Out of Wuchang to continue westward, the dry road is also easy to walk, after all, it is not far from Jiangling Mansion, and the official road is not badly repaired.

Leaving the city at the beginning of the morning, greedy for cold and good travel, walked more than 40 miles before noon, who knew that he just missed the place of resting at the tip, walked and came to a gentle slope, and then looked at the first cliff stone on the side of the road with the name of the place cross slope.

Huang Jie rode a horse and walked in front, looking at the place name, his brain was hot, so he also took it a little, and asked Sun Xindao, who caught up with him: "Second brother, do you know why this place is called Cross Slope?" ”

Sun Xin was also confused by the question, and asked rhetorically: "I'm not a nearby person, how can I know?" ”

Huang Jie looked left and right, it seemed that there was no one around him who was near Wuchang, and he was afraid that no one would know, so he could only smile and say: "I'm also curious, I've been to a few cross slopes in a trance." ”

Hua Rong on the side said: "There are many places called cross slopes in this world, that is, there are several cross slopes near my hometown, I heard that there is a cross slope on Mengzhou Road, where I heard that there is a black shop, specializing in human meat steamed buns." The legend of the merchant on the road: the cross slope of the big tree, who dares to cross the guest? The fat ones make steamed buns, but the thin ones fill the river! ”

Huang Jie listened to it and said, "Huh! It's right for the fat to make steamed buns, why does this thin one go to fill the river? ”

Hua Rong bared his teeth and laughed: "Thin people have no meat, and the knife is cumbersome, so it's better to throw it directly into the river!" ”

Huang Jie nodded when he heard this, but asked with a dark face: "This black shop specializes in selling human meat steamed buns, doing such a hurtful thing, and no one cares about the green forest on your Shandong Road?" ”

Seeing Huang Jie's face, Hua Rong was also shocked, and hurriedly said: "Uncle, don't worry, I also said earlier, there are several cross slopes near my hometown, and there are more cross slopes on Mengzhou Road." I am afraid of no less than ten places at the head and tail, and I have also followed the county government to explore a few places when I was in the village, but I can't find any evidence, only rumors, but there is no bitter master, and I can't get to the case! ”

Huang Jie tilted his head and thought about it. He was also angry, so he pointed to the road ahead with a horsewhip and said with a smile: "Let's see if there is an accident on the cross slope here, is there also a black shop." ”

With that, he led the team uphill!

This slope is not steep, but the mountain road is circling, a section of the slope less than three miles before and after has also come out of a three turns and six bends, when the slope is at the top, the thieves who block the road and rob and the black shop that sells human flesh steamed buns are not seen, but there are fifty or sixty people blocked on a fork in the slope at the top of the slope.

Looking at it from a distance, I can see that these people are not all the way. Among them, the most crowded is the team of 20 porters with red ribbons and colors, protecting a small sedan chair covered with red covers, and a half-grown teenager wearing a half-worn green official robe riding on the back of an old mule.

Secondly, there were passers-by who gathered in twos and threes, a team of seven or eight people as a group of merchants pushing chicken carts, and five or six strong men dressed as villagers each carrying a load of grain, and even seven or eight men, women and children who seemed to be a family, pushing a cart and resting on the side of the road.

When Huang Jie and the others were looking at these people, these people were also looking at Huang Jie and them. Seeing that Huang Jie and the others were all riding high-headed horses, even the ones pulling the carts were healthy horses. They all looked surprised.

When they reached the top of the slope, an old man in the family also rushed to the middle of the road, and said from a distance: "Ladies and gentlemen, please stay and speak!" ”

Huang Jie and Hua Rong made a look, and Hua Rong immediately took a few steps forward and asked, "Wu Na old man!" And pull over to talk, don't startle the driver. I'm afraid you can't afford to eat it! ”

The old man was so frightened that he took a few steps back, and made a few moves, and Sun Xin also blew his finger whistle to let the team stop slowly, and stepped forward to ask, "What's the matter?" ”

The old man hurriedly said: "The guest officials are waiting to go downhill, can the old man's family be allowed to follow behind?" The king tiger of the Black Wind Village. A battle was set up at the bottom of the slope, threatening to rob the relatives of Chenjiazhai in front, but the road was blocked and I was not allowed to pass by. ”

Huang Jie sneered when he heard this, and said, "Wang Laohu robbed his relatives, this is?" Coincidental! Coincidental! ”

When Huang Jie and the others were talking to the old man, there was also a woman dressed in fancy clothes in the kissing team, although the makeup was a little cheesy, it could also be seen that she was a half-old with a good appearance, and she knew that she was a matchmaker or a good wife to send relatives.

Seeing that she was wearing a water-colored blue gauze shirt, the shirt was so light that you could see the mandarin duck playing in the water and bandeau inside, with some worthless copper beads on her head, and a red and festive silk skirt tied underneath, but the rouge and lead powder on her face were moistened by sweat.

From afar, I heard her say in a soft Jinghu accent: "Ouch! It is said that the life of the Chen family's lady is hard, and now she has met a noble person halfway! Are you a military officer? If so, you have to make decisions for the little women and others! ”

When Huang Jie saw it, he laughed even more, and said loudly: "Okay, good!" Call the shots! Call the shots! Everyone listens to orders, bows and arrows are on guard! If there is a change, there will be no forgiveness! ”

As Huang Jie's words fell, he heard a "huha" shout, and more than 60 people guarding the carriage behind Huang Jie also hula and quickly dispersed, and everyone took out the combined bow that had been wound long ago from the bow bag, one-third of them went to the commanding heights near the left of the fork under the leadership of Henry, one-third lined up on the left and right sides of the convoy and the guards, and the remaining one-third formed a semi-circular glaive formation with Huang Jie and others, and everyone took arrows and looked at everyone at the top of the slope.

The matchmaker was already ten steps before Huang Jie, and she was so frightened that she sat down with weak legs, and then she sifted the chaff all over her body to shake, and then she was at a loss as if she remembered something, and she was about to run back, but at this moment, she heard a chord sound, and a feather arrow shot straight between her legs, nailing her raw silk skirt to the ground.

At this time, the noon sun was blazing, but people could also see a few cold lights flashing on the leather box, and it was not difficult to guess that there was nothing in this box except for the flying knife hidden weapon.

With a plop, the matchmaker seemed to be tripped over her tattered skirt, and saw her roll to the ground.

At this time, I heard the sound of "boom boom" three strings, and when I looked closely, I saw her lying on the ground, her arms spread out like big characters, and a feather arrow inserted in each of her wrists and sleeves, so that she could not play with both hands, and she also held a cold and shining willow leaf knife in each hand.

As for the place where the third arrow fell, it was a little indecent, between her legs, in front of a black slit, and the shaft of the arrow was still trembling and shaking.

Suddenly, Huang Jie and Sun Xin came to look at Hua Rong, and Hua Rong also blushed instantly, but said with a pout: "This thief will make arrows in her skirt!" ”

Huang Jie and Sun Xin also turned their heads to look, their eyes first swept over the white flesh and black slit, then swept over a pair of white jade-like long legs, and finally focused on a pair of flower shoes on her feet.

"Ahh With a bang, the female thief who pretended to be a matchmaker was annoyed and ashamed, but heard Huang Jie shout: "Don't move! There is no mercy for the reckless! (To be continued.) )