Chapter Eighty-Five: A Chance Encounter on the Plank Road
Jinniu Road is also known as Shu Stack, from Chengdu Mansion all the way to the east, through the states of Jiannan Road, out of the Jianmen Pass and into the Shannan West Road.
Xu Mingyuan was dragged by Lao Huang, and five days later he also entered the territory of Jianzhou. After all the dry food brought from Shuzhou City, Xu Mingyuan did not enter Pu'an City, but replenished a lot of dry food that could satisfy hunger when passing through a small town, filled the water bladder, and continued on the road.
On this day, Xu Mingyuan leaned on the cushion rolled up into a quilt, holding a book of Shuzhong Jianghu that he had spent two dollars from a small bookstore in the town the day before yesterday, and he was reading it with relish. The donkey cart is swaying on some uneven plank roads, but it is very interesting.
This book records a lot of secret stories about the rivers and lakes of Jiannan Road, to say that the major rivers and lakes of Jiannan Road, the strongest is naturally the Qingcheng Sword School, and the most mysterious is the Tang Sect, which is famous for hidden weapons and poisons.
The Qingcheng Sword Sect doesn't say much, there are thousands of disciples, and many of them are kendo masters, although they are not as good as the four major sects, they also occupy a place in the rivers and lakes.
And although there are not many disciples of the Tang Sect, they are all masters of using poison and hidden weapons, although they are not strong in close combat, they are still the people in the rivers and lakes who are most unwilling to provoke. Moreover, the Tang Sect people are extremely protective of their shortcomings, once the children of the sect die outside, even the ends of the earth will avenge him.
Xu Mingyuan was looking excited, but the donkey cart suddenly stopped. He put down the book in his hand with some doubts, took the water bladder, got up and lifted the curtain and walked out ......of the carriage, and said with a smile: "Lao Huang, are you thirsty again?"
But before he finished speaking, he stopped, his mouth slightly open and looked ahead, because there was a person standing in front of the donkey cart, and it was he who blocked Lao Huang's way.
The donkey cart has entered Jianmen Mountain, and the mountain peaks rise abruptly, and the peaks are like swords, straight into the sky. The size of the sword mountain is closely connected, the cliff is interrupted, the two cliffs are relative to each other like the door, like a knife splitting axe, the width is less than ten zhang, the sword gate pass that is famous for the world's male pass can also be seen in the distance.
If it weren't for the fact that there was a person standing in front of the car, Xu Mingyuan might have to take a pose, express the surging pride in his chest to Jianmen Pass, and sigh how this husband is a pass, and how is the Xiongguan that is not opened.
This person was wearing a moon-white robe, with a black leather belt around his waist, and a strand of long hair hanging down from his forehead, which added a bit of chic. It's just that at this time, his waist was blood-red, his right hand covering the wound was still dripping blood, and he was holding a long knife that was still stained with blood, and he was stopping in front of the car with a calm expression.
Xu Mingyuan was surprised not by the injuries on this person, but by the fact that he knew this person, wasn't he Qi Haobo, who traveled hand in hand with the daughter of the head of the Qingcheng Sword Sect in Changle Temple that day.
However, in a few months, Qi Haobo, a young talent who was about to become the head of the Qingcheng Sword Sect, Chenglong Kuaison-in-law, how did he fall into a situation of serious injury, which made Xu Mingyuan a little puzzled.
Xu Mingyuan looked at Qi Haobo, his expression had regained his calm, he stood on the wheel of the car with his hands and palmed his hands, looked at him with a smile and said, "Dare to ask Brother Tai what happened when he stopped the donkey cart?" ”
Traveling thousands of miles, what has never been seen before, is the vendetta of the rivers and lakes, Xu Mingyuan and his apprentice have seen a lot of it with their own eyes. However, looking at Qi Haobo's appearance, I'm afraid that the matter is not small, otherwise with his light skills, ordinary people will not be able to take him.
Seeing that Xu Mingyuan had regained his composure so quickly, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he said with a smile: "In Xia Qi Haobo, I think the little brother still remembers me, I was slightly injured, can the little brother give me a ride and take me out of Shu?" ”
Xu Mingyuan looked at Qi Haobo and muttered for a while, pointed at the old yellow, and said with an embarrassed face: "It's okay to take a ride, but you look at my thin donkey, old and frail, and I'm already faltering by myself, if I add you, I'm afraid I'll be tired to death if I can't walk a few steps, and I'm still counting on him to carry me into Chang'an." Brother Qi might as well wait on this plank road, find a comfortable and energetic carriage, and find a doctor at the gate earlier, and heal the injuries on his body first. ”
It's not that Xu Mingyuan is ruthless, looking at Qi Haobo's appearance, I'm afraid there are chasing soldiers behind him, he doesn't dislike Qi Haobo, but the friendship between the two has not yet reached the level of life and death.
Xu Mingyuan still wondered if Qi Haobo was too anxious and forcibly handed over the daughter of the head of the Qingcheng Sword Sect, if the Qingcheng Sword Sect came over, he would not be too lazy to drip into this troubled water.
Hearing this, Qi Haobo looked at Xu Mingyuan again with a smile, his eyes narrowed, and his hand holding the long knife suddenly lifted, and the long knife was already swept towards Xu Mingyuan.
Xu Mingyuan's eyes also narrowed slightly, but they opened them immediately, his body was motionless, his face was a little more unnatural at the right time, and his legs trembled slightly.
The long knife roared and stopped less than three inches in front of Xu Mingyuan's throat, as long as it went a little further, the long knife that had not yet dried up could pierce Xu Mingyuan's throat.
"Ten taels of silver, how about sending me out of Shu?" Qi Haobo held the long knife in his hand, pointed at Xu Mingyuan and asked, the smile on his handsome face, if the little girl saw it, I am afraid that the soul will be lost.
Xu Mingyuan is not a little girl, so naturally he will not be fascinated by men, but when he heard ten taels of silver, his eyelids couldn't help jumping.
Ten taels of silver is not a small amount, Xu Mingyuan only has ten taels of silver on him, if he can have another ten taels, even if he doesn't find Qin Zhaoyu in Chang'an, he can last for a while.
Now that he has not even gone out of Shudi, it has cost more than 100 Wentongbao, and Chang'an does not know where it is, and the ten taels of silver in his pocket are probably going to be left in Chang'an.
So when Qi Haobo said ten taels of silver, Xu Mingyuan's first thought was that with these silvers, the next road would definitely be much easier.
If it was Qi Haobo in his heyday, Xu Mingyuan might not be able to fight, but now that he is seriously injured, Xu Mingyuan is still confident that he can protect himself.
And he also saw that this Qi Haobo had no malice since he first saw him, and this time he was afraid that the donkey cart would stop him by chance, otherwise with his martial arts, wouldn't it be easier to choose a better carriage.
Xu Mingyuan is not a person from the rivers and lakes, and he has not yet had the consciousness to sacrifice his life for a word, but he took Qi Haobo out of Shu and got ten taels of silver, which does not sound like a loss at all.
Speaking of which, he got a snow lotus pearl for nothing that day, and Xu Mingyuan still owes Qi Haobo a favor. What he doesn't like to owe the most is a favor in addition to money, and if he takes him out of Shu, this favor will be almost repaid. One thousand taels and one journey, Xu Mingyuan felt that his price was not low.
"Brother Qi, do you have something to say, do we still need to use knives and guns? Come, I'll help you into the car. Xu Mingyuan put a smile on his face, sideways and carelessly avoided the long knife, and stretched out his hand towards Qi Haobo, but just halfway through, he seemed to think of something, stopped, and said with some embarrassment: "Brother Qi, it is inevitable to eat and live along the way, the little brother is a poor scholar, and he is shy in his pocket, you see these ten taels of silver, is it ......"
"Little brother is such a wonderful person." Hearing this, Qi Haobo put away the long knife, touched it with his left hand in his arms, and found a piece of broken silver, and threw it directly to Xu Mingyuan, and continued with a smile: "This is five taels of silver, when you get out of Shudi, how about giving you the remaining five taels of silver?" ”
"Well said, well said." Xu Mingyuan quietly scratched the silver with his fingernails, and then put it in his arms, smiled and stretched out his hand to help Qi Haobo get into the donkey cart carefully.
Xu Mingyuan rolled up the quilt and put it on the back of the carriage, turned out the books under the bamboo mat and piled them in the corner of the carriage, and helped Qi Haobo to lean down. He didn't want to scrap these books because of Qi Haobo's blood, and any of the lone books here could be sold for more than ten taels of silver.
The probe went out and shouted at Lao Huang: "Lao Huang, go." The car moved, and he turned to look at Qi Haobo who was lying down.
Qi Haobo had a wound on his waist, and although he was pressed with his left hand, blood still spilled outward, and soon soaked the straw mat under him. There was also a wound on his right arm, and from the torn clothes, it looked like he had been poisoned, and the wound had turned purple. Despite this, he still held the long knife in his right hand, and his face did not show the slightest pain.
The injuries on Qi Haobo's body are a little terrifying, if he is not treated in time, he is afraid that he will not be able to last long.
Qi Haobo looked at the carriage and also looked at Xu Mingyuan.
Being stared at by Qi Haobo, Xu Mingyuan smiled wryly, looked at his wounds, and said with some sincerity: "Brother Qi, I see that your injuries are not light, if you don't treat them in time, I'm afraid you won't last long, let alone Shu." ”
Qi Haobo glanced down at the wound on his waist, and said with some self-deprecation: "In the wilderness, how can you be treated by a doctor, even needles and threads are nowhere to be found, let alone antidote herbs." However, Brother Xu has just learned about the yuan, and he is the top of the college examination, so he has a bright future, so he is not afraid that I will be contaminated with right and wrong? As he spoke, he also let go of the long knife in his hand.
Xu Mingyuan's eyes narrowed slightly, it seemed that this Qi Haobo had deliberately learned about his situation before, and he didn't know what his intentions were. This person's origin is unknown, and he has obviously fallen in love with the Qingcheng Sword Sect, but he was inexplicably injured, which made Xu Mingyuan a little more vigilant.
As if seeing Xu Mingyuan's vigilance, Qi Haobo shook his head with a smile and said: "Brother Xu don't have to be suspicious, that **** and that Zeng girl defeated the old ghost Wu with a sword and broke the arm of the flying mouse, which is already a little famous." Later, the three swords killed the three heroes of Heshuo in the forgetting worries, although someone later covered up your identity, but then you were hit by Shuzhou Township to try Xie Yuan, I have been near the Qingcheng Sword Sect recently, so I also have some understanding of this matter. ”
Hearing this, Xu Mingyuan nodded slightly. He can only believe half of Qi Haobo's words, because of several recent events, his identity is indeed not a secret in Shuzhou City.
However, if you want to make him completely trust Qi Haobo, he can't do it, because there are too many uncertainties in this person, and he is not as clear as Bai Molou and Zhou Binjie.
This is a person with almost no weaknesses, because his identity is a mystery, and such a person is the most dangerous person in Qingxuan's mouth, because they are fearless.
There is nothing to lose talent that is the most terrible.
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