Chapter 20 Down the Mountain
Next to the thatched house, Li Qing and Huang Meng looked at the empty house, and their faces showed sadness.
Li Qing patted Huang Meng's shoulder and said, "Big brother, let's go down the mountain." ”
Huang Meng nodded, glanced at the hut again, then turned his head and embarked on the road down the mountain with Li Qing.
It has been a year since he was chased and killed by the Qin army and fled to Wangyue Ridge, and Li Qing went down the mountain again, but he had a feeling that things were wrong.
Now that the gallop has been completed, the soldiers of the Qin army have given up chasing the fleeing people after a month of pursuit, so there is no Qin army stationed in Mangdang Mountain today, and there is no Qin army, but there are many more large and small mountain bandits.
Looking at the six ragged robbers in front of him, Li Qing had a crying and laughing expression on his face, six people, only the one at the head was holding a bronze sword with a curly blade, and the other five were only holding wooden sticks in their hands, such people also dared to rob the road, could it be that the two of them looked very easy to bully?
Seeing that Li Qing and Huang Meng were smiling, the robbers immediately felt insulted, and immediately shouted: "You little white face, a cripple, when you see this king, why don't you quickly kneel down and beg for mercy?" ”
Huang Meng, who was still smiling, suddenly restrained his smile when he heard the word crippled, gritted his teeth and said, "Boy, what did you say?" ”
The leader of the robbers laughed and said, "What? The cripple of one hand, still want to do it with this king? ”
Li Qing shook his head, this thief really didn't know whether to live or die, and sure enough, as soon as the robber leader's voice fell, Huang Meng, who had already been enraged, had already made a move.
"Poof"
Huang Meng's feet shook, and he came to the robber leader, and the long sword in his hand was not unsheathed, and he directly smashed the sheath on the chest of the robber leader.
"Ouch"
The leader of the robbers clutched his chest and fell to the ground, groaning in pain.
Seeing this, the other five robbers picked up the wooden sticks in their hands and slashed at Huang.
Li Qing snorted coldly, stopped Huang Meng, who was about to make a move, and said, "Big brother, let me come." ”
Huang Meng smiled when he heard this: "Okay, these thieves will be handed over to your brother." ”
Li Qing smiled, held the Heavenly Death Sword on his back, drew the sword out of its sheath, a cold light flashed, and the robber who rushed to the front felt a light in his hand, and after a closer look, he found that the wooden stick in his hand was only half of the palm of his hand.
"Ah......h
The robber was so frightened that he took a few steps back and fell to the ground, his face as white as earth.
Li Qing stepped forward and knocked the five robbers to the ground with three strikes and two blows, these robbers were just ordinary mountain people, not to mention the combat power compared to the soldiers of the Qin army, even the ordinary servants were more powerful than them, such robbers naturally could not be Li Qing's opponents.
However, Li Qing didn't kill them, after all, they were just thieves who robbed the road, and their crimes were not to death, Li Qing just knocked them to the ground, and didn't take their lives.
When the robber leader saw Li Qing knock down all his brothers so easily, his body, which had already stood up, suddenly trembled, his legs became weak, and he fell directly to the ground again.
"A good man spares my life, spares my life."
The leader of the robbers kowtowed desperately, and several other robbers saw this and hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy.
Seeing this, Huang Meng laughed and said: "You thieves, you don't know how to have long eyes when you rob, just your little means, dare to learn to come out and rob the way?" Hahahaha, brother, kill them. ”
When the leader of the robbers heard that Huang Meng was going to kill him, he trembled with fright, but even so, he didn't have the courage to stand up and fight hard.
Seeing this, Li Qing shook his head and said to Huang Meng: "Big brother, I don't think they are like great evil people, just teach them a lesson." ”
When Huang Meng heard this, he looked at the robbers who were kneeling on the ground, took a sip, and shouted: "You thieves, don't thank my brother for it." ”
"Thank you, two masters."
"Uncle Xie's life."
"Thank you, uncle, for sparing your life."
When the robbers saw Li Qing saying that they were going to let him go, they immediately kowtowed with gratitude.
Li Qing waved his hand and said, "Let's go, you can't do this robbery in the future." ”
The leader of the robbers showed a bitter smile on his face and said: "So that the uncle knows that the little ones are the people of Dangjun, and they make a living by farming on weekdays, although the days are hard, but they can still survive, but recently Dangjun came to a new county lieutenant, he forcibly seized the land of the small ones, and also arrested us to serve as conscripts. ”
When Huang Meng heard this, he immediately snorted coldly and said, "A county lieutenant dares to do such an evil thing, which shows the arrogance of the Qin people. ”
Looking at the few robbers who left, Li Qing touched his chin and said, "There is no place to go when we go down the mountain, why don't we go and see the county lieutenant of Nadang County?" ”
Huang Meng smiled and said: "It's just right, this kind of evil official, when he encounters it, he will be slaughtered with a sword, and he will harm the people in the province." ”
The two of them made up their minds and got up and headed in the direction of Dangjun.
Dangjun, one of the 36 counties of the Qin State, has jurisdiction over Suiyang, Chenliu, Yongqiu, Waihuang, Shan, Jiyang, Li, Yu, Meng, Xiangyi, Yu, Qiao, Daliang, Qi, Mang, Dang, a total of 16 counties, and the administrative office is located in Dangxian.
This was the first time Li Qing had seen the Qin Dynasty city so closely, the city wall was made of rammed earth, the city wall was about one zhang five high, and a row of Qin soldiers was faintly visible standing on it.
The city wall is not as grand as Li Qing imagined, after all, although Dangxian County is a county seat, it is only a county seat after all, and it is already good to be able to retain the city wall.
It turned out that after Qin Shi Huang unified the world, in order to prevent the restoration of the Six Kingdoms, he collected the soldiers of the world, melted the refining of eighteen gold people, and ordered people to destroy the city walls of the world to cut off the hope of the restoration of the Six Kingdoms.
It is not easy for Dangxian to retain the intact city wall.
At this time, the city gate was opened, and the people began to line up to enter the city and go to the city to buy goods.
Li Qing and Huang Meng mingled in the crowd, and the two hid their weapons in a bundle of firewood, which Li Qing carried and prepared to enter the city disguised as woodcutters.
"Let's go inside."
At the city gate, a total of more than a dozen soldiers of the Qin army collected taxes and inspected the people entering the city, and seeing this situation, Li Qing and Huang Meng's brows couldn't help frowning.
The Qin Dynasty had very strict control over weapons, whether it was Li Qing's Heavenly Sword or Huang Meng's Qin Army-style long sword that was taken from the Qin soldiers, once it was discovered by the Qin Army, both of them would be very troublesome.
Seeing that it was about to be his turn, Li Qing's face showed an anxious look, and Huang Meng was also very anxious, but if the two of them turned around and left at this time, I was afraid that it would be easier to attract the attention of Qin Jun.
What to do? Looking at the Qin soldiers walking towards him, Li Qing's palms began to break out in a cold sweat.