Section 43 The Valley of the Long Snake (Part I)

Intercepting the mountain path, the locals also call it the long snake road, all because it is narrow and winding and long.

Not far from entering the mountain road, the group saw a funny scene.

A man in white rode alone from the mountain road, and when he walked to the foot of a stone cliff about half a foot high, a large broken fishing net suddenly came down.

At the same time, a strong man burst out of the dense forest and weeds on the opposite side of the cliff and rushed towards the man in white.

The man in white walked alone in the mountains, obviously very vigilant, always carrying a rod in his hand to pull the wind painting halberd anytime and anywhere in case of accidents, and was surprised to see something falling from the sky, and the halberd with one hand quickly went up.

The peculiar two-crescent branch of the halberd hung the fishing net, and the man in white made a clever effort to throw it at the rushing man, and the fishing net flew out and tripped the man to the ground, and the laundry mallet in his hand was thrown far away.

In response, he painstakingly laid a net and locked himself in the face of sleep.

What's not funny is that

The man in white shouted angrily: "The thief is so daring. ”

Urging the horse to end the halberd, he wanted to step forward and end the tripping man.

But I heard someone on the cliff shouting: "Brother Hao, stop." We just want to eat and not kill us. ”

The immature voice made the man in white pause, and at a glance, a thin figure appeared on the cliff.

The one who cast the net and attacked was actually a teenager in his early tens, who was about to jump off with a wood axe.

Dare to rob this big point?

The man in white was stunned and annoyed, feeling that he was being despised and despised.

Zhao Yue saw it clearly and greeted him from afar: "The strong man's subordinates are merciful." ”

Hearing this, the man in white reined in and gave up the assassination, guarded the cliff, and watched Zhao Yue and his party that suddenly appeared. As soon as it came into his eyes, his expression was immediately highly vigilant.

In such a deserted place, there is a group of well-armed men, and most of them are not good at coming.

Zhao Yue came close and smiled gently at the man in white, "They're just hungry children. ”

Dismounted, walked over to the man who had tripped over the net, and reached out to help him untie the net.

The man got up and stared at Zhao Yue and stepped back, looking scared but not panicked, his eyes a little dull.

"It turned out to be a fool."

Zhao Yue sighed in his heart and smiled comfortingly: "Don't be afraid." I'm not a bad person, I don't hit you. ”

The man in white on the horse also saw it clearly.

Although the stumbling man said that his body was majestic, his unkempt dirty hair covered his immature face with eyebrows and eyes. He's a kid too.

At this time, the young man on the cliff jumped off the stone cliff nearly four meters high, actually landed steadily, and then threw away the firewood axe in his hand, and ran straight to Zhao Yue and knelt down on his knees.

"Kind-hearted officials, please take us in, right? For those who stutter, we are willing to be cows and horses. ”

"Be a cow and a horse!"

Zhao Yue had heard so many words that he was even a little numb, and he was still in his heart at the moment.

If you are a human being but voluntarily become an animal with brains, why should you be human?

What a world that forces people to be livestock!

felt uncomfortable, but Zhao Yue kicked the young man lightly, and scolded with a smile: "Ghost clever, when this son is blind, he didn't see your little thief who rolled his eyes around, and couldn't see your little tricks?" ”

Although the young man was kneeling, he had been secretly observing Zhao Yue, and when he heard this, he immediately raised his head and grinned.

Zhao Yue looked at the young man carefully.

A pair of eyes that could not hide the smile of the smile, and the mouth that smiled like a crescent moon showed neat little white teeth.

This is a dirty and hidden handsome young man, and his flattering smile reminds him of the little demon at home.

"Put away your cleverness and get up."

The young man blinked: "Did Engong agree to accept us as servants?" ”

Zhao Yue scolded with a smile: "Addicted to tricks? Believe it or not, this son kicked you to death? ”

Raise your feet and kick people.

I didn't want the stupid boy next to me to roar angrily: "Beat my brother and kill you." Kill you"

Roaring and rushing up.

The clever young man hurriedly got up and stopped: "Da Niu stop, he's not beating me." ”

The fool listened to the young man's words very much, but he still clenched his fists and glared at Zhao Yue, forgetting his previous fear.

Ma Ling laughed: "The silly boy still knows the word righteousness, let alone heroes?" ”

He stepped forward and beckoned to the clever child: "Hey, little one, will you call down the party on the cliff?" ”

"Huh?"

"Ahh

Ma Ling smiled: "Poor Dao's eyes are not blind. Your comrades probe their brains and peek below, and if there are weeds to cover them, they can escape the trick of the poor road? ”

The clever young man said a few times, and when he saw Zhao Yue with a soft smile on his face, he turned around and greeted the cliff: "Niuniu, come down." We've got something to eat. ”

Hearing the sound on the cliff, he stood up and robbed his accomplices.

A little girl who looked to be less than ten years old.

Dressed in the same tattered and dirty, but obviously much thicker and warmer than the two teenagers, standing on the cliff like a bulging tumbler, obviously being taken more care of by the two teenagers.

Yuan Lang looked at this timid little girl and smiled, urged the horse over, and stretched out his hands to her: "Come, jump down, I'll pick you up, save the trouble of crawling around." ”

The little girl was frightened by Yuan Lang's strange appearance, not only did she not jump, but retreated again and again.

Ma Ling laughed: "Brother Yuan, your character is seriously inconsistent with your appearance." Look at the poor road. ”

He got on the horse and raised his hands high, and greeted with a kind smile on his face: "Come, Poor Dao will pick you up." ”

But the little girl may feel that the Taoist priest below is full of anger, and she is still timid and refuses to come down.

Ma Ling could only retreat in embarrassment, causing all the men to laugh.

The man in white relaxed his vigilance when he saw this, and smiled.

The mountain road is long and difficult, and if you want to go out before dark, you must hurry.

Zhao Yue walked to the bottom of the cliff and stretched out his hand to greet the little girl: "Come, rest assured to jump." Let's leave early so that we can have a place to warm up and eat big meat buns. ”

The little girl swallowed her saliva when she heard this, then exhaled, and threw herself down from the high cliff.

Zhao Yue jumped up and caught it, took the little girl to land steadily, put it down gently, smiled and reached out to touch the little girl's dirty little face, and said softly: "My name is Zhao Yue, a native of Cangzhou, with me in the future, you and your brothers will have food, clothing, a house to live in, and a book to read, and no one will bully you again." ”

The possession smiled and asked, "Do you believe me?" ”

The little girl looked at the clever boy, and when she saw the boy nodding, she timidly hummed in a voice not much louder than the sound of mosquitoes, and lowered her little head.

Zhao Yue couldn't help but sigh: This is the difference between the Central Plains child and the little demon. A docile and honest nation and a nation full of wild fighting spirit, in the era of cold weapons, the two sides fought together, how could the Han people be undefeated?

praised the little girl for being so well-behaved, and instructed the guards to change the clothes of the three children.

The four guards dismounted, opened their bags and took out a tent to set up briefly, and collected from everyone the clothes that the three children could wear, took the children into the tent, and got a haircut first.

Zhao Yue had to look at the man in white at this time.

The man dismounted, stuck the halberd on the ground, and hugged his fist to Zhao Yue: "Dare to ask if the son is really the second son of Zhao Yue and Zhao in Cangzhou?" ”

Zhao Yue asked rhetorically: "Who are you?" ”

The man said: "My surname is Guo Mingsheng, and my ancestor is from Jialing, Xichuan." Originally in Jialing, he learned the Fang Tian halberd under the jurisdiction of Zhang Ti, and the people in the rivers and lakes called Sai Rengui Guo Sheng is. ”

"Sure enough, it's you."

Zhao Yue smiled happily like the big bad wolf met Little Red Riding Hood.