This question is unreasonable, and the two Taoist priests have gloomy faces, a fierce look, arrogant and rude, Shi Suo glared, "Where do you care where we go?" ”

Duan Laosan stepped forward and grabbed the stone lock and said to the two Taoist priests: "We are passing by, and we are in a hurry to go elsewhere to do something, not from this town." ”

When the two Taoist priests heard that they were not from their own town, and that Shi Suo had a foreign accent, they rolled their eyelids and got out of the way. Everyone walked out of the town, and heard another noise behind them, and it turned out that there were a few people who looked like villagers, so that the Taoist priest stopped them, and they were noisy and noisy. Dafeng said: "I have never seen such an unreasonable old way. ”

"It's not old-fashioned at all." Shi Suo said.

"It's because they're not veterans that they're even more problematic," Ding Changyou pointed out of town, "Look. ”

Outside the town, at the edge of the intersection village, there were many figures swaying in the dark night, most of them were wearing Taoist robes, and some were carrying things in their hands, which seemed to be weapons, about a few of them, at least twenty or thirty, Shi Suo scratched his head and said: "Good girl, there are so many fake old ways, they are simply old soldiers." ”

On the side of the road leading to the river, there were four or five carriages parked, all with sheds, which were used to pull people, and several horses were unloaded and tied to the side, and two men who looked like coachmen were carrying water and drinking horses. A few other men in Taoist robes stood by the car, pointing to the town.

"Ignore them and get around." Duan Laosan said.

A few people went around to a fork in the road, dodged the carriages, and when they went around to the sides of those people, suddenly Dafeng pointed to the carriage and said in surprise: "Look, isn't that Mrs. Ji?" ”

Everyone opened their eyes wide, the night was blurry, the moon had not yet risen, and they couldn't see clearly, there were several figures squatting next to the carriage, one of them was wearing a bright red shirt, which was particularly conspicuous, and from a distance, it seemed to be Mrs. Ji.

"How are they sitting there? No, no, you see, the hands are behind the back, and the Taoist priests are caught. Shi Jue's eyes were sharp, and he pointed to the figures.

Sure enough, the men were all squatting back to back beside the car, motionless, as if they had been caught. Ding Changyou said: "Don't care, go quickly." Something is going to happen here today. Let's get back to the ship. ”

A few people quickened their pace, tried to avoid the sight of the Taoist priests, walked to the river, boarded their own fishing boats, Ding Changyou asked Duan Laosan: "Old Duan, you have traveled south and north, you have seen a lot of knowledge, have you seen any gangs or Taoist sects that meet in the name of Taoism?" ”

Duan Laosan thought for a while, "There are a lot of gangs through Taoism, but I rarely see those who really have the strength to do great things, most of them are nonsense, amassing money, like today's formation, this is the first time I have seen it." ”

Ding Chang nodded a little, stood on the bow of the boat and pointed to the lights in the Luojia village on the shore, "I guess tonight, there will be a big mess in the town, of course these Taoist priests are not here to preach and preach, in ancient times, there were many gangs, in the name of Buddhism and Taoism, or their own teachings, gathering gangs, gathering mountains and forests, and even sweeping places, like Zhang Jiao, like the White Lotus Society, often can gather tens of thousands of people, dominate one side." Now that the world is in turmoil, bandits are swarming everywhere, and it is not impossible for such sects and gangs to appear again. ”

Because it was far away, it was no longer possible to see the situation inside and outside the villages and towns on the shore, the cold wind was gusting, and the lights in the town in the distance were brilliant, and it seemed quiet, but everyone knew that this quiet would not last long, and a storm would appear in front of them in the blink of an eye.

3

The wind finally subsided slowly, the night was quieter, and the stone locks and others on the boat didn't want to sleep, so everyone gathered at the bow of the boat and looked at the direction of Luojiazhai. Dafeng guessed: "I think, this time Luo Lianhua will be enough to choke." ”

"Maybe," Shi Suo said, "didn't you listen to them last night, and you still want to fight the world, how can you destroy people so easily." ”

"Do you believe that kind of bragging?"

In the distance, there was a cry, which came from the direction of Luojiazhai, because the wind had stopped, and it was heard clearly. Shi Suo said suspiciously: "Why didn't you start the fight yet, but there was a cry first?" It's Luo Lianhua and they cry in fright......" Speaking of this, he himself felt ridiculous, shook his head, and stared at the village in the distance.

The crying was getting closer and closer, apparently from the village to the outside of the village, and at the same time a group of white figures appeared at the edge of the village.

"It's someone dead in the town, doing nothing." Duan Laosan said.

According to ancient customs, after someone died, it was dark for family members and relatives to wear filial piety clothes and lanterns to send their souls, which was also reasonable. But at this tense moment, the sudden appearance of a crowd doing white things makes people feel a little abrupt, Ding Changyou said: "Is someone really dead?" Why don't you see movement during the day? ”

"Look, there's a fight." Dafeng pointed ahead.

The crowd of people who "sent souls" stopped crying, and there was a commotion, and from a distance, I saw a group of black shadows surrounding them, mixing with the white figures, the two sides seemed to be quarreling, the sound was noisy, and it was heard far away in the quiet night.

Suddenly, the noise became louder, mixed with a scream, a group of people ran, under the moonlight, you can see the figure moving rapidly, shouting and running, faintly there are weapons waving flashes, and then a rush of footsteps from far and near, someone shouted: "Catch up, don't let them run." A few white figures ran towards us. Duan Laosan said: "I understand, it must be Luo Lianhua in the village, knowing that the situation is not good, disguised as a team to send souls, and fled outside." ”

"Isn't it, if you run away, just a few people?" Shi Suo said. After a pause, he continued: "Maybe they sent people to break through the encirclement of the Taoist priests and send a message outside asking for help. ”

"Yes, that makes sense."

Seeing a few white figures, running straight to the river, gradually saw that it was indeed wearing a white filial piety suit, someone was carrying something in his hand, and the moonlight occasionally flashed brightly, like a weapon, sending souls to the undead, and absolutely no one held a knife and gun weapon, everyone agreed with Shi Suo's words, these people went out of the village, obviously to break through the enemy blockade. Seeing these white figures running fast, there was a black shadow behind them, chasing closely.

It didn't take long for the people wearing filial piety clothes to come to the river, go straight to a small boat moored on the shore, untie the cable and get on the boat, behind, the pursuers also soon came to the riverside, shouting and scolding, while desperately intercepting, at this time, a figure in white has not yet boarded the boat, several people in green sermon robes have chased after the tail, the man in white waved a short knife, turned around and stabbed.

"Get on board," shouted the man in white's companion in the boat.

However, several Taoist priests have surrounded the man in white, all armed with knives, guns and sticks, and hit the man in white one after another, the man in white jumped and jumped, holding a short knife to resist left and right, although he was agile, but he was outnumbered and in danger.

In the distance, there was another shout, outside the town, the figure shook, and a group of people were shouting, fighting, running, besieging the two Taoist priests in the white-clothed people, busy and idle, turning around to look, the white-clothed people took this opportunity, stabbed twice, forced back the two Taoist priests, flew and jumped, and got on the boat.

The Taoist priests picked up stones from the shore and threw them at the boat, and some people threw throwing knives at the boat, but the people on the boat ignored them, propped up the boat, and went off the shore.

Several Taoist priests scolded a few words angrily, but they were also at a loss, at this time, leaning on the nearby river bank in this area, in addition to the small boat, there was also Duan Laosan and their fishing boat, a Taoist priest saw someone on the fishing boat here, and greeted the boat, "Hey, boat boss, come here, come here, let us get on the boat." ”

Duan Laosan and several others stood at the bow of the boat, but no one paid attention to the words of the Taoist priest, the Taoist priest was anxious, jumped to his feet and scolded: "Take the gangplank, don't come again, Lao Tzu will kill you." ”

Dafeng was furious, shook his hand, and a stone flew out of the air, only to hear the sound of "ouch", and the scolding Taoist priest sat on the ground.

"It's on fire, it's on fire." A Taoist priest shouted next to him.

There was a fire in Luojiazhai, a firelight, reflecting the old distance, in the dark night, particularly eye-catching, outside the village and town, a hustle and bustle sounded, some people were shouting, and there were gongs and drums, shouting and scolding, a few Taoist priests scolded a few words, regardless of the fishing boats again, turned around and ran towards the town.

"The fire came from Luo Lianhua's house." Shi Suo looked at the direction of the firelight, and said with some puzzlement: "If the houses are all set on fire, how can they still have the heart to beat the drum?" ”

"You don't know that, do you?" Dafeng pretended to be an expert and said: "When I was a child, I heard a storyteller in the village say that in ancient times, people fought wars, they beat the drum first, and then charged, which can improve morale and kill more enemies. ”

"The town is full of houses, how do they charge?"

The conversation between the two made the people next to them laugh, looking at the village from afar, the fire and smoke shrouded half of the town, bursts of noise, shouts, and still coming, but I couldn't see how the battle was fought, how fierce it was, Luo Lianhua and these Taoist priests, who won and who lost. (To be continued.) )