Chapter 13: Robbing the Bandits
The villagers of Luoxia Village usually go to the town to catch the market when they buy and sell things. The first and fifteenth days of each month are large gatherings; Every three, six, and nine is a small set.
The journey to the town is relatively close, you can go back on the same day, and even if you leave early in the morning, you can return at noon; The second is that the road to the town is relatively safe, and there are mostly official roads along the way, passing through several villages such as Luoyun Village, Sunset Village, and Luohong Village, and the sections of barren mountains and mountains are few and short.
Going to the county seat is different. On foot, it takes two hours one way and four hours round trip. A day and a night are twelve hours, and the whole day, and in autumn it is only about six hours. When you go to the county seat, most of your time will be wasted on the road, and if something delays the time, you can't return that day.
In addition, most of the roads to the county seat are mountain roads. On the way, you have to climb several small mountains, but there is only one village on the way, that is, Luoyan Village, south of the southern hill of Luoxia Village. After Luoyan Village, the rest of the road is full of barren mountains and mountains.
If you want to take the official road, then you need to go around a big circle, first you have to go to Luoxia Town, and then go around the town along the official road in the town to the southwest.
"That's not all, it is said that on the way to the county seat, there are often bandits blocking the road and robbing them." Zhao Laixi added.
"Don't be afraid, the most important thing is to be able to sell for more money." Xiao Ding said.
"Big brother......" Zhao Lai looked at Xiao Ding happily.
"Let's go quickly, go early and return early." Without waiting for Zhao Laixi to finish speaking, Xiao Ding urged.
"Big brother......" Zhao Laixi grinned like a scoop, thinking to himself, it's really unclear to be a fool. I still want to say something more to persuade him. Xiao Ding had already carried the wolf on his shoulders and walked out of the courtyard. Zhao Laixi had no choice but to shut up and follow.
"Brother fool, you have to come back early!" Xiao Zhu'er waved her little hand and shouted at Xiao Ding's back.
"Yes, you can wait at home for your brother to come back!" Xiao Ding turned around and shouted.
Walking out of the courtyard gate, heading east through the village is the road to Luoxia Town. Straight west and slightly north is the road to Luoxia Mountain. A little to the west, there is a small road that extends slightly to the south, which is the mountain road to the county seat.
Xiao Ding asked Zhao Laixi for the path, and regardless of Zhao Laixi's obstruction, he took a big step and walked in the direction of the county seat. Zhao Laixi had no choice but to follow closely behind.
Xiao Ding's feet are very fast, the aura in his body is running, and he feels that he has endless strength in his body. Carrying nearly two hundred pounds of gray wolf on his shoulder, it was as if he didn't carry anything.
Zhao Laixi is a little weak, his physique is poor, he even runs and rushes, and he is in a hurry, but he is not left behind. But after walking less than ten miles, he was already sweating profusely and panting.
In fact, the road is not difficult to walk, and it is obvious that there are people who have repaired it before and can drive vehicles. It is necessary to climb several small mountains halfway, and it is more laborious to climb up the mountain. In addition, after passing Luoyan Village, you will be in the barren mountains and mountains, there is no village in front of you, there is no store behind the village, and the mountains and forests on both sides of the road are still very dense in some places, which is a bit crazy.
After moving forward for seven or eight miles, Zhao Laixi gradually couldn't keep up with Xiao Ding's pace. Xiao Ding walked a little way in front, and when he saw that Zhao Laixi didn't follow, he had to stand on the road and wait for him.
A moment later, I saw Zhao Lai snorting and stumbling over.
"Brother-in-law, how are you? Are you still moving? Xiao Ding asked.
"I'm ββ, meββ, oops, I'm tired!" Zhao Laixi sat on the ground and gasped and said, "I said, big brother, let's ββ, let's ββ, can you rest for a while?" β
Xiao Ding was a little speechless when he saw that Zhao Laixi was tired like this. He looked up at the sky, and it was almost noon. You should arrive at the county seat around noon. Otherwise, the afternoon may not be enough.
"Brother-in-law, come, I'll take you away." Xiao Ding said without waiting for Zhao Laixi to answer, stretched out his left arm and hugged Zhao Laixi's waist, and then clamped it under his armpit, as easy as clamping a puppy. Regardless of whether Zhao Lai was comfortable or not, he took a step forward and continued to run briskly towards the direction of the county seat.
This time, I walked faster than before. It didn't take long to walk more than 20 miles, and he had already walked half the way.
At this moment, suddenly from the woods and grass on both sides of the path, a dozen men in tattered clothes suddenly burst out. They either hold sticks and sticks, or they hold knives and kitchen knives. stopped Xiao Ding in the middle of the road.
Among them, the first black-faced man shouted: "Bah! I opened this mountain, I planted this tree, if you want to live from now onββ, if you want to live from now on, you want to live ...... from here" Speaking of this, he turned his head and whispered to the person with a numb face next to him: "Hey, Wang Er Mazi, what's the next sentence?" β
"Leave the money to buy the road!" Xiao Ding said with a smile here, he had already put Zhao Laixi and the male wolf on the ground.
"Yes, yes, it's to stay and buy road money! If you dare to break your teeth and say nothing, grandpa, I ββ,grandpa, I ......" The black-faced man forgot the words again.
"Grandpa, I don't care if I kill or bury it!" Xiao Ding smiled again and told him the next sentence.
"Yes, grandpa, I don't care if I kill or bury it! Hey? How do you kid know? Are you also a bandit? The black-faced man asked suspiciously.
"What's this, robbers like to memorize this set of words." Xiao Ding said with a smile, "But I'm not a bandit, I'm a thief, hehe!" β
"Good boy, you dare to play with Lao Tzu! Brothers, come along with me! Break his legs first. As he spoke, the black-faced man led the dozen or so men, each armed with a weapon, and rushed over.
Zhao Laixi regretted this in his heart, and said in his heart, let this fool suffer from it! It's really the more afraid you are, the more you come. The more you say that there are bandits on this road, and you really encounter bandits coming out to rob, can there be anything more unlucky than this?
When he saw the bandits rushing towards him violently, he simply squatted on the ground with his head in his hands, closed his eyes and waited there to die. But after waiting for a long time, I only heard the sound of ping-pong around me, followed by the wails of some crying fathers and mothers.
Zhao Laixi was strange, and hurriedly raised his head and opened his eyes, only to see that the dozen or so thieves just now were falling to the ground one by one at this moment, wailing loudly or quietly.
The fool Xiao Ding, holding a wooden stick snatched from someone else, was directing them to come together. Whoever disobeyed him went up and struck a stick, which made the thieves grin and wail again and again.
"Come, come here, come, come here, come here, whoever doesn't come will hit him! Hey, yes, yes! Xiao Ding carried a wooden stick and shouted to the bandits with a grin.
"Well, well done! Now for the most important part - hand over all your money! Xiao Ding said and shook the wooden stick in his hand, there is a big situation that I will beat you if you don't pay the money.
What the? Pay the money? The bandits looked at each other. The heart said: Brother, can you stop playing like this? Who are the bandits? We're authentic, okay? Why are you robbing us? It's not easy for us to be bandits, can you not be so dark?
This is exactly what it is:
Lao Tzu was born not to believe in evil, and he dared to rob when he encountered bandits;
If you ask what is the most oolong, punch the second uncle and kick the master!