75. Stand up
For fear of alarming their dreams, everyone was silent all the way, after crossing the Lingtang, bypassing a few mountain passes, in front of the road pavilion at the top of the gate, the cow told everyone to stop and rest, drink some water, eat some dry food, everyone's clothes were also dried, and they were all put on.
What's more, there is a steep slope nearly seven miles long below, and it is necessary to check the baskets, ropes, and flat poles again, and reinforce them, repair them, and eliminate hidden dangers.
When everyone was busy, suddenly a line of torches lit up in front of them, how could it be that in the middle of the night, there were still people going up the mountain, the air suddenly became tense, everyone turned their heads, and looked at the bulls.
Niu Gu's heart is also very tight, but he can't show it, in this place, the way down the mountain is blocked, the way back is up the mountain, and everyone is carrying a heavy burden and can't run.
Since you can't go, it's better to face it calmly, in case the people who come are irrelevant people and can avoid it, everything will be fine; If someone is looking for trouble, then they can only act at the opportunistic level.
Niu Gu's heart was turbulent, his face was as calm as possible, and he nodded to everyone confidently, and everyone's suspense was slightly relaxed.
There were quite a few people coming, and the torches that came from the bend in front of them appeared every once in a while, and there were about three or four people in one torch, and all of them came, and there were about six or seven torches.
That is, the number of the other party is twenty or thirty people, which is more than twice that of the three dogs, and the bull is estimated to touch it; When this group of people arrived at the road pavilion, they didn't leave, and everyone looked at it by the torches, and they were all carrying long guns and short guns, and they were carrying fast knives.
A sturdy man in front of him clasped his fists at the three dogs and said, "May I ask the brother of the question, which one is the master?" ”
Niu Gu was already standing in front, and he hurriedly hugged his fists and returned: "Contemptible and talented, may I ask this big brother, what are you doing?" ”
"What are you doing, third child, you are really, what are you talking to them", there was a black-faced guy next to the man in front of him, and said hurriedly.
"This brother, we are just the porter of Pucheng and do some hard work for the owner", Niu Gukou tried his best not to be humble or arrogant, but he already understood in his heart that when he encountered hard stubble, he must be bandits, or a group of well-armed bandits, it seems that this time he is planted here.
The black-faced man also seemed to be a straight man, and said straightforwardly: "You see, we are in the business of blocking roads and robbing, what kind of goods are you picking, show me."
As he spoke, he stepped forward to look at the three dogs and their baskets, and the three dogs were in a hurry, stepped forward, and wanted to go up to stop them, but they were grabbed by the bull, pulled behind him, looked back at him, and signaled the three dogs not to act rashly.
"I'll rub it, good girl, you're doing a big deal," the black-faced bandit grabbed a handful of white salt and said to the bull. Turning his head to the bandits, he shouted: "Brothers, there is a good deal, it's all salt."
Hearing the words of the black-faced bandits, there was a lot of commotion in the bandit group, in those days, a load of salt was dozens of oceans, in this poor mountain and remote land, there was such a business, it was a big deal.
"I said, no wonder I have to walk at night, and I don't shoot a torch, it turns out that I am stealing and selling illicit salt", and the third brother's eyes couldn't help but light up.
"It seems that we have to trouble you to help us carry this salt to another place, and come with us", the third brother ordered the cattle and them for no reason.
At this time, Sangou couldn't help it anymore, and was still counting on this trip to make some money, so that he could go home for the holidays and live a new life, but this group of bandits suddenly broke their dreams of a good future.
The three dogs took a step sideways, stood up, and shouted, "Why? Why should we give you the salt that we have picked out with great effort? ”
"Hey, you're quite rushed", the black-faced bandit who was a head taller pushed away the three dogs, extremely arrogant:
"Why? Are you blind? Can't see it? What is it? That's what it is." The black-faced bandit pointed to the gun on his body and smiled contemptuously at Sangou.
"It's all men, and they're embarrassed to bully us empty-handed with knives and guns," Sangou said in despair.
"Hey, you mean, I'm empty-handed, so I can't help you?" When the black-faced bandits heard Sangou's words, they became even more energetic.
As he spoke, the black face untied the knife and gun on his body and threw it to the bandit next to him, making people retreat and form a circle, which meant that he wanted to fight with the three dogs.
It's all in this situation, and Niu Gu and they know that it's useless to stop it, so they can only look at Sangou, hoping that he will ask for more blessings. Sangou looked at the black-faced bandit who was a head taller than him, standing in front of him like a black iron tower, and he was really a little scared.
But the words have already been said, heads-up is heads-up, even if Lao Tzu can't beat you, but I'm not afraid of you, it's just a big deal to lose a fight, if Lao Tzu coaxes, it's a hanging.
Looking at this appearance, I'm afraid that this trip to salt has been picked in vain, and I can't be snatched away by someone like this, if I really let myself win, it can be regarded as a bad breath.
Sangou tried his best to calm down, looking at the other party, obviously despising himself. Tell yourself not to be afraid, to be quick, and to catch him off guard.
So Sangou took out his right hand and pretended to pull the left hand of the black face, grabbed the clothes and pulled it back, the black face reflexively retracted his left hand, and the center of gravity of the body was a little back, although he didn't know what the three dogs were going to do next, but he still had to prevent the three dogs from pulling his left hand over.
At this moment, the three dogs bowed, like a leopard, bent down and rushed towards the black face's arms, fast forwarding sideways, and quickly inserted the right foot between the black face's feet, mainly behind the right foot of the black face's supporting foot.
Sangou added the strength of his whole body to the momentum, and hit the black face on the chest with his right shoulder, and the black face who was too contemptuous was caught off guard, and his chest was hit by the three dogs with all his strength, and his body naturally leaned back.
When the black face pulled his leg back, his right foot was tripped up, but fortunately, he had good skills, so he quickly changed his left foot to support his leg, and his right foot was quickly pulled out, and he stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
But Sangou didn't give Blackface a second chance to retreat, and under one blow, although he didn't succeed as expected, he didn't stop.
Sangou seized this fleeting opportunity, followed up quickly in the second step, stepped forward and squatted down, grabbed Blackface's retreating feet with both hands, tied it back tightly, and then got up, easily lifted Blackface into the air and fell to the ground.
This is a big surprise, a hairy guy with a hairy mouth actually put a tall and strong man on the ground.
Everyone present didn't expect it, even Blackface himself didn't expect that he would be thrown down so quickly, just a face-to-face kung fu, and Sangou himself didn't expect it.
Although I used to fight or practice with people who were older than me, I often used these tricks, even if I was skilled, but I was not facing the boys in the village who were playing, but the bandits and robbers who were really fighting.