Chapter Forty-Eight: Song Tianlong's Plan
"How can this work?" Dugu Chenxi said anxiously, "You don't have a body of cultivation, and the world outside is chaotic, so it will be dangerous to go out like this!"
Song Tianlong looked at Dugu Chenxi, and there seemed to be a deep meaning in his eyes, but after all, Song Tianlong still did not speak, but continued: "Changzhou and Zhongzhou border, it is easy for me to go out of the city as an ordinary person, you have the way of cultivating martial arts, if you walk with me, it will attract attention." ”
"Don't worry, don't you know my skills, some things are imprinted in my brain and can't be forgotten. Song Tianlong smiled confidently, "I still remember Senior Brother Xiao said that until the last moment, we can't be presumptuous, who can predict what will happen in the future?"
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After cultivating on the mountain for a few days, Song Tianlong was soon able to walk on the ground, although he could not continue to cultivate, but Song Tianlong's body forged by the qi of heaven and earth was still much stronger than that of ordinary people.
Every day, Song Tianlong would still sink his heart and try to sense the qi of heaven and earth, and every day, Song Tianlong would also try to feel the pure yang light and chaotic qi that Tang Xuanzhen said in his sea of knowledge.
It's just that Song Tianlong is no longer a martial arts cultivator, now he is an ordinary person, whether it is the qi of heaven and earth or his own knowledge of the sea, Song Tianlong can't sense it.
After trying to no avail, Song Tianlong no longer bothered too much, his heart was bored, he just wanted to go down the mountain as soon as possible, the war was chaotic outside, and he didn't know if he could return to Lanzhou City smoothly in half a year.
A letter, from the city of Lanzhou, was delivered to Song Tianlong's hands, which was written by Song Tianlong's father, Song Chaoyang, to Song Tianlong before the fall of Changzhou.
Song Tianlong didn't choose to open it, he didn't want to think about anything, he didn't want to believe anything. Although Song Tianlong vaguely knew in his heart what his father would probably write to him, he still held on to that glimmer of hope and wanted to return to Lanzhou City, waiting for his father to tell him personally.
Before leaving, Dugu Chenxi helped Song Tianlong pack his luggage, and stuffed a few small gold bars into Song Tianlong's chest, which was Song Tianlong's reward for completing the task of the Hunter Association.
Just like that, Song Tianlong quietly descended the mountain without attracting anyone's attention from the Tang Sect. Along the way, away from the prosperity of Yanjing City, seeing the elegance and tranquility of the remote mountainous areas, and then to the border of Zhongzhou, everything became martial law and slaughter.
Soldiers patrolled everywhere, and many refugee resettlement areas were set up outside the towns on the border with the central state. Dressed in a green shirt that is not very new, Song Tianlong is just hidden in the crowd, inconspicuous.
On the border of Zhongzhou, the town that Song Tianlong came to is called Luoyan City, the city relies on a long and narrow ancient road, it is said that even the wild geese can not fly over the canyon on both sides of this ancient road, as the name of Luoyan Gorge, the city is also named after it.
Luoyan City built a city according to the danger, and also relied on Luoyan Gorge to make the South China Sea a vein after occupying the Changzhou border, and it was no longer possible to launch an effective offensive against the Zhongzhou border.
If Song Tianlong wants to return to Changzhou, he must pass the checkpoint of this town. It's just that in the past, Song Tianlong relied on his own cultivation, and a Luoyan Gorge wanted to be overturned, but now Song Tianlong is just an ordinary person who has lost his cultivation, not to mention whether he has the ability to cross the mountains and mountains, it is said that this Luoyan Gorge is now full of troops, and it is an ordinary martial arts cultivator, and it is not something that can break through if he wants to.
In desperation, Song Tianlong could only hide in the town. He is waiting, even in times of war, there will still be passing caravans going back and forth, or taking risks. And these caravans, they could not pass through the regular official roads, but would know how to avoid the patrols of officers and soldiers, and take some lesser-known paths.
However, before these caravans left the city, they would still choose to replenish and rest in the town, which gave Song Tianlong the opportunity to join these caravans.
The people in the caravan would all dress up as ordinary refugees, but this simple disguise could not be difficult for Song Tianlong. When he was in Pearl City, Song Tianlong followed Hu Guangsong to scavenge for five years, during which he saw all kinds of people, and Song Tianlong was clear about the camouflage methods of the caravan.
As Song Tianlong expected, on the fifth day of his hiding in the refugee camp, a caravan rushed to the direction of Changzhou appeared. The people of the caravan did not gather together, but in groups of three or five, and went separately. But no matter how scattered they were, Song Tianlong could see that the people of that caravan, every once in a while, their eyes would collide and make contact, intentionally or unintentionally.
Song Tianlong smiled slightly and walked towards one of them. Then, one of the people in the group was heard shouting, "Stealing something!!"
Where is stealing, Song Tianlong simply pulled the package on the screaming person's body, snatched it and ran towards the place where there were few people. However, the shouting of the group of people quickly attracted the attention of the patrol officers and soldiers, and soon, Song Tianlong was surrounded in the crowd.
The officers and soldiers on patrol didn't say much, so they rushed up and detained Song Tianlong, but Song Tianlong didn't resist, but just shouted loudly: "My lord, the little one just found out that there was a problem with the contents of the package, and he didn't mean to steal it!"
The officer and soldier didn't say much, and after listening to Song Tianlong's words, he picked up the package that Song Tianlong threw on the ground with a spear, and suddenly, he saw a bloody head with black hair scattered and rolled out of the package!
The officers and men of the patrol team were suddenly shocked: "What's the matter?!" They also surrounded the few people who had been stolen by Song Tianlong, and said in a cold voice: "Squat down with your head in your hands!"
"What are you guys?what are you doing?Why is there a human head in the package?!"
The people of those caravans naturally did not have human heads in their packages, where would they know what was going on, and they were also frightened at the moment, and they just hugged their heads and shouted: "Wronged, my lord, our package contains daily clothes and household goods, where will there be a human head......"
One of them suddenly seemed to think of something, and suddenly got up and pointed at Song Tianlong and scolded: "It must be this guy, this guy stole our package, and then he didn't know how to put the head in it, and wanted to blame us!"
"Told you to squat down, didn't you understand?!" Those officers and soldiers didn't care what the man wanted to say, they just kicked the man's body violently, and the man's legs were weak, and the whole person fell to the ground, but in the face of the strength of the officers and soldiers, the man didn't dare to say anything, just stared at Song Tianlong coldly!
Song Tianlong was detained by the officers and soldiers, and said honestly: "My lord, I don't have anything to hide on me, and if you don't believe it, you can search it." ”
"I just found out that there was a problem with the package of these people, but I was worried that these guys were murderers who didn't blink an eye, so I had no choice but to make this decision, and I asked the adults to forgive the boy's recklessness. ”
Compared with those who carried suspicious packages, Song Tianlong's honest and cooperative attitude made those officers and soldiers on patrol have a much better impression, but if such a big thing happened, it was impossible for the officers and soldiers to believe Song Tianlong's words so easily, and immediately decided to send Song Tianlong and those suspicious businessmen to the army for interrogation later.
"Tell me, what's going on?" In the tent in the army, a leader-like person sat in front of the desk and asked coldly to Song Tianlong and the businessmen dressed as refugees.
"My lord!" the person who was robbed of the package by Song Tianlong was the first to speak, "The villain and the others fled from Changzhou, and they temporarily settled in this Luoyan City, and they were walking on the road, and this thief suddenly robbed me of the package!"
Song Tianlong's expression remained unchanged, and he respectfully saluted the officer and soldier who looked like a leader, and then spoke: "My lord, the villain has learned some martial arts since he was a child, and when he passed by that person's side, he happened to see a few strands of hair scattered out of the package on this person's body, and the hair strands condensed into a clump, and these people walked with a suspicious look. The villain was alone, worried that these people would run away when he came to report to the official, so he thought of using stealing to attract the attention of adults, which made these villains have nowhere to escape. ”
"You ......!" Those few people were immediately anxious when they heard Song Tianlong's words, and couldn't help but scold: "You spew blood!"
Song Tianlong looked calm, but he didn't pay attention to the scolding of those people at all. Soon, the leader became angry and shouted, "Give me peace!"
When they arrived at the barracks tent, Song Tianlong and the businessmen had already been inquired about their identities and origins, but Song Tianlong had nothing to say, his package was hidden somewhere in the refugee camp, and he casually said some things that happened when he was picking up waste, and the officers and soldiers were no longer suspicious.
However, when the merchants were asked by the officers and soldiers about the contents of the package, they were hesitant, and they were vague when they spoke about it, which made the leaders of the officers and soldiers quickly inclined to Song Tianlong's statement and ordered those people to be imprisoned. Song Tianlong, on the other hand, was acquitted, and he was rewarded by the leaders of the officers and soldiers for his meritorious reporting.
If it weren't for the fact that Song Tianlong was just an ordinary person, the leader of the officers and soldiers might have proposed to ask Song Tianlong to stay in the army and follow him.
Walking out of the barracks, Song Tianlong saw a few hidden places, a few pairs of eyes were staring at him, Song Tianlong knew that it must be the companions of the detained merchants.
Song Tianlong pretended not to care, but the corners of his mouth rose slightly, but the direction of this walk was to walk straight to the hiding place of those pairs of eyes.
There were about a dozen people, and when they saw Song Tianlong coming alone, they didn't care about being discovered, but just like that, they surrounded Song Tianlong in the middle, and looked at Song Tianlong with cold eyes.
Song Tianlong said with a smile: "Don't look at me so fiercely, I'm here to save you." ”
One of the people who spoke came out of the crowd and said coldly to Song Tianlong: "Several of our partners were framed by you, but you said that you came to save us, do you really think that we people are easy to be tricked by you?"
"No, no, no, I'm not kidding you, I'm telling the truth. Song Tianlong still smiled and said, "Do you know that when I came out this time, that group of officers and soldiers were severely tortured to make several of your companions confess their accomplices, that is, you." ”
Song Tianlong looked around at the group of businessmen around him, nodded over one by one, and said, "Guess, behind me, there are still officers and soldiers coming over?"
Song Tianlong's words made everyone around him suddenly startled, and they all subconsciously looked behind them, afraid that there were really officers and soldiers chasing after them. Song Tianlong laughed and said, "Don't be afraid, if there were officers and soldiers, you would have been arrested a long time ago." I'm alone, nothing else. ”
"What do you want to do?" the man who said the matter looked at Song Tianlong coldly and asked in a deep voice.
"Simple, take me out of town. Song Tianlong still said lightly.
"Brother, I think you're afraid you're thinking too much, the people you hurt us were arrested, and we took you out of the city, how can there be such a good thing in the world?" At first, the person who said the matter thought that Song Tianlong would come to provoke his gang because he had a grudge against them or something else, but he didn't expect that Song Tianlong just wanted them to take him out of the city. At that moment, he snorted coldly, and his expression became relaxed, "You have harmed our brothers, and we will kill you to pay for your life, this is the right way to say." ”
"Oh?" Song Tianlong's expression did not move, and he still said calmly: "I want to say, if I can help you rescue a few of your companions who were captured, do you think this is more feasible than a transaction?"
"Hmm, can you get the officers and soldiers to release my brothers?" the man hesitated.
"Not only can the officers and soldiers release your brother, but I can also ask them for your goods back. Song Tianlong said again.
At this time, I couldn't help but be moved, a few subordinates, for those of them who often walk on the edge of life and death to beg for life, it is not a big deal. But when it comes to those goods, which can be exchanged for several times the profit after the transaction is completed, how can these merchants who cross the battle line not be tempted?