditch, occupying this place and robbing the caravan of passing travelers, and the name is called the Dragon and Snake Gang.

This group of people is vicious and vicious, led by two brothers, the elder brother is called Hou Defu, and the younger brother is called Hou Degui. In the early years, these two people served in the Imperial Capital Guards in the southern cities, and they learned excellent martial arts, and twenty or thirty people could not enter him. On that day, he was waiting for the plunder among the mountains and trees, and suddenly saw a caravan supported by twenty people in the distance, holding a square flag with a black edge and a blue background, embroidered with a big red fish floating with two dragon whiskers.

The two brothers, Hou Defu and Hou Degui, hurriedly came down the mountain. It turned out that the caravan of the Red Fish Gold Bank traveled everywhere to do business, not only relying on its own reputation and strength, but also befriending black and white characters everywhere, and doing what they liked, which led to such a strong situation today. The two brothers of the Hou family were favored by them, but whenever they saw a caravan with a red fish and gold store, it was as courteous as if they had seen their ancestors, not only allowing them to pass at will, but sometimes preparing wine and meat for the caravan members to rest.

When the two brothers of the Hou family came to the caravan, they saw a leader with a face riding a white horse. Hou Defu smiled: "This captain is the new appointment of the Red Fish Gold Bank, right?" ”

The leader raised his eyebrows and said sternly, "Who are you?" What to do here? ”

Hou Defu smiled: "That's right! It's no wonder you don't recognize us. My name is Hou Defu, this is my younger brother Hou Degui, the captain of the big and small guards in the Red Fish Gold Shop, and both of us brothers know each other. But if there are one or two faces, they must all be new. ”

Hou Degui on the side said: "Captain, get off the horse and take a rest, the two of us are the leaders of this dragon and snake ditch, and we have always been good friends with your bank." In the past, the captains who passed by would drink and eat enough meat at my place. Besides, it's the first time we've met, and we'll definitely have to deal with each other for a long time in the future, so don't refuse. ”

The captain of the horse smiled and said, "When I came, I heard from other captains that there are two leaders who are the most hospitable near Blue Candle Town, and since they are fortunate enough to meet, it is better to be respectful than to obey their fate." So saying, he got off his horse and went up the mountain with the two brothers of the Hou family.

There were more than a dozen wooden houses on the top of the mountain, and the two brothers of the Hou family asked the captain to go to the largest one. The coachmen and laborers who came with the captain were resting outside the house, the wagons and horses loaded with goods were placed in the open field, and the mountain thieves gave them food and drink.

"Come, come, come! I drank the bowl to the full. Hou Degui handed the captain a bowl of wine, and the three of them drank it all in one go.

Hou Defu asked, "I still don't know the name of the captain?" ”

The captain smiled: "My surname is Ma, and my single name is 10,000 characters." ”

"Oh! It turned out to be Captain Marwan. Seeing that you are strong and strong, you must have worked hard, and you will be a hero in the future! Hou Defu smiled and added wine to Ma Wan.

Ma Wandao: "Looking at the two of them, they shouldn't be bad, how can you be willing to do this business here and not go to a serious business in a big city?" ”

Hou Defu said: "Captain Ma, you don't know, my two brothers also served in the Imperial Capital Guards in the past. It's just that my younger brother is obsessed with women, and he fell in love with the daughter of an official, and he was obsessed with lust, and the arson plundered her from her home. Who would have thought that the woman would be humiliated and bite her tongue to commit suicide, and even my brother, so I had to flee and run out, passing through this place and occupying the mountain as the king. ”

Ma Wan smiled when he heard this: "Since ancient times, heroes love beauties, and this can't be blamed on him." With that, he picked up the bowl and drank it dry.

At this time, the three of them were already a little drunk, and just when Hou Defu smiled and added wine to Ma Wan, Ma Wan suddenly became difficult, took out a dagger from his cuff, and plunged it directly into Hou Defu's heart. Hou Degui on the side was stunned, and when he was about to kill Ma Wan again, Ma Wan had already gotten up and fled outside the house. Hou Degui picked up a steel knife in the house, and when he came outside the house to look, he was already in a mess, and many of his men were killed.

It turned out that this group of people was not a caravan of the Red Fish Gold Store at all, but they were all pretended to be by the Eighth Master and Zhu San, and the captain named Ma Wan was none other than Luo Tian, who was bald and one-eyed and strong with Zhu San. These people all know that there is a dragon snake gang in Dragon Snake Valley, but they are thieves and robbers among themselves, so they have no contact with each other and do not know each other.

Hou Degui shouted angrily and raised his knife and killed into the crowd, Zhu San, Wang Sen, Luo Tian, Dong Qiao, and Huang Shuang came to fight, but they couldn't defeat him. Dong Qiao and Huang Shuang were both slashed, and Zhu San, Wang Sen, and Luo Tian were all killed. At this time, I saw that the three cargo boxes pulled on the carriage were broken, and three people jumped out of it, which were the three heroes of Yanyun Mountain who were covered with white hats and black gauze. As soon as the boss Yan Yungang stretched out his hand, a broad-bladed broadsword appeared out of thin air, the handle of the knife carved the head of the toothed beast, and the edge of the blade was like wind and waves, and he actually used the soul pattern ability.

Hou Degui shouted violently and faced the enemy, the two knives collided in the air, and I saw a flame-like smoke instantly ignited from Yan Yungang's big knife, and the head cover sprayed towards Hou Degui. It's a pity that Hou Degui is good at martial arts, but he was burned by this fire. Yan Yungang stabbed again, cut it into two sections, and died on the spot. Yan Yungang's knife is called the Gale Flame Knife, which is a flame type that is armed by the earth.

The eighth master and his group immediately cleaned up the scene and carried the corpse to the back of the mountain forest to dig a pit and bury it. Everyone changed the clothes of the mountain thieves, and took over the dragon snake to help guard the mouth of the mountain road and ravine, and waited for the caravan of the Red Fish Gold Company to pass through here.

It was almost dusk, and a caravan came from the direction of Green Candle Town, the number of which was indeed twenty, and the standard-bearer in front of the team held a square flag with a black edge and a blue background, embroidered with a big red fish and two dragon whiskers. There are ten carriages full of goods, and there are two black horses at the front of the procession, one on the left is wearing red clothes, red pants and black shoes, and one on the right is wearing white clothes, white pants and blue shoes, both of them are about 30 years old, one is called Pan Shijie, the other is called Guo Wei, they are the captains of the guards who walk the caravan all the year round.

The caravan traveled to the mouth of the dragon snake ditch, and two groups of people poured down from the slopes on both sides, the first two were Zhu San and the eighth master, only to hear Zhu San speak: "The two captains of the Red Fish and Gold Bank are coming from a long way, please go up the mountain to eat some wine and meat." ”

Pan Shijie, who was dressed in red, stopped his horse and said, "Why didn't your leader come down the mountain himself?" ”

Zhu Sanying said: "The two leaders drank too much wine last night, and they haven't woken up yet. Yesterday, I specially ordered the little one to come down the mountain, and I must entertain the two captains to go up the mountain for a gathering. ”

At this time, Guo Wei, who was dressed in white, said to Pan Shijie: "Why should Brother Pan be so careful!" We have been to this dragon and snake ditch dozens of times, and the two leaders treat people kindly, don't be suspicious, and save the brother's righteousness. ”

Pan Shijie frowned and stared at Zhu San for a while, and said strangely: "Why have I never seen you before?" ”

Zhu San said with a smile: "Captain, you are really good eyesight, the little one only came to join the Dragon Snake Gang last month." As he spoke, he pointed to the eighth master and others on the side: "These are all from one of our villages, and we can't survive in the famine, thanks to the two leaders who took them in, we have survived the crisis." ”

Although Pan Shijie had scruples, he couldn't resist Guo Wei's persuasion, so the two followed a group of mountain thieves up the mountain. Zhu San led the two captains into the big wooden house, and the eighth master was responsible for entertaining these coachmen outside.

When I came to the house, I saw the two brothers Hou Defu and Hou Degui lying on the bed. Guo Wei smiled: "Look at these two people, they haven't waited for us, but they drank themselves like this, it's ridiculous." As he spoke, he took the empty bowl from the table, touched a jar of wine himself, and drank it.

Zhu Sanfu smiled and poured a bowl of wine, handed it to Pan Shijie and said, "The captain has traveled a long way, and he has come to drink wine to quench his thirst." ”

Pan Shijie didn't pick it up, but walked to the bedside, reached out and lifted the quilt, only to see that Hou Defu's corpse's eyes were wide open, and there was still a little breath there. He turned around suddenly, but he heard Guo Wei on the side scream in pain, the wine bowl in his hand fell to the ground and shattered, he fell to the ground holding his belly, and shouted to him: "This wine ...... There is poisonous ...... in this wine," and after speaking, he spurted out a mouthful of poisonous blood and died.

Pan Shijie pulled out the saber at his waist and chased Zhu San out of the house, and his companions outside all drank poisoned wine and died, leaving him alone to fight the trapped beasts. Surrounded by the people of the eighth master and Zhu San, they surrounded Pan Shijie with sharp weapons, which was in response to the sentence "People die for money, birds die for food." ”

Luo Tianzi was impatient, and he was the first to rush forward, and the big knife in his hand slashed at Pan Shijie's forehead, but Pan Shijie dodged to his side, and a sword flew out of the oblique stab. The speed of the sword blade was as fast as a meteor catching the moon, and a sword pierced Luo Tian's throat. Zhu San and others surrounded and attacked together, but Pan Shijie stabbed Dong Qiao, Huang Shuang and Wang Sen three times in a row. The Eighth Master's men followed closely behind and attacked, but none of them could hurt Pan Shijie.

At this time, the three heroes of Yanyun Mountain, who had been hiding in other wooden houses, walked out. Yan Yungang held the Gale Flame Knife and said to the Eighth Master: "Let your people retreat!" ”

Pan Shijie killed one person with a sword, and when he turned around, he saw the three heroes of Yanyun Mountain. Although he didn't recognize it, he could feel the rich murderous aura on the other party's body, and immediately used all his strength, only to see that his left palm suddenly emitted a dazzling white light, and it turned out to be a soul tattoo warrior.

Yan Yungang strode up to meet him, and the blade in his hand slashed out a wave of flames and attacked Pan Shijie. Pan Shijie knew that it was difficult to block, so he hurriedly flew back, and saw that he pointed his left index finger towards Yan Yungang, and immediately a white light shot out in a line, which was blocked by Yan Yungang's horizontal knife, and shot directly on the blade, bursting out of a spark.

It turns out that this Pan Shijie's soul pattern ability is a god-given talent of the Bright Metal Light Class, which can condense beam energy through his fingers and attack the enemy like an arrow.

The two brothers, Yan Yunfei and Yan Yunrong, saw that Yan Yungang was restrained, and each used their soul pattern ability to help in the battle. As soon as Yan Yunfei's soul pattern energy was released, a crack opened in the space beside him, and a woman in an aqua blue dress floated out of it like a butterfly breaking through a cocoon. She is said to be a woman, but in fact she is not a human woman, this so-called woman has a pair of pointed ears, her hair color and skin color are formed by water, and she is barefoot floating in the air, and there is an umbrella-like flesh and bone in the shape of a jellyfish on her head. It turns out that this is the soul pattern warrior who has the ability to summon the heavenly spirit, the soul of the other world summoned through the soul pattern energy, and Yan Yunfei's soul pattern is the water liquid type of Haitian, and the soul summoned is the water summoning prison of this water attribute.

The third Yan Yunrong's soul pattern ability is the Yao metal thunder and lightning class that the earth is armed, and a pair of fists wrap his hands, and there is a blue electric light jumping on them, which is called the thunder fist glove.

Even if Pan Shijie has good skills, he can't stand the siege of the three soul tattoo warriors at the same time. The water caller in mid-air slowly raised her transparent right palm, and quickly gathered a water ball the size of a human head in her palm, and she raised her hand and flew behind Pan Shijie. At this time, Pan Shijie was being attacked by Yan Yungang and Yan Yunrong, and he didn't even have the time to catch his breath, let alone notice that the water polo was approaching.

The moving water balloon grew bigger and bigger, and by the time it came behind Pan Shijie, it was big enough to fit Pan Shijie in its entirety. Pan Shijie, who was in a fierce battle, was caught in the water balloon, and the whole person fell into the water prison and couldn't get out, Yan Yunrong took a step forward and punched the thunder fist on the water prison. The needle-like electric current quickly enveloped the entire water prison, including Pan Shijie's body.

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