Chapter 51: Mysterious Forces
Seeing that everyone was stunned, Ling Xia turned back, plucked out his ears, and didn't know how to pick up the other party's words, but he didn't expect that after the other party saw Ling Xia's actions, he thought that Ling Xia disagreed, so he read the words just now again:
"My brother has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and he collided with everyone's masters, and the flood flooded to the Dragon King Temple, and he doesn't know his own family, and his younger brother offended the landlord, and he is willing to break gold and silver for wine and drink, and there are thirty people on his brother's side, three hundred gold coins, and three hundred silver coins."
Seeing that he had raised the price tenfold, Ling Xia and the others were still silent, and this person said with a crying face: "A few masters, don't hide it, after our brothers got together, they did two transactions.
The first trip didn't open my eyes, we met a helmsman of the Wulin League, I wanted to shoot them, but I didn't expect to be robbed by those people, today with the idea of earning some extra money to return to the original, I came out to wade through the water, but I met a few of you again.
That's all we have on us, if you are too little, we can only sell ourselves into slavery, this big boss, please for the sake of us are all bandits, accept our life money, and let us live. ”
"Oh, I understand, you just said so much about feelings, you want to give me money, hey------- I didn't understand it at first." Ling Xia and the others suddenly showed expressions of sudden realization.
Looking at the appearance of everyone, this bandit had a feeling of wanting to vomit blood, laughed dryly, and took out all his belongings with a depressed face, Ling Xia remembered the words of these Jianghu people, accepted the money from those people, and then let those people leave.
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In the base camp of the Battle Guards of Baishi Province, the commander of the legion, Nangong Bo, sat in the camp tent with a gloomy face, and there were two hundred corpses at the door of the camp tent, which he sent out to confuse outsiders according to Yi Haojie's request.
But I didn't expect that two days later, these soldiers were all tragically killed, these two groups of soldiers, one wave died in the official road station, and the other wave died in a dense forest somewhere, it seems that the murderer is going towards Peng Lie.
The other party can accurately intercept from the road, which means that someone on his side has leaked the news, otherwise it is impossible for the killer to kill the two hundred-person teams at the same time, fortunately Peng Lie was not escorted by those soldiers, otherwise, he would have been rescued at this moment.
"God forbid, fortunately, the hundred-man team escorting Peng Lie didn't take those two roads, otherwise I wouldn't know how to face the Metropolitan Governor." After whispering, Nangong Bo suddenly thought of a question, and at this moment, it seemed that even he didn't know Peng Lie's whereabouts.
Looking at the corpses of these soldiers, Nangong Bo realized that he had thought about the problem simply, and after a moment of silence, he wrote a secret letter, tied the secret letter to the specially trained flying pigeon, and released the flying pigeon at night.
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In a palatial mansion somewhere in the imperial capital, a black shadow quietly walked towards the back hall, and when he came to the door, the man knelt down on one knee and said in a respectful tone: "My lord, the hidden killing team has sent back the news, they sniped the escort team, but Peng Lie was not found. ”
"Come in and talk back." A calm voice rang out in the room.
"Yes." In response, the shadow gently pushed the door open, walked in lightly, closed the door, and the shadow still knelt on one knee.
"Didn't you say that Nangong Bo sent a team of 100 people to escort Peng Lie into the imperial capital overnight? How could Peng Lie not be found? As he spoke, a middle-aged man with a dignified complexion, a righteous face, a resolute appearance, and a strong figure appeared in front of him.
The black shadow lowered his head and reported softly: "The subordinates are also puzzled by this, after Nangong Bo received Nangong Xiongba's secret order that night, he did order to send a team of 100 people to escort Peng Lie into the imperial capital, and that night, the team of 100 people responsible for escorting Peng Lie did set off.
Although Nangong Bo sent two teams of 100 people to confuse the line of sight, our people still sent back information, and the master of Du Qi, who was in charge of the Howling Wind Frontier, immediately dispatched two hidden killing teams to intercept them, but after killing the two teams of 100 people, no trace of Peng Lie was found. ”
"Could it be the hands and feet of the trading building? In the whole world, only the trading building has the ability to get ahead of us? The middle-aged man said lightly.
"No, the trading building only cares about business, and never intervenes in the dispute between the civil and military factions of the imperial court, and they will not touch Peng Lie." He replied in a firm tone.
"What about the Wulin League? They are so proficient there, will they send someone to interfere in it? The middle-aged man continued to ask.
"This?" The black shadow thought for a moment, and his tone was a little uncertain: "Although the martial arts league has recruited the world's masters, they don't dare to be enemies of the imperial court." ”
"Don't dare to be an enemy of the imperial court? Since Zhong Shenxiu, the leader of the Martial Arts League, went into retreat and attacked the Gangyuan realm three years ago, the Martial Arts League has lacked control, and it has become more and more unpleasant recently. ”
After a moment of silence, the middle-aged man stood with his hands behind his back, and his figure slowly walked towards the window: "You are right, although the people of the Wulin League are arrogant, they don't dare to snatch people from the hands of the battle guards, and it is useless for them to kidnap Peng Lie."
I judge that Peng Lie should still be in the hands of Nangong Bo at this time, maybe Nangong Bo already knows Peng Lie's value, and he doesn't dare to rashly escort him back to the imperial capital, so he hides Peng Lie somewhere and secretly detains him, you send someone to investigate, be sure to find out Peng Lie's whereabouts. ”
"Obey the order, the subordinates will personally take charge of this matter, and as soon as there is a clue, I will report to the adult." The dark shadow respectfully turned and left the room.
"Peng Lie, where did you get it by Nangong Bo?" The middle-aged man stood in front of the window, looking at the vibrant scenery outside the window, and the man was silent for a long time.
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"The rules on the road, get off the horse and beg for peace, well----- my brother has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and he collided with everyone, and the flood flooded to the Dragon King Temple, and he doesn't know his own family, and the younger brother offends the landlord, and is willing to break the gold and silver for wine and drink, and there are 100 people on the brother's side, 100 gold coins, and 100 silver coins."
At this moment, in Mei'an Province, Ling Xia was greeting people with the unspoken words he had just learned from the rivers and lakes, and there were more than 100 people standing opposite him, the leader was a white-haired old man, and the people behind him were all men in strong suits.
After listening to Ling Xia's incision, the old man looked at Ling Xia's side, and saw that Ling Xia's number of people was about the same as his side, and if he really wanted to fight, his side would not be able to take advantage, so after a little hesitation, the old man nodded.
Yang Lucai reluctantly took out a hundred gold coins and a hundred silver coins, handed the money to a young man behind the old man, and after receiving the money, the old man gave way and let him go, just like that, Ling Xia and they continued to move forward.
I thought that the matter would pass like this, but I didn't expect that after Ling Xia and the others had all passed, the young man behind the old man seemed to have discovered something? actually shouted to everyone, and then he tilted his head and walked in front of Ling Xia with a disdainful face:
"Brother on the road, you are not righteous, obviously there are one hundred and one people on your side, but you lie to my grandfather, saying that there are only one hundred of you, what's the matter? Bullying my grandfather is old? We gave face, but you don't have to be ashamed to give face. ”
"Shopkeeper, give them another gold coin and a silver coin." Hearing the young man's presumptuous words, Ling Xia felt very uncomfortable, but in order to pass through Mei'an Province as soon as possible, Ling Xia didn't say anything.
But he didn't expect the young man to see Ling Xia talking so well, and he actually blackmailed Ling Xia even harder, ignoring the gold and silver coins handed over by Yang Lucai, and the young man told Ling Xia that he had changed his mind now, and a gold coin could not buy a life, so he had to keep all the money on his body.
"You're breaking the rules of the road." After speaking, Ling Xia turned his head and looked at the old man: "Don't you say something?" ”
"The rules of the Tao are made by the strong, and the weak are not qualified to question them." The old man showed his attitude.
"It seems that you are pinching us as soft persimmons, I was in a hurry and didn't want to entangle with you, but you are too ignorant, since you can't come soft, then we will give you a taste of hard." After speaking, Ling Xia ordered in a calm tone: "Teach them a lesson, let these people increase their memory." ”
"Kill!"
"Charge!"
As soon as Ling Xia's order was issued, the five Luo brothers, who had long been unable to bear it, led their cavalry to charge and kill the enemy, although they were not wearing armor, but the murderous aura emanating from their bodies, as well as the evil aura infected by the war, shocked the people on the other side trembled.
The young man's actions just now made all of Ling Xia's subordinates angry, so after hearing Ling Xia's order to teach those people on the other side a lesson, Liu Piaoyi and Shangguan Hui took off their shields and weapons from their weapon belts, and followed closely to support the five Luo brothers.
The vanguard and melee troops all rushed forward, and the archers led by Huya were not far behind, they jumped off their horses, crouched down in a formation, drew their strong bows to the full, and then released the arrows in their hands, and after a soft roar, they shot several people on the opposite side.
The old man originally took Ling Xia and them, thinking that they were ordinary merchants, but when everyone put out the attack formation in turn, he realized that he was wrong, the other party was obviously a well-trained professional soldier, not a weak merchant at all.
The young man who was originally arrogant and domineering was trembling and sluggish at this time, and after only one wave of charges, those people around him were wiped out, and after seeing the five Luo brothers killed, they had already prepared the formation and planned to carry out the second wave of charges.
At this time, the white-haired old man hurriedly clenched his fists and begged for mercy: "Ladies and gentlemen, the little old man has muddy water in his eyes, and he doesn't recognize a few military masters, please don't blame the military master, I am Qiu Xianchi, the helmsman of the Wulin League."
That's my grandson Qiu Haopo, our grandfather and grandson offended the military master Huwei, pray for the military master's forgiveness, the original amount of gold and silver before will be returned, and we will compensate you for five hundred gold coins, please be merciful to the military master. ”
"Yes, yes, please be merciful, we are willing to spend money to buy lives, this is the rule of the road, you can't break the rules." The young man lost his previous arrogance at this moment, and knelt on the ground pitifully begging for mercy.
"Rules? The rules are made by the strong, and the weak are qualified to question the rules? Speaking of this, Ling Xia looked at Qiu Haopo: "You are responsible for today's events, if it weren't for your arrogance, you wouldn't have suffered such a fate." ”
In fact, I don't know that Ling Xia said that Qiu Haopo's intestines were purple at this time, and they could have earned a sum of gold coins to be happy and chic, but because they had no eyes, they angered the other party, so that they brought death to themselves and the brothers around them.
"I was wrong, I really know that I was wrong, I'll kowtow to you, you kill me, don't ----- don't hurt my grandfather, he's old." The young man knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, his face full of remorse and fear.